<p>The Teufelshörner  are a pair of mountains on the German-Austrian border in the Berchtesgaden Alps. The two peaks, which form a mountain ridge, are the Großes Teufelshorn  and the Kleines Teufelshorn .</p><br>
<h2>Situation</h2><br>
<p>The Großes Teufelshorn is the higher and more northerly summit of the two Teufelshörner and the highest peak in the Hagen Mountains, a part of the Berchtesgaden Alps.</p><br>
<p>The Kleines Teufelshorn is the lower summit and lies southwest of the Großes Teufelshorn.</p><br>
<p>The two Teufelshörner rise up between the basin of the Bavarian Röth and the Austrian Blühnbach valley, both are extremely remote. Due to its long approach, the Großes Teufelshorn is only rarely climbed. A summit cross stands on its highest point stands and it offers a good all-round view which takes in, the Hochkönig, Watzmann and Tennengebirge amongst others.</p><br>
<p>The Teufelshörner are joined by a rocky knife-edge that marks the border between the state of Salzburg and the district of Berchtesgadener Land in Bavaria. A climbing route runs along the challenging rocky ridge (UIAA grade II), which is neither marked nor secured and should therefore only be attempted by experienced climbers.</p><br>
<h2>Ascent</h2><br>
<p>The normal route starts at the Salet restaurant, which is only accessible after a one-hour boat journey over the lake of Königssee. It then runs up to the Obersee at the head of the valley called Fischunkel, where the impressive Röthbach Waterfall rushes downhill. It then runs along the partly secured Röthsteig climbing very steeply and zig-zagging frequently up to the Wasseralm, a basic Alpine Club hut that has been managed in the summer months since 2005 and lies at a height of. Here it is usual to stop for the night, because the whole climb is too long and strenuous to attempt in a day. The route continues on an easy path through the Röth to a fork in the path at 1,650 m.</p><br>
<h3>Ascent of the Großes Teufelshorn</h3><br>
<p>To reach the top of the Großes Teufelshorn, the route turns left at the fork and climbs a steep, very narrow path. The final section involves several easy climbing passages, but sure-footedness and a head for heights are absolutely necessary.Using the normal route summit of the Teufelshorn may be reached in 6 to 7 hours from the Obersee.</p><br>
<h3>Ascent of the Kleines Teufelshorn</h3><br>
<p>To climb the Kleines Teufelshorn the route continues straight on at the fork - sure-footedness and a head for heights being needed. The summit of the Kleines Teufelshorn can be reached in 5 to 6 hours from the lake of Obersee.</p><br>
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<p>The Trettachspitze is a 2,595 metre high mountain in the Allgäu Alps in Germany. Due to its striking appearance  it is one of the best-known mountains in the Allgäu Alps.</p><br>
<h2>Location and area</h2><br>
<p>Together with the Mädelegabel (2,645 m) and the Hochfrottspitze (2,649 m) it forms the often admired triumvirate of mountains rising above Einödsbach. It is the only high rocky summit in the Allgäu Alps that lies entirely on German soil. It is situated north of the Mädelegabel and usually ascended from the Waltenberger Haus.</p><br>
<p>At the foot of the Trettachspitze, at the lower end of the Trettachrinne, is the source of the Trettach river.</p><br>
<h2>Ascent and climbing history</h2><br>
<p>The Trettachspitze was first climbed in 1855 by the brothers Urban, Alois and Mathias Jochum from the Birgsau in the Stillach valley. The youngest was just 13 years old.</p><br>
<p>The Trettachspitze may only be attempted by experienced climbers. The usual ascents are the UIAA grade II approach on the northwestern arête, or the frequently used crossing of the northeast and northwestern arêtes using safety equipment which is UIAA grade III in places.</p><br>
<p>There are other climbing routes on every rock face. However the only ones that are regularly used are the Schwarzer Riß (grade V+), Spiel der Geister (VII) and The show must go on (VI) on the western face. The other routes are rarely attempted as they have long and dangerous approaches over often crumbling rocks. Next to the route The show must go on, Robert Jasper and Stefan Meineke opened up other climbing routes on the western face in summer 1991.</p><br>
<h2>Sources</h2><br>
<p>Ernst Enzenperger: Die Gruppe der Mädelegabel, München, Jos. Köselsche Buchhandlung, 1909</p><br>
<p>Thaddäus Steiner: Die Flurnamen der Gemeinde Oberstdorf im Allgäu, München, Selbstverlag des Verbandes für Flurnamenforschung in Bayern, 1972</p><br>
<p>Thaddäus Steiner: Hieß die Trettachspitze einst Giis(t)kopf in Unser Oberstdorf, Blätter zur Oberstdorfer Heimatgeschichte. Heft 9/1986, S. 68.</p><br>
<p>Alpenvereinskarte 1:25.000, Blatt 2/1, Allgäuer- Lechtaler Alpen, West</p><br>
<p>The Hohe Warte  is a largely forested upland with four striking hills on the southwestern fringe of the Fichtelgebirge mountains located in northern Bavaria, near Bayreuth. Its highest peak is the Hirschberg . About 60% of the ridge lies on the territory of the parish of Bindlach, the other 40% is divided between the town of Bayreuth and the parish of Heinersreuth. A number of lakes and streams have their origin in these hills and are an important source of drinking water for the surrounding settlements.</p><br>
<h2>Parishes</h2><br>
<p>To the north and east lies the hills are in the parish of Bindlach, in the south in the borough of Bayreuth, in the west on the parish of Heinersreuth.</p><br>
<p>The following villages lie on the hill range:</p><br>
<h2>Peaks</h2><br>
<p>Hirschberg (493 m above NN)</p><br>
<p>Hohe Wart, Victory tower (Siegesturm) (463 m ANN) - erected after the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71</p><br>
<p>Kühnleite (457 m ANN)</p><br>
<p>Schupfenschlager Höhe (452 m ANN)</p><br>
<h2>Rivers and lakes</h2><br>
<p>Rivers/streams:</p><br>
<p>Hirschbach rises on the Hirschberg and flows into the Trebgast (White Main)</p><br>
<p>Eisbach begins at the Eisbachsee and flows into the Trebgast</p><br>
<p>Cottenbach begins at the Hirschbergsee and flows into the Red Main</p><br>
<p>Altbach rises at the foot of the Schupfenschlager Höhe and flows into the Trebgast</p><br>
<p>Lakes:</p><br>
<p>Eisbachsee</p><br>
<p>Hirschbergsee</p><br>
<p>Schupfenschlager Weiher</p><br>
<h2>Crags</h2><br>
<h2>Tourism</h2><br>
<p>The main tourist attraction in the region is the Victory Tower (Siegesturm) in Bayreuth, on the Hohe Warte. The eastern part is less popular. Almost the entire areas is a protected landscape.</p><br>
<p>The ridge is also called the "Gateway to the Bavarian Northern Forests" (Tor zum Bayrischen Nortwald, the old name for the Franconian Forest and Fichtelgebirge mountains, because it was the first range of hills in the Fichtelgebirge from the valley of the Red Main. The Bavarian Nortwald hiking trail also begins at Hirschberg.</p><br>
<h2>Economy</h2><br>
<p>The region is important for forestry, being used and maintained by the Bavarian State Forests.</p><br>
<p>The source region around the Hohe Wart is almost exclusively used to supply water to the town of Bayreuth and there is also an elevated drinking water reservoir.</p><br>
<p>East of the Hohe Warte lies the hospital named after it, the Klinik Hohe Warte</p><br>
<p>The Wörner is a high mountain in the Karwendel on the border between Bavaria and Tyrol. It is part of the Northern Karwendel Chain that initially runs northwards to the Wörner and then swings east. The northwest ridge  of the Wörner is very striking and easy to make out from many other peaks in the region.</p><br>
<p>The mountain was probably first climbed from the south (Karwendel valley, Großkar) in 1853 during Austrian triangulation work; but the first recorded ascent was by Hermann von Barth in 1870, also from the south (grade II, brittle, exposed towards the end).</p><br>
<p>Today the mountain is mostly ascended on its western flank. The normal route starts at the Wörner Saddle, which is reached from Mittenwald via the Hochland Hut or the Verein Alm (bicycle depot at ).</p><br>
<p>There is an initially straightforward, but lengthy and steep climb through rocky terrain. After a crossing at there are several climbing sections (grade II−) and the route is rather exposed in places.</p><br>
<p>An entire row of pitons left behind in the rock indicate that in the past, when troops of the Mittenwald mountain infantry passed this way, dangerous climbing sections were secured using rope railings. For a long time the route was only marked by cairns and a few posts, and orientation during the descent was difficult. Since 2002 the route has been marked throughout.</p><br>
<p>From the summit there is a view over the Karwendel valley and the central Karwendel chain from the Pleisenspitze to the Birkkarspitze; close by to the north are the Schöttelkarspitze and Soiernspitze; this panorama in the foreground severely restricts the long-distance view.</p><br>
<p>On 9 July 1985 the then Defence Minister, Manfred Wörner, accompanied by Army mountain leaders (Heeresbergführer) from Mittenwald climbed the mountain that shares his name.</p><br>
<p>The Zeilberg is a hill, in the Haßberge Nature Park and county of Haßberge in eastern Lower Franconia, about 2 km east of Maroldsweisach. It is one of the few still recognisable volcanoes of the Heldburger Gangschar and gives its name to the Zeilberge, which are the highest part of the Itz-Baunach Hills that are geologically part of the actual Haßberge to the west, but are separated from them by the Baunach valley.</p><br>
<p>The extinct volcano is 16 million years old and is formed of nephelinite. (pdf; 2.6 MB) –</p><br>
<p>Gottfried Hofbauer, NHG Nürnberg (pdf, 2.47 MB) It has been reduced in height due to extraction from a basalt quarry.</p><br>
<h2>Tourism</h2><br>
<p>An adventure trail runs around the basalt quarry. The Haus am Zeilberg is also a popular venue for events.</p><br>
<p>The Blomberg is a mountain, high, in Bavaria, Germany and is the local mountain of Bad Tölz and a popular destination both with locals and visitors to the region. It is accessible on a short footpath which is steep in places or with the aid of a chairlift.</p><br>
<h2>Location and area</h2><br>
<p>The Blomberg lies within the Bavarian Prealps in the parish of Wackersberg. At is a managed inn, the Blomberghaus. In addition there is a 1,286-metre-long summer rodelbahn and, since mid-2008, a ropes course.</p><br>
<p>Immediately to the south is a neighbouring peak, the high Zwiesel (also called the Zwieselberg). As close neighbours, the Blomberg and Zwiesel are often visited together. The nearby Heiglkopf is also easy to reach from the summit of the Blomberg. Both mountains may be climbed by children and are occasionally recommended as such.</p><br>
<p>During the Würm glaciation the alpentor of the Isar valley glacier was formed between the Blomberg and the Rechelkopf. It was here that the glacier broke through at a height of about.</p><br>
<h2>Winter sports</h2><br>
<p>In winter the small ski area with its old double chairlift and two drag lifts is used especially by day visitors from the surrounding area as far as Munich. The 5.5-km-long winter toboggan run, built in 1903, is popular and very busy at weekends.</p><br>
<p>The First Schafalpenkopf  or Southwestern Schafalpenkopf  is a 2,272-metre-high mountain in the Allgäu Alps. It is part of the Schafalpenköpfe and the Mindelheim Klettersteig.</p><br>
<h2>Location and surrounding area</h2><br>
<p>The border between Germany and Austria runs over the summit of the First Schafalpenkopf, simultaneously dividing the states of Bavaria and Vorarlberg. On the Bavarian side it belongs to the administrative areas of the county of Oberallgäu and the market town of Oberstdorf, on Austria soil to the district of Bregenz and the parish of Mittelberg.</p><br>
<p>To the northeast the Second Schafalpenkopf (2,302 m) follows the First, the two being separated by a 2,170-metre-high arête. It is the reference point for the First Schafalpenkopf&#39;s topographic prominence of 102 metres. Its isolation is 500 metres, reaching to the Second Schafalpenkopf. To the south of the First Schafalpenkopf is the valley of Rappenalptal. To the southwest the First Schafalpenkopf transitions across to the Kemptner Kopf (2,191 m). To the north of the mountain is the valley of Wildental, which leads into the Kleinwalsertal.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>The First Schafalpenkopf is composed of main dolomite.</p><br>
<h2>Origin of the name</h2><br>
<p>For the origin of the name Schafalpenköpfe see Schafalpenköpfe.</p><br>
<h2>Alpinism</h2><br>
<h3>Bases</h3><br>
<p>Bases for tours of the First Schafalpenkopf are the Fiderepass Hut and the Mindelheim Hut (2,013 m). In addition it is also possible to climb it from Mittelberg through the Wildental valley and from the top station of the Kanzelwandbahn.</p><br>
<h3>Routes</h3><br>
<p>The normal route for the First Schafalpenkopf is the Mindelheim Klettersteig. This medium-difficulty klettersteig (C) crosses the mountain from northeast to southwest, from the Second Schafalpenkopf. Climbers are assisted by cables, iron rungs and a ladder.</p><br>
<p>The routes from the time before the construction of the klettersteig are hardly used today. The old normal route had a climbing grade of UIAA II and ran through the Wildental valley to the top.</p><br>
<p>File:Erster Schafalpenkopf.JPGFrom the Walser Hammerspitze</p><br>
<p>File:Erster Schafalpenkopf02.JPGSummit block</p><br>
<p>File:Erster Schafalpenkopf Gipfel.JPGSummit region</p><br>
<p>File:Erster Schafalpenkopf Mindelheimer Klettersteig.JPGKlettersteig passage</p><br>
<p>The Schüsselkarspitze is a peak in the eastern Wetterstein Mountains. It is one of the best-known climbing peaks in the Northern Limestone Alps. It has a multitude of challenging climbing routes, especially through the mighty slabs  of the south face. In the vicinity of the summit is a permanent bothy where climbers may take refuge in emergencies.</p><br>
<p>The Schüsselkarspitze was first climbed in 1894 by Heinrich Moser and Oscar Schuster who assailed its north flank. Until then the peak had been viewed as unclimbable as a result of several failed attempts.</p><br>
<p>Valley settlements: Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Leutasch, Mittenwald</p><br>
<h2>Sources</h2><br>
<p>DAV map: 4/3 Wetterstein und Mieminger Gebirge, Östliches Blatt (1:25,000). 2005</p><br>
<p>Sodenberg is a 481m high basalt cone , the remnant of an extinct volcanic crater, located in the Franconian Saale , in the Bavarian region of Lower Franconia . From its heights it offers a panoramic view of the region extending from the ranges of the High Rhön to the Kreuzberg, as far as the Hassberge and the Steigerwald in the east, and the Spessart in the southwest.</p><br>
