<p>Chester Town Hall is in Northgate Street in the centre of the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1698 an exchange was built to accommodate the city&#39;s administrators. This building burnt down in 1862. A competition was held to build a new town hall and this was won by William Henry Lynn of Belfast. The building cost £40,000 (equivalent to £ in ). It was officially opened on 15 October 1869 by the Prince of Wales (the future Edward VII) who was accompanied by W. E. Gladstone, the Prime Minister. On 27 March 1897 the council chamber on the second floor was gutted by fire. It was restored by T. M. Lockwood the following year. In 1979 a clock was installed in the tower with three faces; there is no face on the west side of the tower.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<h3>Exterior</h3><br>
<p>The hall is built in banded pink and buff sandstone with a grey-green slate roof. The spire rises to a height of 160 ft. The building has a semi-basement, two main storeys and a dormer attic. The entrance is approached by two opposed flights of steps.</p><br>
<h3>Interior</h3><br>
<p>The entrance leads to the Waiting Hall. Also on this floor are the Palatine Room, the Assembly Room and the Court Room. Flanking the doors of the Waiting Hall are busts of George V and Sir Horatio Lloyd, who was Recorder of Chester from 1866 to 1921. Also in the hall are three sculptures which depict minstrels marching to the aid of Earl Ranulph III who was besieged in Rhuddlan Castle, Sir William Brereton following his arrest in 1642, Edward, the Black Prince granting a charter to the city in 1354 and Henry VII granting county status to Chester in 1506. Outside the Assembly Room is a war memorial to the 768 citizens of Chester who died as a result of the First World War and a plaque to the memory of those who died in the Second World War. The Assembly Room is the largest room in the Town Hall and has a stage at one end. On the staircase are shields and plaques presented by visitors to the Town Hall. Above the staircase are Victorian stained glass windows depicting the seven Norman Earls of Chester.</p><br>
<p>On the first floor are the council chamber, the Lord Mayoral suite, a committee room and the members room. The council chamber was rebuilt after the fire of 1897. It is panelled and contains wooden and stone carvings. The Lord Mayoral suite consists of the Lord Mayors Parlour and the Mayoress&#39; Parlour. In the committee room are panels bearing the names of the mayors of Chester from 1238, the sheriffs from 1836, the earls from around 1070, the clerks and town clerks from 1291 and the recorders from 1506.</p><br>
<h2>Present use</h2><br>
<p>Most of the work of the council&#39;s departments are carried out in an adjacent building. The Town Hall stands as a symbolic expression of the civil government of the city. Many of the rooms in the Town Hall are available for hire, and the hall is licensed for weddings.</p><br>
<p>Atalaya and Brookgreen Gardens is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing two formerly-united properties associated with sculptor Anna Hyatt Huntington  on the coast of Georgetown County, South Carolina. The district includes Atalaya Castle, now part of Huntington Beach State Park, and the sculpture garden of Brookgreen Gardens, both properties part of a large estate developed by Anna and Archer M. Huntington in the 1930s. It includes the nation&#39;s first formal sculpture garden, and one of the studios at which Huntington did her most productive work. The district was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1992.</p><br>
<h2>Atalaya</h2><br>
<p>Atalaya is a large Spanish Revival building, built in 1931-33, without architectural drawings, but with clear design ideas imparted by Archer Huntington, who was (among other pursuits) a scholar of Spanish arts. Its styling is reminiscent of Moorish architecture found in coastal Spain. Roughly square in shape, it has about thirty rooms, most notably a large studio space in the southeast that was one of Anna Huntington&#39;s workspaces. The property was used by the Huntingtons as their winter quarters until about 1947, and was leased by Anna to the state in 1960 for use as a state park.</p><br>
<h2>Brookgreen Gardens sculpture garden</h2><br>
<p>Brookgreen Gardens is a large (more than 9,000 acre) nature preserve, established by the Huntingtons in 1931 as a place to showcase not just Anna&#39;s art, but that of other contemporary sculptors. The sculpture garden takes up about 550 acre of the property, and is the only portion included in the landmark designation. It was the first public sculpture garden established in the United States, and is probably its largest. Its permanent collection includes numerous pieces by Huntington, and contemporaries who were working between about 1890 and 1940. The buildings of the garden include a studio in which Anna Huntington worked.</p><br>
<h2>Significance</h2><br>
<p>Atalaya and Brookgreen Gardens are the only major site reflective of the full range of Anna Hyatt Huntingtons work and philanthropy. Although she had other studio spaces where she worked (notably at their summer estate in Connecticut, where the house no longer stands), those at Brookgreen and Atalaya are the only ones that survive. Anna Hyatt Huntington began selling sculptures in partnership with her sister in 1895, and had received numerous national and international awards for her work by the time she married industrialist and philanthropist Archer Huntington in 1923. Her work, mainly realistic depictions of animals, was in marked contrast to contemporary female sculptors, who tended to produce human representations. She came down with tuberculosis in the 1920s, and the South Carolina estate was developed as a natural retreat. Annas contributions to the construction of Atalaya and Brookgreen include the fabrication of wrought iron hardware, include Brookgreen&#39;s gates. She was responsible for laying out and directing the landscaping of the sculpture garden.</p><br>
<p>Beaufort Historic District is a historic district in Beaufort, South Carolina. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969,</p><br>
<p>The historic district is renowned for its impressive collection of antebellum architecture that reflect the Federal, neoclassical, and Greek revival styles that were popular during the interwar period, along with the widespread use of tabby. A variety of homes, gardens, commercial buildings, houses of worship and graveyards are featured in the district, with some sites open for public inspection. Continuous efforts at rehabilitation and conservation underline the community&#39;s commitment to maintaining the historic nature of the district, which has attracted much acclaim and garnered popularity from visitors and media outlets.</p><br>
<p>The districts condition has been assessed several times since it was listed in 1969, and in 1998 the National Park Service proposed listing the district as "threatened" due to an ongoing gradual loss of historic integrity. Partly in reaction to this, the districts significance was broadened to include a distinctive historical element of post-Civil War history. The Sea Island experiment, centered in Beaufort, involved a large-scale redistribution of land from large landowners to former African-American slaves in an effort to assimilate the freed slaves into a modern post-war society. This Reconstruction-era effort had a marked impact on Beaufort&#39;s built environment, and is still evident in the surviving buildings.</p><br>
<h2>Neighborhoods</h2><br>
<p>The district can be further divided into five unique and distinct neighborhoods. For some purposes, the Northwest Quadrant neighborhood is not considered to be in the historic district, however it is often grouped in together with the other neighborhoods.</p><br>
<p>Downtown is centered along Bay Street, Beauforts historic commercial street. It includes other nearby streets and is mainly commercial in character. Located between the Beaufort River and Bay Street is the newly renovated Henry Chambers Waterfront Park, which overlooks the Beaufort River and is home to many of the citys festivals and events. Most non-tourist commercial services have since relocated to other areas in the city, leaving mostly restaurants and shops that showcase various art, handicrafts, and antiques.</p><br>
<p>The Point neighborhood (also known as the Old Point) is home to some of Beaufort&#39;s largest, oldest, and most expensive homes. Defined as the land between Carteret Street and the Beaufort River, this portion of downtown does not follow the major street grid and was once an area where a timber mill operated. Homes in this area range from the impressive mansions that overlook the Beaufort river to Victorian and Queen Anne style homes along Craven Street. Streetscapes are typically dominated by an impressive live oak canopy, often accompanied by Spanish moss.</p><br>
<p>The Bluff area is located along Bay Street and North Street, immediately west of downtown. The large homes in the area are some of the most recognizable in the city, and have a scenic overlook of the Beaufort River. The art deco USA District Courthouse is located at the western end of the Bluff.</p><br>
<p>The Old Commons neighborhood (also known as the Northeast Quadrant) is located in the northeastern portion of Beaufort&#39;s original street grid, and is defined as the area between Carteret Street on the east, North Street on the south, Charles Street on the west, and Boundary Street to the north. Originally home to a hodgepodge of medium-sized homes, graveyards, and chapels, this section of downtown is undergoing reinvestment and redevelopment, yet retains a southern style of architecture. Nearly all homes in this neighborhood employ front or side porches.</p><br>
<p>The Northwest Quadrant neighborhood is loosely defined as the area between Charles Street on the east, Prince Street to the south, Ribaut Road on the west, and Boundary Street to the north. This area has for generations been the center of Beaufort&#39;s African-American community and is composed of late 19th and early 20th century homes, many in a shotgun architectural style. Bladen Street serves as the principal street through the community, and was recently renovated with improved landscaping and pedestrian access. There have been increased efforts at rehabilitation of several properties in the Quadrant, though significant financial and social obstacles often hinder these efforts.</p><br>
<h2>Historic sites</h2><br>
<p>Several sites individually listed on the National Register are in Beaufort and may be contributing properties in this district. These include:</p><br>
<p>The Anchorage</p><br>
<p>William Barnwell House</p><br>
<p>Barnwell-Gough House</p><br>
<p>John A. Cuthbert House</p><br>
<p>Marshlands(NHL)</p><br>
<p>Robert Smalls House (NHL)</p><br>
<p>Tabby Manse</p><br>
<p>John Mark Verdier House</p><br>
<p>The Cobbler&#39;s Cottage</p><br>
<p>The Burt-Stark Mansion, also known as Armistead Burt House, in Abbeville, South Carolina was the site of the last Council of War of cabinet members of the Confederate government. On May 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis, hoping to continue the struggle, met unanimous opposition, and realized the Confederate independence cause was lost.</p><br>
<p>It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1992, specifically for being where Jefferson Davis had his last council of war.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The property has had seven owners. The original owner, David Lesley, owned it until his death in 1855. He had hired a man named Johnson, an English landscaper, to organize the property. The next owner was a Presbyterian pastor named Thomas A. Hoyt, who owned it until 1859 when he was sent to another church in Louisville, Kentucky. A banker from Charleston, South Carolina, Andrew Simonds, bought it from Hoyt, and in 1862 sold it to Armistead Burt, who owned it when Jefferson Davis used the building.</p><br>
<p>Davis&#39; wife, Varina Davis, had met Armistead Burt when Jefferson Davis first entered the United States Congress in December 1845. Burt invited Varina Davis and her children to his house, as Varina was sent away from Richmond, Virginia for her protection. Varina pointed out to Burt that Union soldiers might eventually burn his house for harboring her, but he said there would be no greater cause then for his house to be burnt for. Varina moved to the Mansion on April 17. Days later, after Varina had left to go further South, Davis came to the house.</p><br>
