<p>Ivyside Farm is a historic home and farm located at Claymont, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in three sections with the earliest dated to about 1795. The earliest section is a 2 1/2-story, two bay, single pile structure built of Brandywine granite. The second section was constructed in 1853, and is a two-story, three-bay, side-hall, double pile structure of Brandywine granite. It is in the Greek Revival style. In 1907, a two-story, gabled, shingle-sided section was added to the 1795 original structure and a two-story frame addition was built on the second section. Also on the property are a contributing large frame barn, wagon or carriage house, a corncrib and a chicken house.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>Newtown Castle is a 16th-century tower house, located close to the village of Ballyvaughan within the Burren area of County Clare, Ireland. Uniquely for a tower house of its type in Ireland, Newtown Castle is mostly cylindrical in shape but rises from a square pyramidical base. It is today part of the Burren College of Art.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Newtown Castle was likely built circa 1550 for the OBrien clan. In the Forfeitures and Distribution books of 1641 it was listed as property of Donogh OBrien. However, Newtown Castle soon passed into possession of the OLochlainn (or OLoghlen) family, the most powerful clan of the area. The Ordnance Survey of 1839 names Charles OLoghlen as inhabitant of the castle and describes the tower as being in good repair. Charles OLoghlen was locally known as the "King of the Burren".</p><br>
<p>In 1848, the landlord, the then Marquess of Buckingham who had been bankrupted sold the local lands. The Buckingham estates in County Clare, around 7,000 acre in the Barony of Burren were purchased for 30,000 pounds by one Richard Samuel Guinness, acting as agent for Colonel Henry White.</p><br>
<p>At the time of the Griffith&#39;s valuation in the 1850s, the building next to the castle, erected in about 1820, was a rectory inhabited by the Reverend Hugh B. Howlett.</p><br>
<p>At the end of the 19th century Peter O&#39;Loghlen lived in the castle. He was referred to as the "Prince of the Burren".</p><br>
<p>During reconstruction (see below) limited excavations were conducted at Newtown Castle. The results indicated that the castle may be late 16th or early 17th century, rather than mid-16th century. Signs of the presence of a significant population (animal and shellfish remains and a large cobbled space) were also discovered in the area. This gave rise to speculation whether the name "Newtown" may actually have referred to a new settlement near the castle.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Newtown Castle is one of only a few cylindrical tower houses in the area. In all of Ireland, only around 30 of the roughly 3,000 tower houses are round. In addition, Newtown Castle features an unusual pyramidical base, which makes it unique in all of Ireland. The tower has four upper floors. The ground floor and first floor feature vaulted ceilings.</p><br>
<h2>Today</h2><br>
<p>Newtown Castle was restored in 1993–94 for use by the newly established Burren College of Art, which was opened by president Mary Robinson in 1994. It is available as a venue for weddings and conferences. The castle is located on the Burren Way, a long distance trail. The castle is in the townland of Newton, parish of Drumcreehy.</p><br>
<p>The tower is open to the public on weekdays.</p><br>
<p>Delaware City Historic District is a national historic district located at Delaware City, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 204 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the town of Delaware City. The buildings were built between about 1826 and 1930. They are primarily residential buildings, with some commercial and institutional buildings including notable examples of the Greek Revival and Italianate styles. Notable buildings include the Delaware City Hotel , Central Hotel , Christ Episcopal Church  and Rectory , Van Hekle House , Delaware City Academy , Delaware City Public School , Dunlap/Worrell House , and First Presbyterian Church .</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>Tuggeranong Creek, a partly perennial stream of the Murrumbidgee catchment within the Murray-Darling basin, is located in the Tuggeranong district of Canberra, within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia.</p><br>
<p>Tuggeranong is derived from the Aboriginal word, meaning "cold plain". The traditional custodians of the land surrounding Tuggeranong Creek are the Aboriginal people of the Ngunnawal tribe.</p><br>
<h2>Course</h2><br>
<p>Tuggeranong Creek rises below Tuggeranong Hill, east of the suburb of Theodore and the Monaro Highway, formed through rural runoff within Monks Pond. The creek flows generally west and north-west, through Theodore, past the playing fields located in Calwell, through Richardson where it passes close to Tuggeranong Homestead, and through Isabella Plains, gathering urban stormwater drainage. Tuggeranong Creek is impounded at Bonython to form Isabella Pond, which is also impounded to form Lake Tuggeranong, a 57.1 hectare man-made artificial lake.</p><br>
<p>The creek is dammed at Tuggeranong Town Centre along Athlon Drive. Although there is no clear channel, Tuggeranong Creek flows south-west to form confluence with the Murrumbidgee River, south of Greenway.</p><br>
