<p>The Masonic Temple in Evansville, Indiana, USA, was a building from 1913. It was designed by the local architects Shopbell & Company in Classical Revival style. The building measures 72 x 104 feet, with four stories above ground and a basement. The exterior walls of the first two floors are faced with stone and the stories above trimmed with both stone and terra cotta. The interior floors and partitions are supported by steel columns and girders, also following the Roman classic order.</p><br>
<p>The Evansville Masonic Temple continues to host Lessing and Reed Lodges mentioned above and two additional Lodges chartered long after the building was completed. The two additional Lodges are: Constellation Lodge No. 748 and Daylight Lodge No. 752. All Lodges are chartered by the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Indiana.</p><br>
<p>The fourth floor of the Evansville Masonic Temple is the York Rite floor. Evansville York Rite is composed of three separately Chartered Masonic Organizations. Each is Chartered by their respective Grand body of the State of Indiana. The three organizations are: Evansville Chapter No. 12 Royal Arch Masons, Simpson Council No. 23 Cryptic Masons and La Valette Commandery No. 15 Knights Templar.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>The building has been demolished.</p><br>
<p>The Johnson County Museum of History is a local historical museum located in Franklin, Indiana. The museum is run by the Johnson County Historical Society. The museum officially opened in 1931, under the name "Johnson County Museum." It was organized by the local Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.</p><br>
<p>Originally located in a small room at the county courthouse, the museum has grown over the years, making it necessary to relocate. In 1963 it moved to the Suckow home, and in 1989 it moved again to its current building.</p><br>
<h2>About the Museum</h2><br>
<p>The Johnson County Museum of History has been in existence since 1931. Originally, historical artifacts were on display in store windows in downtown Franklin. The local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution were able to organize efforts for a museum in 1931.</p><br>
<p>The original museum was located in a small room at the Johnson County Courthouse. The gallery was later moved to the Suckow home in Franklin in 1963. In 1989 Johnson County officials along with the Johnson County Historical Society combined to purchase the former Masonic Temple in Franklin located at 135 Main Street, and moved into the space in 1991. The museum is currently operating at the same address.</p><br>
<p>The museum currently offers permanent and seasonal exhibits, various programs and events, a genealogy library with original Johnson County and surrounding area records, a gift shop, and an 1830s cabin located next to the museum.</p><br>
<h2>Permanent Exhibits</h2><br>
<p>Early Inhabitants</p><br>
<p>Contains Native American artifacts, tools, weapons, and fur trade items.</p><br>
<p>Johnson County Pioneer Settlers</p><br>
<p>Contains original artifacts, Conestoga wagon reproduction, a replica fiddler with playable audio, and replica children&#39;s clothing.</p><br>
<p>Victorian Life</p><br>
<p>Contains a Victorian Parlor reproduction complete with clothing, furniture, and accessories.</p><br>
<p>Indiana Infantry in the Civil War</p><br>
<p>Contains original photographs and Civil War regalia, equipment and weaponry used in the war, and a mock encampment scene.</p><br>
<p>Serving County and Country</p><br>
<p>Contains memorabilia from the Spanish-American War to present day, historic items and photographs, authentic World War II attire, and historical contents from Camp Atterbury in nearby Edinburgh, Indiana.</p><br>
<p>The Fabulous &#39;50s</p><br>
<p>Contains a replica diner scene, 1953 Chrysler Imperial, drive-in marquee, authentic 1950s popcorn machine used in the Artcraft Theatre, and other 1950s regalia.</p><br>
<p>Artwork</p><br>
<p>Includes works of art from local Johnson County artists past and present.</p><br>
<h2>Genealogy Library</h2><br>
<p>The museum has access to Johnson County records resources. Such records include: Marriage record books, guardianship records, tax records, court records, inventory and sales records, military and veteran records, school yearbooks and records, local township records, written town histories, cemetery records, church records, oral histories, records from 28 surrounding counties and 11 states, and more.</p><br>
<h2>Building</h2><br>
<p>The museum&#39;s current building was designed by the noted architecture firm Shopbell, Fowler, and Thole and constructed as a Masonic Temple between 1922 and 1924 by Franklin Lodge No. 107 (a lodge of Freemasons) who used it as their meeting place until 1987.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. Although it had already been converted to a museum by that time, it is listed under the name Masonic Temple in the register.</p><br>
<p>The Masonic Temple is a historic Masonic Lodge located in Muncie, Indiana. The building is now only used by the Cornerstone Center for the Arts.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>This Masonic Temple is the third building by the Masons in the city of Muncie. The land was acquired by the Masons to accommodate the increasing rise in membership. Beginning in 1920, construction ended in 1926 culminating in a cost of around $1 million. Well-known local architect Cuno Kibele was commissioned for the project.</p><br>
<h2>Construction</h2><br>
<p>Cornerstone Center for the Arts is in the Gothic Revival style.</p><br>
<p>The first rough estimates for the construction were around $250,000. Each organization within the fraternity was to have its own assembly room. Plans were changed, however, when the Ball brothers offered up a $150,000 donation in order to add an auditorium to the structure. Frank C. Ball, in particular, stated that his hope was to provide a place for high-level entertainments to be held in Muncie and that he saw the construction of the new Masonic temple as a perfect place.</p><br>
<p>"Several years ago when our brothers Will and Ed were with us we talked several times of providing an auditorium for the benefit of the citizens of Muncie, where recitals, lectures, concerts, and entertainments of various kinds, of a high order, could be given. The control and management of such an auditorium was a difficult one to decide, and it was not decided until the time when the Masonic Order was planning to build a new temple. Ed, who was deeply interested in Masonry (he being Thirty-third Degree Mason), suggested that we build an auditorium in connection with the temple and place it under control of the Masonic Order."</p><br>
<h2>Artwork</h2><br>
<p>Gustav A. Brand created a total of twenty-two murals for the interior of the building.</p><br>
<h2>Historical Significance</h2><br>
<p>The construction of the Cornerstone Center for the Arts was considered a major event for a number of different reasons. For one, the building was widely considered to be a crowning achievement in the city of Muncie. This was due to its architectural styling. While simple, it was still considered to be one of the most beautiful and highly recognizable landmarks in the city upon completion. Secondly, there was also a large draw in terms of the mystery and intrigue that surrounded the fraternal order of the Freemasons. More specifically, the peoples interest in the buildings cornerstone garnered much attention. The addition of the 1,600-seat auditorium to its original plans also gave the city of Muncie one of its first major entertainment venues.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>The Masonic Temple is a historic building located in Stuart, Iowa, United States. The Des Moines architectural firm of Merrill and Smith designed the building in a combination of the Romanesque Revival and the Colonial Revival styles. The Romanesque Revival influence is found in the use of round-arched windows on the upper floors and the main entry on the first floor. The Colonial Revival influence is found in the clock tower, the stepped roof cornice, and the multi-pane transoms above the second-floor windows.</p><br>
<p>The Masons built the structure in 1894. Originally the first floor housed commercial space, with professional offices on the second floor and Masonic Order occupied the third and fourth floors. The Masons sold the building in 1970. The first floor continues to house retail space and residential apartments are located on the upper floors. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.</p><br>
<p>The former Masonic Temple is a historic commercial and social building at Main and High Streets in downtown Belfast, Maine. Built in 1877, it is one of the city&#39;s most elaborately decorated buildings, featuring Masonic symbols. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. While there are active Masonic organizations in Belfast, they now meet in a modern facility on Wight Street.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Belfast&#39;s former Masonic Temple is located in the commercial heart of the city, at the northeast corner of Main and High Streets. It is a 3-1/2 story masonry structure, built out of red brick with stone trim, resting on a granite foundation. It is capped by a mansard roof, and has a four-story mansard-roofed tower prominently set at the street corner. The ground floor houses commercial storefronts, with the main entrance centered on the facade facing High Street, flanked by engaged columns and topped by an elaborate stone hood with brackets. Windows on the upper levels are set in segmented-arch openings, with keystones. The mansard roof is pierced by dormers with one or two sash windows, topped by small gables. The tower is crested by a small corniced battlement.</p><br>
<p>The first Masonic organization in Belfast, the Phoenix Lodge, was founded in 1817. By 1875 there were four organization, whose meetings were held in a hall in the old High School on Church street. That building was destroyed by fire in 1875, prompting the construction of this building. The land was purchased in 1877, and the building erected the following year. It was designed by George M. Harding of Boston, Massachusetts.</p><br>
<p>The Masonic Temple is a historic commercial and fraternal society building at 415 Congress Street in downtown Portland, Maine. Built in 1911 to a design by local architect Frederick A. Tompson, it is one of the citys finest examples of Beaux Arts architecture, and houses some of the states grandest interior spaces. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Portland Masonic Temple occupies a prominent position in the citys downtown, set between City Hall and the First Parish Church on the north side of Congress Street, the citys main commercial thoroughfare. It is a brick and stone building, six stories in height, with a flat roof. Its main facade is divided into five sections, with four storefronts flanking a central two-story entrance. The entrance has wide paneled pilasters on either side, and a round-arch window at the second level. A beltcourse frieze with ornate decorate stonework separates the second and third levels. The middle three bays of the third through fifth floors are recessed, with flanking Corinthian pilasters and paired Corinthian columns on either side of the central bay.</p><br>
<p>The Grand Lodge of Maine was established in 1820, although its oldest lodge was founded in 1762, with a charter signed by Paul Revere and others. This building has been the principal center of Masonic activity in the state since its construction in 1911. The Masons put the building up for sale in 2008, citing the high cost of its maintenance, but a deal to convert the building to condominiums fell through. They have now opened their spaces, which include some of the finest large spaces in the city, for event rental as a means to support its upkeep.</p><br>
<p>The Masonic Temple in Cadillac, Michigan is a commercial building built in 1899. It is the earliest surviving fraternal building designed by the prolific architect Sidney Osgood. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Clam Lake Masonic Lodge #331 was founded in 1876 in the village of Clam Lake (which was later re-named Cadillac). The Lodge met in a series of buildings, and in the late 1880s began plans to construct their own building. In 1889, the Masons put together financing, combining guaranteed leases of sections of the planned building and the sale of $20,000 of bonds. They hired architect Sidney Osgood from Grand Rapids to design the building, and jointly contracted local builders Charles W. Dutton and John G. Mosser to construct it. Excavation work began in August 1889; exterior work was completed by November, and the first tenants occupied the building in February 1890.</p><br>
<p>The second floor of the building was originally rented to Wexford County, and was the first "permanent" location of the Wexford County offices in Cadillac. The county offices were located in this building from 1890 through 1912. Other tenants have subsequently used it for office space. The Masons moved into the third floor of the building in 1890, and had remained in this location until the present. The third floor of the building has also housed other fraternal clubs, including the Order of Eastern Star Ladies Auxiliary (circa 1890), Chapter 103 of the Royal Arch Masons (circa 1910), and Council 70 of the Royal and Select Masters (circa 1910).</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Cadillac Masonic Temple is a three story Romanesque brick and stone commercial building measuring 75 ft by 100 ft. The building is three bays wide, containing three storefronts and an entryway to the upper floors. The first floor contains a rusticated stone arch and stone piers, and cut stone belt courses are located between the floors on three of the four sides. The three store fronts have recessed entrances, transom windows, and panels below the display windows as originally built, but have been slightly modified over time. Window hoods on the upper floors are made of cut stone, and additional decorative brick detailing highlights the third floor window arch. A brick cornice tops the facade, but the original segmental arch pediment has been removed.</p><br>
<p>On the interior, the first floor is divided into three retail shops, with configurations identical to what they were at the time of the building&#39;s construction. The second floor is sub-divided for office and service uses, and the arrangement of these divisions has changed over the years. The third floor is used by the Masonic Lodge, and is significant in that the area has been in continuous use as the Masonic Lodge since 1889, with little change.</p><br>
<p>On the third floor, the Temple room and adjacent entry room has undergone almost no change since the original construction. The room has unaltered maple flooring, stamped decorative tin ceiling, pebbled tin wall and oak moldings. All of the furnishings, including chairs, display cases, and spitoons, are original to the Lodge. The surrounding rooms, including kitchen, dining room and lounge, have undegone some renovations but retain their maple flooring.</p><br>
<p>The Masonic Temple in Great Falls, Montana is a building from 1914. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.</p><br>
<p>Address is 821 Central Avenue, Great Falls, Montana 59401, Phone number is 453-9080.</p><br>
<p>Cascade No. 34 meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 7:30pm, Sept-June.</p><br>
<p>Euclid No. 58 meets year-round, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays at 7:30pm, Sept-May, 3rd Tuesdays at 7:30pm, June-Aug.</p><br>
<p>Delta No. 128 meets 2nd Wednesdays at 7:30pm, Sept-June.</p><br>
<p>The Great Falls York Rite Bodies and Hassan Grotto MOVPER also meet in this building.</p><br>
<p>There is a coffee and donuts every Saturday at 9:00 AM in the basement for men interested in learning more about Freemasonry.</p><br>
<p>Three active Blue Lodges meet in the building throughout the year including: Cascade Lodge No. 34, Euclid Lodge No. 58, and Delta Lodge No. 128.</p><br>
<p>Lindbergh Forest is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, located off Chapman Highway  in South Knoxville, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as an historic district. Initially developed in the late 1920s as one of Knoxvilles first automobile suburbs, the neighborhood is now noted for its late-1920s and early-1930s residential architecture, and the use of East Tennessee marble detailing. The neighborhood also contains two of Knoxvilles five surviving Lustron houses. In 1998, several of its houses were added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Lindbergh Forest Historic District.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Traditionally, Lindbergh Forest was situated in an area roughly bounded by Chapman Highway on the west, Woodlawn Pike on the north and east, and Moody Avenue on the south. Today, the Lindbergh Forest Neighborhood has expanded from its original 25 acres to include almost one square mile. Current boundaries, as set by the Lindbergh Forest Neighborhood Association in 2015, are Chapman Highway to the west, East Moody Avenue to the east, and Lippencott Street and Davenport Road to the north. It consists of about 200 single family homes, four apartment complexes, Dogwood Elementary School, Sarah Simpson Professional Development Technology Center, around 18 different businesses, Graystone Presbyterian Church, and the Cecil Webb Recreation Center. A trailhead located behind Dogwood Elementary School links the Lindbergh Forest neighborhood to Knoxville&#39;s Urban Wilderness.</p><br>
<p>The Lindbergh Forest neighborhood is heavily wooded, with numerous mature trees, and contains streets which follow the natural topography. This setting provides a stark contrast with the busy sprawl along adjacent areas of Chapman Highway.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In the late 1920s, real estate developer Victor McClain purchased what is now the Lindbergh Forest area from Samuel B. Luttrell (son of former Knoxville mayor James C. Luttrell). McClain, who had made a fortune developing subdivisions in Florida, hoped to develop a neighborhood catering to Knoxville&#39;s rising number of automobile commuters during this period. While similar "automobile suburbs" were being developed elsewhere in Knoxville at the time (e.g., North Hills, Sequoyah Hills, and Forest Heights), the lack of an adequate vehicle bridge across the Tennessee River made such development in South Knoxville risky. The completion of the Henley Street Bridge in 1931, however, alleviated this problem, and the first lots sold well.</p><br>
<p>As part of a promotional campaign, McClain offered $100 to whoever could come up with the best name for the new neighborhood. The winning entry, "Lindbergh Forest," was suggested by Emilee Cate. She submitted the name in honor of aviator Charles Lindbergh, who had completed his famous trans-Atlantic flight in 1927. Cate was the wife of Sheriff J. Carroll Cate, who as a deputy sheriff had unsuccessfully defended the Knox County Jail from a lynch mob during the Riot of 1919. The Cates lived on Chamberlain Boulevard.</p><br>
<p>Early residents of Lindbergh Forest included local business owners, local politicians, University of Tennessee professors, and Tennessee Valley Authority employees. During the 1930s, three consecutive mayors of Knoxville lived in Lindbergh Forest&mdash; John T. O&#39;Connor, James Elmore, Sr., and Walter Mynatt. One resident, Dewey Holt, owner of the United Milk and Grocery Company, was reputedly a local bootlegger. When new residents moved into his house in the 1980s, they found hundreds of liquor bottles scattered around the house and grounds.</p><br>
<h2>Lindbergh Forest Historic District</h2><br>
<p>The Lindbergh Forest Historic District consists of 38 contributing houses and 10 contributing garages, all built between 1929 and 1947. The streetscapes and lamp posts have been included collectively in the listing as a contributing site. The Tudor Revival style is the most common architectural style in the district. Colonial Revival, Minimal Traditional, Bungalow, Spanish Eclectic, and Modern styles are also represented. The district includes two Lustron houses, which were a type of pre-fabricated house designed by the Lustron Corporation to meet post-World War II housing shortages.</p><br>