<p>On May 2, 1865, between four and six in the afternoon, Jefferson Davis held his final war council, with Secretary of war John C. Breckinridge and several military officers, most notable of them Braxton Bragg and Basil W. Duke. Davis wanted to continue the fighting, using the forces still plentiful west of the Mississippi River, but the others disagreed. When Davis asked the men why they were still there then, they replied it was to make sure Davis got to safety. After fuming for a minutes, Davis resigned himself to the decision of the others, effectively ending the existence of the Confederate States of America. However, the last land Confederate force to surrender would not be until June 24, when Stand Watie surrendered in Oklahoma; the last Confederate vessel surrendered at Liverpool later that year. After the Abbeville meeting, the Cabinet, Davis; a 3,000-strong protective force, and the treasury of the Confederacy dispersed.</p><br>
<p>After the war, in 1868 Burt had to sell the house due to bankruptcy. A local planter, James R. Norwood, bought it; when he died in 1875, his widow and daughter inherited it. James Samuel Stark bought it from them in 1900, and with his wife restored the building. On their death, their daughter Mary Stark Davis inherited it. After Davis died in the Fall of 1987, Abbeville Historic Preservation Commission was given control of the house, and have operated tours of it ever since.</p><br>
<h2>Construction</h2><br>
<p>The house is a white Greek Revival style two-story house with a frame structure and lap siding. A front pedimented portico, also two stories high, is supported by four square columns. Underneath this is a small wooden latticework second-story balcony. It has a brick foundation, with wooden walls. The roof is made of aluminum and tin, with both asphalt and cedar shingles. The shutters on all the windows are original. There were several exterior buildings, but the only one still standing is the kitchen; the other building once on the property were a carriage house, cow barn, milk house, smokehouse, and well house. Spacious rooms and high ceilings mark the interior. A central great hall with an Adam fanlight is the main entrance to the domicile, with a drawing room on each side. The left drawing room would be where Jefferson Davis would hold his final war council with John C. Breckinridge, his Secretary of War, and senior military officials. Before the War, the wide double doors would open to create a ballroom from the entire front area. The only additions to the house after the War was a bathroom and a northwest corner wing, which provided extra kitchen space. Most of the furnishings are from the 1850s and 1860s.</p><br>
<p>It was built in the 1830s by David Lesley, a local attorney, judge, planter, and Presbyterian Church elder. Lesley had seen a house in the north that he liked, and chose that house as the prototype for his own. He sent a man named Cubic, a slave that was also a master carpenter, to look at the prototype house, and he then oversaw construction of Lesley&#39;s.</p><br>
<p>The 1915 Inman Hotel is a former hotel building in Champaign, Illinois, United States. It is located at the southeast corner of University Avenue and Walnut Street, a major intersection in the downtown area of Champaign. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Inman Hotel was listed on the Register in 1989.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The building is six stories tall and of Classical Revival style architecture in glazed yellow brick with beige terra cotta trim. Initially constructed with only five stories, a sixth floor was added only a few years later.</p><br>
<p>Due to the shape of the lot on which it is situated, the east wall of the building is thirty-two feet longer than the west wall, resulting in the northeast and northwest corners not meeting at right angles. The building is eighty feet wide, and the shorter west wall is one hundred feet long.</p><br>
<p>Chadwick Lake is a reservoir supplying water to the Town of Newburgh, in Orange County, New York, United States, in which it is located. It is a man made lake created in 1926 on private property owned by the Chadwick family by damming Quassaick Creek. It was maintained for recreational purposes for 36 years. In 1962, it was purchased by the Town of Newburgh as a reservoir to supply the Town with water. In more recent years, its use as a water supply has been supplanted by the Delaware Aqueduct and so Chadwick Lake has reverted to its original function of a recreational facility. It is located immediately to the northwest of the junction of NY 32 and 300 in the Cronomer Valley section of the town. It is open to the public, and there are recreational facilities near the southern end.</p><br>
<p>Most of the towns water is supplied today by New York Citys Delaware Aqueduct, with the reservoir acting primarily as a backup. In the past, surplus water has been sold to private companies, and in 2006 to neighboring New Windsor during a water shortage there. At times, more often than not, the Town of Newburgh has relied exclusively on the Aqueduct since manganese levels in the lake give its waters a brownish tint. This is especially true since a new, state of the art water treatment plant at the Delaware Aqueduct went on line in early 2014.</p><br>
<p>The recreational facilities at Chadwick Lake Park have been greatly enhanced and improved since the appointment of Robert Petrillo as the towns first Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Conservation in 2005. Facilities near the lakes southern end, include picnic shelters, two playgrounds, fitness and walking trails and boating launches. A recent expansion is adding basketball courts, a skating rink and an arboretum. Use is generally limited to town residents. Fishing is also allowed on the lake; largemouth bass is a common catch. A very popular addition to the park is a 4.2 mile hiking trail, which encircles the entire lake.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The dam creating Chadwick Lake was constructed by the Chadwick family in 1926 and the lake remained private property. The Bethlehem Rod and Gun Club purchased fishing rights and kept the lake stocked with fish. Admission was charged for the use of the lake, for fishing, swimming and boating, with the Chadwick family receiving 50% of the receipts, the Bethlehem Rod and Gun Club 25%, and the paid caretaker at the lake 25%. Since at least the mid 1930s the Town discussed purchasing the lake as a water supply. However, action of this nature by a Town was prohibited by New York State law until 1961, when the State legislature approved new legislation authorizing such a purchase. The Chadwick family originally requested one million dollars for the purchase of the lake and surrounding area, but after negotiations with the Town lowered its request to $850,000. The Town counteroffered $775,000 for 427 acre including the entire lake, and the Chadwick family accepted. An additional 18 acre of adjacent land was offered by various property owners for $15,000, for a total price tag of $790,000. Town Councilman Robert DeLong, who spearheaded the movement to purchase the lake, pointed out that the tax base of the Town had increased by 1961 to finally allow such a purchase without forcing an undue burden on the Town taxpayers. He also contended that the water table in the Town had dropped to alarming levels in parts of the Town, making the purchase of the lake a priority.</p><br>
<p>Despite DeLong&#39;s arguments and despite a unanimous 5-0 vote in favor of the purchase by the Town Council, the purchase still proved to be controversial. Opponents of the purchase contended that the Town of Newburgh was still too rural to warrant a central water supply, and the $790,000 price tag was too steep. Opponents believed that by not providing municipal water, the rural nature of the Town of Newburgh could be retained indefinitely. Opponents of the purchase had obtained enough signatures to force a public referendum, and in the vote taken on February 26, 1962, the purchase was approved by a vote of only 987 to 881 with 32 void ballots.</p><br>
<p>Since the appointment of Mr. Petrillo in 2005, the park facilities have expanded greatly. The improvements are paid for out of a Parkland Trust Fund, into which all developers in the Town are required to contribute. Accordingly, the Chadwick Park improvements and expansion have had very minimal impact upon the taxpayers.</p><br>
<p>Some old commercial maps from the 1950s and 1960s erroneously label the lake as "Cronomer Lake". This is probably due to the lake&#39;s proximity to the hamlet of Cronomer Valley. There is no evidence that the name Cronomer Lake was ever used, either officially or popularly, and so the citation can be considered a typographical error.</p><br>
<p>Pitts&#39; Folly is a historic antebellum Greek Revival residence located in Uniontown, Alabama. The house was built by Philip Henry Pitts as his main house. It was designed by architect B. F. Parsons, who also designed the nearby Perry County Courthouse in Marion. Many local legends detail how the house gained its name, but they all center on the people of Uniontown believing it to be folly, or foolishness, that Pitts was building such a large house.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Phillip Henry Pitts was born June 3, 1814 in Essex County, Virginia. He was the son of Thomas Daniel Pitts, a veteran of the War of 1812 who moved his family to Uniontown in 1833. Pitts married in 1841 to Margaret Davidson, the sister of Alexander C. Davidson. The Davidsons were descendants of William Lee Davidson, a general during the American Revolutionary War and founder of Davidson College in North Carolina. Pitts himself was a large contributor to the college within his lifetime and his plantation diaries were later donated to it for preservation. Pitts also owned stock in the Alabama-Mississippi Railroad. Phillip Pitts remained a cotton planter until his death on April 22, 1884. The house continues to be occupied by the descendants of Phillip Pitts to the present day.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Pitts&#39; Folly is a two-story wood frame structure with wooden clapboarding. The roof is gabled on the east and west sides, with a flat roof over the portico. The front and eastern elevations feature a two-story portico with fourteen masonry Doric columns, nine across the front and five on the east side. A cantilevered second floor balcony wraps both sides of the house under the portico. The interior is divided on both floors by a central hallway. Several rooms feature decorative plasterwork. The house and grounds were surveyed in 1935 and 1936 by the Historic American Buildings Survey. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>Puketutu Island is a volcanic island in the Manukau Harbour, New Zealand, and is part of the Auckland volcanic field. European settlers called it Weekes&#39; Island, but this was eventually abandoned in favour of the historical Māori name.</p><br>
<p>In the 1950s, several of its scoria cones were heavily quarried for fill to extend Auckland Airport nearby. The island&#39;s highest point, 65 m high Pinnacle Hill, was retained. The charitable trust now owning the forested island has proposed a scheme whereby biosolids from the nearby Mangere wastewater treatment plant (which surrounds the island, covering 600 ha on the landward sides, and served around 600,000 people in the 1990s) could be used to reshape the older form of the island. While the process could take up to 35 years, the final goal is envisaged as becoming a park for the Auckland Region.</p><br>
<p>The island was also used as the site for several pā (Māori earth fortifications usually guarding a settlement or important site) throughout the last centuries, though these were deserted by the time of the arrival of European colonists in the area.</p><br>
<p>Lake Talon is a lake in Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada that is part of the Mattawa River system and the Ottawa River drainage basin. The majority of the water body is located in Bonfield Township with the rest in Calvin Township and the unincorporated Olrig Township. The lake is a popular cottaging spot during the summer, as it is dotted with cottages mostly along the southern shore. It also has a Nipissing University field station on the north shore of the eastern end. The lake and its shores, with the exception of Kaibuskong Bay, are protected as part of the Mattawa River Provincial Park.</p><br>
