<p>Built in the early 20th century, Carpenter School No. 1 and Carpenter School No. 2, in Natchez, Mississippi, were two of three buildings built and donated to the city by the city&#39;s philanthropic Carpenter family  for public schools in Natchez. Besides the three schools, the family built and then donated many other structures to the city, and the Natchez-Adams School District and George W. Armstrong Public Library still benefit from a Carpenter trust fund.</p><br>
<p>A $2.1 million restoration of Carpenter No. 1 was completed in 2000. Because the building is listed as a contributing property to a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places, the exterior of the building was not altered by the restoration. The restoration rounded out the city&#39;s initiative begun by a former mayor to restore and adapt large, unused municipal properties. Renovations to Carpenter No. 2 on Washington Street, which served as the Natchez Senior Citizen Multi-Purpose Center, were completed in November, 2000.</p><br>
<h2>Carpenter Family of Natchez</h2><br>
<p>The Carpenter family in Natchez descends from Nathaniel L. Carpenter, who was born 18 Nov 1805 at Randolph, Vermont, a descendant of the Rehoboth Carpenter family. Nathaniel L. Carpenter was raised and educated in Lancaster, New York, and went into the stage and hotel business there. In 1833 he journeyed to Natchez, Mississippi, and began a career as a builder. He left Natchez in 1834 and went first to St. Louis, Missouri, then to New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1835. He returned to Natchez about 1838 and settled permanently, becoming owner of a line of steamboats and successful in the cotton trade and many other private and public interests. He married in 1837 at Buffalo, New York, to Miss Julia Ann Luce. He led a very full life, traveling throughout the United States, Europe, and the South Pacific islands. He owned the Myrtle Terrace town home in Natchez, and Dunleith plantation near Natchez, both of which are on the annual Natchez historical pilgrimage tours. During the Civil War, he counseled neutrality, but both of his sons joined the Confederacy—Allen D. Carpenter served in the Natchez Rifles and Joseph N. Carpenter in the Breckinridge Guards. Julia Ann (Luce) Carpenter died on 1 May 1871, and Nathaniel L. Carpenter died on 23 Dec 1892. Descendants have continued to live in Natchez. The town of Carpenter, Mississippi in Copiah County, is named for J. N. Carpenter, president of the Natchez, Jackson and Columbia Railroad.</p><br>
<p>The Salzkammergut Mountains  are a mountain range of the Northern Limestone Alps, located in the Austrian states of Salzburg and Upper Austria. They are named after the Salzkammergut historic region, part of the Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape UNESCO World Heritage Site.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>According to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps, the Salzkammergut Mountains (AVE 17a) lie to the east of the Berchtesgaden Alps and the city of Salzburg.</p><br>
<p>To the north the Austrian Alpine Foreland is the boundary, between the points where the rivers Salzach and Traun spill out into the Foreland near Salzburg and Gmunden respectively. To the east the boundary with the Upper Austrian Prealps is formed by the Traun between the lakes of Traunsee and, further downstream, with the Totes Gebirge by the Lake Hallstatt on the foot of the Dachstein Mountains. To the south the border runs from Lake Hallstatt up the Gosau Valley to Gschütt Pass, and from there downhill along the Rußbach Valley, separating the Salzkammergut Mountains from the Tennengebirge in the southwest, and the Lammer creek to its confluence with the Salzach near Golling. To the west the boundary runs along the River Salzach from where it is joined by the Lammer down to the city of Salzburg.</p><br>
<p>The highest peak with an elevation of 2,027 m is Mt. Gamsfeld near Gschütt Pass in the south, the only two-thousander of the range. The best-known mountain however is the prominent Schafberg 1,782 m on Wolfgangsee, with access to the summit provided by the Schafberg Railway.</p><br>
<p>The Balding Avenue Historic District is located along the street of the same name, between Mansion and Marshall streets, in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. These four acres  include 27 houses mostly built in the late 19th century.</p><br>
<p>Unlike some of the city&#39;s other residential historic districts, Balding Avenue was a middle class neighborhood, and its houses still reflect that. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The district consists of Balding Avenue between its southern end at Mansion Street and the next intersection to the north at Marshall Street, and the lots of every house with a Balding address in that corridor. The southern end is just at the northern boundary of downtown Poughkeepsie, with several other historic buildings. The Queen Anne Style house at 73 Mansion is right on the corner (it was excluded from the district because it was a different size and shape from the Balding houses), and next to it is the Poughkeepsie post office. Across Mansion are the offices of the Poughkeepsie Journal. This block of Balding is shaded with large trees along the side of the street.</p><br>
<p>Within the district the houses are of similar designs, ranging from two-and-a-half to three-and-a-half stories in height. All have clapboard siding. Various Victorian-era architectural styles are in evidence, from Second Empire to Queen Anne. Four houses in the Hudson River Bracketed style are arranged in a row from 6-12 Balding.</p><br>
<p>All exhibit a modest amount of ornament. Poughkeepsie&#39;s other historic districts recognize either the homes of the wealthy (Academy Street, Garfield Place) or the working class (Union Street, Mill Street-North Clover Street). This is the only one in a middle-class neighborhood, as suggested by the minimal use of decorative detailing on the houses.</p><br>
<p>Only one home, at 1 Balding, is not considered a contributing property to the district. It was built in 1924, after the district&#39;s period of significance, two decades after all the other houses had been completed.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>An 1867 map of the city lists Balding Avenue as a proposed street. It must have been built shortly thereafter, as the first houses on it, 14 and 27 Balding, both in the Second Empire style, were built in 1872. Six more followed, mainly in the middle of the block, during the rest of the 1870s, and most of the district was built out over the 1880s and &#39;90s. Local architect Percival M. Lloyd designed the classically detailed 32 Balding, the only house on the street for whom the architect is known, in 1896.</p><br>
<p>In the 1900s 4 and 11 Balding closed out this building boom. The other corner lot at Mansion Street, 1 Balding, was finally built on in 1924. There has been no significant construction or modification since.</p><br>
<p>Neutra VDL Studio and Residences, the home of architect Richard Neutra, is located in Los Angeles, California. It is also known as the Neutra Research House, the Van der Leeuw House, the Richard and Dion Neutra VDL Research House II, or the Richard and Dion Neutra VDL Research Houses and Studio. It was designed by Richard Neutra and his son Dion Neutra. The house is currently owned by California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and is maintained by its College of Environmental Design. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009, and was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2016.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Originally built in 1932, the 2,000 ft&sup2; house was built for Neutra and his family and called the VDL Research House because it was built with a loan from Neutra&#39;s early patron, Cees H. Van der Leeuw, a wealthy Dutch industrialist and architecture aficionado. Neutra and his wife, Dione, raised their three sons at the house. He also ran his architecture practice out of a studio in the house until he later opened his design studio at the Neutra Office Building on Glendale Boulevard (a property that is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places).</p><br>
<p>The original house was destroyed by fire in March 1963. Along with the house, the fire destroyed Neutra&#39;s collection of sketches, writings and architecture library.</p><br>
<p>In 1980, Neutras widow donated the house, then valued at $207,500, to Cal Poly Pomona to be used by the universitys College of Environmental Design faculty and students. The building was in some disrepair and in danger of deteriorating further, in 2008, when a fund-raising campaign to preserve it was launched. Architecture firm Marmol Radziner volunteered pro-bono services that include repairs to the roof, the reflecting pool, and the building’s water intrusion and waterproofing issues. Improvements were completed during Phase I and II of the restoration project.</p><br>
<h2>Design</h2><br>
<p>In his design of the VDL Research House, Neutra sought to show that the innovations of his Lovell Health House could be incorporated into designs for less affluent clients. Through use of natural lighting, glass walls opening onto patio gardens and mirrors, Neutra designed a space that was not confining and which reflected the nearby lake. Neutra later wrote the following about the VDL Research House:"I was convinced that high-density design could succeed in a fully human way, and I saw my new house as a concrete pilot project. I wanted to demonstrate that human beings, brought together in close proximity, can be accommodated in very satisfying circumstances, taking in that precious amenity called privacy. So armed with my memories and convictions, and in direct contrast to the sense-inimical mien of my boyhood surroundings, I planted three families on my ordinary 60-by-70-foot lot, next to Silver Lake. And I was able to arrange things in such a way as to embellish our lives with abundant plantings and bracing vistas. One felt a great sense of freedom in the VDL, as everything was carefully planned to avoid interference between the various zones of the house, and there were many options for getting off by oneself."</p><br>
<p>Neutra later took pride in the fact "hundreds of perfect strangers have been coming by the house every year," many coming to a halt, "somehow mesmerized, and perhaps wistfully wondering why this constructive figment of clarity and composure hadn&#39;t grown on Los Angeles generally." It was not only strangers that admired the Neutra VDL compound. Over a forty year period stars of the second generation of California modernism like Gregory Ain, Harwell Harris and Raphael Soriano started their careers here. Famous clients like the director Josef von Sternberg and Edgar Kaufmann spelled out their needs to Neutra here. A cultural salon for Los Angeles hosted visitors such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvaar Alto, Charles and Ray Eames and many others. The social history of this place has been documented at neutrahistory.org</p><br>
<p>One critic later said of the house:"Even a down-on-his-luck architect deserves humane housing. When the budding Modernist hero Richard Neutra built a home along Silver Lake Reservoir in 1932, he had a budget of $10,000 and a tiny sliver of land. What he built became a nimble experiment in urban living."</p><br>
<p>The small rooms in the house are arranged around an open staircase and have "austere, built-in furniture, all in neutral tones." It has been said that the "houses strength came from its temporal quality: Light, water and air were meant to induce a wholesome life." The house was Neutras third commission in the United States and was built four years after the Lovell Health House in Los Feliz. The Research House later became the focus of a cluster of ten Neutra-designed houses on Argent Place overlooking Silver Lake.</p><br>
<p>The house is located just a few hundred yards from the Neutra Office Building, Neutra&#39;s offices from 1950–1970, which is also NRHP-listed. The house is open for tours led by Cal Poly Pomona architecture students on Saturdays. It is the only Neutra-designed house that is regularly open to the public.</p><br>
<p>Mellor hill fort is a prehistoric site in North West England, that dates from the British Iron Age—about 800 BC to 100 AD. Situated on a hill in Mellor, Greater Manchester, on the western edge of the Peak District, the hill fort overlooks the Cheshire Plain. Although the settlement was founded during the Iron Age, evidence exists of activity on the site as far back as 8,000 BC; during the Bronze Age the hill may have been an area where funerary practices were performed. Artefacts such as a Bronze Age amber necklace indicate the site was high status and that its residents took part in long-distance trade. The settlement was occupied into the Roman period. After the site was abandoned, probably in the 4th century, it was forgotten until its rediscovery in the 1990s.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Mellor lies on the western edge of the Peak District in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport. At, the known site of the Iron Age settlement in Mellor is partially under St Thomas Church and extends into the gardens of several nearby houses. It is on a spur about 220 m above sea level, between two valleys which drop steeply away and run west where the two small streams in the valleys meet the River Goyt, approximately 100 m above sea level. The site commands views of the Cheshire Plain and Alderley Edge to the south and the range of hills to the north. Although there are higher points locally, the site has access to a water supply and the river valleys, and there is flat land to the west which could have been used agriculturally.</p><br>
<h2>Background</h2><br>
<p>Until the 19th century little was known about hill forts; none had been excavated and their original purpose had long been forgotten. In the medieval period their origin was ascribed to various iconic figures such as Julius Caesar, King Arthur, King Alfred, the Danes, and even giants. By the 18th century it was thought that hill forts were Roman in origin. Opinion changed again in the 19th century following a large scale investigation by Augustus Pitt-Rivers, who concluded that hill forts were built during the Iron Age.</p><br>
<p>The study of hill forts was popular in the 19th century, with a revival in the 20th century due to excavations at Danebury. However it was not until the 1990s that the settlement at Mellor was discovered; the site had a lack of tell-tale earthworks, such as a circular ditch (which would indicate ancient activity). Excavations began in 1998 where unusual marks had been noted in 1995 during a drought. Instead of the medieval ditch the marks were thought to denote, the ditch of an Iron Age hill fort was revealed. As of 2009 the excavations are ongoing. Before these excavations began, relatively little was known about the prehistory of the Stockport area before about 1,200 BC. It was generally thought that the areas of Marple and Mellor had been mostly untouched by prehistoric human activity, including during the Romano-British period.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>There is evidence of human activity on the site pre-dating the Iron Age, as far back as 8,000&ndash;6,000 BC. During this period Mellor may have been a knap site where flint tools were produced, and also may have been a seasonal camp. Over 200 lithics have been recovered and range from the early to the late Mesolithic. A high proportion of the flints are bladed tools, indicating that the people who produced them were hunter gatherers. Bronze Age artefacts are rare on the site, and there is no definitive indication of habitation in this period. Despite this, it is likely that the long-term habitation of the site had its roots in the late Bronze Age.</p><br>