<p>The lamp posts in Lindbergh Forest remain from the early stages of the neighborhood&#39;s development. The posts, designed to resemble colonial-era gas lights, are 8 ft tall and topped with wrought iron fixtures.</p><br>
<h3>Notable houses</h3><br>
<p>214 Druid Drive, a one-story Tudor Revival-style house built c. 1930. The house&#39;s exterior consists of stone with East Tennessee marble window sills.</p><br>
<p>240 Druid Drive, a -story Spanish Eclectic-style house built c. 1929. The exterior consists of course limestone walls with East Tennessee marble trim.</p><br>
<p>244 Druid Drive, a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with Colonial influence, built c. 1929. The house&#39;s exterior consists of rubble-coursed limestone veneer with brick trim.</p><br>
<p>222 Chamberlain Boulevard, a one-story Lustron house built c. 1947.</p><br>
<p>229 Chamberlain Boulevard, a two-story Eclectic house with Tudor Revival and Chateauesque influence, built c. 1930. The house&#39;s exterior consists of East Tennessee marble.</p><br>
<p>254 Chamberlain Boulevard, a two-story Tudor Revival-style house with limestone exterior, built c. 1929. This house is listed in the National Register nomination form as "214 Chamberlain."</p><br>
<p>301 Chamberlain Boulevard, a -story Tudor Revival-style house with Chateauesque influence, built c. 1929. The exterior consists of rusticated limestone with East Tennessee marble trim. This house is listed in the nomination form as "201 Chamberlain."</p><br>
<p>306 Chamberlain Boulevard, a one-story Mission-style house with Spanish Colonial influence, built c. 1929. The house has stuccoed walls and a terra cotta tile roof.</p><br>
<p>3419 Southwood Drive, a one-story Tudor Revival-style house built c. 1929. The house&#39;s exterior consists of brick and limestone, and includes an arched porch and a chimney with inset cross pattern.</p><br>
<p>3514 Southwood Drive, a -story Tudor Revival-style house with Minimal Traditional influence. The house&#39;s exterior consists of coursed East Tennessee marble rubble.</p><br>
<p>327 Winslow Drive, a one-story Colonial Revival-style house built c. 1937. The house&#39;s exterior consists of brick veneer with East Tennessee marble trim.</p><br>
<p>3510 Glenhurst Drive, a one-story Lustron house built c. 1947.</p><br>
<p>The Masonic Temple is a historic Masonic temple in the village of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, United States. Built in the 1900s for a local Masonic lodge that had previously met in a succession of buildings owned by others, it is the last extant Mechanicsburg building constructed for a secret society, whether Masonic or otherwise, and it has been designated a historic site because of its well-preserved American Craftsman architecture.</p><br>
<h2>Lodge history</h2><br>
<p>A part of Goshen Township was platted as the community of Mechanicsburg in 1814, and the village was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly in 1834.</p><br>
<p>Clinton Lodge No. 113, F&AM, was chartered in the village nine years later, with Obed Horr as the first Worshipful Master. In their earliest years, the lodge met in assorted locations before finding a home in 1855 in a newly constructed structure: having working together with the villages Methodist Protestant church to build its new two-story building, they owned the buildings second story, and the church the first. This arrangement persisted until 1889 and was ended upon the lodge&#39;s discovery of structural problems, whereupon they sold their interest in the building to the church and departed (the name being changed to "Mechanicsburg Lodge" around the same time); the church, in turn, had the building destroyed in the following year and replaced it with a newer and more commodious structure. Lodge meetings were held on the second story of a downtown building until the present structure became available. Land was purchased in February 1908, the cornerstone laid in August, and the building formally dedicated in March 1909, construction having cost approximately $20,000. More than two hundred men were members of the lodge in 1917.</p><br>
<h2>Related organizations</h2><br>
<p>At the peak of Mechanicsburg&#39;s prosperity and prominence, during the final years of the nineteenth century and the earliest years of the twentieth, several other secret societies were active in the village: the Royal Arch Masons (formed 1899), the Order of the Eastern Star (formed 1894), the latter building is the only extant structure constructed to be the meeting place for a Mechanicsburg secret society.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Three stories tall, the Masonic Temple is a brick building set on a stone foundation. Non-structural elements of stone occupy a prominent part of the exterior, serving as the surrounds for the main door and windows. The roof is gabled, and while the gable ends face the sides of the building, an additional gable is oriented toward the street. Multi-pane windows in the additional gable provide light to both the second and third stories, while the main entrance and its flanking windows are sheltered by a porch with square brick pillars. Components such as bracketing shaped with knees, additional multi-pane windows with bevelled slats set as transom lights, and buff brick walls combine to lend the building an American Craftsman appearance. Upon construction, the building&#39;s rooms included a club room in the basement, banqueting and reception rooms on the first story, and a lodge meeting room and additional reception space on the second, and virtually no changes have been made to the building since construction was completed.</p><br>
<h2>Historic site</h2><br>
<p>In 1985, the Mechanicsburg Masonic Temple was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying both because of its place in the communitys history and because of its historically significant architecture. It was part of a group of twenty separate Mechanicsburg locations listed on the Register together (the communitys numerous historic buildings were too widely scattered to have all of them designated a single historic district), the only one in the American Craftsman style, and aside from five churches, the only one not constructed as a house or as a commercial property.</p><br>
<p>Forest Heights is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee. It is located in West Knoxville, surrounded by the concurrent Interstates 40 and 75 to the north, Highland Memorial Cemetery to the west, and Sutherland Avenue to the south. The oldest parts of the neighborhood along Forest Hills Boulevard have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Forest Hills Boulevard Historic District.</p><br>
<p>The neighborhood was initially constructed in the 1920s and 1930s, though most of the current houses date to after World War II. Much like Knoxville neighborhoods such as Sequoyah Hills, North Hills, and Lindbergh Forest, the early development of Forest Heights was influenced by the rise of automobile travel. The neighborhood was annexed by the city of Knoxville in 1960. Interstates 40 and 75 bisected the community much to the protestation of the neighborhood residents.</p><br>
<p>Its ZIP Code is 37919.</p><br>
<p>The Residencia Subirá , also known as Residencia Frau , is a historic building located on Reina Street in Ponce, Puerto Rico, in the city&#39;s historic district. The building dates from 1910. It was designed by the architect Blas Silva. The architecture consists of Ponce Creole style.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Built in 1910, this house was a wedding gift from Asisclo Subirá Ramírez and María Echevarría Alvarado to their daughter, Concepción Subirá Echevarría, and her husband, Manuel Frau de la Sierra. The house has always been used as a family residence and has been home to three generations of this family. It is currently (January 25, 2010) owned by William González and his three sons through his marriage with Mercedes Frau Subirá, daughter of the original owners, Concepción Subirá Echevarría and Manuel Frau de la Sierra.</p><br>
<h2>Significance</h2><br>
<p>The Subirá Residence (Frau Residence) is considered a prime example of the architecture of Ponces aristocracy of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This structure is one of the remaining symbols of Ponces "Golden Period" in which landed families lived in the urban core and large numbers of immigrants from Europe, Latin America and the other Antilles had turned the originally small settlement of Ponce into the cultural capital of Puerto Rico. The Ponce Creole architecture to which this building belongs is important in itself since it represents the birth of a high-style native architecture, a hybrid of influences rather than the purely Spanish, or spontaneous vernacular expressions of previous centuries.</p><br>
<p>In particular, the Frau Residence is significant within this genre as it was designed by one of Ponce&#39;s most well-known architects, Blas Silva. Silva was particularly renowned among the wealthy classes of the period. His buildings can usually be characterized by what is popularly referred to as "wedding-cake architecture" of the landed nouveau riche, for the richness of ornament and detail. Other buildings by Silva include the Monsanto Residence and the Salazar-Candal Residence, both listed in the NRHP.</p><br>
<p>The Frau Residence has been classed as one of Silva&#39;s most reserved houses, architecturally, as it is relatively simple and not as richly detailed as others. Rather, it relies on scale and form, and the beauty of the classical elements themselves, more than upon the applied ornamentation to portray the prominence of the original residents. It also remains very faithful to the traditional vernacular house type of the region, in plan and in execution, resulting in a graceful, refined version of the one-storey, full-width front porch house of the southern coast of Puerto Rico. In addition to the local influences, Silva reflects the interests of the Arts and Crafts movement and the academicism of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in the facade treatment, resulting in an austere and grand, yet lightweight elevation. Thus, Silva, as had other foreign-trained architects, succeeded in integrating classical education with the traditional elements of the Spanish Caribbean.</p><br>
<p>The Residence is also significant based on its location. Its location, only two blocks away from the main urban plaza of Ponce, places the Frau Residence into the "inner circle" of the historic urban core of Ponce.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Frau Residence, at Calle Reina No. 107, is a raised, one-storey, stone, brick-masonry, and plaster structure with a flat roof. It is located on the south side of the street between Calle Mendez Vigo and Calle Torres in the historic urban center of Ponce. In plan, the structure is organized in an inverted "L" shape around a side court at the rear-left.</p><br>
<p>An ample gallery raised on a local-stone podium spans the width of the facade, the central one-third portion projecting forward approximately six feet in a square form. Defining the porch is a series of Corinthian columns raised upon a concrete balustrade, one at each intersection of two perpendicular planes. These columns support a full-entablature, ornate cornice and balustered parapet with pommels over each column. Bilateral stairs access the verandah from either side of the projecting central section. The steps contain marble treads and polychrome tile risers.</p><br>
<p>Within the verandah, four bays are organized into an ABA rhythm of two paired, central bays flanked by singular bays at the extremes. Each bay is intricately articulated in the same manner: a circular arch defined by an ornate hood mould with floral and festoon plaster ornament above. Each bay contains wooden, louvered double-doors with ornate leaded glass panels and a stained-glass fanlight.</p><br>
<p>Between the paired, central bays is an articulate, full-relief, feminine bust sculpture occupying the spandrel area. Plaster ornaments composed of two small, circular medallions flanking a larger, central one decorate the areas between bays 1-2 and 3-4.</p><br>
<p>In plan, the living room, dining room, and finally a louvered gallery overlooking the side garden are disposed in sequence from front to rear. Bedrooms open onto the gallery around the court. Interior spaces are large and generally have high ceilings and the floors are covered with Loza Islena (Native ceramic tile) in intricate designs. Of particular significance are the stained-glass panels found at the transoms of the main doors and the circular window in the bathroom.</p><br>
<p>Alterations to the house have been limited to reversible wooden partitions within some of the interior spaces and the installation of modern, metal-based, hurricane impact resistant windows ("Miami windows") in some areas. The overall character of the interior spaces has not changed nonetheless, and the exterior of the premises remains faithful to the original design.</p><br>
<p>The Federal Office Building , also known as the Old Federal Building, is a thirteen story, stripped classical style building with Art Deco elements located in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The building was designed and built in 1933-34 by architects Thomas R. Kimball, William L. Steele, and Josiah D. Sandham as part of the firm Kimball, Steele & Sandham, plus associated architect George B. Prinz. It was built on the site of first U.S Courthouse and Post Office.</p><br>
<p>Part of the New Deal building program, the structure&#39;s original occupants were all federal agencies including the US Weather Bureau, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Department of Agriculture, Civil Service Commission, Customs Service, Army, and Navy. The federal District Court for Nebraska met here until the late 1950s or early 1960s. The US Army Corps of Engineers was the last federal agency officed here, and subsequent to their departure in July 2008, it has not been in use by the federal government. Though not substantiated by the FBI, the building was allegedly examined by Timothy McVeigh in 1995, prior to his involvement in the Oklahoma City Bombing.</p><br>
<p>In December 2011, the building was sold to developers who plan on opening a 152-room Residence Inn by Marriott. The exterior facade will remain the same as will some of the interior 1930s features such as terrazzo marble floors. The 23 million dollar project is expected to be completed by 2013.</p><br>
<p>The B. P. O. E. Building, otherwise known as the Elks Club was originally built for the Bellingham chapter of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in 1912, during the city&#39;s second major building boom. It is located within the vicinity of the old Federal Building on Cornwall Avenue, historically known as Dock Street. The Elks no longer occupy the building and it is now home to an Italian restaurant. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Bellingham Bay Lodge #542 of the B.P.O.E. was instituted on February 10, 1900 with twenty members. The lodge met in the Masonic Hall on the south side of town before moving into new quarters in the newly completed Rice Block, adjacent to the Beck Theatre, on Dock (now Cornwall) Street in 1906. Membership increased rapidly and by 1909, the Elks were in need of a larger meeting space and decided to build their own building. As soon as funds allowed, the lodge set out to secure a site and build a new lodge building. Bonds were issued to lodge members only and fund-raising began in the form minstrel shows put on by the Elks. Local newspapers at the time reported their intention for a building "... at least three stories in height. However, and it is possible that it will be four stories high." The lodge failed to secure enough funds and the project was put off for several more years.</p><br>
<p>In February, 1912, the Elks purchased a lot on Dock Street across from the recently completed Federal Building for $10,000 with plans to begin building a lodge immediately.</p><br>
<p>By late May 1912, Cox&#39;s plans were complete and a call was made for construction bids. The construction contract was awarded to H. Tweedy. Construction began in June 1912 and with the building well under way, the cornerstone was laid on September 1 with ex-governor Albert E. Mead addressing the crowd. The ceremony was concluded with the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" by the Elks quartet. By early 1913, the building was complete and the Elks held their first meeting in their new home. It was formally dedicated on March 25, 1913 with nearly 1,000 Elks from lodges statewide in attendance.</p><br>
<p>In 1938, the interior of the building was remodeled as well as the replacement of the marquee with a new art deco one. By the late 1940s the bowling alley was gone and in the 1960s the kitchen was moved from the second to the first floor. The Elks sold their building in 1971 and relocated to a smaller building on Samish Way, in proximity of Interstate 5. Following a brief occupancy by the Castle Restaurant, the Elks Building sat vacant until 1976 and has housed a succession of businesses, A teenage nightclub "The Vortex". The building at that time was owned by Janik of sedrow wooley WA until sold to Captain and Geller for $135,000. They operated a Teenage Nightclub "club USA" and "Whirla whip" ice cream in the front part of the building on the right side. Captain and Geller sold the Building under an agreement with the city of Bellingham it was to be a building for the city with a federal grant the city became the new owners around 1989 then it was mostly restaurants, since then.</p><br>
<p>The Wilson–Lenox House, also known as the "Marvin Ditmer House", is a historic house west of Sidney in Washington Township, Shelby County, Ohio, United States. Built in the Dutch Colonial style, Sources disagree about its date of construction: some believe that it was built in 1810, while others hold that it was erected in 1816.</p><br>
<p>John Wilson settled in present-day Washington Township in 1807, having come from Warren County with his family. Here he built his homestead, including the county&#39;s first brick house, and he quickly grew in wealth. His daughter Sally married James Lenox, a native of Virginia who moved to Washington Township in 1845; their son was Hamilton Clay ("H.C.") Lenox, a well-known resident of the area who inhabited the house until his unexpected death on August 20, 1893.</p><br>
<p>Lenoxs Dutch Colonial house is a two-and-a-half story building with a gambrel roof. Built on a foundation of sandstone, its walls are brick with limestone elements. Because of its well-preserved architecture, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. As the countys oldest brick house, it was seen as a prominent example of settlement-era architecture in its vicinity.</p><br>
<p>Van Schaick Island is an island in the city of Cohoes, New York. Van Schaick is a part of the delta of the Mohawk River at its mouth with the Hudson River. The island has been referred to by numerous names including Quehemesicos, Long, Anthony&#39;s, Isle of Cohoes, and Cohoes Island. The island was home to US Revolutionary War fortifications in the 18th century, and to an important shipyard in the 20th century. The shipyard and the extreme northern end of the island is part of the Peebles Island State Park, and the only vehicular entrance to the state park is on the island.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Henry Hudson was the first European explorer to have seen Van Schaick Island. Through his exploration the island and the entire watershed of the Hudson River became the domain of the Dutch colony of New Netherland. Shortly after the English conquered New Netherland, Van Schaick Island was purchased in 1665 by Goosen Gerritse Van Schaick and Philip Piertse Schuyler under the authority of New York Governor Richard Nicolls from the Mohicans Itamonet, Ahemhameth, and Kishocama. Van Schaick was but one island in the larger Halve Maan patent which included the other islands of the Mohawk delta and a strip of land along the northern shore of the Mohawk River (present-day Waterford). The island was referred to by the Native Americans as Quehemesicos in the Mohican language while the Dutch called it Long Island.</p><br>
