<p>Allen House, also known historically as The Terraces, is an historic house at 2 Solomont Way on the South Campus of the University of Massachusetts Lowell in Lowell, Massachusetts. Built about 1854, it is one of the city&#39;s finest early examples of Italianate architecture. In the early 20th century, it was the home of Charles Herbert Allen, a prominent local politician. Since 1957, it has been owned by the University of Massachusetts Lowell; restored in the 2000s, it houses a gallery and event space used for university programs. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Allen House stands on the UMass Lowell South Campus. It is set on a rise above the Merrimack River, of which it has commanding views. It is an irregularly massed and somewhat rambling brick building, 2-1/2 stories in height, with a gabled roof. The gable ends are adorned with cloverleaf windows and there is brick drop ornamentation along the eaves. Some windows are set in round-arch openings. A bracketed Italianate porch is found on the front (east) side, and a Colonial Revival porch extends across part of the west side.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in the early 1860s as the mansion house of Rollin White, who invented a type of rear-loading revolver. White worked for Samuel Colt in Hartford, Connecticut for many years before moving to Lowell and establishing his own firearms company, later the Lowell Arms Company. The house was later the home of Charles Herbert Allen, a politician prominent in state politics and the first civilian USA governor of Puerto Rico.</p><br>
<p>Shinall Mountain is the highest natural point in Pulaski County, Arkansas and home to a number of broadcast towers whose navigational lights can be seen for miles. It is located in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains on the edge of Little Rock, the capital and most populous city of Arkansas.</p><br>
<h2>Etymology</h2><br>
<p>"Shinall" is often misspelled "Chenal", though the two words are pronounced the same. "Shinall" is a corruption of the French name "Chenault", a family that settled near the base of Shinall Mountain before the American Civil War. "Chenal" is the name used for Chenal Valley, a 4,800-acre upscale planned community in west Little Rock, and Chenal Parkway, a mostly divided four-lane thoroughfare connecting Highway 10 to Little Rock&#39;s Financial Centre District. The Deltic Timber Corporation, who develops and manages Chenal Valley, chose the name as a foreign branding strategy.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Shinall Mountain is located approximately 3 miles south of Pinnacle Mountain. Because Pinnacle Mountain is steeper, it appears higher than Shinall Mountain, despite it actually being 55 feet lower.</p><br>
<p>The Capt. Josiah E. Chase Octagon House is an historic octagon house on Chase Mill Road in East Limington, Maine. Built about 1858, it is one of twelve houses of the type known to survive in the state from the period of its greatest popularity, and is one of the least-altered. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. Its builder, Josiah Chase, was a seafaring ship&#39;s captain.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Chase Octagon House is set amid oak trees on a knoll near the confluence of the Little Ossipee River with the Saco River on the east side of Limington, Maine. It is a two-story wood frame structure, with an octagonal roof that is topped by a cupola. The eight sides are roughly equal in size, and are finished with clapboards. The entrance faces west, away from the rivers, and consists of a heavy door flanked by narrow sidelight windows and pilasters. There is photographic evidence that a more elaborate porch once sheltered the entry. The building corners have paneled pilasters, and fenestration generally consist of paired narrow sash windows; there are several projecting single-story bay windows. The octagonal cupola features small windows with segmented-arch lintels. The interior has had some alteration, principally the removal of several walls to create larger spaces, and the closing off of an entry into the kitchen space. The upstairs originally had seven triangular chambers; one wall was removed to create a larger chamber. A period carriage barn stands near the house.</p><br>
<p>Limingtons Chase family is descended from Deacon Amos Chase, who is reputed to be the towns first white settler. Josiah E. Chase&#39;s father owned a sawmill on the river nearby; he began a life at sea at the age of 18 aboard a whaling ship. He acquired the land for this house in 1858 (from James Madison Chase, of unknown relation), and built the house soon afterward. The house belonged to his descendants until 1971.</p><br>
<p>Estherwood is a late 19th-century mansion located on the campus of The Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States. It was the home of industrial tycoon James Jenning McComb, who supported Masters financially in its early years when his daughters attended. The houses octagonal library was the first section built. It had been attached to McCombs previous home, but he had felt it deserved a house more in keeping with its style and so had architect Albert Buchman design Estherwood built around it.</p><br>
<p>The interior features lavish decoration and detail, with generous use of marble and gold leaf. As the only significant châteauesque building in Westchester County, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1979 as Estherwood and Carriage House.</p><br>
<h2>Buildings</h2><br>
<p>The Estherwood NRHP listing recognizes both the mansion and its carriage house as contributing resources. Both are located on a 10-acre (4 ha) parcel just east of the main Masters buildings.</p><br>
<h3>Mansion exterior</h3><br>
<p>The house is three and a half stories high, with a varying number of bays on each of its sides. It is faced in white pressed brick with granite trim and terra-cotta detailing. Its roof is black and red ceramic tile, with copper cresting and stone filials, from which four red brick chimneys rise. A copper-clad cupola caps the east facades tower. The porte-cochère on the west facade, the houses main entrance, is supported by granite piers and Doric order columns. It has a Guastavino tile ceiling to match the one on the veranda that encircles the rest of the house. The irregular fenestration includes fifteen dormer windows and a second-story oriel window.</p><br>
<h3>Mansion interior</h3><br>
<p>From the entrance, there is a vestibule with mosaic flooring, marble baseboards, classical molding and bronze light fixtures. It leads to 65-foot-long (20 m) Great Hall that rises two stories to a coffered ceiling and skylights. A divided staircase of pink marble rises to a gallery that overlooks the hall. The balcony is supported by Ionic columns on high plinths. The hall also features a green marble fireplace with limestone trim. The oak parquet floor has a carved Greek key-patterned border repeated on the underside of the gallery.</p><br>
<p>Six rooms are located off the Great Hall, also with lavish decoration. The dining room has dark oak walls with carved Northern European motifs such as boars and rams heads, broken by copper and bronze medieval sconces. Built-in service units are supported by caryatids. The north wall is broken by the fireplace, with a mosaic wall and surround. The adjacent plaster wall is painted Pompeii red. The shallow vaulted ceiling is, like that of the Great Hall, coffered.</p><br>
<p>The Music Room – known as the "Red Room" – features an alcove flanked by red marble columns and pilasters, both with capitals highlighted in gold leaf. Adamesque swags and garlands, also highlighted in gold, are carved into the wall and ceiling along with musical motifs such as lyres, horns and Pan flutes. These motifs recur in the stained glass window transoms. The south wall is of mahogany with brass trim; it features the Music Room&#39;s fireplace, flanked by carved Corinthian pilasters.</p><br>
<p>The Reception Room features intricately patterned plaster walls and ceilings. Two of its windows have gold-stained panels, and an original crystal chandelier still hangs. The drawing room at the house&#39;s northwest corner features scrolled brackets and marble Composite columns on high plinths. Its marble fireplace has wood surrounds.</p><br>
<p>The large octagonal library has a central octagonal stained-glass skylight. Stained glass, with a rich floral motif, is also found in the transoms of the two large windows in the north wall. Other ornament includes the plaster molding with gold leaf. The shelving is made of dark Honduran mahogany. Of the six major rooms on the main floor, the Billiards Room is the least decorated, with oak wainscoting and eared windows and doors. The plaster ceiling likewise has a simple molding and a central medallion.</p><br>
<p>Upstairs, the house has been remodeled somewhat by the school, but the bird&#39;s-eye maple and golden oak woodwork have been retained, as well as the frosted glass closet-door panels and sliding doors off the gallery. The attic also features its original arched doorways, water tanks, and unusual floor-to-ceiling diagonal braces in the center.</p><br>
<p>This fine mansion is currently being used as teacher housing for The Masters School. Because of this some of the rooms have been connected and furnished so that it can accommodate their needs.</p><br>
<p>Estherwood houses a Steinway and Sons piano that is often used for student recitals and performances.</p><br>
<h3>Carriage house</h3><br>
<p>The carriage house is located to the east of the main house, downhill from it. It was built to take advantage of the slope, in a massed Queen Anne style with Stick-style porte-cochére. Its interior features wrought-iron columnar supports and sliding doors between every space.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Ohio native James Jenning McCombs wealth came from his invention of the ties that secured cotton as it emerged from balers. In the 1860s he came to Dobbs Ferry, where he sent his three daughters to the Misses Masters School, named for its founding sisters in 1877. He bought the current property and eventually moved his family to the small Park Cottage (still standing) near the schools Clinton Avenue location to shorten his daughters walk to school.</p><br>
<p>The octagonal library was first built as an addition to Park Cottage, to complement an octagonal library desk McComb had bought in Europe. He was soon dissatisfied with how poorly the new room integrated with the rest of the house, and hired the New York firm of Buchman & Deisler to design a new house connected to the library that would better match it.</p><br>
<p>McComb and his family lived in Estherwood from its completion in 1895 to his death in 1901. He had continued to acquire nearby property and rent it to the school, and in 1910 the school bought it all, including Estherwood and the carriage house, from his heirs. It has made few changes to the building, primarily adding an elevator in 1949. Estherwood was used as a dormitory for many years</p><br>
<h2>Aesthetics</h2><br>
<p>Estherwood is a rare residential commission for Albert Buchman, better known for commercial and institutional structures such as the New York World Tower and the Student Building at Barnard College. He brought to the commission a breadth of architectural knowledge and an awareness of the ostentatious tastes of the new rich of the Gilded Age. In its lavish use of materials and elements that would be characterized as conspicuous consumption, Estherwood has been compared to Richard Morris Hunt&#39;s The Breakers – the Vanderbilt family summer home in Newport, Rhode Island – that had been completed only three years before, attracting much notice as the most expensive house ever built at that time.</p><br>