<p>The primary inflows are the Mattawa River and the Kaibuskong River, and the primary outflow is the Mattawa River at Talon Chute, which flows to the Ottawa River.</p><br>
<p>Torre Monumental and before 1982 Torre de los Ingleses  is a clock tower located in the barrio  of Retiro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is situated in the Plaza Fuerza Aérea Argentina  next to the Calle San Martín and Avenida del Libertador. It was a gift from the local British community to the city in commemoration of the centennial of the May Revolution of 1810.</p><br>
<p>After the Falklands War in 1982, the tower was renamed Torre Monumental, though some still call it Torre de los Ingleses.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>On September 18, 1909 the Argentine National Congress passed Law N° 6368, consisting of an offer by the British residents of Buenos Aires to erect a monumental column to commemorate the centenary of the May Revolution.</p><br>
<p>Although the centenary monument was initially considered to be a column it ultimately took the form of the tower.</p><br>
<p>An 1910 exhibition of project proposals at the Salón del Bon Marché, today the Galerías Pacífico, resulted in the jury&#39;s award to English architect Sir Ambrose Macdonald Poynter (1867–1923), nephew of the founder of the Royal Institute of British Architects. The tower was built by Hopkins y Gardom, with materials shipped from England such as the white Portland stone and the bricks from Stonehouse, Gloucestershire (see below). The technical personnel responsible for the construction also came from England.</p><br>
<p>The sudden death of King Edward VII on May 6, 1910, prompted the United Kingdom to cancel its delegation to the Centenary celebrations, and the cornerstone was not laid until November 26. Other delays that followed were due to the late vacationing of the gas company that was installed in the square in 1912 and the outbreak of World War I in 1914. The inauguration of the building took place on May 24, 1916 and was attended by the President of Argentina Victorino de la Plaza and British dignitaries led by the minister plenipotentiary Reginald Tower.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The tower is built in Palladian style, the building is decorated with symbols of the British Empire and features the thistle of Scotland, the English rose, the Welsh dragon and the Irish shamrock.</p><br>
<p>The tower reaches a height of and has eight floors. There are clocks at the level, and the bells were designed in imitation of the ones at Westminster Abbey.</p><br>
<p>The tower is topped by an octagonal copper roofed cupola. Above the entrance there are the shields of Argentina and Great Britain and the inscription "al gran pueblo argentino, los residentes británicos, salud, 25 de mayo 1810-1910" (To the health of the Great Argentine people, from the British residents, May 25, 1810-1910).</p><br>
<h2>Recent times</h2><br>
<p>Bitterness over the defeat in the Falklands War triggered vandalism against the clocks at the time, and a dynamite explosion at the base of the tower, in November 1984 (though the monument sustained only minor damage). During the government of Mayor Fernando de la Rúa (1996–99), the tower underwent extensive restoration. Public access was restored and a glass lift to the 6th floor, utilising the original British machinery, was opened. The 6th floor features a small exhibition of elements of the original lift and a view over the district of Retiro, Retiro railway terminal and the Port of Buenos Aires; the clock pendulum is accessible on the 7th floor.</p><br>
<p>In 2006 the building was closed to the public for technical maintenance, though the building is occasionally painted with anti-British graffiti.</p><br>
<p>Las Villas is a natural region and comarca in Andalusia, southern Spain. It is located in the mountainous area at the eastern end of Jaén Province. The main town is Villacarrillo.</p><br>
<p>Together with the Sierra de Cazorla and Sierra de Segura mountain ranges Las Villas gave its name to the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park that was established in 1986. 8.3 percent of the surface of the protected area falls within the Las Villas comarca.</p><br>
<p>Formerly the Las Villas comarca had been merged with La Loma as La Loma y las Villas, an administrative division of Andalusia. The present-day official comarca was established in 2003. According to the 2014 census, the comarca has a population of 22,023 inhabitants.</p><br>
<h2>Municipalities</h2><br>
<p>Iznatoraf, 1038 inhabitants.</p><br>
<p>Sorihuela del Guadalimar, 1298 inhabitants.</p><br>
<p>Villacarrillo, 11,092 inhabitants.</p><br>
<p>Villanueva del Arzobispo, 8595 inhabitants.</p><br>
<p>The John A. Lafevre House and School is located along NY 208 in the town of Gardiner, New York, United States. It is often believed to be in New Paltz as it is within that town&#39;s ZIP Code. The house is a stone structure dating to 1772; the school was built in 1835 and remained in use for almost a century. Both are well-preserved examples of their type of building and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<h2>Buildings</h2><br>
<h3>House</h3><br>
<p>The home is a classic example of the stone houses built in the area by the Huguenot settlers, reflecting their vernacular traditions. They used local limestone, and pointed the corners with mortar derived from the same local limestone. Hand-hewn timbers were used for the floor beams and roof plates with lighter, untrimmed poles handling most of the framing.</p><br>
<p>The interior typically followed a long rectangular plan with two large rooms, a cellar and a loft. This design is unique to Ulster County and contrasts with more Dutch designs found to the north and south. The original beams and joists, as well as many period fireplace mantels, remain.</p><br>
<h3>School</h3><br>
<p>The school is a typical early one-room schoolhouse of a type common to rural New York in the early to mid-19th century. Its division into classroom and vestibule space reflects the influence of educational reformers of the day such as William A. Alcott, who called for school buildings to be equipped with amenities such as heating and lighting so they would be more conducive to learning.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Lafevre (1746–1818) was a descendant of the original New Paltz Huguenots. He was granted 500 acres (2 km²) of the Huguenot&#39;s original patent and built the house there in 1772. In 1798 he added a third room, following in the Ulster County tradition of expanding the house linearly rather than on the back.</p><br>
<p>His son Matthew (1774–1851) altered the interior and may have added the rear addition. In 1835 the growing community of Gardiner needed land for a school, so he donated a small parcel near the house to the Kettleborough School District. The red wooden one-room schoolhouse erected was used by Kettleborough and its successors until 1932. In 1961 both properties came into the possession of another Huguenot descendant, Kenneth Hasbrouck, and his family owns them today.</p><br>
<p>Agency Lake is a natural lake located west of Chiloquin in Klamath County, Oregon. It is actually the northern arm of Upper Klamath Lake, connected by a narrow channel.</p><br>
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<p>Its primary inflow is the Wood River, while its outflow is Upper Klamath Lake (indirectly the Link River, Upper Klamath Lake&#39;s outflow). The lake has a surface area of approximately 9,000 acre.</p><br>
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<p>The lake is very shallow, and experiences high winds.</p><br>
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<p>USA Route 97 runs along the east side. Agency Lake Resort is located on the east side of the lake.</p><br>
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<h2>Wetland restoration</h2><br>
<p>The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has been working to restore 3,000 acre of wetland near the mouth of the Wood River since 1997. The wetlands were damaged in the 1960s and 70s when water was diverted for farmland. The BLM also plans to add walking trails and picnic areas.</p><br>
<h2>Flora and fauna</h2><br>
<p>The most common type of fish in the lake are trout, especially Great Basin redband trout. Over 50 species of birds live on or near the lake.</p><br>
<h2>Recreation</h2><br>
<p>Fishing is a popular activity on the lake. Six boat ramps are located on the lake. The Agency Lake Resort, located on the lake&#39;s eastern shore, features a campground with 40 campsites, marina, boat ramp, and convenience store.</p><br>
<p>Agency Lake can be accessed by boat or canoe from the marshes route off Malone Springs.</p><br>
<p>The Luther Brannon House is a stone bungalow structure at 151 Oak Ridge Turnpike in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States, where it is one of the few buildings remaining from before World War II.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in 1941 by Owen Hackworth and just months later was acquired by the USA Army for the Manhattan Project. It was one of about 180 existing structures that were spared from demolition after the area was acquired for Manhattan Project production activities. The house is believed to have been used as headquarters for local project operations and living quarters for General Leslie Groves until the Army completed construction of new administration buildings.</p><br>
<p>After the war, when most other remaining pre-war structures in Oak Ridge were torn down, the house was left standing. As of 1991, it was one of only three pre-World War II houses remaining in Oak Ridge, the others being Freels Cabin and the J. B. Jones House. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places due to its association with General Groves and the early development of Oak Ridge.</p><br>
<p>The house suffered significant damage from a fire in July 2014.</p><br>
<p>Ukonkivi, , is located on the island of Ukonsaari in lake Inari, Finnish Lapland. The Inari Sami name for the island is Äijih. The area of the lake is called Ukonselkä. Ukonkivi was considered by the local Inari Sami to be an extremely important siedi  or sacred natural formation and was used as a sacrificial site, perhaps as recently as in the 19th century. The names "Ukko" and "Äijih" refer to sky deities in the Finnish and Sami mythologies, respectively.</p><br>
<p>The island is about 30 m high, 50 m broad and a 100 m long. The distance from the village of Inari to Ukonkivi is approximately 11 km. There are guided tours to the site during the summer from the harbour of the Sami museum Siida.</p><br>
<p>There are two known siedis at Ukonsaari. The first one to be studied was a sacrificial cave. One of the most important archaeological findings in Lapland was made at Ukonkivi in 1873 by the British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans, when a silver jewellery fragment was found in the cave. An additional siedi was discovered in 2007 by Finnish archaeologists.</p><br>
<p>The names of some of the numerous islands adjacent to Ukonsaari may suggest other religious sites, for example:</p><br>
<p>* Palo Ukko (Finnish: Fire-Ukko)</p><br>
<p>* Pikku Ukko (Little Ukko)</p><br>
<p>* Ukonkarit (Ukko&#39;s skerries, a series of islets close to Ukonsaari)</p><br>
<p>* Hautuumaasaari (Burial ground island)</p><br>
<p>* Aviosaaret (Marriage islands)</p><br>
<p>* Tissikivisaari (Breast-stone island)</p><br>
<p>* Junttisaari (Lad island. Juntti is a complex word approximately meaning a juvenile yet adolescent male.)</p><br>
<p>* Vanha hautuumaasaari (Old burial ground island)</p><br>
<p>* Ristisalmensaaret (Cross sound islands)</p><br>
<p>Lookout Mountain is a foothill on the eastern flank of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 7,377 ft peak is located in Lookout Mountain Park, 2.7 km west-southwest  of downtown Golden in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States.</p><br>
<h2>Mountain</h2><br>
<p>Downtown Denver, 12 miles to the east, can be seen clearly from the mountain. It is known for its natural scenery and has played a major role in area recreation, transportation, water supply and telecommunications. The summit is famous as the gravesite of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody and has several sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its earliest known inhabitants were the Ute tribe of American Indians, who used the mountain as a lookout point upon the surrounding region.</p><br>
