<p>Buena Vista Lake, is a fresh-water lake in Kern County, California in the Tulare Lake Basin in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California.</p><br>
<p>Buena Vista Lake was the second largest of several similar lakes in the Tulare Lake basin, and was fed by the waters of the Kern River. The Kern River&#39;s flow went into Buena Vista Lake southwest through the site Bakersfield via its main distributary channels or south through the Kern River Slough distributary into Kern Lake and then into Buena Vista Lake via Connecting Slough.</p><br>
<p>In times when Buena Vista Lake overflowed it first backed up into Kern Lake making one large lake. When this larger lake overflowed it flowed out through the Buena Vista Slough and Kern River channel northwest of Buena Vista Lake through tule marshland and Goose Lake, into Tulare Lake.</p><br>
<p>Today Lake Webb and Lake Evans occupy the lakebed of the northern shore the former Buena Vista Lake.</p><br>
<p>The Ethel S. Roy House is a historic building identified simply as Vernacular Frame House when listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 as part of the Red Lion Hundred Multiple Resource Area.</p><br>
<p>The house was built c. 1868 by a former slave and was singled out for historic preservation in an effort to counteract the bias that only homes of the affluent are recognized as being historically significant. It represents a working man&#39;s home in a labor-intensive agricultural society and has had few alterations since it was built.</p><br>
<p>Red Lion Hundred is an area of New Castle County, Delaware roughly equivalent in size and function to a township. It was settled in the seventeenth century, with the soil being ruined by intensive tobacco cultivation by 1800. A "peach boom" lasted from about 1830 to 1870 until a blight called "the yellows" destroyed the peach crops. Slavery provided labor in the area until the American Civil War.</p><br>
<p>The Roy House was built soon after the Civil War by a former slave, whose granddaughter lived in the house until at least 1979. It is located just north of the unincorporated village of Saint Georges, Delaware, on a 150 foot square plot of land once owned by the locally prominent Sutton family.</p><br>
<p>It is a wooden frame two-story, two-bay house with gabled roof which had a small enclosed front porch.</p><br>
<p>Photographs taken in 1970 or 1979 show a simple building with wooden siding, a tin roof, six-over-six windows, and an interior chimney on the south end. The single decorative item appears to be a "gothic" attic window with a "pointed arch" above a rectangular window. A photograph from 2011 shows that the roof, siding and windows have been recently replaced, the porch opened up, and the chimney removed.</p><br>
<p>The Ontonagon County Courthouse is a government building located at 601 Trap Street in Ontonagon, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Ontonagon County was created in 1843 from the southwestern portion of Houghton County. However, the site of the current county seat was not decided until 1858, and a decision to build a proper courthouse was not made until 1884. Ten years later in 1896, a disastrous fire destroyed most of the city, including this courthouse. However, the foundation and brick walls were salvaged, and the interior was redesigned and rebuilt. The near-destruction of Ontonagon came at a tumultuous time in Ontonagon County&#39;s history, soon after a portion of the county split off to form Gogebic County and while another section of Ontonagon was considering doing the same. Reconstruction of the town, its port, and the courthouse pulled the citizens of the county together.</p><br>
<p>An addition to the courthouse was built in 1937. As of 1980, the county built a new courthouse and the old one is no longer in use.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Ontonagon County Courthouse is a two-story Romanesque Revival structure, built of brick on a sandstone foundation. Three sides have similar facades a central entrance in a gabled pavilion flanked by tall double-hung windows. The stone window lintels form part of a beltcourse that circles the building. A bay window is above the entrance, and the hipped roof has projecting dormers and a glass-roofed dome at the peak. The rear sports a rectangular addition.</p><br>
<p>M Street High School, also known as Perry School, is a historic structure located in the Northwest Quadrant of Washington, D.C. It has been listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites since 1978 and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The school was founded in 1870 as the Preparatory High School for Negro Youth. Between 1870 and 1891 the school was located in several makeshift locations. In 1890, Congress appropriated $112,000 to build a permanent school and the building on M Street was then designed by Thomas Entwistle from the Office of Building Inspector and built from 1890–1891.</p><br>
<p>It was one of the nation’s first high schools for African Americans and represents an important development of Washington’s education system. The African American community had to fight for quality education in the city. The dual school system created disparities in facilities, grounds, architectural design and size. However, the school provided a rigorous curriculum and an extraordinary faculty because of the limited professional opportunities for African Americans. Principals at the school included Francis L. Cardozo, Sr., Robert H. Terrell and Anna J. Cooper. Among the many teachers was Carter G. Woodson who taught French, Spanish, English, and history. The school produced a high percentage of college graduates and its alumni included many prominent educators and public figures.</p><br>
<p>The high school was moved to a new building on a different site in 1916, when it was renamed Dunbar High School after the famous African-American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. In 1919, the 128 M Street school building became the home of the M Street Junior High School, which was renamed Shaw Junior High School in 1921. Then in 1928, Shaw moved to the Mckinley Manual Technical School building at 7th and Rhode Island Avenue, NW.</p><br>
<p>From 1929 to 1932, the M Street High School building was used to house students from Cardozo High School, In 1932 it became M Street Junior High School, later named Terrell Junior High School. In 1952 it was renamed again as the Leon L. Perry Middle School, named for a principal, supervising principal and school board member of the black school system from 1914-1945. In 1954 the school was integrated. Shortly thereafter it was closed.</p><br>
<p>The building continued to find new life. In the 1960s it was used as a homeless shelter and food distribution center. In 1978 it was nominated for landmark status. At the time it was slated to be torn down to create a playground for students from nearby Terrell Junior High School, but following the landmark nomination the school board instead decided to preserve it.</p><br>
<p>In the 1980s the city tried to sell it to developers, but the local community sought to preserve it as a community asset. In 1986 it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and in 1989, the D.C. school board approved the use of the vacant Perry School for a community service center.</p><br>
<p>In 1998 the building became home of the Perry School Community Services, Inc, a non-profit health and community service center.</p><br>
<h2>Notable students</h2><br>
<p>Oscar J. Cooper co-founder of Omega Psi Phi fraternity</p><br>
<p>Julia Evangeline Brooks (1882–1948), educator, an incorporator of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority</p><br>
<p>Mary P. Burrill (1881–1946), playwright, educator</p><br>
<p>Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. (1877–1970), first African-American general officer</p><br>
<p>Eva Beatrice Dykes (1893–1986), educator, first African-American woman to earn a doctorate</p><br>
<p>Margaret Flagg Holmes (1886-1976), educator, co-founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority</p><br>
<p>Charles Hamilton Houston, Civil Rights Attorney</p><br>
<p>Sarah Meriwether Nutter (1888–1950), educator, co-founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority</p><br>
<p>Horatio Nelson Poole (1884–1949), painter, printmaker, muralist, teacher</p><br>
<p>Willis Richardson (1889–1977), playwright</p><br>
<p>Hilyard Robinson (1899–1986), modernist architect</p><br>
<p>Corinne Dixon Taylor (1893–2007), supercentenarian, briefly the oldest living American</p><br>
<p>Garnet C. Wilkinson (1879–1969), educator</p><br>
<p>The McLachlen Building is an historic structure located in Downtown Washington, D.C. It has been listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites since 1985 and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The building was built to house a family-run bank that was organized in 1887. It was a real estate investment partnership. It was built from 1910 to 1911 and altered in a renovation from 1988 to 1989. The banking room, which is still in existence, was on the main floor of the building and it had rental office space above.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The building was designed by prominent Washington architect Jules Henri de Sibour in the Classical Revival style with elements of the Chicago School. The nine-story structure occupies a corner lot. The exterior of the building is faced with ornamented marble and glazed terra cotta with textured spandrels. It features a Doric entrance and an exuberant cornice.</p><br>
<p>The Shilling–Lamb House, also sometimes referred to as Victoria House, is located on North Second Street in Aspen, Colorado, United States. It is a wood frame structure in the Queen Anne architectural style built around 1890. In 1987 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>It is unique among Aspen&#39;s Queen Anne houses both for its minimal decoration and its corner tower. The name comes from its first two occupants. In the later 20th century it was the home of Edgar Stanton, a cofounder of the Aspen Music Festival and School who established its training program for recording engineers. It has remained a private residence, largely intact from the time of its construction.</p><br>
<h2>Building</h2><br>
<p>The house is located on the north fringe of Aspen&#39;s residential West End, on the west side of North Second between West Smuggler Street and Lake Avenue. It is surrounded by other houses, most of a more modern construction, but another surviving Victorian residence, the Newberry House, also listed on the Register, is located a block to the east. Tall mature trees provide shade throughout the neighborhood, which has generally level terrain, sloping very slightly to the Roaring Fork River to the north. Across the street a small playground faces the house on an otherwise undeveloped triangular lot.</p><br>
<p>A plain wooden picket fence sets off the house from the street. It is a two-story wood frame house on a high sandstone foundation. It is mostly sided with clapboard except in the fields of its cross-gabled roofs, which use wood "dog-ear" shingles, common in the city. On the southeast corner is a large octagonal tower with a conical roof. Like the main block its roof is shingled.</p><br>
<p>North of the tower a porch runs across the east (front) facade at the first story. It has a shed roof supported by wooden piers with decorative woodwork between them, crossed by a gable sheltering the main entrance. An open porch is located along the rear. All windows are one-over-one double-hung sash windows, except for the second story of the northeast facet of the tower, which has a single-pane window. A small louvered vent is in the uppermost cross-gable field.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Arthur Shilling built the house around 1890. At the time, Aspen was a booming mining town that had barely been much more than a primitive encampment of tents and log cabins a decade earlier. Fortunes were being made from the abundant silver lodes in the neighboring mountains, and many who had earned them put some of them into building lavish houses for themselves.</p><br>