<p>A flint dagger was discovered on the site. This type of artefact is rare in Greater Manchester; the nearest comparable site is in Saddleworth. Its presence has been taken as an indication that during the Bronze Age the site was used for funerary practices. Many of the hills near Mellor are surmounted by Bronze Age funerary monuments such as Brown Low, Shaw Cairn, and Werneth Low, supporting the possibility that Mellor was also a funerary site. Also dating from the Bronze Age and found on the site was a rare high-status amber necklace. Amber does not occur naturally in Britain &ndash; the nearest source is the Baltic. It would have been traded over long distances. The necklace was discovered as part of a 4,000‑year‑old burial.</p><br>
<p>The hill fort was built in and used throughout the Iron Age, as demonstrated by finds from the site which span the period. Occupants lived in roundhouses, and habitation of the site was spread over a long period. In common with many other hill forts, the site was probably divided into separate areas for habitation, industry, and agricultural activities such as storage, although the layout of these areas changed over time. Excavations indicate that the area enclosed by the inner ditch was used mainly for habitation, while the area between the inner and outer ditches was agricultural. The separation was not necessarily fixed as some of the outer area shows signs that it was used as a living space. The Roman fort of Melandra is nearby.</p><br>
<p>Fragments of glass, possibly Roman in origin, and shards of pottery which date to the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, indicate the site was used in the Romano-British period. However no Roman structures have been discovered, and the nature of Roman activity at the site is a source of speculation. The position of the hilltop indicate that it was easily defended; however, local finds indicate it was a high-status settlement rather than a military outpost unless a similar feature was located nearby. One reason that Roman structures have not been identified is that the Romano-British inhabitants may have used roundhouses rather than buildings of a typically rectilinear Roman style. This would make them more difficult to differentiate from Iron Age roundhouses and would imply a continuation of local culture rather than an imposition of Roman style. It is also possible that Romans simply influenced the area, rather than actively occupying the site. The site was later abandoned and forgotten until its rediscovery in the 1990s.</p><br>
<h2>Investigation</h2><br>
<p>With sites such as Danebury where there is no modern habitation or built environment, extensive excavations can be undertaken to establish the general layout. The modern settlement of Mellor extends over the Iron Age hill fort, which restricts archaeological investigation. A geophysical survey was performed to establish the extent of the settlement; methods such as magnetometry and ground-penetrating radar were successful in identifying the eastern and northern sections of the ditch encircling the site. Excavations have been concentrated around the Old Vicarage. By 2004 there were 43 trenches, 14 trial trenches, and 17 test pits. The investigation of the site has revealed two ditches. While the external ditch encloses a larger area, it has smaller dimensions than the internal ditch.</p><br>
<p>The chronological relation between the two ditches is uncertain. The internal ditch has been cut into the sandstone bedrock and is 4 m wide and 2.1 m deep; there was a palisade 3.25 m beyond the inner edge of the ditch. At some point, part of the ditch was refilled and a posthole inserted into it, possibly relating to a gateway. Artefacts recovered from the ditch indicate that the inhabitants of the site had links with salt-producing communities in lowland Cheshire. The Very Coarse Pottery (VCP) which was used to contain the salt at Mellor is similar to fragments recovered from the Iron Age site at Beeston Castle. A layer of charcoal has been radiocarbon dated to 830&ndash;190 BC. The latest deposits in the ditch include hundreds of fragments of Roman pottery dating from the 1st to 4th centuries, bronze Roman brooches, and Roman nails.</p><br>
<p>The outer ditch is 1.5 m wide and 1.4 m deep, and like the inner ditch was cut in the local bedrock. A rare Iron Age pot was recovered from the outer ditch, with 125 shards found. The material used to make the pot originated about 15 to 20 km away in Castleton, Derbyshire. The pot was found in one of the earliest contexts in the ditch, and dates to the Iron Age. It was probably deliberately placed at the bottom of the ditch as part of a ritual after a significant event such as digging the ditch. While the inner ditch did have a palisade, neither ditch had a bank associated with it.</p><br>
<p>The archaeological excavations that have been undertaken since 1998 are funded by Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council and grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund, and have received news coverage. The site is used as a training excavation for students and a community dig to introduce people to ancient history, with the participation of Mellor Archaeological Trust. In 2002, students from Ridge Danyers Sixth Form College built a replica roundhouse that is still standing on the site. Many of the artefacts discovered at Mellor during the excavations are on permanent display at Stockport Museum. The site is open to the public annually, in the first week of September, so that people can view the work done over the past season of digging.</p><br>
<p>Pua&#39;a-2 Agricultural Fields Archeological District is a historic site of Ancient Hawaiian agriculture on the Big Island of Hawaii.</p><br>
<h2>The site</h2><br>
<p>Coordinates are approximate; it is within the Ahupuaa of Puaa 2, on a 35 acre Kona coffee farm known as Ariana Farms Ono Coffee.</p><br>
<p>A 1985 survey found several stone platforms, several agricultural terraces, and a 50 by 100 ft feature thought to be an agricultural heiau.</p><br>
<p>The site is state archaeological site number 10-28-10,229 (the last part of this site designation, plus "50HA" to indicate the state of Hawaii, was appended to its name on the National registry). It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 14, 1986 as site number 86002804.</p><br>
<h2>Severe damage in 2000</h2><br>
<p>The site was damaged and possibly destroyed in 2000 when a permit was mistakenly given to clear the area for planting coffee. The State Historic Preservation District officials approve each grading permit, but with several vacancies for archaeologists in the district, the property owners were not aware of any site on their property.</p><br>
<p>Geisenklösterle  is an archaeological site of significance for the central European Upper Paleolithic, located near the town of Blaubeuren in the Swabian Jura in Baden-Württemberg, southern Germany. First explored in 1963, the cave contains traces of early prehistoric art from between 43,000 and 30,000 years ago. In 2017 the site became part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura.</p><br>
<h2>Overview</h2><br>
<p>It is one of a number of caves where early modern humans in the Aurignacian, between 43,000 and 30,000 years ago left traces of early artwork, including the Vogelherd, Brillenhöhle, Grosse Grotte, Hohle Fels and Hohlenstein-Stadel caves.</p><br>
<p>Geisenklösterle was first archaeologically explored in 1963. Systematic excavations began in 1973, from 1974 to 2002 sponsored by the State of Baden-Württemberg. A 1983 monographic publication summarizes the excavation results up to that time.</p><br>
<p>The cave contains sediments, that were divided into six levels belonging to the Aurignacian and seven levels of the Gravettian. Levels below are accredited to the Middle Paleolithic and those on top reach from the Western European Magdalenian (between 17,000 and 12,000 years ago) to the Middle Ages.</p><br>
<p>The Aurignacian levels date to between 43,000 and 32,000 years ago, and yielded stone tools, artefacts made from antlers, bones and ivory. Among the most notable items are a sculpture of a flutes of bird bone and mammoth ivory, the oldest known musical instruments with an age of 42,000 to 43,000 years.</p><br>
<h2>UNESCO World Heritage Site</h2><br>
<p>In January 2016, the federal government of Germany applied for the status of World Heritage Site for two valleys with six caves named Höhlen der ältesten Eiszeitkunst ("Caves with the oldest Ice Age art"). The site would encompass areas in the Lonetal (valley of the Lone) and the Achtal (valley of the Ach) both in the southern Swabian Jura. The former includes the caves Hohlenstein-Stadel, Vogelherd and Bocksteinhöhle, the latter Geisenklösterle, Hohle Fels and Sirgenstein Cave. Each valley would contain a core area of around 3 to 4 km length, surrounded by a buffer zone of a least 100 m width.</p><br>
<p>In the argument why these sites deserve recognition as a part of the universal human heritage, the area is described as the source of the currently oldest (non-stationary) works of human art in the form of carved animal and humanoid figurines as well as the oldest musical instruments. Their creators lived, were inspired and worked in and around these caves. The caves also served as the repositories of the figurines which may have been used in a religious context. In addition, they were the venue where performers used the excavated musical instruments and where the social groups lived from which the artists sprang.</p><br>
<p>The committee awarded the status of WHS in July 2017.</p><br>
<p>The Church of St Dunstan in Baltonsborough, Somerset, England, was built in the 15th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.</p><br>
<p>The dedication honours St Dunstan who was born in Baltonsborough in 909, and eventually became Archbishop of Canterbury and an important monastic reformer of the Anglo-Saxon period. Legends attached to Dunstan portray him nailing a horseshoe onto the devil, earning him a place as a patron saint of blacksmiths.</p><br>
<p>There is a four bay nave and two bay chancel. The church&#39;s simple Somerset tower is topped by an elaborate ironwork weather vane crafted by the local blacksmith in the 19th century. The interior includes a 15th-century font. The screen was designed by Frederick Bligh Bond.</p><br>
<p>The churchyard contains war graves of a Somerset Light Infantry soldier of World War I and a Royal Navy sailor of World War II.</p><br>
<p>The parish is part of the benefice of Baltonsborough with Butleigh, West Bradley and West Pennard, which is known as the Brue Benefice.</p><br>
<p>One former vicar of the church was Edward Mellish who was awarded the Victoria Cross in World War I.</p><br>
<p>The Church of St Mary the Virgin in Batcombe, Somerset, England, dates from the 15th and 16th centuries and was restored in the 19th. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building.</p><br>
<p>The church is built of limestone from the Doulting Stone Quarry. The tower, which has triple belfry openings, contains five bells dating from 1760 and made by Thomas Bilbie, of the Bilbie family, in Cullompton.</p><br>
<p>The interior of the church includes an octagonal font. The stained glass windows include one at the eastern end of the south aisle by Heaton, Butler and Bayne which was installed around 1896 and the east window from 1930 by Archibald Keightley Nicholson.</p><br>
<p>The churchyard contains the war grave of a Royal Navy sailor of World War I.</p><br>
<p>The parish is part of the deanery of Bruton and Cary within the Wells Archdeanery.</p><br>
<p>The Anglican Church of St Mary the Virgin in Croscombe, Somerset, England, is primarily from the 15th and 16th centuries with 19th-century restoration. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.</p><br>
<p>It consists of a nave, chancel and has north and south aisles. The church is unusual in Somerset in having a spire, which rises above a three-stage tower which is supported by diagonal buttresses. St Mary&#39;s includes a peal of six bells, the earliest dated 1613, and an organ from 1837. In 1936 the spire was struck by lightning. Repairs entailed its complete removal and reconstruction.</p><br>
<p>The Jacobean interior woodwork including the pulpit and rood screen are of national renown. The pulpit is decorated with the arms of Arthur Lake who was the Bishop of Bath and Wells in the 17th century.</p><br>
<p>The churchyard contains war graves of four service personnel, one of World War I and three of World War II.</p><br>
<p>The parish is part of the benefice of Pilton with Croscombe, North Wootton and Dinder within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.</p><br>
<p>The Niagara Engine House is located on North Hamilton Street in downtown Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. It is a brick building constructed in the early 20th century, the only extant fire house of the six engine companies that once protected the city.</p><br>
<p>It was designed by local architect Percival M. Lloyd in a late application of the Gothic Revival architectural style. In 1982 it, along with two other old Poughkeepsie firehouses, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Building</h2><br>
<p>The firehouse is a brick building three stories high with three to five bays in each story. The front facade faces east. Beneath the flat roof is a projecting cornice and brick frieze with blue squares on which "Niagara" is spelled out. It is supported by large brackets alternating with smaller ones.</p><br>
<p>Fenestration is varied. The third-story windows have pointed arches. The central window on the story below is a projecting bay window with a castellated top and diamond-shaped lights. Above the first story is a molded stone cornice with letters spelling out "1810 NIAGARA 1909".</p><br>
<p>A stone course separates the first and second stories. Brick pilasters frame the main garage door. The interior retains its tiled floor, brass pole and flooring.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The engine company that became Niagara was organized in 1810, as the building facade suggests, but did not start going by that name until 1847. Six engine companies are known to have been in service during the city&#39;s history. This is the only one whose building is extant.</p><br>
<p>In 1909 local architect Percival M. Lloyd, who had earlier designed the eclectic Lady Washington Hose Company building a few blocks to the south on Academy Street, was hired to build the new one. His building includes many features of the Gothic Revival II style, which was used for many public buildings in the early 20th century... the projecting central bay, roof castellation, stone lintels with drip molding and arches, the stone course between the two lower floors and a mock stone basement at ground level.</p><br>
<p>A private ambulance company moved into the lower floor after the fire department left the building. They left its features intact.</p><br>
<p>The Church of St Peter in Evercreech, Somerset, England, dates from the 14th century and is a Grade I listed building.</p><br>
<p>The three-stage tower has set-back buttresses ascending to pinnacles, with a very tall transomed two-light bell-chamber with windows on each face The embattled parapet has quatrefoil piercing, with big corner pinnacles and smaller intermediate pinnacles. The four-light west window has extensively restored tracery. This tower is of the East Mendip type, and was completed around 1462.</p><br>
<p>On the north wall of the tower is a roll of honour to victims of World War I. It is within a rectangular wooden case with a glazed door crowned by a triangular pediment and plaque below.</p><br>
<p>The clock face features an unusual mistake as it is missing the X (10) and instead has two XII (12).</p><br>
