<p>The Eureka Schoolhouse is a historic school building at 470 Charlestown Road  in the Goulds Mill village of Springfield, Vermont. Built in 1785, it is the oldest surviving schoolhouse in the state. It is the centerpiece of a small historic site operated by the state. The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Eureka Schoolhouse stands between Vermont Route 11 (to the south) and the Black River to the north, in the dispersed rural setting of Goulds Mill, southeast of the Springfield&#39;s main village center. It is a small single-story structure, built out of hand-hewn timbers and covered by a wooden shingle roof. Its walls are finished in rough-cut wooden boards, scored to resemble cut stone. A brick chimney rises from the rear right corner. The front facade, facing south toward the road, is three bays wide, with the entrance in the left bay, and large sash windows in the other two.</p><br>
<p>The school is believed to have been built in 1785, and is the oldest known schoolhouse in the state. It underwent a series of alterations over the 19th century, and was closed in 1900. It stood vacant and abandoned for many years, and was carefully disassembled by preservationists and stored in 1958. In 1968, it was reassembled to its original configuration (as best it could be determined from extant records) at the present site, which also includes the relocated Baltimore covered bridge.</p><br>
<p>The Black River Academy is a historic school building on High Street in the village of Ludlow, Vermont. Chartered in 1835, the school served as the town high school until 1938. The present building, a Richardsonian Romanesque structure built in 1888, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 for its architectural and historic educational significance. It presently houses the Black River Academy Museum, operated by the Black River Historical Society.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Black River Academy building stands on the south side of High Street, a short way west of the Ludlow village green. It is a three story masonry structure, built out of load-bearing brick set on a granite foundation. It has a gabled roof with projection hip-roofed sections, and a four-story tower at one corner, topped by a truncated pyramidal roof. Windows are of a variety of sizes, but are generally set in round-arched openings. Bands of cut stone provide horizontal emphasis. The main entrance is in a deep recess under a round-arch opening. Roof lines of the main roof and tower feature corbelled brickwork at the eave.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Black River Academy was chartered in Ludlow in 1835 and operated as a school, serving as the Town of Ludlows public high school until 1938, when a new school was built. The original academy building burned early in the schools history, and the school operated in a church for 44 years until this building was built in 1888. Notable alumni of the Black River Academy include USA President Calvin Coolidge; Rotary founder Paul P. Harris; John Garibaldi Sargent, who was USA Attorney General during Coolidge&#39;s presidency; Vermont Governor William W. Stickney; United States Senator Ernest Willard Gibson; Vermont Supreme Court Justice William H. Walker; and author and historian Abby Maria Hemenway. After the school moved out, the building was used for a time as a convalescent home.</p><br>
<p>Since 1972, the building has housed the Black River Academy Museum, a museum of local history.</p><br>
<p>The Nine Partners Meeting House and Cemetery is located at the junction of NY state highway 343 and Church Street, in the village of Millbrook, New York, United States. The meeting house, the third one on the site, was built by a group of Friends  from the Cape Cod region, Nantucket and Rhode Island in 1780.</p><br>
<p>It was the largest meeting in the Hudson Valley, and many other meetings split off from it. Unusually, it was located near a developed area, and the Friends in it were more prosperous than their co-religionists elsewhere in the region. Its size and use of brick, along with several other architectural features, are unusual for meeting houses.</p><br>
<p>Attendance at meetings dwindled over the course of the 19th century, and in 1897 control of the property was turned over to the Nine Partners Burial Ground Association. It is still used for occasional Quaker events, and is well preserved from the days of its regular use. In 1989 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of a Multiple Property Submission of Quaker meeting houses in Dutchess County.</p><br>
<h2>Buildings and grounds</h2><br>
<p>The meeting house and cemetery are located on a 9 acre lot at the northeast corner of the road intersection. The undulating terrain slopes up gently towards the northeast. The surrounding properties are similar large lots, some wooded and others cleared, used for residential purposes.</p><br>
<p>There are four contributing resources on the property. The meeting house itself is located at the southeast corner, with the cemetery taking up the north and west. Behind the meeting house are a garage and shed, both modern and non-contributing, with a contributing well and pumphouse closer to the cemetery. In front of it is a sundial, a contributing object. A fence with brick entrance gates runs along Route 343.</p><br>
<p>The meeting house is a two-and-a-half-story four-bay structure with load-bearing brick and masonry walls on a stone foundation topped with a gabled roof pierced by brick chimneys at either end. Outside dimensions are 43 8" (524 in) wide by 60 5" (725 in) long and 35&#39; 1½" (421.5 in) tall. The walls are 22¾" (22.75 in) thick. The bricks are laid with two stretcher course and one header course with half-inch (13 mm) joints of the original lime mortar.</p><br>
<p>All facades feature double-hung sash windows with white louvered shutters.</p><br>
<p>They are 12-over-12 pane glass except on the lower north wall, where they are 8-over-8. Most of sashes contain the original glazing. Two plain wooden doors give entrance between the windows on either end. Arched brick lintels are used over the windows and doors. The sashes, doors, sills, shutters and frames are original, made of cypress wood.</p><br>
<p>The interior is one large room, divided into two chambers width-wise with counterbalanced, sliding wooden partitions through the middle of both floors. The doubled style meeting house design, first used by the Buckingham Friends Meeting House in Buckingham, Pennsylvania, allowed for the separation of sexes during worship services, as was the custom of the day. Each chamber has rows of wooden benches arranged around a central area, including an elevated Facing Bench where Weighty Friends would sit. A feature unique to Nine Partners among meeting houses in the area is the vestibule created later by building a lengthwise interior wall along the south side.</p><br>
<p>In the central area there is a wood stove placed on a stone hearth and an oil lamp mounted on a post. Interior walls are original horsehair plaster and unpainted paneling. Wooden interior columns are rounded rather than chamfered as in other meetinghouses in Dutchess County.</p><br>
<p>The second floor consists of a balcony, supported by the same post and beam framing as the roof, forming a gallery looking into the central area of each first floor chamber, divided in the same manner as the first floor. There is a provision to place wood planks over the gallery opening to the first floor, separating the second floor from the first floor completely. The chimneys do not transition through the meeting area to the ground level, but rather are supported by the summer beam (lengthwise support beam) in the attic. This was done to preserve the meeting space below intact.</p><br>
<p>With few exceptions, such as the placement of one lengthwise interior wall creating the above-mentioned vestibule, gutters added in the 1970s, composite shingles on the roof introduced the following decade, and basic repairs and maintenance, the structure remains unaltered from is original state. There has been no retrofitting of electrical, plumbing or central heating.</p><br>
<h2>Cemetery</h2><br>
<p>The earliest graves are unmarked and occupy a hillside adjacent to the corner of Church Street and route 343. The earliest grave marker with a death date is from 1807. The cemetery is administered by Lyall Memorial Federated Church and is one of two still in use in the Village of Millbrook.</p><br>
<p>Those graves closer to the meetinghouse are strictly those of member Friends from the early years of the meeting. As such they reflect Quaker aesthetics enough that that section of the cemetery is considered a contributing resource to the National Register listing. Later on, further away, burials were accepted from other faiths, introducing other funerary art customs. That portion of the cemetery is not considered contributing.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>From the 1740s, Quakers had been settling in the area of Mechanic, today known as South Millbrook. They began meeting in each other&#39;s homes. There were enough that by 1744, the quarterly meeting at Purchase in Westchester County set up a new monthly meeting for Dutchess County, called the Oblong and Nine Partners Meeting, given the common names of their general locations. It alternated its meetings each month between the Oblong house in Pawling and a log meeting house on the six acres (2.4 ha) where the present meeting house stands. It was replaced with a larger one in 1751 as the meeting grew.</p><br>
<p>In 1767, the meeting began considering whether slavery was compatible with Christianity, the first instance of an American congregation taking up the question. The Oblong and Nine Partners meetings were separated two years later after they had both acquired enough members to justify separate organizations. They both decided that they could not accept slaveholders or any who profited from slavery as members or financial supporters, and continued to work to convince local slaveowners to free those they held. Through the Civil War, the Nine Partners Meeting and School was known to coordinate the Underground Railroad activities in Dutchess and Columbia counties.</p><br>
<p>The log meeting house was replaced with a larger one was destroyed by fire on December 27, 1778. A committee was established in April of the following year to build a more permanent structure, measuring approximately 40 by. It was designed collectively by the meeting members.</p><br>
<p>The large brick meeting house was built in 1780 at more than twice its originally budgeted cost, possibly due to the members inexperience in bricklaying. The bricks were made a short distance directly south of the building on a farm known as Altamont Stock Farm which was the property of H. Howard Davison. The choice of brick was an unusual one for a Quaker meeting house, reflecting the greater prosperity of the meeting members and their location in a less remote area, along the Dutchess Turnpike that is today the route of US 44. Quakers from other meetings who visited found the Nine Partners Friends and their meetinghouse somewhat worldly.</p><br>
<p>The success of the Nine Partners meeting helped the Society grow in the Hudson Valley. Several other meetings in the county were started within it as preparative meetings, and outside the county it led to the establishment of the Cornwall meeting in Orange County, still active today, along with meetings as far away as what is now Canada. It soon became a quarterly meeting.</p><br>