<p>Many of those houses were erected in the undeveloped West End, which had long been platted and drawn up with a grid plan for its streets. Shilling, a dry goods store owner, chose a lot near the north side for his home. It was fairly unrestrained in its application of the contemporary Queen Anne style, with nested and cross-gabling creating a complex interplay of forms, and a signature tower attached to the house. That, and its relatively plain facades, distinguished it from some of other surviving Queen Annes in the city, like the Smith–Elisha House on West Main Street (also listed on the National Register) and the Ola Case House on West Francis Street.</p><br>
<p>Three years later, the Panic of 1893 led Congress to repeal the Sherman Silver Purchase Act, which had sustained Aspens growth by requiring the government to buy silver to support the dollar. Mines closed, people left Aspen for opportunities elsewhere. This began a long period of the citys history known as the "quiet years", marked by a constantly declining population and economic hardship. Five years later, Albert Lamb, who had come from Leadville in 1887 and established a successful drugstore, bought Shilling&#39;s house.</p><br>
<p>During the quiet years, many of the buildings from the city&#39;s prosperous beginnings fell vacant, often becoming the property of Pitkin County due to tax foreclosures. With no money available to maintain them, they succumbed to either fires or the effects of the severe Rocky Mountain winters at almost 8,000 ft above sea level.</p><br>
<p>At some point during this time, the house was modified slightly. Some of the windows were expanded. Finials were removed from the tower and roof. The rear porch, original covered by a gabled roof supported by turned wooden columns, was extended and its roof removed.</p><br>
<p>The quiet years came to an end just before the middle of the 20th century, after World War II. Skiing enthusiasts had begun developing trails on the nearby mountains in the late 1930s, and returned to continue their work a decade later. The new Aspen Skiing Company received a boost from investments by Walter Paepcke, a Chicago executive who, along with his wife Elizabeth, saw in Aspen the perfect place to establish a classical music festival in the USA to rival Salzburg.</p><br>
<p>The Paepckes bought most of the old houses and commercial properties in Aspen with the intent of restoring them. Among their purchases was the Shilling—Lamb house. They in turn sold it to Francis and Edgar Stanton and their wives in 1950. The Stantons had been taken with Aspen four years earlier and were spending more time there, eventually becoming full-time residents.</p><br>
<p>Along with the Paepckes, Edgar Stanton was a founding board member of the Aspen Music Festival and School. He had worked in audio engineering during the war, and established the Edgar Stanton Audio Recording Institute in the early 1950s to complement the music festival and train engineers. He soon developed new property of his own on the mountains across the Roaring Fork, and sold his share of the house to his brother and sister-in-law. Francis Stanton sold it in 1958, also to move to house on the slopes of Red Mountain.</p><br>
<p>The Fave is a river in France in the eastern region of Lorraine. It flows in the Vosges département. It is a tributary of the Meurthe, thus a sub-tributary of the Moselle and of the Rhine.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The Fave rises at Lubine at the foot of Climont in the Vosges massif, and flows into the Meurthe at Sainte-Marguerite at the end of its 22 km course. It flows through the grassland of the communes of Colroy, Provenchères-sur-Fave, Le Beulay, Frapelle and Neuvillers, passing by the hamlet of Vanifosse in the Pair-et-Grandrupt commune before Remomeix. Its principal tributaries are the "Sainte-Catherine" stream which comes out of La Grande-Fosse, the "Bleu" which flows from Lusse and the "Morte" which flows from Ban-de-Laveline, this latter augmented by the waters of the "Blanc Rû".</p><br>
<p>The rivers name is found in the title of two groupings of communes, the Communauté de communes de la Fave and the Communauté de communes de la Fave et de la Meurthe.</p><br>
<h2>History and toponymy</h2><br>
<p>The river shares its name with the village of Fave, which spread over the middle of the valley well before the 12th century. Having become a hamlet after the 16th century it has left only a ruin since the Thirty Years War.</p><br>
<p>According to old mountain-dwellers, the source of the Fave was worshipped at Fouillepré upstream of Lubine. According to this cultural model, all the modest tributaries upstream of Lubine, which come from Climont, les Osières, la Jambe de fer and other slopes or small valleys, were referred to as "petites Faves" (little Faves). Their confluence created the Fave. A probable etymology of the word Fave is from the Old French meaning water which digs or searches. This bears resemblance to the Gaulish "murta" meaning to dig, gully or laugh, which gave rise to the Meurthe river, to the Morte (a tributary of the Fave which joins in the channels of the low grassland between Neuvillers and Vanifosse), and to the Mortagne, which flows into the Meurthe further downstream.</p><br>
<p>Downstream of Colroy the river has been intensively built on. A part of its waters were diverted with barrages to feed hydraulic installations or mères-royes, a local name for the main fittings used to irrigate humid grassland. More tenuous constructions aided log floating.</p><br>
<h2>Hydrology</h2><br>
<p>The Fave is a substantial river considering the relative smallness of its watershed. The mean interannual flow rate or discharge at its confluence with the Meurthe is 3.31 m3/s for a watershed of 178.1 km&sup2;. The runoff curve number in the watershed is 586 mm, which is high, almost twice that of the average of France with all watersheds included, and also larger than that of the French Moselle basin by a wide margin. In fact the Moselle&#39;s runoff at Hauconcourt, near where it exits France, rises to only 445 mm. The specific flow rate of the Fave comes out at 18.59 litres per second per square kilometre of watershed.</p><br>
<h2>Flora and fauna</h2><br>
<p>Fish species found in the river include trout, perch, carp, roach. Also present are nepes, snails, caddisfly larvae, fish fry, red-eared sliders, rare snakes, crayfish, leeches and dragonfly. Plants include bamboo species and aquatic equisetopsida.</p><br>
<p>Kirr is an island in the Darss-Zingst Bodden Chain south of the Zingst Peninsula on the German Baltic Sea coast. It is separated from the peninsula by the Zingster Strom. The island is a nature reserve within the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park. It was formerly and is sometimes still called Großer Kirr or Große Kirr . This is to distinguish it from the northwestern part of the island, which was still a separate albeit much smaller island in the Zingster Strom in the second half of the 20th century, that used to be called Kleiner Kirr or Kleine Kirr .</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The island has a length of 3.5 km, a maximum width of 1.5 km and only rises one metre above sea level. It lies in the lagoon of Barther Bodden on the Baltic Sea coast of north Germany, just a few metres south of the Baltic seaside resort of Zingst. On the east side of the island is the small hamlet of Klein Kirr; in the north are the ruins of an old farmstead.</p><br>
<h2>Flora and fauna</h2><br>
<p>The island is covered by salt marshes and dissected by creeks. It is an ideal breeding ground for numerous birds, especially waders like dunlin, ruff, redshank, black-tailed godwit, oystercatcher, avocet and lapwing as well as the black-headed gull. In autumn the island acts as a resting place for several thousand crane over several weeks as they migrate south. As a consequence of its natural importance, walking on the island or landing boats there without permission is forbidden.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Around 1700, the Kirr had three owners, the Amt of Barth (331.6 hectares), the town of Barth (219 hectares) and the Horn family from Divitz (20 hectares). The island was managed by a farmstead and was mainly used by several tenants who grazed cattle and raised crops. They were also allowed to fish around the island. Today the Kirr is still used for cattle pasture. In order to get the cows to their grazing fields there is a cattle ferry to the island from the village of Müggenburg.</p><br>
<p>The Cooper Floodplain below Windorah comprises a 1741 km tract of floodplain of the Cooper Creek river system, below the town of Windorah, in the Channel Country of western Queensland, Australia. When inundated it is an important breeding site for large numbers of waterbirds.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The site contains the overflow floodplains and swamps associated with Cooper Creek between Windorah and Tanbar cattle stations. Major floods occur about once every five years. The floodplain lacks deep channels and is characterised by complex small-scale drainage networks that retain water for several months after flooding, so providing good waterbird habitat. Vegetation ranges from short forbs, grasses and sedges to tall tussock grass, extensive legume thickets, with bluebush, lignum and belalie swamps. The few small waterholes are fringed by lignum, belalie and coolibahs. The area has a desert climate with an average annual rainfall of about 290 mm.</p><br>
<h2>Birds</h2><br>
<p>The floodplain has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because during the 2004 floods it was estimated to support 200,000 waterbirds, including over 1% of the world populations of straw-necked and glossy ibises, and of white-headed stilts. Other waterbirds recorded on the floodplain in relatively large numbers include grey teals, pink-eared and plumed whistling ducks, whiskered terns, great egrets, royal and yellow-billed spoonbills, black-tailed native-hens and brolgas. Grey falcons, Australian bustards and Bourke&#39;s parrots have also been recorded.</p><br>
<p>The Ontonagon Harbor Piers Historic District is historic shipping structure located on the Ontonagon River at Lake Superior in Ontonagon, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1860, the Army Corps of Engineers began designing pier structures in Ontonagon at the mouth of the river. The initial construction of the Ontonagon piers was carried out during 1868-1872 The inner 1069 feet of the west pier, constructed of wood pilings filled with stone, dates from this time. Over the next 20 years, another 1770 feet of the east pier and 1398 feet of the west pier was constructed, and a pierhead light was installed on the west pier. In addition, the inner 545 ft of the east pier was reconstructed; all of these pier structures were of rock-filler timber cribs.</p><br>
<p>In the 1920 and 1930s, a stone superstructure was built over sections of both piers, and a concrete cap was constructed on the inner 1,069 feet of the west pier. In 1947, the west pierhead was rebuilt, and in 1883 various structural improvements were made.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The shipping channel between the piers is 150 feet wide and 15–17 feet deep. The east and west entrance piers are 2,315 feet and 2,563 feet long, respectively. A flared approach channel extends 850 feet to deep water. The inner basin is 900 feet long and 12 feet deep. The Ontonagon harbor is the only refuge for small craft between the Keweenaw Waterway upper entrance and Black River Harbor.</p><br>
<p>Hanover Junction Railroad Station is a historic railroad station located at Hanover Junction in North Codorus Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1852 and 1854, and is a three-story, three bay by six bay rectangular frame building built by the Hanover Branch Railroad. It has a flat roof. The station remained in service until the 1920s.</p><br>