<p>The Church of St Peter at Hornblotton in the parish of West Bradley, Somerset, England, was built in 1872–74 by Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, for the rector, Godfrey Thring replacing a medieval church on the same site. It is a Grade I listed building,</p><br>
<p>The Victorian building is on the site of an earlier church which had fallen into disrepair, from which a stump of the tower remains in the churchyard. The piscina and a memorial in the vestry, were reused from the original church.</p><br>
<p>One of the features of the church is an early electric clock and the first in England to have a striking mechanism. It was controlled from a master clock in the nearby house. The clock mechanism was taken to the Science Museum in London for restoration in 1984. It was made by Charles Shepherd who also made the Shepherd Gate Clock mounted on the wall outside the gate of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.</p><br>
<p>The interior walls of the church are decorated with sgraffito which is produced by applying layers of plaster tinted in contrasting colors to a moistened surface, or in ceramics, by applying to an unfired ceramic body two successive layers of contrasting slip, and then in either case scratching so as to produce an outline drawing. The decoration includes representations of Moses, Isaiah, Jeremiah and the Annunciation. The technique is attributed to the Arts and Crafts Movement and, at Hornblotton, have been created by cutting away the upper coat of white cement and leaving exposed the strawberry coloured undercoat of plaster including terracotta patterns of sunflowers and leaves.</p><br>
<p>The parish is part of the Six Pilgrims benefice within the deanery of Bruton and Cary.</p><br>
<p>The Satsunan Islands is a geopolitical name for a group of islands that forms the northern part of the Ryukyu Islands. The whole island group belongs to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.</p><br>
<h2>Major islands</h2><br>
<p>Satsunan Islands</p><br>
<p>Ōsumi Islands with:</p><br>
<p>* Tanegashima, Yakushima, Kuchinoerabu-jima, Mageshima in the North-Eastern Group,</p><br>
<p>* Takeshima, Iōjima, Kuroshima in the North-Western Group.</p><br>
<p>Tokara Islands (The Shichi-tō): Kuchi-no-shima, Naka-no-shima, Gajajima, Suwanose-jima, Akuseki-jima, Tairajima, Kodakara-jima, Takara-jima</p><br>
<p>Amami Islands: Amami Ōshima, Kikaigashima, Kakeromajima, Yoroshima, Ukeshima, Tokunoshima, Okinoerabujima, Yoronjima</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Although Satsunan literally means the south of Satsuma Province, the north-eastern group of the Ōsumi Islands formed Tane Province for a brief period in the 8th and 9th centuries and then were merged into Ōsumi Province. The Tokara Islands and the northwestern group of the Ōsumi Islands belonged to Kawanabe District of Satsuma Province. The Amami Islands paid tribute to the Ryukyu Kingdom to the South until they were put under direct control in the late 16th century, but were conquered in 1609 by the Satsuma Domain.</p><br>
<p>In 1879, the Amami Islands became Ōshima District of Kagoshima Prefecture. The Tokara Islands and the north-western group of the Ōsumi Islands were transferred to Ōshima District in 1897, and then to Kagoshima District in 1973. After World War II, the Tokara and Amami Islands were put under United States military occupation, which formed the Government of the Northern Ryukyus. The Japanese government fiercely contested the Amami Islands being affiliated with the word "Ryukyu", believing that it would lead to a later return of the islands to their control. The Tokara Islands were returned to Japan in 1952, which were followed by the Amami Islands in December 1953.</p><br>
<p>Lemoine Point Conservation Area a 136 hectare recreational conservation area at the west end of Kingston, Ontario. The area is bordered by Collins Bay on the north and west sides, Lake Ontario on the south and Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport on the east.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1784, Johan Jost Herkimer, a Loyalist, was granted a land allotment of 3,450 acres in the township west of the village of Cataraqui (modern day downtown Kingston) for his service to the Crown during the American Revolutionary War. He also received two acres in the village. The township land allotment included what is now the conservation area and became known as Herkimer&#39;s Nose or Herkimer&#39;s Point. The land remained in the Herkimer family until sold to Captain William Lemoine in 1836. The Lemoine family (after which the conservation area is named) sold the land to William Hugh Coverdale as a summer vacation property. The Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA) acquired the current conservation area land in 1975. Part of the land (35 hectares) remains as farmland belonging to the Coverdale family, although the CRCA would like to eventually acquire this land and extend the conservation area to cover all 170 hectares.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The conservation area includes a variety of terrain, including deciduous woodlands, 2.5 km of shoreline, marshland, fields and grassy areas. Picnic tables, barbecues and washrooms are available. There are two entrances, each with its own parking lot, at the north and south ends of the conservation area. Most trails are quite flat; several of them are wide and smooth enough to be wheelchair accessible. A variety of wildlife may be seen in the conservation area, including birds, insects, snakes and mammals ranging from chipmunks and squirrels to deer.</p><br>
<h2>Image gallery</h2><br>
<p>The City of St. Jude is a 36 acre campus hosting a high school, hospital, and church, and was founded in 1934 by Father Harold Purcell with the aim of bringing "light, hope and dignity to the poor." The City of St. Jude campus hosted the Stars for Freedom rally on the night of March 24, 1965, when celebrities volunteered to entertain weary marchers on the final night of the Selma to Montgomery marches. The campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, and is part of the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, created in 1996.</p><br>
<h2>Campus</h2><br>
<p>Father Purcell started the first Catholic ministry for African Americans in Alabama, opening a dispensary in a rented house on Holt Street in Montgomery starting on June 2, 1934. Purcell received funds from Bishop Thomas Joseph Toolen, head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile in 1936 and purchased 56 acre between Hill and Oak Streets, soon afterwards building and dedicating a church at the site to Saint Jude the Apostle in 1938. By 1938, the City of St. Jude had already treated 8,000 unique patients.</p><br>
<h3>Church (1938–)</h3><br>
<h3>Social Center (1939–)</h3><br>
<p>The social center was built soon after the church, in 1939. The City of St. Jude proposed that a "Campsite 4 Experience" Museum would be housed at the social center while raising funds to build an interpretive center.</p><br>
<h3>School (1947–2014)</h3><br>
<p>The first classes at the City of St. Jude were held in the basement of the 1938 church. St. Jude Educational Institute was not explicitly segregated, even though Bishop Toolen did not support integration, and early classes featured predominantly African American classes with some white students.</p><br>
<p>During the 25th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery marches, former Alabama Governor George Wallace stood in the doorway of the St. Jude Educational Institute to welcome civil rights activists.</p><br>
<h3>Hospital (1951–1985)</h3><br>
<p>The St. Jude Catholic Hospital, which opened in 1951, was the first integrated hospital in the southeastern United States. It is also the birthplace of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King&#39;s two eldest children, Yolanda and Martin Luther III.</p><br>
<p>After being shot following the Selma to Montgomery march, Viola Liuzzo was taken to the hospital at St. Jude, where doctors unsuccessfully tried to save her life. Although the hospital closed in 1985, the building was converted to low-cost apartments in 1992.</p><br>
<h2>Stars for Freedom</h2><br>
<p>During the final night of the Selma to Montgomery marches on March 24, 1965, an estimated 10,000 marchers camped on an athletic field in the St. Jude campus and watched the Stars for Freedom rally, featuring many celebrities. Performances were held on a makeshift stage consisting of empty coffin shipping crates topped by plywood sheets. The next morning, the crowd that marched from the City of St. Jude was estimated at 25,000, and the tail of the procession did not reach the Alabama State Capitol building until nearly ninety minutes after the leaders of the march.</p><br>
<p>The pastor of St. Jude asked Bishop Toolen for permission to allow the marchers to camp overnight, which was granted, but Toolen warned the pastor "there would be consequences." Some of the hospital employees also resigned in the wake of the march, and white students left the school.</p><br>
<p>In 2008, the National Park Service recommended taking an offer from Alabama State University over the City of St. Jude for the third Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail interpretive center. After a fundraising effort, the City of St. Jude opened its own interpretive center in 2015.</p><br>
<p>The following celebrities were present at Stars for Freedom:</p><br>
<p>Joan Baez</p><br>
<p>James Baldwin</p><br>
<p>Ina Balin</p><br>
<p>Harry Belafonte</p><br>
<p>Tony Bennett</p><br>
<p>Leonard Bernstein</p><br>
<p>Sammy Davis, Jr.</p><br>
<p>Billy Eckstine</p><br>
<p>Dick Gregory</p><br>
<p>Lena Horne</p><br>
<p>Mahalia Jackson</p><br>
<p>Alan King</p><br>
<p>Frankie Laine</p><br>
<p>William Marshall</p><br>
<p>Johnny Mathis</p><br>
<p>Gary Merrill</p><br>
<p>The Chad Mitchell Trio</p><br>
<p>Odetta</p><br>
<p>Peter, Paul and Mary</p><br>
<p>Pernell Roberts</p><br>
<p>Julius "Nipsey" Russell</p><br>
<p>Pete Seeger</p><br>
<p>Nina Simone</p><br>
<p>Shelley Winters</p><br>
<p>The Nashville Historic District in Nashua, New Hampshire is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places  in 1984. It encompasses an area just north of downtown Nashua, roughly centered on the junction of Concord, Amherst, and Main streets. Its southern bound is the Nashua River and Railroad Square, its eastern bounds are Railroad Square, Clinton, Lock, Orange, and Concord streets, its northern bound is Mount Pleasant Street, and its western boundary is Abbott, Amherst, Concord, and Main streets between the northern and southern bounds.</p><br>
<p>Today this area is known as French Hill, but the NRHP district takes its name from a time in the 19th century when the area was briefly separated from Nashua as the town of "Nashville". This was due to the placement of a new Town Hall in the southern half of the city (which was more populated at the time). The northern contingent split themselves off, calling themselves "Nashville". The split came only six years after the town had renamed itself "Nashua", in 1836. The creation of a new railroad line from Lowell, Massachusetts, that ran along the northern length of the Nashua River had resulted in Union Square being renamed "Railroad Square" in 1838.</p><br>
<p>However, the railroad brought new economic prosperity and increased communication with Boston, and in 1853 the two town committees resolved their differences and a new town charter for the "City of Nashua" was enacted.</p><br>
<h2>Listed properties</h2><br>
<p>Abbot House of 1803 (1 Nashville Street)</p><br>
<p>Ezekial Greeley House of ca.1825-1833 (7 Amherst Street)</p><br>
<p>William Boardman House (2 Davis Court)</p><br>
<p>Albert McKean House (35 Orange Street)</p><br>
<p>Alfred Beard House (7 Crescent Street)</p><br>
<p>General George Stark House of the early 1850s (22 Concord Street)</p><br>
<p>J. Thornton Greeley House of ca.1860-1870 (41 Orange Street)</p><br>
<p>Lovejoy-Ramsdell House of 1856 (30 Concord Street)</p><br>
<p>Clark Boutwell House (ca.1850) despite the later addition of a mansard roof (10 Abbott Street)</p><br>
<p>Alfred Norton House of 1877-1878 (55 Concord Street)</p><br>
<p>James Wallace House of 1872 (19 Abbott Street)</p><br>
<p>Charles Edwards House of 1876-1877 (3-5 Concord Street)</p><br>
<p>Dana King House of 1879 — 47 Concord Street</p><br>
<p>Charles Cotton House of 1875 (72-72A Concord Street)</p><br>
<p>Henry Davis House of 1875 (15 Manchester Street)</p><br>
<p>James Tolles House of 1890 (65 Concord Street)</p><br>
<p>Frank Cook House of 1889 (66 Concord Street)</p><br>
<p>Samuel Dearborn House of 1886 (5 Concord Street)</p><br>
<p>Eugene McQuesten House of 1887 (51 Concord Street)</p><br>
<p>John F. Stark House of 1886 (13 Manchester Street)</p><br>
<p>Stephen Barker House of 1887 (71 Concord Street)</p><br>
<p>Stephen Mansfield House of 1888-1889 (70 Concord Street)</p><br>
<p>Lester Thurber House of 1895 (4 Manchester Street)</p><br>
<p>George Anderson House of 1901-1902 (88 Concord Street)</p><br>
<p>Elbert Wheeler House of 1902-1903 (94 Concord Street)</p><br>
<p>Ella Gregg House of 1928 (10 French Street)</p><br>
<p>William Beasom House of 1912 (77 Concord Street)</p><br>
<p>Frank Anderson House of 1907-1908 (90 Concord Street)</p><br>
<p>William Niles House of 1907-1908 (8 Abbott Street)</p><br>
<p>Commercial and public buildings:</p><br>
<p>Greeley Block of 1833 and 1900 (13C-13D Clinton Street)</p><br>
<p>Nashua & Lowell Freight House of ca.1853 (14-16 Railroad Square)</p><br>
<p>Laton House Hotel of 1878-1881 (28 Railroad Square)</p><br>
<p>Stearns&#39; Block of 1898-1899 (17-19 Railroad Square)</p><br>
<p>Whiting Block of 1892-1893 (29-37 Main Street)</p><br>
<p>former First Baptist Church of 1849 (43-49 Main Street)</p><br>
<p>First Church of Nashua of 1893-1894 (1 Concord Street)</p><br>
<p>Hunt Memorial Building (2 Main Street)</p><br>
<p>Unity Bridge  is an historic 90 ft long covered bridge over Fall Creek at Unity near Lowell in Lane County, Oregon, United States. Also known as Unity Covered Bridge and Unity Creek Bridge, it was built in 1936 at a cost $4,400 by Lane County using the Howe truss system. Its east side features a full-length window with its own roof so that drivers can see oncoming cars.</p><br>
<p>The Unity Bridge was preceded by a covered bridge built in 1890. Limited to foot-traffic only after 1936, it was removed in 1953. The Unity Bridge, which replaced the original bridge, is 0.75 mi further upstream.</p><br>
<p>County officials temporarily closed the bridge for repairs in 1986. Work included a new floor, exterior painting, repair of piers and guardrails, and vandalism cleanup.</p><br>
<p>The bridge carries Lowell–Unity Road over the creek.</p><br>
<p>The Anglican Church of St Peter and St Paul in Kilmersdon, Somerset, England, dates back to the Norman period, though much of the current structure was built during the 15th and 16th centuries and restored in the Victorian era. It is a Grade I listed building.</p><br>
<p>The tower, which was built around 1443, is in four stages, includes corner buttresses with shafts and pinnacles, and is connected across the angle. The tower contains a ring of six bells, the heaviest being a tenor of 21 cwt. There are traceried 3-light bell-chamber windows with a dense quatrefoil interlace and blank 2-light windows on the two lower stages. The flanked niches were for statuary, however this is now missing.</p><br>
<p>The churchyard has a triangular lychgate designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.</p><br>
<p>Several of the chest tombs and headstones in the churchyard are also listed buildings.</p><br>
<p>In 2013 the church was added to the Heritage at Risk register because of the repairs needed to the roof and tower. In November 2013 a bell fell through two floors of the tower, but came to rest on rafters above the bellringers.</p><br>
<p>The parish is part of the benefice of Kilmersdon with Babington within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.</p><br>