<p>Leigh House is 16th- or 17th-century house in Winsham, Somerset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.</p><br>
<p>The site was previously part of the Forde Abbey estate until the dissolution of the monasteries, and then bought by the Henley family who built the house at some point between 1590 and 1617. Henry Henley (1612–1696) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1653 and 1681. He supported the Parliamentary cause in the English Civil War. In 1759 the house was let to Robert Hanning.</p><br>
<p>It is made of local lias stone with Hamstone dressings. It is "E" shaped with the five-bay east elevation of two storeys with attics above them. The north and south sides are of six bays. The main room on the ground floor is the Great Hall which, along with other rooms, still contains original large fireplaces.</p><br>
<p>The house was modified in 1893, and then sold by the descendants of the Henley family in 1919. Subsequent owners included the local MP George Davies. After his death many of the furnishings of the house were sold at auction. The house has since been divided into four residences.</p><br>
<p>Akkale  is the popular name given to ruins of a building complex in Kumkuyu town of Erdemli district, Mersin Province, Turkey</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Akkale (also called Tırtar Akkale where Tırtar is the former name of Kumkuyu) is situated to south west of Kumkuyu at 36&deg;32&prime;N latitude, 34&deg;13&prime;E longitude. Its distance to Erdemli is 14 km and to Mersin is 51 km. The buildings are accessible by a short lane from the Turkish state highway. The distance to Mediterranean Sea coast is about 250 m.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The original name of the site is not known. But it was a port administration complex of the Roman Empire built in the 4th century. However, according to Turkish archaeologist Semavi Eyice the main building may be the palace of Archelaus of Cappadocia who lived in the first century and was known to spend summers in Cilicia. A part of the buildings were repaired during the Byzantine era probably after the great earthquakes of the 6th century.</p><br>
<h2>Technical details</h2><br>
<p>Although the popular name Akkale means "White castle", the complex was not a castle, but a small, wealthy settlement. It consists of the ruins of the main building, which was once five-stories in height, a large cistern, and numerous other constructions. The five-story building is traditionally called a palace (Akkale sarayı), for it may have been used both as the office and the lodging building of the governor. The corbels which are on all sides of the building indicate the existence of a now completely demolished balcony which circumscribed the building. The main staircase of the building was a spiral staircase. A small building is assumed to be the treasury office where documents may have been kept in the basement. The cistern is one of the biggest cisterns in Cilicia with over 17,000 m&sup2;. It was used to sell water to ships.</p><br>
<p>Within this complex is a free-standing rectangular structure which has one of the region’s few extant domes on pendentives and was thought to be a church. However, in 1989 an archaeological study was published with a plan, which describes the site as a mausoleum. This cruciform building was constructed with beautifully cuts blocks of limestone masonry.</p><br>
<p>Leonoras Caves is a limestone cave system in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. They are located within Old St. Michaels Cave.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The caves are accessed from within the St. Michaels Cave auditorium. Cavers must descend a scree slope to access the entrance which is marked by a sign engraved into the rock with the inscription "To Leonoras Caves 1867". However, it is not clear when the caves were discovered. The caves are difficult to enter and for that reason is largely unspoilt.</p><br>
<p>Leonoras Caves are a cave system within the popular show cave of St Michaels Cave and it could be argued that they are an extension of St. Michaels Cave. Leonoras Caves were long believed to be a bottomless pit and it was here where the myth of an underwater cave passage communicating with North Africa emerged. It was said that through this passage, Gibraltars Barbary macaques made their way to the Rock from Morocco. Leonoras is in fact not a bottomless pit, but is of substantial depth. Graffiti found on stalagmites and columns date back to 1801 and early reports mentioning "passages leading off St. Michaels Cave" suggest that the site was first explored in the 1700s by British troops; however, it was only until 1864 that Captain Frederick Brome explored this system extensively and realised its beauty. In 1867, he named this cave after his wife Leonora saying the site was "of unimaginable beauty". In 1914, the famous French prehistorian Abbe Breuil visited this cave in an attempt to research it properly and was the first to report seeing spiders, isopods, acaris, staphylindis and diptera. Bats were also reported to have been common in these caves although none are found now. In November 1959 George Palao, a Gibraltarian cave enthusiast and surveyor, head of the Gibraltar Cave Research Group also surveyed this cave producing some fine maps of the system. However, they did miss what is now called Lower Leonoras Cave discovered in 2012 by the Gibraltar Museum Caving Unit. Leonoras Caves just like St. Michaels Cave were used as a show cave in the 19th century. This passage by Lt. Col. G.J. Gilbard said:"Ladies however need not be afraid of proceeding to the explorations of Leonora&#39;s Cave, from where, candles only having been used to light up the stalactites, pillar are undimmed by smoke, and the descent, although a little difficult is not too arduous an undertaking".</p><br>