<p>Built in 1913, the Lariat Loop road ascends from Golden up the steep east side of Lookout Mountain. Mountain bikers and hikers can also follow the Chimney Gulch trail, a difficult, narrow "single track" hiking trail that crisscrosses the Lariat Loop road twice on its way to the summit. Lookout Mountain is also popular with paragliders.</p><br>
<p>In 1917, Charles Boettcher, a Denver entrepreneur, built a summer home formerly called Lorraine Lodge on Lookout Mountain for his family that was used for hunting retreats. In 1968, Boettcher&#39;s granddaughter, Charline Breeden, donated the lodge that is now known as Boettcher Mansion and 110 acres to Jefferson County. The mansion has been restored and is now a site for special events.</p><br>
<p>The Lookout Mountain Nature Center & Preserve has interactive exhibits that take visitors on a tour of the foothills for adults and children.</p><br>
<p>The Empire Building located at 71 Broadway on the corner of Rector Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City is a 21-story  steel framed curtain-wall skyscraper designed by Kimball & Thompson in the Classical Revival style and built by Marc Eidlitz & Son from 1895 to 1898. It is one of the earliest skyscrapers built on pneumatic caissons and one of the oldest still standing today. The building was the home of United States Steel Corporation from its founding in 1901 to 1976. Since 1997, it has served as an apartment building. It was designated a New York City landmark in 1996 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1884, Orlando B. Potter purchased a six-story 1859 brownstone office building at 71 Broadway. It was the site of an assassination attempt on Russell Sage in 1891. After Potter died suddenly in 1894, his estate, managed by his children, commissioned the current building.</p><br>
<p>On April 23, 1919, the United States Steel Corporation, a major tenant since its formation in 1901, bought the building from the Potter trust for approximately US$5 million in cash. It was their world headquarters until 1976, even after they sold the building in 1973. They remained in the building until the mid-1980s.</p><br>
<p>The Empire Building was converted to 237 apartments in 1997 by World-Wide Group of Manhattan that had purchased the foreclosed property for approximately $10 million.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The plot measures 78 ft along Broadway, 223 ft along Rector Street, and 50 ft on Trinity Place with a footprint of approximately 14,000 ft&sup2; and a total floorspace of 300,000 ft&sup2;. Some portions of the Broadway entrance cross over the lot line. Along Rector Street, it is adjacent to the churchyard of Trinity Church, providing a dramatic backdrop for the church and ensuring open views for the building.</p><br>
<p>Charles Sooysmith designed the foundation which was a mix of grillage and 23 pneumatic concrete caissons that went 23 ft down to bedrock.</p><br>
<p>The building has a tripartite design with a base, shaft, and capital sections, as in the column of a classical order. The original design called for architectural terracotta sheathing, but the owners switched to granite. The base is four stories of polished gray granite. The shaft is twelve stories of a white rusticated granite. The capital is four stories tall with colonnaded loggias and a metal cornice. There is a full basement, which is exposed along Rector Street, and a full-height storefront on Trinity Place due to the difference in elevation between the front and the back of the building. The main entrance on Broadway is based on a triumphal arch with a main archway and two smaller flanking ones which leads to first floor stores.</p><br>
<p>The twenty-first floor designed by John C. Westervelt was added in 1930. The main entrance on Broadway, the Trinity Place entrance, and the connection to the elevated train on Trinity Place were all refashioned in an Art Deco style by Walker & Gillette in 1938.</p><br>
<p>Manavgat River  originates on the eastern slopes of Western Taurus Mountains in Turkey. At an elevation of 1,350 m, the outflow of several small springs joins together to become the headwaters of the Manavgat. The largest of these springs is called Dumanli, whose name means "place where there is fog", because of the dense mist that forms above the spring. In addition to the springs from the Taurus Mountains, the Manavgat is also fed underground from large lakes to the north of the mountains, on the Anatolian Plateau.</p><br>
<p>From there, the river flows south over conglomerated strata for about 90 km, descending through a series of canyons. Finally, it washes over the Manavgat Waterfall and through the coastal plain and into the Mediterranean Sea. There are many caves in the river watershed area, the most interesting being the Altınbeşik cave.</p><br>
<p>The maximum flow of the Manavgat River is 500 m³/second, with an average of 147 m³/second. Using the average flow as a measure, the Manavgat River accounts for a very small amount of the water flowing into the Mediterranean. There are two dams over the river: Oymapınar Dam and the Manavgat Dam.</p><br>
<p>Studies have shown that water drains into the Manavgat River basin from its surface watershed and also from endorheic basins, especially those to the east of the river.</p><br>
<p>In 1992, the Turkish State Hydraulics Work (DSI) was given the job of developing a water supply project for domestic use from the Manavgat river.</p><br>
<h2>Footnotes</h2><br>
<p>Trinity Episcopal Church is a parish of the Episcopal Church in McArthur, Ohio, United States. The parish worships in a historic church located at the intersection of Sugar and High Streets; built in the nineteenth century, it has been designated a historic site.</p><br>
<h2>Construction</h2><br>
<p>Trinity Episcopal Church was built in 1882 on land formerly owned by Andrew Wolf, whose donation included an adjacent house for use as a rectory. The parish employed local contractor Oscar W. Gilman to design the building and to arrange for its construction. Seven years after the church was finished, Gilman was again hired by the church to add the bell tower.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Among the hallmarks of Gilman&#39;s design are a steep gabled roof, an apse, and buttresses. The church is a fine example of the Late Gothic Revival style of architecture, due to elements such as its lancet windows of stained glass. The walls are built of handmade bricks that rest upon a foundation of hand-cut sandstone blocks; both the sandstone and the clay for the bricks were obtained locally.</p><br>
<h2>Recent history</h2><br>
<p>In 1976, Trinity Episcopal Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its well-preserved historic architecture. As a longtime McArthur landmark, it was seen as significant primarily in local history.</p><br>
<p>Trinity Episcopal remains an active parish of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio. In 2012, its pastor was Bruce Smith.</p><br>
<p>Big Indian Mountain is a mountain located in Ulster County, New York.</p><br>
<p>The mountain is part of the Catskill Mountains.</p><br>
<p>It is flanked to the northwest by Eagle Mountain, to the southeast by Fir Mountain, and to the southwest by Doubletop Mountain.</p><br>
<p>The northeast slopes of Big Indian Mountain drain into Elk Bushkill, thence into Esopus Creek, the Hudson River, and into New York Bay.</p><br>
<p>The north end of Big Indian Mtn. drains into Shandaken Brook, thence into Dry Brook, the East Branch of the Delaware River, and into Delaware Bay.</p><br>
<p>The west side of Big Indian Mtn. drains into the headwaters of Dry Brook.</p><br>
<p>The southern slopes of Big Indian Mtn. drain into Biscuit Brook and Pigeon Brook, thence into the West Branch of the Neversink River, and the Delaware River.</p><br>
<p>Big Indian Mountain is within of New York&#39;s Catskill State Park.</p><br>
<p>The First Church of Christ, Scientist, now known as Lackawanna County Children&#39;s Library, is a building in Scranton, Pennsylvania located at 520 Vine Street. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 1988. The building, built in 1915, was listed for its Classical Revival architecture.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Christian Science religious activity in Scranton dates from before 1890 when Judge Septimus J. Hanna and his wife came to take charge of the fledgling Christian Science Society. The Hannas left in 1892 for Christian Science world headquarters in Boston where he had been called by Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, to become the editor of the Christian Science Journal.</p><br>
<p>In 1915 the Neoclassical church edifice was erected at 520 Vine Street for the congregation which by then had become First Church of Christ, Scientist, Scranton. The architect was Albert J. Ward. The congregation held regular church services in this building until it downsized in the 1980s. In 1985 it sold the building for $1.5 million to the Lackawanna County Library System, which then converted it into the Lackawanna County Children&#39;s Library.</p><br>
<p>The Children&#39;s Library is located immediately southeast of the main Scranton Public Library, which is also listed on the National Register under the name Albright Memorial Building.</p><br>
<p>The Judgement Rocks, part of the Kent Group, is a small unpopulated 0.39 hectare granite islet and some associated bare rocks, located in the Bass Strait, lying off the north-east coast of Tasmania, between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia. The islet and associated rocks are contained within the Kent Group National Park.</p><br>
<p>The rock was named by Matthew Flinders "from its resemblance to an elevated seat".</p><br>
<p>Joanna Murray-Smith&#39;s novel Judgement Rock is named for the rocks and set among the islands of the Kent Group.</p><br>
<h2>Fauna</h2><br>
<p>Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include fairy prion, Pacific gull, silver gull, and sooty oystercatcher. The island hosts Tasmania’s largest breeding colony of Australian fur seals, which also attracts visits by killer whales. The only reptile present is the metallic skink.</p><br>
<p>Crag Mountain, 1,503 ft, of the Bald Hills region of east Franklin County, Massachusetts is the southern and most apparent summit of Brush Mountain, 1,507 ft. Narrow and precipituous, the mountain offers expansive views from its open, knife-edge summit. Crag Mountain is composed of quartzite, a weather-resistant metamorphic rock. The 114 mile  Metacomet-Monadnock Trail traverses its summit ridge. Crag Mountain is located within the town of Northfield, Massachusetts.</p><br>
<p>The west side of Crag Mountain flows into Fourmile Brook, then into the Connecticut River, which flows into Long Island Sound. The east side flows into Jack&#39;s Brook and Keyup Brook, then into the Millers River, thence the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound.</p><br>
<h2>Recreation</h2><br>
<p>Currently (August 2013), the Crag Mountain summit is closed to thru hikers on the M & M Trail at the request of the landowner. The trail remains blazed from Gulf Road in a southerly direction to within a half mile of the summit that is marked with two USGS benchmarks.</p><br>
<p>Deal Island, the largest island of the Kent Group, is a 1,576 hectare granite island, located in northern Bass Strait, that lies between the Furneaux Group, north-east of Tasmania and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.</p><br>
<h2>Location and features</h2><br>
<p>The island is contained entirely within the 2,374 hectare Kent Group National Park, Tasmania’s northernmost national park, gazetted in 2002. In 2004 the national park was extended to include the state waters of the three major islands of the Kent Group marine waters, encapsulating 29,000 hectare of marine reserve.</p><br>
<p>Deal Island is located at the southern end of the 292,800 hectare Beagle Commonwealth Marine Reserve, that encloses the Kent Group Marine Reserve and the Hogan and Curtis Island groups.</p><br>
<p>Deal Island has been extensively modified in the past by human activity in the construction of facilities and the vegetation clearance and regular firing associated with grazing livestock. It has a lighthouse, airstrip (closed), roads, jetty, two houses, a dam and a museum.</p><br>
<h3>Lighthouse</h3><br>
<p>Deal Island has the highest lighthouse in the Southern Hemisphere,</p><br>
<p>On 26 April 1943 during World War II an RAAF A25 Airspeed Oxford aircraft crashed killing all four crewmen. The aircraft wreck and their graves are about 15 m apart at the bottom of the cliff. The bodies have since been disinterred and buried at, Victoria. Eyewitness accounts say the plane flew low over a ship which was actually a wreck, and then failed to regain enough height before hitting the cliff.</p><br>