<p>Cheshunt Great House was a manor house in the town of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England, near to Waltham Abbey. It is said to have been built by Henry VIII of England for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. The family seat of the Shaw family for over a century, by the late 19th century it was used a Freemasons Hall and was later used during World War II. After the war, the hall was too costly to run and was opened to the public until a fire gutted it in 1965. It became a Grade II listed building on June 11, 1954.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The site had been a late medieval courtyard building, the residence of the manor of Andrews. The house was built in the latter part of the 15th century and was two storeys high with a tiled roof. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey owned the manor from 1519 until 1529.</p><br>
<p>By the 18th century, the manor fell into possession of the Shaw family. In 1750, lord of the manor, William Shaw, saw that the exterior of the house was encased in Georgian brick and expanded, except the north front. In 1801, much of the house was in a state where it needed to be demolished, and around 1820 the south side was demolished by John Shaw, who was known to be the owner around this time.</p><br>
<p>In the late 19th century the house was used on several occasions for conferences. On 8 July 1876, the Provincial Grand Lodge of Hertfordshire was held at the manor, and until the 1930s it served as a Freemasons hall. In 1906, Cheshunt Great House and its 3 acre of land were put on the market for roughly £2,000, a figure later cut by more than half to £900. It was purchased by Great House Co. Ltd, although most of the lodgers bought shares in the company. From August 1939 until 1944, the house was used for wartime requirements. After World War II, Cheshunt Great House was considered too expensive to renovate and was opened to the public until destroyed by fire in 1965. It was excavated in 1969. Later the site was turned into a landscaped garden.</p><br>
<h2>Structure</h2><br>
<p>In an early 18th-century print of the house, it was quadrangular, inclosing a courtyard, and there was some evidence that a wing had been removed from the north end of the west front. The south, west, and east fronts of the house still remained in the early 20th century and were built of plain red brick with tiled roofs. The south front entrance of the building had a four-centred stone arch with a very large round arched window above it which was dated to around 1850. The bases of three diagonal brick chimneys are believed to have dated to the early 17th century.</p><br>
<p>Cheshunt Great House had a large hallway and basement; the hallway received some light from built-up windows in the west wall. The main entrance door opened directly into the south end of the old hall. The hall measured 37 feet 6 inches long by 24 feet 6 inches wide and was paved with square slabs of black and white marble with a stone fireplace and 18th-century panelling. A portrait and heraldry hung above the fireplace. The ceiling was adorned with carved corbels, representing angels holding shields with two human heads. A doorway at the north-west corner of the hall led to a corridor which led to an oak staircase dated to around 1750, with three balusters to each step.</p><br>
<p>The kitchen was located in the room to the north of the hallway, with a lath and plaster. The adjacent room featured a large, placid-looking fireplace, with the ceiling above supported by three old oak beams supported by a 15 in circular pier without capitals in the centre. In 1912 it was reported that one of the piers had been replaced by a simple wooden post. Two windows were located in the east wall, with two openings in the south wall. At the western end was a vaulted passage, which by the early 20th century had been partially bricked up. A fireplace was located in the north wall, with moulded four-centred arch and jambs. The upper floor to the hall was relatively placid, with little of note except for an 18th-century fireplace.</p><br>
<p>The Church of St Mary in Litton, Somerset, England, dates from the 13th century. It is a Grade I listed building.</p><br>
<p>There is some evidence for the existence of a Saxon church on the site before the Norman Conquest. The village was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Litune, meaning The small enclosure from the Old English lyt and tun. It was the property of Gisa, Bishop of Wells, and a Norman building was later incorporated into the present building.</p><br>
<p>The north isle was added around 1850 to accommodate the influx of people involved in the construction of the Litton Reservoirs. It contains the 14th century font. The pulpit is Jacobean and the benches are from the 15th century.</p><br>
<p>It has a Perpendicular three-stage tower with battlements, pinnacles and a bell chamber, containing six bells which were repaired and rehung around 1910.</p><br>
<p>Several of the memorials and crosses in the churchyard are also listed buildings. There is also a damaged Saxon font.</p><br>
<p>The Bassin de la Villette  is the largest artificial lake in Paris. It was filled with water on 2 December 1808. Located in the 19th arrondissement of the capital, it links the Canal de lOurcq to the Canal Saint-Martin, and it represents one of the elements of the Réseau des Canaux Parisiens , a public-works authority operated by the city. The other components of the network are the Canal de lOurcq, the Canal Saint-Denis, the Canal Saint-Martin, and the Bassin de l&#39;Arsenal. Together, these canals and basins extend roughly 130 km.</p><br>
<p>Rectangular, eight hundred metres in length and seventy metres in width, it begins at the Rue de Crimée lifting bridge, the last bridge in Paris that can be raised and lowered hydraulically to permit the passage of ship and barge traffic beneath it, and it ends at the Place de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad near the Rotunda de la Villette. River cruise boats tie-up here and the shores of the basin are also the location of the MK2 Quai de Loire and MK2 Quai de Seine theatre complexes which are the most modern in France. A small electric passenger ferry, the Zéro de conduite, is available for transporting people from one side of the basin to the other.</p><br>
<p>The basin is bordered in the north by the Quai de la Seine and in the south by the Quai de la Loire, which are linked in the middle of the basin by a footbridge, the Passerelle de la Moselle.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h2>The First Basin</h2><br>
<p>The first Bassin de la Villette is 699 metres long and 70 metres wide. It has served several functions.</p><br>
<p>Its original function was to serve as a reserve of drinking water for Parisians. Its secondary function, in association with the second basin, was to provide water for navigation on the canals of Saint-Denis and Saint-Martin.</p><br>
<p>At the beginning of the 19th century the first basin was surrounded by gardens where Parisians came to spend pleasant interludes (walking in summer, skating in winter). But the industrial era of the 1850s saw the disappearance of this aspect of recreation. Goods depots were built on the banks.</p><br>
<p>In 1832 Paris was hit by a great epidemic of cholera. Parisians using water from the Bassin de la Villette were less severely affected than those using water from the Seine (the Javel and Samaritaine steam pumps) because of waste waters being discharged into the river by the city - especially the waste of the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris, where there were many sick, which spanned the small arm of the river between the Ile de la Cité and the left bank.</p><br>
<p>In the late 19th century, commercial activities developed at the basin. In the same period the Moselle footbridge (13 metres high and a span of 85 metres) was built by Armand Moisant. It was decorated with a clock 3 metres in diameter. This bridge was replaced in 1966.</p><br>
<h3>The Second basin</h3><br>
<p>The Lifting bridge of the Rue de Crimée or Pont de Flandre, a lifting bridge weighing 85 tons built in 1885, separates the two basins. It allows traffic on the Rue de Crimée to cross the canal and connects the Quai de l&#39;Oise on the north-west side to the Quai de la Marne on the south-east side. When the bridge is raised pedestrian traffic can still continue on a fixed elevated walkway. At the time of its construction it was the third largest lifting bridge to be built in France. It is now the last one in Paris and is registered as an historical monument.</p><br>
<p>The second basin measures 30 m wide and 730 m long. This basin, which is often prematurely named the Canal de l&#39;Ourcq, originally ran along the back of the old village of La Villette.</p><br>
<p>At its northern end is the "roundabout of canals" where the Bassin de la Villette converges with the Canal de l&#39;Ourcq (which brings water for more than 100 km from the river Ourcq) and the Saint-Denis canal which, with a length of 6,647.50 m and a slope of 28.45 m, joins the Seine at Saint-Denis, as well as the small Darse du fond de Rouvray canal (a port for the canal ferry boats).</p><br>
<h2>Warehouses</h2><br>
<p>There are two buildings at the end of the Bassin de la Villette that were built between 1845 and 1853 as commercial warehouses, but which had a certain utilitarian beauty.</p><br>
<p>They were known as "general merchandise warehouses" and they were first used to store grain and flour. Their design, execution, and placement were based on the urban plans originally conceived by Claude Nicolas Ledoux in the eighteenth century, and they operated in perfect symmetry at the Bassin de la Villette, one on the Quai de la Seine side, and one on the Quai de la Loire side.</p><br>
<p>Later, they gradually lost their original purpose and at the end of the 20th century were transformed into artists&#39; studios and workshops, small offices, and other small enterprises.</p><br>
<p>In 1990 the building on the Quai de la Seine side was burned beyond repair. For security reasons the storehouse on the quai de la Loire side was also closed. These warehouses have now been replaced by the MK2 cinema complexes.</p><br>
<h3>River transport and the economic role of the basin</h3><br>
<p>Intensive freight and port activity developed around the canals from the second quarter of the 19th century. In the last half of the same century there was a great deal of industrialization in Paris in the area of the present Seine-Saint-Denis. At the same time port traffic in the Bassin de la Villette was at its peak and equal to the port of Bordeaux.</p><br>
<p>During the 20th century this freight traffic experienced significant peaks mainly related to construction activity after the world wars. Steadily declining since the middle of the 20th century this traffic disappeared for the Bassin de La Villette and is currently at its lowest level in history for all Parisian canals (around 1 million tons in 2000).</p><br>
<p>At the same time tourism-related passengers from the Bassin de la Villette slowly began to increase.</p><br>
<h2>Cultural and leisure activities</h2><br>
<p>Barges are moored along the banks of the basin throughout the year offering cultural activities such as theatre, cinema, concerts, etc.</p><br>
<p>In summer the banks of the basin are used by fishermen, bowls players, and picnickers. On summer evenings it is not unusual for the left bank (exposed longer to the sun) to be occupied from one end to the other.</p><br>
<p>Every year in June is the festival of the basin. There are festive activities on both sides (concerts, mini-shows, exhibitions). The celebration ends with a big fireworks display from the bridge.</p><br>
<p>Since 2007 an extension of the Paris-Plages has taken possession of a large part of the quay of the Seine and offers taverns, restaurants, boat rides, children&#39;s play area, petanque, etc.</p><br>
<p>Rowing is practiced throughout the year on the water.</p><br>
<p>On the Quai de la Seine there are the Sup de Pub and Sup Career schools which are both INSEEC Business Schools.</p><br>
<h2>Picture Gallery</h2><br>
<p>Pont-levant-de-Crimee.jpgThe bridge in its lowered position with the pedestrian bridge</p><br>
<p>Pont levant paris.jpgThe bridge in its raised position</p><br>
<p>Paris Pont de Crimée.jpgThe bridge from the Rue de Crimée</p><br>
<p>Bassin de la Vilette vers Rotonde.jpgThe Bassin de la Villette from the central footbridge towards the Rotunda de la Villette</p><br>
<p>Bassin de la Vilette vers les anciens Magasins Généraux.jpgBassin de la Villette from the central footbridge towards the old warehouses.</p><br>
<p>Bassin Villette - vue passerelle centrale.JPGBassin de la Villette in winter from the central footbridge towards the old warehouses with the old Grands Moulins de Pantin (Big Mills of Pantin) on the right</p><br>
<p>For the church of the same name in Derbyshire, see All Saints&#39; Church, Lullington.</p><br>
<p>The Church of All Saints in Lullington, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th century, the south aisle from around 1280, and the chancel, tower and south porch circa 1450. The church was restored in 1862 by Thomas Henry Wyatt. It is a Grade I listed building.</p><br>
<p>It has a two bay chancel and three-stage tower. The north door of the church has a tree of life tympanum.</p><br>
<p>The interior includes a highly decorated font inscribed with "Hoc Fontis Sacro Peveunt Delicta Lavacro" meaning in the sacred washing of the font sins are cleansed.</p><br>
<p>Henry Waldegrave, 11th Earl Waldegrave was the rector of the village in the early 20th century.</p><br>
<p>The parish is part of the benefice of Beckington with Berkley, Lullington, Orchardleigh and Rodden within the Diocese of Bath and Wells.</p><br>
<p>The Church of St Mary sits on an island in the 11.23 hectare artificial Orchardleigh Lake in the grounds of the Orchardleigh Estate within the parish of Lullington, Somerset, England. It was built in the 13th century, and underwent extensive restoration by Sir George Gilbert Scott, for the Rev. W. A. Duckworth, in 1878. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.</p><br>
<p>The church includes sculpture from the 14th century and stained glass from the 15th. Around 1800 Thomas Champneys of the Mostyn-Champneys Baronets who ownded the estate had a moat dug around the church.</p><br>
<p>Weddings are often performed at the church, which has capacity for 120 guests. It is linked from the mainland via a footbridge, and a public footpath runs nearby over another bridge across the lake. The church does not have an electricity supply and therefore services are candlelit. The organ is pumped by hand.</p><br>
<p>The Anglican parish is part of the benefice of Beckington with Standerwick, Berkley, Rodden and Orchardleigh within the Frome deanery.</p><br>
<p>The church has the grave of the poet Henry Newbolt and his wife, who was a member of the Duckworth family.</p><br>
<p>The Church of St Leonard in Marston Bigot, Somerset, England, was built on the site of an older one and was opened to the public in 1789. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.</p><br>
<p>It is dedicated to Leonard of Noblac.</p><br>
<p>The nave has three bays with semi-circular headed windows with heavily enriched surrounds and an elaborate hammerbeam roof. The stained glass in the east window dates from the 15th century and is from Altenberg Abbey near Cologne, Germany. It depicts a scene from the early life of St Bernard, the driving force of the Cistercian order.</p><br>
<p>It has a tower containing a ring of eight bells, overhauled in 2003.</p><br>
<p>The church was altered in 1844 by Edward Davis.</p><br>
<p>Henry Waldegrave, 11th Earl Waldegrave, was rector of the village from 1905&ndash;12, and lived in the rectory, which is also a listed building.</p><br>
<p>Hajógyári Island  or Óbudai-sziget  is the largest Danubian island in Budapest. Located in District III, it is a popular recreational area, year round. It is the home of the international Sziget Festival every August.</p><br>