<p>A local Franconian tradition tells of Noah&#39;s Ark finally coming to rest on the slopes of Sodenberg. The fact that the names of many towns and villages in the surrounding area contain the names of animals within them, such as Ochenthal (oxen), Morlesau (sow), Schweinfurt (pig), Hammelburg (sheep), Wolfsmünster (wolf), Fuchsstadt (fox), Hundsfeld (dog), Katzenbach (cat), Rossmühle (horse), Wittershausen (ram), Hassenbach (hare), Motten (moths), Schnackenwert (mosquitoes) and Geiersnest (vultures), may very well have had something to do with the origin of this somewhat fanciful version of the famous biblical story.</p><br>
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<p>The Sonntagshorn, at 1,961 metres above sea level, is the highest mountain in the Chiemgau Alps.</p><br>
<p>The international border between Germany and Austria, and hence between the states of Bavaria and Salzburg, runs over the summit of the mountain, which rises south-southeast of Ruhpolding and south-southwest of Inzell.</p><br>
<p>The name Sonntagshorn has nothing to do with the Sonntag (German for "Sunday"), but is derived from Sonnendach, which means "sun roof".</p><br>
<p>The summit structure looks like a roof from the southern side which, as a result of its relatively gentle slope, is very strongly irradiated by the sun.</p><br>
<p>Because the mountain has no cable cars it is a worthwhile destination which, in winter, is especially popular with ski tourists in the Bavarian Alps. A comparatively easy climb approaches from the south via the Austrian valley of Heutal. The northern climb from the German side is more challenging, but also more spectacular and runs through unpopulated natural countryside, initially along a relatively easy forest track, but then over steep fields of scree and, into the high summer, also over fields of old snow. The climb via the middle Kraxenbach requires some climbing (grade II) and has the danger of falling rocks. The normal route runs from Melleck and through the Steinbachgraben to the Hochalmen and finally to the summit.</p><br>
<p>Sorgschrofen is a 1,635 m  tall mountain in the Allgäu Alps of Bavaria, Germany. A lower summit of Sorgschrofen is the 1,613 m  tall Zinken. There is a summit cross on both Sorgschrofen and Zinken.</p><br>
<h2>Quadripoint</h2><br>
<p>The summit is the only landlink Jungholz has to the rest of Austria. A rare occurrence found on the summit is that four borders (two German and two Austrian) meet in a quadripoint:</p><br>
<p>Bad Hindelang (West, Bavaria, Germany)</p><br>
<p>Pfronten (East, Bavaria, Germany)</p><br>
<p>Jungholz (North, Tyrol, Austria)</p><br>
<p>Schattwald (South, Tyrol, Austria)</p><br>
<h3>History</h3><br>
<p>The border between this section of Bavaria and Tyrol was defined by the border treaty of 1844, which was complemented in 1850; "Grenzberichtigungsvertrag vom 30. Jänner 1844, mit dem Ergänzungsvertrag vom 16. Dezember 1850". The treaty declares, that the borders meet at border marker 110, which is carved into a stone on the summit of the mountain.</p><br>
<h2>Ascent</h2><br>
<p>Sorgschrofen is a popular hiking mountain. A hiker can climb the mountain in two different ways: Directly to the peak from Jungholz or from Unterjoch and over Zinken, which is located 265 m (869 ft) south-west of the main summit and also on the border.</p><br>
<h3>From Jungholz</h3><br>
<p>From Jungholz you can either take a ski lift to cut corners or hike up a path to Älpele Hut. From there you need to follow the steep slope until you reach the area beneath the peak. Here you have to climb up the rocky surface to the peak.</p><br>
<h3>From Unterjoch</h3><br>
<p>Starting from the parking lot in Unterjoch, you walk past the church and go east to Zehrerhöfe on a road, where the paving abruptly stops. A dirt path at a right angle leads you to the main path to the peak. From there, you follow the path up the slope. It becomes much steeper, and some places are secured by steel wire. At one point you&#39;ll have to squeeze through a crevice. After you reach Zinken, you need to cross a ridge to get to the main summit. The path over the ridge is reserved for experienced hikers who are absolutely sure-footed, because although the path is partially secured, it is often very exposed. The trail can be icy until late spring. Before that, a climb - even for experts - is not recommended.</p><br>
<p>The Stadelhorn  is the highest and most prominent peak in the Reiter Alm on the Austro-German border, lying on the boundary between the states of Bavaria and Salzburg.</p><br>
<p>The Stadelhorn is a popular, but rather exposed hiking summit.</p><br>
<p>The view from the top extends from the Untersberg, the Hochkalter and Watzmann over the Leoganger Steinberge and Loferer Steinberge to the Sonntagshorn as well as large parts of the Lower Saalach valley. In addition, on clear days, the Stadelhorn offers a view from the Großer Priel in the east over the Dachstein and the High Tauern - including the Großglockner and Großvenediger - to Germany&#39;s highest peak, the Zugspitze, in the west.</p><br>
<p>At the foot of the Stadelhorn on the Austrian side are the villages of St. Martin b. Lofer, Lofer and the parish of Unken; on the Bavarian side is the Klausbach valley and the Hintersee lake.</p><br>
<p>The normal route to the top of the Stadelhorn runs along the western arête (Westgrat) beginning at the Mayrberg gap (Mayrbergscharte, 2055 m). From here there are various options:</p><br>
<p>Direct climbs:</p><br>
<p>along the Loferer Steig (path) from the Austrian side.</p><br>
<p>along the Schaflsteig (path) from the Bavarian side (Engert Alm).</p><br>
<p>Ascents via the Roßkar gap (Roßkarscharte) and the upper Wagendrischel cirque (Wagendrischelkar):</p><br>
<p>from the Neue Traunsteiner Hut along the Roßgasse or the Steinberggasse.</p><br>
<p>From the lake of Hintersee along the Böselsteig (path)</p><br>
<p>Unlike its eastern neighbour, the Großes Mühlsturzhorn, the Stadelhorn has fewer climbing options, although an ascent does require a head for heights and sure-footedness. Only a sports climbing tour up the southwest face is used more often.</p><br>
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<p>The Staffelberg is a hill in Bavaria, Germany. It is part of the Franconian Switzerland and one of the most important landmarks in Franconia. First settlements date from the neolithic Stone Age. Romans, Celts and Franconians followed. During the La Tène period the Celtic oppidum of Menosgada was built on the plateau of the Staffelberg.</p><br>
<p>Nowadays, it is a famous tourist attraction - not only because of the great view over the Main valley. The Staffelberg is located next to Vierzehnheiligen and the district capital of Lichtenfels. At the foot of the hill is the town of Bad Staffelstein. The Staffelberg is suited for hiking, mountain biking or climbing. On the top of the mountain there is a little church and a restaurant. The entire hill is protected by environmental laws.</p><br>
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<p>The Krausnick hills  are a small range of hills in Eastern Germany in the federal state of Brandenburg.</p><br>
<h2>Name and location</h2><br>
<p>The Krausnick hills are named after the village of Krausnick to their south. Their highest point is the Wehlaberg at 144 metres above sea level. The Krausnick hills form the boundary between the Spreewald to the southeast and the Dahmeland to the northwest. Both the hills themselves and the adjacent lakes (the Heideseen and Luchsee) belong to the Spreewald Biosphere Reserve and are popular tourist destinations.</p><br>
<h2>Sights</h2><br>
<p>Because of their relative height, which is extreme for the state of Brandenburg (100 metres in less than 1 km), the hills are a popular destination.</p><br>
<p>Since 2003 there has been an observation tower on the Wehlaberg. In good visibility there are views as far as the Berlin Television Tower and the Jänschwalde Power Station (each ca. 60 km away).</p><br>
<p>The border between Saxony and Prussia ran over the Krausnick hills until 1815. The local name Bunter Stiel recalls the site of the border posts which are marked today by a commemorative stone of the same name.</p><br>
<p>About 2 km west of the Wehlaberg is another commemorative stone on a forest path by the former site of the Hungriger Wolf ("Hungry Wolf") inn, once a stop on the main trade route from Berlin to Cottbus.</p><br>
<p>There are some surviving oak trees, a legacy of the former oak mixed woodland here.</p><br>
<p>The Heideseen lakes on the Krausnick hills are also a popular destination.</p><br>
<p>The Kutschenberg is the highest hill in Brandenburg, Germany. It is part of the low hill range of the Kmehlener Berge and rises near Großkmehlen in the county of Oberspreewald-Lausitz. It is and located only a few metres from the state border with Saxony.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<h3>Location</h3><br>
<p>The Kutschenberg is 2.5 km west-southwest of Ortrand and 1.5 kilometres south of Großkmehlen not far from the A 13 motorway to the west and within a small area of woodland in the Kmehlener Berge.</p><br>
<h3>Height</h3><br>
<p>New surveys in 2000 discovered that the summit of the Kutschenberg was Höhe and thus the highest hill in the state of Brandenburg. As a result, in 2011 a small granite stele was erected on its densely wooded summit that rises only slightly above its surroundings. The stele is inscribed with the words "KUTSCHENBERG 201 m ü. NHN". Near the summit at is a trig point.</p><br>
<p>About 11 km to the west near Gröden is the Heidehöhe which, at, is slightly higher than the Kutschenberg, but is not the highest hill in Brandenburg, but its highest point, because the summit above it, the Heideberg, lies in Saxony. There is commonly held notion that the Hagelberg on the Fläming Heath is the highest hill in Brandenburg, but the Kutschenberg is just a little higher.</p><br>
<h2>Am Kutschenberg racetrack</h2><br>
<p>On the northeast hillside of the Kutschenberg about 400 metres from the summit is the nationally known offroad racetrack of Am Kutschenberg, where car and motorcycle races are regularly held.</p><br>
<p>Kutschenberg 02.jpgSummit of the Kutschenberg</p><br>
<p>Kutschenberg 03.jpgSummit stele on the Kutschenberg</p><br>
<p>Kutschenberg 04.jpgSummit plateau of the Kutschenberg</p><br>
<p>Kutschenberg 05.jpgSkihütte am Kutschenberg</p><br>
<p>Lageplan Kutschenberg.JPGPlot des Lage- und Höhenplanes auf dem Kutschenberg</p><br>
<p>Telegrafenberg is a hill in Brandenburg, Germany.</p><br>
<p>The name derives from an optical telegraph that was built in 1832 on the top of the hill as part of the Prussian semaphore system between Berlin and Koblenz. The optical telegraph line was discontinued with the introduction of the electric telegraph line in 1852.</p><br>
<p>In 1874 the first observatory was built on the hill. Over the years the site developed in a main center for astronomy, physics and geosciences. A number of institutions have their headquarters on the Telegraphenberg, among them the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, as part of the Albert Einstein Science Park that includes the hill.</p><br>
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<p>The Orland P. Bassett House, also known as the "American Beauty" House, is a historic Colonial Revival residence in Hinsdale, Illinois.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Orland P. Bassett House, and the accompanying carriage house, were constructed in 1899. Bassett began his career as a printer, moving to Chicago manage the Pictorial Printing Company in 1874. He moved to Hinsdale with his wife in 1887 and began cultivating roses as a hobby. In 1888, he created a hybrid rose known as the American Beauty rose in his greenhouse. He co-founded Bassett & Washburn, which became the first florist to distribute the rose. Commercial horticulture was a relatively new field as Americans had only gained significant disposable income late in the 19th century. One of their largest clients was the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, who purchased the roses for use in their dining cars. The company was the largest employer in Hinsdale in 1900. Bassett retired in 1907, passing the business to his son-in-law, and moved to Pasadena, California in 1910. Bassett&#39;s grandson Egdar Washburn lived in the residence until 1913, when it was sold to Quaker Oats treasurer Robert Gordon. The house was renovated in 1942.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Bassett purchased a plot of land on the corner of Oak and Sixth Street in late 1898 and commissioned contractor Ole Anderson to build it for $25,000. The original architect is unknown—although the plans to the building are intact, there is no indication of who drew them. Enock Hill Turnock remodeled Bassetts former house, "Bonnie Heights", and may have continued a working relationship with Bassett. Given Bassetts occupation, the house was nicknamed the "American Beauty" House by local residents. The house was completed in December 1899. The third floor of the house features a ballroom where the Bassetts held dancing parties. The house was principally built in the Colonial Revival style, but also features elements of Queen Anne Style.</p><br>
<p>Hazelhurst is a historic house located at 150 East Genesee Street in Skaneateles, New York. It was originally a small summer home built for William Loney about 1866, and enlarged and renovated in 1904. It had an extensive lawn stretching down to Skaneateles Lake, which was later split up into 30 separate building lots that now share a common lake access. Hazelhurst is a three-story, irregular plan, Queen Anne style balloon frame dwelling. It features a wraparound porch with Ionic order columns, multiple gabled roof, porte cochere, and corner tower with conical roof. The mansion is now used as a 14-bedroom home for the elderly called "The Athenaeum".</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.</p><br>
<p>Presbyterian Church of Atlanta is a historic Presbyterian church located at Atlanta in Steuben County, New York, United States. It was built in 1895 and is a Queen Anne style buildings constructed of red pressed brick over a limestone basement. The interior is designed on the Akron Plan. Also on the property is a former horse shed that was converted in the 1920s for use as a Sunday School and Boy Scout facility. Founded after a devastating fire destroyed most of the downtown area of the village, the church has always served a broad cross section of the community. Having nearly closed the church is now experiencing a period of renewal. Services are at 11:00 AM on Sundays.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.</p><br>