<p>In 1674 Schuyler conveyed by deed his share of the patent to Van Schaick, who died soon afterwards in 1676, at which point the patent devolved to his wife and then his son Anthony in 1687, for whom the island was referred to as Anthony&#39;s Island.</p><br>
<p>Van Schaick Island was an important piece of the Continental Trail, the route from New York City through Albany north to Montreal, with the river road traversing the many islands at the mouth of the Mohawk River: Green Island, Van Schaick, Peebles, and then going on to Halfmoon Point (today the village of Waterford). Starting on August 8, 1777 the Continental Army with over 5,000 soldiers was camped on Van Schaick and Peebles islands, first under General Philip Schuyler and then General Horatio Gates. Governor George Clinton made the mansion the temporary state capitol from August 22–27. In September the army moved north to Bemis Heights and Stillwater where the Battle of Saratoga would be fought.</p><br>
<p>In 1916 John E. Matton moved his ship building business south from Waterford to Van Schaick Island. The Matton Shipyard would continue to build canal boats, barges, tugboats, and police boats until closing in 1983. The motor ship Day Peckinpaugh is berthed here and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Demographics</h2><br>
<p>In 1992 Van Schaick Island had roughly 1,400 residents, mostly Italian, French, and Polish.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Van Schaick Island is a part of the city of Cohoes, and is located in the Mohawk River delta, where that river branches into several different channels and flows into the Hudson River. These branches are often referred to locally as sprouts. The second and third sprouts flow on the north, west, and south; the Hudson River is along the eastern shore. These sprouts separate the island from other islands in the delta, to the north is Peebles Island, Green Island is to the south, and to the west of the island is Simmons Island (also a part of Cohoes) and the mainland portion of the city of Cohoes. To the east the Hudson River separates the island from the Lansingburgh neighborhood of the city of Troy.</p><br>
<h2>Education</h2><br>
<p>Van Schaick Island is a part of the Cohoes City School District and the children attend Van Schaick Elementary School, which is on the island, for kindergarten through fifth grade; Cohoes Middle for sixth through eighth, and Cohoes High School for ninth through twelfth.</p><br>
<h2>Transportation</h2><br>
<p>Van Schaick Island is crossed east/west by Ontario Street (NYS Route 470), the main street of the island. The east end of Ontario Street crosses the 112th Street Bridge over the Hudson River and connects the island to Rensselaer County. This is the primary connection between northern Albany and northern Renssselaer counties. At the western gateway Ontario crosses a bridge over one of the Mohawk branches to Simmons Island and from there to NYS Route 787 and Downtown Cohoes. The rest of Van Schaick Island is in a traditional north-south/east-west street grid. The eastern side of the island was home to a Delaware and Hudson Railway line along Delaware Avenue that ran from Green Island north through the Island to Peebles Island and Saratoga County. The Black Bridge to Green Island was built in the 1890s and the rail line was still used into the 1960s. The Open Space Institute purchased the railway for the purpose of a rails to trails project and once the conversion to a bike-hike trail (the Delaware Avenue Trail) is complete the Institute will turn the deed over to the city of Cohoes. The Delaware Avenue Trail will connect the Mohawk Hudson Hike/Bike Trail and the Champlain Canal Bike Trail.</p><br>
<h2>Recreation</h2><br>
<p>On Van Schaick Island is a city park with a pond which is used for ice skating; a private golf course; walking and biking trails; and a baseball field. Van Schaick Island Country Club was founded in 1895 with only two holes. The current nine holes were designed in 1915 and the name was changed to Van Schaick Island Country Club the following year. Two marinas on the island allow access to the Hudson River.</p><br>
<p>Immanuel Hall, previously known as Immanuel Evangelical Church, is a historic Late Gothic Revival church in the Carpenter Gothic style located in Hinsdale, Illinois. It was constructed in 1900 by Lutheran German immigrants for three thousand dollars. Services in the one-story building were conducted in the German language until the 1930s, when the church became affiliated with the Evangelical and Reformed Church and began services in English. The congregation moved to a new building in Burr Ridge, Illinois, in 1964. The former church in Hinsdale was then used as an office for the United Church of Christ. The church grounds were sold in 1982, and the building operated as a Montessori method preschool. In 1999, the building was again sold, and targeted for demolition by the new owners. A deal was brokered between the owners and the Hinsdale Historical Society to preserve the main church building. The remaining building was added to the National Register of Historical Places in early 2001. The building was restored from 2007 to 2008, and is now used for public events.</p><br>
<p>The Bureau of Foreign Trade  is the administrative agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs  of the Taiwan .</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1955, the Foreign Exchange and Trade Review Commission(行政院外匯貿易審議委員會) was established under the Executive Yuan. In 1968 and 1969, the Executive Yuan reorganized the commission by dividing the authority and operation of the commission among Ministry of Finance, MOEA and Central Bank of China. The Bureau of Foreign Trade was subsequently established on 1 January 1969 under the MOEA to administer trade in general commercial goods.</p><br>
<h2>Organizational structure</h2><br>
<p>* Multilateral Trade Affairs Division</p><br>
<p>* First Bilateral Trade Division</p><br>
<p>* Second Bilateral Trade Division</p><br>
<p>* Trade Development Division</p><br>
<p>* Export/Import Administration Division</p><br>
<p>* Congressional Liaison Unit</p><br>
<p>* Planning Committee</p><br>
<p>* Trade Promotion Fund Committee</p><br>
<p>* Trade Security and Export Control Task Force</p><br>
<p>* ECFA Task Force</p><br>
<p>* Taipei Exhibition Center Task Force</p><br>
<p>* Information Management Center</p><br>
<p>* Accounting Office</p><br>
<p>* Personnel Office</p><br>
<p>* Statistics Office</p><br>
<p>* Civil Service Ethics Office</p><br>
<h2>Transportation</h2><br>
<p>BOFT is accessible within walking distance West from Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Station of Taipei Metro.</p><br>
<p>Wykeham Terrace is a row of 12 early 19th-century houses in central Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. The Tudor-Gothic building, attributed to prominent local architect Amon Henry Wilds, is built into the hillside below the churchyard of Brighton&#39;s ancient parish church. Uses since its completion in 1830 have included a home for former prostitutes and a base for the Territorial Army, but the terrace is now exclusively residential again. Its "charming" architecture is unusual in Brighton, whose 19th-century buildings are predominantly in the Regency style. English Heritage has listed the terrace at Grade II for its architectural and historical importance.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>St Nicholas Church, Brightons oldest Christian place of worship and its parish church until 1873, stands on a hill well behind the English Channel coast on which the old fishing village of Brighthelmston developed. French raids during the 16th century damaged or destroyed much of the settlement, and only the church survived unscathed. Decline set in until the mid-18th century, when the good climate, patronage by wealthy, fashionable visitors, better transport and the growth of the sea-bathing and "water cure" fad transformed Brighthelmston into the popular resort of Brighton.</p><br>
<p>Residential development proceeded rapidly around the core of the fishing village. Amon Henry Wilds, his father Amon Wilds and another architect, Charles Busby, were the most important builders and designers in Brightons early 19th-century growth period: they worked jointly or individually on dozens of residential, religious and secular buildings and developed Brightons characteristic Regency style. In 1827, Amon Henry Wilds is believed to have been commissioned to design Wykeham Terrace (although this attribution has not been established definitively). The site, east of the road from central Brighton to Devils Dyke on the South Downs, was dug into the hillside on which St Nicholas churchyard stands.</p><br>
<p>In the 1850s, 325 prostitutes (including 25 children) and 97 brothels were recorded in Brighton, and these were known to be underestimates. In 1853, Rev. George Wagner of St Stephens Church, a cousin of Rev. Arthur Wagner (curate and later vicar of St Pauls Church), established a house on the towns Lewes Road to which prostitutes could be sent by police and doctors to be helped and rehabilitated. Only 12 women could be accommodated in this building, so in 1855 Wagner bought houses in Wykeham Terrace and the adjacent Queen Square and expanded the institution. In 1857, after George Wagner died, Arthur Wagner himself took over responsibility for the home, by way of the Community of the Virgin Mary—a Brighton-based convent which he had founded. They renamed the institution St Marys Home for Female Penitents, and expanded it further to take in all of Wykeham Terrace apart from numbers 6, 7 and 12. the institution was able to offer about 40 women proper healthcare, education, training for domestic service, and charitable help of various kinds. Constance Kent, convicted of an infamous child murder in 1865 in a case which revolved around priest–penitent privilege, worked at the Home during this time. By the 1880s, the Home expanded further to take in disabled, elderly and destitute women from around Brighton, and orphans: nearly 300 people lived there. The institution moved in part to Egremont Place in the Queen&#39;s Park area in 1866, and in its entirety to Rottingdean in 1912. (The building provided for it there is now residential, but the community of nuns survives in Rottingdean, an outlying village which is now part of the city of Brighton and Hove.)</p><br>
<p>The terrace returned to residential use after that, but the Army owned some of the houses at one point in the 20th century and turned them into quarters for married soldiers. The whole terrace was then bought by the Territorial Army, again to provide housing for their soldiers. Squatters took over in the 1960s, and the Territorial Army sold the building to a developer for refurbishment and conversion back to private houses and flats.</p><br>
<p>Notable residents have included actress Dame Flora Robson, who lived at number 7 for the last part of her life; art historian Sir Roy Strong; singer-songwriter David Courtney; and singer Adam Faith. Courtney wrote many songs for Leo Sayer at his flat, and Faith managed the singer.</p><br>
<p>Wykeham Terrace was listed at Grade II by English Heritage on 4 July 1969. As of February 2001, it was one of 1,124 Grade II-listed buildings and structures, and 1,218 listed buildings of all grades, in the city of Brighton and Hove.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>As a non-ecclesiastical Gothic-style building, Wykeham Terrace is almost unique in Brighton: the remnants of Gothic House in Western Road (now part of a shop), built by Amon Henry Wilds, and the Percy and Wagner Almshouses on Lewes Road, are the only other examples. It has been called a "charming Gothic confection", and the description "Regency-Gothic" has also been used in view of some Regency-style elements.</p><br>
<p>The whole terrace is faced with grey-painted cement and stucco. The mansard roof, with dormer windows, is laid with slate. The long façade is symmetrical but uneven in height: the houses have either two or three storeys with a basement. At the south and north ends, three-sided bays project forwards and are topped by pinnacles. In the centre, forming part of numbers 7 and 8, a similar polygonal bay projects from the terrace to form its centrepiece. Except on these bays, all windows are paired lancets with flat hood moulds, some of which retain their unusual diamond-pattern bars. The central, five-sided bay is of three storeys, with a large pointed-arched lancet window at the top; a gable cuts into the decorative parapet above it, and buttresses on each side terminate in flat-topped projections.</p><br>
<p>The Lockington Covered Bridge was a historic covered bridge that once spanned the Great Miami River near Lockington, Ohio, United States. Built in 1848, it employed the Long Truss method of construction.</p><br>
<p>At the time of its construction, the Lockington bridge was part of a prosperous area whose economy was driven by traffic on the Miami and Erie Canal. Although the areas economy has declined since that time, some historic elements remain, and the covered bridge remained a major component of the areas historic nature long after the closure of the canal. By the 1970s, it had become one of the county&#39;s oldest extant bridges: it was the only covered bridge in its original location, and it was one of only eight Long Truss covered bridges throughout Ohio. In recognition of its engineering significance, the bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.</p><br>
<p>By the tenth anniversary of its designation as a historic site, the bridge had deteriorated significantly. As wear had damaged the abutments, and as the floor had partially rotted, the Shelby County Engineer&#39;s Office closed the bridge in 1985. Four years later, the bridge was destroyed by an unexpected fire. Until that point, the county had been seeking to create a park surrounding the bridge; these plans were quickly cancelled. Despite its destruction more than twenty years ago, the Lockington Covered Bridge remains on the National Register.</p><br>
<p>Parkridge is a neighborhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, located off Magnolia Avenue east of the citys downtown area. Developed as a streetcar suburb for Knoxvilles professional class in the 1890s, the neighborhood was incorporated as the separate city of Park City in 1907, and annexed by Knoxville in 1917. In the early 1900s, the neighborhood provided housing for workers at the nearby Standard Knitting Mills factory.</p><br>
<p>In 1990, over 600 houses in Parkridge were listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Park City Historic District. The neighborhood contains one of the largest concentrations of houses designed by George Franklin Barber (1854&ndash;1915), a mail-order architect known nationwide for his ornate Victorian house plans.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>Parkridge is located in East Knoxville, and is bounded by Interstate 40 on the north, Magnolia Avenue (part of US-70) on the south, Hall of Fame Drive on the west, and Cherry Street on the east. The Chilhowee Park neighborhood lies opposite Cherry Street to the east, Fourth and Gill lies opposite Hall of Fame Drive to the west, Morningside lies to the south, and North Hills lies opposite I-40 to the northeast. First Creek has traditionally divided the area from Downtown Knoxville to the southwest, and expressway construction, namely Hall of Fame Drive and the James White Parkway, has sharpened this division in recent decades.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Lake Ottossee</h3><br>
<p>What is now Parkridge was once part of a vast farm owned by Moses White, the son of Knoxville founder James White.</p><br>
<p>In 1875, Fernando Cortes Beaman (1836&ndash;1911), a college professor, purchased an 1,100 acre dairy farm east of Shieldstown from the descendants of Alexander McMillan. This included what is now Chilhowee Park, which Beaman began developing in the mid-1880s, namely with the creation of "Lake Ottossee," and the erection of a dance pavilion. A road, Park Avenue (modern Magnolia), was constructed to connect the park with Downtown Knoxville. In 1889, streetcar entrepreneur William Gibbs McAdoo agreed to build an electric streetcar line along Park Avenue, springing residential development in the areas between the park and Downtown Knoxville.</p><br>
<h3>Park City</h3><br>
<p>Around 1890, the Edgewood Land and Improvement Company initiated the development of Parkridge, namely with the division of lots in what is now the western part of the neighborhood. Streets in Parkridge still roughly follow the gridlike pattern laid out by this company and other developers during this period. Other developments included the Poplar Springs subdivision, established by Preston Blang in the vicinity of what is now Linden and Bertrand, and Elmwood, in the vicinity of what is now Woodbine and Boruff. A black community was developed in the area of Adams, Dodson and Nichols.</p><br>
<p>One of the partners in this company was architect George Franklin Barber, who would eventually become known nationwide for his catalog designs. Barber designed numerous houses in the new subdivision, including his own house, which still stands at 1635 Washington Avenue.</p><br>
<p>The various new subdivisions along Park Avenue incorporated as Park City in 1907, with W. R. Johnson serving as mayor. The new city had a population of 7,000, and its new school, Park City High School, had an enrollment of over 1,000 students, making it one of the largest in the state (the school building was designed by Barber and his new partner, R. F. Graf). The city benefited from the three national expositions held at Chilhowee Park, namely the Appalachian Expositions of 1910 and 1911, and the National Conservation Exposition of 1913. In 1917, Park City was annexed by Knoxville.</p><br>
<h3>20th century</h3><br>
<p>During the 1920s, Knoxvilles more affluent residents began moving to automobile suburbs on the outskirts of town, and the citys streetcar suburbs, including Park City, gradually transitioned into working-class neighborhoods. One of Park Citys primary employers, Standard Knitting Mills, built a large factory on the neighborhoods western end in 1900. At its height, this factory employed over 3,000 workers. It closed in 1989. The neighborhood&#39;s modern name, "Parkridge," is a combination of "Park City" and "Chestnut Ridge," the latter referring to predominantly black community located just north of Park City.</p><br>
<h2>Park City Historic District</h2><br>
<p>In 1990, a large portion of Parkridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the Park City Historic District. This district contains 678 contributing buildings, the most of any of the Knox County&#39;s National Register-listed historic district. Most of the buildings were constructed in the first half of the 20th century, and have architectural styles ranging from Bungalow/Craftsman to Tudor Revival. Several notable Victorian houses built during the late 19th century survive, however, especially along Washington and Jefferson avenues.</p><br>
<h3>Notable properties</h3><br>
<p>George Franklin Barber House (1635 Washington Ave.), a Queen Anne-style house built in 1889 and designed by architect George Franklin Barber. Barber lived here from 1889 until 1895.</p><br>
<p>Alonzo Cash House (1712 Washington Ave.), built in 1889 and designed by George Franklin Barber. This house was featured as design #3 in Barber&#39;s catalog, The Cottage Souvenir.</p><br>
<p>W. O. Haworth House (1724 Washington Ave.), built in 1889 and design by George Franklin Barber. This house was featured as design #35 in Barber&#39;s The Cottage Souvenir No. 2.</p><br>
<p>F. E. McArthur House (1701 Jefferson Ave.), built in 1889 and designed by George Franklin Barber. This house was featured as design #40 in Barber&#39;s The Cottage Souvenir No. 2.</p><br>