<p>Situated to the east and slightly uphill was the former store of Samuel Mabbett, a somewhat strayed Friend and known to be a Loyalist during the Revolutionary War. In 1796, the Nine Partners Meeting purchased the store and converted it to the Nine Partners Boarding School. The school enrolled up to one hundred students at a time and stayed in service until 1863, when the students transferred to the Oakwood Friends School (then known Oakwood Seminary at Union Springs,) in Poughkeepsie. Among its alumni were Lucretia Mott and Daniel Anthony, father of Daniel and Susan B. Anthony. Within a few years of closing, the former school building and land was purchased by John D. Wing, a former student of the school. The school building was moved to the top of the hill and became a part of his estate house.</p><br>
<p>In 1826, the Meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox Quakers.The Hicksite branch retained use of the brick meeting house and cemetery, while the Orthodox Quakers retained the school and built their own smaller meeting house between the school and the brick meeting house. This structure remained in place until 1882, when it was removed to the Village of Millbrook. In 1897, the brick meeting house and cemetery were turned over to the Nine Partners Burial Ground Association, ending Quaker ownership of the site. The Nine Partners School would eventually change location and become what is now Oakwood Friends School</p><br>
<p>The Nine Partners Monthly Meeting continues as a part of the New York Yearly Meeting. The meeting house is used during the summer months. During the winter, the meeting is held at the Lyall Memorial Federated Church in Millbrook.</p><br>
<p>The Masonic Building,  is a historic building in Billings, Montana that was built in 1910. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 as Masonic Temple.</p><br>
<p>It was deemed "significant for its architecture as a good example of the second Renaissance Revival style, designed by the well known Montana architectural firm of Link and Haire. The Temple is also significant because it reflects the importance of the Masonic Order in the early community social life in Billings, Montana, and for its collective associations with many of the most notable men involved in the community&#39;s development at the turn of the century."</p><br>
<p>The building was sold in 2003 to Michael and Rebecca Gray and houses their advertising agency, G&G.</p><br>
<p>The Kenton Historic District is a national historic district located at Kenton, Kent County, Delaware. It encompasses 28 contributing buildings in the crossroads community of Kenton. Except for a few houses that date from the early settlement of the crossroads at the end of the 18th century, most of the buildings in the district date from the last half of the 19th century and more specifically from the 1870s and 1880s. The oldest buildings are the Wilds-Prettyman House  and the Wilds-Cooper House . Other notable buildings include the Kenton Methodist Church , Brick Lodge, Thomas Lamb House , Guessford House , and Queen Anne style "Spindle and Spool" House.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>The Moses-Kent House is a historic house at 1 Pine Street in Exeter, New Hampshire. Built in 1868 for a prominent local merchant, it is one of the town&#39;s finest examples of Victorian residential architecture. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 12, 1985.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Moses-Kent House stands southwest of the town center of Exeter, at the southwest junction of Linden and Pine Streets. It occupies a large lot, more than 5 acre in size, of which about 2 acre are landscaped. The main house is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a mansard roof, granite foundation, and an exterior finished in wooden siding scored to resemble ashlar stone. It is predominantly Second Empire in its styling, with strong Italianate influence. Its most prominent feature is a three-story tower with mansard roof and windows whose molded surrounds match those of the main mansard roof. The property includes a surviving 1868 carriage house. The interior of the house is well-preserved, retaining features from its construction, and from a later early 20th-century renovation.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in 1868 by Henry Clay Moses, a local wool merchant, who purchased two lots and demolished the buildings standing on them to make way for it. Moses was known locally for his philanthropy, and opened portions of the property to the public as a park. It underwent significant alterations c. 1901-02 after it was purchased by George Kent, owner of the Exeter Manufacturing Company. The landscaping of its grounds are conjectured without evidence to have been influenced (directly or indirectly) by the work of Frederick Law Olmsted.</p><br>
<p>The Jonas Cutting&ndash;Edward Kent House is a historic house at 48-50 Penobscot Street in Bangor, Maine. Built in 1836-37, it is one of the city&#39;s most unusual and elaborate examples of Greek Revival architecture. Built as a duplex, its first owners and occupants were Edward Kent, mayor and a future Governor of Maine, and his law partner, Jonas Cutting, a future Maine Supreme Judicial Court justice. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Cutting-Kent House is located just in a residential area just northeast of Bangor&#39;s downtown, at the northwest corner of Penobscot and Pine Streets. It consists of a large two-story wood frame main block, to which additions have been made to the rear. The main block has elaborate and distinctive Greek Revival styling. Its front facade (facing south toward Penobscot street) has four bays recessed behind matchboarded walls headed by Doric pilasters. The first-floor bays have fluted Doric columns at each side, topped by carved wreaths. The center bays house the two unit entrances, and the outer bays have full-length windows; these all have flanking sidelight windows, and the window bays have wrought iron railings across the front. The upper level window bays also have ornate railings across the bays. The first floor of each side has a rounded window bay topped by a railing similar to the second-floor railings of the front. There is a dentillated cornice line between the floors and above the second floor, with a frieze board above that is punctuated by window openings covered with painted metal grillwork. The roof is a low-pitch hip roof. The rear additions added to each unit date to later in the 19th century, and are not as architecturally sophisticated.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in 1836-37 for Edward Kent, then mayor of Bangor, and Jonas Cutting, his law partner. The house is of a sophistication that was typical of the residences of the citys elite lumber barons, and is believed to be stylistically unique in New England. Kent went on to serve two terms as Governor of Maine (1838–40), and Cutting was appointed to Maines highest court in 1859 after serving the nation&#39;s diplomatic corps.</p><br>
<p>The Fort Kent Railroad Station is a historic railroad station at Main and Market Streets in Fort Kent, Maine. It was built in 1902 by the Fish River Railroad, a line that was used in service until 1979. The station is now home to a museum operated by the Fort Kent Historical Society, dedicated to the local history of the railroad and its influence on the region. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 21, 1989.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Fort Kent Railroad Station is located at the northeast corner of Main and Market Streets (United States Route 1 and Maine State Route 161 respectively), between Market Street to the west and the railroad track to the east. It is a long rectangular single-story wood frame structure with a gable-on-hip roof, clapboard siding, and a concrete foundation. The stations east facade has a projecting telegraphers bay, large baggage doors to the south, and windows and doors for the ticketing area and waiting room to the north.</p><br>
<p>The station was opened in 1902 by the Fish River Railroad, which was later absorbed into the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad. The railroad&#39;s arrival had a major economic impact on the regions, enabling the shipment of its products (principally lumber and potatoes) to distant markets. By the 1970s the railroad was in decline, and in 1979 the station was given to the Fort Kent Historical Society. Of the stations built by either railroad, this one is among the best-preserved. Its interior has been converted into a museum space dedicated to local rail-related history, and is generally open during summer months.</p><br>
<p>Browns Canyon Wash, also known as Browns Canyon Creek, is a 10.3 mi tributary of the Los Angeles River in the Santa Susana Mountains of Los Angeles County and across the western San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California.</p><br>
<h2>Course</h2><br>
<p>The stream begins as a free-flowing stream in Browns Canyon of the eastern Santa Susana Mountains, partially within Michael D. Antonovich Regional Park at Joughlin Ranch. It runs along Browns Canyon Road, which leads to the Cold War Oat Mountain Nike missile base site, on the border of the Chatsworth and Porter Ranch communities.</p><br>
<p>After passing under the State Route 118 (Simi Valley Freeway), it is then encased in a concrete flood control channel, traveling southwards through Chatsworth, Canoga Park, and Winnetka. Its confluence with the Los Angeles River is just west of Mason Avenue and north of Vanowen Avenue.</p><br>
<p>The channel walls near Winnetka were damaged in the 1994 Northridge earthquake.</p><br>
<p>The wash features an equestrian and bicycle path along its eastern bank in Chatsworth.</p><br>
<h3>Crossings and tributaries</h3><br>
<p>From mouth to source (year built in parentheses):</p><br>
<p>Sherman Way (1971)</p><br>
<p>Valerio Street</p><br>
<p>Saticoy Street (1971)</p><br>
<p>near Arminta Street</p><br>
<p>Roscoe Boulevard (1971)</p><br>
<p>De Soto Avenue (1972)</p><br>
<p>Santa Susana Creek enters</p><br>
<p>Parthenia Street (1972)</p><br>
<p>Nordhoff Street (1971)</p><br>
<p>Railroad: Amtrak Coast Starlight, Pacific Surfliner / Metrolink Ventura County Line</p><br>
<p>Lassen Street (1971)</p><br>
<p>Devonshire Street/Canoga Avenue (1974)</p><br>
<p>Chatsworth Street (1972)</p><br>
<p>Variel Avenue (1973)</p><br>
<p>Rinaldi Street (1973)</p><br>
<p>State Route 118 (Simi Valley Freeway) offramp to De Soto Avenue (1971)</p><br>
<p>State Route 118 - Ronald Reagan Freeway (1971)</p><br>
<p>Browns Canyon Road</p><br>
<p>Hofmann Tower is the name of a tower in Lyons, Illinois. It was built in the year 1908 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978.</p><br>
<p>Hofmann Tower is featured prominently in two books written by Rose Marie Benedetti and Virginia C. Bulat entitled Lyons: A history of a village and area important for 300 years (1959) and Portage, pioneers, and pubs: A history of Lyons, Illinois (1963).</p><br>
<p>George Hofmann, Jr., a local brewer built a dam on the Des Plaines River to generate electricity. He also built the adjacent tower as part of a park that attracted visitors to picnic and ride boats.</p><br>
<p>In the 1970s, Rose Marie Benedetti and Maureen S. Kiener worked closely with the preservation efforts of the Village of Lyons Historical Commission to have Hofmann Tower designated a village and state landmark and placed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The Western Springs Water Tower is a museum and former water tower in Western Springs, Illinois. The stone tower is 112.5 ft tall and 36.5 ft in diameter. Construction on the tower began in 1892 and finished in 1893. Civil engineers Benzette Williams, Edgar Williams, and Ethan Philbrick designed the tower. In addition to holding water, the tower originally held the Western Springs police department, jail, and municipal offices. The village services all left the tower in 1968, and the Western Springs Historical Society opened a village museum in the tower two years later. In 1991, a lightning strike set the tower on fire, destroying the water tank; the museum reopened in 1993 after extensive rehabilitation efforts. The water tower is considered a symbol of Western Springs by residents, and multiple businesses and local organizations have taken their names from the tower.</p><br>