<p>The William Whitney House, also known as the Hallmark House, is a historic Late Victorian & Italianate residence in Hinsdale, Illinois.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>William M. Whitney moved to Winfield in 1858 and was elected DuPage County Circuit Clerk and Recorder two years later. During his term, he became involved in real estate, and platted one of the first regions of Downers Grove. He purchased a house in Hinsdale in 1867 which he sold at three times the price three years later. Now wealthy, he moved into a newly constructed house on First Street. He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1870. During his term in the House, legislature was passed allowing for certificates of incorporation. Whitney immediately returned to his home town and gained the required signatures for a petition to incorporate Hinsdale, which was approved in 1873.</p><br>
<p>The house was constructed for the Stodder family in 1869 and purchased by Whitney a year later. Whitney lost a substantial sum of money in the Panic of 1873, and was forced to sell his house in 1879 to cover overdue taxes. Eighteen families have owned the house since Whitney. The house was featured in a national television commercial for Hallmark Cards, earning the residence its nickname. On October 19, 1989, the house was recognized by the National Park Service with a listing on the National Register of Historic Places. In 2008, it was deemed a contributing property to the Robbins Park Historic District.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The house is on a 177 x lot at the southwest corner of First Street and Park Avenue in Hinsdale. It is a wood frame building, approximately 80 x. Most of the building is two stories; a section in the rear is only one story. This one-story section is a 1950s kitchen addition. A porch covers the front of the house, which extends to the east and west facades. The house features Italianate arch windows and cornice moldings. A two-car garage was added in 1988, replacing a 1950s garage. The second story has three evenly spaced windows on the north elevation. Two floor-length windows are found to the left of the double door entrance to the house. The doors are 9 ft tall with rounded windows in the top panels. Side entrances are found along the east and west sides of the porch. A brick chimney rises through the roof. A basement runs under the entire house except under the east entrance. Basement walls are limestone blocks and irregular stones.</p><br>
<p>The Butterfield Cobblestone House is on Bennett Corners Road in the Town of Clarendon, New York, United States, south of the village of Holley. It is a cobblestone structure from the mid-19th century built in the Greek Revival architectural style by a wealthy local farmer to house his large family. Three generations of his descendants would run the farm over the next 80 years. Later owners would make some renovations to the interior.</p><br>
<p>One of approximately 90 cobblestone structures in Orleans County, it is the only one in Clarendon. It is also considered the finest Greek Revival building in the county. The house and several outbuildings, part of a working farm, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010, the easternmost property in the county currently so recognized.</p><br>
<h2>Buildings and grounds</h2><br>
<p>The house is located on a 26 acre farm on the west side of Bennett Corners Road in the northern section of the town, three-quarters of a mile (0.75 mi) south of the NY 31A state highway. The terrain is generally level, with cleared fields either cultivated, left fallow or used as horse pasture, and woodlots. All nearby properties are also large farms, with a large residential subdivision 0.4 mi to the north-northeast.</p><br>
<p>All the buildings are in the southeast corner of the farm. To their north, along the road, are seven acres (2.8 ha) of horse pasture, with 13 acre of alfalfa and timothy to their rear, in the west. The rest of the property is taken up by a small apple orchard, a mixed vegetable plot, and a woodlot.</p><br>
<h3>Exterior</h3><br>
<p>The main house, sheltered by a 70 ft horse chestnut, has a one-and-a-half-story main block with one-story wings to the north and northwest, its side and rear respectively. It sits on a stone foundation with its sides in mostly lake-washed coursed cobblestones from 1 to 2.5 in in diameter set in mortar. The main block and wings are topped by gabled roofs shingled in asphalt and pierced by a stone chimney where the side and rear wings intersect.</p><br>
<p>A continuous limestone water table runs around the first story at floor level. Limestone is also used for the windowsills, lintels, quoins and steps to the main entrance. A datestone set in the gable field on the east elevation of the main block gives 1849 as the construction date.</p><br>
<p>At the rooflines are a molded wooden cornice with wide frieze on the north and south sides of the main block. The basement windows are all screened with vertical bars. On the northeast corner of the north wing is a recessed porch screened by four 12 in wooden columns on limestone slabs, their capitals flaring outward past the beam at the top of the porch. It is floored in Medina sandstone with a limestone border. Its door has a ceramic knob with brown and white swirl.</p><br>
<p>Another, smaller wooden porch, of recent construction, shelters an entrance on the north of the northwest wing. It has a wooden floor and steps but is otherwise architecturally consistent with the other porch. There is also a tongue and groove wooden door on the north end of the west (rear) facade. At the peak of the gable on the main block on this side is another stone, with the initials "O.B." for Orson Butterfield, the builder and original owner. At the southwest corner is the pedimented double-door entrance to the cellar.</p><br>
<h3>Interior</h3><br>
<p>The main entrance, at the north end of the main block&#39;s east face, is a 2½-inch-thick (2.5 in) recessed panel wooden door with a ceramic knob. It is flanked by sidelights and pilasters, with a transom atop. It opens into a foyer floored in random-width red pine with beveled-edge baseboard topped by a curved molding on the walls. The doors from it have wide wooden trim and an ogee-topped architrave.</p><br>
<p>On the south is a square parlor with two windows on the south and east walls, all with recessed panels on either side and below. They are bordered by paneled pilasters on plinth blocks with beveled tops. A door on the south opens into a small office with a treatment similar to the foyer. The north parlor, occupying the wing on that side, has similar treatments as well but their size varies with each window and door, reflecting its origins as three separate rooms combined into one. It is floored in chestnut planks. On the west wall is a fieldstone fireplace with "H & JG, &#39;69" carved into the masonry for its owners and construction date.</p><br>
<p>To its west, in the northwest wing, is the current dining room, originally the kitchen. It is floored in white oak with a brick fireplace, surrounded by a wooden mantel, set in the east wall, which has a drywall covering over its brown brick. A flagstone hearth is in front of the fireplace. The walls have a similar combination of baseboard and molding as the other rooms.</p><br>
<p>Pocket doors, believed to have come from a nearby older house, lead west into the kitchen. It has a similar interior to the dining room, with Amish-built oak cabinets. A bathroom and office round out the first floor.</p><br>
<p>Upstairs are three bedrooms, a large closet and another bathroom. It is less decorated than the first floor. The floorboards are random-width pine and the ceilings are lower.</p><br>
<h3>Outbuildings</h3><br>
<p>There are three other buildings on the property: a barn, chicken coop and Morton metal building. The first two are old enough and retain sufficient integrity to be considered contributing resources to the National Register listing. The metal building was added in the late 20th century and is not considered contributing.</p><br>
<p>The wooden barn, just to the northwest of the house, is a 36 by structure with a gambrel roof oriented north-south. It has most of its original fieldstone foundation save for a short section of the north end where it was replaced with cement blocks. The roof has asphalt shingles except for the bottom half of the east side, done in corrugated aluminum.</p><br>
<p>On its east side, facing the road, are three entrances and three windows. The southernmost is a large single sliding door with a crossbar design that opens to reveal a gate at ground level and a locked door to the hayloft above. Two other sliding doors, one faced in wood shingles, are to the north; a small door cut into the tongue-and-groove siding near the north end has since been nailed shut.</p><br>
<p>The west side, with battens added to its tongue-and-groove, has a pair of sliding doors near the north end opening into the cellar. At the south end are two smaller single sliding doors. In both ends there is a single round window near the gambrel peak. The south end has a lean-to to shelter firewood extended on it below the door to the hayloft.</p><br>
<p>Inside, the south end is given over to horse stalls. There are three, all with sliding gates with vertical metal bars. A steep staircase leads up to the hayloft. A fourth stall is located behind one of the two tack rooms. A sliding door opens into the granary, now a woodworking shop. To its north is the threshing floor, with a corner staircase leading to the basement.</p><br>
<p>Two-thirds of the upper story is taken up by the hayloft, divided into two sections. The stairway from the southwest corner, near the horse stalls, opens via a door in the floor. A truss rests on the floor in the south section, suggesting the area beyond it was once open. Similarly, one of the three stone walls in the section of the basement not open is more fragile, with older mortar, suggesting it may have been part of the foundation of a previous barn on the site.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Orson Butterfield came to Clarendon from the Jefferson County town of Rodman with his wife Lydia, around 1830, in his early 20s. He bought the hundred acres (40 ha) on which the present farm and house stand and began farming. He served in the state militia and became very successful. The road on which the farm was located was known for most of the 19th century as Butterfield Road.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in 1849 to house the large Butterfield family. All work was done by local craftsmen, with the cobblestones brought south from Lake Ontario. The Greek Revival design was stylish, but also took into account the needs of a large farm family, with enclosed staircases to conserve floor space and heat, along with more efficient cast iron stoves instead of furnaces.</p><br>
<p>Three years later, in 1852, Butterfield left home to try his luck in the California Gold Rush. In the meantime his family ran the farm. His brother Rufus is recorded as living there by the 1860 census; son Wilford, who held the deed at the time, died in 1867 of an unspecified illness contracted while fighting in the Civil War. In 1870, Butterfield returned.</p><br>
<p>When he and Lydia died in 1887, the house was bequeathed to two of his children, Florence Butterfield Lyman and Joseph Pratt Butterfield. Around this time, the current barn was built, the last major development on the property. According to local tradition, it reflected Joseph&#39;s success in the Chicago stockyards and the farm he owned in Marengo, Iowa. He transferred his portion to his sister six years later, in 1893.</p><br>
<p>Florences will gave the property to her husband for the remainder of his natural life, and specified that it go to her own daughters after that time. One of them, Ora Lyman Reid, transferred her share to her sisters husband, Darius Morton, in 1920. Two years later, he sold it to Italian immigrants Dominic and Josephine Mastrangelo, taking the farm out of the Butterfield family after 90 years.</p><br>
<p>The Mastrangelos ran the farm until 1961, when they sold it to John and Margaret Green. Three years later, the Greens sold it to C. Howard and Joyce Greene, who ran a tack shop in the barn. They made many of the alterations to the interior of the house, particularly adding the fireplace to the dining room and building a chimney for it on what is believed to be the location of one of the original stove chimneys. Most of those took place around 1969.</p><br>
<p>Two years later they sold it to Donald and Elmer Gretzinger. Donald soon wanted to sell, but was unable to find a buyer for the entire farm. He subdivided it, and sold the portion with the house and farm buildings on it to Edmond and Ruth Spencer in 1978.</p><br>
<p>Ruth ran an antiques business out of the barn with her daughter, and was active in the Cobblestone Society, devoted to the history and preservation of buildings of that type. They sold to the current owners in 2007. That family put in the current north porch, replacing a concrete one built in the mid-20th century that was less historic, and remodeled the former creamery into the current kitchen. There have been no other alterations to the house and property.</p><br>
<p>The Robert A. and Mary Childs House is a historic Queen Anne Style residence in Hinsdale, Illinois originally owned by Robert A. Childs.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Childs family moved to Hinsdale 1873, the year of its incorporation. Mary purchased a lot of land in 1881 for a new property. Civil War veteran (15th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment) Robert A. Childs was an attorney who graduated from Illinois State Normal University, passing the bar in 1873. Robert Childs was the president of the Hinsdale School Board from 1879 to 1894, and was a founder of Hinsdale Trust & Savings Bank. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Republican in 1893 and served one term. In total, Robert Childs practiced law for 42 years. Mary founded the Hinsdale Library Association in 1886 and served as its director for 15 years.</p><br>