<p>The Nathan B. Devereaux Octagon House is an historic octagonal house located at 66425 Eight Mile Road in Northfield Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan. The house is one of only three extant octagonal houses in Washtenaw County, and remains in excellent and near original condition. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>At some point in the 1850s, Nathan Bartlet Devereaux travelled to Ann Arbor to attend a lecture by Orson Squire Fowler, the leading proponent of octagonal houses. Inspired, Devereaux purchased a copy of Fowlers book, "A Home for All; or the Gravel Wall and Octagon Mode of Building. New, Cheap, Convenient, Superior and Adapted to Rich and Poor." In 1864, Devereaux put Fowlers ideas to use and built this house.</p><br>
<p>Nathan Bartlet Devereaux died in 1897 Nathan Devereaux&#39;s grandson John Francis Devereaux lived in the house until 1997. As of 2006, it was still being occupied by descendants of Nathan Bartlet Devereaux.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Devereaux house is a -story, octagonal frame structure with a hipped roof surmounted with an octagonal cupola. The house sits on a fieldstone foundation, and is symmetrially shaped with eight equal sides. A small utility room is attached to the rear of the structure. The house is clad with white asbestos siding and asphalt shingles on the roof. There is little ornamentation on the exterior or the interior. Interior rooms are generally rectangular in shape, with triangular closet space.</p><br>
<p>The Avant House, also known as the Timothy Pocknet Homestead is an historic house on Massachusetts Route 130 at Mill Pond in Mashpee, Massachusetts. Built in the late 18th or early 19th century, it is one of the town&#39;s oldest surviving buildings. It is now owned and operated by the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe as the Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Museum. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Avant House stands on the south side of MA 130, just west of the Mashpee River as it exits Mill Pond. It is a small single-story "half Cape", a three-bay wood-frame structure with a gabled roof. The main entrance is in the rightmost bay, and is like the windows framed with simple molding. A single-story ell, slightly smaller than the main block, extends to the left at a setback. The interior, despite adaptation for use as a museum, retains a number of original features, including a Greek Revival fireplace mantel in the parlor.</p><br>
<p>Sources give different dates for the construction of the house. Most sources claim the house was built circa 1793 by the great-grandson of Richard Bourne, a missionary who was one of Mashpees first colonial settlers. The National Register nomination for the property claims that the house was built about 1830, state legislation governing Mashpees status as an Indian reservation preventing much construction prior to 1819. Its builder would have been John Phinney, one of a small number of white residents of Mashpee at the time.</p><br>
<p>In 1863, the house was acquired by Timothy Pocknet, a Wampanoag. Pocknet is important in Wampanoag history of the period as one of the signatories of an 1833 petition for self-government, which resulted in the state granting the tribe a measure of autonomy. Its first director and driving force was Amelia Peters Bingham. However, the museum was soon shut down by the town of Mashpee amid conflict over Mashpee Tribe v. New Seabury Corp., in which the tribe attempted to regain thousands of acres land that had been illegally sold during the nineteenth century. The building was returned to the tribe in 1998. The Museum is open once again to the Mashpee community and its visitors.</p><br>
<p>The Duck Mill is an historic mill complex at 60 Duck Mill Road in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. With a construction history dating to the 1840s, it is one of the city&#39;s oldest surviving textile mills, now readapted to residential use. The complex, long used to produce cotton duck, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The former Duck Mill complex is located southwest of downtown Fitchburg, at the junction of Duck Mill Road and Bemis Street. The complex consists of a series of mostly interconnected brick buildings, ranging in height from one to 3-1/2 stories. The main building is oriented at an angle to Duck Mill Road, and has a central projecting tower with a bell-shaped cupola that was added in 1887.</p><br>
<p>This particular site, set not far from the Nashua River, has a documented history of industrial use as far back as 1832, when George Blackburn began producing cotton fabric. His first mill was destroyed by fire in 1843, and he rebuilt, opening the oldest portion of the complex the following year. The mills success was enhanced by the arrival of the railroad nearby in 1845, and it was repeatedly enlarged. Of the citys many textile mills, it was the only one to produce heavy cotton duck fabric, which was used by the Union Army during the American Civil War. In later years of the 19th century it produced sailcloth. It was originally powered by water from the river that was delivered by a now-filled raceway, which was in the 20th century supplemented by electricity. Manufacture of textiles ceased in 1947, and the mill saw a variety of industrial tenants before its conversion to apartments.</p><br>
<p>The Fay Club is a private social club located at 658 Main Street in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. It has operated since 1910. The club&#39;s building was designed in 1883 by Richard M. Upjohn as the private home of George Fay and his daughter Lucy, and was constructed in 1884. The clubhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<h2>Clubhouse</h2><br>
<p>The former Fay Club building stands in downtown Fitchburg, on the south side of Main Street, between Wood Place and Newton Place next to the public library. It is a large and distinctive red brick building with sandstone trim, 2-1/2 stories in height, with asymmetrical massing and trim typical of the Late Victorian Gothic period. It is covered by a hip roof with a gabled peak, and has projecting gabled sections to the north and east, along with two chimney stacks with decorative corbelling. The interior of the ground floor is largely intact, with original woodwork carving and panels, as well as painted frescoes.</p><br>
<h2>Club history</h2><br>
<p>George Flagg Fay was a prominent businessman in Fitchburg, and was a charter member of the Park Club, founded in 1881 and housed in a building at the corner of Main Street and Wallace Street. He built the house at 658 Main in 1883-4; its position allowed him to walk across the street to the Clubs facility. When he died, his daughter Lucy inherited the property, and continued to reside there until 1910, when she moved to another part of the country. She decided to donate the house to her fathers club; the donation was gratefully received, and to mark its significance, the club voted to change its name to the Lucy Club.</p><br>
<p>At the time located at the center of a thriving business community, the club served both as a meetingplace, dining facility, and a networking spot. Later, as families of members moved through its auspices, it became a center for weddings, showers, and reunions. However, as the city grew and transferred its vibrant core toward its suburbs, the Club membership dwindled. For the last 30 years of its existence the facility was closed during the summer months, re-opening in September. Then in June 2015, the Board determined that that year&#39;s closure would be permanent.</p><br>
<p>As of January 2016, the building was being offered for sale to the public. However, as of October 2016, the club had reopened following a groundswell of support and fundraising by a small group of active members.</p><br>
<p>The Parkhill Mill is an historic mill complex at 1 Oak Hill Road in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Built between 1885 and 1915, it was one of three mill complexes of the Parkill Company, one of the city&#39;s largest employers of the period. The mill complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. The complex has been restored and is used by a variety of public and private businesses, and as residential space.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Parkhill Mill complex is located west of downtown Fitchburg, on the south bank of the Nashua River east of Oak Hill Road and north of Cleghorn Street. The complex consists of four buildings, three of which are joined in a U shape open to the south; the fourth, the mill&#39;s former boiler house, is located just east of these three, oriented north-south and parallel to the eastern leg of the U. Other features of the complex include its original brick chimney stack, and a former railroad bridge spanning the Nashua River. The main mill buildings are four stories in height, and are built out of red brick. Windows are set in segmented-arch openings, and the roof is of low pitch, with a projecting eave adorned with exposed rafters.</p><br>
<p>The oldest portion of the complex, part of the U&#39;s base, was built in 1885 by Andrew Cleghorn, a Scottish immigrant who operated it as a textile mill. He sold the mill to John Parkhill, his brother-in-law, in 1889. Parkhill was also a Scottish immigrant who had worked for many years in the mills of Adams, Massachusetts. Parkhill had begun his business in a former chair factory in 1879, and expanded into a second complex in Fitchburg in 1887 before buying this one. The Parkhill Manufacturing Company principally produced gingham fabrics, and at its peak employed more than 1,000 people. This mill complex originally include two other buildings, which were located in the central space of the U, which is now occupied by a parking lot for the building tenants, clients and visitors.</p><br>
<p>The Wellington Piano Case Company Building is an historic building at 54 Green Street in Leominster, Massachusetts. The four story brick building was built in 1895 by Frank E. Wellington, who manufactured piano cases for upright and grand pianos. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It underwent conversion to residences in 2002.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The former Wellington Piano Case Company Building is located on the west side of Green Street, a short way north of the junction of Massachusetts Routes 12 and 13, north of downtown Leominster. The building consists of three large sections, all of brick construction. The original central block is a four-story structure, finished in pressed red brick with granite sills, and a corbelled cornice. Windows are set in segmented-arch openings, and a six-story square tower with crenellated top projects near its center. To the left (south) it is connected to what is now a five-story structure with similar styling, and to the right is an attached two-story section.</p><br>
<p>The Wellington Piano Case Company was founded in 1895 by Frank E. Wellington, who had risen through the ranks of other piano case manufacturers in Leominster. The main block, built in 1895, was lauded into the 1930s as one of the citys finest and most modern factory facilities. The southern addition was made in 1906, and was originally six stories in height; the top floor was damaged in the New England Hurricane of 1938 and removed. The northern addition, originally used as a dry kiln, was made in 1919. Wellingtons company was the last piano case maker to be established in the city. His company was later acquired by the Cable Piano Company. The building, after standing vacant for some years, was converted into condominium residences in 2002.</p><br>
