<p>The Howard Pyle Studios are two historic buildings used for painting and teaching by illustrator Howard Pyle. The studios are located in a densely populated neighborhood near Brandywine Park and the Delaware Avenue Historic District. The building used by Pyle as his own studio was built in 1883, mainly in brick with a Tudor Revival half timbered gable. The smaller studio, that Pyle used for teaching, was built in a similar style in 1900. After Pyle&#39;s death in 1911, the buildings were owned by Stanley Arthurs, until 1950, and then by Ellen duPont Wheelwright until 1964. The Studio Group acquired the studios in 1964 and continue to use them as art studios. In 1978, the property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Pyle&#39;s interest in English history was reflected in the 1883 studio, which was built in a style variously described as Tudor Revival, Queen Anne style, or</p><br>
<p>"Shavian Manorial", because of its similarity to works by English architect Richard Norman Shaw.</p><br>
<p>The original studio was set back eighty feet from the street and has a steeply pitched roof. One gable forms the main facade of the studio framing the entry porch and a triple casement window.</p><br>
<p>The brick studio school was built in 1900 in a similar style. It fronts on the street and occupies the south side of the property. Pyle&#39;s students attended at no charge. A total of 75 students attended between 1900 and 1911, including N.C. Wyeth, Frank Schoonover, Harvey Dunn, Stanley Arthurs, and George Harding.</p><br>
<p>The Dr. Franklin E. Kameny House in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. is a two-story, brick Colonial Revival style house built in 1955, with a screened porch and a one-car garage. It is significant for its association with gay rights activist Franklin E. Kameny , having served as his home and office, and as a headquarters for gay civil rights organizing.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Kameny, who is said to have "spear-headed the new militancy in the gay rights movement," Kameny moved into the house in 1962, and it remained his residence for nearly 40 years. According to the National Park Service, the Kameny House</p><br>
<p>According to The Washington Post staff writer, Petula Dvorak, it was from his house on Cathedral Avenue that Kameny led his campaign against sodomy laws, helped overturn the American Psychiatric Associations definition of homosexuality as a mental illness, lobbied against the federal governments refusal to grant security clearances to homosexuals, and became "the first openly gay candidate to run for Congress."</p><br>
<p>In 2009, the building was designated as a D.C. Historic Landmark, because, "for 13 fiery years, it was the epicenter of the gay rights movement in the nation&#39;s capital." The nomination, written in 2006, stated that it was unusual as a NRHP nomination in that the person for whom the property is significant was still alive. Kameny died on October 11, 2011, less than a month before the house was finally listed on the NRHP.</p><br>
<p>Convent de Bon Secours is an historic residence located in the Tenleytown neighborhood in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2004.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Congregation of the Sisters of Bon Secours was founded in France in 1824. They came to the United States in the 1880s and came to Washington in 1905 during a typhoid epidemic to provide healthcare. They were particularly beneficial during a Spanish flu outbreak after World War I.</p><br>
<p>The Sisters initially moved into the old rectory at St. Ann’s Church in Tenleytown. The Italianate style convent was designed by architect Maurice F. Moore and built from 1927-1928. It is a two and a half story structure covered in buff colored brick. The building is composed of a main dormitory section with a hipped roof, a chapel, a small arcaded tower, and rear loggias that are reminiscent of a Renaissance cloister.</p><br>
<p>South Palmerston Loch or Flush, previously known as Loch of the Hill, lying to the east of the 500 ft Back o&#39;hill Mount. It was one of several small lochs within the Parish of Ochiltree. The loch, lying in a glacial kettle hole, drained into the Lugar Water via the Burnock Water.</p><br>
<h2>Cartographic evidence</h2><br>
<p>Blaeus map of circa 1654 taken from Timothy Ponts map of circa 1600 shows a Loch of the Hill lying near a Jockston, with an outflow running into the Lugar Water after passing through the grounds of the Auchinleck estate.</p><br>
<p>Roys map of 1747 records the loch position, with a Bogbrae and Boghead on higher ground to the south. The loch was present in 1857, lying below Back ohill Farm and mount. Much of the higher land to the south was very marshy at this time. The 1872 OS shows the loch as open water. In 1897 the loch is marked as a curling pond, seasonally flooded and remains so until circa 1910. In the 1920s the loch is shown as a marshy area with no open water, fed by a burn running down from near Ochiltree railway station. The 1950 aerial survey appears to show that the loch had been drained with only a small area of open water present. In the 1990s only a small area of wetland is shown on the OS map.</p><br>
<h2>Uses</h2><br>
<p>The Royal Caledonian Curling Club records that curling matches took place on the loch in February 1857 and 1860.</p><br>
<h2>Micro-history</h2><br>
<p>Early highways ran close to the loch, as indicated by names such as the nearby Glenconner Farm, conaire being a Gaelic word for "path". There is also a farm called Rottenrow near to Glenconner, possibly derived from Route de Roi, or King&#39;s Highway.</p><br>
<p>Juniata Woolen Mill and Newry Manor, also known as Lutz Mansion and Woolen Mill, Lux Vista, Lutz Mill, and Lutz Factory, is a historic woolen mill building and manor house located at Snake Spring Township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. The site includes a small German colonial manor house dated to 1803 with a large brick addition dated to 1858 and an attached log house, and a stone woolen mill dated to 1805. The original 1803 manor house is a 2 1/2-story, 3-bay wide building. Attached to it is the 2 1/2-story, late-federal style brick addition, with the early 19th century, 2-story log house attached to it. The log house was reconstructed in 1950. The woolen mill is 2 1/2-stories with four working levels. The mill was in operation from 1808 for over a century.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>Mount Karasuba is a mountain of modest height on the border of the</p><br>
<p>cities Minamibōsō and Kamogawa in Chiba</p><br>
<p>Prefecture, Japan, reaching an elevation of 266.6 m. It is one of the</p><br>
<p>mountains of the Mineoka Mountain District of the Bōsō Hill Range. The kanji for Mount Karasuba, 烏 and 場, mean crow and place respectively. The mountain became a popular hiking destination after the construction of a hiking trail in 1975. The trail features three viewing platforms that offer views of the Pacific Ocean, surrounding hills, and nearby cities.</p><br>
<p>Mount Karasuba is covered by a laurisilva forest, a type of laurel forest found in subtropical areas. It is home to many examples of the Japanese stone oak and the sudajii castanopsis, an evergreen beech tree. The area around the Odawara district of Minamibōsō is a base for floriculture, and there are many flower fields at the base of Mount Karasuba, even in winter.</p><br>
<h2>Transportation</h2><br>
<p>The hiking trail that leads to Mount Karasuba is accessible from Wadaura Station in Minamibōsō via the JR East Uchibō Line, although the hike to the summit can take several hours.</p><br>
<p>San Francisquito Pass is a mountain pass in the Sierra Pelona Mountains, located northeast of Green Valley and Santa Clarita, in northern Los Angeles County, California.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The pass, at the elevation 3,655 ft, is at the head of San Francisquito Canyon. San Francisquito Canyon Road, crossing over the Sierra Pelonas here, leads to Elizabeth Lake in the Leona Valley to the north, and Saugus to the south.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>San Francisquito Pass was on the El Camino Viejo, an alternate land route to the El Camino Real for reaching northern Spanish and Mexican colonial Alta California. It connected the Pueblo of Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley with the San Joaquin Valley. The El Camino Viejo horse and wagon trail next crossed the Tehachapi Mountains into the San Joaquin Valley at Old Tejón Pass.</p><br>
<p>The routes successor, the Stockton - Los Angeles Road, used San Francisquito Pass and Fort Tejon Pass (west of Old Tejón Pass). The Butterfield Overland Mail route (1857-1861) followed the Stockton—Los Angeles Road between the San Fernando and San Joaquin Valleys, and used both passes. It had a stagecoach stops at Kings Station (southern canyon) and Widow Smith&#39;s Station (near pass) in San Francisquito Canyon.</p><br>
<p>San Francisquito Pass was used by the major inland north-south routes until the opening of the Ridge Route in 1915.</p><br>
<h2>Present day</h2><br>
<p>The pass continues to be used by San Francisquito Canyon Road, which crosses it for local and scenic use in the present day. The pass and a section of the road are within the northwestern Angeles National Forest.</p><br>
<p>Los Angeles County realigned most of the upper part of San Francisquito Canyon Road in the 2000s. The original narrowest and curviest segment remains. The bypassed old section is a hiking route along San Francisquito Creek, passing through the historic St. Francis Dam site and ruins.</p><br>
<p>Esk River, a perennial stream that is part of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.</p><br>
<h2>Course and features</h2><br>