<h2>Fauna</h2><br>
<p>Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, Pacific gull, and sooty oystercatcher. Mammals found on the island are the red-necked wallaby, common brushtail possum, southern brown bandicoot, fur seals and the introduced European rabbit. Reptiles present include the metallic skink, Bougainvilles skink, Whites skink and the white-lipped snake.</p><br>
<h2>Climate</h2><br>
<p>Bethesda Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 502 DeKalb Street in Camden, South Carolina. A National Historic Landmark, the main church building was built in 1822 and is one of few surviving churches designed by 19th-century American architect Robert Mills. The current minister is Rev. John Hallman.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Bethesda Presbyterian Church is set on the north side of DeKalb Street (United States Route 1) in the center of Camden. The church campus includes six buildings: the main sanctuary, John Knox Hall, the Bethesda Christian School, Hammet Chapel, the McAm Building, and Westminster Hall. In front of the sanctuary is a monument, like the sanctuary designed by Robert Mills, dedicated to the memory of the Baron DeKalb, a Continental Army soldier killed in the 1780 Battle of Camden.</p><br>
<p>The main sanctuary is a rectangular brick building, with a four-columned portico on the south (street-facing) facade and a modest steeple at the north end. The front facade of the building is laid in Flemish bond, while the other three sides are laid in American bond. Behind the south portico is a large central round arch niche, which is flanked by symmetrical entrances. The north facade, which now serves as the main entrance, has a Tuscan portico sheltering a pair of staircases leading up to the gallery level. A pair of entrances provide access to the main level, and there is a round-arch window opening centered above. The side walls each have five round-arch windows. The interior is organized with the pulpit and altar at the south end, with a balcony at the north, supported by unfluted columns. Decorative elements of the balcony include dentillated elements, recessed panels, and fluted pilasters.</p><br>
<p>The Presbyterian Church in Camden was established before the American Revolutionary War; its first sanctuary was destroyed during that war, and two more were built c. 1790 and 1806 to satisfy the needs of a grown congregation. The present sanctuary was designed by Robert Mills, then already an architect of some reputation, and was completed in 1822. It is stylistically more Classical than some of his later work, and is one of his few surviving ecclesiastical designs. Although the building underwent a number of alterations, especially in the late 19th century, most of these changes were reversed in the 20th century, and the building bears a significant resemblance to Mills&#39; original design.</p><br>
<p>The church (along with the accompanying DeKalb monument) was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1985. It is also a contributing property within the City of Camden Historic District.</p><br>
<p>The Robert Brewton House is a historic house at 71 Church Street in Charleston, South Carolina. With a construction date at or before 1730, it is the oldest dated example of a "single" house. A single house is one room wide, with the narrow end towards the street, the better to catch cool breezes. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The house is set on a narrow lot on the west side of Church Street in Old Charleston.</p><br>
<p>The house was built between 1701 and 1715, acquired by Miles Brewton and given to his son Robert Brewton. A 1733 deed of gift by Miles Brewton to his daughter Dale of the neighboring house at 73 Church St., also refers to his son&#39;s house, separated by a 3 foot alley. Robert Brewton succeeded his father as Powder Receiver in 1745, when he sold the house to his sister Rebecca Brewton and her husband Jordan Roche.</p><br>
<p>The house is a rectangular hip-roofed brick structure, three stories in height, presenting three bays to the front, with a narrow driveway to the south to which the house presents five bays and its main entrance. It has stuccoed corner quoining, and decorative stuccoed keystone elements over the windows. The building is known to have had a porch across the main facade; it was not original to the building, and was removed at an unknown date. The house was purchased for Robert Brewton by his father, Miles Brewton, whose house on King Street is also a National Historic Landmark.</p><br>
<p>Mount Maculot  is a mountain located in the town of Cuenca in Batangas province, in the Philippines. This mountain is popular among mountain climbers and campers; it is the major tourist attraction of the municipality. Every year on Holy Week, thousands of pilgrims from nearby towns and provinces climb the mountain as a form of penance.</p><br>
<h2>Physical</h2><br>
<p>The mountain is about 947 m tall and is also located adjacent to Taal Lake. Mount Makulot and its 700 m high volcanic rock wall called The Rockies, is said to be part of Taal Caldera&#39;s crater rim.</p><br>
<h2>Geological history</h2><br>
<p>Based on studies on Taal, it is believed that an ancient Taal Cone was formed by buildup of large volume dacitic pyroclastic materials more than 140,000 years ago. Several major catastrophic eruptions probably between 27,000 and 5,000 years ago destroyed this greater Taal Cone and ultimately formed the depression now known as Taal Caldera. This depression was filled by water, thus forming a lake. The younger Volcano Island was formed by numerous explosive hydrovolcanic eruptions in the middle of the lake after the collapse.</p><br>
<p>The slopes of the previous volcano now formed ridges surrounding the lake. Mount Macolod is not only a volcanic cone on the south side but also the highest caldera rim of the former Taal Cone. Tagaytay Ridge, to the north, is the northern rim of the caldera with Mount Sungay its highest elevation.</p><br>
<p>The Paul Hamilton House, commonly referred to as the Brick House Ruins, is the ruin of a 1725 plantation house on Edisto Island, South Carolina, that burned in 1929. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1970 for the unusual architecture of the surviving walls, which is based on part on French Huguenot architecture of the period.</p><br>
<h2>Construction</h2><br>
<p>The house was constructed about 1725 for Paul Hamilton, a wealthy South Carolina planter, on Edisto Island, one of the Sea Islands in what was then the Province of South Carolina.</p><br>
<h3>Materials</h3><br>
<p>The two-story house was constructed with exterior walls of brick imported from Boston, such brick being harder and denser than the local kind. The interior of the home was primarily constructed of locally produced lumber which had been aged seven years. Construction also utilized local gravel and sand brought to the site from the Pon Pon.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Its architectural design is in keeping with American colonial architecture but exhibits French Huguenot influence. Possibly a simplified copy of the c. 1675 Chateau de la Haye d&#39;Esquermes near Loos les Lille, France, evidence of the French influence in its architecture is seen through many stucco enrichments to the exterior and its high-pitched roof.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>It served as the plantation house for a 300 acre plantation. The estate was acquired in 1798 by the Jenkins family which maintains ownership to this day.</p><br>
<p>In 1929 the house caught fire, with its wooden portion being largely reduced to ashes and only its brick walls with stuccoed quoins and trim remaining. Until that time, it had not been significantly altered.</p><br>
<p>The ruin was recorded photographically as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey of the National Park Service cataloged at the Library of Congress in both 1936 and 1939.</p><br>
<p>It was declared a National Historic Landmark and added to the National Register of Historic Places on 15 April 1970.</p><br>
<p>The South Carolina Department of Archives and History published a summary of the site as a part of South Carolina history. They describe it as an artifact of important early French influence in the Carolinas, considered a "stately and picturesque ruin in its own right." They cite the architecture of the outer walls as being "unique in this country."</p><br>
<h2>Currently</h2><br>
<p>Following the fire of 1929, some stabilization was performed. Metal supports were used to brace some openings, but their expansion over time has actually damaged some of the material. In addition, the two chimneys (shown in the main photo above) had their top portions removed to prevent their damaging the walls in case of collapse. As of February 2013, the shell still stands, but the National Park Service considers it to be in an "emergency" condition due to major cracks and deformation of the south wall, with collapse likely if no remedial action is taken.</p><br>
<p>Khirbet Kefireh  is a modern Palestinian village just north of Qatanna, West Bank on a hilltop covering about 4-5 acres. It appears in the Survey of Western Palestine map compiled in the 1870s, and most Bible dictionaries identify it with Chephirah.</p><br>
<p>Dutch archaeologist Karel J.H. Vriezen extensively surveyed the site during September 1970, June and July 1973, and again in March and July 1974. The site contains two major sections: an upper citadel on the east side near its elevation peak (774 m), and a lower village on the west side. Additionally, three graves were examined about 150 meters to the northeast of the site.</p><br>
<p>Vriezen found evidence for major architectural changes dating to the Iron-II and Byzantine eras, and pottery shards spanning the Early Bronze, Iron I, Iron II, Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods. Highlights include a jar handle bearing a LMLK seal impression, and another handle bearing a pre-fired plus (+) mark.</p><br>
<p>The walls of the site included nine towers, three gates, and an entrance. A cistern and a quarry were found enclosed within the city walls.</p><br>
<p>Excavations are no longer possible due to the presence of modern habitations.</p><br>
<p>Dover Island, the third largest island in the Kent Group, is a densely vegetated and unpopulated 295 hectare granite island with steep slopes, located in the Bass Strait, lying off the north-east coast of Tasmania, between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.</p><br>
<p>The island is part of the Kent Group National Park, Tasmania’s northernmost national park, which was gazetted in 2002. Unlike its companion islands, Deal and Erith, Dover has never been grazed by stock or cleared, so retaining its original cover of native vegetation and almost completely lacking exotic species.</p><br>
<h2>Flora and fauna</h2><br>
<p>Dover is covered by low forest dominated by Drooping Sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata). Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, Pacific gull, and sooty oystercatcher.</p><br>
<p>Erith Island, the second largest island in the Kent Group, is a densely vegetated and unpopulated 323 hectare granite island with steep slopes, located in the Bass Strait, lying off the north-east coast of Tasmania, between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.</p><br>
<p>The island is contained within the Kent Group National Park, Tasmania&#39;s northernmost national park, which was gazetted in 2002. Erith was highly modified for cattle grazing and is mainly covered by exotic pasture. Grazing ended with the acquisition of the lease in 1997 by the Australian Bush Heritage Fund, which subsequently relinquished it to the Tasmanian Government for incorporation in the national park.</p><br>
<h2>Fauna</h2><br>
<p>Recorded breeding seabird and wader species include little penguin, short-tailed shearwater, Pacific gull, and sooty oystercatcher. Mammals on Erith are the southern brown bandicoot, long-nosed potoroo and common brushtail possum. Reptiles include the metallic skink, eastern three-lined skink, White&#39;s skink and white-lipped snake.</p><br>
<p>West Union Baptist Church is a Baptist congregation and historic church structure in West Union, Oregon, United States.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Baptist congregation was founded in 1844 and met in the home of pioneer David Thomas Lenox until 1853, when he donated 2 acre of his land for a church and cemetery. The one-story, Classical Revival style building was built of hand-sawn lumber on what is now West Union Road for a little over $1,500.</p><br>