<p>The Frances H. and Jonathan Drake House is an historic house at 21 Franklin Street in Leominster, Massachusetts, United States. The 1.5 story wood frame house was built in 1848 by Jonathan Drake, and is a fairly typical Greek Revival worker&#39;s cottage. The house is particularly notable for the trap door located in its front parlor, which appears to have been purpose-built into the house at the time of its construction. Jonathan and his wife Frances were ardent abolitionists, and their house has been documented as a stop on the Underground Railroad. It has in particular been associated with the 1851 passage of Shadrach Minkins after he was successfully extracted from custody at a Boston court hearing.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.</p><br>
<p>The Wachusett Shirt Company is an historic industrial complex at 97-106 Water Street in Leominster, Massachusetts, United States. The five-building complex was developed between 1887 and 1910, and was home to one of the city&#39;s leading employers until the 1930s. Most of the complex converted into a residential complex known as Riverway Apartments in 1981. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The former Wachusett Shirt Company complex is located northeast of downtown Leominsters Monument Square, flanking Water Street just southwest of Monoosnuc Brook, which was historically the source of the mills power. The complex consists of five buildings: four buildings on the west side of Water Street, three of which are adjacent, and one building on the east side. Four are of brick construction, and range in height from two to four stories. A wood-frame bridge passes over Water Street, connecting two of the buildings. The original main mill is the east side building: it is a T-shaped four-story structure, with an elaborately decorated Renaissance Revival projecting stem. The three-building structure across the street includes a wood-frame structure, and is more simply decorated. Adjacent to it stands the two-story office building, whose most prominent feature is its main entrance, which is recessed in a large round-headed arch.</p><br>
<p>The shirt industry was a major employer in Leominster between about 1880 and 1930. Its genesis was with a company founded in 1880 by G.F. Morse, one of whose employees, George Gane, founded the Wachusett Shirt Company in 1882. He eventually took on as a partner F.A. Whitney, who had an established mill complex (northeast of this one) where carriages and chairs were made. The company worked in those premises until 1887, when the first of this complex&#39;s buildings was built. The success of the company and the concentration of experienced shirtmakers brought Cluett Peabody & Company, maker of the Arrow brand of shirts, to Leominster. The shirtmaking industry peaked in the city in 1902, with 3,000 workers, and had declined to 1,500 by 1915. Wachusett Shirt went out of business in the 1930s.</p><br>
<p>Cluett Peabody & Company, Inc. once headquartered in Troy, New York, was a longtime manufacturer of shirts, detachable shirt cuffs and collars, and related apparel. It is best known for its Arrow brand collars and shirts and the related Arrow Collar Man advertisements . It dates, with a different name, from the mid-nineteenth century and was absorbed by Westpoint Pepperell in the 1980s. The Arrow name is still licensed to brand men&#39;s shirts and ties.</p><br>
<p>The company manufactured shirts and collars in a historic building at 123 First Street in Leominster, Massachusetts.</p><br>
<p>The building was constructed in 1902 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>A full history of Cluett Peabody and the Arrow Shirt Company can be researched at the Troy, New York Rensselaer County Historical Museum. https://www.rchsonline.org/</p><br>
<p>The Arrow shirt company was founded by William H.Titus and his partner in Chicago Illinois and in the late 1800&#39;s merged with Cluett Peabody, Both companies were about $20,000,000.00 in annual sales at the time of the merger.</p><br>
<p>Titus and his partner later became co-chairman of the company. Titus remained on the board of directors until the time of his death even though his residence was in Glencoe, Illinois.</p><br>
<p>I am sure of these facts because Titus was my grandmother&#39;s uncle and she was his sole heir. I have also corroborated these facts with a visit to the above mentioned museum.</p><br>
<p>In 1851, Maullin & Blanchard, manufacturers of collars, began operations at 282 River Street in Troy, NY. This company was succeeded in 1856 by Maullin & Bigelow, and in 1861 by Maullin, Bigelow, & Co., when Mr. George B. Cluett, a clerk in the company since 1854, became a partner. Upon the dissolution of the partnership in 1862, Joseph Maullin and George B. Cluett formed the firm Maullin & Cluett. On the death of Mr. Maullin in 1863, the firm Geo. B. Cluett, Bros., & Co. was formed.</p><br>
<p>In 1891, Geo. B. Cluett, Bros., & Co merged with Coon & Co., also of Troy, NY, to form Cluett, Coon & Co., bringing Frederick F. Peabody into the firm. The Cluett, Coon & Co soon became the Cluett, Peabody & Co. in 1899.</p><br>
<p>Prior to 1919, the principal business for Cluett, Peabody & Co. was manufacturing men&#39;s shirt collars. However, beginning in the 1920s the demand for collar-attached shirts grew considerably, while the detached collar business experienced a decline. In 1929 Cluett, Peabody & Co. established a national menswear business under the Arrow brand name. The "Arrow" name gradually grew into a product line that included shirts, collars, handkerchiefs, cravats, pajamas, and underwear for men and boys.</p><br>
<p>By 1935 Cluett Peabody operated eleven plants, mostly in the Northeast, including a plant at 123 First Street in Leominster, MA. In 1945 sales for Cluett Peabody were $31.3 million, and by 1955 sales had nearly tripled, to $87.4 million.</p><br>
<p>Cluett, Peabody & Co. was acquired by WestPoint Pepperell, Inc in 1985. Bidermann Industries purchased Cluett, Peabody & Co. from WestPoint Pepperell in 1990. Cluett American Group (Vestar Capital Partners) bought the company in 1998. In 2004, Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation acquired the Arrow brand and the related licensing business from Cluett American Group for approximately $70 million. The remaining elements of the Cluett American Group now operate as Gold Toe Brands (GTB Holding Corp). GTB Holding Corp still holds the trademark licensing rights to the Sanforization process of pre-shrinking fabric, named for its inventor, Sanford L. Cluett, who developed the process for Cluett, Peabody & Co, which he joined in 1919.</p><br>
<p>The Jenkins Octagon House is an historic octagon house located on NY 395 in Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York. It was built about 1855 by noted master carpenter Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones. It is a two-story, clapboard-sided farmhouse with Greek Revival style features. It features innovative stacked plank construction, a low-pitched polygonal roof with a central chimney, a full entabulature circling the structure, and a one-story porch with a hipped roof. Also on the property are two contributing barns, a shed, and a gazebo.</p><br>
<p>The property was covered in a 1984 study of Duanesburg historical resources.</p><br>
<p>The property was also covered in a study of Boss Jones TR</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>The Chestnut Hill Meetinghouse  is an historic meeting house at the corner of Chestnut and Thayer Streets in Millville, Massachusetts. The 2.5 story wood frame meetinghouse was built in 1769. It is very plainly decorated, with only its door surrounds of architectural interest. They consist of pilasters flanking the door, which is topped by a full triangular pediment. The interior consists of a large meeting chamber, in which stand 26 box pews. The building served as the meeting place of South Parish into the nineteenth century, and is one of a small number of surviving 18th century meetinghouses whose main entrance is on the long side of the building.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>The Nathan C. Aldrich House and Resthaven Chapel are an historic house and chapel at 111 Providence Street in Mendon, Massachusetts. The date of construction of Nathan Aldrichs stone house is not known; it is estimated to have been built c. 1830 based on its Greek Revival details. Stone farmhouses of the period are rare in Mendon, and are predominantly associated with Quakers like Aldrich. The property was acquired in 1891 by Catherine Regina Seabury, who established a rural retreat for women on the property, including the construction of a chapel on the grounds in 1899-1900. The retreat was transformed into a boarding school in 1912, but it did not survive Seaburys death in 1929. The next owner, Doctor Joseph Ashkins, transformed the property into a country estate, removing many of the trappings and alterations made to accommodate the institutional needs.</p><br>
<p>The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.</p><br>
<p>Prospect Heights Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Prospect Heights, Prospect, and Water Streets in Milford, Massachusetts. It encompasses a neighborhood that was created by the Draper Corporation of Hopedale, Massachusetts for its immigrant workers. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<p>The community has a mix of different nationalities. Every year a new mayor is chosen to represent the community. There has been a mayor for every year starting in 1962, with a different background being represented each year: Portuguese, Irish, Italian, Greek, Armenian or Polish.</p><br>
<p>The Heights contains a World War II Memorial honoring local veterans who served in the war. The monument contains 184 names including one female, a nurse.</p><br>
<p>There is also the Portuguese Club, a soccer field, basketball courts, and a playground for children.</p><br>
<p>Every year the annual Portuguese Picnic is held drawing thousands every year. The new mayor also starts on the same day.</p><br>
<p>The motto of the heights is "No matter where you roam, Prospect Heights is still your home."</p><br>
<p>LIST OF PAST MAYORS:</p><br>
<p>1961-1962 Oracio Moreira - Portuguese</p><br>
<p>1962-1963 John Milan - Irish</p><br>
<p>1963-1964 Ardashes Krikorian - Armenian</p><br>
<p>1964-1965 Fred Crescenzi - Italian</p><br>
<p>1965-1966 John Chappel - Polish</p><br>
<p>1966-1967 George Alves - Portuguese</p><br>
<p>1967-1968 Jim Donlan - Irish</p><br>
<p>1968-1969 Hagop Papelian - Armenian</p><br>
<p>1969-1970 Joe Recchia - Italian</p><br>
<p>1970-1971 Thomas Tominsky - Polish</p><br>
<p>1971-1972 Joseph Lopes - Portuguese</p><br>
<p>1972-1973 Joseph McAuliffe - Irish</p><br>
<p>1973-1974 Joseph Derderian - Armenian</p><br>
<p>1974-1975 Dominik D&#39;Amico - Italian</p><br>
<p>1975-1976 Joseph Oneschuk - Polish</p><br>
<p>1976-1977 Domenic Dias - Portuguese</p><br>
<p>1977-1978 John Coniaris - Greek</p><br>
<p>1978-1979 George Marashian - Armenian</p><br>
<p>1979-1980 Dante Viallani - Italian</p><br>
<p>1980-1981 Theodore Kosciak - Polish</p><br>
<p>1981-1982 Fernando Rodrigues - Portuguese</p><br>
<p>1982-1983 Joseph Evans - Italian</p><br>
<p>1983-1984 Carlos doCurral - Portuguese</p><br>
<p>1984-1985 John Villani - Italian</p><br>
<p>1985-1986 Nicholas Coniaris - Greek</p><br>
<p>1986-1987 Diego Chaves - Portuguese</p><br>
<p>1987-1988 Alfred Andreola, Jr. - Greek</p><br>
<p>1988-1989 Daniel Ruggerio - Italian</p><br>