<p>These trips for ladies would only be to the Main Chamber since attempting the Crawl and later the drop into the Bell Chamber in a long skirt or dress would have been quite dangerous.</p><br>
<p>Star Chamber Cave is a limestone cave in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. In the 1780s the cave became the centre of tunnels known as the Lower Galleries of the Northern Defences. In 1941 this cave was still in military use as the King&#39;s Regiment Battalion Headquarters</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Star Chamber Cave is a natural limestone cave in Gibraltar which was incorporated into the Northern Defences complex/ The cave is within the Rock of Gibraltar at the centre of a tunnel system known as the Lower Galleries.</p><br>
<p>Unlike the Upper Galleries these are not a tourist attraction but can be visited by prior arrangement. The main entrance is by Hanover Battery and Star Chamber Cave is only found after travelling through the Hanover and Kings Galleries which were created from 1787 to 1789. Star Chamber Cave could also be accessed via the Kings Lines fortification. This cave was literally and organisationally at the centre of the tunnelling operations of the 18th century by the Soldier Artificer Company (later the Royal Engineers).</p><br>
<p>During World War II the tunnels were still being used and brick buildings were constructed within the cave and galleries. A sign on the wall of the cave records that in 1941 this cave was the King&#39;s Regiment Battalion Headquarters.</p><br>
<p>Coffee Run Mission Site, also known as Coffee Run Church and St. Mary&#39;s Church, is a historic mission church site and national historic district located at Hockessin, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses two contributing buildings, both now demolished, and one contributing site. They were the Father Kenney House and stone barn with frame addition. The house was built in 1812, and was a two-story, three bay stone dwelling with a cross-gable roof. The Coffee Run cemetery is the burial ground of the first Catholic church in Delaware. It measures approximately 66 feet by 183 feet and includes over 50 carved headstones and 12 uncut stone markers. Located at the cemetery is a small cinder block building, which contains an altar, and stands at the site of the original log mission church built about 1790. It was the first Catholic church in Delaware out of which grew the present Roman Catholic Diocese of Wilmington. The house was demolished in March 2010 following an arson. The barn, also affected by arson, remained mostly intact but in a decaying condition. Trinity Community Church planned to restore it and incorporate it into a new church on the site, but discovered that the mortar was no longer sound. The barn was demolished in 2016 and the stone saved for reuse in the facade of the new church.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<p>Bragdøya is an island in Kristiansand municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. The 0.7 km&sup2; island is in the archipelago in the Kristiansandsfjorden, just south of the city of Kristiansand. The island is surrounded by the smaller islands of Svensholmen and Langøya to the north  and the island of Hestehaue to the southeast. The heavily populated island of Andøya lies to the southwest.</p><br>
<p>Bragdøya has been owned by the municipality of Kristiansand since 1969 when they bought it with a government grant as a public open space. It was purchased with the requirement that the islands would be a recreational space for the city. During the summer, the island is used as grazing land for sheep.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>For centuries, Bragdøya has been inhabited. "Siffuord Bragdøen" is mentioned in written sources as owner from 1610 and onwards. The first manor house in Kristiansand was built in Bragdøya around 1770 for the family of Henrik Arnold Thaulow. Thaulow was the grandfather of Oscar Wergeland, Henrik Wergeland, and Camilla Collett, and his grandchildren spent time on the island during the summers. There are several older cottages on the island.</p><br>
<p>In 1915, two large warehouses were built on the west side of Bragdøya where mackerel was salted and packed for export. The business did not go particularly well, however, and in the interwar period the business was ended.</p><br>
<p>The Nazi German occupiers committed executions of at least 28 Soviet POWs on Bragdøya during World War II.</p><br>
<h2>Leisure</h2><br>
<p>Bragdøya Kystlag, a voluntary association which aims to preserve local maritime culture along the coast, is now the owner of the warehouse complex named Bragdøya Coastal Heritage Centre. From 1996-2012, the centre hosted an annual blues festival. On some days there are organized boat trips to the island. There is a special boat from the city centre of Kristiansand during the Norwegian school holidays which makes a round trip of Bragdøya and several other islands.</p><br>