<p>The 30- by 40 ft structure has cedar rafters, fir joists and sills of hand-hewn fir logs. On December 25, 1853, the building was dedicated by the Reverend Ezra Fisher. It is the oldest Baptist society and the oldest Protestant church building still standing west of the Rocky Mountains. Pioneers Caleb Wilkens and George W. Ebbert are buried at the cemetery, which is the oldest cemetery in the state.</p><br>
<p>The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and is currently maintained by the American Baptist Churches of Oregon. Previously the otherwise unused building was the site of an annual memorial meeting, but the church now holds regular Sunday services.</p><br>
<p>The Black Mountains of northwest Arizona are an extensive, mostly linear, north-south 75-mile  long mountain range. It forms the north-south border of southwest Mohave County as it borders the eastern shore of the south-flowing Colorado River from Hoover Dam.</p><br>
<p>The northwest, and parts of the west of the range are located in the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Three wilderness areas are in the range, and the historic mining site of Oatman, Arizona, 4 mi adjacent and north of Boundary Cone, is nestled in the range&#39;s south between the Mount Nutt and Warm Springs Wildernesses.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The mountain range is generally 10-15 mi wide, narrower in the north, and west of the Detrital Valley northeast. The southern end of the range with the two wilderness areas is a larger block and the Warm Springs Wilderness is made of a mountain section called Black Mesa (western Arizona), separated from the north section by Sitgreaves Pass, on the route to Oatman, AZ.</p><br>
<p>The high point of the range is Mount Perkins at 5,456 ft, located west of the water divide of the Detrital Valley northeast, and the Sacramento Valley (Arizona) southeast. The Cerbat Mountains border eastwards. Mount Perkins, in the center-north of the range, is located at 35.56999&deg;N latitude, 114.50858&deg;W longitude.</p><br>
<h3>Watersheds</h3><br>
<p>The Black Mountains are in four watersheds. The north and northeast contain the Lake Mead Watershed, and the north-flowing Detrital Wash Watershed. The west along the Colorado River and southern-west contains the Havasu-Mohave Lakes Watershed where the Sacramento Wash Watershed flows into the southern Topock Marsh, at the southern third of the Havasu-Mohave Lakes region.</p><br>
<h2>Regional area of the Black Mountains</h2><br>
<p>West of Black Mountains</p><br>
<p>Lake Mead</p><br>
<p>Hoover Dam</p><br>
<p>Colorado River</p><br>
<p>Lake Mead National Recreation Area</p><br>
<p>Black Canyon of the Colorado</p><br>
<p>Willow Beach</p><br>
<p>&ndash</p><br>
<p>Cottonwood Cove, Nevada</p><br>
<p>Lake Mohave</p><br>
<p>&ndash</p><br>
<p>Bullhead City&ndash;Arizona</p><br>
<p>Fort Mojave Indian Reservation&ndash;Arizona</p><br>
<p>&ndash</p><br>
<p>Topock Marsh&ndash;Arizona</p><br>
<p>Topock&ndash;Arizona</p><br>
<p>Needles</p><br>
<p>Interstate 40 in California</p><br>
<p>&ndash</p><br>
<p>South</p><br>
<p>East</p><br>
<p>Lake Mead</p><br>
<p>Black Mountains-Northern section&#39;</p><br>
<p>Mount Wilson Wilderness</p><br>
<p>Detrital Valley-North</p><br>
<p>Cerbat Mtns</p><br>
<p>*Mount Tipton Wilderness</p><br>
<p>&ndash</p><br>
<p>USA Route 93 in Arizona</p><br>
<p>Detrital Valley-South</p><br>
<p>&ndash</p><br>
<p>Kingman</p><br>
<p>(northern)-Sacramento Valley&ndash;Interstate 40</p><br>
<p>Black Mountains-Southern section&#39;</p><br>
<p>Mount Nutt Wilderness</p><br>
<p>Black Mesa (western Arizona)</p><br>
<p>*Warm Springs Wilderness</p><br>
<p>Yucca, Arizona</p><br>
<p>(southern)-Sacramento Valley&ndash;Hualapai Mtns</p><br>
<p>Interstate 40 in Arizona (from Needles, CA)</p><br>
<p>&ndash</p><br>
<p>South</p><br>
<p>The Labworth Café is a modernist International style reinforced concrete building overlooking the Thames estuary at Labworth beach on Canvey Island, Essex. Built in 1932–1933 by Ove Arup to resemble the bridge of the Queen Mary, it exists as the only building solely designed by the distinguished engineer.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The café and shelter were designed while Arup worked as the architect, engineer and contractor to the London firm Christiani & Nielsen. He noted that his "place was in the office" during the project, and in retrospect deplored the cheapness and shoddiness of the materials and workmanship implemented by the firm. The building had been designed in 1932 for the tourists visiting the fast-growing island resort. The cafe was opened in 1933 as the Canvey Island Cafe but came to be known as the "Labworth Cafe" due to the large "Labworth" text – in reference to the "Labworth estate" within which the building is situated – painted around the inland facing third storey. The name "Labworth" is derived from the "Labworth farm" which the estate replaced in the early 20th century and has its origins in the Old english lobwerde: a compound of lobb; used as nickname for a spider, or meaning of heavy, clumsy mass, referring to soil, and werda meaning a low-lying marsh in the south east of England.</p><br>
<p>The decline in popularity of the English seaside holiday led to the Cafes neglect, and the building narrowly escaped demolition during the major redevelopments of the islands sea defences 1973—1982. By the 1990s the cafe was in a state of disrepair, but it was awarded the status of a Grade II listing in 1996 by English Heritage and then bought in 1998 by local businessman and lottery winner Chris Topping. The Labworth was consequently refurbished, and reopened in the late 1990s with the first floor functioning as the Labworth Restaurant. In 2001, a cafe was added to the ground floor and the building reopened as the Labworth Restaurant and Beach Bistro.</p><br>
<h3>Modifications</h3><br>
<p>The first significant alterations to the building occurred in reaction to the flooding of Canvey Island in 1953 which claimed 58 lives. The flood prompted a succession of improvements to the sea defences around the perimeter of the island. The path of the new "second" seawall in 1953 followed the line of the promenade on the south side (beach side) of the cafe, but the larger replacement – completed in 1983 – was built around the cafes north side (inland). The construction necessarily raised the ground on the north side to an equal level with the promenade on the south side (beach side) subsequently burying the cafes supporting piles and essentially reducing the buildings height to two storeys. The placement of the wall, its proximity and large scale also obscured the effect of the first floor over-hang, and the view of the central ground floor when seen from the north. However, the general appearance remained intact when viewed from the south until the buildings second major alteration with the addition of the new cafe in 2001. The two arms that extend from the circular drum of the first floor originally enclosed two shelters on the ground floor but were transformed into an indoor serving and seating area.</p><br>
<h4>Canopies</h4><br>
<p>The construction of the original café included a group of thin steel columns which supported canopies on the access areas of the roofs of the shelters. At some point in the building&#39;s history these were removed.</p><br>
<h4>Typography</h4><br>
<p>In the refurbishment of the late 1990s, the large black condensed text of Labworth painted around the north side of the first floor was removed and replaced with a collection of metallic signs.</p><br>
<p>Gwanggyosan  is a small mountain in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. It lies on the border of Suwon and Yongin, though the wider range extends north and so also borders Uiwang, Gwacheon, Seoul and Seongnam.</p><br>
<p>The summit offers views across Suwon, Yongin and Bundang. The mountain is commonly hiked from Gwanggyo Reservoir in Suwon.</p><br>
<h2>Gwanggyosan and Pungsu</h2><br>
<p>Interpreted within the context of traditional Korean logic and beliefs – especially within the realm of Korean Confucianism – Gwanggyosan serves as Suwons jinsan, or Guardian Mountain. This is in keeping with the logic of pungsu (known as feng shui in China), which avers that an ideal site for a city or town is one where there is a jinsan to the north, an open vista, river or a large body of water to the south, and either mountains or valleys to the east and west. As Suwons jinsan, Gwanggyosan provides a natural landmark indicating the citys position to travelers and acts as a sort of "shield" against the harsh winds from the north in wintertime. Aiding Gwanggyosan in providing a favorable sense of pungsu to Suwon are the flat farms and paddies in the southern portions of Gwonseon-gu and Yeongtong-gu, Chilbo-san to the west, and the hills along Suwons border with Yongin to the east.</p><br>
<p>Burnet Cave  is an important archaeological and paleontological site located in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States within the Guadalupe Mountains.</p><br>
<h2>Physical details</h2><br>
<p>The cave has a southern exposure and is reported as being 21 m (70 feet) from the canyon floor. It has an elevation of 1402 m (4600 feet) according to Shultz and Howard (1935).</p><br>
<h2>Archaeological finds</h2><br>
<p>Excavation began in Burnet Cave under returning student E. B. Howard who was working under Alden Mason&#39;s Southwestern Expeditions sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology. The first southwestern trip was in 1929 and Bill Burnet showed them this cave on one of the first trips west. The early field seasons at Burnet Cave were 1930, 1931, and 1932, and they went back again in 1936 and 1937 (Howard 1936:22, 1943b). Additional survey work in the Guadalupe Mountains was done in 1934 as well but no new early sites were found (Howard 1935).</p><br>
<p>The first Clovis point found in the modern era was excavated in situ at Burnet Cave five feet, seven inches below ground surface on the edge of a hearth with burnt bison and musk-ox bones in August 1931(UPenn Museum catalog # 31-47-36) (Boldurian and Cotter 1999:73). This find predates the Dent Site, Clovis, and all others pretending to be the first in situ Clovis find in the Americas. Howard brought this Clovis point to the 1931 Pecos Conference and showed it to several people, including Frank H H Roberts (discussed in Woodbury&#39;s Pecos history- 1983).</p><br>
<p>Until about 1950 Burnet Cave was considered to be among the handful of truly reliable intact Clovis sites but around that time it seems to have fallen out of favor because it was a cave, with an unusual Clovis faunule, that lacked the dramatic visions of the Mammoth-killing big game hunters myth then coming into vogue.</p><br>
<p>Burnet Cave was the first multi-component Paleoindian site excavated, though no additional. The Clovis layer was four feet below the lowest layer containing Basketmaker material. The fine dirt was run through a ¼” screen at the front of the cave, something quite unusual for archaeological fieldwork at this time (Boldurian and Cotter 1999:7). The poet Loren Eiseley was a member of Howard&#39;s crew and wrote scathingly about his experiences in the Guadalupe Mountains.</p><br>
<h2>Paleontology finds</h2><br>
<p>Aves: Aechmophorus occidentalis, Cathartes (C. aura Brodkorb), Coragyps (C. atratus, C. occidentalis), Gymnogyps (G. californianus amplus), Accipiter (A. cooperi), Buteo swainsoni, Falco mexicanus Falco sparverius, Tympanuchus pallidicinctus, Oreortyx pictus, Meleagris gallopavo, Grus canadensis, Bubo virginianus, Asio flammeus, Colaptes auratus, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, Loxia curvirostra.</p><br>
<p>Aves (Extinct): Meleagris (M. crassipes)</p><br>
<p>Mammals: Antilocapra americana, Bassariscus astutus, Canis latrans, Canis lupus, Conepatus mesoleucus, Cynomys ludovicianus, Dipodomys (D. ordi), Felis concolor, Lemmiscus curtatus, Lepus(L. townsendii and L. alleni), Lynx rufus, Marmota flaviventris, Microtus (M. lonqicaudus, M. mexicanus, M. pennsylvanicus), Mustela nigripes, Navajoceros fricki, Neotoma cinerea (N. lepida or N. stephensi, N. mexicana), Odocoileus hemionus (O. virginianus), Ovis canadensis, Cratogeomys (C. castanops), Peromyscus maniculatus, Sorex, Spermophilus variegatus, Sylvilagus audubonii, (S. nuttallii), Taxidea taxus, Thomomys bottae (T. umbrinus), Vulpes velox (V. vulpes).</p><br>