<p>1989-1990 Bento G. doCurral, Jr. - Portuguese</p><br>
<p>1990-1991 Edward Bertorelli - Irish</p><br>
<p>1991-1992 Manoog Manoogian - Armenian</p><br>
<p>1992-1993 Agostina Lancia - Italian</p><br>
<p>1993-1994 Domingoes Pereira - Portuguese</p><br>
<p>1994-1995 John Wylie - Irish</p><br>
<p>1995-1996 Jeffrey Varteresian - Armenian</p><br>
<p>1996-1997 R. Allen Alves - Italian</p><br>
<p>1997-1998 David Soares - Portuguese</p><br>
<p>1998-1999 Albert Azevedo - Irish</p><br>
<p>1999-2000 Walter Costa - Armenian</p><br>
<p>2000-2001 Michael Tebeau - Italian</p><br>
<p>2001-2002 John Perry - Polish</p><br>
<p>2002-2003 John Fernandes - Portuguese</p><br>
<p>2003-2004 Gary Matos - Irish</p><br>
<p>2004-2005 John Derderian - Armenian</p><br>
<p>2005-2006 David A. Consigli - Italian</p><br>
<p>2006-2007 Joseph Batista - Portuguese</p><br>
<p>2007-2008 Thomas Cullen - Irish</p><br>
<p>2008-2009 Anthony C. Gonsalves - Italian</p><br>
<p>2009-2010 Alberto A. Correia - Portuguese</p><br>
<p>2010-2011 All the 50 living & deceased Mayors of the Heights!</p><br>
<p>LIST OF HONORARY MAYORS:</p><br>
<p>Scott Anderson</p><br>
<p>Jose Batista</p><br>
<p>Manuel Chaves</p><br>
<p>Mike Consoletti</p><br>
<p>Antonio Coelho</p><br>
<p>Jose Coelho</p><br>
<p>Manuel Esteves</p><br>
<p>Manuel Gonsalves</p><br>
<p>Louis Hellmuth</p><br>
<p>Anthony Imbruno</p><br>
<p>Anthony Matheus</p><br>
<p>Manuel Matheus</p><br>
<p>Aurelio Matos</p><br>
<p>Frank Matos</p><br>
<p>Maurice Panagian</p><br>
<p>Rico Pisaro</p><br>
<p>John Silva</p><br>
<p>Sidney SMith</p><br>
<p>Joseph Soares</p><br>
<p>Dominic Alfonso</p><br>
<p>Memorial Hall is an historic hall located at 30 School Street in Milford, Massachusetts. It was built as a Civil War tribute.</p><br>
<p>Designed by Milford architect Frederick Swasey in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, the hall was built in 1884 from local Milford granite and Longmeadow brownstone. The building features carved brownstone figures and panels inscribed "Grant" and "Farragut". On the front of the hall, there is a bronze plaque inscribed with Lincoln&#39;s Gettysburg Address.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It underwent a restoration in 2001-2002. It is now home to the Milford Historical Commission, whose museum is open to visitors Thursdays from 1-4 pm or by appointment.</p><br>
<p>The Shute Octagon House is an historic octagon house located on McGuire School Road in Duanesburg, Schenectady County, New York. It was built about 1855 by noted master carpenter Alexander Delos "Boss" Jones. It is a 2-story, clapboard-sided farmhouse with a -story wing in the Greek Revival style. It features innovative stacked plank construction, a low-pitched polygonal roof surmounted by a widow&#39;s walk, a full entabulature circling the structure. A 1-story porch with porte cochere was added about 1906. Also on the property are four contributing barns, a shed, and a smokehouse.</p><br>
<p>The property was covered in a 1984 study of Duanesburg historical resources.</p><br>
<p>The property was also-covered in a study of Boss Jones TR</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>The Central Street Historic District is a historic district encompassing a portion of the historic village center of Millville, Massachusetts. Its spine is Central Street, the main north-south artery through the town, running from Main Street in the north to just south of Quaker Street in the south. The district includes adjoining properties on a number of side streets. The northern end is discontiguous with Millvilles Main Street Historic District, on the north side of the Blackstone River, because of the demolition of historic buildings and alterations to the junction of Main and Central Streets. Millvilles town offices are located in the former Longfellow School, built in 1850 and located at 8 Central Street. South of the river there is more of a commercial center, and as Central Street climbs the hillside above the river, it becomes more residential. This last area was where the fashionable homes of Millville&#39;s wealthier residents were built. The oldest portions of the district are the remnant sites of the mills which prompted the growth of the town. These were built on an island in the river, although later mills  were built on its northern and southern banks.</p><br>
<p>The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<p>The Huguenot Fort is a historic fortification site on Fort Hill Road in Oxford, Massachusetts.</p><br>
<p>The original fort was built in 1694 by Huguenots, Protestant immigrants who were fleeing state church persecution in France. Oxford was originally settled by Huguenots in two waves, the original settlement having been abandoned after four residents (John Johnson and his three children, Peter, Andrew and Mary) were killed in a violent confrontation with local Native Americans. This event, the Johnson Massacre, is commemorated near the center of town. The remains of the Huguenots&#39; Fort (built in 1686-1694) to protect from Indian attack still exist off of Huguenot Road commemorated by a nineteenth-century monument. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>The North Avenue Rural Historic District is a rural historic district in northern Mendon, Massachusetts. It covers 345 acre, and extends predominantly along North Street, between Esty Road and Powers Road, and eastward along Hopedale Street and Trask Road. The area has been a rural agricultural area since the early days of Mendon&#39;s history in the 17th century. The present landscape retains boundaries and land-use patterns that were established in the 18th and 19th centuries, although some features  have been lost or obscured to accommodate modern farming practices. The architecture of the area is predominantly 19th century; the oldest building in the district appears to be the Federal style house of the Seth Davenport Farm at 133 North Avenue, built c. 1780.</p><br>
<p>The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<p>The Mendon Center Historic District is a historic district encompassing the village center of Mendon, Massachusetts, and some of its surrounding rural areas. It is roughly bounded by Main, Hastings, Maple, North, Washington & George Streets. The village is centered on the triangle defined by Main, Hastings, and Maple Streets, with dwellings built up on the roads that radiate away from this area. Founders&#39; Park, located at the junction of Main, Hastings, North and Milford Streets, is the site of the original town center, where the first meeting house was located. The district has residential buildings dating from the 18th to the mid-20th centuries, in a wide variety of styles. The focal point of the town center is the Second Unitarian Church, an 1820 building designed by Worcester architect Elias Carter.</p><br>
<p>The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<p>The Marlborough Brook Filter Beds are a series of water filtration beds near the mouth of Marlborough Brook, where it enters Sudbury Reservoir near the town line between Marlborough and Southborough, Massachusetts. The filter beds were constructed in 1895 as part of the reservoir construction to improve the water quality of Marlborough and Walker Brooks, and are the best-preserved of two such facilities built as part of the public water supply serving Boston and surrounding communities. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The filter beds are located on a 16 acre straddling the border between Marlborough and Southborough on the west side of the Sudbury Reservoir, and are now largely overgrown with vegetation. They are roughly bounded by three roadways: Walker Street to the north, Massachusetts Route 85 to the west (which is Maple Street in Marlborough and Marlboro Street in Southborough), and Acre Bridge Road in Southborough, which becomes Framingham Road in Marlborough. The northern most portion, where Marlborough Brook enters after crossing under Walker Street, is a 1.5 acre settling reservoir. From this, water was diverted over a stone and concrete weir into a channel running along the eastern edge of the beds. Sluiceways controlled the channeling of water into a series of 17 beds to the west, which consist of shallow basins with about 2 ft of sand set at the bottom on top of a tile bed. The water would filter through these beds by gravity. Further down the main channel another sluiceway channeled water into a larger holding bed, or into a second series of 10 "natural" beds, which fashioned out of already-extant gravel.</p><br>
<p>When The Sudbury Reservoir was built in 1893-95, it was predominantly fed by the Sudbury River, but also received water from a number of smaller surrounding streams. Marlborough and Walker Brooks were two of these, and were identified from an early date as having substandard water quality. The engineering staff of the Metropolitan Water Board, predecessor to todays Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA), designed these structures in order to improve the quality of the water entering the reservoir from these two streams, and were completed by 1899. Only one other location in the Boston water supply had similar structures, which were later storm-damaged and partially filled in. These filter beds are no longer in service, and the Sudbury Reservoir is part of the MWRAs backup facilities.</p><br>
<p>Mount Wollaston Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 20 Sea Street in the Merrymount neighborhood of Quincy, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1855 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1854 when Hancock Cemetery in the center of the town had been filled to near capacity, a committee was formed at a town meeting to determine the site of a new burial ground. The committee chose a plot of land in the town farm, which had been donated by William Coddington and was located just west of the site of Quincy&#39;s founding spot, Mount Wollaston. Through the year the cemetery committee surveyed several cemeteries in the surrounding area for landscaping and architecture ideas, including Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain and Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge. After consulting with Superintendent Brims of Forest Hills, Luther Briggs of Dorchester was hired to design and build the cemetery. Briggs chose a gothic revival style for the architecture, and used the plot dimensions adopted by Mount Auburn as a template for Mount Wollaston. The first two plots were ceremoniously purchased on May 5, 1856 by Charles Francis Adams, Sr., prominent attorney and son of the late former President of the United States, John Quincy Adams.</p><br>
<h2>Monuments</h2><br>
<p>An area known as the Veterans Section, located at the main Sea Street entrance to the cemetery, features several monuments honoring members of the military. The Civil War Monument, dedicated June 25, 1868, features a large granite monument surrounded by four period cannons. Other memorials include a Spanish–American War Memorial, World War I, World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War Memorials and statuary monuments dedicated to the city&#39;s firemen and policemen.</p><br>
<h2>Notable burials</h2><br>
<p>Brooks Adams (1848-1897), historian</p><br>
<p>Charles Francis Adams, Sr., (1807-1886) attorney, USA Congressman and ambassador to Great Britain</p><br>
<p>Charles Francis Adams, Jr. (1835-1915), a Union commander in the American Civil War, railroad executive and historian</p><br>
<p>Charles Francis Adams, III (1866-1954), yachtsman and Secretary of the Navy under President Herbert Hoover</p><br>
<p>John Quincy Adams II (1833-1894)-politician, soldier and lawyer</p><br>