<p>The water tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 4, 1981.</p><br>
<p>The Benson Water Tower was a historic water tower located on Clayton Street in Benson, Illinois. The tower was built in 1891 in response to several serious fires in Benson; it supplied the village with water until 1985. The tall brick tower had a large wooden water tank on top. The tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 and has since been demolished.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The round, red brick tower was 65 ft tall with a base diameter of 16 ft that tapered to 14 ft at its top. The bricks used for the tower were made in Bensons own brickyard. The tower was topped by a 20 ft tall redwood water tank; steel bands held the tanks wooden planks together. The tank held 15,000 barrels of water when full and was connected to the ground by a 6 in diameter supply pipe. Ladders allowed access to both the inside and outside of the tower, and a catwalk surrounded the barrel.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The village of Benson experienced major fires in its business district in 1884 and 1889, hindering its development as a commercial center. In response, citizens petitioned the village for improved fire protection, and the village commissioned the water tower in 1891. Fitchen Brothers Construction built the tower for $6,400, or approximately $ in present-day terms. The new water tower led to economic and population growth in the village as new houses and businesses received a steady water supply from the tower. The tower also provided water to farms in the surrounding area, who transported water from the city to supplement their wells, as well as to steam trains on the Chicago, Pekin and Southwestern Railroad. Due to the towers height, it became a town landmark that could be seen for miles. The water tower provided the villages water until 1985, when a new water tower was constructed.</p><br>
<p>The water tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 1987. While it has since been demolished, it remains on the National Register.</p><br>
<p>The Kalamazoo State Hospital Water Tower is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was built in 1895 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972. It is located on the grounds of the Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital.</p><br>
<p>The structure was designed by B. F. Stratton from Detroit. He was instructed to come up with a structure that would complement the medieval feeling of the other buildings on the hospital grounds. The tower is 175 feet tall. The base stone blocks are five feet high; above this point the tower is made of bricks. It is approximately 50 feet wide at its widest point. The outer shell tapers from six feet thick at the base to four feet at the top. The tower has three water storage tanks inside. The main tank is 40 feet high and 40 feet in diameter and can hold more than 200,000 gallons of hard water. Two smaller tanks flank the main tank and hold soft water.</p><br>
<p>The structure was earmarked by the State of Michigan for demolition in 1974. However, a local committee called the Committee to Save the Tower launched a campaign to raise public funds to restore the tower.</p><br>
<p>The Butterworth Building or Butterworth Block at 1921 First Avenue in Seattle, Washington was originally built as the Butterworth & Sons mortuary, which moved into this location in 1903 and moved to larger quarters in 1923. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places ; adjacent to Pike Place Market, it falls within the NRHPs Pike Place Public Market Historic District and the citys Place Market Historical District. Now owned by the McAleese Family since 2005.</p><br>
<p>The building was the citys first purpose-built mortuary building. The building had the first elevator on the West Coast of the United States, used to transport bodies. The basement, accessible through Post Alley at the rear, is now (as of 2009) home to Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub. Several recent accounts describe the Kells space as the former embalming room and crematorium, but the 1904 account says that the basement housed the buildings heating plant, stables, and a storage space for funeral wagons.</p><br>
<p>The building is associated with several ghost stories. In 2010, the building was featured on an episode of Ghost Adventures and they found evidence that support theories of the building being haunted.</p><br>
<h2>Original configuration</h2><br>
<p>In the original configuration of the building, the upper floor consisted of three flats for employees of the firm. This floor was accessed by a separate entrance at the south end of the First Avenue façade. The next floor below contained a showroom for coffins (caskets), a separate showroom of child-sized coffins, a room of womens burial garments, and a private reception and consulting room. The main showroom of coffins had a view out the back to Elliott Bay. The 35 caskets on display in August 1904 were priced from US$25 to $200; garments ranged from a $4 robe to other garments costing as much as $125. These wide ranges of prices were typical of an establishment that intended to serve everyone from the poor to the citys wealthiest families. By policy, those who wished to remain with the bodies of their dead between encoffinment and obsequies were allowed to use the private rooms without additional charge.</p><br>
<p>The next floor down was the main floor facing onto First Avenue. The floor contained private offices, morgues, an embalming room, and a "utensil room" to store canopies, pedestals, rugs, laying-out beds etc. These rooms were accessed through the main entrance. A separate door to the north led to a vestibule and a funeral chapel with a main floor capacity of 150 and 50 in the balcony, as well as a separate choir balcony. An adjacent room for use of clergy and family had a capacity of about 15, and connected to a "retiring room", basically a full bathroom. The room for the use of clergy and family had a private entrance separate from the entrance to the chapel itself. Also on the first floor was a special "best show room" with particularly fine caskets; even in 1904 some of these ranged in price as high as $890.</p><br>
<p>The next floor down—below the First Avenue grade, but still above grade on Post Alley—contained a "stock room" with fireproof vaults in which bodies could be stored more or less indefinitely. The 1904 Seattle Mail and Herald account described these as "so much needed in Seattle when people are undecided as to the disposition of the dead", and up to the time of the construction of this building there was no such thing to be had in the city. The basement, level with Post Alley, housed the building&#39;s heating plant, stables, and a storage space for funeral wagons.</p><br>
<p>Since 1983, the basement and stock room (now private banquet room) has been home to the McAleese family&#39;s Kells Irish Restaurant and Pub.</p><br>
<p>The Aiguilles d’Arves  is a mountain in the Arves massif in the French Alps. The mountain, comprising three separate peaks , is the highest point of the massif, and is located in the department of Savoie.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The summits that make up the Aiguilles d&#39;Arves are described in the following table.</p><br>
<p>For reasons apparent from the picture, Aiguille Septentrionale is also called the Tête de Chat (Cat Head).</p><br>
<h2>Ascents</h2><br>
<p>The central peak of the Aiguilles d’Arves was first climbed by the brothers Pierre Alexis and Benoît Nicolas Magnin, from nearby Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne, on 2 September 1839. As evidence they built a cairn and left two Sardinian coins under a rock on the summit.</p><br>
<p>The southern summit was first climbed by the Swiss mountain guides Christian and Ulrich Almer and their American client, W. A. B. Coolidge from New York. During the 1870s and 1880s, Coolidge claimed a number of first ascents and worked extensively in the Dauphiné Alps. Earlier, the same party had climbed L’Auguille Centrale in 1874. On the summit, they found the cairn built by the Magnin brothers, but ascribed it to "a legendary chamois hunter". The day after their ascent of L’Aiguille Meridionale in 1878, Benoît Magnin informed them about his ascent 39 years prior.</p><br>
<p>Auf dem Acker  is a mountain ridge up to 865.1 metres high, which is located in the southwestern part of the Harz mountains in Lower Saxony .</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The ridge begins south of the Bruchberg near Stieglitzecke (on the B 242) and runs from there for about 13 km towards the southwest. For the first 6 km its crest is continuously higher than 800 metres. Its southwestern foothills transition to the Harz Foreland at Osterode am Harz. Together with the Bruchberg, the Acker forms the Acker-Bruchberg Massif.</p><br>
<p>Northwest of the ridge lies the valley of the River Söse and the Söse Reservoir, as well as the villages of Riefensbeek and Kamschlacken. South of the ridge lie the villages of Lonau and Sieber. The Hanskühnenburg lies roughly in the middle of the ridge at a height of 811 metres.</p><br>
<h2>National Park and environment</h2><br>
<p>Large sections of the ridge lie within the Harz National Park and may therefore only be entered on designated trails. Between the Hanskühnenburg and Stieglitzecke parts of the area around the crest consist of raised bog. The ridgeway running through the moor was closed in the mid-1990s, shortly after the establishment of national park in order to protect the environment.</p><br>
<h2>Tors and crags</h2><br>
<p>There are a large number of tors and crags on Auf dem Acker:</p><br>
<p>Sösestein</p><br>
<p>Hammersteinklippen</p><br>
<p>Mönchskappenklippe</p><br>
<p>Goldenkerklippe</p><br>
<p>Stollenklippe</p><br>
<p>Hanskühnenburgklippe (on the crest, roughly 818 m high, see Hanskühnenburg)</p><br>
<p>Hanskühnenburgfelsen (on the crest directly in front of the Hanskühnenburg, roughly 815 m high, see Hanskühnenburg)</p><br>
<p>Kanapeeklippe Coordinates: 51.7263&deg;N latitude, 10.3961&deg;E longitude</p><br>
<p>Seilerklippe (on the crest, roughly 760 m high)</p><br>
<p>Sophienklippe</p><br>
<p>Spießerklippe</p><br>
<h2>Walking</h2><br>
<p>At the northeastern end of the ridge near Stieglitzecke is the Magdeburg Hut (Magdeburger Hütte), a refuge hut, and a large car park. From here two trails lead up the Acker; they are described in more detail in the article on the Hanskühnenburg. From the Hanskühnenburg the ridgeway, known as the Wet Way (Nasser Weg) runs in a southwesterly direction along the crest towards Osterode. Because the ridge here is only lightly vegetated with bilberry and low pines, there are many viewing points with good views over the Harz and into the Harz Foreland. On or by the Acker are several refuge huts that have checkpoints as part of the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network:</p><br>
<p>Morgenbrodtshütte am Großen Wehr - no. 146.</p><br>
<p>Waidmannsruhe hut - no. 148.</p><br>
<p>Hanskühnenburg - no. 144.</p><br>
<p>Köte am Schindelkopf hut - no. 143</p><br>
<p>A stage of the Harzer Baudensteig trail runs from Lerbach over the Acker to Sieber.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>The ridge is largely composed of Acker-Bruchberg Quartzite.</p><br>
<h2>Origin of the Name</h2><br>