<p>Esk River rises below Richmond Range, southeast of Tabbimoble, and flows generally to south through Bundjalung National Park towards its confluence with the northern arm of the Clarence River, northwest of the coastal fishing village of Iluka. The river descends 28 m over its 25 km course.</p><br>
<p>The river is an increasingly popular kayak fishing location that is home to a variety of fish species such as yellowfin bream, dusky flathead and sand whiting in its lower brackish areas and has a good population of Australian bass in its freshwater reaches. The Esk River is considered the largest untouched coastal river system on the New South Wales North Coast.</p><br>
<p>Loch Shield , originally Loch of Scheel was a freshwater loch in the East Ayrshire Council Area, now drained, near Drongan, lying in a glacial Kettle Hole, Parish of Ochiltree, Scotland.</p><br>
<h2>The loch</h2><br>
<p>Loch Shield was one of several small lochs within the Parish of Ochiltree. The name Scheel relates to the nearby placename. Many of the Scots gentry once had their summer retreats, pleasantly informal places, referred to as their “shiels”, often within a mile or so of their principal residence, in this case Sundrum Castle. The name otherwise refers to a small shed or bothy, often used by fishermen.</p><br>
<h3>Cartographic evidence</h3><br>
<p>Robert Gordons map of circa 1636-52 does not record the loch. Blaeus map of circa 1654 taken from Timothy Pont&#39;s map of circa 1600 shows the Loch of Scheel with dwellings such as Trinmaks, Wereglin, and Glengabyr nearby. The dwelling named Scheel is marked near a wooded enclosure which may have been a part of the policies of the Sundrum estate at the time.</p><br>
<p>Roys map of 1747 does not record the loch, however a Loch Mark is marked. Armstrongs map of 1775 records a placename Shield, but no loch or mill.</p><br>
<p>The map evidence suggests that the loch was drained in the early 18th century, although marshy ground is shown on later Ordnance Survey maps and a burn ran down to the Taiglum Burn prior to the construction of the railway.</p><br>
<h2>Uses</h2><br>
<p>First recorded in the 14th century, the Mil of Scheel (sic) is marked on Blaeus map of circa 1654 taken from Timothy Ponts map of circa 1600, lying close to the Water of Coyle. The Mill of Shield, or Mill oShiel, was a corn mill, fed by a lade running from the Taiglum Burn, water being stored in a mill pond that is no longer extant. The lochs outflow water once flowed into the Taiglum Burn. The mill (NS 43800 17883) still exists in the form of a disused farm (2011).</p><br>
<h2>Micro-history</h2><br>
<p>The area has seen extensive coal mining activity with an open cast mine and collieries, such as the one at North Barbeth.</p><br>
<p>Drongan House lies close to the site of the old loch and indeed a part of the building is known as Lochmark House, previously a farm in its own right.</p><br>
<p>A Mill of Shield Road runs through the nearby housing estate.</p><br>
<p>Russell House, also known as Pate Funeral Home, is a historic home located at Bedford in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1815-1816, and is a 2 1/2-story, 5-bay by 3-bay, brick dwelling in the late-Georgian style. A two-story rear ell was added about 1840-1845. The tin-covered gable roof has three gable roof frame dormers.</p><br>
<p>The Russell House was purchased in May of 2017 by the Bedford County Chamber of Commerce, with plans to create a Business & Education Center to serve the Bedford County region. When renovated, the building is expected to house as many as 14 budding businesses, in accelerator and shard-space incubator rental opportunities. Additional features will include: community art exhibits, historical displays, community meeting space, a heritage garden, and a veranda adjacent to Veterans Grove.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>Chalybeate Springs Hotel, also known as The Chalybeate, is a historic 19th and early-20th century resort hotel located at Bedford Township in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It consists of the original two-story, three-bay Federal-style brick dwelling built about 1851. In 1867, the front wing of the hotel was added. It is a two-story, brick structure with front and rear porches and second story gallery porches. The L-shaped rear wing was added about 1885, and is a two-story brick structure with porches and second story gallery porches on both sides. A separate ballroom building was built in 1903. The hotel was in use until 1913. In 1946, it was restored and refurbished. It operated as a hotel until 1956, when it was converted to apartments.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<p>St. Mary Church is a Catholic parish in Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, in the North Delta deanery of the Diocese of Little Rock. The historic parish church is located at 123 Columbia Street.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Serious missionary work was undertaken in the early 19th century by the Lazarists. The first Catholic church in Helena was burned down in 1854 by the Know Nothings, replaced with a wood frame church in 1856. The community did not gain a resident parish priest until July 18, 1858, when Bishop Andrew Byrne, first Bishop of Arkansas, appointed Rev. Patrick Behan. The parish roll grew as Irish American immigrants settled in the area. In 1857, the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth arrived at the invitation of Bishop Byrne, who purchased 10 acres of land in Helena for them to build a convent and a Catholic school, which would become Sacred Heart Academy. The school would move to a new building in 1918, but facing declining enrollment after World War II, it closed in 1968. The building was razed in 1973, and the Sisters donated the land to the parish that is now used as the church&#39;s parking lot.</p><br>
<p>The frame church was replaced with a brick church in 1889 near the school, which served the parish until 1934, when construction began on the large brick church which stands today.</p><br>
<p>closed its boarding school in the 1950s and its day school in 1968, and the Sisters of Mercy donated the land to the parish.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>At the behest of Fr. Thomas Martin, the church was designed by Charles Eames with his partner Robert Walsh in 1934; the team had also designed St. Mary&#39;s in Paragould, Arkansas.</p><br>
<p>Although Renaissance Revival architecture was in vogue at the time, Eames designed this church in a more austere style he believed was typical of churches in the early Christian era. The church is brick, painted dusky rose. The nave is flanked by stained glass windows by Emil Frei. Behind the sanctuary is a large mural in earth tones painted by Charles F. Quest.</p><br>
<p>The church was pivotol in Eames&#39; career. The pews may have been his first experience with producing furniture in volume. More importantly, a writeup of the church was published in Architectural Forum, which caught the attention of Eliel Saarinen. Saarinen wrote a congratulatory letter to Eames and offered him a fellowship at Cranbrook Academy of Art to study architecture.</p><br>
<p>The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.</p><br>
<p>The Gambier Islands are a small group of islands lying between the southern tips of the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas at the entrance to Spencer Gulf in South Australia. The islands lie within the 120 km Gambier Islands Group Marine Park.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>By far the largest island in the group, at about 10 km in area, is Wedge Island. The others are North Island, South West Rock and Peaked Rocks. Except for Wedge Island, the group constitutes the Gambier Islands Conservation Park. Wedge Island is partly crown land and partly privately owned; it was used for farming for 130 years following European settlement of the region, and holds several buildings, mainly used as tourist accommodation, an airstrip, pier and a lighthouse. The waters around the islands are extensively used for commercial and recreational fishing and for recreational diving.</p><br>
<h2>Wildlife</h2><br>
<p>Australian sea lions breed on the islands, and New Zealand fur seals may haul out there. Seabirds for which the islands are important include little penguins, short-tailed shearwaters and white-faced storm petrels. Other birds recorded there include rock parrots, bush stone-curlews, peregrine falcons, ospreys and white-bellied sea eagles.</p><br>
<p>Qingliangshan Park, is a 73 hectare park located in the Gulou District, Nanjing, China. It sits on Qingliang Hill, which is more than 100 m high and 4 km in radius.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Chinese Zen Master Fayan Wenyi (885–958), and founder of the Fayan school, taught at the Qingliang Temple. Juefan Huihong, also known as Qingliang (died 1128 AD), a great and well-known Zen Buddhist teacher in China, came to live at the Qingliang Temple. Tiantong Rujing (1163-1228), a noted Zen master, was an abbot at the temple.</p><br>
<p>During the Nan Tang dynasty, the area was an imperial summer resort. About 1500 AD, it was the Chongzheng Shuyuan academy. About that time temple was built for a Buddhist monastery name Qingliang Si was established for which the park is most famous.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>With many trees, it is sometimes called an "urban forest". The entrance of the park has three arch gates; The words “Qingliangshan” on the middle gate were written by Gong Xian. The main attractions are Qing Liang Temple, Chong Zheng College, and the Cui Wei Park.</p><br>
<p>The City of Nanjing has identified it as one of the top five parks in the city. Others are Mochou Lake Park, Xuanwu Lake, Wuchaomen Park and China Gate Castle Park.</p><br>
<h2>Transportation</h2><br>
<p>The park is accessible within walking distance north west of Hanzhongmen Station of Nanjing Metro.</p><br>