<h2>Location and geography</h2><br>
<p>Hajógyári was created from the debris carried by the Danube River. It was originally a reef island made up of two adjoining land masses. The coast of Óbuda lies between the 1651 kilometer and 1654 kilometer river markers. It has an area of 108 hectares, a length of 2750 meters, and a maximum width of 500 meters, which is directly in line with the 1653 kilometer river marker. Obuda Island is separated by a 70- to 80-meter wide branch of the Danube. Not far from the northern end of the Újpest railway bridge, the southern end of the Árpád Bridge connects Buda and Pest.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Early period</h3><br>
<p>Originally known as Aquincum, by AD 89 it was home to a Roman legion of 6,000 men. A city grew around their fortress and became the capital of Pannonia Inferior in 106. By the end of the 2nd century, the population had reached 40,000. After 409, the Romans abandoned the area. A thousand years later, in the time of King Matthias Corvinus, it was a wooded hunting preserve, although many Romans ruins remained (and can still be seen there). In the 17th century, ownership passed to the Zichy family.</p><br>
<h3>19th century</h3><br>
<p>Its importance grew again in the 19th century, when Count István Széchenyi established the Óbuda Shipyard. The first ship made there was launched in 1836 and was called the Árpád-steamboat. Roman perimeter walls were first found in 1836 when the Otter Bay dredge deepened the shipyard.</p><br>
<p>Twenty-eight hectares (69 acres) of the island&#39;s area was occupied by the shipyard. The remainder of the island was converted to agricultural use. For a long time, access to the island was by ferry only. A pedestrian bridge was later constructed, and the first permanent bridge was built in 1858.</p><br>
<h3>20th century</h3><br>
<p>Around the 1900s Hajógyári was called the "Big Island". It got the nickname Shipyard Island because it was once the southern end of the Óbuda Shipyard. Industrial activity in these buildings ended and moved to different companies. The islands port is operated by the Yacht Club of Hungary. The former shipyard area was found at Hadrians Aquincum of the Roman governor&#39;s palace, which was uncovered and presented to wait.</p><br>
<p>Carrot farms were still there as late as 1960. In 1967, the current reinforced concrete bridge was built. In 1973, for the centennial of the Óbuda-Pest-Buda union, "May the 9th Park" was created, requiring the use of 18,000 m&sup3; of soil. The park contained many playgrounds, which were burned down in 1999 and replaced in 2004. The six tennis yards are currently in a state of disrepair.</p><br>
<h2>Present</h2><br>
<p>The island hosts the annual Sziget Festival which has helped the island to achieve international fame. After the fall of the Communist government, there were no longer any organized camps for musicians to meet up and play, hence a music festival was proposed as a way to bridge this gap. The festival was started in 1993, originally called Diáksziget (Students&#39; Island) and organized by Károly Gerenday and Péter Müller Sziámi. This first event was organized by enthusiastic music fans in their spare time and ran well over budget, taking until 1997 to repay the losses. From 1996 to 2001 it was sponsored by Pepsi and renamed Pepsi Sziget. It has been called Sziget Fesztivál ("island festival") since 2002.</p><br>
<h2>Future</h2><br>
<p>Recently, construction of a massive Ft 400 billion (€1.5 billion) hotel and recreation complex on the island has begun. To be developed by an international consortium by 2012, the complex will be the largest of its kind in Europe. The new complex will feature a conference center capable of hosting 3,500 people; three five-star hotels and four apartment hotels; a spacious, American-style casino offering many different kinds of games; and an entertainment complex, including a swimming pool. The total built-in area of the complex will be 32,000 m2, which is 10% of the total area of the island.</p><br>
<p>The Church of St Mary in Meare, Somerset, England, was formerly in the keeping of Glastonbury Abbey, and dates from 1323. It was built for Abbot Adam of Sodbury, and is a Grade I listed building.</p><br>
<p>There is a legend that the church was built on the site of a cell of the monk Saint Beonna (also Benen or Beon), who was later confused with Benignus of Armagh, between the 5th and 9th centuries. His remains were removed to Glastonbury Abbey in 1091.</p><br>
<p>The current chancel and tower date from the building&#39;s construction in 1323 when it was consecrated by John Droxford, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Around 1470 the nave was rebuilt by Abbot John Selwood and the work completed by Abbot Richard Beere. The church has a 15th-century stone pulpit, wooden chest from 1705 and candelabra from 1777. The tower holds a peel of six bells.</p><br>
<p>The parish is part of the benefice of Glastonbury St John the Baptist and St Benedict with Meare, which is part of the Glastonbury deanery.</p><br>
<p>Grosse Ile is the largest island in the Detroit River and is the most populated island in the state of Michigan. It is on the American side of the river and is part of Wayne County. The island is approximately 9.6 mi²  and has a population of 10,894.</p><br>
<p>The name comes from the French translation for Large Island. The island was first given to the early French explorers by the Potawatomi in 1776. The Potawatomi referred to the island as Kitcheminishen. Brothers William and Alexander Macomb were the first European owners of the island. The island was first surveyed in 1819 and was incorporated into Monguagon Township in 1829. The island remained sparsely populated as an independent community but did not receive autonomy until the formation of Grosse Ile Township on October 27, 1914. Today, Grosse Ile is considered a Downriver community as part of Metro Detroit.</p><br>
<p>The island is bordered on the west by the Trenton Channel and is connected to mainland Michigan by the Wayne County Bridge in the middle of the island and the Grosse Ile Toll Bridge on the northern end. The island itself is divided by two canals. The Thorofare Canal cuts diagonally across the middle of the island. Another unnamed and unnavigable canal cuts through the northern portion of the island. The area north of this canal to the northern point of the island, known as Hennepin Point (after Louis Hennepin), is undeveloped and houses a historic lighthouse. The Grosse Ile Municipal Airport occupies the southernmost area of Grosse Ile. Grosse Ile is also the center of the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge.</p><br>
<p>The Anglican Church of St Lawrence at Priddy, Somerset, England, dates from the 13th century, with some rebuilding in the 15th century and was restored in 1881&ndash;88; it is a Grade I listed building.</p><br>
<p>The church was dedicated to St Lawrence on 10 August 1352. By the 19th century the church was in a bad state of repair and water was coming in through the roof and underwent extensive restoration including repairs to the tower. Diuring the process a memorial stone commemorating repairs carried out following the Great Storm of 1703.</p><br>
<p>The church has a nave, chancel, north aisle, north and south transepts and a south porch. The three-stage west tower is supported by diagonal buttresses. The three bells in the church were augmented to five in 1997. The church includes a medieval altar frontal.</p><br>
<p>The interior includes 15th century rood and parclose screens and stone pulpit at the remains of the rood stair. The Baptismal font is Norman. The pews and other woodwork were all renewed in the 19th century. A silver guilt chalice from 1573, owned by the church is kept in a bank vault. A 15th century altar frontal of irises on Italian brocade is now preserved in a glass case.</p><br>
<p>The church is surrounded by a circular churchyard which predates the building.</p><br>
<p>The benefice of Priddy is part of the Diocese of Bath and Wells.</p><br>
<p>The Church of St Lawrence in Rode, Somerset, England, dates from the late 14th and early 15th century. It was restored in 1874 by Charles Edward Davis and is a Grade I listed building.</p><br>
<p>It is likely that there was a previous church on the same site, and some fragments of a Norman doorway survive.</p><br>
<p>The church underwent significant work, initially to the pulpit gallery and bells in 1774, and Victorian restoration between 1873 and 1874.</p><br>
<p>The tower has contained bells since the 16th century, however in 1753 Thomas Bilbie of the Bilbie family of Chew Stoke cast a new peel of six bells. One was recast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in 1817. These hung in the tower into the 20th century but were not used because of safety concerns. The wooden frame was replaced by one made of steel between 2003 and 2006 when the bells were rededicated and could be rung again.</p><br>
<p>The church is the setting for an annual ceremony known as Clipping the church. It is an ancient custom that is traditionally held on Easter Monday or Shrove Tuesday in the United Kingdom. The word "clipping" is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and is derived from the word "clyp-pan", meaning "embrace" or "clasp". Clipping the church involves either the church congregation or local children holding hands in an outward-facing ring around the church. Once the circle is completed onlookers will often cheer and sometimes hymns are sung. At Rode the circle faces inwards and participants dance to the left and right before rushing inwards and cheering. John Michell and Margaret Murray suggest that the nocturnal ritual at Rode may have had non-Christian (possibly neopagan) motivations.</p><br>
<p>The parish is part of the Hardington Vale benefice within the Frome deanery.</p><br>
<p>The Church of St Peter and St Paul in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.</p><br>
<p>There is evidence of a church on the site from before the Norman Conquest and the font may date from that time. The only other remains are the walls around the chancel arch.</p><br>
<p>The current building is largely from the 15th century, with further rebuilding in 1836 to 1837 when the chapels, aisles and transepts were demolished in order to enlarge them. The stone pulpit dates from around 1550 and has six carved panels.</p><br>
<p>The four stage tower was built around 1423, with four pinnacles, a lozenge parapet, triple window arrangement and stair turret. It was originally intended to have a spire but this was never built.</p><br>
<p>The Millennium Window (2000 AD) was designed, constructed and installed by local stained glass artist John Yeo.</p><br>
<p>The Wedge Plantation, which is also known as The Wedge or the William Lucas House, is a plantation about 5 mi east of McClellanville in Charleston County, South Carolina. The plantation is a wedge-shaped property between the Harrietta Plantation and the Fairfield Plantation. The plantation house was built around 1830. It is located off US Highway 17 near the Santee River. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1975.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was built by a rice planter William Lucas around 1826. Lucas was a son of Jonathan Lucas, who invented a rice-pounding mill. It remained in the Lucas family for the next hundred years. It was a working rice plantation up to about 1914.</p><br>
<p>In 1929, Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge Chadwick acquired the plantation and restored the house. In 1948, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Woodward purchased it for a winter home. Dr. and Mrs. Richard B. Dominick owned the Wedge Plantation from 1966 to 1976. Richard Dominick died at The Wedge in May, 1976. His estate owned the property for another six years. In the 1970s, The Wedge was purchased by the State of South Carolina for "about $1 million." This program was closed in the mid-1990s when funding for it expired and was not renewed. The University then leased The Wedge until 2014 for hunting and other uses, including the 2009 Kevin Costner film The New Daughter. In November 2014 the property was sold for $4 million to Peter Devinere.</p><br>
<p>During the ten-years of his life there, Dominick collected over 25,000 moths and 1,000 butterflies on the plantation. The Richard B. Dominick Moth and Butterfly Collection resides at the University of South Carolina&#39;s McKissick Museum in Columbia, South Carolina. Richard Dominick established the Wedge Entomological Research Foundation for the publication of the Moths of North America North of Mexico.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The house was constructed around 1826. This is a Federal style, clapboard house on a raised basement. The basic shape of this -story house is rectangular. The house has a gable roof with dormers. The front horseshoe stairs to the porch are granite with an iron railing. A semicircular archway leads to the basement.</p><br>
<p>The portico is supported by four fluted Doric columns. The pediment has a semi-elliptical window. It is decorated with dentate molding. The second floor has French doors with a fanlight transom that open to the railed balcony on the portico.</p><br>
<p>The south facade has single nine over nine lights on either side of the doors. Each wing has four nine over nine lights. In the second story, there are pairs of six over six lights to the left and right of the porch gable. The front door has a fanlight transom. Dormer windows and basement windows are six over six lights. The gabled ends have three six over six lights. The east and west elevations have four nine over nine lights. The north elevation has two dormers. There are four windows on each floor and a window in the stairwell between the first and second floors. The rear portico has four Doric columns.</p><br>
<p>The interior has a four-room, central hall plan. The main floor has right and left parlors separated by the central hall. Behind are an alcove and library on the right and a kitchen and laundry on the left. The basement includes a wine cellar, storage room. The basement floor is brick. One room has a millstone incorporated in its floor.</p><br>
<h2>PBS New Home Show project</h2><br>
<p>A PBS television show entitled, "The New Home Show" built a modern day replica of the Wedge Plantation home near Matthews, North Carolina using modern day materials. The replica was designed by William Poole. The Wedge Plantation project was built over 18 episodes.</p><br>
<p>Additional photographs of the exterior of the house are available.</p><br>
<p>The Anglican Church of St Vigor in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, England, dates from the 12th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Saint Vigor was a French bishop and Christian missionary. After the Norman conquest of England, his cult moved from France to England. This church is one of only two English churches dedicated to him, the other being at Fulbourn in Cambridgeshire.</p><br>
<p>The original Norman church was founded by Geoffrey de Montbray the Bishop of Coutances after he became the lord of the manor following the Norman Conquest. Only the doorway on the south side of the church, the chancel arch and font remain from this period. The pulpit dates from the 14th century along with the chancel.</p><br>
<p>The stained glass windows contain fragments dating from medieval times, which were incorporated into the more recent windows after damage which may have occurred during the English Civil War.</p><br>
<p>The Long chapel, named after the benefactors, the Long family, was built in 1782.</p><br>
<p>The churchyard contains a war grave of a Somerset Light Infantry soldier of World War II.</p><br>
<p>St. Vigors Church forms a joint benefice with St. Johns in nearby Chilcompton, and falls within the archdeadery of Bath.</p><br>