<p>In various sources it is maintained that the name Acker is derived from the Middle High German word Agger which means "crest" or "embankment". However, there is no definite source for this theory. On the other hand, Agger is a Latin word and means "earth embankment", see Agger (ancient Rome).</p><br>
<p>The Bocksberg is the local mountain for the village of Hahnenklee in the borough of Goslar in the German state of Lower Saxony. It lies southeast of this spa village in the Harz mountains and is.</p><br>
<p>It was from here that a 1,350 metre long bobsleigh and racing toboggan run was laid in 1928, which had to be closed for technical and financial reasons in 1970. Although this mountain lay in the British Zone after the Second World War, the US Army operated a relay station here for their radio traffic between Frankfurt and Berlin. Its red and white transmission mast is used today for mobile telephone communications. It projects above the surrounding trees and is visible from a long way off.</p><br>
<p>On the summit of the Bocksberg there is a restaurant and a wooden observation tower that was built in 1976.</p><br>
<h2>Gondola lift</h2><br>
<p>The Bocksberg Lift is a 1,100 m long, gondola lift built in 1970 with small cabins. It runs from Hahnenklee to the Bocksberg.</p><br>
<p>Following the fall of an empty gondola in July 2006 the lift was taken out of service for several months, because sabotage or tampering had to be considered as possible causes. At the end of 2006 the lift was opened again.</p><br>
<p>In Winter the lift is used by skiers. In summer, mountain bikes may be transported to the summit in special baskets. From the top there are several pistes and downhill routes back to the village.</p><br>
<p>The Poppenberg is a tree-covered hill east of Ilfeld in the Harz mountains of Germany, with a height of 601 metres. Since 1897, there has been a 33 metre high steel lattice observation tower on the summit. The tower was built by the Nordhausen branch of the Harz Club and was named after Otto, Prince of Stolberg-Wernigerode. In good weather, it has an extensive view over the South Harz, the Goldene Aue and the Kyffhäuser.</p><br>
<p>The Poppenberg is no. 92 in the system of check points in the Harzer Wandernadel network of walking trails.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Until 1932, the hill belonged to the Prussian Province of Hanover, but was then transferred to the Province of Saxony. Today, it lies in the free state of Thuringia and is the highest elevation in the Thuringian part of the Harz. In 1994, the Poppenberg Observation Tower, the hill&#39;s lattice observation tower, was refurbished.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The Poppenberg is situated east of Ilfeld, in the Harz mountains, in the state of Thuringia.</p><br>
<p>Plas Mynach is a large country house in Barmouth, Gwynedd, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade II* listed building, and stands in a prominent position overlooking the sea.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was designed in 1883 by the Chester architect John Douglas for W. H. Jones.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Plas Mynach is built in local stone with a slate roof. Its plan consists of a main range with two storeys to the south, single-storey service ranges to the north, and a gatehouse range to the east of the three-storey tower. Internally "the hall, staircase and landing provide a classic example of Douglas&#39;s domestic joinery". The door knocker came from Nuremberg.</p><br>
<h2>External features</h2><br>
<p>The lodge to the house, also designed by Douglas for Jones, is designated at Grade II.</p><br>
<h2>Critique</h2><br>
<p>In 1884 the architect Raffles Davison stated that the house "very nearly realised to me the idea of a perfect country house" and inside was "one of the most charming halls I have seen". In his biography of Douglas, Hubbard states it has "a strength and austere simplicity unusual in Douglas&#39;s work". The description in the listing refers to it as "one of the more important country houses by John Douglas, in an apparently little-altered condition".</p><br>
<p>The Wabash Railroad Station and Freight House is a historic train station and headquarters of Columbia Transit located at Columbia, Missouri. The building was constructed in 1909 as the terminus of the Columbia spur of the Wabash Railroad. It is a one story, H plan, Tudor Revival style building constructed of locally quarried rock faced ashlar cut stone. In 2007, the building underwent renovation and restoration and was expanded to accommodate offices for Columbia&#39;s public transportation. The project, costing over $2.5 million, was intended to make the station a multi-model transportation center. It was certified at the LEED  Silver Level, meaning it meets national standards for energy efficiency and sustainable construction. The station is also the busiest bus stop in Columbia and serves as a pickup point for Megabus.</p><br>
<p>The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>The Aschentalshalbe is a ridge in the Harz Mountains of Germany that is up to. It lies south of the village of Sieber in the unincorporated area of Harz in the district of Osterode in the state of Lower Saxony.</p><br>
<h2>Name</h2><br>
<p>The Aschentalshalbe was named after the Aschental ("Aschen valley"), a southern branch of the Tiefenbeekstal ("Tiefenbeek valley"), through which the Tiefenbeek flows.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<h3>Location</h3><br>
<p>The Aschentalshalbe lies in the Upper Harz within the Harz Nature Park about 2 km southeast of Sieber, a village northeast of Herzberg am Harz. It rises between the Gropenbornskopf to the north, the Koboltstaler Köpfe to the northeast with their outlier, the Gödeckenkopf, to the east, the Schadenbeeksköpfe to the southeast, the Übelsberg to the south, the Großer Knollen to the south-southwest, the Pagelsburg to the southwest, the Adlersberg to the west and the Breitentalskopf to the northwest.</p><br>
<h3>Watershed</h3><br>
<p>The watershed between the Sieber to the north and west and the Oder to the east and south runs over the Aschentalshalbe. Whilst the Tiefenbeek that rises north of the mountain flows northwest into the Sieber, the Grade Lutter that rises on its southern uplands is the right headstream of the Lutter that flows southwards into the Oder.</p><br>
<h2>Summits and survey points</h2><br>
<p>The Aschentalshalbe has several summits:</p><br>
<p>The western summit (Westkuppe), also called Hohes Feld is metres high. There is a view of the Sieber from the top.</p><br>
<p>The two main summits, which are roughly in the centre of the ridge, are the highest points at about above sea level</p><br>
<p>The east-northeast summit is about metres high. Just to the southeast is a trig point on the map. From there and the refuge hut, a little to the east, the view drops away to the south.</p><br>
<h2>Walking</h2><br>
<p>Harz Club trail no. 15 G runs over the Aschentalshalbe from which several footpaths lead to the neighbouring summits. There is a refuge hut with the Schadenbeeksköpfe checkpoint of the Harzer Wandernadel hiking network near the eastern summit of the Aschentalshalbe. The hut is around 1.25 km east-northeast of the mountain and about 1 km north of the northwestern summit of the nearby Schadenbeeksköpfe.</p><br>
<h2>Sources</h2><br>
<p>Topographic map 1:25,000 series, No. 4328, Bad Lauterberg im Harz</p><br>
<p>The Gerrish Warehouse was a historic 18th-century warehouse, located on Pepperrell Cove in Kittery Point, Maine. Built c. 1710, it was one element of the Pepperrell familys shipping empire, notably run in the mid-18th century by Sir William Pepperrell. Converted into a ship chandlery in the 19th century, it was sold to the Maine Maritime Museum in 1976, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. The museums plan to move the building by barge to a new location was judged infeasible, and it was subsequently demolished after the museum had recovered its contents. It was removed from the National Register in 2015.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Gerrish Warehouse was located on the southern shore of Kittery Point, off Pepperrell Road (Maine State Route 103) just beyond the cemetery of the First Congregational Church. The building was a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a gable roof, clapboard siding, and a stone foundation, and measured about 35 x. It had large doors at its northern and southern facades, the south (water-facing) ones of simple boards, those facing north paneled. It had sash windows, with interior shutters that slid into place. Its floors consisted of plain floorboards, with access to the upper level gained by ladder stairs.</p><br>
<p>The warehouse was built c. 1710, and was one part of the large shipping empire of the Pepperrell family, whose most famous member was Sir William Pepperrell, who led colonial military forces in the successful 1745 Siege of Louisbourg and was knighted for this success. Pepperrells descendants, Loyalists during the American Revolutionary War, had their properties seized by the state and sold off. In 1797 the warehouse came into the hands of Robert Follett, whose daughter married William Thompson Gerrish. The Gerrishes converted the building into a ship chandlery, finally selling it to the Maine Maritime Museum in 1976. Although the museum developed plans to move the building to a more secure location (its foundation was being undermined by tidal erosion), these plans were not realized, and the building was subsequently demolished; its contents remain at the museums location in Bath.</p><br>
<p>For main article, see Pamir Mountains.</p><br>
<p>Argu Tagh (Turkic Argu Tag and Kumysh Tag meaning "Silver Mountains", Chinese Qinling meaning "Onion Mountains") is a mountain range separating the Turan Depression from the Xinjiang region of China. The Argu Tagh range is a northern extension of Kunlun Mountains, it continues northeast to the basin of Yili River, northwest beyond the Balkhash Lake, westward and northeast from Kashgar, stretching along the southern edge of the Tarim Basin, and forming the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert. As "Onion Mountains", the Argu Tagh range was frequently mentioned in the Chinese Annals starting in the 2nd century BC, played a prominent role in the routes of the ancient Silk Road, and was a theater of many historical military and political events.</p><br>
<p>Rochester Fire Department Headquarters and Shops is a historic fire department complex located at Rochester in Monroe County, New York. The Rochester Fire Department is IOS rated tier one meaning it&#39;s the best in the country. The complex incorporates two structures: the headquarters building and shops building. The Headquarters Building is triangular in plan and is two stories in height and of buff colored brick construction with light colored stone trim. The Shops Building is irregular in plan, two stories and built of the same buff colored brick as the Headquarters Building. Both structures were constructed in 1936 and incorporate glass block construction and feature Art Deco detailing.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<p>Grand Bay Historic District is a historic district in Grand Bay, Alabama. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, the district comprises twelve acres and the three remaining original buildings from Grand Bay&#39;s central business district. The buildings include the former Freeland General Store, Grand Bay State Bank, and a small commercial building. The site was once the central business hub of the town and included an L&N passenger station, railway freight station, numerous packing houses, and additional general mercantile businesses.</p><br>
<h2>Freeland General Store</h2><br>