<p>Read&#39;s Cavern is a cave at Burrington Combe, Somerset, England, in which traces of Iron Age occupation have been found. It lies under Dolbury Hill. Its large main chamber has a boulder ruckle floor and is parallel to a cliff face. The cave was excavated by the University of Bristol Spelæological Society  in the 1920s, when relics of Iron Age occupation were found.</p><br>
<p>The UBSS excavation followed the removal of 21 tonnes of limestone material below a cliff where a stream sinks. Among the finds were ironwork described as slave shackles.Palmer,</p><br>
<p>Lionel Stanley (1959). Mans journey through time: a first step in physical and cultural anthropochronology, p. 77 (Figure 31: Iron slave shackles from Reads Cavern, Somerset)</p><br>
<p>After its discovery, the cave was first known as Keltic or Celtic Cavern until the Ordnance Survey decided that it should be known as Reads Cavern, after Mr. R. F. Read, the discoverer. It has also been called "Goughs Cave".</p><br>
<p>The Chevy Chase Arcade is an historic structure located in the Chevy Chase neighborhood in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The building is a unique example of a small-scale commercial arcade in Washington. Built in 1925, it is located along Chevy Chase’s commercial strip, Connecticut Avenue. The area was planned by the Chevy Chase Land Company as one of four commercial areas along the street that are separated by apartment blocks. The Arcade is an example of providing elegant and convenient shopping venues in the city’s prestigious suburban neighborhoods.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The Classical Revival building was designed by Louis R. Moss. The exterior features a limestone façade with monumental pilasters, large windows to display the merchant&#39;s wares to pedestrians as they pass by and an arched entry way to the central arcade of shops and the offices on the second floor. The interior of the building features a vaulted ceiling, clerestory lighting, a black and white marble floor, plaster ornamental moldings and sylvan bas-relief panels.</p><br>
<p>The Young Brothers Chevrolet Garage is a site on the National Register of Historic Places located in Chinook, Montana. It has also been known as AAA Garage, as Taylor Motor Company, as Tilleman Chevrolet, and as Precision Auto Body. It was added to the Register on August 16, 1994. It is a stucco building with an asphalt roof.</p><br>
<p>A placard reads:</p><br>
<p>A garage/automotive business has served the motoring public at this location since 1912, establishing a long pattern of similar use rarely found in Montana buildings. Although the building was possibly built as a livery stable, it was soon converted to an auto garage, which catered to US 2 travelers and local residents. In 1929, brothers Neil and Hollis Young bought the business, known in the 1920s as the Triple A Garage, and moved their automotive shop here from across the street. The Youngs owned the local Chevrolet dealership, and within five years they had also purchased Pontiac and Oldsmobile franchises, offering Chinook residents a fine choice of General Motors products. Typical of most small-town dealerships, gasoline and petroleum sales supplemented automotive sales and repair. Primarily an outlet for Conoco, the pumps also dispensed Grizzly gas from Cut Bank and Silver gas from Great Falls. In 1939, S. L. Taylor purchased the business and it remained the Taylor Motor Company until 1977. The gas pumps were removed and the franchise closed under owner Mike Tilleman in 1979. Former Tilleman employee Wesley Bevis purchased the facility in the early 1980s and opened his own business, Precision Auto Body, continuing the long tradition of auto service at this location. The building itself is an outstanding example of the Mission style, an architectural form not often found in the Rocky Mountain/Great Plains region. A splendid curvilinear parapet, capped pilasters, horizontal relief banding, and a smooth stucco exterior provide excellent expression of this style; its bold modernity reflects the spirited progressiveness of the early automotive era.</p><br>
<p>It sold Conoco, Grizzly, and Silver gas products in the 1930s, and it operated as a gas station into the 1970s.</p><br>
<p>The Crow Creek Water Ditch is a historic water transportation system which brought water from Eureka Creek to where it was needed in gold placer mining in the Indian Creek drainage area where gold was discovered in 1866. It is located near Townsend, Montana. It was built between 1866 and c.1875 originally to support gold mining, which required water, then later was used for farm and ranch irrigation.</p><br>
<p>Over its 11 mi length it dropped from 6,300 ft to 4,000 ft elevation. Along most of its length, in two sections, it was a hand-dug ditch about 3 ft wide and 1 ft deep that was dug using shovels, picks and axes. One section was a "spectacular" 1,578 ft wooden flume which brought it along walls of Hassel Canyon. It also included a 3 mi section where it ran down natural gullies where no digging was needed.</p><br>
<p>An approximately 8 mi portion of it--the two hand-dug sections--was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. The listed area also includes remnants of a wooden flume, and a rubble stone dam.</p><br>
<p>In 1918 the Crow Creek Irrigation District was formed by farmers and ranchers for irrigation. With the creation of Canyon Ferry Lake the need for the canals decreased.</p><br>
<p>Slate Run is a tributary to the Scioto River; it flows through the Northwest corner of Upper Arlington, Ohio. The creek gets its name from the slate that makes up the creek bed. It winds through a ravine and has several small, yet prominent waterfalls. The creek is mainly fed by storm water runoff which makes the creek very susceptible to running dry during extended periods of no rain.</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>*Mouth: Confluence with the Scioto River in Upper Arlington at</p><br>
<p>*Origin: Upper Arlington near Ohio State University Airport at</p><br>
<h2>Other streams</h2><br>
<p>The U.S. Geographic Names Information System lists seven streams named Slate Run in the State of Ohio.</p><br>
<h2>Wildlife</h2><br>
<p>The wildlife that lives in the areas surrounding Slate Run is rather limited because of the nearby housing developments, which approach to within two hundred yards from the stream. However, the surrounding ravine does provide a home for white tail deer, owls, ducks, groundhogs, opossums and even the occasional fox.</p><br>
<p>Bedford Historic District is a national historic district located at Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 210 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Bedford. The buildings date between 1750 and 1930, and include notable examples of Greek Revival, Italianate, and Federal style architecture. Notable non-residential buildings include the Fort Bedford Museum , Neptune House , G. C. Murphy Company Building , Arnold Building , Victoria House , Bedford Cafe , Talvin Lodge , Penn Bedford Hotel , Ford Garage , and St. Thomas the Apostle Church . Located in the district and listed separately are the Barclay House, Espy House, Russell House, and Chalybeate Springs Hotel.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>Corral Hollow Pass, originally Portezuela de Buenos Ayres  is a low mountain pass in the Diablo Range southeast of Livermore, in Alameda County, California. This pass, at an elevation of 1600 ft, was the point where El Camino Viejo crested the range, leaving the Arroyo Seco watershed in the southeastern part of the Livermore Valley and dropping down a deep canyon into Corral Hollow near the former mining town of Tesla. The road then continued eastward along Corral Hollow Creek into the San Joaquin Valley. Today County Hwy J2  follows this route.</p><br>
<p>The name Portezuela de Buenos Ayres appears on the Diseño del Rancho Las Positas. Portezuela means "small door" in Spanish and in Mexico can mean "a pass between hills". By 1873, the name of the pass had changed and appeared on a California State Geological Survey map as Corral Hollow Pass.</p><br>
<p>The Pilsen Historic District is a historic district located in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. Pilsen is a neighborhood made up of the residential sections of the Lower West Side community area of Chicago. In the late 19th century Pilsen was inhabited by Czech immigrants who named the district after Plzeň, the fourth largest city in what is now the Czech Republic. The population also included in smaller numbers other ethnic groups from the Austro-Hungarian Empire including Slovaks, Slovenes, Croats and Austrians, as well as immigrants of Polish and Lithuanian heritage.</p><br>
<p>The Czechs had replaced the Germans, who had settled there first with the Irish in the mid-19th century. Although there was an increasing Mexican American presence in the late 1950s, it was not until 1962-63 when there was a great spurt in the numbers of Mexican Americans in Pilsen due to the destruction of the neighborhood west of Halsted between Roosevelt and Taylor Streets to create room for the construction of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Although this area was predominantly Italian American, it was also an important entry point for Mexican immigrants for several decades. Latinos became the majority in 1970 when they surpassed the Slavic population. The neighborhood continued to serve as port of entry for immigrants, both legal and illegal, mostly of Mexican descent. Many elderly central Europeans, some even without English language skills, also still reside in Pilsen. Pilsen&#39;s Mexican population is increasingly dwarfed by what has become the largest Mexican neighborhood in Chicago, Little Village.</p><br>
<p>Pilsen became a National Historic Register District on February 1, 2006.</p><br>