<p>The Doris Foley Library for Historical Research  is a reference and research library in Nevada City, in Nevada County, California. Built in 1907, the Romanesque Revival style building is currently a branch of the.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>With beginnings as an 1849 mining town, Nevada City had a reading room as early as 1850. Becoming a settlement, it boasted a library association in less than a decade, followed by a YMCA reading room and library in 1869. Ownership of an Odd Fellows Library that was established 1874, was transferred to the city in 1902, and the library was moved to the Corcoran Building next to the historic Nevada Theatre.</p><br>
<p>The women of Nevada City urged the library trustees to seek Carnegie funds, and, in 1904, the trustees received a grant for $10,000. Bids were opened the following year, and the estimated completion date of a new library was 1906. As the library committee believed it might receive an additional $5,000 from Carnegie, plans were made for a more elaborate building, but on October 13, 1905, the trustees were notified there would be no additional funding, necessitating changes to the plans. William H. Weeks was the architect, while Watsonvilles W.J. Wilkerson of Graniterock was the builder. Organized as the Civic Improvement Club, the citys women were the landscape planners. Furnishings cost $1,000. The library was dedicated on October 4, 1907.</p><br>
<p>Miss Annie James was the librarian in 1919. By 1923, the Nevada City Free Library had 1,782 volumes, increasing to 7,555 volumes by 1927, when Iva Williamson was the librarian.</p><br>
<h3>Landmark</h3><br>
<p>Situated in a historic Carnegie library building, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1990.</p><br>
<p>Another Carnegie library and NRHP, Grass Valley&#39;s Royce Library, is in the neighboring town. The Foley is located at 211 North Pine Street, on the southwest corner of Pine and York streets, across from the Nevada County Court House. It is situated on a steeply sloping lot, 150 ft by 50 ft, purchased by the city from the county at a cost of $700.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The building was designed in a Romanesque Revival architectural style by Weeks, the architect of several other Northern California Carnegie libraries. The seven room, single story plus basement building was constructed by Wilkerson using dark gray man-made stone, plus both rough and smooth concrete blocks, fabricated on location. It features a dark brick facade, now painted white, and a partially exposed cement foundation. A cement stairway leads from the road to the arched doorways.</p><br>
<p>Two arched windows are situated in the foyer, the side one being smaller, and the larger front one being of stained glass depicting the lamp of knowledge. There are numerous other windows, rectangular in shape.</p><br>
<p>The interior has not changed much in layout. It includes a black and white checkered floor.</p><br>
<h2>Library</h2><br>
<h3>Gold Rush reference library</h3><br>
<p>After the Madelyn Helling Library was built in the Nevada County&#39;s Rood Administrative Center in the late 1990s, the Carnegie library became a research and reference library for local history and the California Gold Rush. On May 17, 1997, it was renamed the in honor of local teacher, historian and writer, Doris Foley, the wife of a gold-mining engineer.</p><br>
<h4>Signage</h4><br>
<p>There are several signs and plaques on the outside of the building noting the library&#39;s various names:</p><br>
<p>"Public Library": large, block letters above the front door; part of the original design.</p><br>
<p>"Doris Foley Library for Historical Research": lettering on the glass of the front door.</p><br>
<p>"Nevada County Library, Local History Research Center, National Register of Historic Places, December 10, 1990": plaque to the right of the front door</p><br>
<p>"Nevada City Public Library": plaque to the left of the front door. In total, it states: Library Association formed December 19, 1857. First library was in Kidd-Knox Bldg. 228 Broad St. It was moved to Oustomah Lodge I.O.O.F. No. 16, June 3, 1874. Nevada City Trustees assumed responsibilities Oct. 1, 1902 and was moved into the Corcoran Bldg. next to the Nevada Theatre. The Carnegie Endowment was given to the city in 1904. The present library was dedicated Oct. 4, 1907. City groups raised funds for furnishings and beautified grounds 1911.</p><br>
<h3>Materials</h3><br>
<p>Book capacity is 8,000, There are maps and records dating back to 1856, a Genealogy Room and an Assessor&#39;s Books area.</p><br>
<p>In October 2003, the library received the Arthur Cecil Todd Cornish Studies Collection, named in honor of Dr. Todd, author of The Cornish Miner in America: The Contribution to the Mining History of the United States by Emigrant Cornish Miners--The Men Called Cousin Jacks.</p><br>
<h4>Friends of the Library</h4><br>
<p>Though the Foley was in jeopardy of closing in July 2009 because of county budget cuts, financial support from the allows it to remain open to the public Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10am-4pm.</p><br>
<p>Y Foryd, also known as Foryd Bay, is a tidal bay in Gwynedd, Wales. It is located at the south-western end of the Menai Strait, about two miles south-west of Caernarfon. Several rivers flow into the bay and there are large areas of mudflats and salt marsh. A shingle spit partly blocks the mouth of the bay. At the north-western end is Fort Belan, built during the 18th century.</p><br>
<p>The bay has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest and in 1994 it became a Local Nature Reserve because of its importance for wildlife. Many birds visit in winter and during migration including large numbers of wildfowl and waders such as wigeon which peak at over 3000 birds. Notable species include brent goose, jack snipe, spotted redshank and greenshank. terns roost at the mouth of the bay.</p><br>
<p>The Church of the Holy Trinity in Street, Somerset, England, dates from the 14th century but underwent extensive restoration in the 19th century. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.</p><br>
<p>The church was originally dedicated to Gildas. The first recorded Rector was John de Hancle in 1304. The patronage of the church was held by Glastonbury Abbey until the dissolution of the monasteries when it passed to the Marquess of Bath.</p><br>
<p>The chancel pre dates the rest of the building, having been built about 1270. It still has the original window tracery. There is also a sculptured Sedilia. The nave and tower date from the 15th century. The tower contains eight bells, four of which date from 1777 In the early 19th century the north aisle was added, and the interior refurbished by Benjamin Ferrey in 1843, by which time an organ had been installed.</p><br>
<p>Between 2000 and 2004 the pews were removed and new lighting and under floor heating were installed.</p><br>
<p>The parish is part of the Street and Walton benefice within the Glastonbury deanery.</p><br>
<p>Harrieta Plantation is a plantation about 5 mi east of McClellanville in Charleston County, South Carolina. It is adjacent to the Wedge Plantation and just south of Fairfield Plantation. The plantation house was built around 1807. It is located off US Highway 17 near the Santee River. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1975.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house at Harrietta Plantation was built by Mrs. Harriot Horry of the Hampton Plantation for her daughter, Harriott and her husband Frederick Rutledge. Mrs. Horry&#39;s son, Charles Lucas Pinckney Horry, married Elenore Marie Florimonde de Fay la Tour Maubourg. When Charles and Elemore decided to live elsewhere, Frederick and Harriot Rutledge lived at Hampton Plantation, and work on the Harrietta Plantation House stopped.</p><br>
<p>In 1858, the house was purchased by Stephen D. Doar. He finished the upper floors and was the first resident in the house. The Doar family owned the house until 1929. Rice was cultivated until 1903. When the house was sold in 1929, there were rooms in the house that had yet to be plastered.</p><br>
<p>In 1929, Mr. Doar sold the plantation to Mr. Horatio Shonnard of New York, who undertook a restoration of the house and its gardens. In March 1947, the 17-room plantation and its 1500 acres were sold by Mrs. Horatio Shonnard to Mrs. John P. Abney, the widow of the founder of an eponymous chain of cotton mills in the Piedmont section of South Carolina. The plantation had been listed for sale for $115,000 at that time.</p><br>
<p>The house is currently owned by the Harrietta Holdings, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The original house was constructed around 1807. This is a Georgian style, clapboard house on a raised basement. The first floor had two rooms with a rear hallway. Each of the rooms had a separate entrance door to the front porch. Because these doors were very close to each other, a false door was built between them. They were framed together to result in an architecturally pleasing facade. Both of these rooms have fireplaces with carved Federal mantels. The door frames and moldings are also in Federal style.</p><br>
<p>The south facade has a portico supported by four Doric columns. The pediment has a semi-elliptical window. It is decorated with dentate molding.</p><br>
<p>The south facade has single nine over nine lights on either side of the doors. Each wing has four nine over nine lights evenly spaced. In the second story, there are pairs of six over six lights to the left and right of the porch gable.</p><br>
<p>The single-story wings were built in the 1930s. The east wing has two rooms with a fireplace. The west wing has three rooms. Two of these have fireplaces. The wings use a Greek Revival style for the mantels and woodwork. The rear hallway extends along the north side of each wing.</p><br>
<p>A floor plan of the first floor with the wings has been published.</p><br>
<h2>Gardens</h2><br>
<p>There is a formal garden on the south side that extends to Collins Creek. To the east, there are old rice fields. To the north is a lake with cypress trees that is an old rice field. To the west is the entrance to the plantation, which was the old slave avenue. There is also the remains of a rice threshing mill and one slave cabin.</p><br>
<p>The Laguna Volcanic Field, also known as the San Pablo Volcanic Field, is a volcanic field in the Philippines, located between Laguna de Bay, Mount Banahaw volcano complex and Mount Malepunyo range. It is part of the larger Southwestern Luzon Volcanic Field . From Manila, it is about 50 km southeast to Mount Makiling, its most prominent volcanic feature.</p><br>
<p>The field is composed of over 200 dormant and monogenetic maars, crater lakes, scoria cones, and stratovolcanoes, the tallest of which is Mount Makiling at 1,090 m in elevation. Many of the maars are aligned along a NE-SW trend. Three generations of maars are present, with the oldest being sediment-filled, like the ones found in Calauan. The youngest maars contain deep lakes with many concentrated in the city of San Pablo. The youngest maar, 1.2 km wide Sampaloc Lake was formed about 500–700 years ago according to local legend, the last major activity in the volcanic field.</p><br>
<p>Volcanism is still evident through the presence of geothermal areas like mud and hot springs. The areas south of Mt. Makiling is the site of one of the earliest geothermal plants in the country.</p><br>
<h2>Volcanic features</h2><br>
<p>The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) lists some of the maars and cones situated in the Laguna volcanic field. All are classified as inactive.</p><br>
<h3>Maars</h3><br>
<p>Alligator Lake, Los Baños 14&deg;10&prime;57&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;12&prime;23&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Lake Bunot, San Pablo 14&deg;04&prime;53&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;20&prime;38&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Lake Calibato, San Pablo 14&deg;06&prime;12&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;22&prime;41&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Lake Gunao, Dolores, Quezon 14&deg;0&prime;4&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;22&prime;17&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Imoc Maar, San Pablo 14&deg;6&prime;22&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;17&prime;47&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Lake Muhikap, San Pablo 14&deg;7&prime;20&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;20&prime;3&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Lake Palakpakin, San Pablo 14&deg;6&prime;37&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;20&prime;24&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Lake Pandin, San Pablo 14&deg;6&prime;52&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;22&prime;8&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Sampaloc Lake, San Pablo 14&deg;4&prime;42&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;19&prime;49&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Lake Tikub, Tiaong, Quezon 13&deg;57&prime;46&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;18&prime;23&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Lake Yambo, San Pablo 14&deg;07&prime;9&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;21&prime;59&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Dolotina Maar, San Pablo 14&deg;5&prime;58&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;17&prime;53&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<h3>Cones</h3><br>