<p>The Childs commissioned the building in 1888 to avoid a 600% property tax hike on undeveloped property. They raised five children in the house until 1919. The house was awarded a Historic Preservation Award from the Hinsdale Historical Society in 1994 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The house is on a 86 x lot on Garfield Avenue, one of Hinsdale&#39;s main residential streets. It neighbors a 1900 house designed by George Washington Maher. The two-and-a-half story house is approximately 43 x, making it one of the largest Victorian homes in town. It features many details typical of Queen Anne architecture, including a steeply-pitched roof, a corner tower, large gabled dormers, and a wrap-around porch. The east elevation is the main facade.</p><br>
<p>The Renaissance Building is a historic building located in Richmond, Virginia. It was designed by Jackson C. Gott and constructed between 1888 and 1893. It originally served primarily as a meeting hall for local Masonic lodges. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 .</p><br>
<p>It is a prominent building in downtown Richmond.</p><br>
<p>Its NRHP nomination asserts that the building is the finest example of Richardsonian Romanesque style architecture in the state, and others have asserted that at its time of construction it was "one of the most magnificent examples of modern architecture in the South."</p><br>
<p>The design by Gott was one of 17 submitted in a design competition.</p><br>
<p>The building was used for a 1905 function attended by USA President Theodore Roosevelt. It was used by the Masons until 1971. In 1982 the Richmond Foundation for the Arts acquired it with intended purpose of its serving as an arts center for the region.</p><br>
<p>Today the building houses a catering venue, office building and apartments.</p><br>
<p>The Downtown Hinsdale Historic District is a set of seventy-three buildings and one park in Hinsdale, Illinois.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The region was platted by William Robbins, the founder of Hinsdale, in 1865. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad&#39;s (CB&Q) passenger station prompted several small businesses to develop across the street. Fifty-eight of the listed buildings were built for commerce, three for government, and nine for transportation. The remaining building is a theater. The shops are densely clustered in orthogonal patterns, and are mostly found on the south side of the railway tracks. The government buildings, including the Village Hall (Hinsdale Memorial Building) and USA Post Office are on the north side.</p><br>
<p>An article entitled "Hinsdale the Beautiful" in Campbell&#39;s Illustrated Journal prompted city officials to further beautify the city. The first major project was a state-of-the-art train station, which was designed by CB&Q architect Walter Theodore Krausch. The station became a model for the future construction of other stations on the line. The region north of the tracks became the next target, focusing on the Railroad Park (modern day Burlington Park). Commercial demand spiked in the early 20th century, even causing some gablefront residential buildings to be rezoned as commercial. The 1200-seat Hinsdale Theater was constructed in 1925 for $160,000. Chain retailers began to move into the downtown district starting in the 1920s, starting with a Loblaw food chain in 1929 (which was purchased in 1932 by the Jewel Tea Company). A Piggly Wiggly and a Walgreens also moved in during this period. In the 1920s, the city of Hinsdale overhead plans by a local car dealership to build the largest automobile garage "east of the Mississippi". To curb this plan, the city bought the proposed site and constructed a building dedicated to those who served and died in World War I. Construction on the Memorial Building finished in 1927.</p><br>
<p>Hinsdale is notorious for the aggressive teardown policies pursued by real estate agencies in its residential districts, but the commercial district has remain intact. The earliest buildings are on First and Washington Streets, which date from the 1880s and are in the Late Victorian, Italianate, and Queen Anne Styles. Colonial and Renaissance Revivals featured in early 20th century buildings until the Hinsdale Plan of 1923 dictated the use of Georgian Revival architecture. Eight of the properties were built after 1955. The district is served by three asphalt-paved parking lots.</p><br>
<h2>Buildings</h2><br>
<h3>Contributing structures</h3><br>
<p>These buildings are at least fifty years old and have had minimal alterations. They comprise the main core of the historic district.</p><br>
<p>Hinsdale Memorial Building (1927) - Georgian Revival Style Village Hall and public library designed by Edwin H. Clark</p><br>
<p>Railroad Park (1877) - A public park adjacent to the Hinsdale Memorial Building</p><br>
<p>8 W. Chicago Ave. (c. 1950) - Colonial Revival gas station</p><br>
<p>10 W. Chicago Ave. (1926) - Classical Revival commercial block</p><br>
<p>24 W. Chicago Ave. (1915) - Garage</p><br>
<p>26-28 W. Chicago Ave. (c. 1940) - Modern Style commercial block</p><br>
<p>Schweider & Mewherter Building (1944) - Classical Revival commercial block designed by R. Harold Zook</p><br>
<p>9 E. First St. (1904) - Colonial Revival commercial block</p><br>
<p>10-12 E. First St. (c. 1912) - Commercial Style commercial block</p><br>
<p>Ostrum Building (1925) - Renaissance Revival style commercial block</p><br>
<p>212-214 First Street Building (c. 1912) - Commercial block</p><br>
<p>Police and Fire Station (1935) - Georgian Revival police and fire station designed by Philip Duke West</p><br>
<p>Hinsdale Theater (1925) - Renaissance Revival movie theater designed by William Gibson Barfield</p><br>
<p>Philip D. West Office (1950) - International Style commercial block designed by Philip D. West</p><br>
<p>Ray J. Soukup Building (1929) - Renaissance Revival style commercial block</p><br>
<p>Henry Reineke Building (1922) - Commercial block</p><br>
<p>Papenhausen Building (1888) - Gablefront commercial block</p><br>
<p>Buchholz Block (1895) - Renaissance Revival commercial block</p><br>
<p>John Reineke Building/The Squire Shop (1941) - Classical Revival commercial block designed by R. Harold Zook</p><br>
<p>17 W. First St. (1887) - Gablefront commercial block</p><br>
<p>19 W. First St. (1887) - Gablefront commercial block</p><br>
<p>Brewer Brothers Filling Station (1929) - Colonial Revival gas station designed by R. Harold Zook</p><br>
<p>Hinsdale Trust and Savings Bank (1910) - Classical Revival temple-front</p><br>
<p>Dieke Building (1920) - Commercial block</p><br>
<p>LaGrange Gas Company (c. 1940) - Art Deco commercial block</p><br>
<p>16 E. Hinsdale Ave. (1890) - Gablefront commercial block</p><br>
<p>18 Edward F. Neidig Building (1907) - Prairie School commercial block</p><br>
<p>Brush Hill Train Station (1898) - Renaissance Revival style railroad station designed by Walter Theodore Krausch</p><br>
<p>Mohr Building (1909) - Commercial style commercial block</p><br>
<p>Clineff&#39;s Home Restaurant Building (1928–30) - Classical & Renaissance Revival style commercial block designed by Francis A. Flaks</p><br>
<p>32-34 E. Hinsdale Ave. (1912) - Commercial Style commercial block</p><br>
<p>36 E. Hinsdale Ave. (1924) - Commercial block</p><br>
<p>8 W. Hinsdale Ave. (c. 1927) - Colonial Revival commercial block</p><br>
<p>Old Post Office (1926) - Colonial Revival commercial block</p><br>
<p>18 W. Hinsdale Ave. (c. 1902) - Commercial block</p><br>
<p>20 W. Hinsdale Ave. (1894) - Commercial block</p><br>
<p>Fleck Automobile Building - Commercial Style commercial block</p><br>
<p>McClintock Building/Auto Dealership (1922) Commercial block</p><br>
<p>53 S. Lincoln St. (1935) - Colonial Revival freestanding commercial building</p><br>
<p>United States Post Office Hinsdale, IL (1939–40) - Georgian Revival United States Post Office designed by Louis A. Simon</p><br>
<p>33-35 S. Washington St. (1900) - Queen Anne and Classical Style commercial block</p><br>
<p>Fox Building (1891) - Colonial Revival commercial block</p><br>
<p>39 S. Washington St. (1897) - Queen Anne commercial block</p><br>
<p>William Evernden Building (1894) - Commercial block</p><br>
<p>41 S. Washington St. (1932) - Commercial style commercial block</p><br>
<p>John Bohlander Building (1894) - Commercial block</p><br>
<p>43 S. Washington St. (1901) - Commercial style commercial block</p><br>
<p>Olson&#39;s Dry Goods (1909) - Colonial Revival commercial block</p><br>
<p>46 S. Washington St. (1912) - Commercial block</p><br>
<p>47 S. Washington St. (1881) - Italianate and Colonial Revival commercial block</p><br>
<p>Oswald Building (1889) - Colonial Revival commercial block, 1928 remodel designed by R. Harold Zook</p><br>
<p>Karlson&#39;s Building (1898) - Commercial style</p><br>
<p>53 S. Washington St. (1927) - Classical Revival commercial block</p><br>
<p>54 S. Washington St. (1892) - Queen Anne commercial block</p><br>
<p>Hinsdale State Bank (1927) - Classical and Renaissance Revival commercial block designed by William Gibson Barfield</p><br>
<p>Papenhausen Building (1888) - Queen Anne commercial block</p><br>
<p>104-106 S. Washington St. (1910) - Commercial block</p><br>
<p>Theidel Building (1925) - Renaissance Revival commercial block</p><br>
<p>112-114 S. Washington St. (1929) - Tudor Revival commercial block designed by Edward P. Steinberg</p><br>
<p>116-118 S. Washington St. (1915) - Commercial block</p><br>
<h3>Non-contributing structures</h3><br>
<p>These buildings are included as part of the listing, but are not of historical significance.</p><br>
<p>John C. F. Merrill Building (1910) - Commercial block</p><br>
<p>Hinsdale Chamber of Commerce (1978) - Commercial block designed by Philip Duke West</p><br>
<p>Hinsdale Laundry Building (1894) - Gablefront commercial block</p><br>
<p>Riccardo&#39;s Tailor Shop (1972) - Colonial Revival commercial block designed by Albert Nemoede</p><br>
<p>Western United Gas and Electric Company (1909) - Temple-front</p><br>
<p>26-26.5 E. Hinsdale Ave. (1957) - Commercial block</p><br>
<p>40 E. Hinsdale Ave. (1998) - Neo-traditional commercial block</p><br>
<p>13 S. Lincoln St. (c. 1920) - Commercial block</p><br>
<p>40-46 Village Ct. (1908, 1960s) - Colonial Revival strip mall</p><br>
<p>45 S. Washington St. (1993) - Commercial block</p><br>
<p>48 S. Washington St. (1914/1919) - Commercial block</p><br>
<p>50 S. Washington St. (1988) - Commercial block</p><br>
<p>120 S. Washington St. (1965) - Colonial Revival commercial block</p><br>
<p>The DuPage Theatre and DuPage Shoppes, nicknamed "The Dupe", was a historic movie theater in Lombard, Illinois.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The 1,400 capacity theater was designed by R. G. Wolff, who formerly worked for Rapp and Rapp. Wolff was a consultant for the Chicago Theatre. The theater was named after the county in an effort to bring out-of-town customers to the shows. The DuPage was an atmospheric style theater, common to the 1920s, that also incorporated commercial and residential aspects in its buildings. As a small town, the six shops incorporated into the theater comprised a large portion of the village&#39;s commerce at the time. The shops and theater also benefited from their proximity to the Chicago and North Western Railway. The theater was remodeled in the 1950s.</p><br>
<p>The DuPage Theatre and DuPage Shoppes were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. In 1998, the property was purchased by Big Idea Productions, Inc., a producer of children&#39;s videos. The company planned to renovate the theater and use the other space for their corporate headquarters. They pulled out after determining that the site would not be large enough for their plans. The theater entered a new deal with the village in 2000 giving them full ownership. Lombard appointed several committees to oversee the feasibility to rehabilitate the theater. Their efforts were ultimately fruitless, and in May 2007, the DuPage Theatre and DuPage Shoppes were demolished.</p><br>
<p>Serra de Na Burguesa  is a well-defined mountain on the island of Majorca, part of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. It is the southernmost portion of the Serra de Tramuntana range, terminating in the Mediterranean Sea at Bay of Palma. Na Burguesa is located approximately halfway between Santa Ponsa and Palma. The municipality of Calvià is located between Na Burguesa and Serra de Tramuntana.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The mountain&#39;s name of Serra de Portopí predates the name Serra de Na Burguesa. Serra de Portopí gained historical significance in 1229 when King James II of Aragon crossed it with his troops, and regained Palma for Spain from the occupying Moors. In present day, Portopí refers to a neighborhood located in the district west of Palma de Mallorca. The later name, Serra de Na Burguesa, honors Francesc Burgués, the Solicitor-General of the Spanish Crown, who, from the early sixteenth century, owned the Bendinat farm at the foot of the mountain. Bendinat is now a residential zone in Calvià.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The mountain&#39;s average height is approximately 400 m above sea level, characterized by a low range of hills and steep-sided valleys. Subsequent to fires on Na Burguesa, a fire tower was built on the 432 m Es Pi de ses Creus. and important archaeological discoveries have been made in the caves.</p><br>
<p>Mirador de nAlzamora is a natural terrace on Na Burguesa. Until the early twentieth century, summer grazing herds could be found in the Coll dels Pastors 443 m, the mountains central highlands. High levels of chlorides have been found in some of the mountain&#39;s aquifers.</p><br>
<h2>Fauna and flora</h2><br>
<p>It is characterized by a significant mass of pine trees and Mediterranean maquis. In addition, there are oaks, strawberry trees, roses, wild gladiola, and flowering shrubs. There are lizards, butterflies and insects.</p><br>
<h2>Tourism</h2><br>
<p>Na Burguesa is popular amongst tourists for its walking and mountain biking trails.</p><br>
<p>The building at 11 Dyke Road in Brighton, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove, is now the Rialto Theatre, but it originally housed the Swan Downer School for poor girls, for whom it was designed and built in 1867 by prolific architect George Somers Leigh Clarke. The highly ornate brick structure, in a "freely inventive" European Gothic style, has also served as a chapel and an office since it was vacated by the school, whose pupils were recognisable around Brighton in their blue and white uniform. English Heritage has listed the building at Grade II for its architectural and historical importance.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Brightons rapid growth from small fishing village to high-class seaside resort was set in motion in the late 18th century by factors such as royal patronage, the popularity (especially among the upper classes) of local doctor Richard Russells "seawater cure" and better transport links. The population rose from about 2,000 in 1751, at the start of this growth period, to 65,569 in 1851, by which time it was the 15th largest town in England and Wales. By 1871, another 25,000 people had moved to the town.</p><br>