<p>Aquamole Pot is a cave in West Kingsdale, North Yorkshire, England. It was originally explored from below by cave divers who had negotiated 550 ft of sump passage from Rowten Pot in 1974, to discover a high aven above the river passage.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The 130 ft aven was scaled in 1980 using poles, ladders and hand bolting kits, and a radio location transmitter placed at the highest point. Having discovered it was 180 ft from, and 180 ft below Jingling Pot, the aven was renamed Aquamole Aven instead of Jingling Avens.</p><br>
<p>Work restarted in 2000 when divers who were keen on a quick route to the sump beyond, rescaled the avens to a higher point, and radio located a position to 50 ft below the moor. It was finally connected to the surface in June 2002.</p><br>
<p>The Arvon Township Hall is a public building located on Park Road in Skanee, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Huron Bay Iron and Slate Company, located in Arvon, was a major employer in the area in the late 1800s. The Township offices were located in its headquarters from 1874 to 1878. In 1878, a one-room schoolhouse with associated township office was constructed just in front of where the current township hall stands. However, the community continue to grow, and by the turn of the century there were 650 male voters on the rolls; with women and children the actual township population was likely far higher. A new school was constructed in 1910, and in 1914, the community decided to build a new town hall.</p><br>
<p>In 1915, this hall was constructed by Fred Carlson of Hancock, Michigan, based on a design by Charles W. Maass, also from Hancock. At the time the hall was built, the area was still a sparsely settled frontier, and the township government played an important role in the local community. The hall was used as a community center and hosted public meetings. It continues to be used for meetings, as well as amateur theatrical productions, community pageants, ethnic music festivals and other recreational activities.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Arvon Township Hall is a symmetric two-story rectangular building of frame construction on a concrete foundation. The first story is covered with brown-stained shingles and the second with yellow painted horizontal board siding. The hipped roof features a decorative six-sided cupola, dominating the facade, topped with pyramid roof and an iron finial. A central entrance pavilion contains a second story bay over a recessed porch. The entrance is framed with large square pillars, and the porch contains decorative gingerbreading. The windows are symmetrically arranged on both the first and second floors.</p><br>
<p>Inside the building is a large meeting hall with an associated kitchen, a smaller meeting room, and a hallway containing stairs leading to the second floor. On the second floor is a large auditorium/gymnasium with dressing rooms, a coat room, and a ticket booth. A balcony is overhead.</p><br>
<p>Rhino Rift is a cave near Charterhouse, in the Carboniferous Limestone of the Mendip Hills, in Somerset, England. The cave is part of the Cheddar Complex SSSI.</p><br>
<p>It is 253 m in length and reaches a depth of 147 m.</p><br>
<p>The cave was discovered in 1971 after a successful dig by members of the Wessex Cave Club. Previous digging by the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society had unearthed remains of extinct animals, hence the cave&#39;s name.</p><br>
<p>The cave is locked and access is controlled by the.</p><br>
<h2>Further reading</h2><br>
<p>D. T. Donovan, R. D. Stride & A. M. Ap Simon, Rhino Rift Log: A record of the excavations from 9 Nov 1947 to 13 June 1948 (Excavation log including plans & sections, MS in 19 cm 8vo notebook), library of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society</p><br>
<p>King Memorial Chapel is located on the Cornell College campus in Mount Vernon, Iowa. The chapel was completed in 1882 and is built of Anamosa Limestone quarried in nearby Stone City, Iowa, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The cornerstone was laid in 1876, but one month later, with the walls half up, the contractor went bankrupt and skipped town. The main tower, with its Seth Thomas clock, is almost 130 feet high and can be seen from miles away as it shoots up from the hilltop campus. King Chapel is the site of the annual convocation at the commencement of the school year as well as the baccalaureate service in the spring for graduating students. The chapel has a Moller organ with 3,800 pipes and is often the site of musical performances.</p><br>
<p>The Canyon Falls Bridge is a bridge located on US Highway 41  over the Sturgeon River in L&#39;Anse Township, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>During 1947–48, the Michigan State Highway Department (MSHD) contracted for the construction of eleven different trunkline bridges in the Upper Peninsula. Five of these bridges were required because of reconstruction to US 41. The Canyon Falls Bridge was designated Bridge No. B2 of 7-4-5 C2 by the MSHD. The steel arch bridge was designed by MSHD engineers and constructed for $116,389.42, plus an additional $58,200 for structural steel. The bridge was completed in the middle of 1948, and has remained in use in essentially unaltered condition since.</p><br>
<p>This bridge is significant because the steel arch design is relatively rare in the state, due largely to the fact that few river crossings afforded the required vertical distance. The Canyon Falls Bridge is a visually striking construction, representing the Highway Department&#39;s focus on aesthetics.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Canyon Falls Bridge is constructed of a two-hinged, girder-ribbed arch. The span is 128 ft long, with 52 ft approach spans on each end for an overall structure length of 232 ft. Five ribs support a 45.4 ft deck, of which 38 ft is used for the asphalt roadway. The ribs rest on massive concrete pedestals.</p><br>
<p>The configuration of the bridge is highly simplified, with some minimal decoration on ancillary components. Guardrails have ornamental steel rails and balusters, and a decorative concrete pylon tops each arch pedestal. The appearance of the pylons and the profile of the arched ribs gives the bridge a distinctive Art Moderne look.</p><br>
<p>The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company Building is an historic structure located in Downtown Washington, D.C. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>This was the third building C&P Telephone built in downtown Washington and the second in a two-year period of time. This seven story structure housed the company’s new dial switching equipment that could not be accommodated in its existing facilities. It was designed with Art Deco detailing and ornamentation by the New York architectural firm of Voorhees, Gmelin and Walker. The company began its first conversion to dial telephone service on May 3, 1930 when 60,000 telephones in downtown Washington were switched over from the old manual system.</p><br>
<p>The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Old Main Building is a historic structure located in Downtown Washington, D.C. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>As the number of businesses in Washington increasingly relied in telephone service, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company built this building as its new main exchange. Designed by architect Leon Eidlitz, it was the first of a complex of buildings the company would construct at this site. The building houses what was considered to be the largest telephone switchboard at the time. It began operations in September 1904 and served 6,000 at the beginning. The new system eliminated the multiple rings on party lines and the need for an operator to interrupt the line to determine whether a subscriber had completed a call or wanted to receive calls.</p><br>
<p>Commercial National Bank is an historic structure located in Downtown Washington, D.C. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The bank was organized in 1904 and grew to become the fourth largest bank in the city by the 1920s. Its capitol was frozen at the value of its building when it failed in 1933. The building, completed in 1917, was also designed to house Western Union.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The building was designed by Washington architect Waddy B. Wood. It is an early example of the simplified and stylized classicism that became popular in the 1920s. The exterior of the 11-story structure features strong corner massing, limestone facades with flattened porticos, a plain ashlar middle section and a prominent cornice. Greek Doric motifs are featured in its austere decoration. The interior of the building has a three-story banking lobby that features monumental columns.</p><br>
<p>William Syphax School, now known as Syphax Village, is an historic structure located in the Southwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The William Syphax School historically served African American students. It was named for William Syphax, the first president of the Board of Trustees of Colored Schools of Washington and Georgetown. He supported the notion of a unified public school system and supported equal educational standards. He was responsible for the construction of the Charles Sumner School and the Thaddeus Stevens School. The building was completed in 1901 and was expanded in 1941 and again in 1953. It ceased serving as a school in 1994. Three years later, residents complained that it had become a drug market and crack house. The Southwest Neighborhood Assembly began to aggressively seek out a developer and found one, which purchased the school in 1999. The old school building was officially declared a historic landmark in 2003, but the newer buildings were razed starting in 2001. Manna redeveloped the school building into a condominium development, which opened in 2005 as Syphax Village.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The building was designed in the Colonial Revival style and was commissioned by the D.C. Office of the Building Inspector. It was designed by the architectural firm of Marsh & Peter. Municipal Architect Nathan C. Wyeth designed the 1941 addition. The original building is two and a half stories and is topped with a hipped roof. The exterior features a red brick façade arched windows and white terra cotta trim. The additions are also covered in red brick, but have flat roofs, multi-paned windows and limestone trim.</p><br>