<p>Freeland General Store was owned and operated by Albert Freeland. The building, a traditional two-story white frame structure, became the centerpiece of the town&#39;s commercial district. A prominent member of the community, Freeland was elected County Commissioner in 1918. He remained active in local and state politics until his death.</p><br>
<h2>Grand Bay State Bank</h2><br>
<p>Grand Bay State Bank was incorporated in 1912. It remained in business until 1930. The bank occupied a two-story red brick building at the corner of Freeland Lane next to Freeland General Store.</p><br>
<p>Pleasant Hill Plantation, also known as Van Leer Place, is a historic stone farmhouse located near Glen Moore in West Nantmeal Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>The original structure of two stories and three bays was built by Matthew Robinson or Robertson, probably before the American Revolution. He died in 1792 and left the house to his son David. Around 1800, it was sold to the Lewis brothers, John and Samuel. They were probably responsible for an addition of two bays on the west side of the house at this time. Local tradition associates the house with a tavern, possibly at this time; however, if so, it was never licensed to dispense liquor. In addition to their reputed tavern-keeping, the Lewises also opened an iron mine on the farm. They lost the property in 1824, when it was sold by the sheriff to Isaac Wayne Van Leer.</p><br>
<p>Van Leer, a grandnephew of Anthony Wayne, was the son of William R. Van Leer, a local ironmaster. Isaac Wayne was a progressive agriculturalist and horticulturalist. He enlarged an existing structure into a barn soon after purchase, and replaced the old log kitchen with a new addition to the house in 1843. Van Leer also added gilt paint and other fashionable touches to the house and planted rarities in his gardens. His grandnephew, George Howard Earle III (later Governor of Pennsylvania) was born at the house in 1890. After Van Leer&#39;s death in 1896, the condition of Pleasant Hill deteriorated, particularly when it was rented out during the 1930s. It was restored in 1948 and remains a private residence.</p><br>
<p>Pleasant Hill was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 24, 1983.</p><br>
<p>Donegal Mills Plantation is a historic grist mill complex located at East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of the mill, mansion, millers house, and bake house. The mill was built in 1775, and is a three-story building. The original section of mansion was built before 1790, and is a two-story, stuccoed stone building with a gable roof. The mansion was expanded about 1820, with a frame kitchen wing, and about 1830, with a stone two-story addition. It features a full length, two-story, porch supported by five brick and stucco columns. The millers house was originally built about, and is a 3 1/2-story, stuccoed stone building with a gable roof. It was expanded to its present size about 1830. The bake house is a two-story, gable roofed frame building. The property was auctioned in May 2010.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>Tulpehocken Manor Plantation, also known as the Ley Home, is located near Myerstown, Jackson Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. The property was initially settled by the Ley family about 1740. The eight-room, two-story mansion was built by Michael Ley in 1769 in a Georgian style. It was remodeled and enlarged in 1883, in the Second Empire style. In addition to the manor house, the property includes 18 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 4 contributing structures. They include a small gambrel roofed dwelling known as the Cyrus Sherk House, a mid-19th century stone bank barn, numerous sheds and other farm outbuildings, a seven-seat outhouse, a large stone quarry, and the ruins of four locks from the Union Canal constructed in 1794. Michael Ley was a friend of George Washington and he visited the plantation several times between 1777 and 1794.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 12, 1975. It now serves as the headquarters of the Hanover Rifle Battalion, Revolutionary War re-enactors.</p><br>
<p>Mary Plantation House is located on the Mary Plantation, downriver from Braithwaite, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. It was begun in 1795 and expanded to its current form in 1820.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Situated on the east bank of the Mississippi River, the building is the oldest house in Plaquemines Parish. Although the early history of the location is uncertain, according to one architectural historian a house was built on the site in about 1795. It was significantly enlarged in the 1820s, and it went through a number of owners.</p><br>
<p>Eric Knobloch, a Tulane University botanist, and his wife bought the property in 1946, restored it, and opened it for tours. The plantation house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1983. After the Knobloch couple&#39;s deaths, their heirs sold the house in 2003.</p><br>
<p>The Mary Plantation House was put up for auction in 2012 and sold for $770,000.</p><br>
<p>Crescent Plantation is located on Walnut Bayou, Madison Parish, Tallulah, Louisiana. It was originally built in 1832 but a main section was constructed in 1855. The plantation was the home of doctor D.M. and Elizabeth DeMoss Dancy from 1855 until after the Civil War.</p><br>
<p>The plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 18, 1984.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>A sawmill was erected and cypress was cut from the land and the main plantation house was built on the banks of the Walnut Bayou by Dancy slaves.</p><br>
<p>Houston, Texas businessman Gus Worham, that founded American General Corporation, went into real estate business with Sterling C. Evans, that had a long involvement with Texas A & M University. The two bought and sold distressed ranch properties and plantations in Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico. Among these were the Little Eva Plantation in Chopin, Louisiana (near Natchitoches, Louisiana), where they raised (and exported to Russia) Santa Gertrudis cattle and hybrid pecans. They also acquired Randle Lake Plantation in Milam County, Texas, Bear Lake Plantation in Tallulah, Nine Bar Ranch in Cypress, Texas, and the U Bar Ranches in Medina County, Texas and Hidalgo County, New Mexico, as well as the Crescent Plantation.</p><br>
<p>Evans set his daughter Dianas husband up in a real estate development in Charlotte, North Carolina, and went into the grain elevator business with Lyndalls husband in Tallulah, and sold him Crescent Plantation.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The name of the original builder in 1832 has been lost but from 1855 there is considerable information. The front of the two storied structure has eight doric columns with a wide balcony on each floor. Thomas F. Ward owned the plantation up to 1915, and after that as late as 1936, George W. Patterson.</p><br>
<p>In 1936 it was recorded that there had been some changes to the original design. The roof had been replaced with one of galvanized tin, a restroom had been added, a kitchen in the rear wing, as well as sheds and barns to house modern equipment.</p><br>
<h2>Civil War</h2><br>
<p>During the Civil War the plantation was reportedly saved from being "sacked and burned" because Mr. Dancy had a very sick female family member in the house and Union officers would refuse to burn the house with her in it.</p><br>
<h2>Publications</h2><br>
<p>Henry C. Dethloff wrote extensively about Gus Worham, Sterling C. Evans, Texas A&M, and Louisiana, to include</p><br>
<p>Sterling C. Evans: Life, Learning, and Literature, and</p><br>
<p>Our Louisiana Legacy (an examination at how Louisiana culture has affected the nation), and archives of his publications can be found at the Sterling C. Evans Library at Texas A&M.</p><br>
<p>Hen Llys  is a house in Manafon, Powys, Wales. It is a Grade II listed building. In his biography of John Douglas, Edward Hubbard attributes its design to this Chester architect. In its listing, Cadw makes a firm attribution to Douglas as architect.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in 1898 for Mrs Perrins-Williams. It is constructed of squared rubble with red sandstone dressings, and it has a slate roof. It has two storeys and a cellar; the original house had four bays, and an extension was added in the 20th century. The upper storey of the outer bay on the west is slightly jettied and rests on corbels; its roof has a stepped gable. The east bay projects forward, is canted, and has a crenellated parapet. The central bays are gabled. All the window have stone frames with mullions and transoms. The entrance porch is in ashlar sandstone and over it is an inscription that includes the date of construction of the house, over which is a coat of arms.</p><br>
<p>Brown&#39;s Race Historic District is a national historic district located at Rochester in Monroe County, New York. The district contains 15 contributing buildings, 2 contributing structures, and 14 contributing sites. All of the principal buildings are used for commercial purposes and are sited along or near the curving south rim of the Genesee River gorge at the rim of the High Falls. The district comprises a collection of 19th-century industrial buildings built of brick and stone, and ranging in size from one- to six-stories. Also in the district is the mill race and the 19th century iron Pont De Rennes bridge, which is used today as a pedestrian bridge and viewing platform of the High Falls and surrounding gorge.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<p>Halkyn Castle is a mansion house in the village of Halkyn, Flintshire, Wales. The house, with its associated stable block, is designated by Cadw as a Grade II* listed building.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was designed by the architect John Buckler and built between 1824 and 1827 for Robert Grosvenor, who was at the time the 2nd Earl Grosvenor, and later the 1st Marquess of Westminster. The building of the castle was supervised by Benjamin Gummow, the Earl&#39;s architect and surveyor. It was used as a sporting lodge and, on occasions, for living accommodation. In 1886 the Chester firm of architects, Douglas and Fordham, added an extension in Elizabethan style for the 1st Duke of Westminster. The extension consisted of a wing containing a new drawing room. Internal alterations were made which included a staircase, and a chimneypiece in the dining room.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The house is built in buff ashlar stone. Most of the windows are mullioned and transomed. Its more striking architectural features include castellated walls, towers, turrets, and many chimney stacks.</p><br>
<p>Jackson Street Cemetery, also known as Old Athens Cemetery, was the original cemetery for Athens, Georgia and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was in official use as the town cemetery from about 1810 to 1856,</p><br>
<h2>Location and history</h2><br>
<p>The cemetery is situated on the University of Georgia (UGA) campus adjacent to the Lamar Dodd School of Art (Visual Arts Building to the north) and Baldwin Hall (to the south) Jackson Street (to the west), and Thomas Street (to the east), "on land that was originally part of the University’s land grant from the state legislature, and the school apparently donated it to the city of Athens, though Duncan says there’s no official record of the transaction". reducing it to the two and one-half acres it now occupies. The University had wanted to build on the land and tried to assert title to it in 1890, but opposition scuttled their plans.</p><br>
<p>"Cramped for campus space, the University vigorously pursued idea under Chancellor Hill. Graves were to be moved to Oconee Hill and the site used for building, but his death in December, 1905 ended this campaign."</p><br>