<p>The speed of development caused problems: many people lived in poverty, and access to schools was inadequate. Poor people from across the mostly rural county of Sussex moved to Brighton, by far its largest town, in search of employment; but service jobs were not secure and were mostly seasonal. Poor urban planning and the lack of piped water and sewage disposal made living conditions dangerous. Education for poor people was also substandard: until the Elementary Education Act 1870 was passed, there was no centralised provision of schooling for children below secondary level. Churches, private individuals and charitable institutions provided what they could.</p><br>
<p>One such person was Dr Swan Downer, a rich trader from London, who founded the Swan Downer School for poor girls in 1816 or 1819 at 12 Gardner Street in the North Laine area. In his will, he left £7,100 (£ as of ) for the continuation of his work, and another £5,000 (£ as of ) to provide a clothing fund for poor adults. Part of this endowment was used to build a Swan Downer school on land at the bottom of the road leading from central Brighton to Devil&#39;s Dyke on the South Downs. (Its address was originally given as 91 North Street, but the building faced Dyke Road and was later redesignated 13 Dyke Road and later still 11 Dyke Road.)</p><br>
<p>Rev. Henry Michell Wagner, the Vicar of Brighton for much of the 19th century, laid the schools first stone in June 1867. The architect commissioned was George Somers Leigh Clarke; he was not local, but both he and his son (also George) designed several buildings in Brighton, and another relative was the Clerk of the Vestry in Brighton for about 60 years. Somers Clarke seniors other works in Brighton were the School for the Blind (1861–1865)—built in a Venetian Gothic style and considered "one of the most interesting Victorian buildings in Brighton", but demolished in 1958—and the new façade, tower and timber-framed roof of the former Holy Trinity Church.</p><br>
<p>The school catered for working-class girls for more than 70 years, until about 1939. They were provided with a uniform of blue frocks with white cuffs and collars. reduced the school&#39;s importance, and by 1939 it had become a chapel under the name Refuge Church. it later became "The Sanctuary", "The Shrine", "Club New York" and "The Church" before being renamed "New Hero"—the name it bore until its closure in 2011. In January 2012, the owners of a nightclub in Worthing announced that they wanted to convert the building into the "House of the Lost"—a two-storey maze with a horror theme; By 2014 the building was vacant again, and in October 2014 it was acquired by local lettings agency and theatre company founder Roger Kay. He announced plans to turn the building into a theatre. A planning application for internal alterations appropriate to its new use, such as the formation of a mezzanine floor and the installation of a stage and box office, was submitted in November 2014. It was scheduled to open with the name Rialto Theatre on 4 December 2014 with a performance of The Treason Show, a long-running topical sketch show which previously had no permanent venue.</p><br>
<p>The former school was listed at Grade II by English Heritage on 5 July 1973. 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>The distinctive style of 11 Dyke Road has been described as French, or German Gothic Revival. Somers Clarke&#39;s "freely inventive" interpretation of that design was executed in brown brick with some red brickwork and stone dressings (now painted white). The steeply pitched roof is mostly tiled.</p><br>
<p>The building has two storeys and two bays facing east towards Dyke Road. The southern (entrance) bay is narrower, shorter and has a very steep hipped roof; a drawing in the architects&#39; journal Building News in 1873 showed a tall flèche on top of this roof. The door is set into an ogee-headed white-painted arch; the tympanum formed by the space between the arch and the door is decorated with carved scrolls and a shield. Around the door, columns terminate in intricate foliated capitals. A first-floor window with three lights has similar decoration above. In front of the roof is a cornice and parapet with some decorative scrollwork. The main bay has two pairs of lancet windows on the ground floor and a large, four-light oriel window above. This projects from the surrounding brickwork and also has tall, extremely narrow windows on each side. Above each pane is a panel with tracery described as "highly original" and "of great inventiveness". The cornice above this has gargoyles at the corners, and the roof has a prominent crow-stepped gable.</p><br>
<p>Masons&#39; Hall, located in the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia was built during 1785 to 1787 by Richmond Lodge No.10. It was listed on the USA National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<p>At the time of its NRHP listing, it was the oldest Masonic building in the United States that was built as a Masonic meetingplace and used continuously for that purpose, and one of few surviving buildings from the 18th century in Richmond. It was reportedly protected from fire by the command of a Union general, also a Mason, when the Union army occupied Richmond in 1865.</p><br>
<p>An early non-Masonic meeting held there provided instruction to Virginia&#39;s delegates to the USA Constitutional Convention.</p><br>
<p>The building has an octagonal cupola.</p><br>
<p>Warren Historic District, is a national historic district located at Warren, Warren County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 587 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, and 3 contributing objects in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Warren. The buildings are in a variety of popular architectural styles including Greek Revival and Italianate. Notable buildings include the flatiron National City Bank Building , Conewango Club, Elks Club, Trinity Episcopal Church , First Presbyterian Church , and former Swedish Lutheran Church . The contributing objects are a bronze statue of General Joseph Warren , Soldiers and Sailors Monument , and Civil War memorial . Located in the district and separately listed are the John P. Jefferson House, Struthers Library Building, Warren Armory, Warren County Courthouse, Wetmore House, and Woman&#39;s Club of Warren.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.</p><br>
<p>USA Post Office Warren PA Jul 12.jpgUSA Post Office, July 2012</p><br>
<p>Warren Municipal Building Jul 12.jpgWarren Municipal Building, July 2012</p><br>
<p>Warren Public Library Jul 12.jpgWarren Public Library, July 2012</p><br>
<p>The Carbon County Jail is a historic jail located in Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. The jail was built in 1869–1870 and is a two-story, fortress-like rusticated stone building. It has thick, massive walls and a square, one-story guard turret above the main entrance. It features arched windows on the main facade and on the turret. The building is most notable as the jail where a number of suspected "Molly Maguires" were imprisoned while awaiting trial in 1875–1876.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 8, 1974. It is located in the Old Mauch Chunk Historic District.</p><br>
<p>The building is now operated as the Old Jail Museum. In one cell, there is a handprint left by Alexander Campbell, a "Molly Maguire" who was hanged in 1877, to proclaim his innocence. Legend has it that despite many attempts to remove it, including building a new wall, the mark still remains today.</p><br>
<p>The Old Mauch Chunk Historic District is a national historic district located at Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 28 contributing buildings in the central business district of Jim Thorpe. It includes residential and commercial buildings in a number of popular architectural styles including Italianate. The original town was laid out in 1831 by noted civil engineer John A. Roebling. Notable buildings include The I.O.O.F. Hall , Lehigh Coal and Navigation Building , Jim Thorpe National Bank , Carbon County Courthouse , Dimmick Memorial Library , Capitol Theater , 1855 School, Weiksners Taproom , "Stone Row," Webster House, New American Hotel, and Hooven Mercantile Building. Located in the district and listed separately are the Asa Packer Mansion, Harry Packer Mansion, Carbon County Jail, Central Railroad of New Jersey Station, and St. Marks Episcopal Church.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.</p><br>
<p>Jim Thorpe PA Stone Row.jpgStone Row</p><br>
<p>Jim Thorpe PA St Marks Episcopal.jpgSt. Mark&#39;s Episcopal Church</p><br>
<p>Central Railroad of New Jersey Station, Jim Thorpe, PA 01.JPGCentral Railroad of New Jersey Station</p><br>
<p>Inishglora is an island off the coast of the Mullet Peninsula in Erris, County Mayo in Ireland. It has some small neighbouring islands, known as Inishkeeragh. The island has been uninhabited since the early 20th century, but there are several ecclesiastical ruins on the island.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>Inishglora is geologically similar to the neighbouring Inishkea Islands, and is composed of gneiss and schist, similar to the rest of Erris. The island is mainly covered with machair and white sand. The Inishkeas and Inishglora differ markedly geologically from Duvillaun which lies a short distance to their south. From the mainland, the first two islands shine white and green in the sunlight while Duvillaun (and its satellite islands) lives up to its name and appears a much duller colour with dark cliffs because it has the same geology as Achill, many miles to its south.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Inishglora is probably the best known of the islands off Erris as it is considered to be the holiest of all the islands. It lies north of the islands of Duvillaun and the two islands of the Inishkeas.</p><br>
<p>There are several archaeological remains on the island. The ruins of Saint Brendans Church indicate that the original building was similar in style of Gallarus Oratory in County Kerry. There are the remains of two other churches also - Teampall na bhFear (Mens Church) and Teampall na mBan (Womens Church). The womens church may have been an early nunnery. Both are now ruins but date back just a few centuries and are more modern than Saint Brendans Church. There are the remains of three beehive huts, the largest of which is known as Saint Brendans cell. There are many superstitions about the religious relics on Inishglora. There is a well, known as Saint Brendan&#39;s Well. The superstition says that if a woman were to take water from it, the water would turn to blood and become full of worms. However, these rumours may have been invented to ensure that nuns and monks would not use the well as an illicit meeting place. Inishglora also has several early cross slabs and pillars.</p><br>
<h2>Legend and writings</h2><br>
<p>Legend relates that the Children of Lir flew to Inishglora at the end of their 900-year banishment to remote spots across Ireland. The children had been turned into swans by their jealous stepmother because their father loved them too much, in her eyes. On Inishglora, they were baptised by Saint Brendan the Navigator, and regained their former human shapes but, because they were now 900 years of age, they immediately crumbled into dust. They were then reputedly buried on the island.</p><br>
<p>Geraldus Cambrensis writing in 1186AD in Topographia Hibernica said of Inishglora:-</p><br>
<p>The Book of Ballymote notes that bodies on Inishglora do not corrupt, and this poem by Roderic OFlaherty Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh used Ogygia as a synonym for Ireland in Ogygia: Seu Rerum Hibernicarum Chronologia&#39; ("Ogygia: A Chronological Account of Irish Events"), 1685 seems to be of the same opinion.</p><br>
<p>There are no uncorrupted bodies on Inishglora now however, and many bones have been found buried around the island. It is a local belief that after the religious communities left the island, things returned to normal.</p><br>
<p>Giraldus Cambrensis also wrote of Inishglora Island:</p><br>
<p>The Cornwall Bridge Railroad Station is located at the junction of Poppleswamp Brook Road and Kent Road in Cornwall, Connecticut. The station, a Stick style wood frame structure was built by the Housatonic Railroad between 1865 and 1875 and as with the rest of the railroad was acquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1892. The New Haven Railroad was acquired by Penn Central Railroad in 1969, which went bankrupt by 1970. Fortunately, the station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 26, 1972.</p><br>
<p>Penn Central auctioned the station in 1971 and the bid was won by Marion and David Williams of Amherst, Massachusetts. The Williamses hired Wheatogue Services, a local contractor, to restore the building structurally, and match the original exterior paint colors. In the process of scraping old paint, the original Cornwall Bridge sign letters on the south side of the station were uncovered from under years of paint. The recent owners have changed the exterior paint colors and painted over the original sign.</p><br>
<p>The Williamses also replaced the decomposed slate roof with an antique pressed metal roof commonly used during the 19th century. They researched and found the original metal presses in a warehouse in Texas and had a metal company manufacture the roof. Since then the pressed metal roof has become popular in other restoration projects ranging from homes to barns.</p><br>
<p>The Cornwall Bridge station was used as the Williams&#39; weekend home until 1985 and was sold to a New York City film producer. It has changed ownership several times since.</p><br>
<p>The Cornwall Bridge station is mentioned in an essay The Lady at 142 By James Thurber in his collection of essays called The Thurber Carnival.</p><br>
<p>The Old Mill Museum, also known as the Alfred Wilkerson Grist Mill, is a historic structure located along the River Raisin at 242 Toledo Street in Dundee, Michigan. It was designated as a Michigan Historic Site on August 3, 1979. It was later listed as a contributing property within the Dundee Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 20, 1990.</p><br>