<p>D. D. Remer House (1618 Washington Ave.), built in 1890 and designed by George Franklin Barber. This house, restored by Knox Heritage in 2006, was featured as design #65B in Barber&#39;s New Modern Dwellings.</p><br>
<p>Joshua Deaver House (1803 Washington Ave.), built in 1893 and designed by George Franklin Barber. This house was featured as design #63 in Barber&#39;s New Modern Dwellings.</p><br>
<p>2041 Washington Avenue, a Queen Anne-style house built c. 1893 and designed by architect John Ryno, a later partner of George Barber. Ryno lived here during the 1890s.</p><br>
<p>2336 Woodbine Avenue, an American Foursquare-style house built c. 1900. This house served as Knoxville Florence Crittenton home for several years.</p><br>
<p>2511 East Fifth Avenue, a Craftsman-style house with Prairie features, built c. 1915.</p><br>
<p>2512 East Fifth Avenue, a Bungalow-style house with Prairie features, built c. 1915.</p><br>
<p>2331 and 2343 Washington Avenue, identical two-story Eastlake-style houses, built c. 1890.</p><br>
<p>Central Church of Christ (1932 Woodbine Ave.), a two-story cement block church constructed c. 1910.</p><br>
<p>Fifth Avenue Baptist Church (2500 E. Fifth Ave.), a brick church constructed in the neoclassical style c. 1921.</p><br>
<p>The Haven (2510 E. Fifth Ave.), a fourplex constructed c. 1925.</p><br>
<p>Park Lane (1721 E. Fifth Ave.), a two-story apartment building constructed c. 1915 in the Colonial Revival style.</p><br>
<p>Pleasanttree (2460 E. Fifth Ave.), an Italian Renaissance-style apartment building constructed c. 1925.</p><br>
<p>Stewart Building (2362 E. Fifth Ave.), a two-story Italian Renaissance-style apartment building, constructed c. 1920.</p><br>
<p>1805 East Fifth Avenue, two identical two-story apartment buildings constructed c. 1915 in the Italian Renaissance Revival style.</p><br>
<h2>Community</h2><br>
<p>The Parkridge Community Organization (PCO) describes Parkridge as an urban neighborhood with approximately 3,500 people living in 1,800 houses. The neighborhood is "racially mixed," at 65% black and 35% white. The neighborhood is home to nine churches and six non-profit organizations.</p><br>
<p>Caswell Park, Cansler YMCA, John T. O&#39;Connor Senior Center, and Knoxville Municipal Stadium (formerly Bill Meyer Stadium) are located in Parkridge. The larger Chilhowee Park and Zoo Knoxville are located off Magnolia to the east.</p><br>
<p>The downtown district of West Branch, Iowa is part of the West Branch Commercial Historic District. Multiple architectural styles are represented. The historic and endangered Gruwell and Crew General Store is also part of the district.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The West Branch Commercial Historic District recognizes sixteen buildings that refkect the evolution of West Branch, Iowa into an important commercial center. This change largely occurred around 1900, when wooden storefronts were demolished in favor of ornate commercial blocks.</p><br>
<p>The oldest building in the district, the Grinnell Building at 112 West Main Street, may date back to 1869. Shortly after it was built, Nate Crook opened a restaurant and barber shop in a building at 102 W. Main. He later expanded the building to become a hotel and livery. The West Branch Bank opened at 104 W. Main in 1875, though it moved across the street three years later. The next period of growth was the 1890s. The Union Block, Citizens&#39; Savings Bank, Gruwell and Crew General Store, Patterson-Leech Building, and Rich and Bailey Block were built during this decade. The 1890s also saw the construction of the ornate Opera Block, commissioned by Charles A. Macomber. Three stores shared the first story, while the second story was used by the Freemasons and had a 500-seat theater.</p><br>
<p>On April 7, 1987, the district was recognized by the National Park Service with a listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The Gruwell and Crew General Store had previously been recognized individually on September 9, 1982. Additional buildings were added to the district on February 23, 1990 and April 7, 1995. The 1907 Winery Building, which served as West Branch&#39;s post office and later a full-service gas station, collapsed on June 11, 2010.</p><br>
<h2>Contributing properties</h2><br>
<p>The former French Convalescent Home  was a seafront sanatorium and rest home built in Brighton, part of the English seaside city of Brighton and Hove, on behalf of the French government. It received patients from the French Hospital in London and served as a home for elderly French nationals. It was sold for redevelopment in 1999 and was briefly threatened with demolition; but English Heritage listed the building at Grade II for its architectural and historical importance, and it was converted into flats. The unusual château-style French Renaissance Revival building has been criticised as "dreary" and "gauche", but is believed to be unique in England and demonstrated innovation in its use of double glazing.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>A hospital to serve London&#39;s French residents was opened in 1867; four years later, a French dispensary was opened on another site. In 1890, the institutions moved to a combined facility, the French Hospital, on Shaftesbury Avenue; funding came from the French government and other donors.</p><br>
<p>The French government sought to establish a home outside London where former patients of the hospital could recuperate. Brighton had grown in the previous century because of its proximity to London, excellent climate and status as a fashionable, high-class resort; these advantages helped Brighton to be chosen, and a site on the cliff above Black Rock and behind Marine Parade was found. On 5 October 1895, Baron de Courcel, the French Ambassador to the United Kingdom, laid the buildings first stone. Local architecture firm Clayton & Black, who were responsible for many buildings throughout Brighton and the surrounding area, were commissioned to design the home; it has been described as an "interesting example of their work", which also encompasses such buildings as the mock-Tudor King and Queen Hotel, the former St Thomas the Apostles Church and the pink Baroque former Leeds Permanent Building Society.</p><br>
<p>The institution opened in 1896, Its capacity was 61. Two pavilions were added at the ends in 1904 and 1907: the eastern pavilion—named after Gambon, a later French Ambassador—came first, followed by the Ruffer pavilion (named after the French Hospital&#39;s president) on the west side.</p><br>
<p>From the beginning, nuns were used as nurses (the Sisters of St Paul of Chartres were responsible for the home until 1994), and non-French nationals were sometimes accepted as residents; during World War I, British soldiers injured in action were treated there. Structural alterations since 1907 included an extra wing on the east end in 1914, adding more capacity, and a new rendered façade, larger lift shaft, new internal doors, tiling and the removal of some chimneys.</p><br>
<p>In 1986, the local health authority registered the institution as a nursing home under its control. The Sisters of St Paul of Chartres still ran the home until 1994, though; at that time they were replaced by local council nurses. As of February 2001, it was one of 1,124 Grade II-listed buildings and structures, and 1,218 listed buildings of all grades, in the city of Brighton and Hove. It is the only known current or former French convalescent home in England, and was known in French as La Maison Française de Retraite et de Convalescence or La Maison de Convalescence Française.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The French Convalescent Home was designed by the Clayton & Black firm in the French Renaissance Revival style, making it appear "out of place on Brighton&#39;s seafront" Nikolaus Pevsner and Ian Nairn criticised it as a "dreary institution", and the greyish-green cement applied to the exterior in the 20th century has made it appear drab. Other descriptions have included "gauche" and "interesting", and the building has been likened to a château.</p><br>
<p>The structure is built of Belgian brick (subsequently covered with cement) with some stonework. The roof is of slate with some ironwork at the tops of the pavilions. The use of concrete suspended floors and "secondary glazing" in most of the wooden-framed windows was requested in the design requirements; the latter represented the first use of double glazing in an English building. The entrance, facing north away from the sea, is set in a gabled recess below a cornice; there is a six-window range with some stained glass, and a double doorway at the top of a balustraded staircase. Facing the sea on the south side, behind a garden, is a five-bay, three-storey façade with and in black lettering, a ground-floor round-arched colonnade and small single-storey projections between the outer bays and the four-storey pavilions flanking them.</p><br>
<p>Interior facilities which existed before the building was sold for conversion included a three-bay chapel in the base of the eastern pavilion (with murals, wooden panelling and lancet windows), a billiards room in the western pavilion, two lounges and a dining room. Near the original oak staircase is a bronze statue of the founder of the French Hospital.</p><br>
<p>Dell Rhea&#39;s Chicken Basket is a restaurant in Willowbrook, DuPage County, Illinois. It is located along historical USA Route 66, near present-day Interstate 55.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Chicken Basket began as a simple lunch counter selling sandwiches in a gas station along Route 66, operated by Ervin Irv Kolarik, that was opened some time during the late 1920s. In 1938, two local farm women entered Irv Kolariks gas station for a cup of coffee; they overheard him complaining about how he hated running a gas station and preferred running the lunch counter instead, and offered to share their secret recipe for fried chicken with him if he agreed to buy his chickens from them. In fact, they even agreed to go to work for him and make the chicken. Kolarik consented, and the chicken was an instant success. The lunch counter was no longer sufficient for serving customers. Kolarik initially converted the stations by then disused automobile repair garage bays into dining rooms, which eventually became known as the National Chicken Basket; but by the mid-1940s, further demand made it clear that a new building was needed to serve patrons. This prompted Kolarik to buy the adjacent property and build a full-service restaurant. Kolarik hired Chicago architect Eugene F. Stoyke to construct the one-story brick restaurant and cocktail lounge.</p><br>
<p>The present-day Chicken Basket was opened next door from the gas station in 1946 in what was then Hinsdale, Illinois, now Willowbrook. The roadhouse&#39;s proximity to Chicago fostered its continued success, and it became a bus stop on Joliet Road for the west suburban Bluebird Coach Lines in 1936, the year that Bluebird acquired the bus route from the Chicago & Joliet Transportation Co., which had introduced service on Route 66 in 1928 (this bus route was later acquired by West Suburban Transit Lines, which went out of business in 1976). Becoming an official Bluebird bus stop helped increase business for the Chicken Basket, as did the fact that patrons of the restaurant could sit by the front windows and watch airplanes taking off and landing at what was then Hinsdale Airport across the street on Joliet Road.</p><br>
<p>Kolarik was also a minor genius at getting publicity for the restaurant. For example, during the winters, Kolarik would flood the roof of the restaurant and hire local youths to ice skate on top of it. A cocktail lounge wing was added in 1956; that was the buildings last major alteration. However, in the end, Kolariks creative marketing ideas weren&#39;t enough to overcome other obstacles. The Interstate Highway System in the 1950s forced roads such as Route 66 to reroute onto superhighways, and the restaurant was eventually bypassed by the construction and opening of I-55 during the late 1950s to early 1960s, which cut off its access to major traffic on this important highway.</p><br>
<h2>Change of ownership</h2><br>
<p>Kolarik kept the restaurant open for many years; then when he discovered that construction of I-55 would cut the restaurant off from major highway traffic, he briefly sold it to another operator before buying it back. However, as more traffic moved to the interstate, business dwindled and the restaurant was taken over by a local bank, which kept it in operation until another buyer could be found. Delbert Dell Rhea, a prominent Chicago businessman who had managed the then Stevens Hotel and had been the executive director of the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau, at the time owned the Woodbine Inn down the street from the Chicken Basket. Rhea sold the Woodbine Inn and purchased the historic roadhouse in 1963, taking over Kolariks former business and keeping the Chicken Baskets menu and name but adding his own name as well. Rheas son Patrick, who grew up working in the restaurant along with his mother, Grace Rhea, assumed control of Dell Rheas Chicken Basket following Dell&#39;s death in 1992.</p><br>
<p>The building and its classic freestanding neon sign were added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 5, 2006, along with fellow Illinois Route 66 restaurants Lou Mitchell&#39;s and Ariston Cafe. The restaurant was featured on a Route 66 edition of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.</p><br>
<p>The Grand Theatre is a historic theater located in Wheaton, Illinois. It opened on May 25, 1925 with 1,000 seats, and hosted live drama, silent films, and vaudeville performances. The theater changed hands many times in the 20th century, and at various times was known as the Paramount Theatre and The Wheaton Theatre. In the late 1990s, the theater was used for second-run films, and more recently, as a small concert hall for rock and roll bands. The theater was donated to the non-profit Grand Theater Corporation in October 2001. In the fall of 2005, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It was closed in 2006 for a full renovation of the property and the Grand Theater Corporation was anticipating to re-open it as a single screen theater in late 2011. However, Wheaton rejected a plan to allocate $19.3 million to finance the renovation and the theaters debts. Wheaton Park District is currently considering a $10 million plan that would reopen the theater with 860 seats. The theater will feature a donated Morton organ from the 1920s, originally from one of the Loews Wonder Theatres.</p><br>
<p>Crawfordsvilles High School is a former public high school erected in 1910 on East Jefferson Street in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, and was a part of the Crawfordsville Community Schools. The building was expanded in 1914, 1921, and 1941 to provide additional classrooms, an auditorium, and a gymnasium. In 2000 the old school building was converted to a multi-use facility of offices, residential housing, and a fitness center. The former high school building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. A new Crawfordsville High School facility opened at One Athenian Drive in 1993.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Old Crawfordsville High School was located on East Jefferson Street in Crawfordsville, the seat of government for Montgomery County, Indiana. It served as the town&#39;s high school from 1911 to 1992. The building was converted to mixed-use facility in 2000 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. A new Crawfordsville High School at One Athenian Drive opened in the fall of 1993.</p><br>
<h3>Central School</h3><br>
<p>Crawfordsvilles Central School was constructed on what was known as Jefferson Square, bounded by Jefferson, College, Seminary, and School streets, for $44,000 in 1873. Before additional grade schools were constructed, the brick school building accommodated students in all grades. Robert Krout, the local school board president, delivered a commencement address on the subject of womens equality to the first graduating classof ten students graduated in 1877. (Krout was the father of feminist authors Mary Hannah Krout and Caroline Virginia Krout, who would later teach at the school.) An addition to the twelve-room, three-story school was completed in 1880.</p><br>
<p>By 1880 Central School had become overcrowded and additional schools were built to accommodate the increasing enrollment. In addition, a fire in 1882 required Central School to be renovated. Construction began on a new high school in 1910 and Central School was demolished around 1919.</p><br>
<h3>Crawfordsville High School</h3><br>
<p>In 1910 construction began on a new school on the Central School&#39;s property along Jefferson Street. The new building became known as Crawfordsville High School.</p><br>
<p>In 1914 the high school was remodeled to include the extension of wings on either side of the main building. Construction work began in 1919 to add more classrooms and a 2,500-seat auditorium to the school. (The old Central School building was demolished to provide space for the auditorium addition.) In 1941 a Works Projects Administration project included the construction of eight classrooms and a gymnasium on the sough side of the school.</p><br>
<p>The Class of 1921 was the first to receive their high school diplomas in the new auditorium. The Class of 1976 became the high school&#39;s one hundredth graduating class.</p><br>
<p>In 1993 classes moved to a new Crawfordsville High School facility at One Athenian Drive, along State Road 47, near the city&#39;s southwest corner.</p><br>
<h3>Mixed-use facility</h3><br>
<p>In 2000 the school building on East Jefferson Street was converted into offices, a fitness center that incorporates the school&#39;s 1939 gymnasium, one- and two-bedroom residential units, and spaces for other uses.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Prairie School-style school, designed by the Chicago architectural firm of Patton and Miller, faces north on Jefferson Street. The two-story, symmetrical-plan building on a raised basement has "cross-hipped roof" with "overhanging eaves" and wing additions extending on its the east and west sides.</p><br>
<p>The brick buildings original roof was covered in terracotta tiles, later replaced with asphalt shingles. The main entrance to the building is centered on the north elevation; the gymnasium projects from the south end of the main building. Other entrances are located on the east, south, and west sides of the school. Most of the buildings windows have single openings.</p><br>
<p>Brick pilasters on limestone bases vertically divide the exterior of the building. A canopy is suspended over the main entrance. A stone panel above the entrance canopy reads, "A.D. * High School * 1910" and the word "Gymnasium" is carved above the gym&#39;s entrances.</p><br>
<p>Interior staircases from the main floor lead to the basement and two upper floors. Classrooms and school offices have been converted into residential units. The auditoriums audience space has been converted to offices; however, its two-story proscenium and gallery have been retained. The gymnasium also retains many of its original features, including its wooden basketball floor, wood and cast-iron bench seats, scoreboards, and two locker rooms. The gymnasiums basement level been subdivided and modified; it includes a lap pool and whirlpool tub.</p><br>
<h2>Notable alumni</h2><br>