<p>In the 1920s plans to take over the Old cemetery were again proposed, and when Baldwin Hall was built (opened 1938) a couple of acres were indeed taken from the south end of the cemetery (and more for its parking lot). The cemetery was also targeted for use as a site for the Visual Arts Building (opened 1961), but this was "fended off" by the Athens Historical Society (while another slice of land was taken from the north end of the cemetery, as shown by old aerial photographs).</p><br>
<p>Bodies were disturbed in this process: "workers back in the 1930s removed 120 wooden boxes filled with bones from where Baldwin Hall now sits, then buried them in two 95-foot trenches in or near a pauper cemetery", and a bit of "lore" says that UGA Dean, William Tate, "rode along with the procession to give it some dignity".</p><br>
<p>In the fall of 1980 the University again proposed moving the graves to Oconee Hill, this time so that the cemetery land could be used for a parking deck. The coalition that fought this proposal "was the nucleus of the Old Athens Cemetery Foundation, Inc." It argued that the legal problems that would result from the proposal would be stupendous."</p><br>
<p>The Old Athens Cemetery consisted of about six acres in 1906 and now comprises two and a half acres. It has been a victim of the ravages of time and weather, as well as deliberate vandalism, and is the subject of an ongoing restoration project by Janine Duncan, of the University of Georgia Grounds Department.</p><br>
<h2>Contemporary disinterments</h2><br>
<p>On November 17, 2015, construction crews working on a renovation of Baldwin Hall discovered a human skull. Construction was paused, and additional graves have been located. "UGA is working closely with the appropriate state agencies to ensure that the remains from up to 27 gravesites are properly removed and re-interred." A total 105 peoples remains were removed, of which 30 had enough DNA for analysis. Of those, 27 were African American and would have been slaves. Leaders of the African American community in Athens want the remains to be reinterred in one of the predominately African American cemeteries in town, either Brooklyn Cemetery or Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery. However, UGA says that it is following the direction of the State Archaeologists Office in placing the bodies in Oconee Hill Cemetery.</p><br>
<h2>Notable interments</h2><br>
<p>Charles Dougherty</p><br>
<p>Robert Finley</p><br>
<p>The White Hart Inn, also known as the White Hart Hotel, is a coaching inn on the High Street in Crawley, a town and borough in West Sussex, England. Built in the late 18th century to replace an older inn also under the sign of the White Hart, it also served as Crawley&#39;s main post office for most of the 19th century, and still operates as a public house in the 21st century. Its partly timber-framed structure, which incorporates part of an early 17th-century building, is characteristic of the area. It is designated a Grade II Listed building.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Crawley developed slowly as a Wealden market town and ironmaking centre, focused on its north–south High Street, from the 13th century onwards. This street formed part of the main road from the capital city, London, to the increasingly fashionable seaside resort of Brighton. After the road was turnpiked in stages between the late 17th century and the mid-18th century, Crawleys position almost exactly halfway between the two allowed it to develop a prominent new role as a convenient stop for stagecoach passengers and drivers. By the late 18th century, it had become Sussexs main staging-post for journeys to and from London, as the neighbouring towns of Horsham and East Grinstead fell out of favour.</p><br>
<p>To fulfil this role, Crawley needed plenty of venues to entertain guests for a few hours or overnight, with rooms to accommodate overnight stops and facilities for changing teams of horses. Several medieval buildings on the High Street, such as the George Hotel, the Ancient Priors and the Old Punch Bowl, met this need to some extent, but none were built for that purpose: all had been adapted from existing structures with different uses. The Ancient Priors was built as a house with a small agricultural plot; the Old Punch Bowl had been a large farmhouse; and although the George had always been an inn, it expanded gradually and haphazardly across several neighbouring buildings. The proceeds were used to build a new White Hart Inn. A site 70 yard further north on the High Street was selected; this was large enough to provide both a bigger building and a substantial area at the rear for the stabling of horses. Most sources agree that the new White Hart Inn opened in 1770, although some identify 1790 as the date. Architectural studies made in 1995 and 2003 attributed a date of around 1600 to the southern part of the building, suggesting that the inn was built around the core of an older structure.</p><br>
<p>The inn was immediately successful at meeting the requirements of the greatly increased coaching traffic, which had grown from one daily service in 1756 to five by 1790 and 30 by 1815. It was also one of Crawleys centres of commercial activity throughout the 19th century: the towns main post office was based there between 1810 (when a daily mail coach service between London and Brighton began) and 1895, Crawleys oldest friendly society was founded in the White Hart in 1827, and it was also the venue for the events of the "Crawley Feast Day"—an annual celebratory gathering for the towns businesspeople, popular throughout the 19th century.</p><br>
<p>Stagecoach traffic declined in the late 19th century as trains, motor buses and cars successively became more popular, but some coaches continued to run until the 1940s. The White Hart Inn adapted and became a standard public house. As of 2009, it retains its original name, and is now in the ownership of Harveys Brewery (Harvey & Son (Lewes) Ltd.), a brewery based in Lewes in East Sussex. It is therefore a tied house. Harveys identify it as the busiest public house they own.</p><br>
<p>The White Hart Inn was listed at Grade II on 23 February 1983.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The White Hart Inn is a timber-framed building consisting of three bays on a north–south orientation. The exterior is clad in stuccoed brickwork, the roof is tiled, and there are three brick chimneys. The southern section is the remnants of a timber-framed house dating from about 1600 (original estimates attributed an 18th-century date, in line with the actual opening of the inn). This had a stair turret at the rear leading into the attic, but only the topmost steps of this structure remain. The attic is still a separate space, now two rooms with one external window under the roof gable at the south end. Later, the building was extended to the rear. In about 1830, an extension was built to the north; this is of two storeys, like the earlier part, but is slightly taller and has a separate roofline. It is of brick and has no timber-framing. Similarly, no timber is now visible on the lower storey of the older section of the building.</p><br>
<p>Grove Place Historic District is a national historic district located at Rochester in Monroe County, New York. The district includes all that remains and is associated with "The Grove," the original homestead area of Rochester&#39;s prominent Selden and Ward families. It is an enclave of 22 substantially intact small-scale 19th century residences, constructed between about 1850 and 1895, which were built, owned, and occupied by this complex extended family.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
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<p>The Maplewood Historic District is located in Rochester in Monroe County, New York. The district is distinguished as having landscape designs, including Maplewood Park, originally laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted.</p><br>
<p>The district consists of 432 contributing structures and four contributing sites. They include 245 contributing primary buildings (234 houses, two apartments, three churches, two church-related residences, three buildings associated with a church school, and one recreational facility). There are also 187 contributing outbuildings (carriagehouses and garages). The four contributing sites are three parks and one archaeological site.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.</p><br>
<p>East Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at Rochester in Monroe County, New York. The district consists of a series of large 19th and early 20th century homes, houses of worship, meeting houses, and museums. It contains approximately 700 structures. Notable structures in the district include the Hiram W. Sibley House , home of Hiram Sibley; Edward E. Boynton House , Rochester&#39;s only work by Frank Lloyd Wright; the Culver House , moved to its present site in 1906; and the Strong-Todd House , once occupied by Henry A. Strong.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>The George Eastman House is a National Historic Landmark located within the district.</p><br>
<p>Hiram Sibley House.jpgThe Hiram Sibley House at 400 East Avenue</p><br>
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<p>The Engineers Club of Dayton was founded by Colonel Edward A. Deeds and Charles F. Kettering in Dayton, Ohio in 1914. The club&#39;s building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the history of the club involves notable Daytonians and historical figures such as Orville Wright.</p><br>
<h2>Establishment</h2><br>
<p>Members cited the status of Dayton as one of the leading industrial cities in the country in support of their formation of the club. The charter members of the Engineers Club were Edward A. Deeds, Charles F. Kettering, F.M. Tait, H.B. Canby, Arthur E. Morgan, H.M. Williams, H.J. Williams, H.G. Dorsey, H.G. Kittredge, D.A. Kohr, Harry I. Schenck, J.H. Hunt, O.H. Hutchings, Oscar, Kressler, and F.O. Clements. On April 15, 1914, the charter members signed the articles of incorporation of the Engineers Club of Dayton. Deeds was elected the club&#39;s first president (1914–1915).</p><br>
<p>Through a connection of Kettering, the club was originally permitted to meet at a property owned by Delco Electronics located on the corner of Second and Madison streets in Dayton. As membership grew, the need for a new, permanent location became evident and a building committee, funded by Deeds and Kettering, planned the construction of the present location of the club on Monument Avenue.</p><br>
<p>On February 2, 1918, the club&#39;s new home, designed by the Dayton firm of Schenck & Williams, was dedicated in front of more than 300 members and guests. Commemorating the occasion, Orville Wright gave a rare public speech. He emphasized the responsibility of the membership, both present and future. Among the distinguished guests present at the event were Governor James M. Cox, Major J.G. Vincent and William B. Mayo.</p><br>
<p>On October 17, 2007, the Engineers Club of Dayton was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Membership and Organizational Information</h2><br>
<p>According to the articles of incorporation, the mission of the Engineers Club is to "foster the advancement of business, education, engineering and science, and to promote the professional development of its members."</p><br>
<p>The Engineers Club is a private, non-profit professional-association, overseen by a Board of Governors and operated by a Club Manager and staff. The Engineers Club Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to support education in engineering and business professions and the restoration and preservation of the historic Engineers Club of Dayton building. Donations to the Foundation are tax deductible.</p><br>