<p>Referred to as the oldest and most notable landmark in Dundee, it is the Dundee Historic District&#39;s only inclusion (along with the surrounding park) on the opposite of the river from the rest of the downtown area. While the facility itself was not built until the 1849, the dam upon which it is located was first constructed in 1827 and rebuilt in 1846. It is the largest of several dams located along the River Raisin — the majority of which are in nearby Monroe.</p><br>
<p>The facility first served as a gristmill for the growing milling industry in Dundee. Later, the building was converted to produce hydroelectricity as the villages only source of power around 1910. As the oldest surviving structure in Dundee, it was almost demolished in 1934 after years of disuse. Automotive magnate Henry Ford purchased the building and restored it at great cost as part of his village industries program. His only addition to the original three-story structure was the addition of a single-story structure on the side of the building. He converted the mill into a small factory to produce welding tips for his industry, and he was known to make many visits to Dundee. His interest in Dundee was an experiment to see if small towns could be used for his massive, global industry. After Fords death in 1947, support for this small factory diminished, and it was sold in 1954 to the Wolverine Manufacturing Company, where the building was converted once more to produce paper products. The Wolverine Manufacturing Company used the facility until 1970, when they sold it to the village of Dundee for $1. The village revamped the structure and its surrounding 13.8 acres (5.6 ha) for public use as a museum and park. Although the property is praised for its historical nature, it is not listed on the National Register of Historic Places in its own right.</p><br>
<p>Today, the museum offers ghosts tours and paranormal investigations. The Old Mill Museum is all the location of the annual Old Mill ParaFest.</p><br>
<p>Highland Hall, located in MidTown Columbus, Georgia was built in 1857 by the Ellis family and originally sat on a ten-acre lot. It was named to the National Register of Historic Places on 1980.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The house is a Greek Revival, raised cottage that was originally two rooms deep, symmetrically flanking a large central hall. A two-story rear addition was built at about 1905, incorporating what is thought to have been the original detached kitchen. The pedimented front porch has four square-sectioned columns and fine cast-iron balustrade and ornamental trim.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Ellis’ sold Highland Hall in 1878 for $700. During the next decade, Highland Hall changed hands several times before being sold to Estelle Collins in 1905. Ms. Collins remained in the home until her death in 1978.</p><br>
<p>The New Preston Hill Historic District encompasses a small rural 19th-century village center in the New Preston area of the town of Washington, in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Settled in the late 18th century, it is distinctive for its examples of stone architecture, include a rare Federal period stone church. The district, located at the junction of New Preston Road with Gunn Hill and Findlay Roads, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The New Preston area was first settled in the 1750s, and the New Preston Hill junction was where its first meeting house was built in 1754. The area was by then of recognized significance for the crossroads, with New Preston Road serving as a stage route between Hartford, Connecticut and the Hudson River. The village supported the surrounding agricultural community, but declined in importance in the mid-19th century, when the village New Preston became more important for the water power the drove its industries.</p><br>
<p>The historic district encompasses about 210 acre around the junction of New Preston Road with Gunn Hill Road and Findlay Road. The main focus of the district is a triangular green, with the 1824 Old Stone Church as its main focus. This church has no heat or electricity and is used during the summer and for weddings. The church has another building, the "Village Church" that is used for the rest of the year, outside this district. The district includes other nine other mainly residential properties surrounding the green, and extending westward along New Preston Road.</p><br>
<p>There are 12 contributing buildings:</p><br>
<p>Hill Congregational Church, which "dominates" the district; it has been documented in drawings by the Historic American Buildings Survey</p><br>
<p>a district school</p><br>
<p>a parsonage</p><br>
<p>Rev. Samuel Whittlesey House, from 1808</p><br>
<p>John Ferris House, from 1800</p><br>
<p>Newton&#39;s Tavern, c. 1900, a Federal/Greek Revival building with 12 over 12 windows (meaning 12 panes in upper and lower sashes)</p><br>
<p>a tollhouse from the 18th century, which has lost exterior appearance as such</p><br>
<p>house on Parcel 25, Federal/Greek Revival, with fluted pilasters, above the road behind a stone wall. Property also has a barn</p><br>
<p>house on Parcel 26</p><br>
<p>house on Parcel 33</p><br>
<p>house on Parcel 35</p><br>
<p>horse barn on Parcel 35</p><br>
<p>sheep barn on Parcel 35</p><br>
<p>Hook and Ladder No. 4, originally Truck No. 4, is a firehouse located at Delaware Avenue  in Albany, New York, United States. It is an elaborate brick structure in the Dutch Colonial Revival architectural style, designed by Albany architect Marcus T. Reynolds, and completed in 1912. In 2001 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>It is one of Reynolds few public buildings, and one of the rare uses of the Dutch Colonial Revival in a city established by Dutch colonists in the late 17th century. In addition to its distinctive stepped gable, the building also features terra cotta sculptures that illustrate Albanys history. Its construction reflected the city&#39;s expansion in the early 20th century, and it has remained in use as a firehouse.</p><br>
<h2>Building</h2><br>
<p>The fire station is located on the southwest corner of the intersection, in southern Albanys Delaware Neighborhood. It is predominantly densely developed and residential, with single-family homes built later than the firehouse the predominant building type. Hook and Ladder No. 4 is on a short stretch of the south side of the street with some commercial buildings. Across from it, at the corner of Delaware and St. James Place, is the neighborhoods other major landmark, St. James&#39; Catholic Church. Next to it is a large parking lot with a couple of buildings. Two blocks to the north, across Hackett Boulevard, is an expansive, more open area of larger institutional buildings, primarily those associated with Sage College of Albany and the South Clinical Campus of Albany Medical Center.</p><br>
<h3>Exterior</h3><br>
<p>The building itself is a two-and-a-half–story, three-by-six–bay structure of brick on a stone foundation laid in Flemish bond. In the joints the mortar is struck deep to produce a shadow effect in sunlight. It is topped by a hipped roof of copper with a four-horn fire siren in the center. A two-story engaged tower is on the south profile, along Marshall Street. A small one-and-a-half-story brick extension connects to the east (rear) elevation via hyphen.</p><br>
<p>On the first level the west (front) facade has two large gently arched slightly recessed garage openings flanking a main pedestrian entrance. The sides of the arches have alternating courses of brick and olive green terra cotta. Atop them is a molded terra cotta cornice rising from corbels in the shape of heads. Above the garages are two wrought iron crosses, with another one above the main entrance. Terra cotta also forms the quoins every sixth course on the corner towers up to the small peaked roofs. Along the side elevations are double-hung four-over-eight round-arched sash windows; those on the north have been bricked in.</p><br>
<p>The tower on the south is semi-octagonal in shape. Its facets have narrow recessed segmental arches with narrower versions of the four-over-eight windows divided by pilasters of alternating brick and terra cotta ending with a molded cornice of the latter at the arch springline. Around the base is another terra cotta feature, a water table. A wooden cornice with small wooden brackets marks the roofline, similar to the other towers and side elevations.</p><br>
<p>A continuous terra cotta course forms the sill of the three second-story windows, all recessed double four-over-eight sash. Only the tops of their arches are terra cotta; above each is a further distinctive pattern of that material, then a line of arches forming the base of the two six-step gables at the top of the facade. Each stage is set off by a terra cotta course with cornices on the steps. Two stages below the summit are medallions. Atop each gable is a small diamond-shaped pillar topped with a three-foot–tall (91 cm) beaver holding a shield. Between the two is an elaborate crest with two gargoyles holding the city&#39;s coat of arms.</p><br>
<p>Two smaller gables, with three steps apiece, rise from the northern two bays of the south facade. Their decoration is more restrained, with only iron fleur-de-lyses on the face. To their south, the tower&#39;s conical roof is engaged with an actual cross-gable that lacks the steps. At its sides are two more pilars with beavers atop. In its field is one central segmental-arched recessed sash window, with three plain terra cotta courses corresponding to its sill, springline and the base of an engaged pillar at the top. A single-bay rounded pediment is on the hyphen, and the rear extension also has a step-gabled roof paralleling the rear cross-gable.</p><br>
<h3>Interior</h3><br>
<p>An elaborate terra cotta surround frames the main entrance. Above the door is a plaque with "A.F.D., 1910" in raised lettering topped with a dentilled cornice. The pillars on the side have alternating raised bands.</p><br>
<p>The interior has been extensively renovated from its original appearance. The first story is mostly a single large bay for fire engines. It is floored in cement. The walls are painted white and the ceiling is of wood paneling stained dark brown. A chimney originally used when the firefighters had to heat water for their chemical pumper remains on the northeast. In the rear is the locker room on the southeast. Opposite it is a dining room/kitchen and some office space.</p><br>
<p>Upstairs are the firefighters&#39; quarters, and a workout room. The interior of the rear extension has been converted from disused stable space and a hayloft to a lounge. In the base of the tower is a bathroom, recently renovated. The stairs to the second story take up the remainder of its space.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Organized fire protection in Albany dates to the end of the 17th century. The city was then still known as Fort Orange from its Dutch origins. After several fires caused by stray chimney soot had damaged some houses, the city council ordered that each ward have two fire ladders ready for use. "Brant masters" were appointed to inspect chimneys every two weeks, and paid in wheat.</p><br>
<p>Later they were called "fyre masters" as the city began to further acknowledge the reality that it had been under English rule since the 1674 Treaty of Westminster. Further ordinances required that two full buckets of water be kept near any fireplace, with certain businesses required to have three. In 1732 the city bought its first piece of fire equipment, followed two years later by the construction of its first firehouse, at Beaver and South Pearl streets downtown. A second one was built six years later on State Street, then known as Yonkers Street.</p><br>
<p>Albany had established a public firefighting service, but it remained a volunteer fire department until 1867. By then the city had begun to expand beyond its earlier core, swelled by immigration and industrialization brought on by the development of the Erie Canal and the railroads. The newer buildings in the larger city required full-time professional firefighters.</p><br>
<p>Most of this early expansion took place to the south. By the early 20th century the South End had been built out and development moved up the hill to Delaware Turnpike, today&#39;s Delaware Avenue. In the 1900s a trolley line was established along the street. City government began discussing the need for a new fire station there, and residents of Marshall Street circulated a petition calling for one.</p><br>
<p>In 1909 the city council approved, among other infrastructure improvements for the area, appropriations of $38,000 ($ in modern dollars) for the purchase and construction of a fire station at the corner of Delaware and Marshall. Local architect Marcus T. Reynolds was commissioned to design the new building. It would be his only public building that was not a school.</p><br>
<p>Reynolds use of the Dutch Colonial Revival mode, with Flemish and Tudor Revival elements, was intended to pay homage to that era of the citys history, from which no buildings remain. Very few other buildings in Albany are built in it. The stepped gables were the most visible element, complemented by the extensive terra cotta decoration that told the history of the city. Local lore has it that the four heads which serve as the corbels for the arches on the first story are idealized portraits of Reynolds and three of Albany&#39;s more prominent public officials at that time. The beavers recall an early symbol of both the city and the state.</p><br>
<p>The station, then Truck No. 4, was designed with horse-drawn fire equipment in mind. In addition to the stables and hayloft in the rear, it had harnesses that dropped from the first floor ceiling onto the horses when the alarm sounded. That era would soon end, as Albany had introduced its first motorized fire vehicle that same year. In 1913 the station got a chemical wagon, and two years later its own first motorized vehicle. Its horses would be retired in 1919, when an engine was added to its first truck.</p><br>
<p>Two bigger engines were introduced in the early 1960s, one transferred from another company when it was closed. In 1991, the city hired the firm of Quackenbush & Tobin to design what ultimately turned out to be $350,000 in renovations to the interior. At that point many of the remaining features from the horse-drawn era were adapted for modern use, such as the conversion of the stable extension to a firefighters&#39; lounge.</p><br>