<p>Randecker&#39;s Hardware Store is a historical Commercial style building in Bloomingdale, DuPage County, Illinois.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The store was built in 1908–09 to sell goods to local farmers and residents. William Randecker opened to store after wanting to leave the paint business following his deteriorating health. Randecker was a prominent figure in Bloomingdale Township, functioning as the township clerk for twenty years and township collector for an additional five. Early 20th century demands for electrical and plumbing equipment fueled the success of the family-run store. When Bloomingdale was incorporated as a village in 1923, Randeckers was one of 13 commercial establishments in the city. Randecker died in 1946 and passed the store on to his nephew, George Bender, who renamed the store Benders Hardware. The post office co-inhabited the building from 1955 to 1960. The property was sold to the Mazzarella family following Bender&#39;s death in 1976. The store was mostly converted into an antique shop with limited hardware supply. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1994. It currently operates as a MassMutual insurance office.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Randeckers Hardware Store is a -story building at the southwest corner of Bloomingdale Road and Franklin Street. It is painted white with trim around windows painted dark green. The main facade faces east toward Bloomingdale Road. Randeckers house, built at the same time as the store, is to the south. The wood building is 24 x and is on a stone and concrete block foundation. The roof is a gambrel with asphalt shingles. Five steps lead to a balcony porch that spans the width of the main facade. This balcony was originally wood, but has since been replaced with concrete. The entrance is a double door, each with a 4 ft pane of glass. The door is flanked with large show windows. A pair of smaller rectangular windows sits on top of each show window; these windows sit beneath a wooden cornice. Three one-over-one double hung windows are found on the attic floor facing east. Just beneath these windows is a sign reading "Olde Towne HARDWARE".</p><br>
<p>The Western Pavilion is an exotically designed early 19th-century house in the centre of Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. Local architect Amon Henry Wilds, one of the most important figures in Brightons development from modest fishing village to fashionable seaside resort, built the distinctive two-storey house between 1827 and 1828 as his own residence, and incorporated many inventive details while paying homage to the Royal Pavilion, Brightons most famous and distinctive building. Although the house has been altered and a shopfront inserted, it is still in residential use, and has been listed at Grade II* by English Heritage for its architectural and historical importance.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Amon Henry Wilds, his father, Amon Wilds, and another architect, Charles Busby, went into partnership early in the 19th century, and quickly became Brightons most important firm of architects. When the Wildses moved from nearby Lewes to Brighton in about 1814, the latters transformation from small, declining fishing village to fashionable, high-class seaside and leisure resort had already started; but the three architects jointly and individually led the town through its period of greatest success, when they established their trademark Regency architectural style in a succession of major residential developments. They designed a wide variety of religious and secular buildings of all types as well, and Amon Henry Wilds was also involved in engineering projects.</p><br>
<p>Amon Henry Wilds was prolific throughout the 1820s, and after 1822 he increasingly worked on his own. In 1827, he was commissioned to build a mansion for Sir David Scott, 2nd Baronet, on the south side of Western Road—the main route from Brighton to the Brunswick Town estate and Hove. Sillwood House, named after Scotts Berkshire residence of Silwood Park, was ready in 1828. beyond these, the terrace incorporated the mansions coach house; and at its north end Wilds built his own house in a different style again.</p><br>
<p>The Western Pavilion, as it became known, was intended to resemble the Royal Pavilion,</p><br>
<p>the elaborate and opulent Orientalist/Indo-Saracenic royal palace which has become Brighton&#39;s best-known building. Wilds placed a leaded onion dome on the northwest corner (and inserted a bathroom shaped like an igloo); Many rooms, including the dining room, were oval.</p><br>
<p>Wilds died in 1857, A shopfront still stands in front of the building on Western Road, but the Western Pavilion is now in residential use again. As of February 2001, it was one of 70 Grade II*-listed buildings and structures, and 1,218 listed buildings of all grades, in the city of Brighton and Hove.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Descriptions of the Western Pavilions architecture focus on its similarity to the Royal Pavilion: it has been called that buildings "baby brother" (and, similarly, a "miniature version" of it), and one historian has observed that some people have incorrectly believed the house was used as a pied-à-terre by the Prince Regent, where he could take his lover Maria Fitzherbert away from the Royal Pavilion. The eclectic style "reveals Wilds&#39;s humour and his willingness to embrace the exotic": it combines the Hindoo, Orientalist and Indo-Saracenic styles. The large leaded (now painted) onion dome is an Orientalist touch; the repeated cusped-headed arches on the exterior are of Indo-Saracenic origin; and there are small minarets of the Hindoo type.</p><br>
<p>The house has two storeys and a basement, and presents a two-bay façade westwards to Western Terrace. The entrance is on this side, projecting further forward than the upper storey, under a cusped archway below a parapet with an Oriental-style balustrade. The left (northern) bay on the west façade is almost circular and has two glazed windows and a blank window in cusped-headed recessed arches. Between each arch is a pilaster. Simpler windows, some of which are blank, are on the first floor, below large eaves and the dome. The main part of the house is in two slightly staggered parts. Columns rise at the corners of the walls and terminate in minaret-shaped finials.</p><br>
<p>The Bradley Edge Tool Company Historic District is a 30 acre linear historic district along Lyons Plain Road in Weston, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. It then included 30 contributing buildings, including 19 houses built during 1820-1925. The residences in the district are predominantly associated with the Bradley Edge Tool Company, whose complex, located on the banks of the Saugatuck River, burned in 1911, and is one of the district&#39;s contributing features. Two houses, the Curtis Wood House and the Miles Bradley House, are individually significant for their architecture.</p><br>
<p>Contributing properties include:</p><br>
<p>the Gershom W. Bradley House, with a Greek Revival style doorway (see accompanying photo #1)</p><br>
<p>the Miles Bradley House, an "exceptional example of Italianate architecture", has unusual "double bullseye windows" (see photos #3,4)</p><br>
<p>the Osborne House, apparently originally Greek Revival but given a Colonial Revival portico later</p><br>
<p>the Lockwood House, a "three-quarter house" (see photo #13)</p><br>
<p>The Thomas Hickman House is a historic home in Howard County, Missouri. It is a brick, Georgian-style house, built by businessman Thomas Hickman in 1819. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in July 2006.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Built in 1819, the 1,800 ft&sup2; house represents southern Georgian-cottage style and is one of the state’s oldest intact brick houses. The -story structure was constructed of hand-made brick and built on a stone foundation. The large 8 ft central hallway provides access to three of the four main rooms and an unfinished attic.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Thomas Hickman</h3><br>
<p>Thomas Hickman was a local businessman and one of the original settlers of Howard County. The property is located two miles from Old Franklin, the site where William Becknell and his party began the legendary Santa Fe Trail in 1821. Hickman and his wife Sarah M. Prewitt came to the Boonslick area of Missouri from Bourbon County, Kentucky, around 1816. One of Hickman&#39;s business ventures included a partnership with Wm. Lamme & Co., a dry goods and hardware business in Old Franklin.</p><br>
<p>The house now sits on the property of the University of Missouri Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center.</p><br>
<h3>Restoration</h3><br>
<p>A $1.3 million rehabilitation was completed in 2009 to bring the home to its historic condition. While the house was in decay, restoration-construction experts had much original material to work with: exterior brick, stone foundation, floor joists, walnut flooring, cabinets, sills, interior molding and chair rails. Rehabilitation efforts included pouring a new foundation; restoring original window size and replacing panes and sashes; re-shingling the roof in period materials; removing paint from and stabilizing exterior brick; refinishing original floors and woodwork; and restoring interior plaster. In addition, the four chimneys were rebuilt from a state of disrepair, and a summer kitchen was reconstructed based on archaeological and historical information.</p><br>
<p>The Bloomingdale School is a historical building in the Queen Anne Style in Bloomingdale, Illinois. In 1994 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Bloomingdale School-Village Hall.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Illinois passed legislation in 1855 to support schools with local taxes. Five years later, the Bloomingdale Academy opened as a private high school in a former Baptist church. It closed a year later, but the building was used from 1861 to 1891 as an elementary education building. The school was moved into the newly built Bloomingdale School later that year. The former school still stands and currently functions as the Bloomingdale Park District Museum.</p><br>
<p>The new two-story Bloomingdale School was originally designated in District #7, and was re-designated to District #13 in 1902. The first story was used for grades 1 through 4, and the second story grades 5 through 8. A teacher would teach all four grades simultaneously. A new school building was erected for Bloomingdale in 1937, and classes were moved there. In lieu of destroying the old school house, the village re-purposed the building in 1938 to function as the local government headquarters. The Bloomingdale fire and police departments operated on the first floor. The school bell tower was removed and replaced with a siren and flag pole. Citizen groups were permitted to use the Village Hall for meetings. In 1977, the village offices moved to a new building to account for the town&#39;s rapid growth. The village retained control of the old Village Hall, but leased it to retailers.</p><br>
<p>Robinwood, also known as the George H. Miller House, is a historic residence in Elmhurst, Illinois.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>George H. Miller worked as a high school teacher in Marshall, Michigan, but decided to take a new job working in Chicago at Sears, Roebuck and Co. Shortly thereafter, Miller decided to form his own business, the Miller Fibre Box Company. The business was profitable, and he sold it to retire at the age of fifty. In his later years, Miller and his wife Bernice were active in Elmhurst city affairs.</p><br>
<p>Robinwood was built in 1908 by Joy Wheeler Dow, an architect who wanted to contrast the styles of Frank Lloyd Wright and Walter Burley Griffin while still maintaining appeal to the growing middle class. He had no formal training, and primarily built single-family homes in New Jersey. Robinwood was particularly heavily influenced by one of Dow&#39;s buildings, Princessgate, in Wyoming, New Jersey. English-based designs were popular in the northwestern suburbs of Chicago—Tudor Revival style residences were particularly popular in Elmhurst. It is thought that Robinwood was somewhat influenced by the style, but more-so by the Arts and Crafts Movement burgeoning in England. Bernice Miller lived in the house until her death in 1936, when it was passed on to her sister, Jessie Porter.</p><br>
<p>Mr. and Mrs. Almerico purchased the home in 1968. Robinwood was sold to Dr. And Mrs. Miller in September 2013.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Robinwood is on a 100 x lot on the west side of Arlington Street north of Church Street. The house neighbored that of architect Walter Burley Griffin, though this house was demolished in the 1970s. The floor plan is simple, with four main rooms on each of its two main floors. The building is 44 x with a single gable running horizontally with deep eaves. A shingled gable extends over the main doorway. Robinwood has three bays, each with a dormer on the second floor.The house has a stone chimney on the south wall of the house while a brick chimney protrudes from the ridge of the roof, aligned with the northernmost dormer. The building&#39;s exterior walls are constructed from Indiana limestone.</p><br>
<p>Por-Bazhyn  is the name of a ruined structure on a lake island high in the mountains of southern Tuva . The name Por-Bazhyn translates from the Tuvan language as "clay house". Excavations suggest that it was built as an Uyghur palace in the 8th century AD, converted into a Manichaean monastery soon after, abandoned after a short occupation, and finally destroyed by an earthquake and subsequent fire. Its construction methods show that Por-Bazhyn was built within the Tang Chinese architectural tradition.</p><br>
<h2>Location and description</h2><br>
<p>Por-Bazhyn occupies a small island in Lake Tere-Khol, about 1,300 m above sea level in the Sengelen mountains of southern Siberia. The location is 8 km west of the village of Kungurtuk in the southwest of the Republic of Tuva (Russian Federation), close to the Russian border with Mongolia.</p><br>
<p>The walls of the site enclose a rectangular area of 215x162 m, orientated east – west and covering almost the entire island. The interior is taken up by two large yards, a central building complex, and a chain of small yards along the northern, western and southern walls. The western and eastern curtain walls are relatively well preserved. The main gate, with gate towers and ramps leading up to them, is located in the middle of the eastern wall. The curtain (outer) walls have survived up to a maximum height of 10 m, the maximum surviving height of the inner walls is 1–1.5 m.</p><br>
<h2>History of research and identifications</h2><br>
<p>Por-Bazhyn has been known since the 18th century, and was explored in 1891 for the first time. In 1957–1963, the Russian archaeologist S.I. Vajnstejn excavated in several areas of the site. Large-scale fieldwork was undertaken in 2007–2008 by the Fortress Por-Bajin Foundation, with scholars and scientists from the Russian Academy of Sciences, the State Oriental Museum, and Moscow State University.</p><br>
<p>Since the end of the 19th century, Por-Bazhyn has been linked to the Uyghurs because of its location, the date of finds from it, and the similarity of its lay-out to the palace complex of Karabalgasun, the capital of the Uyghur Khaganate. Vajnstejn identified Por-Bazhyn as the ‘palace. at the well’ built, according to the runic inscription on the Selenga stone, by Khagan Moyanchur (also known as Bayanchur Khan, AD 747-759), after his victory over local tribes in AD 750. Moyanchur involved the Uyghur Khaganate in internal power struggles in China, and married a Chinese princess. Other identifications of the site included a border fortress, a monastery, a ritual site, and an astronomical observatory; these are found in older literature published before the conclusion of modern fieldwork in 2008.</p><br>
<h2>Results of fieldwork 2007–2008</h2><br>
<p>Geophysicists found that the island is essentially a plug of permafrost in a shallow lake. This island seems to have risen from the lake several centuries before the fortress was built on it. The clay for the walls of the fortress may have been taken from the lake bed around the island. Geomorphological fieldwork also revealed traces of at least two earthquakes. The first of these seems to have already happened during the construction of the fortress in the 8th century. In the late Middle Ages, another catastrophic earthquake led to fires and to the collapse of the southern and eastern enclosure walls and of the northwestern corner bastion.</p><br>
<p>The outer wall of the enclosure was built using the Chinese hangtu technique (rammed-earth layers in a wooden frame) and was originally 11 m high. The excavation of the northern bastion on the eastern wall revealed traces of a wooden fighting platform running along the top of the curtain wall and bastions. The main gate was found to have three gateways of heavy timber construction, much of it burnt. It opened into two successive courtyards which were connected by a small gate. The outer courtyard was devoid of all structures.</p><br>
<p>The inner courtyard held the main complex which consisted of a two-part central structure and two flanking galleries. The two buildings of the central structure, one behind the other, stood on square platforms which had been built up of clay layers and faced with bricks which were coated with lime plaster. The larger building was subdivided by wattle-and-daub panels into two halls and a series of smaller rooms. Walls and panels were covered with lime plaster which was painted with geometric designs and horizontal red stripes; the presence of two layers of plaster of different quality suggests repairs. The tiled roof had been supported by 36 wooden columns resting on stone bases. The building appeared to be of post-and-beam construction characteristic of Chinese T’ang architecture; this is indicated by burnt timber fragments of interlocking wooden brackets in the Chinese style called dougong. The decorative eave end-tiles recovered from the site are broadly analogous to those found in T&#39;ang contexts, however recent studies indicate they form part of a distinctive Uyghur stylistic typology.</p><br>
<p>A series of small enclosed courtyards ran along the interior of the northern, western and southern curtain walls; these courtyards were connected to one another by small gates in their walls. Each courtyard held a one- or two-chamber building of similar lay-out and building method.</p><br>
<h2>Dating and interpretation of the site</h2><br>
<p>Dendrochronology and radiocarbon dating indicate that the ‘fortress’ was built between AD 770 and 790. The excavators point out that this was in the reign of Uyghur Khagan Bögü (AD 759-779), successor of Moyanchur, therefore Por-Bazhyn cannot have been the palace mentioned in the Selenga inscription. It may still have been a palace because the lay-out resembles that of the Uyghur palace of Karabalgasun. The scarcity of finds, the virtual absence of an occupation layer, and the complete lack of any provisions for heating argue against a permanently occupied residence, although traces of repairs and rebuilding suggest that the site had been maintained for a certain time. It is not impossible that Por-Bazhyn was a ritual site or a military fortress, but there is a lack of evidence to support these interpretations.</p><br>
<p>In conclusion, the excavators suggest that this was a summer palace built by Khagan Bögü which, after damage to the palace by an earthquake and the Khagan’s conversion to Manichaeism, was converted into a Manichaean monastery. Following his death and the abolition of Manichaeism, the monastery was abandoned. The empty site was later destroyed by one or more earthquakes and extensive fires in the central complex and elsewhere on the site.</p><br>
<h2>Modern significance of Por-Bazhyn</h2><br>
<p>The fieldwork at Por-Bazhyn in 2007 and 2008 was followed with great interest in Uyghur media, and a delegation of the Uyghur Cultural Centre (Kazakhstan) visited the site during the excavations in 2007. Being without a national state of their own today, the modern Uyghurs derive an essential element of their cultural identity from the past greatness of the Uyghur Khaganate.</p><br>
<p>The native Tuvinian Sergey Shoygu, then Minister for Emergencies of the Russian Federation, was chairman of the Por-Bazhyn Fortress Foundation which provided the funding for the fieldwork. In August 2007, he visited the excavations together with Vladimir Putin, then Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, and Albert II, Prince of Monaco.</p><br>