<p>On November 18–19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln traveled through Hanover Junction to and from dedication ceremonies for the Gettysburg National Cemetery. A series of photographs were believed to depict Lincoln on the station platform. However, numerous historians have since debunked these suspicions.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>The station now houses a museum with Civil War images, models of the various configurations of the building over the years, memorabilia, and other displays. It is also a restroom stop for the York County Heritage Rail Trail, a bicycle and walking path which parallels the old tracks of the Northern Central Railway.</p><br>
<p>The Alton Chapter House is a historic building located at 509 Beacon St. in Alton, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Altons chapter of the American Womans League. The American Womans League was a political and social organization founded by magazine publisher Edward Gardner Lewis in 1908. The organization was created to promote feminist causes, particularly the womens suffrage movement; Lewis also intended for the organization to promote and sell his women&#39;s magazines. Lewis commissioned the St. Louis architectural firm of Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson to design five classes of buildings which the League would use as meetinghouses. The Alton Chapter House is an example of a Class II building, which was designed for clubs with 60 to 100 members. The building was designed in the Prairie School style and cost $2,500. After the club disbanded, the building was converted to a private home.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1980. It is one of nine American Woman&#39;s League chapter houses on the National Register in Illinois.</p><br>
<p>Skorpa  is an uninhabited island in the municipality of Kvænangen in Troms county, Norway. The 8.26 km&sup2; island is located in the middle of the Kvænangen fjord. The last permanent resident of the island moved off the island around 1980, and the island has had no permanent inhabitants since then.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The island was the historical center of the municipality of Kvænangen. The municipal government and Skorpa Church were located on the island. The Skorpa prisoner of war camp was located on the island during World War II. The municipal government moved to Burfjord on the mainland during the 20th century and the island&#39;s population continued to decline until around 1980, when the island became uninhabited.</p><br>
<p>The Moses Taft House is a historic house at 111 East Wallum Lake Road in Burrillville, Rhode Island. The -story side-gable Cape style house was built in 1786, and is a well-preserved example of early Federal architecture. It exhibits the typical five-bay facade, with the entry in the center bay, and a large central chimney. The house underwent a major restoration in the 2000s. Moses Taft, an early owner of the house, was a farmer and operated a nearby grist mill on the Clear River, with Seth Ross, who</p><br>
<p>resided on Eagle Peak Road.</p><br>
<p>Moses Taft, a 19th-century resident of Uxbridge, Massachusetts, spent time with Samuel W. Scott in Burrillville, but this house is not his namesake, it was built 26 years prior to his birth.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.</p><br>
<p>The Blackstone Boulevard–Cole Avenue–Grotto Avenue Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district roughly bounded by Blackstone Boulevard, Cole Avenue, Grotto Avenue, President and Rochambeau Avenues on the east side of Providence, Rhode Island. It encompasses one of the last areas of the city be developed residentially. Covering about 100 acre, most of its building stock was built between about 1889 and the 1940s, with a notable building spurt taking place in the 1920s. The architecture in the area is heterogeneous, with Colonial and Georgian Revival styles predominating. The area was developed after the city built Blackstone Boulevard with the intention of developing the area into a streetcar suburb.</p><br>
<p>The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.</p><br>
<p>Ebner&#39;s Hotel was a historic hotel located in Sacramento, California, listed as a California Historical Landmark, that was built in 1856 for and possibly by the Ebner brothers, Charles and Francis  Ebner.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>A "luxurious landmark" for its period, the Ebner brothers built the 36-room hotel themselves on the site of previous hotels at 116 1/2 K Street, close to the Sacramento River—a major source of transportation throughout the area at that time. The cupola that rose high enough to mark the skyline was an indicator to incoming travelers who could see it that they had nearly reached Sacramento. Charles Ebner, in addition to managing the hotel, also ran a liquor business from the hotel&#39;s basement. One source of pride for the hotel was the fact that John Sutter had been known to have lodged there as he was a friend of the Ebner brothers and frequented their saloon.</p><br>
<p>By 1863 the Ebner brothers leased out the management of the hotel so that they could focus on their liquor-selling prospects. The hotel reportedly had a good reputation until the 1870s when the railroad moved into the area, changing the feel for the neighborhood, and other, bigger hotels were located closer to modern day Downtown Sacramento. The section of Sacramento that Ebners Hotel was located in was now referred to as "West End." In time the region was to be known as a slum and Ebners Hotel to be classified as a flophouse. In the 1930s the area began to fall into disrepair as transportation moved from the rivers to roads, leaving the area, in essence, and the hotel itself began to draw the homeless.</p><br>
<p>In their 1980 report of the building, the Historic American Buildings Survey noted that the facade had been stripped of its ornamentation and a city historian noted that the once famed cupola likely had been removed when bits and pieces had chipped off due to neglect.</p><br>
<h2>21st century</h2><br>
<p>As the building entered the 21st century, it was one of two buildings still in existence in Old Sacramento that had not been rehabilitated and one of the few original buildings of Sacramento left. The City of Sacramento responded to requests for demolition by hiring an engineering firm to assess it. It was ultimately deemed that the structure was too unsound to repair. The city then deliberated on whether to stabilize the current building (sans repairs) or whether to raze it, with many local vendors calling for demolition of the building as its condition required that alley access near it be cut off—thus reducing foot traffic to stores.</p><br>
<p>The city eventually decided to demolish the building and replace it with a "rebuilt replica."</p><br>
<p>Görmitz is a small island in the Achterwasser lagoon or bodden on the island of Usedom. The island is a nature reserve, which is managed by the Jordsand Society for the Protection of Seabirds and Nature .</p><br>
<p>Görmitz belongs to the parish of Lütow in the Amt of Am Peenestrom. In the south of the island there is an inhabited farm, the remains of a holiday home and a beacon.</p><br>
<p>In the 1960s Görmitz was linked to Usedom near the village of Neuendorf by an embankment. Its construction was connected with oil extraction in Lütow; oil was also extracted on Görmitz in the 1970s and 1980s.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>For over 700 years the island was in the possession of the von Lepel family. In 1937 the island was sold to a Dr. Kerkhoff from Düsseldorf. After 1945 and after the land reform, refugees came to the island and reared cattle and raised crops. The island was then a recreation retreat for the firm of Nachrichtenelektronik Greifswald and after 1990 the property of Siemens AG. Today, the island is almost entirely under conservation protection. In July 2006 Siemens AG sold the island of Görmitz to the firm of Wertgrund Insel Görmitz GmbH.</p><br>
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<p>The Michael and Magdealena Bixler Farmstead, also known as John Rudy County Park, is a historic property located at East Manchester Township, Pennsylvania, York County, Pennsylvania. It includes seven stone and frame buildings dating from about 1799 to about 1910. They are a Georgian-style house, Sweitzer barn , a summer kitchen, corn barn, hog barn, tobacco barn, and milk house. The house was built about 1799, and is a 2 1/2-story, stone dwelling on a limestone foundation. It has a slate covered gable roof. Also on the property is a hand-dug well dating to about 1799 or earlier, the foundations of a house dated to about 1737, and a smokehouse. The property was donated to York County in 1973, and is operated as a county park.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.</p><br>
<p>The American Womens League Chapter House in Peck, Idaho was built in 1909. It was designed with Prairie School style elements by St. Louis architects Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson. It was deemed historically significant as "a nearly unaltered example of AWL architecture", being the only one of Idahos two American Women&#39;s League chapter houses that survives, and "for its association with the AWL movement and for its role as a center for local social and educational activities."</p><br>
<p>At the time of this chapter house&#39;s nomination in 1986, it was not known by the nominator what the status was for the 39 other AWL chapter houses once existing in the United States, hence the national-level importance of this example was unknown.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>The Andover Chapter House is a historic building located on Locust Street northwest of 5th Avenue in Andover, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Andovers chapter of the American Womans League. The American Womans League was a political and social organization founded by magazine publisher Edward Gardner Lewis in 1908. The organization was created to promote feminist causes, particularly the womens suffrage movement; Lewis also intended for the organization to promote and sell his women&#39;s magazines. Lewis commissioned the St. Louis architectural firm of Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson to design five classes of buildings which the League would use as meetinghouses. The Andover Chapter House is an example of a Class I building, which was designed for clubs with 30 to 60 members. The building was designed in the Prairie School style and cost $1,200. After the club disbanded, the building was converted to a private home.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1980. It is one of nine American Woman&#39;s League chapter houses on the National Register in Illinois.</p><br>
<p>The Annawan Chapter House is a historic building located at 206 S. Depot St. in Annawan, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Annawans chapter of the American Womans League. The American Womans League was a political and social organization founded by magazine publisher Edward Gardner Lewis in 1908. The organization was created to promote feminist causes, particularly the womens suffrage movement; Lewis also intended for the organization to promote and sell his women&#39;s magazines. Lewis commissioned the St. Louis architectural firm of Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson to design five classes of buildings which the League would use as meetinghouses. The Annawan Chapter House is an example of a Class I building, which was designed for clubs with 30 to 60 members. The building was designed in the Prairie School style and cost $1,200. After the club disbanded, the building was converted to a private home.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1980. It is one of nine American Woman&#39;s League chapter houses on the National Register in Illinois.</p><br>