<p>St. Joseph&#39;s Catholic Mission Church is a site on the National Register of Historic Places located in Townsend, Montana. It was added to the Register on November 5, 1998. Originally a Catholic church, the building is now a museum known as Canton Church Historic Site.</p><br>
<p>The church was built during 1875-76. According to its NRHP nomination, it is "the oldest extant example of secular Roman Catholic church architecture in Montana. It is also a rare example of Colonial Style architecture. The addition of a belfry and steeple in 1902 somewhat altered the church&#39;s Colonial appearance, but still carried forward its earlier design features."</p><br>
<p>The church building was moved to its current location in 1954 by the USA Bureau of Reclamation in order to save it from demolition.</p><br>
<p>Androscoggin Lake  is a body of water located in the towns of Wayne and Leeds, Maine. The surface area of the lake is 3,826 acre. Its greatest length is 4.5 mi and its greatest width is 2.8 mi. The lake is very shallow with a mean depth of 15 ft and maximum depth of 38 ft. The lake temperature is therefore quite warm during summer, and the temperature is the same on the bottom as it is on the top, making it a homothermous body of water. There are 4 islands on the lake: Androscoggin Island, Blodgett Island, Lothrop Island and Norris Island. The islands support a diverse assemblage of rare species and natural communities. The most extensive areas are along and around the Dead River, which connects the lake to the Androscoggin River. The islands also provide important nesting habitat for bald eagles, ospreys and great blue herons. Lothrop Island&#39;s black sand beaches are of geological interest and are also home to several rare plants.</p><br>
<h2>Development</h2><br>
<p>Androscoggin is relatively undeveloped. The towns of Wayne and Leeds have populations of less than 2,500 people each. There is a public boat landing located off of Rt. 133 in Wayne. This is the only public access to the lake. The northern and eastern shores are part of the Winthrop Lakes Region. Androscoggin is the main water source for Camp Androscoggin, a boys summer camp located on the lake shore and formerly located on Androscoggin Island. Another summer camp, is located at the southern tip of the lake in Leeds. The lakes purity is sustained by the Androscoggin Lake Dam located at the end of the Dead River in Leeds. The dam was built in 1940 to keep out water contaminated by waste from the surrounding towns.</p><br>
<h2>Fishing and wildlife</h2><br>
<p>Many different species of fish inhabit Androscoggin Lake. The most common species are large-mouth bass, small mouth bass, chain pickerel and brown trout. Other fish less commonly found in the lake include yellow and white perch, redbreast sunfish, pumpkinseed sunfish, and the american eel. Fishing is permitted year-round with the proper permit.</p><br>
<p>The cattail sedge is a plant found on Androscoggin Lake. The lake is the only place in Maine where this rare and endangered plant has been found. The exact location where the plant was discovered is unknown.</p><br>
<p>The Werribee and Avalon Important Bird Area comprises some 37 km of coastal land along the north-western shore of Port Phillip in the state of Victoria, south-eastern Australia. The area is important for a wide variety of waterbirds.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The site consists of wetlands stretching from the mouth of the Werribee River in the north-east to the city of Geelong in the south-west. It encompasses the sewage treatment ponds of the Western Treatment Plant, with the adjoining Spit Nature Conservation Reserve and Lake Borrie, the intertidal mudflats around Point Wilson, the Avalon saltworks and Limeburners Bay. As well as the treatment ponds and mudflats, the coastal habitats include saltmarshes, and mangroves. The site is flat and low-lying; it experiences temperatures ranging from a mean minimum of 7°C in July to a mean maximum of 24°C in January and February, with an annual rainfall of 750 mm. Apart from the saltworks, the area also forms part of the Port Phillip Bay (Western Shoreline) and Bellarine Peninsula Ramsar Site.</p><br>
<h2>Birds</h2><br>
<p>The site has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports regular numbers of orange-bellied parrots, and over 1% of the world populations of blue-billed, musk, freckled and pink-eared ducks, Australian shelducks, chestnut teals, Australasian shovelers, hoary-headed grebes, red-necked stints and sharp-tailed sandpipers. Other waterbirds which use the site in relatively substantial numbers include banded stilts, curlew sandpipers, red-capped and double-banded plovers, black-fronted dotterels, pied oystercatchers, red-necked avocets, black swans, hardheads, Pacific black ducks and great crested grebes.</p><br>
<p>Bradley&#39;s Covered Bridge, also known as the Long Cane Covered Bridge, was a covered bridge located near Troy, South Carolina.</p><br>
<p>Until its fiery destruction by vandals, the Long Cane Covered Bridge, listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, was one of three covered bridges in South Carolina. The bridge was constructed in 1892 by Y.P. Reagan to replace an earlier bridge, which had been washed away in January 1892. The new bridge was originally called "Bradleys Bridge" because it was close by John Bradleys mill.</p><br>
<p>The covered bridge was built in the Howe style, a type of construction, which introduced iron rods into the bridge trusses. That popular design served as a transition from wooden bridges to those built of iron and steel. The bridge was 30 feet high and spanned 163 feet over Long Cane Creek. It rested on two stone abutments with four supporting piers in the creek bed. The bridge consisted of thirteen boxed X-panel trusses with stabilizing iron turnbuckles. Vertical board and batten siding covered the X-panel trusses and was irregularly cut and remained unpainted. The bridge portals were covered with unpainted wooden clapboards, and the roof was covered with tin.</p><br>
<p>The bridge was removed from the National Register on August 31, 1979.</p><br>
<p>The Savage-Stewart House is one of the oldest buildings in Athens County, Ohio, United States. Located a short distance southeast of Canaanville along USA Route 50, it features many architectural details typical of expensive buildings constructed in early Ohio, and it has been named a historic site.</p><br>
<p>Also known as the "Ackley Farm", the farm includes buildings constructed as early as 1804. The land comprising the farm was given to Abijah Savage, a Continental Army captain from Connecticut, as compensation for his military service in the American Revolution. Throughout the history of the farm, its owners have generally been more prosperous than many of their neighbors, due to the property&#39;s location along the rich bottoms of the Hocking River.</p><br>
<p>Two stories tall and built of brick on foundations of sandstone, the house features elements such as an ornamental balustrade along the staircase in the hallway, a cornice with sawtooth-shaped molding, and fluted columns. Although the house falls into no distinct architectural style, these and related elements are typical of more expensive buildings constructed in Ohio soon after statehood.</p><br>
<p>In 1980, the house and five outbuildings were listed together on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying both because of their place in the areas history and because of their distinctive historic architecture. Although the house has largely been abandoned and overgrown, it was deemed historic partially because of the presence of antique farm equipment manufactured before 1930, which at that time was still secure in some of the farms sheds.</p><br>
<p>Little Bonnet Lake, in Highlands County, Florida, is about 1,000 ft west of Lake Letta and about twice as far south of Lake Lotela. This lake is bounded on the southwest by a rail line and on the southeast and part of the north side by citrus groves. Woods are on the east, part of the west and part of the north. A golf course borders Little Bonnet Lake on the northwest.</p><br>
<p>On the lakes northeast shore is a public boat ramp, that is reached by going through the areas golf course. A canal allows boats to travel east to Lake Letta and by a series of canals a number of area lakes may be accessed from Little Bonnet Lake. There are no public swimming beaches, but fishing is allowed. The HookandBullet.Com website says the lake contains blue catfish, gar and bowfin.</p><br>
<p>Since 1895, Fountain Park has hosted an annual Chatauqua to promote traditional values and religious, social and educational activities. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on.</p><br>
<p>At one time there was an estimated 85 Chautauquas in Indiana. Of these, only six continue the Chautauqua tradition including the cities of Columbus, Jeffersonville, Madison, Merom, Remington, and Rome City. Most host weekend festivals for art competitions, music, crafts, and historical re-enactments. Fountain Park Chautauqua continues in the tradition of a two-week event, which includes Sunday School, church services as well as family-oriented entertainment including singing groups and bands, speakers, art classes, talent shows and other recreational activities. Fountain Park is one of a few with permanent structures that built specifically for the Chautauqua. These include a tabernacle, recreational building, hotel and seventy cottages.</p><br>