<p>The Engineers Club of Dayton is open to new members and offers "individual memberships, including special memberships for students and non-residents (outside the Miami Valley), as well as corporate and group memberships."</p><br>
<h2>Current operations</h2><br>
<p>The membership of the Engineers Club is currently primarily made up of professionals and academics throughout the Dayton area. The club holds lectures and other similar professional events throughout the year. In addition to such academic activities, the club frequently hosts social events for its members.</p><br>
<p>Financing for the club&#39;s operations comes through its endowed foundation, the Engineers Club Foundation, membership fees and food sales from the dining room, located within the Engineers Club building. Members are currently required to spend a certain amount on dining and social activities offered by the club within any given calendar year.</p><br>
<p>In addition to the sources of income already discussed, the Engineers Club earns operating revenue through renting various space within the clubs historic facility for banquet services. From the clubs website, the types of events for which the club is well suited include wedding receptions, showers, anniversaries, birthdays, tea parties, reunions, seminars, conferences, business meetings, awards dinners, presentations and other gatherings for 15-350 guests.</p><br>
<p>The Embassy of the United States of America in Tehran was the United States of America&#39;s diplomatic mission in the Imperial State of Iran. Direct bilateral diplomatic relations between the two governments were severed following the Iranian Revolution in 1979, and the subsequent seizure of the embassy in November 1979.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The embassy was designed in 1948 by the architect Ides van der Gracht, the designer of the Embassy of the United States in Ankara. It was a long, low two-story brick building, similar to American high schools built in the 1930s and 1940s. For this reason, the building was nicknamed "Henderson High" by the embassy staff, referring to Loy W. Henderson, who became America&#39;s ambassador to Iran just after construction was completed in 1951.</p><br>
<p>The US diplomatic mission has been defunct and the building has not been used by the USA since the Iran hostage crisis of 1979. The name currently given to the compound by many Iranians is variously translated as "espionage den," "den of espionage", and "nest of spies".</p><br>
<p>After the fall of the embassy, the Revolutionary Guard used it as a training center, and continue to maintain the complex. The brick walls that form the perimeter (the embassy grounds are the size of a city block) feature a number of anti-American murals commissioned by the government of Iran. The site has also housed a bookstore and a museum.). As of January 2017, the site is open to the Iranian public and foreigners. The Great Seal of the United States is badly damaged, but still visible at the entryway.</p><br>
<p>The Muslim Student Followers of the Imam&#39;s Line published documents seized in the embassy (including painstakingly reconstructed shredded documents) in a series of books called "Documents from the US Espionage Den" (Persian: اسناد لانه جاسوس امریكا, Asnād-e lāneh-e jasusi Amrikā). These books included telegrams, correspondence, and reports from the United States Department of State and Central Intelligence Agency, some of which remain classified to this day.</p><br>
<h2>Former Iranian Embassy</h2><br>
<p>The Former Embassy of Iran in Washington, D.C. is also defunct as Iran does not currently have an embassy in the United States. Its interests are handled through the Interests Section of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the United States at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington D.C.</p><br>
<p>Mt. Hope–Highland Historic District is a national historic district located at Rochester in Monroe County, New York. The district was the exclusive domain of the Ellwanger and Barry Botanic Gardens and Mt. Hope Cemetery throughout the mid- and late-19th century. It retains its elegant and spacious character of park land. The district is punctuated with notable architect-designed buildings combined with more tightly knit early 20th century subdivision along the district&#39;s fringes. Among the notable buildings are the Warner Castle , a 22 room mansion that is home to the Rochester Garden Center. The Mt. Hope Cemetery includes a little Gothic chapel designed by Andrew Jackson Warner.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.</p><br>
<p>The Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania is a funerary monument located on the road between Cherchell and Algiers, in Algeria. The mausoleum is the tomb where the Berber King Juba II and Queen Cleopatra Selene II, sovereigns of Mauretania, are buried.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The sepulchre is sometimes known as the Mausoleum of Juba and Cleopatra Selene. In French, it is called the Tombeau de la Chrétienne ("the tomb of the Christian woman") because there is a Christian cross-like shape of the division lines on the false door. In Arabic, the mausoleum is called the Kubr-er-Rumia or Kbor er Roumia, which means the tomb of the Roman woman. When the Umayyad Caliphate first spread its influence in the Maghreb, its forces used to call people or places that they conquered Rûm, "Roman", after the Eastern Roman Empire.</p><br>
<h3>Royal Family of Mauretania</h3><br>
<p>The mausoleum was built in 3 BC by the last King of Numidia, and later King of Mauretania, Juba II, and his wife Cleopatra Selene II. Cleopatra Selene II was an Egyptian-Greek Ptolemaic princess, the daughter of the Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt and Roman Triumvir Mark Antony. Through her marriage to Juba II, she became the last Queen of Numidia and later Queen of Mauretania.</p><br>
<p>The mausoleum is probably the Royal Tomb that the 1st-century Roman geographer Pomponius Mela (1.31) described as the monumentum commune regiae gentis ("the communal mausoleum of the royal family"). If the geographer’s description of the mausoleum is correct, then the building was not intended just for Juba and Cleopatra, but envisaged as a dynastic funeral monument for their royal descendants.</p><br>
<p>The Mauretanian sepulchre looks similar to the Mausoleum of Augustus erected by the first Roman Emperor, Augustus, in Rome. Augustus began constructing his mausoleum between 29 BC-27 BC, some time before Juba II left Rome to return to Numidia.</p><br>
<h3>Construction</h3><br>
<p>The Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania is a common type of ancient mausoleums found in Numidia. The architectural type of the monument originates from the various Ancient Greek mausoleums from Anatolia and Egypt. It is built on a hill some 250 metres (756 feet) above sea level. The monument is entirely built from stone, while its main structure is in a circular form with a square base topped by a cone or a pyramid. The square base measures 60 to 60.9 metres square or 200 to 209 foot. The height of the monument was originally about 40 metres or 130’ in height. Due to damage that the mausoleum has suffered from natural elements and vandalism, the monument now measures 30-32.4 metres in height. The base of the monument was decorated with 60 Ionic columns whose capitals were removed, possibly stolen. Inside, the centre of the mausoleum has two vaulted chambers, separated by a short passage connected by a gallery outside by stone doors which can be moved up and down by levers. The passage leading to the chambers is about 500’. One chamber measures 142 feet long by 11 feet broad and is 11 feet high, while the other is smaller.</p><br>
<h3>Under the Ottomans and French</h3><br>
<p>In 1555, the Pasha of Algiers, Salah Rais, gave orders to pull down the mausoleum. After large black wasps swarmed out and stung some of the workers to death, the effort was abandoned. At the end of the 18th century, Baba Mahommed tried in vain to destroy the monument with artillery. Later, when the French occupied Algeria the monument was used by the French Navy for target practice.</p><br>
<h3>Recognition and conservation of the Mausoleum</h3><br>
<p>The Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania is a part of a unique archeological site along the road from Cherchell to Tipaza. On this archeological site, there are various monuments and infrastructure that have survived from the Phoenician (see also Carthage National Museum), Roman, Early Christianity and Byzantine periods. This group of ruins that are located along the Mediterranean Sea were recognized and inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982.</p><br>
<p>Although these archeological remains, including the Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania, are protected, the ruins located between Cherchell and Tipaza face constant threats from continual urban construction and expansion, open sewage drainage run offs, poor maintenance, and constant vandalism. Due to these ongoing problems, these archaeological remains face an uncertain future.</p><br>
<p>The local authorities have failed and had problems implementing a 1992 ‘Permanent Safeguarding and Presentation Plan’ an effective management program in preserving these ruins. In 2001, the World Heritage Site provided emergency assistance for this archaeological site. In 2002, experts from UNESCO went to visit the site and to report on the condition of the ruins; the archeological site has been placed on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger.</p><br>
<p>Llety&#39;r Dryw is a house in Abergele Road, Colwyn Bay, Conwy, Wales. It is a Grade II listed building. It was built in 1893 for John Eden  and designed by the Chester firm of architects, Douglas and Fordham. About 1960 it came into the possession of Denbighshire County Council and used as the Fire Brigade Headquarters, and about 1990 it was taken over by the North Wales Police Authority. The house has been described as a "simple stone-built villa", which has been "inspired by 17th-century vernacular work of Northern England". The listing description says it is a "freely interpreted neo-vernacular house of considerable architectural quality".</p><br>
<p>It is built in random rubble, with red sandstone dressings; it has a slate roof with a crest of red tiles, and brick chimneystacks with stone caps. It consists of a main range, with cross wings having coped and finialed gables, and a service extension behind. Much of the original joinery remains in the interior of the house.</p><br>
<p>The Lenoir Cotton Mill was a 19th-century cotton mill located in the USA city of Lenoir City, Tennessee. One of the earliest examples of industrial architecture in Tennessee, the mill operated variously from its construction around 1830 until the 1950s. The mill was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in the 1970s. Efforts to restore the mill began in 1980, but before the restoration could be completed, the mill was destroyed by arson in 1991.</p><br>
<p>The Lenoir Cotton Mill was one of several enterprises established by early settler and entrepreneur William Ballard Lenoir (1775&ndash;1852). Lenoir moved to the area in 1810 after his father, General William Lenoir, deeded to him the 5,000 acre tract of land comprising what is now Lenoir City. The younger Lenoir established the Lenoir Manufacturing Company in 1817, which engaged in multiple agricultural and industrial enterprises throughout the 19th century.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>The Lenoir Cotton Mill site is located near the corner of Depot Street and South Hill Street, just off USA Route 11 in downtown Lenoir City. Town Creek, which flows along the eastern base of the mill site, empties into the Tennessee River about a half-mile to the south. The William Ballard Lenoir house, built in 1821, still stands across the street from the mill site, although it has been drastically modified as a residential apartment complex.</p><br>