<p>Billy De Wolfe, (1907-1974) actor</p><br>
<p>Bob Gallagher, sportscaster</p><br>
<p>Ralph Talbot (1897-1918), first United States Marine Corps aviator to be awarded the Medal of Honor</p><br>
<p>Harriet E. Wilson (1825-1900), considered the first female African-American novelist</p><br>
<p>The Estabrook Octagon House, built in 1853 by Ezra Robinson Estabrook, is a historic octagonal house located at 8 River Street  in Hoosick Falls, New York. It was constructed in strict accordance with the theories of Orson Squire Fowler, author of A Home for All.</p><br>
<p>It is preserved intact, and is one of the few remaining octagon houses that was built exactly as Fowler advocated. On February 8, 1980, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The house has been altered slightly, however. It was a pleasing feature of the house that the balustrade design, which appears on the roof of the house, had been repeated in different scales also on the roof of the porch and on the cupola.</p><br>
<h2>Building</h2><br>
<p>The house is on a two-acre (8,000 m²) lot at the corner of River Street and the tracks laid down by the Boston and Maine Railroad. The neighborhood is residential, with most other houses dating to the 19th century as well.</p><br>
<p>It is two stories high, faced in stucco over walls built of a mixture of grout and Rosendale cement. A small square porch projects from the east side. The facets have an alternating fenestration of one and two windows. The roofline is decorated with a dentiled bargeboard. Above it is an intricate wood crest, and behind it several small dormer windows with trim similar to the roofline. Two chimneys rise from the similarly trimmed cupola in the center of the hipped roof.</p><br>
<p>The interior plan has four large rooms on each level with the staircase around the central post. The smaller rooms serve support functions, such as bathrooms and closets.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Ezra Estabrook was inspired to build the house by Orson Squire Fowler&#39;s A Home for All, or a Cheap, Convenient and Superior Mode of Building, which came out in a revised edition in 1853. Fowler, a phrenologist who dabbled in architecture, was intrigued by polygonal forms found in nature and adapted for use by man. In his book he advocated the octagonal form since it could be built by the homeowner at a low cost.</p><br>
<p>Estabrook followed Fowlers advice and did most of the building work himself. He followed Fowlers plan exactly, including the cupola and alternating one-two fenestration. His only change was the material. Fowler had called for the wall to be made of a mixture of water, lime and an aggregate, since they were widely available around the country. The Estabrooks chose the Rosendale cement-grout mixture along with coarse local gravel since it was locally available and had proven more durable. Ezra Estabrook kept a diary during construction, in which he records pouring as much as one foot (25 cm) a day of the mixture between wooden forms.</p><br>
<p>His descendants lived in the house for almost a century, until 1943. There have been very few alterations to the interior. It is one of the few surviving octagon houses built as Fowler had originally intended.</p><br>
<p>Today the home has been converted from residential to the home of Marker&#39;s Octagon Reality, which caterers to the Hoosick Falls area.</p><br>
<p>The Dubois-Sarles Octagon is an octagon house located on South Street in Marlboro, New York, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.</p><br>
<p>First built around 1850 by the Dubois family, it was renovated in 1872 by the Sarleses. As a result it reflects two different architectural styles: Italianate and Second Empire. Unlike most other American octagon houses of the period, its interior follows a sidehall plan, rather than the radial center plan advocated by Orson Squire Fowler.</p><br>
<h2>Building</h2><br>
<p>The two-story house sits on a stone foundation. It is sided in asphalt, with overhanging bracketed eaves and a decorated frieze at the roofline. Above it is the mansard roof, covered in fish-scale slate shingles.</p><br>
<p>The main entry is located at the southeast facet of the house. Unusually for an octagon house, it is recessed to create a porch, extending outside of the house, overlooking the Hudson River roughly a mile to the east. A two-story rectangular kitchen wing projects from the west facet, with a sympathetic contemporary octagonal hip-roofed porch wing attached to it. The remains of an earlier porch project from the east facet.</p><br>
<p>Inside, the house follows a sidehall plan not seen in most octagon houses. Instead of being located in the center, the stairs are off to the side, allowing the eastern side of the first floor to be used as a large parlor with a fireplace on the west wall. This is echoed upstairs, with the master bedroom occupying the large eastern space and the other bedrooms to the west. Most finishings and trim are original, many representing the Greek Revival era in American architecture, which was winding down around the time the house was built.</p><br>
<p>There is one other building on the property, a garage. It is of modern construction and not considered a contributing resource.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Dubois family bought the property where the house now sits in the mid-19th century. Shortly afterwards they began building the house. The original had no projections, and was a pure octagon in keeping with Fowler&#39;s theories, save for the sidehall interior and recessed entrance. In 1872 they sold it to the Sarleses, who renovated the house extensively, adding the mansard roof then popular from the Second Empire style, and the kitchen wing.</p><br>
<p>It remained in their descendants&#39; ownership until the late 20th century. At some point during that time, the original small eastern porch was removed and a bay window put into the wall on that facet. A Colonial Revival porch was then built out from the entrance recess. Other than that, there have been no major changes to the house.</p><br>
<p>The White Sands V-2 Launching Site, also known as Launch Complex 33 and originally as Army Launch Area Number 1, is a historic rocket launch complex at White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico. It was here that the United States first performed test launches of German V-2 rockets captured toward the end of World War II. These test where the first step in both military advances in rocketry, and in the development of the United States space exploration programs. The site was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1985.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Nazi German V-2 rocket was one of the most advanced weapons produced in World War II, and hundreds of them were launched at Allied targets in the last two years of the war. In the aftermath of the war, the United States launched Operation Paperclip, a secret program that successfully recruited German scientists and engineers (most prominently Wernher von Braun) to work for the American military, and transported 100 captured V-2 rockets to the recently established White Sands Missile Range. Between 1946 and 1951, the Army fired 67 V-2 rockets from this site. These launches, and the training of a class of scientists and engineers, led directly to the further development of new rocket launch programs, including ultimately the launch of humans into space.</p><br>
<h2>Site description</h2><br>
<p>Launch Complex 33 is located near the far southern end of the White Sands Missile Range, east of Las Cruces, New Mexico. On the range grounds, it is located on 10 acre east of the White Sands Range Museum. There are two principal surviving elements of the launch complex. One is the steel gantry, a steel structure 75 ft in height and 25 ft wide, from which the V-2s and later classes of rockets were launched. It has four platforms at different heights, which can be swung into position to accommodate rockets of different sizes, and a network of block-and-tackle systems to assist in rocket placement. The other structure is a concrete observation tower with walls 10 ft thick, and a pyramidal roof cap that consists of 27 ft of solid concrete. It has observation portals with specialized glass windows allowing for close observation of the launches.</p><br>
<p>Hubert H. Bancroft Ranch House is a historic structure in Spring Valley, California. The property also contains a natural spring, named El aguaje de San Jorge  by the Spanish, after which the community of Spring Valley is named.</p><br>
<p>It is the first Anglo-American structure in Spring Valley and was built by Augustus Ensworth in 1856 out of timbers salvaged from a shipwreck in San Diego Bay. Upon Enworth&#39;s death, the property was sold in 1865 to Rufus King Porter, son of the founder of Scientific American. Porter added a kitchen, a dining room, and two bedrooms. He later sold the property to historian Hubert Howe Bancroft in 1885. Bancroft built a more comfortable home up the hill from the adobe ranch house and a rock school house for his children, now located across the street.</p><br>
<p>The building is now a museum and storehouse for artifacts of Spring Valley history. The property was registered as a California Historical Landmark in 1958,</p><br>
<p>The James Beauchamp Clark House, also known as "Champ" Clark House or Honey Shuck, is a historic house museum at 207 East Champ Clark Drive in Bowling Green, Missouri. A National Historic Landmark, it is the only known surviving home of James Beauchamp Clark , a leading Congressman of the early 20th century. It is regularly open for tours in the summer, and otherwise by appointment.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Clark House is located in a residential area on Bowling Greens east side, on the north side of East Champ Clark Drive between Charles and Penn Streets. It is a two story wood frame structure, built in 1888 by Ezra Kirkland, with ells projecting north off the northeast and northwest corners. A porch wraps around the front and sides, its flat roof supported by turned columns and jigsawn brackets, with a spindled valance between the posts. The interior has been restored to an appearance consistent with the time of Clarks occupancy.</p><br>
<p>The house was purchased in 1898 by James Beauchamp Clark, several years after he had been elected to the United States Congress. Rising in the Democratic Party, Clark became first the minority leader of the House of Representatives (1908), and then Speaker of the House in 1911 when the Democrats gained control of the body. Clark served in that capacity until 1919, and was voted out of office in a Republican landslide in 1920. He was a leading contender for the Democratic Party nomination for President in 1912.</p><br>
<p>After Clark&#39;s ownership, the house was converted into multiple residences, before it was acquired by a local non-profit and restored as a museum.</p><br>
<p>The Yale-Cady Octagon House and Yale Lock Factory Site is a private residence at 7550 North Main Street in Newport, New York, comprising an historic octagonal house and the adjoining site of the lock factory of Linus Yale, Sr. and his son Linus Yale, Jr., the inventor of the cylinder lock. Linus Yale, Sr., built the house in 1849 as a gift for his daughter, Chlothilda, who had married Ira L. Cady on July 8, 1839. Currently, the house is a private residence and the Yale Lock Factory is in ruins.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.</p><br>
<p>It is a property with several interesting details, including overhanging eaves with pairs of curvilinear brackets, cupola and bay windows which are typical of the Italianate style.</p><br>