<h2>Chautauqua</h2><br>
<p>The Chautauqua is significant in our nation&#39;s social history as a movement to provide cultural and educational enrichment to the people. The movement which began in 1874, spurred a tremendous popularity of the Chautauqua throughout the country. At the height of the movement, historians estimate that Chautauquas may have involved as many as 30 million people in 12,000 communities in a given summer. The Chautauqua movement began in 1874 in Chautauqua, New York, as a training camp for Sunday school teachers. The idea was that of a Methodist minister and Sunday School Superintendent, John H. Vincent and Lewis Miller respectively. The two men cofounded the Chautauqua Lake Sunday School Assembly Program. This program was aimed at religious education, but expanded to include music, art, and secular education. The first Chautauqua was so successful that the idea spread quickly throughout America. Independent Chautauquas, modeled after the "Mother Chautauqua" in New York, sprang up all over the country. The Chautauqua movement hit its peak about 1924-1925. From the 1880s to the Great Depression, Chautauqua was the window to cultural and educational enrichment for thousands of isolated towns from New England to the Rocky Mountains.</p><br>
<h2>Chronology</h2><br>
<p>Founded in 1895, a mile north of Remington in Jasper County, Indiana, Remington Bank&#39;s president, Robert Parker, envisioned an annual assembly to discuss various topics, including religion, science, and literature. In 1893, he purchased the land for Fountain Park.</p><br>
<p>Recreational activities were part of program with boating, swimming, shuffleboard, and athletic contests. Parker purchased 70 acre of land in 1893 and "saw its natural beauty as an ideal place for an annual, out-of-doors assembly to be held for the people of Northwestern Indiana to meet to discuss religious, scientific and literary subjects."</p><br>
<p>Before the first session, in 1895, Parker built a tabernacle and restaurant. The assembly lasted ten days at a cost of $1.00 per person. The Fountain Park Company was organized in 1897 with Parker as president. By 1898, a 36-room hotel had been built and a dam on Carpenter Creek to create a small lake for boating and swimming. The dam was removed because it obstructed water flow to Remington and other areas.</p><br>
<p>Between the close of the fourth session and the opening of the fifth session, the first permanent cottage was built by the Sherman "White family of Brook and the George Ball family of Kentland. As the number of cottages was growing, the owners expressed the wish that all tents and cottages be placed on the outer side of the grounds and that the grove be preserved intact. Fountain Park was becoming a popular destination with amenities which included telephone service, mail pickup and delivery, grocery service, mineral water from natural springs, tenting privileges, a hotel and restaurant. Its location, a 1 mi from Remington, and it’s stop on the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad line made it accessible from Chicago. Hacks operated from Remington on a schedule during the assemblies.</p><br>
<p>In 1901, the Pennsylvania Railroad offered special excursion rates. Its people were beginning to realize that the assembly brought into their midst advantages. Nationally known Temperance speakers, evangelists, politicians, poets and musicians performed at the Assembly, including ex-USA Senator John Ingalls, Billy Sunday, William Jennings Bryan (on four different occasions), Paul Harvey, Governor Robert M. La Follette Sr., World War I hero Pat Obrien, and Mrs. Billy Sunday, the widow of the late Billy Sunday also delivered a short address. William Jennings Bryan and Pat OBrien had the highest attendance ratings in Fountain Parks history. An address by one Senator described Fountain Park by saying, "Under the shadow of the trees, in this happy little grove, in that rude structure (tabernacle) where nothing has been done for show during these past scores of years has been gathered annually the very best and brightest men and women the world has known, and their sweetest and brightest thoughts have been expressed for us who come to listen and to learn. Here was freedom; rest for the weary, pictures of a bright future; reminiscent of joys of the past. I don&#39;t believe there ever was another thirty acres in the world where so many great and good men and women met and gave free expressions to so many great and good thoughts in the same length of time. Religion, history, romance, right living, higher aims, education, music, good fellowship; everything except the sordid aim to accumulate money, here at its highest and best.".</p><br>
<p>Until 1902, the Assembly was operated as a Christian church project. That year it was incorporate with a capital stock of $24,000. In 1904, a Certificate of Incorporation was signed at capital stock of $30,000, which made it a joint stock company. The Fountain Park Company then leased the 30 acres from Robert Parker and his wife for the fee of $50 per year over the next 25 years.</p><br>
<p>In 1907, automobiles were first admitted. The original driveway used for hacks delivering patrons to the park was on the east side of the property where the fairgrounds were. With increasing use of automobiles, the gate on the west side of the park was opened in 1912 for autos only. Eventually both of these gates were closed and the north gate became the only way to enter or exit the grounds. In 1908, the founder, Robert Parker, resigned. In May 1909 Christian and Margaret Hensler purchased the property and leased approximately 30 acres of it for the use of Fountain Park. Later a lawsuit between the Hensler heirs and Fountain Park Company divided the 30 acre down to the current 17.3 acre. The Women&#39;s Improvement Association was organized to help in beautifying and improving the grounds and buildings in 1911. The following year, an electric light system was installed.</p><br>
<p>Fountain Park stayed open during the Great Depression and throughout both World Wars. During World War I all lights were turned off after the evening programs of 1918. The Great Depression the 1933 session pushed forward one week. In 1942, it was decided that Fountain Park would go on that year. Rationing due to World War II held down attendance in 1943.</p><br>
<p>Between 1956 and 1961 major changes occurred. The old food stand was replaced, a new tabernacle was constructed, a new entrance gate was built on the north side, a new fountain was designed, and a new recreation hall was constructed.</p><br>
<p>Fowler Methodist Church holds a family each year, the Boy and Girl Scouts and area schools, have used the grounds for day camps and other events.</p><br>
<h2>The Grounds</h2><br>
<p>The Fountain Park Chautauqua is located north of Remington, Indiana, in a predominantly agricultural area of Jasper County. The 17.3 acre are heavily wooded with oak, hickory, walnut and wild cherry trees and run along Carpenter Creek. The camp contains small cottages with a few larger buildings for educational, recreational, and residential purposes. The main entrance is on the north side of the circular drive, which circles the camp. Six cottages and a few outbuildings, including two of the early privies, remain outside the loop created by the road.</p><br>
<p>At the center of the camp is a fountain and gazebo, thus the name "Fountain Park". Radiating around the interior circle created by the cottages are the Tabernacle, Recreation Building, Food and Candy Stands, the Art Colony and museum, and the Well House and Brick Shelter. Interspersed are the shuffleboard/bowling lanes, a basketball court, a playground, a series of benches/swings, and a variety of flower planters, two stone ones date back to 1932. The only public structure not located within the circle of the other public buildings is the hotel. It is on the west side of the grounds.</p><br>
<p>The design of the grounds contribute to the integrity of the district. The meandering perimeter road and the siting of cottages along the perimeter road has shaped a distinct space. Catalpa trees were planted to shade individual cottages. Catalpas were a popular in the 1800 and 1900s. Their broad leaves provide good shade and their flowers give a pleasant sweet scent in early summer. By 1917 there were forty-eight cottages located on the grounds. The cottages are built on small lots and placed very close together. The standard construction was a one and a half stories with a gable front and a one story open front porch. The front facade usually contained a door and a window on the main floor and a single window centered in the gable above. Because of the small lots, the cottages were usually twice as deep as they were wide. Cottage number 32 is a good example of this style. Little decoration was used although a couple do have Gothic Revival: bargeboard trim, window hoods and arched windows. Because of the limited use, few of the cottages have fireplaces or chimneys.</p><br>
<p>Over time variations in style have developed. Most of the newer construction has been confined to the south on the far side of the road. Not all of the cottages are officially viewed as "contributing". These changes reflect the history of Fountain Park Chautauqua over the 105-year existence.</p><br>