<p>The United Traction Company Building is located on Broadway in Albany, New York, United States. It is a brick building by local architect Marcus T. Reynolds in the Renaissance Revival architectural style, constructed at the end of the 19th century. In 1976 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Four years later it was included as a contributing property when the Downtown Albany Historic District was listed on the Register.</p><br>
<p>It was the headquarters of United Traction, which at the time of its construction operated the city&#39;s trolley system. Architecturally it complemented the nearby Union Station, and the two served as the gateway to the city for visitors. Although it eventually switched to operating buses, United Traction remained in the building until the 1950s, when it became part of the Capital District Transportation Authority. It is currently used for other business purposes.</p><br>
<h2>Building</h2><br>
<p>The building sits on a corner lot of just over an acre (4,500 m²) at the northwest corner of Broadway and Columbia Street, one block south of where USA Route 9 exits from Interstate 787 a block to the east along the Hudson River. The surrounding neighborhood is a densely developed urban center. To the north of the building is a parking lot; across Broadway is a tall office building used as the headquarters of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. To the west are some slightly taller commercial buildings. Across Columbia Street is the small Tricentennial Park. The former Albany Union Station is on the southeast. The terrain is level, sloping up on the west side slightly.</p><br>
<p>Although the building is trapezoidal, it appears rectangular from the street. It is a two-story steel frame structure on a stone foundation faced in beige brick with a flat roof, five bays along the west (front) elevation on Broadway, and three on the south along Columbia. The two sides facing the streets have ornamentation in stone and terra cotta.</p><br>
<p>On both facades, the windows are recessed in round-arched openings topped by scrolled keystones. Between them are large cartouches. A decorated frieze runs below the cornice which separates the two floors. The second floor functions as a piano nobile. Its windows are in rectangular recessed openings topped by segmental pediments and recessed oval attic windows. All the lower stories have one-over-one double-hung sash windows. At the roof a corbeled cornice above a frieze supports wide overhanging eaves.</p><br>
<p>The centrally located main entrance is in a slightly projecting pavilion on both stories. It, too, has a recessed round-arched entrance, flanked by cartouches, with a small set of steps. Below them are stone plaques on the foundation with the words "United Traction Company". Its treatment is otherwise the same as the rest of the first story. Above it is a balcony flanked by two round fluted and hermiculated columns with Corinthian capitals ending at the roofline frieze.</p><br>
<p>Inside the building has been altered considerably, but many original finishes remain under their replacements. The first floor has an oval central hall with a colored marble floor and marble walls with rosettes. An archway leads to stairs with marble floors and an ornate metal railing. Some rooms on the first floor retain their original stonework, such as patterned floors and wall paneling. The rooms on the upper floors have minimal decoration.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Horse-drawn trolley service began in Albany in 1864. The vehicles were operated by the Albany Railway Company, which began to introduce electric trolleys in 1890. By 1899 it was successful enough to commission Marcus T. Reynolds to design its headquarters, and around the time it moved in it changed its name to the United Traction Company. His Renaissance Revival design was possibly inspired by an Italian palazzo. It was a smaller complement to the equally unrestrained Union Station across the intersection, and both buildings were thus the first experience of Albany&#39;s architecture for many visitors.</p><br>
<p>The rise of the automobile led to the decline of trolley systems nationwide. In the 1930s United Traction gradually began to switch from trolleys to buses. The last one was taken out of service in 1946. The company remained in the building until 1950. After later financial struggles, it was one of several private bus companies absorbed into the new, public Capital District Transportation Authority in the early 1970s. The building is the sole reminder of the company&#39;s existence today.</p><br>
<p>The Bronx Borough Courthouse, commonly referred to as the Old Bronx Borough Courthouse, is a USA National Historic Place, New York City Landmark, and icon of the borough of the Bronx. The courthouse was built between 1905 and 1914 in Melrose near Boston Road, Third Avenue, St. Anns Avenue, and 161st Street. The 161st Street station of the IRT Third Avenue Elevated train was in front of the courthouse. For two decades it housed the Supreme, Surrogate&#39;s, and County Courts of the borough until the larger Bronx County Courthouse was built in 1934. The Bronx Branch of the New York City Criminal Court remained here until 1977 when the city formally sealed the doors.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Built in Beaux-Arts style, the four story architecture facing south towards Manhattan, was erected with stone granite and adorned internally with lavish stairways, chandeliers, ornaments, and stained glass windows. Its exterior commands two pillars above the entranceway surrounding the throne of Lady Justice (the Greek goddess Themis or Dike) who honors and protects the gates of the law and encompassing city with unwavering and fair judgment. Created by Jules Edouard Roiné, the sculpture is a transcending symbol of the borough&#39;s history. Meanwhile, the design for the entire building has been attributed to two architects, Michael John Garvin and Oscar Florianus Bluemner.</p><br>
<h2>Context and construction</h2><br>
<p>For several years, since the annexation of the West Bronx in 1874, several Bronx advocates including Louis F. Haffen, and The Association of the Bar, in the Borough of the Bronx, in the City of New York, had consistently been striving for the placement of a proper court house in the borough. By the turn of the century, their endeavors were awarded as the city allocated funding for a new building that would represent the area and growing population that had increased from 40,000 in 1874 to more than 200,000 by 1900.</p><br>
<p>In 1903, the first president of the borough, Louis F. Haffen bestowed the contract for a courthouse design worth $40,000 to then Building Commissioner, the first of the borough, Michael J. Garvin, a graduate of Manhattan College and an experienced architect who created the Haffen Building (1901–1902). Garvin soon left his position in office to focus on the design and construction of the courthouse which was to be of great significance. Despite early efforts, his initial concepts were rejected by the New York Art Commission, which denoted them as substandard to the goal being attempted for the site. Left with the task still at hand, Garvin sought various consulting architects in the city to assist with planning. Over the course, he met with underemployed architect, Oscar Florianus Bluemner, a German immigrant who had been a prize student at Berlin’s Royal Academy of Design. It presented a fortuitous opportunity for both men to collaborate. Though the story not fully concrete, it is believed that Garvin offered to share fees and credit for their combined efforts in return for an acceptable building. Garvin eventually submitted a design that was well received by the Art Commission.</p><br>
<p>Outraged of the news, Bluemner scandalized Garvin and claimed that the two had entered into an agreement which Garvin did not uphold. Bluemner sued and (controversially) won. His testimony led to an array of investigations. Since Borough President Haffen, considered to be a prominent and noble representative in office, was the delegate in charge who entrusted Garvin with the plan, he resigned in order to extinguish any attempts to taint the view of the resourcefulness and flourishing development in the prosperous borough. Bluemner, was awarded one-quarter of the amount he claimed to be owed. It was concluded that Garvin had majority credit for the building. In disappointment and clouded by controversy, Bluemner left the profession and turned to painting. Garvin remained as supervising architect through the beginning and completion of the project from 1905 to 1914. The population increased to over 500,000 and the total construction cost of the building amounted to $2,000,000. Bronx Borough Courthouse soon opened its doors to the judicial system and was the center of ordinance for the next twenty years.</p><br>
<h2>Court relocation and closure</h2><br>
<p>By 1930, the population of Bronx skyrocketed to 1.25 million - more than a million residents added since 1900. Due to the unforeseeable expansion, the city invested $8,000,000 in building a new Bronx County Courthouse completed in 1934. The majority of the departments moved to the spacious facility, leaving only a police court at the Third Avenue site until 1977, when the building was officially closed by the city. By 1973 the IRT Elevated Third Avenue train was eliminated, and with it the only direct metro rapid transit rail accessibility to the location. The building was used for 58 years. During the decline of the borough in the 1970s, vandals destroyed parts of the interior of the property by stripping metalwork and breaking irreplaceable features. Soon, city intervention sealed all doorways and windows with concrete blocks leaving the facility dormant and bound in graffiti for a couple of decades.</p><br>
<p>Questioning the financial need of maintaining the Old Bronx Borough Courthouse as an asset, different city officials suggested razing the building. Many historians, community leaders, and preservationists sought to keep the building alive, so not to repeat the travesty of Bronx Borough Hall; it obtained Landmark status in 1981, protecting it for future possibilities. However, after thirty years, the building is currently on the Landmarks Conservancy&#39;s most endangered list due to lack of serious repairs and proper usage.</p><br>
<h2>Selling and redevelopment</h2><br>
<p>After its closure, countless proposals were put forth to reuse the space either for civic or public purpose. However the landmarked structure proved to be too costly and complex and could not be financed by many interested Bronx community groups. In 1996 it was sold for $130,000 at a 1 Police Plaza auction to Gus Kitkas, owner of the Five Borough Electrical Supply Corporation in Astoria. In 1998 it was auctioned again and sold for $300,000 to Henry Weinstein, a city wide and Brooklyn private developer, for development, In 2011, Weinstein and partners looked to rehabilitate the Grey Lady. A much-needed exterior cleaning was performed. A full set of plans were drawn and approved for an interior enhancement, to include uses such as office, medical offices, or community facility</p><br>
<p>Beyond 2005, a revival of critical interest has surfaced for Oscar Bluemner&#39;s paintings, being honored at a show at the Whitney Museum of American Art that year and having garnered widespread attention. However, official Landmark records continue to acknowledge Garvin as the sole designer of the courthouse. There are several contemporary points of views as to who really designed the building, though Garvin ultimately completed the entire construction.</p><br>
<p>An art show is to run in the old courthouse in May and June 2015.</p><br>
<p>The New York, Westchester and Boston Railroad Administration Building is a historic office building and railroad station in the Van Nest section of The Bronx, New York, New York. It was built in 1912 by the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway of concrete and has a three-story central section flanked by four-story projecting end pavilions. It has a street level loggia, and is the entrance to the East 180th Street Station.</p><br>
<p>It was designated a New York City Landmark in 1976 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>The offices on the buildings upper floors house employees in the New York Transit Authoritys rapid transit operations, signals and structures divisions.</p><br>
<h2>Renovation</h2><br>
<p>The original architect of the building was Alfred T. Fellheimer, who also worked on the Grand Central Terminal. Fellheimer designed it to resemble an Italian villa.</p><br>
<p>The New York City Transit Authority budgeted $66.6 million for renovation of the structure in 2012. The renovation project was a collective effort, led by Lee Harris Pomeroy Architects in association with Weidlinger Associates. Luisa Caldwell was commissioned to provide new artwork.</p><br>
<p>As part of the project, a "dank passageway between the administration building and the passenger platforms" was converted "into an inviting, light-filled corridor."</p><br>
<p>The renovation also restored a clock beneath the figure of Mercury on the buildings facade. The clock wasnt in the renovation budget, but the president of Citnalta Construction Corporation, general contractor for the project, didnt like the facades appearance without a clock. Citnalta located a 45-inch diameter clock with Roman numerals and covered its $8,000 price and labor to install it as an extra contribution to the renovation project.</p><br>
<p>The Fairfield County Courthouse, also known as the Court of Common Pleas, is located at 172 Golden Hill Street in downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut. It is also known as Geographical Area  Courthouse No. 2 at Bridgeport.</p><br>
<p>It is a Richardsonian Romanesque brick building built in 1888. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1886, when Bridgeport City Hall proved insufficient for both the growing needs of Bridgeport and Fairfield County, the county decided to build a new courthouse. Norwalk bid for the new courthouse to be moved there, offering $100,000 towards construction, but the Bridgeport group, including P.T. Barnum, offered $150,000. The cornerstone was laid on June 24, 1887 near the corner of Golden Hill and Main Streets and the Richardsonian Romanesque building, designed by Warren R. Briggs, was completed and opened in 1888. It still functions as a courthouse where all but the most serious criminal cases are heard.</p><br>