<p>The Carlinville Chapter House is a historic building located at 111 S. Charles St. in Carlinville, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Carlinvilles chapter of the American Womans League. The American Womans League was a political and social organization founded by magazine publisher Edward Gardner Lewis in 1908. The organization was created to promote feminist causes, particularly the womens suffrage movement; Lewis also intended for the organization to promote and sell his women&#39;s magazines. Lewis commissioned the St. Louis architectural firm of Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson to design five classes of buildings which the League would use as meetinghouses. The Carlinville Chapter House is an example of a Class I building, which was designed for clubs with 30 to 60 members. The building was designed in the Prairie School style and cost $1,200. After the club disbanded, the building was converted to a private home.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1980. It is one of nine American Woman&#39;s League chapter houses on the National Register in Illinois.</p><br>
<p>The Edwardsville Chapter House is a historic building located at 515 W. High St. in Edwardsville, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Edwardsvilles chapter of the American Womans League. The American Womans League was a political and social organization founded by magazine publisher Edward Gardner Lewis in 1908. The organization was created to promote feminist causes, particularly the womens suffrage movement; Lewis also intended for the organization to promote and sell his women&#39;s magazines. Lewis commissioned the St. Louis architectural firm of Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson to design five classes of buildings which the League would use as meetinghouses. The Edwardsville Chapter House is an example of a Class II building, which was designed for clubs with 60 to 100 members. The building was designed in the Prairie School style and cost $2,500. After the club disbanded, the building was converted to a private home.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1980. It is one of nine American Woman&#39;s League chapter houses on the National Register in Illinois.</p><br>
<p>The Marine Chapter House is a historic building located on Silver Street in Marine, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Marines chapter of the American Womans League. The American Womans League was a political and social organization founded by magazine publisher Edward Gardner Lewis in 1908. The organization was created to promote feminist causes, particularly the womens suffrage movement; Lewis also intended for the organization to promote and sell his women&#39;s magazines. Lewis commissioned the St. Louis architectural firm of Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson to design five classes of buildings which the League would use as meetinghouses. The Marine Chapter House is an example of a Class I building, which was designed for clubs with 30 to 60 members. The building was designed in the Prairie School style and cost $1,200. After the club disbanded, the building was converted to a library.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1980. It is one of nine American Woman&#39;s League chapter houses on the National Register in Illinois.</p><br>
<p>The Princeton Chapter House is a historic building located at 1007 N. Main St. in Princeton, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Princetons chapter of the American Womans League. The American Womans League was a political and social organization founded by magazine publisher Edward Gardner Lewis in 1908. The organization was created to promote feminist causes, particularly the womens suffrage movement; Lewis also intended for the organization to promote and sell his women&#39;s magazines. Lewis commissioned the St. Louis architectural firm of Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson to design five classes of buildings which the League would use as meetinghouses. The Princeton Chapter House is the only Class IV chapter house ever built; the Class IV plan was one of the larger buildings and was designed for clubs with 140 to 200 members. The building was designed in the Mission Revival style and cost $5,000. After the club disbanded, it served as a public library before being converted to a business.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1980. It is one of nine American Woman&#39;s League chapter houses on the National Register in Illinois.</p><br>
<p>The Zion Chapter House is a historic building located at 2715 Emmaus Avenue in Zion, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Zions chapter of the American Womans League. The American Womans League was a political and social organization founded by magazine publisher Edward Gardner Lewis in 1908. The organization was created to promote feminist causes, particularly the womens suffrage movement; Lewis also intended for the organization to promote and sell his women&#39;s magazines. Lewis commissioned the St. Louis architectural firm of Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson to design five classes of buildings which the League would use as meetinghouses. The Zion Chapter House is an example of a Class II building, which was designed for clubs with 60 to 100 members. The building was designed in the Prairie School style and cost $2,500. After the club disbanded, the building was converted to a private home.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1980. It is one of nine American Woman&#39;s League chapter houses on the National Register in Illinois.</p><br>
<p>The Landon House, also known as the Stancioff House, is a historic home located at Urbana, Frederick County, Maryland, United States. It was built about 1849 and is a large three-story frame house with a notable clerestory roof, and two-story full length galleried porch. The home&#39;s interior woodwork is of a simple Greek Revival style. The former smokehouse has been converted to a chapel. The house is said to have originally stood on the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, Virginia, and moved to its present location in 1846 at the direction of the Reverend R.H. Phillips. It has been used as both a school and private home. Reverend Phillips established a Female Seminary here between 1846 and 1850, then become a military institute for boys, and by the end of the 1850s it apparently had resumed its role as a Female Seminary. It was used by the 155th Pennsylvania Volunteers as a resting point for Union Troops marching toward the Battle of Antietam on September 16, 1862. The house would host a ball for Confederate soldiers before eventually becoming a field hospital during the civil war. During 2013 the building was purchased by new owners who have plans to restore it to its Civil War state.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed as the Stancioff House on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.</p><br>
<h2>Building and Rebuilding</h2><br>
<p>The Landon House was originally built in 1754 near the Rappahannock River in Virginia. In 1846 the building was transported by barge to Georgetown before being moved again via the Potomac to Point of Rocks. During the move the house was added onto with it eventually having 40 rooms. The property it currently sits on is about 6 acres in size.</p><br>
<p>Denis Supercynski, with the Frederick County Planning Department, has said that even though some of the material for the building possibly came from other buildings, something which was common at the time, there was "no precise evidence" of the building having been moved.</p><br>
<h2>Uses over the years</h2><br>
<p>Over the years the Landon house has been used for a variety of purposes. When it was first built it was used as a silk mill. After being rebuilt it was used as a schoolhouse for girls. In 1854 it was transformed into the Landon Military Academy run by Robert C. Jones.</p><br>
<p>The building was the site of a notable ball in 1862.</p><br>
<h2>Civil War</h2><br>
<p>At the time of the dance the building was known as the Landon Female Academy.</p><br>
<p>On 8 September 1862 Confederate Gen. J. E. B. Stuart was walking, after having eaten with a local family at their invitation, when he discovered Landon House, (at the time known as the Landon Female Academy). The building was unoccupied at the time. While exploring the house, Stuart discovered a ballroom on the east end. Stuart felt the need for a break from the war and decided to hold a ball there that night to give his men and himself a rest from the war. The ballroom was decorated with flags and roses for the ball. Music was provided by the 18th Mississippi Cavalry’s regimental band. Ladies living in Urbana were invited to attend. The ball became known as the Sabers and Roses Ball.</p><br>
<p>During the ball a report came in that Union cavalry were nearby in Hyattstown and heading towards Urbana. The festivities stopped and Stuart and his men left to the picket posts in Hyattstown that were threatened by Union cavalry. When they arrived, they discovered that the Union soldiers had already been repulsed by the 1st North Carolina Infantry and returned to the ball. By the time they had returned most of the ladies had left. Ladies were invited to return to the ball and the ball resumed.</p><br>
<p>After the ball the building was used as a field hospital after the ball. According to Michael Kurtianyk, both Confederate soldiers and Union soldiers made "lightning sketches" on the walls of the hospital. The Confederate soldiers are said to have drawn CSA President Jefferson Davis and Stuart. Union soldiers using the hospital later on 16 September 1862 drew Abe Lincoln twice as large as the Confederate drawings. They signed their drawing. These drawings can still be seen on the walls of the house today.</p><br>
<h2>Modern Usage and Future</h2><br>
<p>Following the Civil War, the abandoned military academy was purchased by Sam Hinks who was once mayor of Baltimore. At his death, it was occupied by his descendants until purchased by Lt. Col. Luke Tiernan Brien, a Confederate veteran and an officer in Gen. Stuart&#39;s division, who lived there with his wife until 1912.</p><br>
<p>The property was acquired in 1946 by Mr. & Mrs. Ivan Stancioff. He arrived in America with his wife Marion and their children in 1946. They purchased the home in April 1947 and it remained in the Stancioff family until July 1997. The house was added to the National Historic Register in 1974.</p><br>
<p>The building was then purchased by Kevin Dolan and used as an event venue and hosted Civil War re-enactments.</p><br>
<p>In 2013 the Landon House was purchased by Dr. Praveen Bularum, Dr. Rohit Khirbat and Chakri Katepalli, who have plans to restore the building to the condition it was in during the Civil War, for $850,000. They plan to open the house by March 2014. The house will be used as an event center and there are plans to add a bed and breakfast. Preservation of the building has been supported by the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area.</p><br>
<h2>Cultural References</h2><br>
<p>In season 5 episode 9 of My Ghost Story a story is told about Landon house.</p><br>
<p>LeConte Hall is a building on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. It is home to the physics department. LeConte Hall was one of the largest physics buildings in the world at the time it was opened in 1924, and was also the site of the first atom collider, built by Ernest O. Lawrence in 1931.</p><br>
<p>In 2004, LeConte Hall was named to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1924, the university opened LeConte Hall in order to accommodate an enlarged physics department, and to support the hiring of new, talented faculty. One of the newly hired faculty was Ernest Lawrence, who joined the department in 1928. Lawrence, together with students M. S. Livingston and David Sloan built an 11-inch cyclotron and installed it in room 329 LeConte. The device was the first successful, functional cyclotron and produced a current of 1.22 MeV protons.</p><br>