<p>The Levoy Theatre is an operational performing arts center located in Millville, Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>The First Levoy Theatre</h3><br>
<p>The first Levoy Theatre filled a ten-year void left in Millville after the 1898 fire that destroyed the Wilson Opera House (once at High and Sassafras Sts.), Millville’s largest theatre of the 19th century. By 1908 Millville needed a new source of entertainment, and William “Pop” Somers of Atlantic City and Somers Point fame came to Millville seeing the opportunity for his Levoy. On a side note, Somers was one of the early Ferris Wheel designers, even before Mr. Ferris himself. Only after a lengthy court battle between Ferris and Somers did the famous ride become known as the “Ferris” Wheel and not the “Somers” Wheel.</p><br>
<p>On January 9, 1908, Somer’s first Levoy was opened. It was much smaller than today’s structure; there were two floors—the theatre on the lower floor and a dance floor on the upper. The first admission prices were 5¢ for one ticket or 25¢ for six.</p><br>
<p>The early silent flickering films shown in the original Levoy were often accompanied by a vocalist or piano player in the background to follow the action.</p><br>
<h3>The Second Levoy Theatre</h3><br>
<p>Only four years after the first Levoy opened it was to be enlarged by Colonel Ellsworth Shaw, a job that took five months, 29 days to enlarge the theatre occupying two store widths and doubling its previous size.</p><br>
<p>The Levoy now had a larger stage, with a wrap around "horse-shoe" balcony. Its facade at this point slightly resembled the facade of the Levoy known today, at a somewhat smaller scale. Reopening ceremonies began on November 4, 1912, with William Somers’ renaming of his theatre as the “New Levoy”.</p><br>
<h3>Handle & Rovner’s Theatre Beautiful</h3><br>
<p>For the next fifteen years the Levoy was Millville’s center of entertainment for silent films and Vaudeville; its main competition came from the Peoples’ Theatre just across the street, also operated by the Levoy’s owners.</p><br>
<p>The famous Morris Handle and A.J. Rovner leased the theatres from Somers in April 1927 and soon decided that the Levoy was the one they were going to invest in. After several months of further enlargements and embellishments creating its current footprint and scale the “Theatre Beautiful” of Millville was ready for its grand reopening.</p><br>
<p>The Levoy was now at its full size: a 1,100 seat lower level, a 400-seat balcony, box seating, one of three $30,000 Lenoir pipe organs built specially for the Handel & Rovner Company (serial number #P304B), a stage-proscenium with full fly system, orchestra pit, a marble and chandelier filled lobby and mezzanine, and a very ornate classical facade that gave the impression of a theatre in a very large city.</p><br>
<p>Over 3,500 people turned out for opening night, September 19, 1927 with a bill of live Vaudeville acts as the main attraction.</p><br>
<h3>Warner Brothers</h3><br>
<p>As Vaudeville&#39;s popularity waned and film became the dominant entertainment medium, the Hollywood studios began to require exclusivity of their films to company-owned theatres. The Levoy was sold to Warner Brothers on May 28, 1930. The 1930s brought the first time in history that theatres were built solely for movie use, and Warner Brothers wanted to modernize the Levoy into one of these new movie palaces.</p><br>
<p>This brought about the third major renovation of the Levoy, in 1939. Different than the other renovations of the Levoy in 1912 and 1927, the 1939 renovation was not an enlargement. Instead, it was mostly a cosmetic renovation consistent with Warner Brothers’ view of what a modern theatre should be.</p><br>
<p>A new neon-heavy marquee was constructed; deco-styled front doors with half moon shaped windows replaced the solid wood ones; the lobby was remodeled to create a new “eye flow principle”; the auditorium had new wall tapestries with illustrations of the earth’s eastern and western hemispheres on opposing walls; the whole theatre was now “scientifically air conditioned” for the comfort of all patrons; and movies were made ever grander by the enlargement of the movie screen and the utilization of the RCA Company’s new “Sound Apex” system.</p><br>
<p>With its grand reopening on August 18, 1939, the Levoy had now officially entered the Golden Age of motion pictures.</p><br>
<p>The popularity of television in the 1950s brought the entertainment and news, previously exclusive to theatres, into everyone’s living rooms for free. The TV competition, combined with the Federal Government anti-trust crackdown on Hollywood&#39;s stranglehold on distribution, caused studio profits to drop significantly. In an effort to cut their losses, the Studios began divesting themselves of real estate and in 1952 Warner Brothers sold to Eugene Mori, owner of the Landis Theater in Vineland.</p><br>
<h3>“Uncle” Simon Cherivtch</h3><br>
<p>During the next six years the Levoy’s slow but steady decline continued. The theatre was now a losing business, and the Levoy’s ownership changed again, this time to Simon Cherivtch, businessman and former Millville Mayor. Simon took control on August 28, 1958, and quickly made his message clear on what he planned for the Levoy.</p><br>
<p>He stated that if attendance kept declining he would find another use for the building, possibly a supermarket or small shopping center. This was a serious threat to the Levoy, since everybody knew that Cherivtch had bought the Peoples’ Theatre in the early 1950s, closed it, and converted it into a modern store.</p><br>
<p>Cherivtch made several initial attempts to increase attendance, including an attempt to revive live performances with such acts as former Vaudevillians Olson & Johnson&#39;s “New Hellz-a-Poppin’ Yock and Roll Revue of 1959” and risking arrest for violating local "Blue Laws" by threatening to open on Sunday, February 22, 1959.</p><br>
<p>Throughout the 1960s Cherivtch tried many times to bolster Levoy crowds and revenues. He started parades complete with elephants!, gave silver dollars out to children at Saturday matinees, created hype that the Beatles would be at the theatre during the peak of Beatlemania in 1964, and had lottery drawings for ticket stub holders. Many of the matinee kids soon gave him the nickname “Uncle Simon” because of all of his generous schemes.</p><br>
<p>Tiring of trying to maintain an unprofitable business, in the early 1960s Cherivtch modified the front part of the building by removing most of the lobby, the south staircase and several rows of seats in the auditorium to create two retail shops.</p><br>
<p>Cherivtch tried several times to sell or lease the Levoy to groups like the Jaycees or even to regional theatre circuits, but all were unsuccessful in running the theatre and the title eventually went back to Simon.</p><br>
<p>The early 1970s brought a new round of problems to the Levoy. The general flight of patrons from the downtown to the new shopping mall combined with two Multiplex cinemas opening in Vineland was taking away much business. But worst of all, because of low revenues, basic maintenance and upkeep began to slide. The building and its systems started to deteriorate. In 1972 the Levoy closed for several months “for alterations” when the first major exterior alteration occurred.</p><br>
<p>The large wood eave façade that hung high above the marquee was hanging out some 10-12 inches from the building. This was ordered removed— and was, on July 7, 1972.</p><br>
<p>Soon afterward the four wooden pilasters were also taken down, leaving only wood beams to show where these decorative elements once stood. The 1972 shutdown and renovation were only temporary setbacks because the Levoy would soon reopen, but it was a sign of things to come.</p><br>
<h3>Closure</h3><br>
<p>The seats were old, the balcony was often closed, and movies were all second run, but it was still open for business, this time until July 1974. Once again problems with electric, wiring, heating, and the leaky roof were cited as problems.</p><br>
<p>For the next four months the Levoy’s new leasee, Seymour “Sy” Siegal, planned an optimistic comeback for Millville’s 66-year-old theatre. Improvements were made, promotions like the 5¢ movie were brought back, and the Levoy’s occupancy permit was granted on November 13, 1974. This temporary reopening lasted for a month, and then an extra week was added on.</p><br>
<p>This stop and go game with City Hall came to an end on December 24, 1974, when the Levoy was permanently closed because of the lack of substantial improvements. This put an end to Sy Siegal’s efforts, and once again the title went back to Simon Cherivtch.</p><br>
<p>The theatre was threatened with demolition in October, 1976 when The Levoy’s leasee, Theatre VI Corporation of Long Island, was given 60 days to make minimum safety repairs on the building before the city would undertake demolition proceedings. Demolition never occurred, due to logistical, legal and financial issues.</p><br>
<h3>Blaze Diegidio</h3><br>
<p>Cherivtch met Blaze Diegidio of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and persuaded him to buy the old theatre in 1980.</p><br>
<p>At first Blaze had planned to renovate the Levoy into a mini-mall, but these plans never formulated and for several more years the Levoy was boarded up.</p><br>
<p>In the mid 1980s the store space on the ground floor was reopened for leasing, and the second floor mezzanine was torn out to create residential apartments.</p><br>
<p>On August 6, 1994, Blaze opened the Levoy for a tour to a group of interested citizens. It was this tour that convinced the group that there was enough of the theatre left to warrant the formation of a grass-roots organization to restore and reopen the theatre.</p><br>
<h2>Levoy Theatre Preservation Society (LTPS)</h2><br>
<p>In 1995, Joseph Pierce, Jr., one of those who had been on Blaze’s Levoy tour convinced his father Joseph Pierce, Sr. and friend Jeffrey Page that something needed to be done to preserve the Levoy Theatre. The three formed the Levoy Theatre Preservation Society as a non-profit corporation.</p><br>
<p>When Blaze Diegidio was first contacted by the LTPS about selling the Levoy, Blaze was reluctant to deal with a non-profit organization—-probably fearing that he would not be able to recoup his expenses. For the next 3 years, Mr. Diegidio took the LTPS on a roller coaster ride of joy and despair with his capricious attitude regarding the sale of the Levoy, until his death in 1998. Eager to relieve themselves of a white elephant and gain some significant tax breaks in the process, Diegidio&#39;s survivors sold of the Levoy to the LTPS.</p><br>
<p>As new owners of the Levoy, the LTPS successfully applied to have the property listed on the State of New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places in August 1998 and began fundraising and stabilization efforts.</p><br>
<p>Joseph Pierce, Jr., died in a swimming accident at Millville’s Union Lake in July of 2000 and the organization struggled for years to recover from the loss.</p><br>
<p>A multi-million dollar financial package containing a combination of tax credits, private and public funds was finally completed in April 2010 and work on the restoration of the theatre began shortly thereafter.</p><br>
<h2>Reconstruction</h2><br>
<p>The renovation project suffered a setback on January 3, 2011. A section of the building&#39;s north wall collapsed, followed by the front wall, leaving most of the 100-year-old structure in rubble. One building nearby was deemed a total loss due to damage from the collapse. One firefighter, already on the scene investigating a gas leak prior to the incident, was struck and injured by falling debris.</p><br>
<p>The Levoy Theatre construction renovation project restarted in May 2011, five months after the partial collapse, and continued until August 2012. The facade and marquee of the theater was replicated to match an incarnation of the theater from the late 1920s, and much of the interior of the theater has been modeled and matched to the historic features of the century-old venue. Upon entering is a small lobby, followed by a larger ground-floor lobby and a grand staircase leading to a mezzanine lobby. The new theater seats about 700 patrons, has state-of-art sound and lighting, and a levitating orchestra pit.</p><br>
<h2>Re-opening</h2><br>
<p>The Levoy Theatre successfully re-opened on September 9, 2012 with a performance by the Peacherine Ragtime Orchestra underscoring the films of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, just like the original Levoy offered.</p><br>
<p>The Levoy Theatre&#39;s official grand opening gala took place on September 22, 2012. The gala began with a reception, followed by the premier of the play "Roundabout: A New Amusement," by Jim Cook Jr. which chronicled the history of the 1912 opening. A concert by resident theatre company, The Off Broad Street Players along with professional theater actors and singers closed the evening.</p><br>
<h2>Removal From Historic Registers</h2><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. A local taxpayer advocacy group, Millville First, which had issues with the building&#39;s tax exempt status as a historic place, petitioned the State of New Jersey to remove the property from its database following the 2011 collapse. Their argument that there was an insufficient portion left of the building remaining to qualify as a historic place, and any further construction was essentially a new building. On July 17, 2013 the Levoy Theatre was removed from the National Register after being previously removed from the New Jersey Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>William H. Emery Jr. House is a Prairie School residence in Elmhurst, Illinois. It was one of the first independent commissions for Walter Burley Griffin.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>William Emery Sr. moved to Chicago, Illinois and purchased the Seth Wadhams farm in Elmhurst in 1887. Aside from profits made from developing the farm, Emery served as president of the Elmhurst school board, Golf Club, and the New England Society of Chicago. Emery also had an important role in bringing electricity and water supply to the town. Emery had six children, including William H. Emery Jr. The younger Emery was a personal friend to architect Walter Burley Griffin, whom he met in school. Griffin had designed the Elmhurst Golf Club, but the Emery house was his first residential commission. Emery had ideas about what he wanted his house to look like, and believed that Griffin&#39;s mentor Frank Lloyd Wright would not be tolerant of his opinions. The house was a wedding gift from the senior Emery to the junior Emery and was completed in 1903. The 1909 William B. Sloane House at 248 Arlington is the only other Griffin-designed residence in Elmhurst.</p><br>
<p>The house was purchased and restored by Dr. Thomas W. Zusag, and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in May of 2004.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The property on which the house was built was part of the original Emery land claim, now at the northeast corner of Arlington Avenue and Adelia Street. The lot is rectangular at approximately 175 x. The house is 61 x with the longer axis parallel to Arlington Avenue. It is rectangular with two exceptions: the porte cochere extending to the west and two-story wing on the east. A semicircular drive from Arlington provides access to the porte cochere. The foundation is concrete and is built mostly with red brick, concrete, stone-colored stucco, and wood trim. The cedar-shingled gable roof is high pitched, unusual for a Prairie School design, and was probably influenced by Japanese architecture.</p><br>
<p>Lonesome Valley is a 23-mile  long valley located in central-north Yavapai County, Arizona; the valley is an extension southeastwards from Chino Valley , the location of the Big Chino Wash, which becomes the Verde River at Paulden, Arizona; Paulden is located at the northwest terminus of Lonesome Valley. A small sub-valley is located on the northeast perimeter of Chino Valley, Arizona, located in the center-northwest of Lonesome Valley. The valley is named Little Chino Valley, and is the small valley link between Chino Valley, northwest, and Lonesome Valley, southeast.</p><br>
<p>The notable landforms of Granite Mountain lie west-southwest, and Granite Dells are at the southwest perimeter. The massif of the Black Hills (Yavapai County) form the east border of Lonesome Valley.</p><br>
<p>An important water divide is at the south terminus region of the valley at the north of Prescott Valley, Arizona, separating the Verde River watershed from the Agua Fria River watershed; both watersheds are north tributaries to the Gila River, flowing west across central-south Arizona.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Lonesome Valley is an approximately north-northwest trending valley. It is dissected in its center by an upside-down V-shaped, double watercourse. Granite Creek-(Granite Creek Wash) is west, and an unnamed wash is east-(a tributary to Granite Wash); both flow north to meet the Verde River, at the north of Little Black Mesa. The unnamed wash at Lonesome Valley&#39;s south end flows south from the water divide, north of Prescott Valley, to meet the Agua Fria River. Coyote Wash courses southwesterly just east, (see satellite photo).</p><br>
<p>Lonesome Valley appears somewhat circular, but the Chino Valley townsite is on a flatland region at the northwest. Alluvial fans lie at the east with the west flank of the Black Hills. The Granite Mountain (Arizona) region at the west-southwest, has a large dissected alluvial section at its northeast.</p><br>
<p>The southwest perimeter of Lonesome Valley borders the north of Granite Dells, where Granite Creek exits flowing north. Watson Lake is at the south of the Dells, where Granite Creek enters.</p><br>
<p>The highpoint of the valley is Black Hill, 5,030 ft), on the east bank of Granite Creek, and at valley center-southwest. (on satellite photo: black, at southeast of Chino Valley, northeast of the green, Antelope Hills Golf Course-(note also black shadows; sun, from southeast))</p><br>
<h3>Southwest valley region</h3><br>
<p>The southwest of the valley is bordered by the north of Granite Dells. Attached at the east of the Dells is Glassford Hill, at</p><br>
<p>6,177 ft). The prominent hill forms the west perimeter of the Prescott Valley townsite. Granite Creek flows north (slightly north-northeast) from the west, and the unnamed wash flows northwest at the hill&#39;s east.</p><br>
<h2>Access</h2><br>
<p>Arizona State Route 89 traverses the west of Lonesome Valley. From the southwest its route comes from Presott, passes Watson Lake, and then exits the Granite Dells to traverse to Chino Valley, Arizona. It continues to Paulden, Arizona the northwest perimeter of Lonesome Valley. Paulden is the site of Sullivan Lake-(at northeast Sullivan Buttes), and it is a small reservoir on the Verde River. The small canyon below the reservoir is at the west end of Little Black Mesa, and the outfall site of Granite Creek with the Verde River.</p><br>
<p>At Granite Dells, Arizona State Route 89A, exits from Arizona 89 and traverses east, northeast to the Black Hills, and Route 89A is the route to Jerome on the east flank of the mountains. Arizona 89A is at the south Lonesome Valley terminus region, and traverses adjacent the water divide region north of Prescott Valley. The Agua Fria River is to the south, where Lynx Creek flows north from the Bradshaw Mountains, turns east, then the Agua Fria turns southeast and south. Coyote Wash and a second unnamed wash west-(flowing south from the water divide, with the lineage of Lonesome Valley), flow south into the Agua Fria. Arizona 69, and routes through Prescott Valley, access the southern region of Lonesome Valley, or Glassford Hill, west, or regions of the west flank of the Black Hills to the northeast.</p><br>
<p>A route, Perkinsville Road from Chino Valley, Arizona exits east from Arizona 89 to the Lonesome Valley center, then turns north through the north valley, then the Little Black Mesa to Perkinsville, Arizona on the Verde River; the route continues north from Perkinsville to meet South Road, to reach Williams, about 30 mi north.</p><br>