<p>Tip Toe Falls , is a 6 ft tall waterfall  on Fall Creek in the Portola Redwoods State Park, California. There is also a 8 ft upper falls, a few hundred feet upstream, which is much lesser known.</p><br>
<p>The falls, fed by Fall Creek (a tributary of Pescadero Creek) starts by cascading down a mossy, 8 foot (2.4m) upper tier into a small pool. The creek continues downstream between grassy banks, and before long, falls over the more well known, 6 foot (1.8 m) lower tier. The lower tier empties into a round pool approximately 6” deep, before the creek cascades over sticks and rocks and continues its way downstream.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Tip Toe Falls is located in a redwood forest, on a short and steep tributary of Pescadero Creek. Its two tiers tumble over 8 and 6 feet (2.4 and 1.8 m) into shallow pools. The upper tier cascades out of dense undergrowth and forest, down a mossy cliff wall into a small and shallow pool. Near the bottom, the upper falls splits into two around a fallen log. Between the upper falls and the main falls, the creek winds through a small, fern-bounded meadow at the bottom of a steep ravine with mossy rock walls that rise over 50 feet (15m) above the canyon floor. The creek then drops over the main falls, which pours out of a small gully that resembles a hanging valley, while a small trickle of water splits off towards the right bank and drops along with the main cascade into a round, rock-bound clear pool. The creek exits the pool in a small congregation of rocks.</p><br>
<h2>Access</h2><br>
<p>Tip Toe Falls is accessed by the 2 mi Iverson Trail, which begins at the park visitor center. Iverson Trail begins on the north side of the Nature Center. The Sequoia Nature Trail begins on the south side of the Nature Center and eventually meets the Iverson Trail. The trail eventually comes to the mouth of Fall Creek, and a narrow side trail winds upstream. The side trail soon comes to the end of the canyon, where two rock walls slope down in a “V” shape and form the low cliff that Tip Toe Falls pours over.</p><br>
<p>To access the upper falls, one must scramble up the right side of Tip Toe Falls. (The left side is more wet and mossy, and is thus more dangerous to climb.) After walking upstream along the bed of Fall Creek, the upper falls is found on the left of the canyon, obscured by several fallen trees. If trying to get there, one must be careful as mosquitos are commonly found there, especially around the month of April.</p><br>
<p>The Deacon West Octagon House, built in 1856  by Deacon Josiah West, is an historic eleven-room octagonal house located at 370 High Street, in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The wooden sign posted in front of the house states, "Josiah West 1854 Octagon House." It is only one of 19 such structures in the state. West sold the house to Ira Rowe in 1866, and in 1870 it was partially destroyed by fire, but its strong 18 in cement walls remained standing. In 1873 Col. N. P. Iglehart of Kentucky bought the house and rebuilt it. The restoration included a mortar finish called grout. The roof was crowned with a belvedere, allowing a better view of the lake, village, and the countryside, but it was destroyed in a windstorm in the early 1900s. The house passed through several owners until Margaret Ann Kirley sold the house to her son and current owner, Jeffrey D. Kirley in 1998.</p><br>
<p>It features stucco covered walls and a metal peak in lieu of a cupola.</p><br>
<p>On May 12, 1975, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Leez Priory is a 16th-century mansion in Little Leighs, a small parish in the district of Chelmsford in the county of Essex, England. The civil parish boundary between Felsted and Great Waltham crosses the priory, so that it partially lies in Felsted and partially in Great Waltham. The priory was designated a Grade I listed building in 1952.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1220, Sir Ralph Gernon decided that the hamlet of Leez, in a dip by the banks of the River Ter, would provide the perfect location on which to found his monastery. His Augustinian priory thrived for over 300 years. King Henry VIII sent Sir Richard Rich to dismiss the monastery, during the Dissolution of the Monasteries (1536-1541). When Sir Richard Rich became the Earl of Warwick, he built his own great house on the site that is now known as Leez Priory. The remains of the Augustinian Priory are very much in evidence within the grounds to the south of the existing buildings, including extensive underground drainage conduits. Known as "Delicious Leez", both the site and the rose-brick buildings are breathtaking, with old garden walls and fish ponds indicative of life and times past.</p><br>
<p>In the years that followed, the mansion has been home to the Earls of Warwick and has been visited by Queen Elizabeth I, Princess Mary and many other nobles from the past.</p><br>
<p>In his recent book on the origins of the English Civil War, John Adamson has emphasised the magnificence and political radicalism of Leez Priory in the 17th century. He concludes that in 1640 Leez and its owner, Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick, were probably the “topographical and moral centre” of opposition to the King.</p><br>
<p>Much of it was demolished in 1753. At this time the property was purchased by Guys Hospital, London. Guys Hospital were still the owners in 1910, and for some time the property had been rented out as a private residence.</p><br>
<p>In the late 1980s, Leez Priory was purchased by its current owners, The Country House Weddings group. In May 1995, Leez Priory became the first country house in England to be granted a licence to conduct civil ceremonies.</p><br>
<p>The priory was designated a Grade I listed building in 1952.</p><br>
<p>Tilyar Lake  is one of the major tourist attractions in the Indian state of Haryana. It is 70 kilometers from New Delhi on the Delhi – Fazilka highway and is located close to the city of Rohtak in Haryana.</p><br>
<p>The Tilyar Lake is only 42 km from Delhi border and Tilyar Zoo at Rohtak is well maintained (entry fee: INR10 - adults, INR5 - kids) and worth visiting specially for families. Fishing is permissible at Tilyar Lake after paying INR200 fishing fee.</p><br>
<p>The lake lies in a 132 acre area and forms an integral part of the tourist setup, making it one of the greenest stretches in the adjoining area. The spacious lawns and the scenery on view make this resort a great place to relax, and people visit from as far away as Mumbai. It is also an excellent spot for watching a variety of birds that flock on the little island located in the middle of the lake. ENtry to Tilyar lake is free. The lake complex also houses Rohtak Zoo.</p><br>
<h2>Mini zoo</h2><br>
<p>Harayana had many mini zoos spread across the state. In 2001 the Government of Haryana decided to shut these down and replace them with well developed viable zoos, this included setting up the zoo at Rohtak within Tilyar Lake complex. As a result, enclosures for housing animals and aviaries for birds were built. Visitor facilities such as landscaping, walkways & trials, gardens, hillocks, lakes, artificial waterfalls, cafe, visitor toilets & resting shelters, watch towers, drinking water facilities etc. were created. Entry is only INR10 for adults and INR5 for kids.</p><br>
<p>The following animals have been housed in this zoo:</p><br>
<p>Tiger</p><br>
<p>Leopard</p><br>
<p>Hyena</p><br>
<p>Wolf</p><br>
<p>Gharial</p><br>
<p>Mugger</p><br>
<p>Hippopotamus</p><br>
<p>Himalayan black bear</p><br>
<p>Jackal</p><br>
<p>Otter</p><br>
<p>Pig-tailed monkey</p><br>
<p>Baboon</p><br>
<p>Bonnet macaque</p><br>
<p>Gray langur</p><br>
<p>Sambhar</p><br>
<p>Blackbuck</p><br>
<p>Chinkara</p><br>
<p>Indian hog deer</p><br>
<p>Barking deer</p><br>
<p>Guineafowl</p><br>
<p>Silver pheasant</p><br>
<p>Fantail pigeon</p><br>
<p>Cockatiel</p><br>
<h2>Album</h2><br>
<p>A travelogue collage of pictures of Tilyar Lake and Zoo is available and below are some of the pictures of species found at the zoo (pictures for representation only):</p><br>
<p>Leopard,_Bannerghatta_Park,_Bangalore,_India.jpgLeopard</p><br>
<p>Tiger_india.jpgTiger</p><br>
<p>Mugger crocodile 2.JPGMugger crocodile</p><br>
<p>Gharial san diego.jpgGharial crocodile</p><br>
<p>Indian_Fox_from_Nehru_Zoological_park_Hyderabad_4274.JPGFox</p><br>
<p>Blackbuck male female.jpgMale and female blackbucks</p><br>
<p>An_Indian_monkey_(bandar)_in_Malsi_Deer_Park_(photo_-_Jim_Ankan_Deka).jpgBandar bonnet macaque</p><br>
<p>Antilope cervicapra from velavadar.JPGAntelope</p><br>
<p>The Tsa de l&#39;Ano is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, located east of Les Haudères in the canton of Valais.</p><br>
<p>It is separated by the Col de Mourti (3,259 m) from the Pointes de Mourti to the southeast, on the range between the valley of Hérens and the Moiry Glacier (part the Val d&#39;Anniviers).</p><br>
<p>To the north of the main summit is the secondary peak of Pointe de Moiry (3,303 m), which is separated by the Col de la Couronne from the Couronne de Bréona (3,159 m).</p><br>
<p>Tsa de lAno is reached from the Swiss Alpine Clubs Cabanna de Moiry (2,825) by traversing the Moiry Glacier and ascending to Col de Moiry; Pointe de Moiry is more easily reached via its southeastern flank, the ridge connecting the two peaks is comparatively difficult. Both peaks are relatively little frequented by alpinists. An easier ascent to Tsa de l&#39;Ano (but mostly without any marked paths) is via its western ridge from Salay (Ferpècle, 1,766 m).</p><br>
<p>The Agassizhorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps in Switzerland. It lies just north-west of the Finsteraarhorn, the main summit of the range. The Agassizhorn is the tripoint between the valleys of the Lower Grindelwald Glacier, the Unteraar Glacier and the Fiescher Glacier. Because the Lower Grindelwald and Unteraar glaciers drain into the Aar and hence the Rhine and North Sea, whilst the Fiescher glacier drains into the Rhone and hence the Mediterranean Sea, the Sidelhorn lies on the European continental divide.</p><br>
<p>Administratively, the summit is shared between the municipalities of Grindelwald, to the north-west, Guttannen, to the north-east, and Fieschertal, to the south. Grindelwald and Guttannen are in the canton of Bern, whilst Fieschertal is in the canton of Valais.</p><br>
<p>The mountain was named after the Swiss geologist and explorer Louis Agassiz.</p><br>
<p>Westminster College Gymnasium is a historic athletic building on the campus of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. The building is famous for being the site of Winston Churchill&#39;s March 5, 1946 "Sinews of Peace" speech, in which he coined the phrase "Iron Curtain" to characterize the growing Cold War. In 1968, the gymnasium was designated a National Historic Landmark.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Westminster College Gymnasium stands prominently on the western edge of the greensward created by the CF Lampkin Drive, a loop road providing access to a portion of the college&#39;s campus. It is a two-story brick building, 80 x, with Classical Revival features. The front is five bays wide, with the center three projecting. The bays of the central portion are articulated by fluted Corinthian pilasters, and are topped by tall decorative parapet. Windows on the upper floor are set in round-arch windows, while those in the first floor are regular sash. The interior of the building is arranged with a central lobby flanked by office wings, and the gymnasium arena occupying most of the rear of the structure. The interior, in particular the gym space, has been relatively little altered since its construction, which was in 1928-29.</p><br>