<p>Lawrence set up the Radiation Laboratory ("Rad Lab") in the space between LeConte Hall and the Campanile. The lab was later moved up the hill and renamed Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.</p><br>
<p>Another nuclear physicist, J. Robert Oppenheimer joined the department in the summer of 1929. Oppenheimer maintained an office, together with his group of students in room 219 LeConte. In 1942, Oppenheimer was appointed head of the fast neutron research group, and in the summer of that year, he invited the leading physicists of the time to discuss the theoretical aspects of developing an atomic weapon. The physicists and Oppenheimer&#39;s students, including Hans Bethe, John Van Vleck, Felix Bloch, and others, worked in the top floor of LeConte Hall and spent a month analyzing data.</p><br>
<h2>Nobel Prizes</h2><br>
<p>In 1939, Ernest Lawrence was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, the first time the award went to a Bay Area resident. Since then, LeConte Hall has been host to eight Physics Nobel Prize–winning faculty and four alumni.</p><br>
<h2>Renovation</h2><br>
<p>In 2006, the UC Berkeley campus completed a US$30.7 million renovation project, designed to update the LeConte Hall facilities as well as to provide seismic retrofitting. Being a historic landmark, an effort was made to preserve the original architecture as well as to restore original attributes, such as the historic skylight on the fourth floor, which houses the Berkeley Center for Theoretical Physics.</p><br>
<p>George Nace  House, also known as Neas House, is a historic home located at Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1795, and is a 2 1/2-story, brick dwelling on a rubble fieldstone foundation. It features double chimneys and a steep gable roof. It has Federal-style details. The house was first owned by George Nace, the first mayor of Hanover.</p><br>
<p>Neas House has been restored by the Hanover Area Historical Society and now serves as its headquarters and museum.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It is located in the Hanover Historic District.</p><br>
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<p>Dritt Mansion, named after its longest occupants, and also called Pleasant Garden, and current home to the Zimmerman Center for Heritage, is a historic home located at Lower Windsor Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1758, and is a 2 1/2-story, fieldstone dwelling. It measures 50 feet long and 40 feet wide, with a cedar shingled saddle roof. The house has remained virtually unchanged since its construction. The land the house is on was first granted by Lord Baltimore to Thomas Cresap in 1729, who operated a ferry here and claimed the area for Maryland. Cresap was arrested in 1736 and driven away after skirmishes known as “Cresap’s War—a dispute finally resolved in 1784 when the Mason-Dixon line was established. Today the home plays host to Heritage Area offices and programs and the Visions of the Susquehanna River Art Collection.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.</p><br>
<p>The Koito River is a river in Futtsu and Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The river is 82 km in length and has a drainage area of 148.7 km&sup2;. The Koito is the third-longest river in Chiba Prefecture, and under the Rivers Act of 1906 the Koito is designated as a Class 2 River. The name of the river in Japanese is a combination of two kanji characters, the first meaning “little”, and the second meaning “thread”.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The Koito River originates from a deep valley in forests around Mount Kiyosumi in the Bōsō Hill Range. The river cuts through the Kazusa Hill Range, a smaller part of the Bōsō Hill Range, and in its upper part, meanders northwest. The Koito creates picturesque ravines throughout the Bōsō Hill Range, and passes by Mount Karasuba and Mount Kiyosumi. The middle and lower parts of the Koito feature fluvial terraces. Extensive land reclamation was carried out near the mouth of the river, and this land was used to build the Nippon Steel Kimitsu Works. The Kimitsu Works sits on the north bank of the Koito River where it empties in Tokyo Bay.</p><br>
<p>The Koito River has numerous narrow points along its course, and flooding has been a frequent problem. In the middle part of the river there were floods in 1996 and 2006. The Mishima Dam was built on the Koito due to prevent drought on the upper and middle parts of the river, and the Toyofusa Dam was built on the upper part on the river to prevent water shortages and supply water for industrial purposes.</p><br>
<h2>Origin of name</h2><br>
<p>In the third chapter of the Gikeiki, which dates to the 14th century, the Koito River is called the "Sue River". In Kubo Tadayasu&#39;s Edo period illustrations of Kazusa Province domains in 1699 the river appears as the "Susu River", or possibly the "Sue River", of Sutō District; in its lower reaches it appears with is present-day name as the Koito River in Susai District. The current name of the river, however, appears in one work as early as 1662, and in the &#39;Nakatomi kyōdoshi&#39; in 1674.</p><br>
<h2>Tributaries</h2><br>
<h3>Upper</h3><br>
<p>*Sanma River</p><br>
<p>*Shin&#39;niyo River</p><br>
<p>*Manami River</p><br>
<h3>Lower</h3><br>
<p>*Egawa River</p><br>
<p>*Miyanoshita River</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The earliest settlements in the southern part of Chiba Prefecture were via the numerous small rivers on the Bōsō Peninsula. The Koito River is associated with the Dairizuka Kofun Group in Futtsu, which was active from the 5th to 7th century. The group exhibits not only at least 47 kofun, but also excellent examples of haniwa funerary objects. The area around the mouth of the Koito River is the historical center of Chiba Prefecture’s nori seaweed industry.</p><br>
<h2>Recreation</h2><br>
<p>*Koito River Onsen -- onsen hot spring, Nittone District, Kimitsu</p><br>
<p>*In the upper parts of the Koito River have been designated as the Seiwa Prefectural Forest. Camping and hiking facilities have been built, as well as an artificial lake for fishing.</p><br>
<p>Emig Mansion is a historic home located at Emigsville, Manchester Township, York County, Pennsylvania, US. It was built in about 1810 and is a 2½-story, Georgian-style brick dwelling. It measures about 66 feet long by 30 feet wide. It is five bays wide and two bays deep and has a slate-covered gable roof. A large wing was added in about 1885. The wing is four bays by two bays and integral porches. The house was remodeled in the early-20th century to add a large two-story bay window and porches. The front porch has Doric order columns and the porch on the south facade is semi-circular.</p><br>
<p>The house is open as a bed and breakfast and meeting center.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>Indian Steps Cabin, also known as Indian Steps Museum, is a historic memorial and museum located at Lower Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1908 and 1912, and is an eclectic Bungalow / American Craftsman-style building. It is essentially "L"-shaped with two wings extending from a circular "Kiva." The foundation and first story is constructed of local, well-cut stone. The second story is stucco on frame. The house features a stone tower with observation deck. It also has numerous cement panels containing inscriptions and embedded Native American artifacts. Also on the property are a contributing summer kitchen and picnic shed. It was built by Judge John Edward Vandersloot, a prominent attorney from York, Pennsylvania, as a memorial and museum to Native American culture. Originally a private museum, in 1939, it became a museum generally open to the public.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<p>The Itombwe Mountains  are a range of mountains in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . They run along the west shore of the northern part of Lake Tanganyika. They contain a vast area of contiguous montane forest and are home to a rich diversity of wildlife.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The Itombwe mountains are a section of the Albertine Rift Mountains, which border the western branch of the East African Rift.</p><br>
<p>These mountains extend from the Rwenzori Mountains in the north to the Marungu highlands in the south.</p><br>
<p>They are made up of uplifted Pre-Cambrian basement rocks overlaid in places by recent volcanic activity.</p><br>
<p>Both of these are caused by the forces that created the Great Rift Valley, where tectonic stresses are causing parts of East Africa to separate from the continent. The highest peak of the Albertine Rift Mountains is further north in the Rwenzori Mountains, at 5,100 m.</p><br>
<p>The highest peak in the Itombwe range is Mount Mohi, at 3,475 m. Several other peaks are higher than 3,000 m. The mountains drop sharply in the east to the Ruzizi plain bordering Lake Tanganyika.</p><br>
<p>They form a plateau that slopes down more gently to the west.</p><br>
<p>The Elila River rises in the mountains, which are covered by forest except where rock bluffs emerge from the steepest slopes.</p><br>
<p>Temperatures range from about 50 &deg;F to 70 &deg;F, with a mean temperature of about 60 &deg;F all year round. Frost is occasionally experienced at night. Average annual precipitation is around 65 in. There is a relatively cool, dry season with little rain between June and August.</p><br>
<h2>Flora</h2><br>
<p>The Itombwe Forest of the southern Rift covers a huge area that has had little attention from botanists.</p><br>
<p>Montane forest covers around 650,000 hectare above 1,500 m, the largest block of such forest in the region. The forest is patchy on the east slopes.</p><br>
<p>On the west there is an exceptional progression of bamboo, montane forest, grassland, and then more montane forest with a canopy reaching 25 m blending into lowland forest.</p><br>
<h2>Fauna</h2><br>
<p>The mountains are home to endangered Eastern lowland gorillas, chimpanzees and African bush elephants.</p><br>
<p>Rudolf Grauer spent three months in the mountains in 1908, collecting twelve gorillas for the Vienna Museum.</p><br>
<p>A survey in 1996 estimated that there were at least 860 gorillas in the massif.</p><br>
<p>The Grauer population of gorillas in the Itombwe mountains and the region to the north and west is one of three gorilla populations in East Africa, the others being the Bwindi and Virunga populations.</p><br>
<p>The survey recorded fifty-six species of mammals.</p><br>
<p>A type of shrew that has only been collected once is most likely the oldest of all shrew species in Africa.</p><br>
<p>The Itombwe Mountains are much the most important part of the Albertine Rift Highlands for bird conservation, being home to 32 of the 37 species of bird endemic to the highlands.</p><br>
<p>They include the most important site in the region for montane forest birds, with 565 species identified. Of these, 31 are endemic to the Albertine Rift and three have only been found here.</p><br>
<h2>People</h2><br>
<p>The northern Itombwe region is inhabited by Bafuliro, Babembe, Banyindu and Bashi people, with population densities in 1998 of over 100 people per square kilometer. Population densities on the western slope and the high plateau of Itombwe are lower at between 10 and 20 people per square kilometer. The related Balega and Babembe people live in this area. Banyamulenge (ethnic Tutsi) refugees from Rwanda have moved into Babembe territory starting in the 1880s, causing tensions between the inhabitants. The Bavira people live on the Ruzizi River and on the shore of Lake Tanganyika.</p><br>
<p>With the conflict of the Second Congo War (1998-2003) and subsequent instability many displaced people have entered the region.</p><br>