<p>Non-contributing buildings on the grounds are not out of scale with the historic structures. More recent cottages may have a lower roof pitch, or are constructed of concrete block. One structure is an A-frame design. All of the non-contributing cottages are sited on lots intended for dwellings and thus have similar presence on the site to the historic ones. In 1895, the association built a wooden rectangular tabernacle on the location of the current tabernacle. In 1960, they demolished the old tabernacle and built the current one. The current tabernacle, however, is wooden-sided, gable-roofed building of roughly the same dimensions as its predecessor.</p><br>
<h2>Structures</h2><br>
<p>The Brick Shelter is an open-air structure with a concrete foundation. It was built early in the history of Fountain Park. No exact date is known. There are four brick piers that support the exposed king post trusses of the gable roof. Originally there was a water tank and pump, which has been moved to create a public gathering area.</p><br>
<p>The Hotel was constructed in 1898 on the northwest side of the camp. It had 36 rooms, reduced by 5 for the installation of indoor bathrooms, and a 130-seat dining room. It is L-shaped with seven bays on the south and east facades. One bay marks a doorway with a transom light above and the other six bays are four over four windows. It has a hipped roof, with two dormers at the ends of the east-west section. A two story open porch that surround the building. There is an exterior stairway at the southwest corner of the porch that has the same square post railing as the porch upstairs.</p><br>
<p>The Tabernacle is not the original structure. It site in the same location as the original from 1895. It is a rectangular shaped building with vertical wood siding and a gable roof. The sides can be removed to allow for better ventilation. Large red, white, and blue awnings are extended to provide additional shelter for large groups. The main entry is on the west facade and opens onto a central aisle, leading to the stage. The stage if from the original tabernacle. The theater style seats hold 232 audience members. The ceiling is a series of open bowstring steel trusses and are painted white. There are modern fans and lights suspended from the trusses. The tabernacle was built in 1960 to replace the 1895 structure.</p><br>
<p>Entry Gate was built in 1960. It is a small rectangular shed with an exterior of limestone and vertical wood siding. It has a shallow pitched, hipped roof with extended overhangs. The gates to either side of the driveways have matching limestone piers with wood railings.</p><br>
<p>The fountain located near the center of the camp is not original. There has been a fountain throughout history of the park. An Indiana State Historical Marker is located next to the fountain commemorating the site.</p><br>
<h2>Bibliography</h2><br>
<p>Davies, Sandra, Kathleen Kelley, Freda Koch, et al. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for Lancaster Methodist Episcopal Camp Ground Historic District. Completed 1987.</p><br>
<p>Fountain Park Chautauqua Preserving Tradition for 100 Years. 100th Anniversary Newspaper. Remington, IN: The Remington Press. July 31, 1995.</p><br>
<p>Fountain Park Lease Agreement November 9, 1954. Copy filed in Jasper County, Indiana Recorder&#39;s Office.</p><br>
<p>Kandur-Smith, Karin Lynn, Hosier Chautauquas: Learning and sharing wisdom around^ Indiana, Outdoor Indiana, May/June 1996.</p><br>
<p>Miles, Frank, Chautauqua in Indiana, Madison, Indiana, 1988</p><br>
<p>Nelson, Sharon. "Highlights of 100 Years of Fountain Park" Printed in Fountain Park 100 Anniversary Book, 1995.</p><br>
<p>Normand, Kipp Alien. Zion of Summer: The Winona Assembly and Sumner School Association 1895-1915, Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame, 1989.</p><br>
<p>Stanley, Karen. "The History of the Fountain Park Hotel" Compiled 1998.</p><br>
<p>Tapk, John E., Circuit Chautauqua: From Rural Education to Popular Entertainment in Early Twentieth Century America. Jefferson, N.G, McFarland, cl997.</p><br>
<p>Walker, Amy. Series of interviews with Karen Stanley conducted July 6, 2000; July 13, 2000; July 27, 2000; August 4, 2000.</p><br>
<p>Wooden, Helen O&#39;Riley. Fountain Park Chautauqua: Oldest in Midwest 1954.</p><br>
<p>The Frederick P. Currier House is a private residential structure located at 231 East Saint Clair Street in the village of Almont in Almont Township in southeastern Lapeer County, Michigan. It was designated as a Michigan State Historic Site on April 5, 1975 and soon after added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 1975.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Built in 1854, the -story house was designed in the octagon style, which was popular at the time. However, not all eight of the structure&#39;s sides are equal length. The front, rear, and side walls are 24 feet (7.3 m) long, and the four diagonal walls are only six feet (1.8 m) in length. The first floor also has a higher ceiling at 11 feet (3.4 m) high and contains a wraparound porch. The house is not a unique structure in itself but remains one of the oldest such structures in the state of Michigan. It was built by carpenter Frederick P. Currey, who was a prominent businessman in several other fields in Lapeer County. His descendants maintained the house until 1961 until selling it to another private owner.</p><br>
<p>A plaque was dedicated on the site that reads, "Frederick and Mary Currier built this house around 1854, inspired by Orson Fowlers A Home for All, which promoted the octagon form as a healthy place to live. The tall windows, which admit light and air, and the five octagonal rooms reflect Fowlers philosophy. The Curriers came to Almont from New England in 1847. A machinist by trade, Currier (1812–1900) at one time owned farms and factories, and invested in banking and lumbering. The house is listed in the National Register of Historic Places."</p><br>
<p>Estate Little Princess is a historic plantation site located northwest of Christiansted in Saint Croix, USA Virgin Islands. It was first owned by governor Frederik Moth in 1738 and rests on 25 acres of land . As of 2011 the estate is under ownership of The Nature Conservancy and serves as headquarters for the Eastern Caribbean/Virgin Islands programs. The property has been turned into a nature preserve and historical tours are given as well. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 1980.</p><br>
<p>There are many buildings on the property, including a building that served as a Danish hospital and the great house, which was built in the 1800s. Both have been partially restored. Estate Little Princess was primarily a sugar and rum factory hundreds of years ago. There are many ruins (such as a windmill and remnants of the factory) located on the grounds of the estate.</p><br>
<p>In the great house, a small exhibition with photographs, maps and other documents tells the history of the estate.</p><br>
<p>Access is via the minor road leading north-west from the intersection of VI75 (Northside road) and VI74 (Rattan road) 2km northwest of Christiansted.</p><br>
<p>The Cotton Belt Freight Depot in St. Louis, Missouri at 1400 North 1st Street in the Near North Riverfront neighborhood. It was listed on the USA National Register of Historic Places in 2004.</p><br>
<h2>Current Status</h2><br>
<p>The depot is vacant and graffiti litters its walls, but the building retains integrity of design, workmanship, setting, and association.</p><br>
<p>The Cotton Belt Freight Depot has been named "Best Old Building" by the Riverfront Times, a weekly newspaper in St. Louis.</p><br>
<p>The building and grounds have been used as a setting for wedding, engagement, and graduation photos.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The St. Louis Southwestern Railway, known by its nickname of "The Cotton Belt Route" or simply Cotton Belt, is a former US Class I railroad which operated between St. Louis, Missouri, and various points in the states of Arkansas and Texas from 1891 to 1992.</p><br>
<p>The five-story freight depot was constructed in 1911 to handle freight movement for SSW. It has been vacant since 1959.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The building is notable for its long, narrow shape. The concrete building is approximately 750 on its east and west elevations and only 30 on the north and south. The five stories include a series of loading dock doors on both sides that are sheltered by a concrete awning. Widely spaced metal-frame industrial type windows line the upper stories. A slightly taller cornice line marks the section of the building where the company offices were located. Most of the buildings detail is reserved for this section where the companys name is displayed in two levels over a bay window.</p><br>
<p>Other details include terra cotta medallions on the corners bearing the name "Cotton Belt Route&quot a Classical style frame around the office door; keystones that decorate the windows near the buildings north end; and copper lions heads that join the awning poles to the building.</p><br>
<p>The Cotton Belt Freight Depot has been named "Best Old Building" by the Riverfront Times, a weekly newspaper in St. Louis.</p><br>
<p>Direct link to National Register nomination document: http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/04000344.pdf</p><br>
<h2>Activities and Culture</h2><br>
<h3>Artica</h3><br>
<p>Since 2002, the Cotton Belt Freight Depot has been the usual location of Artica, an annual grassroots outdoor and multidisciplinary arts festival.</p><br>
<h3>"Migrate" Mural</h3><br>
<p>Work was completed to utilize the depot&#39;s distinctive eastern wall for a large scale mural; a renovation that intends to transform the site into a welcoming visage for those traveling entering the state via the upcoming Mississippi River bridge.</p><br>