<p>Taudaha Lake is a small lake in the outskirts of Kathmandu, in Nepal. The name comes from a combination of Newari words Ta, meaning snake and Daha, which means lake.</p><br>
<h2>Mythological origins</h2><br>
<p>The Taudaha Lake is believed to be a remnant pool of the huge lake that once existed where now the city of Kathmandu sits. According to mythology, a Buddhist mythical character Manjushree cut the hill in the valleys south, allowing the lakes water to drain off, thereby creating land that was duly occupied by people. Folklore suggests that that "cut" in the hill is the Chobar Gorge, a narrow passage from which the Bagmati River exits the Kathmandu Valley. After the water of the ancient lake drained away, a few small lakes and ponds were created beyond the hills. Taudaha is believed to be one of those ponds.</p><br>
<p>When the lake was drained, countless nagas, mythological creatures that were half human and half serpent, were left homeless. This made the Naga King Karkotak livid. In order to allay his wrath, the locals living near Taudaha built an underwater palace, studded with precious stones and riches beyond imagination. The Serpent King was pleased and ruled his serpent subjects in their underwater kingdom. The king also promised to protect the humans living around the lake, on the condition that the tranquility of his water abode never be disrupted. It is due to this that even today locals do not swim or fish in the lake.</p><br>
<h2>Migratory bird heaven</h2><br>
<p>The lake, arguably the only clean water body remaining in the Kathmandu Valley, is a stop over for numerous migratory bird species. Some of the visitors to the lake include the cormorant, ruddy shelduck, serpent-eagle and common teal.</p><br>
<p>Gold Mountain is a 1,761 ft summit in the Blue Hills on the Kitsap Peninsula of Washington state, in the United States&#39; Pacific Northwest. It is the highest point on the Kitsap Peninsula and the highest point in Kitsap County, Washington, and nearby 1,639 ft Green Mountain is the second-highest point.</p><br>
<p>The mountain lies partly on private land, partly in the City of Bremerton watershed inaccessible to the general public, and partly in the adjacent 6,000 acre Green Mountain State Forest which is open to hikers, horses, and on- and off-road vehicles.</p><br>
<p>Most of the eastern half of Gold Mountain is in the city watershed, with the Union River reservoir at the foot. The summit itself is in a quarter quarter section exclave of the state forest, connected at a corner. The summit is about 200 m outside the city limits, 6 mi west of downtown Bremerton.</p><br>
<h2>Radio and television transmitters</h2><br>
<p>The mountain summit has an antenna farm including transmitters for Kitsap Peninsula area emergency services, as well as Seattle television and radio stations KCPQ (Fox 13), KTBW and KYFQ. Since 1981, the Western Washington Repeater Association has operated an amateur radio repeater, call sign WW7RA, on the site, with coverage throughout the Puget Sound region from Centralia to Bellingham.</p><br>
<p>A Continuously Operating Reference Station used for GPS-based geodesy is located at the KTBW site on the summit.</p><br>
<p>East Mount Barren is one of three quartzite peaks of the Barren Range in Fitzgerald River National Park. The three peaks, West Mount Barren, Middle and East Mount Barren, were named by explorer Matthew Flinders on 6 January 1802. All were named because of their barren appearance.</p><br>
<p>A walking track ascends 200 m in height to the summit which has views of the coast from the Doubtful Islands to Mason Point as well as 50 km inland.</p><br>
<p>Plant species that are endemic to East Barren Mountain and its immediate environs include Calothamnus macrocarpus, Eucalyptus burdettiana (Burdett Gum), Kunzea similis subsp. similis, Regelia velutina (Barrens regelia) and Verticordia pityrhops. Other species of note include Acacia argutifolia (East Barrens Wattle), Adenanthos ellipticus (Oval-leaf Adenanthos), Anthocercis fasciculata, Banksia speciosa (Showy Banksia), Dampiera deltoidea, Eucalyptus coronata (Crowned Mallee), Gonocarpus hispidus, Hakea hookerana, Hibbertia papillata, Jacksonia compressa, Leptospermum confertum, Leucopogon compactus, Melaleuca papillosa, Pimelea physodes (Qualup Bell) and Stylidium galioides (Yellow Mountain Triggerplant).</p><br>
<p>North Saint Georges Historic District is a national historic district located at St. Georges, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 69 contributing buildings and 3 contributing objects in the village of North St. Georges. The buildings date between about 1719 and 1942 and are primarily residential with a few institutional and commercial buildings. Notable buildings include the Methodist Church, the St. Georges Historical Society Building, Commodore MacDonough School , Gam&#39;s Store , the former African-American school , Odd Fellows Lodge , and the Nuttall House. Located in the district are the separately listed St. Georges Presbyterian Church and Sutton House.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<p>L&#39;Abri Pataud, or the Pataud Shelter in English, is a prehistoric site found in the middle of the village Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil in Dordogne, Aquitaine, southwestern France. The site includes human remains, stone tools, and early cultural artifacts made during the Upper Paleolithic, between approximately 47,000 and 17,000 years ago.</p><br>