<p>Mammals (Extinct): Arctodus sp., Bison antiquus, Camelops, Equus tau, E. francisci, Mexican Horse (E. conversidens), E. alaskae, Euceratherium collinum, Stockoceros onusrosagris</p><br>
<p>Reptilia: Phrynosoma douglasii (Rickart), Phrynosoma cornutum (Rickart), Crotaphytus collaris (Rickart), Sceloporus (Rickart).</p><br>
<p>Parkview is a historic subdivision of St. Louis, Missouri. It is partly within the city limits of St. Louis and partly in University City. It is bounded by the Skinker-DeBaliviere neighborhood to the east, the Delmar Loop to the north, the Ames Place section of University City to the west, Washington University to the south, and Forest Park to the southeast.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Much of the land that became Parkview was, in the mid-19th century, contained in the Kingsbury Farm. In 1905, surveyor Julius Pitzman was hired to lay out Parkview. His elegant design for the 2,720 acre neighborhood includes a partly symmetrical arrangement of gently curved streets and parks. By 1907 Parkviews first houses were under construction. By 1916, most of Parkviews 255 houses had been built. Most are 3-story brick homes and many are architecturally striking; included are several excellent examples of Colonial Revival style and of Arts and Crafts architecture. In 1986, the neighborhood was accepted into the National Register of Historic Places under the name of "Parkview Historic District."</p><br>
<p>Over the years, a large number of notable St. Louisans have made their home in Parkview. The list includes Missouri Governor Henry Caulfield; St. Louis mayor Bernard Dickmann; University City mayors Heman, Flynn and Cunningham; artists Bessie Lowenhaupt, Aimee Schweig, Jane Pettus, Edmund Wuerpel and Gustav Goetch; writers Stanley Elkin and William Gass; aviation great Col. James (Jimmy) Doolittle; baseball players George Sisler and Bob Gibson; and film maker Charles Guggenheim. Today it is home to many writers, musicians, scientists, and professors. It is considered a highly desirable residential area, and its homes routinely sell for over US$400,000.</p><br>
<p>St. Ann&#39;s Episcopal Church is an historic Episcopal church located on Church Street in Richford, Vermont, in the United States. Built in 1883, it is a architecturally a distinctive blend of Queen Anne and Gothic Revival architecture. On March 12, 2001, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The church is a defunct mission of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont; no services are held there.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and history</h2><br>
<p>St. Anns stands one block north of Richfords small business district, at the southwest corner of Church and Town Streets. It was originally built facing Town Street (then known as High Street), but was rotated ninety degrees in 1903 to its present siting. It is a narrow rectangular wood frame structure, with a steeply pitched gable roof and stone foundation. The exterior is finished in non-original vinyl siding. The main entrance is in a square tower that projects from the northeastern corner, rising through a belfry to a bellcast roof and steeple. The interior of the chuch is where its Gothic features are found. The walls and floors are finished in smoky buttered tongue-and-groove wooden boards, with the roof supported by five large Gothic-arched trusses. A large stained-glass window adorns the south wall at the back of the sacristy.</p><br>
<p>The church was built in 1883 by the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, its leaders having noted that the town lacked a significant religious presence, with two other denominations having been unsuccessful in starting congregations. The church was consecrated in 1894, following the Episcopalian practice of not doing so until the debts for its construction had been paid off. The church prospered along with the town through the First World War, but began a gradual decline thereafter. The building has been leased by the diocese to the local historical society, which is undertaking its restoration.</p><br>
<p>Calvert Island is an island in Whitefish Bay, Lake of the Woods in Kenora District, Ontario, Canada. It is about 13 km south of the community of Sioux Narrows and 4 km west of Ontario Highway 71.</p><br>
<p>Calvert Island is 930 m long and 520 m wide. The western edge is lined with smooth rocks that are tilted at a 45-55 degree angle and go straight into the water. Calvert Island is mostly undeveloped, except for Whitefish Bay Camp, which is on the southern tip.</p><br>
<p>The island has two bays: one named Clipper Bay and one unnamed. Clipper Bay is the larger of the two, and is on the southeastern edge of the island, with a depth of between 3 m and 4.5 m. The unnamed smaller bay is very shallow, and is usually a breeding ground for frogs and Northern Pike. Most of the cabins of Whitefish Bay Camp overlook this small, shallow bay.</p><br>
<p>Patsy Island, which is uninhabited, lies immediately to the east of Calvert, and there are numerous unnamed surrounding islands.</p><br>
<p>Lake Kerkini , is an artificial reservoir that was created in 1932, and then redeveloped in 1980, on the site of what was previously an extremely extensive marshland.</p><br>
<p>Before 1932, there were irregular marsh lakes on Strymon, one of them called "Podkova" Ottoman Turkish: ݒودقوه كولي Podkova Gölü became the mother of Kerkini.</p><br>
<p>Lake Kerkini is now one of, if not the, premier birding site in Greece, and, as it is situated along the migratory flyway for migratory birds en route to the Aegean Sea, the Balkan region, the Black Sea, the Hungarian steppes and beyond it experiences an interesting migration.</p><br>
<p>In the flat and semi-mountainous area, important hydrobiospheres are developing which are of great international significance and acceptance. The most essential hydrobiosphere is the one in Kerkini lake. It is a miracle of nature which came about by man&#39;s technical intervention on the natural characteristics of Strymon river. The water extent, which varies from time to time from 54 Km2 to 72 Km2, works out to be useful in two ways: as a technical work of great agricultural utility and as a hydrobiosphere for thousands of water fowls.</p><br>
<p>This wonderful biosphere is recouped by the International Convention of Ramsar and presents numerous admirable elements. Thousands of birds, both rare and protected, riverside forests, water-lilies in a large area, fish variety and fantastic panoramic view from the mountains of Belasica and Krousia give it a characteristic tone. Actually the lake hosts 227 kinds of birds, especially non-migrants. 76 of them are recorded in the National Red Catalogue, while at least 31 of them are protected by EECs Directive concerning wild life. What makes an exceptional presence is the buffalos herd in the area, plus the one of the jackelo in the area of Kerkini lake. In the surrounding area of Kerkini lake there are at least 10 amphibian species (frogs, salamanders, tritons), five snail species, 19 reptile species (lizards, snakes, turtles) and a great variety of insects which play an important part in the food chain and contribute towards the biological resources of the lake.</p><br>
<p>A winter view of some tree at Kerkini lake The lake was created where Kerkini lake was by making embankments on the eastern and western sides and a dam was constructed near the village of Lithotopos, which started functioning in 1932. The main water provider of the lake is Struma River. Additionally, there is Kerkinitis river from Krousia that flows into the lake. After the construction of the dam, the form of the initial hydrobioshere changed completely. The human intervention usually retracts or takes negative action against the natural processes, Kerkini lake is a rare example, where the gentle human handling had the exact opposite result.</p><br>
<p>As time went by, the lake&#39;s capacity was reduced because of the substances that were washed up by Strymon river. So the rising of the embankments and the construction of a new dam was necessary, which was started operating in 1982.</p><br>
<p>Houghton&#39;s Pond is a spring-fed kettle hole pond in Milton, Massachusetts, south of Boston. Like many ponds and lakes in the United States, it was formed by receding glaciers about 10,000 years ago. By the standard definition of lakes being bodies of water larger than 20 acres, the 24 acre pond is technically a lake.</p><br>
<p>The pond is located within the Blue Hills Reservation and managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. The Massachusett tribe once fished the pond and hunted in the woodlands that surround it. The local indian tribe called it Hoosic-Whisick, but around 1690, a British settler named Ralph Houghton bought 360 acres of forest and land (including the pond) to farm. He used the pond as a source of ice, drinking water and fish. His farmhouse once stood where the refreshment stand now stands.</p><br>
<p>The area is a popular destination for Massachusetts residents in all seasons. Just outside the city limits of Boston, the setting offers people the chance to quickly immerse themselves in a natural surrounding. The pond offers a visitor&#39;s center, supervised swimming area, stocked fishing, picnic areas, and various outdoor sports. The refreshment stand is on the National Register of Historic Places. The pond is surrounded by an array of hiking trails within the Blue Hills Reservation. The area is most popular in the summer for swimming and cook-outs.</p><br>
<p>The John Coltrane House is a historic house at 1511 33rd Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. A National Historic Landmark, it was the home of American saxophonist and jazz pioneer John Coltrane from 1952 until 1958.</p><br>
<h2>Use by Coltrane</h2><br>
<p>John Coltrane purchased the house for his family after leaving the USANavy and lived there until he relocated to New York City in 1958. He continued to use the house as an alternate residence to his New York home until the end of his life. Upon his death the house passed to Coltrane&#39;s cousin, Mary Alexander.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>In addition to its association with John Coltrane, the house has received attention due to its historic architecture. For example, it is considered a good example of a middle-class Philadelphia rowhouse from the turn of the 20th century. The architect is disputed; E. Allen Wilson is considered likely, due to his association with developer Clifford Pemberton, but no known source specifically ties him to the Coltrane House.</p><br>
<h2>Preservation and reuse efforts</h2><br>
<h3>John W. Coltrane Cultural Society</h3><br>
<p>The houses use as a residence by Coltranes relatives prevented it from being made open to the public, and by 2003 the house was suffering from several structural and aesthetic problems.</p><br>
<p>The JWCCS offered children&#39;s workshops led by professional jazz artists throughout the Philadelphia School District, Philadelphia Housing Authority and other youth groups. An annual Summer Backyard Concert Series was held in the backyard of the Coltrane House and an annual Birthday Tribute/Celebration Concert at a large venue. A community garden on 33rd Street included a jazz mural created by neighborhood youth. A mural was also created by students of Strawberry Mansion High School, in the school. "Cousin Mary," who was raised with Coltrane in High Point North Carolina, also conducted a lecture series on his life and music.</p><br>
<h3>Historic designation</h3><br>
<p>Due to its association with John Coltrane, the house has attracted several official designations as a historic building, most prominently as a National Historic Landmark. It was placed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1985.</p><br>
<p>It was later declared a National Historic Landmark on January 20, 1999, and concurrently placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Additionally, the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission dedicated a marker honoring John Coltrane in front of the house on July 17, 1990.</p><br>