<p>The region has been the scene of struggles between different armed groups, causing severe humanitarian and environmental problems.</p><br>
<p>NGOs have been attempting to help local communities recover and develop sustainable agricultural and practices while conserving the forest.</p><br>
<p>The major mining center of Kamituga is near the north-west edge of the montane forest.</p><br>
<h2>Conservation issues</h2><br>
<p>The range is still not protected, although there have been proposals to designate all the montane forest and two patches of lowland forest to the south of the upper Elila River as conservation areas.</p><br>
<p>As of 2010 the mountains were inaccessible to tourists.</p><br>
<p>In some areas they have low human populations and the environment is relatively undisturbed.</p><br>
<p>However, the population around the forest is growing, the forest around the villages is being cleared for agriculture and firewood, and the grasslands at higher levels are used to graze cattle.</p><br>
<p>Mining and hunting are other causes of stress to the environment.</p><br>
<p>Perhaps the main concern of conservationists is that the forests, which are the largest and least fragmented in the region, may be logged.</p><br>
<p>The Itombwe mountains were given a high conservation priority at a World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) conference held in Libreville, Gabon in 2000 since they are a globally important biodiversity region for birds, mammals and reptiles. At first it was expected that they would be covered by a conservation program for the Albertine Rift.</p><br>
<p>By 2006 it had been accepted that they should be included in a program specifically for the DRC.</p><br>
<p>In late 2006 the Institut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN), helped by the (WWF), had managed to obtain a declaration from the DRC Ministry of Environment that created the Itombwe Nature Reserve. The declaration did not define the completely protected core zone, mixed-use zones and development zones but left settlement of the zone boundaries to a later process involving consultation with the local communities.</p><br>
<p>A book published in 2011 said the Itombwe Massif was undergoing severe destruction.</p><br>
<p>Law and order had broken down. People were moving in to grow crops or to mine for gold, diamonds and columbo-tantalite, which is used in semiconductors and computer chips.</p><br>
<p>The Riether Werder, also Riethscher Werder , is an island in the Neuwarper See, a bay in the Stettin Lagoon. It is the only island in the lagoon on German territory.</p><br>
<p>The first recorded mention of the island dates to the year 1252, when Duke Barnim I of Pomerania gifted this island along with other possessions to Eldena Abbey. It was then given it the Slavic name Wozstro. The present name of the island is derived from the village of Rieth on the southern shore of the bay.</p><br>
<p>The island belongs to the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the extreme northeast of Germany. It has national importance as a bird island. It is 0.79 km² in area and lies about a kilometre from the south and west shore of the Neuwarper See. The sea border with Poland runs immediately past the eastern tip of the island.</p><br>
<p>Rare bird species such as the common tern and the snipe may be encountered here. White-tailed eagle, Montagu&#39;s harrier, marsh harrier, red kite, black kite, kestrel, hobby, honey buzzard and common buzzard are also found here. Access to the island is forbidden; like the west shore of the Neuwarper See it is part of the Altwarp Inland Dunes, Neuwarper See and Riether Werder Nature Reserve.</p><br>
<h2>Footnotes</h2><br>
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<p>Cookes House, also known as Tom Paine&#39;s House, is a historic home located at York, Pennsylvania, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1761, and is a two-story, Germanic and Provincial Georgian influenced stone dwelling. About 1800, it was converted to a double house. It is the third oldest building in York, after the Gen. Horatio Gates House and Golden Plough Tavern. It is believed to have been the home of Thomas Paine , while the Second Continental Congress convened in York, September 30, 1777 to June 27, 1778.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.</p><br>
<p>York Mayor-Elect, current City Council Chairman, and Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper, Michael Helfrich, currently resides as the sole occupant.</p><br>
<p>The Carson City Post Office is an historic building in Carson City, Nevada built during 1888-1891. It was designed by architect Mifflin E. Bell. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>It is significant as the first Federal building built in Nevada, and the only one of its architectural style, which is Richardsonian Romanesque. It served as a courthouse of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada from 1891 to 1965. It was renamed the Paul Laxalt State Building, for former Nevada Governor Paul Laxalt, in 1999, and now houses the Nevada Commission on Tourism.</p><br>
<p>Bell, a Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department, was the initial architect, while work was completed under Supervising Architect successors Will Frost and James Windrum.</p><br>
<p>United States Post Office – Port Townsend Main is a Richardsonian Romanesque building completed in 1893 on a bluff above Port Townsends waterfront. It was intended to serve as a Federal building that would include a customhouse serving Port Townsends incipient role in world trade. It was locally reported to be a very fine building for the Northwest, and even in fact that "for that matter, size considered there is nothing better in the United States." But by its completion there was deeper disappointment in Port Townsend about the city not becoming the trade center that it had hoped to become.</p><br>
<p>Architects M.E. Bell and W.J. Edbrooke have association in designing and/or supervising roles. It was listed on the USA National Register of Historic Places in 1991.</p><br>
<p>USA Congress appropriated $9,000 to purchase its land in March 1885. Construction of its basement began in 1889. It was completed in February 1893. This period spanned the time during which Port Townsend hoped to beat out Tacoma and Seattle to become the major port city on Puget Sound. Construction of this customhouse was part of furthering that goal. However the hopes foundered, with a major setback being the November 1890 failure of the bank financing construction of a railroad from Portland to Port Townsend.</p><br>
<p>Spanning 124 ft, the 18 ft wide Colville Covered Bridge is located along the Colville Pike where it crosses Hinkston Creek about four miles northwest of Millersburg, Kentucky. The bridge is situated 28 ft above the water level in a rural area where vehicular traffic mainly comprises local residents and farm vehicles.</p><br>
<p>The bridge was constructed in 1877 and is one of 13 that remain of more than 400 covered bridges in Kentucky. The construction architecture is Burr truss consisting of multiple king-posts with panel posts generally spaced 10 feet apart.</p><br>
<p>A number of reasons have been offered to explain the construction of covered bridges in Kentucky during the 19th century. The protection the cover provided against wood deterioration was likely most important. The yellow poplar used in the construction was thought - at the time - to be almost indestructible when shielded from the weather. The cover allowed timbered trusses and braces to season properly and kept water out of the joints, prolonging the life by seven to eight times that of an uncovered bridge. A second plausible reason is that the boarded sides and shingled roofs prevented horses from seeing the drop to the water below and becoming "spooked". "</p><br>
<p>Gemiler Island  is an island located off the coast of Turkey near the city of Fethiye. On the island are the remains of several churches built between the fourth and sixth centuries AD, along with a variety of associated buildings. Archaeologists believe it was the location of the original tomb of Saint Nicholas.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Byzantine ruins of five churches built between the fourth and sixth centuries AD remain on the island, One of the churches was cut directly from the rock at the island&#39;s highest point, and is located at the far western end of the processional walkway.</p><br>
<p>It is possible that the Island was used by Christian pilgrims en route to the Holy Lands.</p><br>
<p>Modern archaeologists believe that the island may be the location of St. Nicholas original tomb. The traditional Turkish name for the island is Gemiler Adası, meaning "Island of Boats", which may be a reference to St. Nicholass role as the patron saint of sailors; the island was also referred to as St. Nicholas Island by seafarers in the medieval period. Archaeologists believe he was interred in the rock-hewn church following his death in 326. His relics remained there until the 650s, when the island was abandoned as it was threatened by an Arab fleet. They were then moved to the town of Myra some 25 mi to the east.</p><br>
<h2>Economy</h2><br>
<p>The island is currently a popular destination for large Turkish gulets (for instance from Olu Deniz), bringing many tourists to the island as well as many smaller private boats since the crescent-shaped bay can be used as a safe anchorage. The Byzantine ruins can be seen from the sea. A small makeshift restaurant stands in the bay for the summer sailors. The owners do not live on the island, but return to the mainland when there are no boats around. A charge of 8TL is currently levied upon visitors to the ruins.</p><br>
<p>The Metropolitan Club is a private club located at a historic structure located at 1700 H St., Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the Downtown neighborhood.</p><br>
<p>The Metropolitan has reciprocal arrangements with clubs around the world such as the Jockey Club of Paris, the Brookss Club and Boodles Club in London, the Circolo della Caccia in Rome, the Círculo de Armas in Buenos Aires, the Cercle Royal du Parc in Brussels, and the Nuevo Club in Madrid.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The club was established in 1863. It eventually moved into its own building located at 1700 H Street NW in 1883. That building, designed by the architects Gray and Page was destroyed in a fire in 1904.</p><br>
<p>The architectural firm of Heins & LaFarge was responsible for the design of the current building. Construction of it was started in 1906 and completed in 1908. It has been listed on the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites since 1964 and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<p>"The Metropolitan Club is one of Washington&#39;s oldest and most valued private institutions. Since its founding in 1863, at the height of the Civil War, by six Treasury Department officials, it has pursued its primary goal of furthering "literary, mutual improvement, and social purposes." Today, nearly 150 years after its founding, the Club continues to attract distinguished members from around the world.</p><br>
<p>The Metropolitan Clubs proximity to the White House and other icons of the nations capital has made it a destination for many local, national and international leaders, including nearly every USA President since Abraham Lincoln. Its location and dedication to a tradition of social civility provide members with a haven from the bustle of Washington&#39;s professional life, while offering amenities associated with contemporary urban living."</p><br>
<p>Farmers Market, also known as York Farmers Market and Market & Penn Street Farmers Market, is a historic public market located at York, Pennsylvania, York County, Pennsylvania, USA It was built in 1876 and expanded about 1890. The original section is a simple 60 feet wide and 80 feet long gable roofed brick building. A 40 foot wide rectangular section was added in the expansion and the two sections were joined under a single, moderately pitched gable roof. With the expansion, a five bay wide false front was added to unify the building. The front facade features two ornamental circular windows. Attached to the main building are three auxiliary buildings including a Queen Anne style stable.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.</p><br>