<p>Butler School is a historic building in Oak Brook, Illinois. Frank Osgood Butler donated the land for the two-room schoolhouse in the late 1910s. The building became a meeting place for locals, and hosted the first club to use the term "Oak Brook" to refer to the surrounding settlement. The former school was briefly used as the village hall, police station, and library, until new buildings were constructed for those purposes in the 1970s. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The building was constructed as a two-room schoolhouse in the early 1920s and functioned in this capacity until 1961. Frank Osgood Butler was the son of a wealthy businessman who bought a farm as a summer home in between the burgeoning suburbs of Elmhurst and Hinsdale in 1898. Butler gradually increased the size of his holdings by purchasing his neighbors&#39; lots and businesses.</p><br>
<p>It was Butler who donated a small 10 acre tract of land to the city and funded the construction of a new school. The region was home to two one-story schools at the time, and Butler wanted to create an educational environment that was notable at the state level. The architect of the Georgian Style school is unknown; the style was among the most common in the interwar period for its patriot connotations. Grades one through four were taught in one classroom, while five through eight were taught in the other. A traveling music teacher visited the school once a week to teach piano. The school was originally in Consolidated School District #17 and was reassigned to Consolidated School District #53 in 1926. Butler&#39;s large holdings in the area stunted local development, and attendance was unable to significantly increase over the forty year period. An average of fifty-two students attended class each year. The school became an important place for social gatherings and hosted games, sports, and drama. A civic organization that met in the school was the first to use the term "Oak Brook" to refer to the surrounding community. The village adopted the name after it was incorporated in 1958.</p><br>
<p>Two newly constructed highways, the Tri-State and the East-West Tollway, offered the potential of town growth. In addition, Marshall Field purchased a local tract of land to develop into the Oakbrook Center shopping mall. To prepare for this, the Butler family traded Butler School to the village for a new tract of land for a seven-room school. Butler School was re-purposed as a Village Hall, Police Station, and library. As the village continued to reap the benefits of its increased commerce, a new Village Hall was erected in 1975, and the former Butler School was used solely as a library. In 2001, a new library was constructed and the school was converted to a museum. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<p>The schoolhouse is considered an example of Georgian Revival architecture with Federal Style details. The building is rectangular, with the long side running north to south, with a wing on the east and the west. The rectangular portion is 62 by, the east wing is 28 by, and the west wind is 18 by, combining for approximately 6,000 ft&sup2;. It is made of brick with wooden trim and windows. Like many Georgian Revival buildings, there are chimneys on opposite ends of the building. The chimneys both have a cement cap. A fanlight sits above the main door on the south facade; the doorway still has its original three-paneled wood doors. It opens to the vestibule, where a metal staircase leads to the second floor. Though the stairs have since been carpeted, the staircase maintains its original balustrade with matching newels. The north end of the vestibule as an elliptical fanlight. Windows are double hung and feature a brick lintel with a keystone.</p><br>
<p>The Bronx County Courthouse, also known as the Mario Merola Building, is a historic courthouse building located in the Concourse and Melrose neighborhoods of the Bronx in New York City. It was designed in 1931 and built between 1931 and 1934. It is a nine story limestone building on a rusticated granite base in the Art Deco style. It has four identical sides, an interior court, and a frieze designed by noted sculptor Charles Keck. The sculptures on the 161st Street side are by noted sculptor George Holburn Snowden. Two sculptural groups on the Walton Avenue side are by noted sculptor Joseph Kiselewski. The Bronx Museum of the Arts was once located on the main floor.</p><br>
<p>A mural depicting the arrival of Jonas Bronck, considered the founder of the borough, was created in the early 1930s by James Monroe Hewlett. The mural was damaged by workers in August 2013 and many people, including the proprieter of Jonas Bronck’s Beer Co and a reported descendant of Laurens Duyts, a Danish farmer who traveled to New Amsterdam with Bronck on his ship Fire of Troy, are seeking the murals restoration prior to the 100th anniversary of the Bronxs separation from New York County in 2014.</p><br>
<p>The Bronx County Courthouse houses all municipal borough functions and is effectively the Borough Hall of the Bronx; a previous freestanding Borough Hall was torn down in 1969.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>Renaming</h2><br>
<p>In February 1988, Mayor Edward Koch renamed the Bronx County Courthouse to the Mario Merola Building to honor the late Bronx County District Attorney Mario Merola.</p><br>
<p>Pine Log Mountain is located in the U.S state of Georgia with a summit elevation of 2,338 ft. The peak is three miles west of the town of Waleska separated only by the gated community of Lake Arrowhead. The summit falls within Cherokee County, although the majority of the mountain range trails into Bartow County including other peaks of Little Pine Log Mountain, Bear Mountain and Hanging Mountain. Pine Log and these other summits within its range are the last mountains over 2,000 ft in the Appalachians of north Georgia. The Appalachian range does not rise above 2,000 feet again until many miles further southwest in the Talladega National Forest in Alabama.</p><br>
<h2>Recreation and Uses</h2><br>
<p>The majority of the Pine Log Mountain range falls within a wildlife management area, although the peak is excluded slightly to the east. The actual summit houses a radio tower. The land is owned by a paper company who leases the property to the state for proper management. This allows for a wide range of multi-use; mountain biking, birding, fishing, hiking and hunting are some of the popular activities enjoyed in the area. There are also several hiking trails on surrounding peaks that offer views of the Pine Log Ridge. It is also believed that Pine Log may have been mined for iron as was Red Top Mountain State Park to the south.McCallie, Samuel.</p><br>
<p>A Preliminary Report on a Part of the Iron Ores of Georgia: Polk, Bartow and Floyd Counties (1900), pp. 156-157.</p><br>
<h2>Significance</h2><br>
<p>Pine Log lies within the exurban reaches of Atlanta’s metropolitan area. The sprawling urban landscape of the city makes this wilderness a refuge for wildlife. Currently, its conservation is significant as a state-managed habitat roughly at 14,054 acre. Although the peak is just outside protected boundaries, it is the second-highest point in metro Atlanta, behind adjacent Bear Mountain. The county seat of Bartow, Cartersville, claims Vineyard and Pine mountains, which are protected and offer views of Pine Log to the north. The Etowah River flows through these peaks and upstream forms Lake Allatoona.</p><br>
<p>The Stuyvesant Railroad Station, also known as Stuyvesant Landing Depot, is a historic train station located in Stuyvesant, Columbia County, New York. It was built during the second half of 1880 after the original station was destroyed by a fire. Mull & Fromer, Masons and Builders, of Catskill, New York, secured the contract to rebuild the station and E. Lampman was their carpenter.</p><br>
<p>The station is a five bay brick building, 50 feet long and 20 feet wide, with a hipped roof. It features a molded and ornamented cornice and curved canopy. It was used along New York Central Railroad&#39;s Water Level Route and ceased to be used as a station in 1958. A local farmers market is held at the station.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.</p><br>
<p>The former 18th Police Precinct Station House and Stable of the Brooklyn Police Department is a historic police station and stable located in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The two buildings were completed in 1892. The station house, which later was used by the New York City Police Department&#39;s 68th Precinct, is a three story brick building with carved stone detailing in the Romanesque Revival style. It features a projecting corner tower and Norman-inspired projecting main entrance portico. The stable is a two story brick building connected to the station house by a one story brick passage. It ceased being used as a police station in 1970, and was bought by the Sunset Park School of Music.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982,</p><br>
<p>The Rescue Hook & Ladder Company No. 1 Firehouse is a historic fire station located in Roslyn, Nassau County, New York. Although the department was established on November 1, 1852, the Colonial Revival style firehouse itself was built in 1937. It was subsequently sold and renovated as a Temple. The new Roslyn Hook & Ladder Company No. 1 firehouse, dedicated in 1986, is a Brobdingnagian structure containing five fire trucks and larger equipment, towering over the Roslyn Plaza, which had fallen victim to the Town of North Hempsteads asphalt- and concrete- philosophy, demolishing 19th century structures for the Long Island Railroads expansive parking lot. The volunteer firefighter brigade has claimed several championships over the years in competitions with other firehouses. It is the oldest volunteer fire company in the USA</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 6, 1991.</p><br>
<p>The Schermerhorn Row Block, located at #2 through #18 Fulton Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City, was constructed in 1811-12 in the Federal style, and is now part of the South Street Seaport. Each of the individual houses were designated New York City Landmarks in 1968, and the block was collectively added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Peter Schermerhorn built these counting houses in 1811-12 to serve the growing New York seaport. No 2 & No 4 Fulton Street were occupied from 1847 to the 1990s by Sweets Seafood House, for over a century New York Citys oldest fish restaurant. The building at the corner of Fulton and South Street (#2) was once a hotel; at that time it was altered &ndash; in 1868 &ndash; to add a mansard roof.</p><br>
<p>The buildings were purchased in 1974 by the State of New York.</p><br>
<p>During the 2003 redevelopment, these buildings, were linked to the A.A. Low Building, which faces John Street, to create gallery space. The permanent exhibits include paintings by the maritime artist James E. Buttersworth.</p><br>
<p>Nearly contemporaneous to the building of Schermerhorn Row, other counting houses and warehouses were built in the immediate area, at 180-195 Front Street, 159-171 John Street, and 91-92 South Street, many of them in the Greek Revival style. These buildings were all restored in the 1980s under the supervision of the architect Jan Hird Pokorny, and are now part of the South Street Seaport.</p><br>
<p>North Fork Pound Reservoir  is a reservoir in Wise County, Virginia. It was impounded from the North Fork of Pound River in 1966 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.</p><br>
<h2>General</h2><br>
<p>The North Fork of Pound River is a part of the upper reaches of the Big Sandy system. On its way to the Ohio River, the waters from North Fork flow northeast and meet the South Fork River to form the Pound River. The Pound River then flows into the John W. Flannagan Dam which empties into the Russell Fork River near Haysi, Virginia. The Russell Fork cuts through the Allegheny Mountain range to join the Levisa Fork then meets the Tug Fork at Louisa and forms the Big Sandy River.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Construction began in 1966 by the USA Army Corps of Engineers under the Flood Control Act of 1960. The rock fill dam was completed in 1963 at a cost of $6.2 million. The dam is 122 ft high and 600 ft long. Water releases from the dam are controlled by three gates (3 feet wide, 6 ft high) located in the intake structure. Lake elevation is maintained at 1,611 ft above sea level. During the fall the lake elevation is lowered 10 ft to hold water from fall and spring runoff. The lake covers 154 acre and includes 13.5 mi of wooded shoreline. The USA Forest Service obtained ownership of the lands surrounding the lake in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Van Nuys Apartments were developed by their namesake – Isaac Newton Van Nuys – in 1913 as a financial center in the heart of Los Angeles. The building was designed by the architecture firm Morgan, Walls & Clements, who designed other notable landmarks such as the Mayan Theater, El Capitan Theater, and The Citadel. The 26,528 ft&sup2; building features an 11-story steel frame with masonry-clad walls; its primary facades facing Spring street and 7th street.</p><br>
<p>Upon its opening, First National Bank occupied the entire first floor and basement of the building, while Dean Witter & Company, Merrill Lynch, and other financial services firms occupied offices in the upper floors. The building served as a bank and office building until the late 1970s.</p><br>
<p>In 1982 the building was converted into a 299-unit residential complex reserved for low-income senior citizens via funds from the HUD and CRA/LA. The conversion also included rehabilitation, and the creation of 13,000 ft&sup2; of retail space on the ground floor. The basement was converted into parking.</p><br>
<p>The L.A. Conservancy has deemed the Van Nuys Apartments building a historic landmark.</p><br>
<h2>The Van Nuys Apartments</h2><br>
<p>Recently the Van Nuys Apartments underwent a $47.97 million renovation. The renovation focused on restoration of the historic elements (primarily on the exterior of the building), remodeling of the units’ interiors, and repair of the building’s rooftop. Approximately $50,000 of hard cost per unit was spent on remodeling the interiors of each of the 134 studios, 155 one-bedroom, and 10 two-bedroom apartments.</p><br>
<p>The Van Nuys apartment community is a HUD subsidized, project-based Section 8 property; catering to seniors over 62 years of age and individuals with disabilities. The property features on-site security 24 hours per day and a recreation room.</p><br>
<h2>Commercial Tenants</h2><br>
<p>In addition to the 299 residential units, the building also features 5 commercial spaces. and Super Collection clothing are 2 of the current tenants.</p><br>