<p>The Bay of Vlorë  is a bay of the Ionian Sea in Vlorë, Albania. It is the largest in the country.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The Bay of Vlorë is surrounded by mainland. In the northwest, it opens to the sea. It is also surrounded in the north by the Narta Lagoon, in the northeast by the city of Vlorë, in the east the foothills of the Ceraunian Mountains, in the south, the small town of Orikum, the Pashaliman Base and the Karaburun peninsula in the southwest.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>It was a significant region during the antiquity, and was the scene, for example, of some of Caesar&#39;s battles. In one account, 18 ships full of merchandise have sunk in the Bay. Studying the Bay of Vlorë, it has been one of the main projects of the navigation department of the University of Vlora in the last few years.</p><br>
<p>The southwestern end of the Bay, at the naval base of Pashaliman, has been used as a harbor since antiquity. The city was called Oricum. During the Cold War, it was temporarily a Soviet naval base, the only one in the Mediterranean sea.</p><br>
<p>Mount Taibai is a mountain located on the border between Mei, Taibai and Zhouzhi counties in the south west of Shaanxi Province, China. The mount&#39;s highest point, Baxian Tower, rises to a height of 3,750 m and is the tallest in the Qinling Range, as well as the watershed between the Han River and Wei River. Mount Taibai is also the highest mountain in Eastern China.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>During the reign of the legendary, morally perfect Three Sovereigns (c. 2852–2070 ) Mount Taibai was called Mountain of Rich Goods (pinyin: Dun Wu Shān). During the Xia Dynasty (c. 2070–1600 ) it was known as Mount Tai Yi, referring to the brightest star in Chinese astrology with all other stars orbiting around it. In Taoism, Tai Yi is a supreme deity and the mountain its physical representation. Furthermore, Tai Yi symbolises Tai Ji, the god who stands for balance and harmony. It was Tai Ji who gave birth to everything and therefore occupies a prominent place in Taoism. The Shui Jing Zhu records: "During the time of Emperor Wu of Han, a Daoist temple already existed on Mount Taibai that was dedicated to Gu Chun, a man recorded in the Lie Xian Zhuan." The Tang Dynasty work Lu Yi Ji says: "The Essence of the Golden Star fell upon the west of Zhongnan&#39;s main peak, and thus it was titled Taibai Mountain." Here, the spirit of the Golden Star metamorphosed into magnificent white jade. Ever since, the mountain has been known as Taibai Shan, literally Great (Tài) White (Bái) Mountain (Shān) and Taibai being an ancient Chinese name for the planet Venus. The name Mount Taibai also refers to the permanent snow covering the summit of what is the highest peak in the Qinling range.The great poet Li Bai wrote in his gufeng poem: "How vast is great Taibai / The Stars across its slopes arrayed / From Heaven it stands three hundred li / From Mortal Earth so far away."</p><br>
<h2>Grotto-Heaven</h2><br>
<p>Taoists believe that the sacred mountains are interconnected via an underground network of dong tien, or grotto-heavens, with dong meaning "to penetrate something" and tien referring to heaven. Going back as far as the fourth century, grotto-heavens were places where heaven and earth touched. By entering a grotto-heaven you penetrate deep within the mountain and arrive in the world of immortals: you enter "the beyond within". Mount Taibai has dozens of grotto-heaven. One of the grotto-heavens is called Place of Charm and Beauty (pinyin: Bieyou Dong Tien). Bieyou also refers to a celebrated poem "Question and Answer in the Mountain" by the great poet Li bai: "You ask me why do I dwell in these green mountains / But I smile without a reply, only an easy mind / The river flows away silently / Bearing the fallen peach blossoms / Here is another world, but not the world of man." Peach blossoms refers to the legendary Peach Blossom Valley where deep in the mountains, in "a different world", happy people (immortals) live who know nothing of our existence.</p><br>
<p>In 1933 Yu Youren, senior statesman of the Chinese Nationalist Party, poet and calligrapher, visited the Place of Charm and Beauty and wrote many poems there, including one carved into a rock which can still be seen today, right next to the grotto-heaven: "Sleeping Buddha is nice / Once asleep all troubles are gone / I want to come and sleep here / But who will look after the country."</p><br>
<h2>Three gods of Mount Taibai</h2><br>
<p>Sacred Mountains each have their own god or several gods and Mount Taibai is no exception. Chinese gods are often historical figures, such as Lao Zi, who are elevated to gods first through their popularity amongst ordinary folks and then by the ruling emperor. Stories about the origin of the three gods of Mount Taibai therefore go back a long way. The oldest tale is about a man from Li Yang by the name of Gu Chun, meaning ‘Spring Valley’, who lived deep inside the forests of Mount Taibai during the Han Dynasty (206 BC–220 AD). When he died, his family buried him but during the night his body got up and they saw him leave. Local residents thus believed that he was the god of Mount Taibai and built a temple for him, calling it Taibai (and sometimes Gu Chun) Temple. More recent stories talk of not just one but three Taibai gods because, during the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368), there were three lakes on Taibai Shan. These lakes were revered for their water and cooling effect and were represented by the three Taibai gods, who were known as Ku Ji (Relieving the Suffering), Hui Min (Benefiting the People) and Ling Ying (Enlightening Answers). Local residents, however, called the three gods Da A Fu (The Great Fortune), Er A Fu (The Second Fortune) and San A Fu (The Third Fortune). But according to poet and politician Yu Youren, the three Taibai gods are Yao, Shun and Yu, or the three demi-gods Earth, Heaven and Water from Chinese legend. And according to the old master Ren Fa Rong, the three Taibai gods are Bo Yi, Shu Qi and Zhou Ben from the Shang Dynasty (17th–11th century BC). Bo Yi and Shu Qi were two princes of the Kingdom of Gu Zhu and Zhou Ben was a general. The king made Shu Qi the crown prince even though Shu Qi was only the third son and Bo Yi the eldest. After the old king died, Shu Qi asked Bo Yi to be the new king but Bo Yi said: "We shouldn’t resist our father’s will," and ran away to Mount Taibai. Shu Qi didn’t think it was appropriate for him to succeed to the throne since tradition dictated that the throne should be inherited by the oldest son. He therefore gave the throne to the middle son, Ya Ping, and ran after Bo Yi to Mount Taibai. When the Zhou Dynasty overthrew the Shang Dynasty, the two brothers believed it was not right for a vassal lord such as the duke of Zhou to snatch the kingdom from its lawful ruler. Having been told that "all under heaven now belongs to the Zhou king", they refused ever to eat again and so starved to death on Mount Taibai. Zhou Ben, the general, chose the same fate. Learning of their deaths, the wise minister of the Zhou Dynasty, Jiang Ziya, made the three men local gods of Mount Taibai for their great virtue and sense of righteousness. Others claim that the third god is not Zhou Ben but Li Bai, the famous poet. During the Qing Dynasty of the 18th century, the province of Shaanxi requested approval from the emperor to incorporate the Taibai gods into official provincial celebrations. This did not come about immediately. In 1774, the 39th year of the Qianlong emperor, Shaanxi province again asked for consent and this time it was granted. As a result, the Taibai gods—previously ranked as mere dukes—acquired the official title of king.</p><br>
<h2>Tiejia Temple</h2><br>
<p>Halfway Mount Taibai, at approximately 1500m (6,000 ft), stands the Tiejia Taoist Ecology Temple. On the exact spot where one can today find the Tiejia Taoist Ecology Temple once stood the old Tiejiashu Temple, hidden amongst the foliage of age-old trees. The Tiejiashu Temple was built at the time of the Han Dynasty (206 BC–220) and remained there until the Cultural Revolution. It was one of the oldest temples dedicated to the gods of Mount Taibai and the first temple on the route taken by pilgrims along the south side of the mountain. Next to the Tiejia Taoist Ecology Temple stand the Ecology Education Center. Respect for nature has always been deeply rooted in Taoist thought and is crucial to China in the present era of ecological crisis. Through the Ecology Education Center, the Taoist monks of the Tiejia Taoist Ecology Temple would be able to organize meetings and training programs designed to help people think in terms of sustainability, not only local visitors but also monks from other temples.</p><br>
<h2>Nature reserve</h2><br>
<p>In 1965 Mount Taibai became the center of a new Nature Preserve covering the surrounding 56,325 hectares, with the purpose of protecting its warm temperate zone ecosystem. Mount Taibai has warm temperate, temperate, cool temperate, and alpine climate. The flora and fauna of Taibai are quite diverse, with species from both northern and southern Chinese environments uniquely coexisting in the region.</p><br>
<p>The base of the mountain is composed of stone covered by yellow loess soil, while the middle elevations of the mountain are covered with hardy trees and spectacular rocky outcrops. The higher elevations of the mountain contain glacial remnants, cirque, peaks, aulacogen, and moraine, all of which have proven of great use toward geological research.</p><br>
<h2>Environment</h2><br>
<p>Flora from both the sub-tropical and warm temperate climates inhabit areas of Taibai. Due to the mountains rapid rises in elevation, plants from the middle temperate climate and alpine climates are also found in the same areas. Within the Nature Preserves borders more than 1,700 different types of seed-bearing plants are found, comprising approximately 60% of the flora in the Qinling Range. Among the flora are found many second- and third-tier protected Chinese species, such as Chuan-Guo Vine, Eucommia, Kingdonia, Dipteronia sinensis, Cercidiphyllum japonicum, Euptelea pleiosperma, Acer miaotaiense, Trochodendraceae, Sinowilsonia, Taibai Rainbow (Larix chinensis), Qinling Crow&#39;s Head (Aconitum liouii), Chinese Hemlock, Populus purdomii, Circaeasteraceae, and Purple-Speckled Peony (Paeonia rockii), and others. About 40 types of animals inhabit the area, as well as 230 species of birds and several species of amphibians.</p><br>
<p>Mount Taibai National Forest Park is located within the borders of Tanggu in Mei County, Shaanxi.</p><br>
<p>Veliki Brijun  is an uninhabited island in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea. It is located off the west coast of Istria in northern Adriatic and is the largest island in the Brijuni Islands  archipelago. Like most of the archipelago, Veliki Brijun is part of the Brijuni National Park, established in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The island lies 2 km west of the mainland town of Fažana and is located some 6 km away from the city of Pula. It is separated from mainland by the Fažana Channel (Fažanski kanal) which is only 12 meters deep, and geological evidence suggests that until some 10,000 years ago the whole archipelago was connected to the Istria peninsula. The island has an area of 5.72 km²,</p><br>
<p>which makes it the 41st largest Croatian island, and its coastline is 23.41 km long.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Like most islands of the Brijuni archipelago, Veliki Brijun was settled since prehistoric times, with the earlies traces of settlements going back to 3000 BC, or early Bronze Age. The Illyrians lived on the islands from around 1500 BC until Roman conquest in 177 BC and remnants of five Illyrian fortified hill forts were discovered on Veliki Brijun. After the fall of the Roman Empire in 476, the whole area came under Ostrogoth control, and during the Gothic War in the 6th century the islands were taken over by the Byzantine Empire. In 1331 the Republic of Venice took over and the island was ruled by a few Venetian aristocratic families. Starting in the early 14th century, regular outbreaks of plague and malaria decimated the local population, until the 17th century when the archipelago was de facto uninhabited. In the 19th century Austria-Hungary started fortifying the islands by building massive bastions and batteries, and two large forts on Mali Brijun and five smaller ones on Veliki Brijun had been constructed for the defence of the monarchy’s main naval base at Pula.</p><br>
<p>In 1893 the whole archipelago, including Veliki Brijun, was bought by the Austrian steel industrialist Paul Kupelweiser. Kupelweiser embarked on a project to transform the islands into an exclusive summer resort and health center. Construction works on promenades, swimming pools, stables, and sports grounds were started. However, the construction efforts were jeopardized by malaria outbreaks which occurred during summer months and even Kupelwieser himself fell ill with the disease. At the turn of the century Kupelweiser had invited the famous physician Robert Koch, who at the time studied different forms of malaria and quinine-based treatments. Koch accepted the invitation and spent two years, from 1900 to 1902, on the Brijuni islands. According to Koch’s instructions, all the ponds and swamps where malaria-carrying mosquitoes hatched were reclaimed and patients were treated with quinine. Malaria was thus eradicated by 1902 and Kupelwieser erected a monument to Koch, which still stands in vicinity of the 15th century Church of St. Germanus on Veliki Brijun.</p><br>
<p>The first guests came to Veliki Brijun in 1896, but the surge in number of tourists occurred after malaria was eradicated, from 1903 onwards.</p><br>
<p>Although the islands soon gained popularity as an exclusive summer resort, Kupelweiser&#39;s plans for further development were interrupted by the outbreak of World War I, when some 2,600 Austro-Hungarian soldiers were stationed in the islands. When the war ended in 1918 the whole of Istria including its islands came under Italian sovereignty but the Brijuni archipelago remained the possession of the Kupelwieser family. Due to the increasing and stronger tourist competition Kupelwieser’s enterprise went bankrupt in 1936 and the islands came under the jurisdiction of the Italian Ministry of Finance. Soon after that a daily seaplane service to Brijuni was introduced but then World War II abruptly ended this new period of prosperity. The archipelago was turned into a naval fortification again and came under aerial attacks several times in the wake of World War II. In a bombing raid on 25 April 1945 two hotels, many houses and a large part of the quay were either badly damaged or completely destroyed.</p><br>
<p>After World War II, the island was turned into Josip Broz Tito&#39;s luxurious summer residence. Tito used the island from June 1947 to August 1979 for entertaining a great number of foreign ministers, dignitaries and heads of state. Other notable guests who visited the island in that period include Gamal Abdel Nasser, Jawaharlal Nehru, Eleanor Roosevelt, the Italian actress Sophia Loren and the novelist James Joyce.</p><br>
<p>In 1978 a safari park was created on the northern part of the island, covering an area of 9 hectares. In addition, the chital deer, the Fallow deer and mouflons were introduced to the island in the early 20th century. Their numbers increased in the following decades and can be seen roaming freely around the island.</p><br>
<p>In October 1983 the whole archipelago was turned into a legally protected national park. Since the early 1990s the villas on the islets of Ganga, Galija and Madona west of Veliki Brijun are used as the summer residence of Croatian presidents, and are guarded year-round by the small army garrison stationed on the islands. However, due to the lack of government investments in the existing infrastructure and the prohibition on new construction due to the island&#39;s status as a national park and protected reserve, the facilities at Veliki Brijun and the Brijuni archipelago fell into a state of disrepair by the 2000s.</p><br>
<p>As of 2009, there are plans to upgrade existing hotels to at least a four-star rating, and to modernise the outdated sewer system and power grid. The plan, devised as part of the Brijuni Rivijera project, includes developing the Brijuni archipelago as a luxury tourist resort with a total accommodating capacity of 800 beds.</p><br>
<p>John L. Pentecost House is a historic residence in Elmhurst, Illinois reflecting c. 1910 design trends.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was originally constructed in 1888 in the Queen Anne style for Rebecca Richardson for $3,000. The house was built in a burgeoning Elmhurst, Illinois neighborhood, Cottage Hill Avenue, where several stately mansions had recently been constructed. Its construction was typical of Victorian residences with a hipped roof with lower cross gables.</p><br>
<p>The house was purchased in 1910 by John L. Pentecost, a seafood purveyor for Chicago hotels. Pentecost immediately hired Oak Park architect Henry G. Fiddelke to completely remodel the house. Pentecosts wife was interested in architecture and wanted their new residence to incorporate recent design trends. The result was a blend of several popular architectural styles, such as Prairie School and Arts and Crafts, while still retaining some of the Victorian features of the original residence. Fiddelke previously worked with Adler & Sullivan and was currently in the employ of Joseph Lyman Silsbee. Among his designs was Ernest Hemingways childhood home; Hemingway was a friend of John Pentecost&#39;s son Jack, so John may have heard of Fiddelke through this connection. Dr. Edwin M. Smith, Jr. purchased the house from the Pentecost estate in 1946 and lived there until 1970. The house retains the integrity of the 1910 remodel.</p><br>
<p>Notice of Public Hearing Historic Preservation Commission Case Number 16-HPC-01</p><br>
<p>Request for Removal of Historic Landmark Designation</p><br>
<p>Notice is hereby given that the Elmhurst Historic Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 7:00 p.m., in the Elmhurst City Hall, 209 N. York Street, Elmhurst, Illinois. The purpose of this meeting is to consider a request for removal of historic landmark designation pursuant to the Elmhurst Historic Preservation Ordinance.</p><br>
<p>Regarding March 9 public hearing, Commission allowed the removal of historic landmark designation.</p><br>
<p>Home is presently be razed/deconstructed in July, 2017.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The house sites on a 100 x lot (roughly.75 acre). It is a two-and-a-half story residence, approximately 31 x. When remodeled in 1910, the exterior was painted with a light grey Portland cement stucco. This is accented with darker grey wood and metal trim. The front of the house faces the west. A large picture window 7 x and two casement art glass windows decorate the facade. The second floor of this side has two double-hung windows, one of which remains from the original 1888 construction. The entrance is under a gabled portico with a slight pitch and decorative wood details. The portico columns are stucco with white trim. Dark grey steps lead to a landing with two built-in bench seats. Copper gutters on this side have been painted white. The north side has a gabled projection that extends 4 ft; the projection extends slightly farther on the second and third floors. The east (rear) elevation features a rear entrance with a small porch. A second-floor porch is supported with wood columns with Doric capitals. The south side features the veranda with fitted screens and storm windows on three sides. A 1910-door leads from the veranda to the interior dining room. A garage and gazebo were recently constructed on the property.</p><br>