<p>Westmister College decided to invite Winston Churchill to make a speech on its campus in 1946, during a planned trip. Churchill&#39;s agreement was secured through the work of Major General Harry Vaughan, a Westminster alumnus on the staff of United States President Harry S. Truman. Churchill agreed, and the speech he delivered in March 5, before a crowd of 2,000 in this gym, has since been immortalized for its dramatic description of the political climate in Europe. He stated that "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent."</p><br>
<p>Westminster College maintains a museum devoted to Churchill in another building.</p><br>
<p>Mount Banks, a mountain within the Explorers Range of the Blue Mountains Range that is a spur off the Great Dividing Range, is located within the Blue Mountains National Park, approximately 100 km west of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. Mount Banks is located 8 km from the nearest residential area, Mount Tomah, has an elevation of 1,049 m AMSL, and can be accessed relatively easily via the Bells Line of Road.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Mount Banks is part of the Explorers Range, which is located along the northern escarpment of the Grose Valley in the Blue Mountains National Park. The Explorers Range starts at Bells Line of Road and extends along the northern edge of the Grose Valley. Mount Banks is the first noticeable peak along the range and is found about 2 km from Bells Line of Road. It was named Mount Banks in 1804 by the explorer George Caley, who had worked for the botanist Sir Joseph Banks. Caley who was the first European to reach Mount Banks.</p><br>
<p>The distinctive thing about Mount Banks is the way the terrain and vegetation change radically approaching the top of the mountain. For the first two-thirds of the walk, the terrain is the standard sandstone of the Sydney and Blue Mountains regions, with a thin, rough scrub. After this, however, there is a basalt cap which gives rise to a richly vegetated environment with grass and a canopy. Views can be had on the lower slopes of the mountains but there is no view at the top, unless the walker edges down the slope towards the escarpment, at which point there are views of the Grose Valley.</p><br>
<h3>Description</h3><br>
<p>An unsealed road goes from Bells Line of Road to a picnic area about 1 km from the junction. At this point, vehicular access comes to an end. From the picnic area, a walking track makes its way approximately 1 km to the top of Mount Banks, where there is a trigonometric station. This is 1,062 m above sea level. From this point on, there is a fire trail that follows the Explorers Range before terminating above Zobel Gully. According to the topographic map, there is an abandoned mine in Zobel Gully, but there is no track to it.</p><br>
<h2>Activities</h2><br>
<p>The area is popular for bushwalking, with extensive views of the Grose Valley from the lower slopes of the mountain and from the fire trail where it goes close to Banks Wall, about 1 km south of the mountain. Photography is also popular because of the extensive views. There is no authorised camp site at Mt. Banks and camping at this fragile world heritage site is strictly prohibited.</p><br>
<p>Gemsstock is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking Andermatt in the canton of Uri. A glacier named Gurschenfirn lies over its northern flanks. The Gemsstock is a subpeak of the higher Chastelhorn, lying approximately one kilometre south-west.</p><br>
<h2>Ski Area</h2><br>
<p>Gemsstock is part of the Gotthard Oberalp Arena, as is Naetschen, which sits on the other side of Andermatt.</p><br>
<p>There are two skiing sections on Gemsstock. There is a cable car in Andermatt which goes directly up to the middle of the mountain. On the middle level, known as Gurschenalp, there is:</p><br>
<p>3x ski lifts</p><br>
<p>1x 2-man chairlift</p><br>
<p>2x T-bars</p><br>
<p>1x fun park (no half pipes)</p><br>
<p>3x ski runs</p><br>
<p>2x blue (beginner) runs</p><br>
<p>1x red (intermediate) run</p><br>
<p>Up on the top of Gemsstock there is:</p><br>
<p>A completely off-piste and untracked run that runs around the back of Gemsstock, called The Guspis.</p><br>
<p>A black run called The B.Russi Run (named after Andermatt&#39;s Bernhard Russi).</p><br>
<p>A red run called Sun Track.</p><br>
<p>Gemsstock is a north peak, so you can ski on it until May. Before February its very cold on Gemsstock because the sun cant shine on the peak.</p><br>
<h3>Future</h3><br>
<p>In the future, Orascom Hotels and Development plan to build 5 new ski lifts, along with several new runs, as part of their Andermatt expansion project.</p><br>
<p>These plans did include a cable car from Hospental. However, the Swiss Alpine Club stated that they did not "see the need" for a cable car running from Hospental, as there is already one running from Andermatt. It was later shown that this lift was not going to be constructed.</p><br>
<h3>Ski Lifts</h3><br>
<p>Gemsstock has 5 ski lifts, all made by Garaventa.</p><br>
<p>Piz Medel is a mountain in the Lepontine Alps, located on the border between the cantons of Ticino and Graubünden. At 3,210 m above sea level it is the highest summit on the chain between Lukmanier Pass  and Crap la Crusch . The mountain overlooks the Greina, an important pass connecting the cantons of Graubünden and Ticino.</p><br>
<p>The northern side of the massif (Graubünden) is covered by a large glacier named Glatscher da Medel, separated on its lower part in three branches. The massif consists of several summits among which the highest are Piz a Spescha (3,109 metres), Piz Cristallina (3,128 metres), Piz Uffiern (3,151 metres) and Cima di Camadra (3,172 metres).</p><br>
<p>The normal route to the summit starts at Fuorcla da Lavaz (2,524 metres), a pass connecting the northern valleys of Medel and Sumvitg. A hut has been erected on the pass by the Swiss Alpine Club, the Medel hut.</p><br>
<p>The Hübschhorn is a mountain of the Lepontine Alps, overlooking the Simplon Pass in the canton of Valais. It belongs to the Monte Leone massif. Its altitude is 3190m/10&#39;460ft.</p><br>
<h2>Access roads</h2><br>
<p>The car access is both from Italian and Swiss sides by following the road towards the Simplon pass. The closest cities are Domodossola on the Italian side and Brig on the Swiss side. If you need accommodation on the pass, you have Simplon Hospiz (Hospice du Simplon).</p><br>
<h2>Normal climbing route</h2><br>
<p>To climb Hübschhorn you start walking from the road towards a small lake which is directly below the mountain (Rotelsee). From there continue up by following a hardly visible steep path. You will need around three hours from the road to the summit.</p><br>
<p>You will be able to see the complete route to Wasenhorn and the glacier route to Breithorn (Simplon), and enjoy the views of the Weissmies group in the south-west direction.</p><br>
<p>Mount Hay, a mountain that is part of the Mt Hay Range of the Blue Mountains Range which is a spur off the Great Dividing Range, is located in the Blue Mountains National Park, New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 100 km west of Sydney and 10 km north of the nearest town, Wentworth Falls. Mount Hay is approximately 944 m AMSL and is one of several basalt caps located within the UNESCO World Heritage Greater Blue Mountains Area.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Mount Hay has a dome-like shape at the summit and it can be found on the southern escarpment of the Grose Valley, one of the main valleys of the Blue Mountains. There is a walking track that goes to the top of the mountain, but the initial approach is via the Mount Hay Road, which branches off from the Great Western Highway at the town of Leura. The road, which is unsealed and fairly rough, winds generally north-east for 14 km or so and terminates at the Mount Hay picnic area. The latter is extremely basic, with an unreliable water tank, a stone fireplace and enough room for one tent at a pinch.</p><br>
<p>From the picnic area, a track goes to the mountain, which is just over a kilometre away. There are good views of the Grose Valley as the track approaches the mountain, but the views disappear as the track gets higher up. At the top, there is a trigonometric station, but there are no views because of the timber. The top of the mountain is 944 m above sea level.</p><br>
<h2>Activities</h2><br>
<p>The area is popular for bushwalking but not as overused as some parts of the Grose Valley, because it is some distance from the nearest residential areas. About 4 km south of the picnic area there are other walk possibilities, in the form of the Lockley Track, which goes down to the Blue Gum Forest, in the Grose Valley. There is also a short walk to the top of the plateau known as Flat Top. Just a little north of the picnic area, there is another track that goes west to Butterbox Point, which provides dramatic views of the valley. The area is also popular for photography because of the extensive valley views. There are no authorised camp sites, but camping is allowed at a reasonable distance from any road. From the summit, Sydney central business district is barely visible in the far distance.</p><br>
<p>The Breithorn is a mountain of the Swiss Lepontine Alps, overlooking Simplon in the canton of Valais. It is part of the Monte Leone massif.</p><br>
<h2>Climbing route</h2><br>
<p>Breithorn is one of several peaks that can be climbed directly from the Simplon Pass. The other peaks are Wasenhorn, Hubschhorn, and Monte Leone. The route starts form the Simplon Hospiz and you will need glacier equipment for this mountain, crampons are compulsory. Plan around 5 hours from the road to the summit. This peak can be climbed in combination with Monte Leone.</p><br>
<h2>Accommodation, huts and shelters</h2><br>
<p>Simplon Hospiz.</p><br>
<p>Monte Leone Hut.</p><br>
<p>Bivacco Farello on the Chaltwasser Pass.</p><br>
<h2>Access road</h2><br>
<p>The only access is the road to the Simplon Pass from Brig on the Swiss side and from Domodossola from the Italian side.</p><br>
<p>Mount Malindig  is a large potentially active stratovolcano on the island of Marinduque in the Philippines. The name Marinduque itself may have been derived from Marindik or Malindik. The tale told by the people of Buenavista, the town that sits at the foot of Malindig, is that during the Spanish times, a Spanish soldier got lost. He came upon a girl sitting down sorting rice. He asked her what was the name of this place. She replied in Tagalog matindig  so she could get a better view of the area. The Spaniard mistook the girl and thought the mountain was called Matindig, and unable to ennunciate Tagalog, he called it Malindig.</p><br>
<p>Malindig is considered a potentially active volcano, in part because of the solfataric springs of Malbog. Its unique location, at the heart of Southern Tagalog, creates a panorama that encompasses Mindoro, Verde Island, and Southern Luzon all the way to Bicol and Burias Island. There is a military radio outpost at 900MASL.</p><br>
<p>The mountain is the largest on the Island of Marinduque and the most popular climb and hike on the island for mountaineers and alike, known for its unique environmental biodiversity. It is the home of different species of wild orchids and other endemic wildlife. Due to its height above 1,000 m above sea level, by law it has been identified as a protected area. The dormant volcano has three peaks, the Trek and climb to the peak is rated as easy to moderate. After passing the Radio Station base on the mountain, it has been known to be a mossy and closed canopy forest trek with regular foggy surroundings. It is also used by the Buenavista townfolks as a cattle grazing area.</p><br>