<h2>Site overview</h2><br>
<p>The stratigraphic sequence at the site includes remains from the Upper Paleolithic, particularly from the Aurignacian (47,000 to 27,000 BP), the Gravettian (32,000 to 22,000 BP), and lastly from the Solutrean (22,000 to 17,000 BP). Remains include human bones, tools, and cave paintings.</p><br>
<p>The French government classified the site as an historical monument by decree on 25 June 1930, and additional shelters located nearby under the cliff further protected as of May 9, 1958. The site became the property of the museum of natural history in 1957 at the initiative of Hallam L. Movius, who had directed excavations since 1953. Movius continued to direct investigations between 1958 and 1964, aided by a team from the museum.</p><br>
<p>The results of the excavations were compiled by Harvey M. Bricker, on the basis of American hypotheses regarding the site&#39;s origins. A finer reading of the stratigraphy of the site may not have been published; continuing work will help elucidate the evolution of stone tool use at the shelters themselves, and their relationship to other sites in the region.</p><br>
<h2>The Venus of l'Abri Pataud</h2><br>
<p>In 1958, a small carved female figure was found on a stone about 20 cm tall, likely dating to approximately 21,000 years BP. According to Hallum Movius, the figure represents a comparatively young woman, "more slender and gracile than is normally the case," roughly carved, and with contours suggesting pregnancy. Movius wrote that the despite "disharmonic features, the overall proportions of the figure are both pleasing and, at first glance, symmetrical." Movius continued, "from a stylistic point of view, this figure has been rendered in the finest tradition of Upper Paleolithic art as represented by the well-known series of carvings and statuettes, collectively known as Venuses…"</p><br>
<p>The figure was found following a violent storm, making its origin within the shelter difficult to know exactly.</p><br>
<h2>Public access</h2><br>
<p>Since 1990 the site has allowed visitors from the public. Under the direction of Henry de Lumley, assisted by Brigitte Delluc, a museum was established allowing partial views of excavations.</p><br>
<p>The Cape Nome Roadhouse is the last remaining historical roadhouse on the Iditarod Trail. Built in 1900 to accommodate travelers to the Nome area during the Nome Gold Rush, it was soon expanded. It has a profile resembling that of a typical New England saltbox, although its main entrance is on what would normally be considered the side of such a building. Its oldest portion is a log structure, which was expanded with lumber wood framing, and the whole building is now covered with clapboard siding. It is the only structure surviving from the route of a 650 mi delivery of diphtheria serum in 1925 achieved by a relay of dogsled teams. The roadhouse declined with the advent of aviation to the area, and was used as an orphanage, a military communications facility during World War II, and saw used in the later 20th century as a retail establishment.</p><br>
<p>The roadhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.</p><br>
<p>Fair Hill Burial Ground is a historic cemetery in the Fairhill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded by the Religious Society of Friends in 1703, it fell into disuse until the 1840s when it was revived by the Hicksite Quaker community of Philadelphia, which played an important role in the abolition and early women&#39;s rights movements. The cemetery is currently operated by the Fair Hill Burial Corporation, which is owned by Quakers and neighborhood community members.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>William Penn gave 1250 acres in Pennsylvania to George Fox in 1681. Fox dedicated six acres in 1686 for a meeting house and burial ground near the current site of the burial ground. Burials began about 1707, but the site didn&#39;t develop into an active burial ground. The Green Street Monthly Meeting took control of the site in 1818.</p><br>
<p>Following the Orthodox-Hicksite split, the three Hicksite meetings in Philadelphia in 1840, Philadelphia, Spruce Street, and Green Street, agreed to use the land for a burial ground. Starting in 1843, a Joint Committee on Interments oversaw the burial ground. A meetinghouse was built nearby on Cambria Street in the 1880s.</p><br>
<p>Both the meetinghouse and the burial ground were sold to Ephesians Baptist Church n 1985, but in 1993 the burial ground was purchased by the Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting, which continues to own and maintain it.</p><br>
<h2>Notable interments</h2><br>
<p>William Morris Davis, US Congressman</p><br>
<p>Anna Jeanes</p><br>
<p>Mary Ann McClintock</p><br>
<p>Thomas M&#39;Clintock</p><br>
<p>Lucretia Mott, abolitionist</p><br>
<p>Edward Parrish</p><br>
<p>Harriet Forten Purvis</p><br>
<p>Robert Purvis</p><br>
<p>The Church of St Bartholomew in the parish of Yeovilton, Somerset, England, was built around 1300. It is a Grade II* listed building.</p><br>