<p>Bayaquitos Hill, Nagcarlan 14&deg;9&prime;20.2&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;23&prime;17.8&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Bunsulan Hills, Alaminos 14&deg;02&prime;6.2&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;14&prime;19.7&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Imok Hill, Calauan 14&deg;6&prime;45.5&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;18&prime;15.4&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>La Mesa Hill, Calamba 14&deg;8&prime;56.7&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;9&prime;50.5&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mani Hill, Alaminos 14&deg;02&prime;10.2&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;15&prime;43.5&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mapait Hills, Alaminos 14&deg;2&prime;40.9&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;14&prime;15.2&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mayondon Hill, Los Baños 14&deg;11&prime;44.9&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;14&prime;16.9&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Palindan Hill, Alaminos 14&deg;1&prime;49.9&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;15&prime;19.6&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Tanza Hill, Alaminos 14&deg;02&prime;2.5&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;15&prime;29.4&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mount Atimba (Atimbia), Nagcarlan 14&deg;8&prime;56.3&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;21&prime;56.21&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mount Bayaquitos, Nagcarlan 14&deg;9&prime;23.1&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;23&prime;46.0&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mount Bijiang, Calamba 14&deg;9&prime;41.5&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;9&prime;58.4&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mount Buboy, Calauan 14&deg;05&prime;47.0&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;14&prime;36.9&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mount Bulalo, Calauan 14&deg;6&prime;4.5&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;13&prime;34.5&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mount Cabulugan, Bay 16&deg;7&prime;6.2&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;12&prime;50&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mount Camotes, Calamba 14&deg;9&prime;43.6&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;9&prime;8.2&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mount Lagula, San Pablo 14&deg;07&prime;27.2&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;19&prime;19.3&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mount Lansay, Nagcarlan 14&deg;7&prime;37&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;23&prime;59&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mount Luyong, Calauan 14&deg;06&prime;34.3&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;14&prime;45.5&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mount Mabilog, Calauan 14&deg;06&prime;20.6&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;15&prime;40.9&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mount Mabilog, Nagcarlan 14&deg;7&prime;55.9&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;21&prime;29.0&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mount Malauban, San Pablo 14&deg;7&prime;5.0&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;22&prime;16.2&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mount Malauban-Lansay, San Pablo 14&deg;7&prime;12.2&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;22&prime;59.0&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mount Mapula, Calauan 14&deg;05&prime;55&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;16&prime;50.9&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mount Masaia, Calamba 14&deg;9&prime;12.0&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;9&prime;21.4&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mount Nagcarlan, Calauan 14&deg;8&prime;48.2&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;20&prime;41.0&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mount Olila, Alaminos 14&deg;04&prime;40.2&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;12&prime;52.1&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Mount Tamlong, Calauan 14&deg;4&prime;55.7&Prime;N latitude, 121&deg;14&prime;26.7&Prime;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Lake Akan is a lake in Kushiro, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is located in Akan National Park and is a Ramsar Site.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Volcanic activity formed the lake some 6,000 years ago, when a dam was formed. The lake used to have a clarity of 8–9 meters in the 1930s. Pollution from local hotspring resorts has decreased the transparency to 3–4 meters.</p><br>
<h2>Flora and fauna</h2><br>
<p>The lake is famous for the marimo (Aegagropila linnaei), aggregations of algae that form into spherical shapes 2–15 cm in diameter. Other flora of the lake include the following:</p><br>
<p>Phragmites communis</p><br>
<p>Nuphar sp.</p><br>
<p>Potamogeton crispus</p><br>
<p>Hydrilla verticillata</p><br>
<p>Myriophyllum verticillatum</p><br>
<p>Vallisneria gigantea</p><br>
<p>Melosira italica</p><br>
<p>Asterionella formosa</p><br>
<p>Synedra</p><br>
<p>Kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) are native to Lake Akan.</p><br>
<p>Other fauna of the lake include the following:</p><br>
<p>Zooplankton:</p><br>
<p>Daphnia longiremis</p><br>
<p>Bosmina coregoni</p><br>
<p>Eurytemora affinis</p><br>
<p>Bottom:</p><br>
<p>Chironomus plumosus</p><br>
<p>Tubificidae</p><br>
<p>Fish:</p><br>
<p>Cyprinus carpio</p><br>
<p>Carassius</p><br>
<p>Hypomesus olidus</p><br>
<p>Leuciscus hakonensis</p><br>
<p>The Italian Center is the name commonly used for a mid-19th-century house that is home to the organization of the same name on Mill Street in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. It is a contributing property to the Mill Street-North Clover Street Historic District.</p><br>
<p>It was first built as a simple building by 1857 and gradually expanded and renovated into its current form over the next 30 years. The Italian Center was formed in 1928 and bought the house the same year, expanding it in the 1960s with a discreet rear wing. On April 19, 1972 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Building</h2><br>
<p>The two-story building is near the eastern boundary of the historic district, a half-block west of the intersection of Mill and Columbus Drive, at the western fringe of downtown Poughkeepsie where the ground begins a gradual slope down to the Hudson River. It is faced in brick in running bond with stone restication at the corners and windows. Projecting gable and a tower in front reach a third storey.</p><br>
<p>The roof is slate, with sharp finials atop the gables and tower; the gables have been further decorated with bargeboards. A chimney and dormer pierce both slopes of the roof. There is no real cornice, just a row of wooden brackets under the eaves. A row of bricks on the third storey at the south (front) facade has been arranged in a corrugated pattern.</p><br>
<p>Fenestration includes a first-floor triple window with curved transom top in stained glass. It is echoed by a double window with curved top on the second storey.</p><br>
<p>A veranda wraps around the south gable to the double-doored main entrance on the east. It is supported by seven turned columns with a spindle decoration at the roofline. The railing is in a grid pattern with a large square newel and acorn-shaped top where it reaches the front steps.</p><br>
<p>A large, modern rear wing extends from the north. It was completed after the house was listed on the Register and is meant not to intrude, as it cannot be seen from the front.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house is first shown on an 1857 map of the city as an L-shaped building, at a time when that neighborhood was the city&#39;s most desirable residential area. Thirty years later, another map shows an east wing, and by 1891 the porch and tower are shown.</p><br>
<p>In 1928, five local organizations that served the city&#39;s Italian American community merged to become the Italian Center and moved into the house. In the 1960s they built a rear wing on the house to accommodate larger events. There have been no other significant alterations to the house since.</p><br>
<p>Walmoor Hill is a large house in an elevated position overlooking the River Dee on the west side of Dee Banks, Chester, Cheshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. The authors of the Buildings of England series describe it as a "house of considerable size and panache".</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was built by the Chester architect John Douglas for his own use. It was built in the 1890s and, although bearing the date 1896, its service wing was never completed. Because of its large size and prominent position it was popularly known as "Douglas Castle" or "Douglas Folly". Douglas lived in the house from about 1901 until his death in 1911. Following this, his son Sholto continued to live in there but had left it by 1918. It became a girls&#39; school, Walmoor College, and was later the headquarters of the Cheshire Fire Brigade. Its use by the fire service ended in 1997.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The house is built in red sandstone with a grey-green slate roof. It is Elizabethan in style and has a T-shaped plan. The main wing is elaborate and overlooks the river to the west; the unfinished servants wing is simpler and looks to the north. The entrance faces the east. The entrance porch has two storeys with an arched entrance and an oriel window above it. The room above the porch was used by Douglas as an oratory or chapel. To the left is a squat three-storey tower and between the two is an octagonal corbelled stair-turret. To the right of the entrance porch the house continues for two bays leading to the servants wing at right angles. These are in two storeys with mullioned windows.</p><br>
<p>The west front has a massive appearance with a three storey bay to the north. This has mullioned and transomed canted windows, a crenellated parapet and a pyramidal roof. To its right is an octagonal four-storey crenellated tower. To the south of this the house continues for three bays in two storeys and at the south is a three-storey bay, again with mullioned and transomed canted windows, but with a plain parapet. The monograms "JD" and "STD" (for Sholto Theodore Douglas) appear on the building. On the staircase is a stained glass window commemorating Captain Richard Douglas who died in the Peninsular War.</p><br>
<p>Domuztepe  was a large, late Neolithic settlement in south east Turkey, occupied at least as early as c.6,200BC and abandoned c.5,450BC. The site is located to the south of Kahramanmaraş. Covering 20 hectares, it is primarily a Halaf site of the 6th millennium BC and is the largest known settlement of that date.</p><br>
<p>The site was investigated between 1995 and 2006 by a team from the University of Manchester and the University of California, Los Angeles. Work resumed in 2008, since when the excavation has been a joint project between the University of Manchester and the British Museum.</p><br>
<h2>History of occupation</h2><br>
<p>The site was certainly founded by the Ceramic Neolithic (c.6400BC) but earlier occupation may well be present. By the late Halaf almost all of the 20 hectare area of the site was probably occupied. Prehistoric occupation ended towards the end of the Halaf period (c.5450 BC). The site was reoccupied during the Hellenistic period and was occupied by a significant settlement during the first millennium AD. There is evidence for a church at this time, and a small Christian cemetery has been excavated.</p><br>
<p>The excavated part of the prehistoric sequence starts at the transition between the Ceramic Neolithic and the Early Halaf (c.6100 BC) and continues until c.5450 BC. The Halaf occupation has been traced in a series of trenches across the site, providing rich evidence for both circular and rectangular buildings, ceramics, stone bowls, beads, figurines, chipped stone, bone tools and stamp seals, as well as a rich assemblage of animal bones and botanical remains.</p><br>
<p>Excavation has concentrated on Operation I, on the summit of the southern mound. In the Early Halaf an east-west terrace was built up from red clay, with a series of occupational deposits to the south, and maintained in subsequent phases.</p><br>
<h2>The Death Pit</h2><br>
<p>Between 1997 and 2003 a highly complex burial was excavated, called the ‘Death Pit’. This pit was more than 3m in diameter and about 1.5m deep, filled with layers of dis-articulated human and animal bones, broken pottery and other artifacts. The ceremonies that produce this feature probably took place over a few weeks and had several phases.</p><br>
<p>The earliest layer of the Death Pit mainly contained animal bones, apparently from large-scale feasting. Later deposits included the remains of up to 40 people. The bodies had been heavily fragmented and cannibalism may have taken place. After the Death Pit was filled, it was covered in a thick layer of ash and marked with large posts. Further deposits of human remains were placed around its edges.</p><br>
<h2>Obsidian trade</h2><br>
<p>Recent research identified some Armenian obsidian at Domuztepe. Electron microprobe analysis and portable X-ray fluorescence were used. 15 artifacts from Domuztepe match :de:Pokr Arteni, a common obsidian source in Armenia. Thus, the Late Neolithic settlement of Domuztepe traded over a walking distance of 800 km. Four other obsidian sources from the Kura-Araxes basin were also identified at Domuztepe.</p><br>
<p>The Berlin Historic District encompasses the ghost town of Berlin in Nye County, Nevada. The town was established in 1897 as part of the Union Mining District after the opening of the Berlin Mine the previous year. The town never prospered to the same extent as other boom towns like Tonopah and Goldfield, and declined following the Panic of 1907. The town was largely abandoned by 1911. The site was acquired by the state of Nevada as part of Berlin–Ichthyosaur State Park in 1970.</p><br>
<p>The town is on the western side of the Shoshone Range on the edge of Toiyabe National Forest at an elevation of about 6,676 ft above sea level. At elevations above the townsite the forest becomes more dense and provided a source of building materials for the town. The town is arranged in a U shape, opening to the east. At its peak, the town had about 75 buildings and 300 residents. Berlin was a company town, operated by the Nevada Company and was maintained until its acquisition by the state in 1970. This accounts for the town&#39;s excellent state of preservation.</p><br>
<p>The town of Union, a mile to the east, functioned as a suburb to Berlin. The Berlin Mine had three miles of tunnels, but produced less than $1 million worth of gold and silver during its lifetime. The Diana mine connects to the Berlin Mine at the fourth level and is preserved as a mining museum. Tours of the Diana Mine were halted in 2007 until a safety review could be completed.</p><br>
<p>The preserved buildings in Berlin include the mine supervisor&#39;s house, now the park office, the assay office and a machine shop. The 30-stamp mill, one of the best of its type in the state, has been stabilized.</p><br>
<p>The town was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.</p><br>
<p>The Church of St Nicholas in West Pennard, Somerset, England, dates from the 15th century and is a Grade I listed building.</p><br>
<p>From the 13th to 15th century West Pennard was a chapelry of the Church of St John the Baptist in Glastonbury. The chapel was dedicated to Saint Nicholas in 1210.</p><br>
<p>The tower dates from around 1482, following the chancel and south aisle which had been built earlier in the 15th century. The north aisle was added in the 16th century. The tower holds six bells four of which were cast in the early 17th century.</p><br>
<p>The interior includes a screen with Tudor carvings in the chancel.</p><br>
<p>The churchyard cross, which was built between 1493 and 1524 by Abbot Richard Beere of Glastonbury, is also Grade I listed.</p><br>
<p>The parish is part of the Brue benefice which includes Baltonsborough with Butleigh, West Bradley and West Pennard within the Glastonbury deanery.</p><br>
<p>Fairfield Plantation, also known as the Lynch House is a plantation about 5 mi east of McClellanville in Charleston County, South Carolina. It is adjacent to the Wedge Plantation and just north of Harrietta Plantation. The plantation house was built around 1730. It is located just off US Highway 17 near the Santee River. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places on September 18, 1975.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house at Fairfield Plantation is believed to have been built by the Lynch family around 1730. inherited the plantation. The plantation has remained in the Pinckney family.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>This is a Georgian style, clapboard house on a raised basement. It has central porches on the south and north elevations. Each is pedimented and supported by six Doric columns. Two columns are engaged. The south porch on the landside is supported by brick columns. The riverside north porch has brick arch supports. The porches were probably in the late 18th century. The house has a hip roof and two cross-shaped interior chimneys.</p><br>
<p>The house originally had four rooms on the main floor and two rooms on the second floor. The latter rooms were facing the river. After Jacob Motte acquired the house, the second floor was squared out by adding two additional rooms. The main floor is taller than the second floor. There is a horizontal band on the exterior that separates the top floor from the main floor.</p><br>