<p>The Edward Drinker Cope House is a historic house located at 2100-2102 Pine Street in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built in 1880, it was a longtime home of Edward Drinker Cope , a prolific geologist and paleontologist and noted herpetologist who was one of the leading natural scientists of the 19th century United States. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Edward Drinker Cope House consists of two side-by-side rowhomes at the southwest corner of 21st and Pine Streets, southwest of Rittenhouse Square in Philaldelphia&#39;s Center City. It is 3.5 stories in height with a larger ceiling at the top floor. The front facades are clad with rectangular cut green stone laid in random courses. The side and rear sides are brick and it is topped with a mansard roof. The main facade has polygonal bays on the outside and a pair of arched entrances in the center bays.</p><br>
<p>The rowhomes were purchased by Cope shortly after their construction in 1880. He at first lived at 2100, using 2102 as storage and a work room. Financial reverses due to a poor investment in 1886 forced him to rent 2100 out, and he occupied 2102 until his death in 1897. Cope was a prolific and talented scientist, distinguishing himself in the field of paleontology, where he was one of the leading figures in the infamous Bone Wars competition that characterized the scientific investigations of the American West in the 1870s. He is ranked with Othniel Marsh and Joseph Leidy as one of the nation&#39;s leading 19th-century paleontologists.</p><br>
<p>Creag Ghlas Laggan  is a hill on the Isle of Arran in south-western Scotland. It is the highest point of the seven-mile-long ridge of land that runs north-west to south-east between the A841 road and the Sound of Bute in the north-eastern part of the island. It is classed as a Marilyn .</p><br>
<p>The best way up in terms of scenery is to follow the well-trodden and easily graded path from Lochranza to Bearradh Tom a&#39; Muidhe at grid ref 962508, and strike south-east up the ridge from there. The shortest way up is a straight line from the parking area at Boguillie at grid ref 973483.</p><br>
<p>The hill has a remarkable variety of geology. On its north-western slopes is the famous Hutton&#39;s Unconformity in the Dalradian metasediments. On the north-east shore can be found Carboniferous limestone and Permian desert deposits. At the south-eastern end is some Devonian Old Red Sandstone.</p><br>
<p>Creag Ghlas Laggan offers stunning views towards Caisteal Abhail and the other peaks such as Goat Fell.</p><br>
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<p>The Frances Ellen Watkins Harper House is a historic row house at 1006 Bainbridge Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Of uncertain construction date, it was the home of Frances Harper  from 1870 until her death. Harper was a prominent African-American abolitionist, women&#39;s rights and civil rights activist, and author. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Frances Ellen Watkins Harper House stands in the Bella Vista neighborhood of South Philadelphia, at the southwest corner of Bainbridge and Alder Streets. It is the end unit of three rowhouses between Alder and Warnock Streets. It is a three story masonry structure with no discernible architecture style. Its front is finished in brick, and the side wall facing Alder is stuccoed. The main facade is two bays wide, except the ground floor, where the main entrance is set in the leftmost of three bays. The ground floor brickwork shows evidence (supported by building documentation) of having been refaced after a commercial storefront had been installed.</p><br>
<p>City building records do not give an indication of when this rowhouse was built. Map and title research indicates that it was here that Frances Harper lived from 1870 until her death in 1911. Harpers life spanned a great variety of activist causes, from abolition prior to the American Civil War to the quest for womens suffrage and African American civil rights in the wake of post-Reconstruction Jim Crow laws. She was a widely printed writer on these subjects, and traveled throughout the North before the Civil War, and in the South as well afterward, speaking on behalf of all of these causes. She also wrote fictional works depicting the conditions of African Americans in the South.</p><br>
<p>The Hill–Physick–Keith House, also known as the Hill–Keith–Physick House, the Hill–Physick House, It is now owned and operated by the Philadelphia Society for the Presevation of Landmarks as a house museum.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Hill-Physick-Keith House stands in the southern part of Philadelphia&#39;s Center City, freestanding on a parcel bounded by Delancey, Cypress, and South 4th Streets. It is a three story brick building with Federal styling. It is covered by a hip roof, and has a three-bay main facade whose levels are separated by stone stringcourses. The main entrance is in the center bay, flanked by sidelight windows and topped by a large half-round transom window. The interior is well appointed with original Federal period features, including numerous marble fireplace surrounds. It is decorated in with Federal and Empire style furnishings, including some that belonged to its most famous owner, Philip Syng Physick.</p><br>
<p>Physick, born in Philadelphia, was trained in London and Edinburgh in surgery, a skill which he brought back to his hometown. He taught surgery and anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania, training an entire generation of new surgeons in the arts he had learned. He was also known for his skills in the operating room, and for the innovative designs of surgical tools he developed.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in 1786 by wealthy Madeira wine importer Henry Hill. It was the residence of Dr. Physick after separating from his wife, Elizabeth Emlen Physick, in 1815, until his death in 1837. The house later fell into dilapidation. In the late 1960s, publisher Walter Annenberg restored the house and then donated it to the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks. Today the house is the only free-standing Federal mansion remaining in the colonial center of Philadelphia.</p><br>
<p>The house is now operated as a museum, with the garden replicating one of the early 19th century. It is open Thursdays through Saturdays, noon to 5pm, and Sundays, 1 to 5pm. The building also serves as the headquarters of the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>The Insurance Company of North America Building is a historic commercial building at 1600 Arch Street in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Built in 1925, it was for many years the home of the Insurance Company of North America , the nation&#39;s first and oldest joint-stock insurance company. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978. The building, occupied by INA until 1991, has been developed into condominiums.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The former Insurance Company of North America Building is located on the west side of JFK Plaza, just north of Suburban Station in Philadelphia&#39;s central Penn Center area. It is a sixteen-story steel-framed commercial building, finished in brick and stone, occupying an entire city block bounded by Arch, Cuthbert, 16th and 17th Streets. It has a 65 ft granite lower level, above which rises a tower of ten uniform stories in brick, topped by a four-story crown. The building was designed by architects Stewardson & Page (formerly Cope & Stewardson) and built by Stone & Webster, Inc.</p><br>
<p>The building was built to house the headquarters of the Insurance Company of North America (INA), then one of the largest property insurance companies in the United States. The company was founded in 1794, and was the nations first joint-stock company devoted to selling insurance. The company is credited with numerous innovations in its long history, including an early grading of marine risks in a standardized manner, and the introduction of homeowners insurance policies that encompassed a variety of different risks. It also played a role in the creation of the agency model of insurance sales. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978 in recognition of the company&#39;s historic significance.</p><br>
<p>The Jack Frost Ski Resort which opened in 1972, is located in Kidder Township, Carbon County, near White Haven, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Pocono region. Operated by Peak Resorts, it offers 20 trails and a terrain park for skiing and snowboarding.</p><br>
<h2>Terrain Parks (Big Boulder)</h2><br>
<p>While it does have ski trails, Big Boulder is more of a snowboarders mountain. Its partner, Jack Frost is what local snowboarders call the "Skiers Mountain." The slopes of Big Boulder are much older than Jack Frost. The owners of Big Boulder built Jack Frost with a longer runs and a higher vertical drop, going down to the level of the Lehigh River, rather than up to a ridge top. Big Boulder resort has three main parks, Big Boulder Park, LOVE Park (Inspired by Philadelphia&#39;s LOVE Park a popular destination for skateboarders), and Freedom Park, on certain weekends it can have more. Especially after a competition in which they create new terrain.</p><br>
<h2>Lodges (Big Boulder)</h2><br>
<p>The resort has two lodges, the main lodge, which is located at the bottom of the mountain and can be seen from the parking lot. Inside there are cafes and other services for the snowboarders/skiers. The other lodge, located at the bottom of Big Boulder Park, is called the lower lodge. The lower lodge includes an outdoor grill, a bar a pro shop, and the entire lodge is sponsored by Red Bull Energy Drink.</p><br>
<h2>Recreation</h2><br>
<p>In 2006, warm weather resulted in issues for local skiers, but was able to stay open with snow reserves made in December.</p><br>
<p>The resort was able to open one week earlier due to an aggressive snow season.</p><br>
<p>Jack Frost is a major tourist destination and attraction in the region and has caused an influx of new home buyers. Home buyers have cited the ski resort, golf courses, and distance from New York City and Philadelphia as factors for purchasing local properties.</p><br>
<p>The Creaser Hotel, also known as the Jane Cody Residence, is a hotel and residence in Republic, Washington and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The hotel was built in 1897 by Phil Creaser, who located the Republic and Jim Blaine mines. Located on the crest of Creaser Hill, this building is the oldest frame structure still in existence in Republic, and surpassed in age only by the Kaufman Cabin, built one year earlier in 1896. The building has shiplap siding and a hip roof porch with pierced barge boards and bracketed posts on two sides. When first constructed water was provided by a water tower and gravity feed water system, both of which have now been removed. The building was operated as a hotel until sometime in 1905–1909 by Phil Creaser, at which time it was sold to the George Moody Family. It has since served as a private residence.</p><br>
<p>The J. Peter Lesley House is a historic row house at 1008 Clinton Street in the Washington Square neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. A National Historic Landmark, it was for 27 years the home of John Peter Lesley , one of the leading geologists of the second half of the 19th century. The house is a private residence, and is not open to the public.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The J. Peter Lesley House is located in Philadelphia&#39;s Washington Square West neighborhood, on the south side of Clinton Street between South 10th and 11th Streets. It is a 3-1/2 story brick building, with a gabled roof pierced in front by a gabled dormer, and flanked on the side walls by chimneys. It is three bays wide, with the entrance in the rightmost bay, topped by a Federal style half-round transom window. The interior of the house largely retains features of the later 19th century, despite conversion to multiunit residences and back to single-family use.</p><br>
<p>J. Peter Lesley rented this building from 1869 to 1897, using it as his home and office. Lesley served for many years as the State Geologist of Pennsylvania, and was a leading authority on geology related to coal and iron ore, especially in Pennsylvania and surrounding states. His pioneering work A Manual of Coal, published in 1856, demonstrated the relationship between topography and geological structure. He supervised the publication of more than 120 state reports produced by its Geological Survey department, which he also directed for many years.</p><br>
<p>The Lesleys made this address their year-round home until 1885, when Mrs. Lesley was given a house in Milton, Massachusetts. He continued to spend most of his days here until ill health compelled his retirement in 1896, after which he also moved permanently to Massachusetts.</p><br>