<p>The church became the property of Montacute Priory and then part of the Diocese of Bath and Wells. It still contains some fabric and fittings from the 14th and 15th centuries but underwent a major restoration in the Victorian era.</p><br>
<p>The church fell into disrepair in the 20th century but has been taken over and restored as the Fleet Air Arm’s Memorial Church following links since World War II with the nearby airbase RNAS Yeovilton.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The original Norman church was built of local lias stone with Hamstone dressings. It was granted by Sir William of Yeovilton to Montacute Priory between 1272 and 1282, who then sold it to Robert Burnell the Bishop of Bath and Wells and it eventually became part of the Diocese of Bath and Wells. From 1642 Richard Sterne held the rectory of Yeovilton before going on to become Archbishop of York. The rector between 1762 and 1805 was Daniel Dumaresq after his period as an educational consultant to Russian and Polish monarchs.</p><br>
<p>The chancel contains a 14th-century piscina and some 15th-century stained glass. The nave has a 15th-century font.</p><br>
<p>The vestry was added in 1872, when a major Victorian restoration was undertaken, and the wagon roof replaced.</p><br>
<h2>Tower and bells</h2><br>
<p>The three stage tower was built in 1486. The money for this was donated by Richard Swan, the rector at the time. It contains six bells, the oldest of which dates from around 1430 and was cast at the Exeter Bell foundry.The most recent was added in 1993 and was cast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.</p><br>
<h2>Fleet Air Arm Memorial Church</h2><br>
<p>In the first half of the 20th century the church was falling into disrepair until after World War II an association developed with the staff from the nearby RNAS Yeovilton. The churchyard contains 15 graves of British and Commonwealth forces during World War II mostly from the airbase. By 1988 the fabric of the building was considered unsafe and the church declared redundant, and was sold to the Royal Navy for £1. Restoration work was carried out funded by public donation and, in 1993, the church was reopened as the Fleet Air Arm’s Memorial Church. The church holds the Fleet Air Arm’s Roll of Honour.</p><br>
<p>New porch gates, which were made at HMS Daedalus and carry the emblem of the Fleet Air Arm, have been installed. Within the Fleet Air Arm Memorial Chapel modern stained glass has been installed with the badges of RNAS stations Gannet, Osprey, Heron, Seahawk and Deadalus.</p><br>
<p>Baity Hall is a historic building at Missouri Valley College, 500 E. College in Marshall, Missouri.</p><br>
<p>The building was constructed in 1889 in a high Victorian and Romanesque style. The building is notable for its beautiful wooden staircase, vaulted wooden ceilings and stained glass windows. Baity Hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>Called "Old Main" until 1948, when it was renamed to honor Reverend George P. Baity, it served as the only building on the Missouri Valley College campus for six years. During that time it served every purpose, providing the space for classrooms, offices, laboratories, dormitories, a museum, kitchen, cafeteria, chapel, library, conference rooms, and two gymnasiums for men and women. Some modifications have been made to the original building such as the removal of the upper portion of the bell tower in 1959. Today, Baity hall continues to serve as classroom and office space for faculty and administration of Missouri Valley College. The former chapel has been converted into the Learning Center which serves as a study, test taking and tutoring area for students.</p><br>
<p>Anchar Lake is a lake in highly deteriorated condition located near Soura area in the city of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Situated close to Ganderbal, The lake is connected with the famous Dal Lake via a channel "Amir Khan Nallah", just as the Dal-gate connects Dal to the Nagin Lake. In case of flooding, the excessive water of Dal is diverted here.</p><br>
<h2>Deterioration</h2><br>
<p>Once a popular tourist destination as tourists on shikaras and houseboats used to travel here from Dal Lake, over the years it has deteriorated owing to pollution, large scale encroachment, and illegal constructions in its surroundings. In the 1990s, when the Nallah Mar was covered to build the Mearplan highway around western side of Dal, six-foot pipes were laid under the new road, to allow Dal to continue to drain into the Anchar lake system, however the pipes soon clogged due to waste and debris.</p><br>
<p>Like the Dal lake and Wular Lake, it is home to the Hanji community which live near the lake in an area called as Anchar among the locals.</p><br>
<p>Kyle of Durness is a coastal inlet on the north coast of Scotland in the county of Sutherland. It extends 5.5 mi inland from Balnakeil and divides the Cape Wrath peninsula from the mainland. The nearest village is Durness.</p><br>
<h2>Physical features</h2><br>
<p>The Kyle is around 0.5 mi wide and tidal with only a narrow channel of water remaining at low tide along most of its length. Unlike other coastal inlets along Scotland&#39;s north coast it is not straight, having two major bends around Keoldale. It opens into Balnakeil Bay, which is around 2 mi wide, at its mouth.</p><br>