<p>The Joe P. Eagle and D. R. Boone Building is a historic commercial building at 105-107 West Front Street in downtown Lonoke, Arkansas. It is a two story red brick building, with a sloping flat roof obscured by parapet, and a brick foundation. It is divided into two sections, articulated by brick pilasters. The left half has an original storefront on the first floor, with plate glass display windows flanking a recessed entrance, while the right half has a more modern  appearance, with a central display window, with the store entrance on the right and a building entrance to the upper floor on the left. The second-floor on both halves has tripled sash windows, the center one larger, all topped by transom windows. The building was designed by architect Charles L. Thompson and built in 1905.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the USA National Register of Historic Places in 1994.</p><br>
<p>The Blake McFall Company Building, also known as the Emmett Building, in southeast Portland in the USA state of Oregon, is a five-story commercial warehouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Designed by McNaughton & Raymond of Portland and built in 1915, it was added to the register in 1990. The 100 by structure is representative of a group of timber-framed loft warehouses built in the early 20th century on the east side of the Willamette River.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Completion of the Steel Bridge over the Willamette River in 1888 established a rail link between downtown Portland and East Portland, which already had good rail connections to the east and south. During subsequent decades, an industrial area developed along the river&#39;s east bank to store and re-ship merchandise arriving by rail and river steamer. Companies like John Deere, International Harvester, and Blake, Moffitt & Towne built multi-story warehouses in this area. The Blake McFall Company Building, near the east ramp of the Burnside Bridge, was at the northern edge of the warehouse district.</p><br>
<p>Blake McFall was a wholly owned subsidiary of Blake, Moffitt & Towne, which at that time was the leading wholesale paper distributor on the Pacific coast. It bought and re-shipped products ranging from newsprint to writing papers, wrapping, and bags. Served mainly by rail, the warehouse received large shipments that were subdivided in Portland and sent to the company&#39;s seven divisions in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. A warehouse in Seattle gradually replaced some of the Portland-based functions, and by the 1940s shipping by truck had rendered the Portland warehouse obsolete. Blake, Moffitt, & Towne abandoned the building in 1957.</p><br>
<p>The Federal Reserve Bank Building is a historic commercial building at 123 West Third Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a three story Classical Revival masonry structure, built out of concrete faced with limestone. Its main facade features a central entry set in a recess supported by four monumental engaged Doric columns. The entrance surround includes a carved eagle. Above the colonnade is a band of metal casement windows, with a low parapet at the top. The building was designed by noted local architect Thompson & Harding and built in 1924. The building was occupied by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Little Rock Branch until 1966.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>The First Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 213 Whittington Avenue in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is a large stone building, designed by Charles L. Thompson in Late Gothic Revival style and built in 1907. It has a square tower with pronounced buttressing at the corners set on the right side of its front facade, and a lower tower at the left side, with a gabled entry section at the center. The entrance is set in a broad lancet-arched opening, and is topped in the gable by a three-part stained glass window. The main sanctuary space is set perpendicular to the main facade, with a large stained glass window set in a recessed round-arch panel at the end. An entrance into the tunnels underneath hot springs is also located here.</p><br>
<p>The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>English Lutheran Church is a historic church at 1040 New Hampshire Street in Lawrence, Kansas.</p><br>
<p>It was built in 1870 and added to the National Register in 1995.</p><br>
<p>"Still woven into the threads of the downtown&#39;s built environment, the church is a proud reminder to our citizens that older buildings should be savored not only for their contribution to the past, but also for their potential contributions to the future." Cathy Ambler, Chair Historic Resources Commission</p><br>
<p>It was built in Gothic Revival style in 1870 by pioneer Kansas architect John G. Haskell (responsible for many Lawrence landmarks as well as the Douglas County Courthouse and Kansas State Capitol). It was at one point slated for demolition, but after a 4-year legal dispute, was purchased by Ashlar LC and restored, through efforts of the Lawrence Historic Preservation Alliance and Kansas State Historical Society. Craig Patterson and Associates architectural firm rehabilitated it and adapted it to reuse as modern office space. On Nov. 6 1993, Governor Joan Finney ceremonially reopened the building to its new life. In 1995, it was placed on the National Historic Register. The building next to the old church is the original parsonage.</p><br>
<p>The Amelia Earhart Birthplace is a historic building and museum that was the birthplace of aviator Amelia Earhart. It is located at 223 N. Terrace in Atchison, Kansas, United States.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in 1861 in a Gothic Revival style and is on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River. In 1897 Amelia Earhart was born in a home, which belonged to her maternal grandfather, Alfred Gideon Otis (1827–1912), a former judge, president of the Atchison Savings Bank and a leading citizen in Atchison. The Earharts attended nearby Trinity Episcopal Church where Amelia was baptized. The birthplace was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and is now a museum featuring memorabilia and artifacts about Amelia Earhart. The house served as a private residence until 1984 when a local citizen, Dr. Eugene J. Bribach, contributed $100,000 to the Ninety-Nines to acquire the property. Since 1984 the building has been maintained by the Ninety-Nines, an international group of female pilots of whom Amelia was the first elected president.</p><br>
<p>The Basilica of St. Fidelis, commonly known as The Cathedral of the Plains, is a Romanesque-style Roman Catholic parish church in Victoria, Kansas, United States. It was raised to the status of a Minor Basilica in 2014 and is also known as The Basilica of the Plains.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The church was built from 1908 to 1911. According to the church history, each member of the church who was 12 or older was asked to give $45 a year and six wagonloads of stone to help construct the building. The nickname The Cathedral of the Plains was bestowed by former presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan after he visited the town in 1912. Its 48 historic stained-glass windows were installed in 1916, by Munich Studios in Chicago, at a cost of $3,700, and now valued at more than $1 million. The church was added to the National Register in 1971.</p><br>
<p>In 1994, the church began a series of restoration efforts. More than $265,000 was spent on weatherproofing the exterior, replastering and repainting the interior and updating the sound, electrical and heating systems. A marble floor was put in the sanctuary for $60,000, replacing the old carpeting and linoleum floors. The church roof was reshingled in 2006 for $137,000. In 2011, the church replaced the parking lot and sidewalks for $225,000, and spent $70,000 on repairing the plaster ceilings and walls that had cracked with age. A plastic covering was installed in the mid-1980s to protect each stained glass window from Kansas storms. It had grown opaque through the years and replaced with tempered glass in 2013.</p><br>
<p>After approval by the Vatican in early March 2014, Bishop Edward Weisenburger of the Diocese of Salina dedicated St. Fidelis Church as a Minor Basilica on Saturday, June 7, 2014.</p><br>
<p>The Rosberg-Holmgren-Clareen Block, also once known as the Clareen-Peterson Restaurant Building, is a historic building at 109-111-113 N. Main Street in Lindsborg, Kansas.</p><br>
<p>Tne building was built in 1899 for use as a restaurant with living quarters above by Swedish immigrant, Carl E. Clareen (1862-1923). By 1909, fellow Swedish immigrant John P. Peterson operated his restaurant known as the Royal Cafe on the first floor of the building. The first floor continued to serve as a restaurant through the 1940s. The building is of late Victorian style with Italianate detailing on its lower front exterior which includes cast iron columns. The building has many distinguishing characteristics including the ornate second-story window hoods, cast-iron columns, the original storefront, and stained glass windows. The building added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. Its listing was updated in 2016, resulting in a boundary increase and a renaming of the listing.</p><br>
<p>The First Baptist Church of Council Grove, Kansas is a historic Baptist church. Its historic building at 325 West Main Street was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<h2>Building</h2><br>
<p>It is a one-story limestone and brick church. The historic building at 325 West Main Street was constructed for the congregation of the First Baptist Church of Council Grove in 1909. The church building features Romanesque Revival and Gothic Revival elements.</p><br>
<h2>Congregation</h2><br>
<p>The congregation of the First Baptist Church of Council was organized on Dec. 3, 1870. It was located on Main street for many decades and moved to Country Lane in 1993, with the dedication of the new building on April 17, 1994. The First Baptist congregation currently meets at 501 Country Lane in Council Grove.</p><br>