<p>Another structure related to the mill, the Lenoir Cotton Mill Warehouse, stands about a half-mile to the southeast, and has recently been restored and currently serves as a residence.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>What is now Lenoir City was originally part of a 5,000 acre grant of land given to General William Lenoir (1751&ndash;1839) for service in the American Revolution. Lenoir deeded the land to his son, William Ballard Lenoir, who moved his family to the area in 1810. William Ballard Lenoir established the Lenoir Manufacturing Company in 1817, and engaged in numerous agricultural and industrial endeavors. Along with the cotton mill, Lenoir built a sawmill and gristmill on Town Creek, and raised livestock. The Lenoir family used both slave labor and paid labor in their enterprises.</p><br>
<p>The cotton mill was completed in the early 1830s. A Pittsburgh miller named E.F. Faber built a 113-spindle spinning jack and three looms for Lenoirs mill in 1831. Lenoirs farm grew and ginned its own cotton throughout the 1830s, but eventually Lenoir employed his sons to purchase raw cotton for the mill. By the mid-1850s, the mill had 620 spindles, and was powered by an overshot waterwheel. In 1855, the mills value was listed at $12,000, making it the Lenoirs most valuable asset.</p><br>
<p>After Lenoirs death in 1852, his sons continued operating the mill. During the Civil War (1861&ndash;1865), the Lenoirs supported the Confederacy, and when Union soldiers occupied the Lenoir estate in 1863, they burned the Lenoirs railroad depot, general store, and several other outbuildings. As they prepared to burn the cotton mill, William Ballard Lenoir&#39;s son, Benjamin Ballard Lenoir, walked through the ranks of the Union troops flashing a secret Masonic sign, and the troops spared the mill.</p><br>
<p>By 1890, when the Lenoir City Company purchased the Lenoir estate, the mill had been expanded to include over 1,000 spindles. The Holston Manufacturing Company used the mill for a hosiery operation in the 1890s, although the mill was eventually converted into a flour mill, which operated until the 1950s. In 1980, the Lenoir Cotton Mill Association was formed to preserve the mill, and eventually raised over $100,000 for its restoration. The mill was destroyed by arson in 1991, however, and in 1996 Lenoir City rejected a plan to rebuild the mill, choosing instead to include the mills ruins in plans for a city park. One of the mills warehouses, known as the Lenoir Cotton Mill Warehouse, was restored and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.</p><br>
<p>The winding, hillside road from Tantalus to Round Top in Honolulu, Hawaii, dates back to 1892. Tantalus Drive and Round Top Drive were gravel roads when they were completed in 1917, but were paved in 1937. In March 2007, a seven-mile stretch of the road was added to the State Register of Historic Places, and in August 2009 to the National Register of Historic Places, the first such designation for a roadway on Oahu. The more populated lower portions of Tantalus Drive and Round Top Drive were not so designated. This road joins the Hana Highway on Maui on the National Register, and 97 such Historic Roads nationally. Not all of the latter are on the National Register, but some are listed among the Federal Highway Administration&#39;s National Scenic Byways or All-American Roads.</p><br>
<p>Eliot Hall is a historic building at 7A Eliot Street in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston. It is sometimes referred to as "The Footlight Club," after "America&#39;s oldest community theatre," which owns and operates out of the building.</p><br>
<p>Originally built in 1832 in Greek Revival/Italianate style, the hall was slated for demolition by the time the club’s members purchased it in 1889. Since then it has served for over a century as the organization’s home and performance venue. The Trustees of Eliot Hall were formed by the group in the 1980s to oversee renovations to the deteriorating building, saving it from closure, and in 1988 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Currently, the hall is used as the offices and performance space of The Footlight Club, and is rented out by the club for private functions.</p><br>
<p>The Charles Maynard House is a historic house at 459 Crafts Street in Newton, Massachusetts. The house was built in 1897, and is a fine local example of a Queen Anne Victorian with some Colonial Revival styling. It is also notable as the home of naturalist and taxidermist Charles Johnson Maynard. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Maynard House is located on the north side of Crafts Street, a historic thoroughfare connecting Waltham and Newton Corner. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with asymmetrical massing and a complex roofline typical of the Queen Anne period. The walls are finished in wooden clapboards, and the building rests on a fieldstone foundation. The hip roof is pierced by a number of gabled dormers, and there is an octagonal tower with pyramidal roof at one corner. The front porch has a flat roof, and is supported by Tuscan columns with a simple balustrade.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in 1897, and is a fairly typical of the suburban residential construction taking place in Newton at that time. The house was built on part of what was once the Maynard family farm, subdivided from property owned by Charles Johnson Maynard&#39;s brother. Charles Johnson Maynard was a prominent naturalist and taxidermist who worked and lived in Boston for many years, but returned to Newton in 1897, and remained in this house until his death in 1929. Maynard was a prominent local lecturer, and published at least eleven books on bird-related topics.</p><br>
<p>The Myrtle Baptist Church Neighborhood Historic District encompasses a historic center of the African-American community in West Newton, Massachusetts. The district includes all of Curve Street, where the Myrtle Baptist Church is located, as well as a few properties on adjacent Auburn and Prospect Streets. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Curve Street, and adjacent areas that were razed to make way for the adjacent Massachusetts Turnpike, has been a center of Newton&#39;s African-American community since about 1870, and is the only such area to retain any sort of historic integrity in the city. The focus of the neighborhood became the Myrtle Baptist Church, a wood frame structure built in 1875 and rebuilt in 1898 after a fire, and nearby railroad yards provided a source of jobs for laborers who lived in the neighborhood. Houses along densely packed Curve Street have in some cases remained in the ownership of the same families since the area was first settled.</p><br>
<p>The district contains one church, one commercial building, and twenty-two residential houses. Most of the houses were built between the 1880s and 1929, and are set on small relatively near the street. Most are single-family residences, although there is one large Second Empire house that has been converted to condominiums, and there are a few duplexes and one triple-decker. Stylistically they are diverse, typically done in vernacular versions of popular revival styles of the period. The most unusual house in the district is 15-29 Prospect Street, the converted Second Empire house, which was moved into the area sometime in the 19th century, and had been divided into apartments by the early 20th century. It retains many of its original architectural features, including a bracketed cornice, segmented-arch dormers in the mansard roof, and an elaborate cupola.</p><br>
<p>The West Main Street Historic District of Marlborough, Massachusetts encompasses a residential area west of the city center. It extends along West Main Street from Mechanic Street to Gibbon Street, along Pleasant Street from West Main to Lincoln Street, and also includes short pieces of Witherbee and Winthrop Streets abutting West Main. Most of the buildings in the district are houses built between 1820 and 1930, the period of the city&#39;s growth as an industrial center. The 15 acre district includes 77 properties, all but two of which contribute to its historic significance. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The city of Marlborough developed as a small industrial city during the 19th century, with industry, business, and commerce focused in its downtown area. To the west of the downtown a residential area developed that followed a typical pattern for industrializing cities. The upper-class owners, managers, and merchants built high-quality housing on well-proportioned lots on major streets near the centers of commerce and industry, while lower-class workers and functionaries lived in more modest and densely packed areas. In Marlborough West Main Street and Pleasant Street were two major roads along which the finer houses were built, set back on lots with manicured lawns. Typical examples in this district include the Italianate Brigham-Cutting House (c. 1876-77)at 22 Pleasant Street, the Greek Revival William Pitt Brigham House (c. 1858) at 28 Pleasant Street, and the Queen Anne Stevens House (c. 1885) at 32 Pleasant. The latter two houses were both owned around the turn of the 20th century by factory owners.</p><br>
<p>The houses along Witherbee and Winthrop Street are in slightly smaller lots. Larger houses in this area were built and occupied by skilled workers, and many of them have since been subdivided into multiple units. Typical examples include the Second Empire George A. Howe House (c. 1870) at 59 Witherbee Street, the Bungalow-style Kelley House (c. 1915) at 17 Winthrop Street, and the Georgian Revival Ellis House (c. 1920) at 14 Winthrop.</p><br>
<p>There are two major non-residential buildings in the district. The Christian Science Church (corner of West Main and Winthrop) is a residential-scale structure built in 1920, while the St. Marys Credit Union Building (135 West Main) is an ahistoric oversized Colonial Revival structure that does not contribute to the areas historic significance.</p><br>
<p>German Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Mark is a historic church and synagogue building at 323 East 6th Street between First and Second Avenues in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The Renaissance Revival style church was built in 1847 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Matthew which first rented it to St. Mark&#39;s and subsequently sold it to them in 1857. Much of the church membership was killed in the 1904 General Slocum disaster, and the congregation never recovered.</p><br>
<p>In 1940, the church was converted to the Community Synagogue Max D. Raiskin Center, an Orthodox Jewish congregation.</p><br>
<h2>General Slocum disaster</h2><br>
<p>In 1904, The Ladies Aid Society (Frauenhilfsverein) chartered the General Slocum steamboat for their summer outing on the East River. The boat caught fire and over 1000 parishioners perished in one of the worst disasters in the citys history. Thereafter Germans began moving uptown from the Lower East Side, primarily to Yorkville, and abandoned the church. The parish of St. Marks merged with the Zion Church in Yorkville in 1946 to become Zion St. Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church.</p><br>
<h2>Preservation</h2><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004,</p><br>