<p>The River Dionard and Grudie River flow into the Kyle at its southern end with the Daill River and a number of minor streams also flowing into the Kyle along its length. The geology along the eastern side of the Kyle is limestone with rolling grasslands dominating. The Kyle and its surrounding area forms part of the Oldshoremore, Cape Wrath and Durness Special Landscape Area. It contains a number of archaeological remains dating to the prehistoric period.</p><br>
<h2>Human features</h2><br>
<p>The A838 road runs along the eastern shore of the kyle in its southern section, with an unclassified road leading to Keoldale, the only remaining settlement on the shore. The Cape Wrath passenger ferry operates from Keoldale between May and September providing the only access to Cape Wrath from the east. Land to the north of Keoldale is used by the Keoldale Sheep Stock Club, a joint farm run by crofters in the Durness area. Beaches along the shore of the kyle are backed by narrow machair with few dunes.</p><br>
<p>The western shore of the Kyle is uninhabited with the former farmsteads at Achimore and Daill the only settlements. The Cape Wrath road runs along the shore from the ferry slipway. This dates from the 1830s having been built to supply the lighthouse at Cape Wrath. A previous landing site towards the mouth of the Kyle was originally used and is the site of a ruined storehouse.</p><br>
<p>The Wilds-Edwards House is an antebellum residence in the city of Darlington, South Carolina.</p><br>
<p>It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Wilds-Edwards House was built around 1856 by Col. Samuel H. Wilds and designed by J.L. Klickner in the Italianate style. The house was purchased from the Wilds estate in 1870 by the Hon. Berryman Wheeler Edwards, a graduate of Harvard Law School (1853), Confederate veteran, and state senator (1886–89). It remained in the Edwards family until the 1990s.</p><br>
<p>According to local tradition, the Wilds-Edwards house was not destroyed by Shermans army because Klickner was in the detachment sent to burn Darlington and persuaded the captain of the raiding company to delay its destruction. In the meantime, the Union troops encountered General Joseph Wheelers cavalry and were unable to return to Darlington.</p><br>
<p>The Coy Site  is an archaeological site located next to Indian-Bakers Bayou in Lonoke County, Arkansas. It was inhabited by peoples of the Plum Bayou culture , in a time known as the Late Woodland period. The site was occupied between 700 and 1000 CE. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The site once consisted of four mounds, several flat-topped platform mounds and at least one burial mounds and extensive midden areas. The site was excavated by Edward Palmer in 1883. He described the largest two platform mounds as being 4 m in height and 3 m. He also noted a 2.4 m burial mound and a low mound of undetermined function. On the largest platform mound survives to the present day. This mound was tested in 1988 and 1994, and returned dates between 730 and 1010 CE.</p><br>
<p>The Roland Site  is an archaeological site located on Dry Lake, an extinct channel of the White River in Arkansas County, Arkansas. It was inhabited intermittently from the beginning of the common era to late prehistoric times, but its most intensive inhabitation was by peoples of the Plum Bayou culture , in a time known as the Late Woodland period.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The mound is a buildup of midden located on a terrace ridge to the northeast of the nearby Jacks Bay Site. Pottery sherds collected at the site have enabled archaeologists to determine the different succeeding cultures which have inhabited the site. The site was first occupied briefly about 1 CE by peoples of the Marksville culture. It was again occupied by the later peoples of the Baytown culture. This was the first intensive occupation of the site. Its largest and longest occupation was by peoples of the Plum Bayou/Coles Creek culture. It had one last light occupation during the prehistoric period by peoples of the Mississippian culture. The site was brought to the attention of archaeologists in 1965 when it was slated for use by the US Army Corps of Engineers as fill dirt for a nearby construction project. It was excavated in 1965 and 1966, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.</p><br>
<p>Oued Guir is an intermittent river or wadi that flows through the Drâa-Tafilalet and Oriental regions in southeastern Morocco and Béchar Province in western Algeria.</p><br>
<h2>Course</h2><br>
<p>The Oued Guir originates high in the Atlas Mountains 22 km northeast of the town of Gourrama, Drâa-Tafilalet, then flows south to Boudenib and turns east, crossing into Oriental Region. Here it meets the Beni Yal and Oued Zelmou and turns south to the border with Algeria. After entering Algeria, the river enters the Djorf Torba dam, the continues past Abadla to Igli, where it merges with the Oued Zouzfana to form the Oued Saoura.</p><br>
<p>Barrage de djorf torba.jpgDjorf Torba Reservoir</p><br>
<p>La vallée du Guir (Algérie).jpgThe Guir valléy, Algérie</p><br>
<p>Lake Whillans is a subglacial lake in Antarctica. The lake is located under the Whillans Ice Stream at the southeastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf in the west of the continent. The lake surface is 800 m beneath the surface of the ice and the lake covers an estimated area of 60 km&sup2;. Lake depths measured thus far have been around 2 m. Its temperature is −0.49 °C, below 0 °C because of the high pressure.</p><br>