<p>Spanning 114 ft, the Cabin Creek Covered Bridge crosses Cabin Creek 4.5 mi northwest of Tollesboro on Kentucky Highway 984 about 12.4 miles from the Lewis-Fleming County line. It is no longer open to vehicular traffic.</p><br>
<p>The bridge was constructed in 1867 and is one of thirteen remaining in the state. The lack of siding under the eaves creates a clerestory effect along the entire length. Around 1914, Louis Bower reinforced the Burr truss structure by adding an arch on either side, requiring the addition of skew backs where the arch meets the abutments.</p><br>
<p>A number of reasons have been offered to explain the construction of covered bridges in Kentucky during the 19th century. The protection the cover provided against wood deterioration was likely most important. The cover allowed timbered trusses and braces to season properly and kept water out of the joints, prolonging the life by seven to eight times that of an uncovered bridge.</p><br>
<p>The Nathaniel H. Burt House is a historic house located at 400 Fifth Avenue in Leavenworth, Kansas. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 27, 1987.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Its owner, Nathaniel H. Burt, moved to Leavenworth in 1875 and started working for the Great Western Stove Company. He became the treasurer of the company in 1885, then became its president in 1911. His house, built in 1895, was fitting for a prominent city businessman. The houses architect, William P. Feth, had recently returned to Leavenworth after architectural school and training in Chicago, from 1885 through 1890, and more training in Denver from 1890 through 1895. The design of the house is influenced by Henry Hobson Richardson elements, such as its material, form, and overall feeling. Some influence of Richard Morris Hunt&#39;s architecture is reflected in the ornamented dormers and an oriel window.</p><br>
<p>The Mill Creek Park Suspension Bridge is a bridge in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. The 1895 bridge carries Valley Drive across Mill Creek to connect the east and west sides of Mill Creek Park. Following the wishes of Volney Rogers to create fanciful park entrances, Charles Fowler of the Youngstown Bridge Co. designed the structure. The Suspension Bridge is the oldest of six bridges in Mill Creek Park. It measures 86 feet long and 32 feet wide and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It has been called the Silver Bridge, the Cinderella Bridge, the Castle Bridge, and the Walt Disney Bridge. By whatever name it is known, the Suspension Bridge with its lacy arches and soaring spires has provided romantic imagery for countless artists and photographers over the years.</p><br>
<p>In the summer and fall of 2007, the Suspension Bridge went through a major rehabilitation project to repair the historic structure, restore its visual prominence and improve its structural integrity. The project was coordinated through consultation with the Mahoning Valley Historical Society, Youngstown State University, the Ohio Historic Preservation Office and additional agencies. A Federal Highway Administration Enhancement Grant, secured through the Eastgate Regional Council of Governments, covered 80% of the total project cost. The bridge has been restored to its original splendor, reflecting its history, legacy, aesthetic appeal, cultural prominence and regional character.</p><br>
<p>Patallacta , shore, llaqta place , "settlement on a platform" pronounced "pahta-yakta"), Llactapata or Qente Marka  is an archaeological site in Peru located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District. It is situated southeast of the site Machu Picchu, at the confluence of the rivers Cusichaca and Vilcanota on a mountain named Patallacta.</p><br>
<p>On his way to discover Machu Picchu (at: -13.2325095&deg; latitude, -72.424922&deg; longitude) Hiram Bingham, discoverer of Machu Picchu and many other Incan sites, passed Patallacta, sometimes given the name of Llaqtapata as evidenced by the photograph of a sign from a check-point along the Inca trail.</p><br>
<p>His associate Mr. Herman Tucker reported that the name of the town was Patallacta containing about one hundred houses. Above it were several important sites including Wayllapampa. This site is located 1.5 km from the start of the "Classic Inca Trail" which begins at Km 88.</p><br>
<p>This site housed a large number of occupants, including travellers and soldiers who manned the nearby "hill fort" of Willkaraqay, and a shrine with rounded walls known as Pulpituyuq that had religious and ceremonial functions.</p><br>
<p>Patallacta was burned by Manco Inca Yupanqui, who destroyed a number of settlements along the Inca road system during his retreat from Cusco in 1536 to discourage Spanish pursuit. In part due to these efforts, the Spanish never discovered the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu or any of its settlements.</p><br>
<p>The Johnson Creek Covered Bridge is located four miles north of Blue Licks Battlefield State Park in Robertson County and open to vehicular traffic with a weight limit of six tons. The bridge is important as the only known example of Robert Smith&#39;s truss system in Kentucky and the only covered bridge extant known to have been built by Jacob N. Bower .</p><br>
<p>The bridge was constructed in 1874 and is one of 13 that remain of more than 400 covered bridges in Kentucky. Around 1912, Jacob Bower&#39;s son, Louis, added an arch on each side to support increased traffic using the bridge. The bridge is 114 feet long and 16 feet wide, according to Louis Bower, grandson of Jacob Bower and a local covered bridge builder.</p><br>
<p>Later generations have advanced numerous reasons for the construction of covered bridges, but the historical reason for their existence was the maintenance of structural integrity. The cover allowed timbered trusses and braces to season properly and kept water out of the joints, prolonging their lives by seven to eight times that of an uncovered bridge.</p><br>
<p>William Shelly School and Annex, also known as Eberton School, is a historic school building and annex located at West York, York County, Pennsylvania. The building known as Shelly Annex was built about 1897 as a one-room school. It was enlarged twice between 1898 and 1903, to be a 2 1/2-story, gable roofed brick building, three bays wide and seven bays deep. The Shelly School was built between 1905 and 1908, in the Italian Renaissance style. It is a two-story brick building, nine bays wide and seven bays deep. It was completely rebuilt after a fire in 1919. The property was sold in 1960, and the buildings utilized as storage facilities for the next 37 years.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
<p>The University Club of Albany, New York, was founded at the start of the 20th century. It is currently housed in a Colonial Revival brick building at the corner of Washington Avenue  and Dove Street. In 2011 that building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Young men who had recently graduated from college founded the club in the early 20th century as a place to gather until they had achieved the social status necessary to follow their fathers into the older Fort Orange Club. It met in one founder&#39;s house for several years until it could purchase a house that stood at the current location, on which it built a wing. When that house burned down in the 1920s, Albany architects the Fuller & Robinson company designed the current main building to replace it. It was his last major work in the city.</p><br>
<p>The club has played a role in the city&#39;s social and cultural life since its founding. Speakers at its events in its early years included President William Howard Taft, Andrew Carnegie, Earl Grey and various governors of New York. Its amenities include a library, dining facilities, meeting rooms, and one of the oldest bowling alleys in the country, which may also be the oldest private bowling alley in continual use in the state.</p><br>
<h2>Buildings and grounds</h2><br>
<p>The club&#39;s complex occupies the three buildings on the lot along Dove between Washington and Elk Street, at the northwest corner of the intersection. The neighborhood is in a very densely developed section of Albany just two blocks west of the state capitol, a National Historic Landmark located in the Lafayette Park Historic District, also listed on the National Register. One block to the east is the State Department of Education building, another listed property.</p><br>
<p>In the blocks around the club are many commercial and institutional buildings, some listed on the Register as well. Across Dove Street are the Classical Revival Harmanus Bleecker Library and Albany Institute of History and Art, both with portions designed by Albert Fuller as well. A block west at Lark Street (USA Route 9W) is the Washington Avenue Armory. Across Washington Avenue from the armory is the Walter Merchant House. The Alfred E. Smith State Office Building towers to the southeast at the corner of Washington and South Swan Street, dwarfed in turn by the modern Empire State Plaza to its southeast.</p><br>
<p>North of Elk Street is Sheridan Park, with a large parking area in the center. South of Washington are the residential blocks of the Center Square/Hudson–Park Historic District. The Washington Park Historic District, Albany&#39;s largest, is to the southwest on the other side of Lark. The proposed Lower Washington Avenue Historic District would include the buildings across the street from the club.</p><br>
<h3>Exterior</h3><br>
<p>The main club building is a three-story five-by-five-bay structure of brick laid in Flemish bond with wooden trim on a raised limestone basement topped by a flat roof. A two-story wing, with a one-story wing of its own, projects to the north along Dove. At the north end of the main block, a set of steps lead up from the street, which has no sidewalk, to an elaborate entrance portico. Low hedges set off the property at the corner and for a short distance north of the main entrance.</p><br>
<p>Fenestration begins with recessed glass block windows in the basement. Above them, on the first story, 12-over-16 double-hung sash windows are set in recessed arched openings with keystones and splayed-brick lintels. At the lower end are ornate iron balustrades. A molded limestone stringcourse runs around the building at the level of the balustrades&#39; top.</p><br>
<p>On the second floor are eight-over-eight double-hung sash with the same lintel treatment and stone sills. A squared limestone stringcourse serves as the sill for the slightl smaller but otherwise similar windows on the third floor. Above them is a classically decorated frieze, with a wide modillioned cornice marking the roofline.</p><br>
<p>The two northern bays of the east (front) facade are given over to the main entrance portico. Four clusters of paired round fluted Ionic columns, with the two on the sides having a third, topped by a classical entablature and frieze, support a flat roof with iron balustrade. A Palladian-style window, with French door, opens on to the balcony. Above it on the third story is a blind bay.</p><br>
<p>To the north the two-story wing continues the brickwork and window treatment on the main block, minus the recessed arches on the first story, except in the northern two of its eight bays. At its roof is the same cornice treatment as that found on the main block, but without the frieze. It is topped with a short parapet; a large brick chimney pierces the roof near the north end. On the one-story wing, formerly a porch, this detail is further reduced, with the cornice giving way to a flush limestone stringcourse. There is also only a single rectangular window on the basement, fully exposed at this point.</p><br>