<p>During the American Period of rule over the Philippine Islands, Mount Malindig was named "Mount Marlanga" by the Americans. The name was later changed back to its original name of "Mount Malindig".</p><br>
<p>Mt. Malindig is around the vicinity of jurisdiction of barangays of Buenavista (Sihi, Bagacay, Bicas-Bicas, Yook,and Tungib-Lipata) and Torrijos (Cawayanan, Malibago and Dampulan)</p><br>
<p>The Fleckistock  is a 3,417 metres high mountain in the Urner Alps, overlooking Wassen in the canton of Uri. It is the highest summit of the group lying east of the pass of Sustenjoch . This range, starting at the Stucklistock and ending at the Salbitschijen, separates the valleys of Voralp, above Göschenen and Meiental, above Wassen.</p><br>
<p>The east flanks of the mountain are covered by glaciers. A glacier named Rütifirn lies on the north-eastern side and another (smaller) named Kartigelfirn lies on the south-east side. The west side is almost free of ice.</p><br>
<p>The Fleckistock is usually climbed from the south-west side, in the Voralp valley. The Voralp hut, from where starts the normal route, is located a 2,126 metres. It is owned by the Swiss Alpine Club.</p><br>
<p>The Lane Place was the home of Sen. Henry S. Lane  and Joanna Lane . It is located at 212 South Water Street in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Helen Elston Smith, the Lanes niece, inherited the house after Joannas death. She willed the house and its contents to the Montgomery County Historical Society on February 26, 1931. 85%-90% of all of the furnishings are either original to the house or belonged to the Elston Family. The house has been a museum since 1931 even though Helen continued to live in the home until the mid-1930s.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. It is located in the Elston Grove Historic District.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Lane Place was added onto an existing three-room brick cottage, which was built in 1831 by Maria and Isaac Elston. Major Isaac Elston was the father of Joanna Lane, Henrys second wife. Sen. Henry Lane purchased this cottage and the 4 acre surrounding it from Isaac Elston in the fall of 1844 when he and Joanna Elston married. Susan Wallace, the sister of Joanna Lane, met her future husband Lew Wallace at a party that was taking place in the houses formal parlor. Sen. Henry Lane was a lawyer and prominent Indiana politician who served in the Indiana legislature and the House of Representatives while with the Whigs. He was then elected Governor of Indiana in 1860 on the Republican ticket, but was soon elected as a Senator instead and served a term between 1861-67. In 1865 he was the Indiana delegate at Lincoln&#39;s funeral. In addition, Sen. Lane was one of the leading men to help form the Republican Party.</p><br>
<h2>Additions to the Lane Place</h2><br>
<p>As soon as Henry Lane purchased the three room cottage in 1844 the house was too small for his bride and himself. Henry and Joanna were married in February and 1845 and then moved into the cottage where they immediately began adding onto their home. In 1870 a Library was added onto the first floor. The 1831 kitchen was converted into a Serving Pantry and a kitchen was added onto the rear of the Pantry. In 1885 Helen Elston Smith came to live with the Lane&#39;s and another bedroom was added onto the second story of the house. There was also a porch added onto the first and second story of the house on the north side. The roof of the original sleeping loft was raised and converted into two rooms. In 1900 the breezeway between the old cottage and new editions was enclosed.</p><br>
<h2>House Colors</h2><br>
<p>The house has been painted various colors since 1845. The Lane Place was painted white through all the additions to the house while Henry and Joanna lived at the property. After Henrys death on June 18, 1881, Joanna painted the house gray in mourning. The house was temporarily painted pink under Helens ownership from around 1914 to 1920. In 1920 the house was painted yellow. The house remained yellow until 1945 when The Montgomery County Historical Society decided to return it to white. The house has remained white since then.</p><br>
<h2>Strawberry Festival</h2><br>
<p>The grounds of the Lane are the home of the Annual Crawfordsville Strawberry Festival. The Strawberry Festival was started by Joanna as a social gathering for drinking tea. It is held every year in June.</p><br>
<p>The USA Custom House and Post Office is a court house at 815 Olive Street in downtown St. Louis, Missouri.</p><br>
<p>It was designed by architects Alfred B. Mullett, William Appleton Potter, and James G. Hill, and was constructed between 1873 and 1884.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The three-story monumental granite building is 234 ft long and 179 ft deep. It includes a basement, sub-basement and attic level, with 16 ft ceilings at the basement levels and 10 ft thick foundation walls, which are surrounded by a 25 ft deep dry moat for light and ventilation. The basement connects to a tunnel under 8th Street that was used for the delivery of mail to the post office. The basement material is red Missouri granite, while the upper floors are gray granite from Hurricane Island, Maine, between 3 ft and 4 ft in thickness. The building surrounds a skylit inner courtyard, 48 ft by 55 ft.</p><br>
<p>High ceilings predominate in the main structure, with first floor ceilings at 26 ft and second and third floors at 22 ft. Interior structure is a mixture of wrought and cast iron, supporting arched brick floors in a system that was referred to at the time of construction as "fireproof." The building&#39;s windows were provided with fireproof shutters.</p><br>
<p>The principal facade is the southern, along Olive Street, which features an iron mansard dome. Each street elevation features a central pavilion which in turn bears a portico. The Olive Street elevation&#39;s pediment is ornamented by the 1877 sculpture "America at War and America at Peace" by Daniel Chester French, his first major commission. Double-hung windows are set in cast iron frames throughout the building. Cast iron trim and molding frames interior sides of windows and doors. Interior detailing was extensive, with art glass panels, mosaic tile floors and bronze door knobs imprinted with the Seal of the United States. Thirty offices on the second, third and fourth floors featured red Bologna marble fireplace mantels.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Customhouse and Post Office was constructed under the supervision of architect James G, Hill and construction superintendent Thomas Walsh, for a total cost of $5,686,854.68. The third floor of building was occupied by the U.S District Court until 1935, when it moved to new quarters at 12th and Market streets. The Post Office remained until 1970, occupying the main basement and the first floor. A number of Federal agencies were housed on the fourth floor.</p><br>
<p>The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri met at this courthouse until 1935, and the USA Circuit Court that district met here until that court was abolished in 1912. The USA Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit met here from 1891 until 1935. It was transferred from the USA General Services Administration to the State of Missouri in 2004 through the Federal Historic Surplus Property Program in September 2004. It is currently a mixed-use facility serving federal, state, and private purposes. The building was to the downtown campus for Webster University until the campus was relocated to the adjacent Arcade Building upon the completion of its renovation in late 2015. Soon after, Lindenwood University announced it would relocate its downtown campus to Webster University&#39;s former space. The Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, also occupies the building.</p><br>
<p>The Harry S. Truman Farm Home, also known as the Solomon Young Farm, is a historic farm property at 12301 Blue Ridge Blvd in Grandview, Missouri. The farm property, first developed in the 1860s, was the residence of future USA president Harry S. Truman from 1906 to 1917. The house is part of Harry S. Truman National Historic Site, and is a designated National Historic Landmark.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Truman Farm Home is located in a commercially developed area of Grandview, between Blue Ridge Boulevard and Interstate 49. The site consists of a farm house (built in 1894-95 after the 1867 house was destroyed by fire); a reconstructed smokehouse; the Grandview post office-turned-garage (Truman moved it to the farm to store his 1911 Stafford automobile); a restored box wagon once used on the farm; and several stone fence posts marking the original boundaries of the farm, plus other original and reconstructed buildings.</p><br>
<p>The farmhouse was built in 1894 by Harry Trumans maternal grandmother, Harriet Louisa Gregg, and is the centerpiece of a 5.25 acre remnant of the familys former 600 acre farm. Truman worked the farm from 1906-1917, when he was 22 years old until he was 33. It was here, said Truman&#39;s mother Martha, that Harry got his "common sense". After his grandmother died, ownership of the property was contested by her heirs, the costs of which eventually forced Martha out of the house in 1940. The President was eventually able to recover much of the property, and considered it a desirable place to establish his presidential library. This did not happen, and Truman sold off most of the land for development in the 1950s.</p><br>
<p>A surviving 10 acre part of the Truman farm is now owned by the National Park Service, forming part of the Harry S. Truman National Historic Site. There is no visitor center on the site, but the grounds are open for self-guided tours and an audio tour is available. Guided tours were formerly conducted during the summer, but were cancelled in 2013 due to sequestration-related budget cuts.</p><br>
<p>The Gardner News Building is a historic commercial building located at 309 Central Street in Gardner, Massachusetts. Built in 1906, it has served since its construction as the home of the Gardner News, a mainstay of the local news industry. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 14, 1979, and included in the West Gardner Square Historic District on December 30, 1985.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Gardner News Building anchors the northern end of Gardner&#39;s downtown commercial district, occupying a corner lot facing south at Vernon and Central Streets. It is a three-story brick structure, roughly trapezoidal in shape due to its lot configuration, and is adorned with sandstone and brick trim. Its main facade faces roughly south toward Central Street, and is roughly divided into three sections. The outer sections have two bays of windows on the third floor, and projecting bay windows on the second floor. The right section has the main building entrance, while that on the left has a three-part window with stone lintel. The center section of the building has three window bays on each level. There are courses of corbelled brickwork above and below the third floor, and the building is crowned by a brick parapet.</p><br>
<p>The Gardner News was founded in 1869 by A.G. Bushnell, a native of nearby Templeton. It was published weekly until 1897, when it merged with the Gardner Daily. This building was constructed for the newspaper in 1906. It was designed by the Boston firm of Cox and Gale</p><br>