<p>Hauptgebaude, also known as Old Main, was the predecessor to Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois. The three-story building was constructed in 1878 as a gymnasium style of school, reflecting the German heritage of the local residents. The new building allowed the school to increase its enrollment to 103 students in its first year. Classes in the Hauptgebaude were solely taught in German until 1917. In 1919, the school became accredited as a junior college. Starting in 1928, the school added additional buildings to the campus. The school began admitting female students in 1930, and received accreditation as a four-year college in 1934. Old Main functioned as the school&#39;s administration building until the 1950s. It was renovated in 1920 after a major fire, and again in 1976 and 1995. At one time or another, Old Main housed the science labs, the college cafeteria, a pipe organ, and a Fumatorium  where students in the early 1900s smoked, talked and played chess. Along with Irion Hall, Old Main even served as the college library  before Memorial Library was built. Old Main now houses faculty offices, art studios and general classrooms and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The Glen Ellyn Main Street Historic District is a set of eleven buildings in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. The houses were built between 1874 and 1890 when the village was known as Prospect Park. The swampy setting of the village began to gain a reputation as a retreat away from the city, and by 1882 the village was large enough for incorporation. Wealthy businessmen built homes along the main stretch of the village in what would become the historical district. In the mid-1880s, a river was dammed, creating Lake Glen Ellyn, spurring the new name for the village.</p><br>
<h2>Buildings</h2><br>
<h3>Significant structures</h3><br>
<p>These buildings are of particular historical or architectural interest. These residents were owned by early settlers and still resemble the original building.</p><br>
<p>Benjamin Gault House (1890) - Gault was an ornithologist known locally as "the bird man". He was a member of the National Geographic Society and National Audubon Society, and the secretary of the Wilson Ornithological Society. His articles appeared in The Auk and the Smithsonian Institution. The home was formerly the site of the first school in the village.</p><br>
<p>Edgar H. McChesney House (1885) - Queen Anne style residence. McChesney opened a grocery store with his brother in 1878. He sold his business and was later postmaster and village president. The house features an iron gate and a horse barn.</p><br>
<p>Nelson P. Dodge House (1882) - Italianate style residence. Dodge was a carpenter and the son of an early settler to the region.</p><br>
<p>Henry Fennamore House (1874) - Gothic Revival style residence. A private kindergarten was taught in the residence in the 1920s.</p><br>
<p>Whittle–Meacham House (1889) - Queen Anne style. The original owner, Civil War veteran James F. Whittle, sold the house to George Meacham in 1899 when he retired to Alabama. Meacham was related to the Meacham family that originally settled in Bloomingdale.</p><br>
<p>John Newton Nind House (1876) - Italianate style. Nind moved from Bloomingdale Township to start a farm. He built this house after he retired in 1875. Later renovation incorporated Greek Revival elements into the house.</p><br>
<h3>Contributing structures</h3><br>
<p>These buildings are not as historically important as "significant" structures but are at least fifty years old and have had minimal alterations.</p><br>
<p>564 Main Street (c. 1890) - Vernacular house partially destroyed in a 1910 fire.</p><br>
<p>569 Main Street (c. 1925) - Craftsman residence.</p><br>
<p>571 Main Street (c. 1920) - Craftsman residence.</p><br>
<h3>Intrusions</h3><br>
<p>These buildings contrast with the surrounding buildings. Though they are listed as part of the district, they are not historically relevant.</p><br>
<p>580 Main Street (c. 1945) - Ranch-style house</p><br>
<p>587 Main Street (c. 1925) - Dutch Colonial Revival house.</p><br>
<p>The George Baker House is a historic residence in unincorporated Milton Township near Glen Ellyn, Illinois. The Greek Revival house features a limestone exterior on a stone foundation, and an asphalt roof. It was constructed for and designed by George Baker in 1847. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Following the end of the Black Hawk War, settlers began to move to the Chicago region, including DuPage County. Valentine Baker, a French immigrant, moved to the region from New York in 1843. John Russ purchased an unsettled lot on a hill from the federal government on May 2, 1843, and sold it to the Baker family on August 9. Valentine Baker died in 1846, before he could build a house on the lot. His 20-year-old son George took over the responsibility, and the house was completed in 1847. It was built halfway between Stacys Tavern and Lisle on Park Boulevard. The road was originally an Indian trail that became an important north-south thoroughfare. George Baker married Mary Forttman on January 11, 1848. They expanded the lot to include 392.5 acre of farmland. They had seven children together. A wing was added to the house in 1853. George Barker was buried next to his father on the property in 1873. The farm was passed down to Georges son Valentine, who was the last family member to hold the land. It was deeded to John H. and Christopher W. Stauch in 1892, who combined the property with their existing land.</p><br>
<p>The house became dilapidated, and remained abandoned until it was purchased in 1942 by Frederic and Helen Babcock. Frederic was an editor for the Chicago Tribune who rehabilitated properties. In 1965, part of the property was sold to the town of Glen Ellyn to build Glencrest Middle School. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service on March 1, 2010. The hill that the house stood on retained the name of Baker Hill, which recently lent its name to a nearby shopping center.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The George Baker House is a Greek Revival style farmhouse. The 1853 addition converted the house into an Upright and Wing configuration. The house is on the west side of Taylor Road at its intersection with McCormock Avenue just west of Illinois Route 53. It is built into the hillside of Baker Hill, with entrances on the first floor on the east and the second floor on the west. The three-story brick house is painted white with a partially exposed limestone foundation. The main entrance on the east side has a large porch; the historic main entrance was probably on the west. Windows are surrounded by brick lintels and limestone sills; the west windows have black shutters. Both doors have six-over-six windows on either side. The second floor has three windows on the east side, and side windows on the north and south. The addition has a door and window on the south side and a door and two windows on the east. There are two smaller windows on the west side of the addition. Two ground-level windows are also present on the west.</p><br>
<p>There was originally two rooms on the first floor. The east room had a chimney in the center and a staircase leading to the kitchen below. Next to the rooms is a small hall with stairs to the second floor. The hall also led to a bathroom and an entrance to the kitchen. The largest room on the second floor is on the east. The north side features two small rooms. On the west is a bedroom and a bathroom. The main hall has a stairway to the third floor, which was probably originally a single room, but has been converted into two. In the first floor of the addition, the dining room has a maple floor. The kitchen was also relocated here to the south; it was originally a pair of pantries, but was converted in the 20th century. A root cellar is on the west. A hall runs on the second floor to two bedrooms.</p><br>
<p>The Ephraim and Emma Woodworth Truesdell House is a private house located at 1224 Haggerty Road in Canton Township, Michigan. The structure is significant because it is one of the most finely crafted houses in the township and because of its association with one of the most important families in the area. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Erastus Truesdell was born in Massachusetts in 1802. Erastus married Calista Merry and moved to Michigan in 1832, one of the first families to settle in Canton Township.</p><br>
<p>Erastus and Calista had eight children, the seventh of whom was Ephraim F. Truesdell, born in 1842. In 1888, Ephraim and Emma Truesdell hired Charles W. Curtiss, a builder from Plymouth, Michigan, to construct this house.</p><br>
<p>After Charles died in 1937, his wife rented out rooms in the house to schoolteachers and, during World War II, workers at the nearby Willow Run plant. The house stayed in the family for a number of decades; during this time the house was used for funerals because the large double doors in the front allowed caskets to be easily carried into the house. In the 1980s, developers bought it with the intention of starting a bed and breakfast. The home was resold in 1992 and restored, and in 2003 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The house is a two-story structure constructed of red brick on a stone foundation. It is built in a cross-shaped plan, with a deep gable-front section intersected by a side-gabled section which projects to either side of the main section. A hip roof section containing the double-door main entrance, is nestled in the corner created by the intersecting gabled portions of the structure. A low porch with Stick-Eastlake turned posts and pierced screens wraps around the hip roof section and shelters the front door; a similar porch sits on the opposite side of the front facade. Both side and front gables are ornamented with an incised arch beneath the roofline. A bay window is located on the south side; the remainder of the windows are of the one-over-one double-hung variety, set within segmented-arch brick caps.</p><br>
<p>Horsens Fjord is an East Jutland-type fjord in the east coast of the Danish peninsula of Jutland which stretches from the islands of Alrø and Hjarnø in the east to the town of Horsens on the mainland. It is some 20 km long. The navigational channel to Horsens has a depth of 7 m.</p><br>
<p>The islands in the fjord are low-lying with grasslands and lagoons along their coasts. Both Alrø and Hjarnø consist principally of farmland while Vorsø, which has been an unpopulated nature reserve for over 50 years, is now wooded and has a colony of herons. There are also many cormorants in the area.</p><br>
<h2>Protections</h2><br>
<p>Horsens Fjord forms a 42,737 ha Ramsar protection together with the island of Endelave and surrounding sea. The protection was put into force on 2 September 1977 and has number 152.</p><br>
<p>Preston Hall, or Prestonhall, is a late-18th-century mansion in Midlothian, to the south of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is located 1.5 km north of Pathhead on the east side of the Tyne Water, opposite Oxenfoord Castle on the west side. The house, together with several estate buildings, are the work of architect Robert Mitchell , and are protected as Category A listed buildings, the highest level of protection for a historic building in Scotland.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>A house was built here in 1700 for Roderick Mackenzie, brother of the Earl of Cromartie, who became a law lord as Lord Prestonhall in 1703. In 1738 the estate was bought by Henrietta, the widow of Alexander Gordon, 2nd Duke of Gordon, and additions were made to the house in 1740 by William Adam. Lady Gordon laid out the extensive parkland around the house before her death in 1760, after which work on the estate was continued by her son Lord Adam Gordon.</p><br>
<p>In 1789, Preston Hall was purchased by Alexander Callander. Callander had made his fortune in India, and had already purchased the nearby estates of Crichton and Elphinstone. Alexander Callander died the following year, and the house was completed by his brother John (later Sir John Callander, Bt.) in 1800.</p><br>
<p>In 1812 the house passed to John Callander&#39;s nephew John Alexander Higgins, who left it to his nephew William Burn-Callander FRSE (1792-1854) in 1828. Alterations made to the house in the early 19th century included the reversal of the front and rear elevations, and further development of the grounds. A porch was added by David Bryce in around 1850. The Callander family continue to own Prestonhall.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The house is considered to be Robert Mitchells most important architectural work. Mitchell was born in Aberdeen but practised in London from 1782. Moore Place, Hertfordshire, and Nelsons Column, Montreal, are among his few other surviving works.</p><br>
<p>The front facade of Preston Hall has been compared to an illustration in the 1728 Essay in the Defence of Ancient Architecture by Robert Morris, and was considered somewhat dated at the time of its construction. The rear is more neoclassical in style, comprising a large central block flanked by pavilions. The pavilions may predate the main building, possibly being part of William Adam&#39;s scheme, albeit remodelled by Mitchell. Significant features of the interior include four life-size female figures in the stairway, which are made from Coade stone, a type of ceramic used as an artificial stone.</p><br>
<h2>Estate</h2><br>
<p>The North Gate into the grounds also survives from the earlier phase, and dates from around 1740. The remainder of the estate buildings were designed by Robert Mitchell and built in the 1790s. At the end of a tree-lined vista to the north of the house is the octagonal-plan Temple, originally intended as Alexander Callander&#39;s mausoleum. The south entrance to the grounds is known as the Lion Gate, as the gate piers are topped by lion statues made from Coade stone. The walled garden includes two brick gazebos, which served as viewing platforms. In 1842, 40 varieties of fig were being cultivated in the garden and adjacent hot houses.</p><br>
<p>The house is protected as a Category A listed building, as are the North Gate, Lion Gate, walled garden, stables, and the Temple. The grounds of the house are listed on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of historic gardens in Scotland, and is considered to have "outstanding" architectural and scenic value.</p><br>
<p>Pensacola Pass, separating mainland Florida from Santa Rosa Island, is the mouth of Pensacola Bay.</p><br>
<p>"Officials in Pensacola Bay frustrated with slow pace",</p><br>
<p>Palm Beach Post, 4 May 2010, webpage:</p><br>
<p>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/officials-in-pensacola-bay-frustrated-with-slow-pace-662094.html PBP-94.</p><br>
<p>Pensacola Pass forms a water passage that connects Pensacola Bay with the Gulf of Mexico to the south, in the U.S. state of Florida, east of the Alabama/Florida state line. The surrounding area is heavily developed, with high-rise condominiums. However, there are nearby beach-front parks, with Fort Pickens on the eastern side of Pensacola Pass.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Pensacola Pass is the name of the waterway connecting the Gulf to Pensacola Bay. Ships and boats use this passage to travel between the two. During the daily flood tide, fresh saltwater enters Pensacola Pass from the Gulf of Mexico; waters are pulled out on the ebb tide, flushing the bay.</p><br>
<h2>2010 Gulf oil spill</h2><br>
<p>Following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (called the "Gulf oil spill"), the entrance to Pensacola Pass was closed,</p><br>
<p>"Unified Command for the BP Oil Spill|Pensacola Pass to Close",</p><br>
<p>http://www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com/go/doc/2931/652927/ DH-27.</p><br>
<p>with a floating barrier system in June 2010, to control tidal flow of oil entering from the Gulf of Mexico. The daily high tide was causing oil-contaminated water to enter Pensacola Bay. The barrier system was to be designed to allow boats to travel through Pensacola Pass during the ebb tide, but to close during the rising tide.</p><br>
<p>Although this was the initial plan, the booming plan was never fully implemented. Due to strong currents in the Pass, the boom broke. There was no alternative system in place in areas of less current, nor was there a plan to trap incoming oil, therefore oil product freely entered the Pass.</p><br>
<p>Joseph Shinn House is located in Woodstown, Salem County, New Jersey, United States. The house was built in 1742 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1979.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was built by Samuel Shivers in 1743, and then inherited by his son-in-law Joseph Shinn. The northern third of the house was built in 1812.</p><br>
<p>Shinn was a member the fifth session (June–August 1776) of the Provincial Congress of New Jersey which ordered the arrest of the colonys last royal governor William Franklin, approved the Declaration of Independence and wrote New Jerseys first state constitution (1776).</p><br>
<p>Josephs son, General of the New Jersey militia Isaiah Shinn, later owned the house, but built another house across the street in 1790. Both of these houses are located in the local Woodstown Historic District along with another nearby house, the William Shinn House. Isaiahs grandson, painter Everett Shinn was raised in Woodstown but never lived in the Joseph Shinn House.</p><br>
<p>The Aggenstein is a mountain, 1,986 metres high  in the Allgäu Alps on the border Bavaria, Germany and Tyrol, Austria. It is located in the Bavarian part of the Tannheim Mountains, a few kilometres south of Pfronten .</p><br>
<h2>Location and surrounding area</h2><br>
<p>The prominence of the Aggenstein is at least 266 metres, its isolation is 1.8 kilometres, the Brentenjoch being the reference peak.</p><br>
<h2>Routes to the summit</h2><br>
<p>Via Pfronten – Breitenberg – Böser Tritt – Bad Kissinger Hut (Alpine Club hut) – summit (ca. 2.5 hours)</p><br>
<p>Via Pfronten Breitenberg – Böser Tritt – Langer Strich – summit (ca. 2 hours); cable car available</p><br>
<p>Via Pfronten – Reichenbach-Klamm – Bad Kissinger Hut (Alpine Club hut) – summit (ca. 3.5 hours)</p><br>
<p>Via Grän/Enge (Austria) – Bad Kissinger Hut – summit (ca. 2.5 hours)</p><br>
<p>Via Grän – Füssener Jöchle – Tannheimer Höhenweg – Bad Kissinger Hut – summit (ca. 2.5 hours); cable car available</p><br>
<p>The Ahornbüchsenkopf is a northern subpeak of the Hoher Göll, high, in the Berchtesgaden Alps in the county of Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria, Germany, and the state of Salzburg in Austria.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>The Ahornbüchsenkopf rises in the Berchtesgaden Alps around 2.8 km north-northeast of the Hoher Göll and just under 6 km (both as the crow flies) east of Berchtesgaden. The German-Austrian border runs over its summit.</p><br>
<p>On the German side of the lightly wooded Ahornbüchsenkopf are the alpine meadows of the Lower (Untere) and Upper Ahornalm (Obere Ahornalm). In the latter is a mountain inn, the Ahornkaser, and the top of a ski lift. Between the Ahornbüchsenkopf and the Hoher Göll on the crest of the Eckerfirst which is reached via the Ecker Saddle (Eckersattel, ) is the mountain hut of the Purtschellerhaus.</p><br>
<p>The Roßfeldhöhenringstraße road runs through the summit region of the Ahornbüchsenkopf (called the Hahnenkamm northeast of the summit), partly on German and partly on Austrian soil and reaches its highest point in Austria at around.</p><br>
<p>On the western slopes of the Ahornbüchsenkopf rise the headstreams of the German stream, the Larosbach, which is a southern tributary of the Lettengraben in the eastern part of the Berchtesgadener Ache catchment. East of its summit rise the headstreams of the Sulzgraben, which is a western tributary of the Salzach.</p><br>
<h2>Viewing points</h2><br>
<p>From the easily accessible Ahornbüchsenkopf or from the Roßfeldhöhenringstraße road there are views that include the Hochkalter, Reiter Alm, Untersberg and the Berchtesgaden Bowl as well as the long Salzach valley. Nearby to the south is the striking north face of the Hoher Göll. In good visibility the Hoher Dachstein can be seen to the east.</p><br>