<h3>Interior</h3><br>
<p>The main entrance opens into a mid-floor vestibule with a marble floor and short stairs leading up and down. In the former direction, the basement has a large lounge, bar and dining area in the front, with terrazzo flooring and a four-lane bowling alley in the rear. The remaining space is given over to restrooms, storage and maintenance facilities.</p><br>
<p>Up the steps is a lounge with fireplace. On its west is the large living room and meeting space that runs the full length of that side of the building. It has full-height windows and a fireplace. Other decoration includes projecting chimney breasts, engaged pilasters, molded shadow box panels, broad crown moldings and encased ceiling beams. Medallions representing the alma maters of the founding members form a frieze on some walls. In the rear is the large main dining room and its supporting kitchen, as well as the club&#39;s office and library. The Terrace Room runs along the rear facade.</p><br>
<p>On the second floor, reached by either the main or secondary stair, is the President&#39;s Room and billiards room in the front of the building, along with more office and restroom space. In the rear wing are 13 sleeping rooms, with closets but without private bathrooms. The third floor has 10 more sleeping rooms, three of which have their own bathrooms. A rear door leads onto the roof.</p><br>
<h3>Outbuildings</h3><br>
<p>At the north end of the property are two additional buildings, both used by the club. They are separated from it by a stretch of lawn. Both have been extensively altered and are not considered contributing resources to the National Register listing.</p><br>
<p>The first is a three-story brick structure that houses the club&#39;s squash courts. North of it, at the corner of Dove and Elk, is a two-and-a-half-story wood frame barn. Both were originally used as carriage houses for the late 19th-century mansion that was the original clubhouse.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The club was formed in 1901 by several young men from prominent and wealthy Albany families. They had all returned to the city after graduating from college, and wanted to get together occasionally and continue some aspects of their undergraduate experience such as singing and talking together, following the lead of other similar groups at the time in cities such as Chicago and San Francisco. Their fathers were, for the most part, members of the Fort Orange Club, Albanys oldest gentlemens club, whose clubhouse is located a block to the east along Washington Avenue from the current site.</p><br>
<p>The young men who founded the University Club assumed that, eventually, they would follow in their fathers&#39; footsteps and join the Fort Orange Club when they reached sufficient age, and hoped that the University Club would establish itself as a junior to the Fort Orange Club.</p><br>
<p>After two meetings at the old Albany Academy building in Lafayette Park attracted 140 interested young men, the club was incorporated and chartered. Nineteen members were elected as officers and directors, per the new organization&#39;s constitution, which limited the club to 175 members in residence. All had to be graduates of a college or university of recognized standing, or the USA Military or Naval academies. Its stated aims were "to establish and maintain a library, assembly and reading rooms; to promote social discourse among its members and to maintain and cultivate university spirit in the city of Albany." They chose as their motto the Latin phrase Sapere Aude — Incipe, meaning "Dare to be wise — Begin".</p><br>
<p>The entrance fee was $25 ($ in modern dollars) for residents and $15 ($ in modern dollars) for non-residents. Annual dues were $30 ($ in modern dollars) for residents and $15 for non-residents. Unlike other clubs the latter requirement did not stipulate a time for which the applicant had to have lived in the city.</p><br>
<p>Within two months the club had found its first building, a former residence at 99 Washington Avenue. Six years later, the club bought another former residence at the current location, previously the home of the late George Amsdell, owner of Albanys largest brewery at that time. It set about spending $10,000 ($ in modern dollars) to remodel the three-bay Queen Anne style structure with a prominent angular, turreted bay for use as a clubhouse. This new home served the club well, as it enabled the launch of a speakers series in 1908. The club entertained guest speakers such as Andrew Carnegie and Governor Charles Evan Hughes the following year.</p><br>
<p>In 1910 two of the speakers chosen became major Albany events. President William Howard Taft accepted the groups invitation to one of its dinners, and the whole city welcomed him. People came from miles around to see Taft. Also present was Earl Grey, then governor-general of Canada. More than 300 attended the clubs annual dinner at the Ten Eyck Hotel, leading the Times Union to claim that "probably more distinguished men were at the speaker&#39;s table than at any other banquet ever held in Albany."</p><br>
<p>The club&#39;s success brought with it the need to expand its space. By 1913 it had 335 total members. The following year it began construction of what is now the north wing in order to provide space for a restaurant and additional sleeping rooms. As general contractor, the club chose the Hoggson Brothers firm of New York. The Hoggsons, both Yale graduates, had handled the 1914 construction of the north wing. Their firm pioneered the concept of combining design and construction, including many building trades, in one company. Their new wing, with brick surfaces, clean lines, symmetries and flat roof, was a radical change from the asymmetric, angular and irregular building it was attached to.</p><br>
<p>Over the next three years the club modified its membership requirements in response to World War I. A 1915 amendment to its constitution permitted recent graduates to defer half their entrance fees and dues for up to three years after graduation. Another amendment the following year created associate memberships, for those with a business in the city but living outside its boundaries. Finally, in 1917, with USA entry into the war, the club voted to excuse any member absent by virtue of military service outside the city from paying dues for the duration of hostilities.</p><br>
<p>In 1923, the main clubhouse was damaged in a fire. It remained standing and structurally sound, but enough of the interior was exposed to the elements during the subsequent winter that the club decided to replace it. Bids were sought from three different firms; the firm of Fuller & Robinson received the commission.</p><br>
<p>Albert Fuller, cofounder of the firm, had enjoyed a long and distinguished career in Albany. Either by himself or with different firms, he had designed a number of the city&#39;s notable buildings during that period, many today listed on the National Register. Around the same time, he was building the Harmanus Bleecker Library across Dove Street, a brick Classical Revival structure that complements the club buildings, and his Renaissance Revival 1908 Albany Institute of History and Art building directly opposite the club. For the club, he produced a building that was far more sympathetic to the ten-year-old wing than the original building. It would be his last major work in Albany, as he died ten years later.</p><br>
<p>W.G. Sheehan, the contractors, began work as soon as the bid was awarded with the goal of opening the new building by summer of 1925. During construction, the club added to its punch list a refrigeration plant and fire alarm system. The job&#39;s final cost was $185,000 ($ in modern dollars), more than twice the original budget. A grand reopening was held in May 1925. By autumn it was apparent that it had been a success, as October and November were the best months for business the club had recorded up to that point.</p><br>
<h2>Membership and amenities</h2><br>
<p>The University Club now admits women as members. Applicants must still have graduated from a recognized college or university, although some memberships have been set aside for those who have not. Prospective members must be sponsored by two members and meet with the membership committee before being approved by the board.</p><br>
<p>There are several classes of membership. The primary one is resident membership, for those who live in the counties that constitute the greater Capital District (Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and Schoharie counties). Those residents who live close enough to the club (the Albany neighborhoods of Center Square/Hudson–Park, Mansion, Washington Park or Park South) to be eligible for neighbor memberships pay the lowest fees and dues. Non-resident members also pay less. There are also joint memberships for married couples, clergy and corporate memberships and junior memberships for those under 35.</p><br>
<p>Members are able to take advantage of the club&#39;s dining facilities, which come without a monthly minimum. They also have access to the gym, squash courts and bowling alley. The latter hosts both open bowling and league nights. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout the building. Members also get reciprocal privileges at over a hundred other private clubs throughout the country.</p><br>
<p>Lake Blouin  is an ellipse shaped natural fresh water lake in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue Administrative Region, Quebec, Canada. The lake, oriented on a southwest–northeast axis, measures 13.5 km in length and has a maximum width of 2 km. It is relatively shallow with a maximum depth of 30 m, and is located just north of the city of Val-d’Or, Quebec. It is fed by the Bourlamaque and Senneville rivers and is the headwater of the Harricana River. All three rivers are situated near its northeastern end. The shore of lake Blouin is lined with small rocky outcrops and sandy beaches. The lake lies within the Clay Belt, a vast tract of fairly flat land with fertile soil covering 180,000 km&sup2; in northwest Quebec and northeast Ontario.</p><br>
<h2>Name</h2><br>
<p>Lake Blouin takes its name from Alphonse Blouin, a surveyor for Quebec’s Ministry of Lands and Forests who made a number of journeys to the area in 1905 and 1906</p><br>
<p>. At the time, the lake was called Pakitanika which means "Lake of the Goose" in the Algonquian language.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Lake Blouin played a key role in the development of Val-d’Or and the gold mines on which its economy is based. It was the main access route for prospectors and surveyors at the beginning of the 20th century. In the early 1920s, when a number of gold mines were starting up around what was to become Val-d’Or, Lake Blouin allowed heavy equipment required for mining operations to be transported by boat from the town of Amos. A dock was built for that purpose at the south east end of the lake in 1925. Settlers and miners also use this route to access the area.</p><br>
<p>As early as 1920, the lake was used as landing site for floatplanes providing services to the area. In 1946, a dock and fuelling station for these planes was opened on the south east shore of the lake. In 1949, a daily flight, using amphibious aircraft landing on Lake Blouin, linked Val-d’Or to Montreal.</p><br>
<p>Lake Blouin was also for a brief period used for timber rafting logs from the Val-d’Or area to the sawmill in Amos.</p><br>
<h2>Fauna</h2><br>
<p>Fish species found in lake Blouin are: brown bullhead, yellow walleye, black walleye, Northern pike, Burbot, White sucker, Longnose Sucker, and Yellow perch.</p><br>
<h2>Culture</h2><br>
<p>Lake Blouin is featured in a popular song by Val-d’Or native Raôul Duguay called “La bitt à Tibi”.</p><br>
<p>The Rotary municipal beach on Lake Blouin is a popular summer attraction.</p><br>