<p>The south facade has a pair of nine over nine lights on each side of the door. The second floor has six over six lights above each of the first floor windows. In the second story, there are pairs of six over six lights to the left and right of the porch gable.</p><br>
<p>The east and west elevations each have three four over four lights on the first floor with shorter six over six lights above on the second floor. In the late 19th century bay windows were added, though they were subsequently removed toward the end of the 20th century. The second floor has a six over six light on each side of the porch roof just inside of the bay windows. There is small nine light window over the north door.</p><br>
<p>The first floor has four rooms. The larger of the front rooms has the central front entrance. The smaller room on the left is connected to the large room by a single door. The two rear rooms are the same size. They are divided by the central hall with staircase. The front rooms have barrel-vaulted fireplaces with high mantels on their back walls. The left hand rear room has had small bathroom added at a later period. The floor plan of the basement is the same as the first floor. The upper floor has four rooms with small fireplaces.</p><br>
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<p>The Church of the Holy Trinity at Chantry, in the parish of Whatley, Somerset, England, dates from 1844–46. It was designed by George Gilbert Scott and William Moffatt, with further work by William George Brown of Frome, for James Fussell, who owned the Old Iron Works, Mells. It is a Grade I listed building.</p><br>
<p>The small Doulting stone church has a nave, chancel, porch and vestry. The roof is covered by 400 slates each of which is 6 ft by 1 ft with the gaps covered by rolls of slate. The small spire contains a single bell.</p><br>
<p>In 1858 Richard William Church was amongst the clergy of the church.</p><br>
<p>Nearby is the Manor Farmhouse Gatehouse which was built around 1500 and is also Grade I listed.</p><br>
<p>The parish is within the benefice of Mells with Buckland Dinham, Great Elm and Whatley within the Frome deanery.</p><br>
<p>The Church of St Mary in Witham Friary, Somerset, England, dates from around 1200 and it has been designated as a Grade I listed building.</p><br>
<p>The church was originally part of the priory which gave the village its name. The Witham Charterhouse, a Carthusian Priory founded in 1182 by Henry II, which had peripheral settlements including one at Charterhouse and possibly another at Green Ore. It is reputed to be the first Carthusian house in England. One of only nine Carthusian Houses, the priory did not survive the Dissolution of the Monasteries. At the dissolution it was worth £227; the equivalent of £52,000 today (2006).</p><br>
<p>Although the original building dates from around 1200 it was altered in a transitional style in 1828, and then rebuilt and extended 1875 by William White in "Muscular Gothic" style. It has a three-bay nave and continuous one bay apsidal chancel, built of local limestone rubble, supported on each side by four massive flying buttresses. The plastered interior is entered through a Norman style doorway. Inside the church is a scraped octagonal font dating from around 1450. The Jacobean pulpit contains medieval work and there is a royal arms of 1660 at the west end. The stained glass windows contain fragments of medieval glass, with those in the south being made by Sir Ninian Comper.</p><br>
<p>The Church of St Matthew in Wookey, Somerset, England, dates from the twelfth century and is a Grade I listed building.</p><br>
<p>The church was granted to the dean of Wells by Bishop Robert, rebuilt by Bishop Reginald and assigned to the sub dean of the cathedral in 1209. The south chancel is thought to have been built to house the memorial to Thomas Clerke in 1556. The tower dates from the 15th century it held five bells until 1949 when a sixth was added. In 1906 the tower was struck by lightning.</p><br>
<p>A major restoration in the 19th century included a new roof but preserved the 15th century beams.</p><br>
<p>Beside the church stands the 19th-century Mellifont Abbey, which is named after the abbey of the same name in Ireland.</p><br>
<p>The parish is part of the benefice of Coxley with Godney, Henton and Wookey within the Shepton Mallet deanery. The current Vicar is Rev Paul Clarke who took up post in September 2014.</p><br>
<h2>Monuments</h2><br>
<p>In the tower, behind the organ, there is a monument to Sir Jacob Wolff, 1st Baronet who was also a Baron of the Holy Roman Empire. He and his wife resided in Mellifont Abbey (now a care home) next to the church.</p><br>
<p>Described as "one of the most ambitious parish churches in Somerset", the present Church of St John the Baptist in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, dates from the 15th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The present church replaced an earlier one. Though documentary evidence for St Johns survives only from the later 12th century, other evidence tends to suggest that a church existed on this site at a significantly earlier date. According to legend, the original church was built by Saint Dunstan in the tenth century. Recent excavations in the nave have revealed the foundations of a large central tower that possibly dated from Saxon times, and a later Norman nave arcade on the same plan as the existing one. A central tower survived until the 15th Century, but is believed to have collapsed, at which time the church was rebuilt.</p><br>
<p>In the north aisle, 12th century fabric survives in the former Saint Katherine&#39;s Chapel.</p><br>
<p>The church was used for shelter by Monmouth&#39;s troops in June 1685 during the Monmouth Rebellion. It is also recorded that on four occasions between 1800 and 1804, French prisoners of war were locked up for the night inside the church, presumably whilst in transit.</p><br>
<p>Between 1856-57 the church was restored and reseated by Sir George Gilbert Scott at a cost of £3000, and its gothic character re-emphasized. The church conforms in its entirety to a style of architecture known as Perpendicular Gothic.</p><br>
<p>The church is built of Doulting stone, Street stone and the local Tor burr, and is laid out in a cruciform plan with an aisled nave and a clerestorey of seven bays.</p><br>
<h2>Interior</h2><br>
<p>The interior of the church includes four 15th-century tomb-chests, some 15th-century stained glass in the chancel, medieval vestments, and a domestic cupboard of about 1500 which was once at Witham Charterhouse.</p><br>
<p>At the front of the tower are two large carvings, the Madonna with Child and the Resurrection Christ - early works of Ernst Blensdorf, carved in 1945, after his escape from the Nazis.</p><br>
<h2>Tower and Bells</h2><br>
<p>The west tower has elaborate buttressing, panelling and battlements. The tower rises to a height of 134½ feet (about 41 metres), and is the second tallest parish church tower in Somerset. During the 15th century the present tower at the western end of the church replaced an earlier central tower. The tower is said to have inspired numerous others, including the tower of Northington Parish Church in Hampshire. The tower is unusual in that it has a chiming clock, but no clock face.</p><br>
<p>There has been a set of bells at St Johns Church since 1403. The oldest existing bell was originally made in 1612 and inscribed I sound to bid the sick repent in hope of life when breath is spent&#39;. This bell was recast in 1992. The ring of six bells was augmented to a ring of eight in 1878 The largest, the tenor bell, is about 14 cwt or about 712 kg and the smallest, the treble, is about 5 cwt or 250 kg.</p><br>
<h2>Churchyard</h2><br>
<p>In the churchyard is a thorn tree grown from a cutting from the Glastonbury Thorn. A blossom from this tree is sent to the Queen every Christmas. At the end of term, the pupils of St John’s Infants School gather round the tree in St John’s parish churchyard on the High Street. They sing carols, including one specially written for the occasion, and the oldest pupil has the privilege of cutting the branch of the Glastonbury Thorn that is then taken to London and presented to Her Majesty The Queen.</p><br>
<p>The tercentennial labyrinth, located close to the church gates, was laid in 2007, to celebrate Glastonbury receiving its town charter from Queen Anne in 1705. This is a grass labyrinth of the classical seven circuit design, its path delineated by blue lias stonework, which is a local stone present in the Tor. The labyrinth was conceptualized and designed by Sig Lonegren (a Glastonbury geomancer and author). The laying of the labyrinth was delayed due to various problems in securing a site.</p><br>
<h2>List of Vicars</h2><br>
<p>Richard Prat, BA 1744 - 1778</p><br>
<p>Matthew Hodge 1783 - 1808</p><br>
<p>John Townsend, MA 1809 - 1812</p><br>
<p>Thomas Parfitt, DD 1812 - 1865</p><br>
<p>Charles Sydenham Ross, MA 1865 - 1893</p><br>
<p>Prebendary Henry Lowry Barnwell, MA 1894 - 1912</p><br>
<p>Charles Victor Parkinson Day, MA, CBE, TD 1912 - 1921</p><br>
<p>Lionel Smithett Lewis, MA 1921 - 1950</p><br>
<p>Prebendary Bernard F Cooper, BD 1950</p><br>
<p>Hugh William Hartly Knapman, BA, RD 1955</p><br>
<p>Alan Geoffrey Clarkson, MA 1974</p><br>
<p>Patrick John Riley 1984 - 2001</p><br>
<p>Maxine Marsh 2002 - 2007 (Priest-in-Charge)</p><br>
<p>David MacGeoch, RD 2008–Present</p><br>
<p>Thomas Parfitt has been the longest serving vicar of Glastonbury, having held the office for more than 52 years, between December 1812 and his death, aged 88 years, in January 1865. Dr Parfitt was also vicar of St Benedict&#39;s Church, Glastonbury, until this became a separate cure in 1845.</p><br>
<p>Charles Sydenham Ross was a curate at Glastonbury for seven years, until succeeding Dr Thomas Parfitt as vicar in 1865. Mr Ross was noted as having been "of Scotch extraction, born at sea off the coast of Portugal". He died during a service at Glastonbury Parish Church on Christmas Eve, 1893 and a local newspaper remarked, "The manner of his death was beautifully touching, for he sank quietly to rest as his congregation were singing the Nunc Dimittis". Mr Ross had been unwell for many months and the bulk of the work in the parish had been carried out by the Reverend H.L Barnwell, who was to succeed him.</p><br>
<p>Henry Lowry Barnwell was licensed as a curate to Saint John&#39;s in 1889. He served as vicar for 18 years, until his death in 1912 and in the following year, a beautifully designed oak screen was erected to his memory in the side chapel.</p><br>
<p>Charles Victor Parkinson Day volunteered for service soon after the outbreak of World War One, as a chaplain to the forces, his rank being equal to that of colonel. Consequently, although he was Vicar of Glastonbury for nine years, more than half of this time was spent in France, Mesopotamia and other war areas. The Reverend Herbert Davies took charge of the parish during his absence. Mr Day remained with the troops for the duration of the war and was awarded the CBE. He died suddenly at Clifton in 1921.</p><br>
<p>Lionel Smithett Lewis was a prominent member of the Church Anti-vivisection League (founded in 1889) and also a founder of Blue Cross, which campaigned against the inhumane treatment of horses at the front during the First World War. Following his appointment as Vicar of Glastonbury in 1921, he developed a passionate interest in the Holy Grail and the legends of Joseph of Arimathea and became a well-known author on the subject.</p><br>
<p>Mr Lewis was succeeded by Bernard F Cooper, who had been vicar of Bathwick and Rural Dean of Bath and then by Hugh William Hartly Knapman, who had been vicar of Long Ashton since 1938.</p><br>
<p>Alan Clarkson later became Archdeacon of Winchester.</p><br>
<h2>Current Ministry and Profile</h2><br>
<p>The current vicar of Saint Johns, Glastonbury is the Reverend David MacGeoch, assisted by the Reverend Sister Diana Greenfield, the Reverend Robin Ray and a team of lay readers. It is linked with the parishes of St Benedicts Church in Glastonbury and St Mary&#39;s & All Saints Church in the village of Meare as a joint benefice.</p><br>
<h2>Music</h2><br>
<p>The church has a strong musical tradition and close ties with the nearby Cathedral of Wells. A surpliced choir and processions at St Johns was first introduced by Charles Sydenham Ross, incumbent from 1865. Today, St Johns choir is made up of a large group of adults and juniors under the direction of Derek Dorey, organist and choirmaster. The choir is of such a standard that it sings regularly in the cathedrals of Exeter, Salisbury, Hereford and Wells. With the help of the Cathedral School in Wells and the Wells Cathedral organist, Saint John&#39;s Glastonbury has been able to develop a scholarship, whereby each year an organ scholar is appointed to work with the Director of Music to gain experience of working within a parish church.</p><br>
<p>The Isaac Roosevelt House is located on Riverview Circle in Hyde Park, New York, United States. It was the main house of Roosevelt&#39;s Rosedale estate on the Hudson River. His grandson Franklin spent a lot of time there as a child, when it was the home of his uncle John.</p><br>
<p>It was built in a late application of the Federal style, with some later Italianate touches added. In 1993 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Building</h2><br>
<p>The house sits on a 1.9 acre lot on the east side of Riverview Circle, near the top of a small rise less than a mile inland from the river, visible from the house over the trees in the neighborhood. It is a two-story, five-bay clapboard-sided frame house on an exposed brick foundation. The rectangular main block has a two-story north wing, a one-story south wing, and a one-story projecting bay on the west (front) facade.</p><br>
<p>Its cross-gabled roof, pierced by four chimneys, has large overhanging eaves with exposed rafters and a plain cornice supported by wooden brackets. The same treatment is found on the wing roofs as well. At the ends of the gables are round-arched windows with louvered shutters. The recessed main entrance contains a glazed wooden double French door with a molded surround and elliptical transom. All the windows on the first floor have a small cornice and shutters. A one-story flat-roofed porch wraps around the front and both sides, supported by chamfered posts.</p><br>
<p>Above the entrance on the second story is a projecting bay window. It has a flat roof with the same roof treatment as the main roof. The flanking windows are similar to their first-story counterparts. The front facade is topped with a Palladian window and shutters at the attic level.</p><br>
<p>The south wing has a one-story octagonal enclosed porch. The eastern (rear) facade also has a porch similar to the one on the front. The north wing has a flat-roofed projecting bay of its own at the northwest corner, and a porticoed entrance to the basement at the northeast corner.</p><br>
<p>The interior retains the Federal-style center-hall plan. The adjoining rooms on either side have many of their original features such as woodwork, hardware, and mantels.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Isaac Roosevelt purchased the land for his estate, in 1832, five years after his marriage. It was near his father James&#39;s estate, Mount Hope, most of which is now the grounds of the former Hudson River State Hospital. Isaac chose the name Rosedale for his own property.</p><br>
<p>After his death in 1863, his son John Aspinwall Roosevelt inherited the property. He made several renovations and additions to the house, including the front porch, and is most responsible for its present appearance. His nephew Franklin, the future president, spent much time at Rosedale as a child.</p><br>
<p>The property remained in the Roosevelt family until 1954, when Rosedale was subdivided to create the present suburban neighborhood around it. The house, a cottage and boathouse on the river are the only estate buildings that remain. There have been no major alterations to either.</p><br>