<p>Lake Whillans, like the Whillans Ice Stream, is named for Ohio State University glaciologist Dr. Ian Whillans.</p><br>
<h2>Discovery</h2><br>
<p>The lake was first described in 2007 by Helen Fricker, a glaciologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Satellite laser altimeter data from NASA&#39;s ICESat had revealed the ice at that location rising and falling, leading her team to conclude the presence of the lake.</p><br>
<h2>Research</h2><br>
<p>On 28 January 2013, the Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (WISSARD) team announced that they had reached the lake surface having drilled 800 m through the ice above.</p><br>
<p>Over the following days the team collected water samples and also sediment cores from the lake bottom. Initial analysis of water and sediment has revealed that they contain microbial life. Bacteria are surviving in this environment without photosynthesis. The ecosystem is apparently based on the oxidation of ammonia and methane from sediments laid down at least 120,000 years ago.</p><br>
<p>According to WISSARD, the project “marks the first successful retrieval of clean whole samples from an Antarctic subglacial lake”. Similar efforts have been undertaken at Lake Vostok, where samples have yet to yield any discoveries, and at Lake Ellsworth, where drilling had to be abandoned.</p><br>
<p>These projects may yield insights into the search for life elsewhere in the Solar System. In particular, the moons Europa (Jupiter) and Enceladus (Saturn) have large amounts of liquid water beneath icy crusts.</p><br>
<p>In January 2015, drilling near the grounding line revealed a colony of fish, crustaceans, and jellyfish inhabiting the dark, frigid waters below the ice shelf. Images taken with a remote camera showed fish 20 cm and amphipods.</p><br>
<p>Buffalo Meter Company Building is a historic daylight factory building located in Buffalo, Erie County, New York. It was designed and built by the Lockwood, Green & Co. engineering firm in 1915-1917 and is a four-story, reinforced concrete building faced in red brick. It has a fifth floor penthouse, raised basement, a large three story addition built in 1945, and two story office addition built in 1949. The building measures 284 feet by 82 feet.</p><br>
<p>The building was built for and housed the Buffalo Meter Company until 1969-1970, after which it was acquired by the University of Buffalo. It was renamed Bethune Hall, after prominent local architect Louise Blanchard Bethune and housed the Department of Art. It is being redeveloped as the Bethune Lofts.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.</p><br>
<p>The playa de Los Lances  is a beach that forms one side of the town of Tarifa, in the region of Campo de Gibraltar in Andalusia, Spain.</p><br>
<p>The beach is 7,250 m long from Punta de la Peña to Punta de Tarifa, with an average width of 120 m. It is usually differentiated into two zones: North Los Lances, an undeveloped beach away from main population center, and South Los Lances, very close to the town of Tarifa and with extensive human occupation. The Río Jara separates the two areas of the beach. Los Lances location on the Atlantic side of the Strait of Gibraltar creates unique wind conditions which have made it Europes foremost destination for kitesurfing. The beach is also a favorite for windsurfing and similar sports, and has ample facilities for participants in these sports.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The natural beach environment has been much degraded by human activity, despite being protected inside the Natural Park of the Los Lances beach, which is part of the Natural Park of the Strait (Parque Natural del Estrecho). The beach has less natural beauty than others in the area. The dune system is quite degraded by the continuous movement of people, and parking uses much of the secondary dunes. In the northern part, the dunes are separated from the road by a line of pine trees planted to prevent the encroachment of the sand onto the road. This barrier has led, however, to a steady deterioration in the system by reducing the capacity of the dunes to expand. The southern area is in even worse condition. The many urban developments and the discharges of these into nearby streams has caused the disappearance of numerous species and loss of dune dynamics.</p><br>
<p>The Battle of Río Salado, also known as the Battle of Tarifa (30 October 1340), took place near the beach and resulted in a decisive victory of the armies of King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile against those of the Marinid sultan Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman of Morocco and the Nasrid sultan Yusuf I of Granada.</p><br>
<p>The Village Hobby Shop is a historic building in the village of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, United States. Built on Main Street  in the late 19th century, it is one of the village&#39;s oldest extant commercial buildings, and it has been named a historic site.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Mechanicsburg was settled in 1814, but it initially grew slowly; the 1830 census found just 99 people in the village. Businesses were well established on Main Street downtown by 1840, as multiple great fires afflicted the community. While some of these fires harmed the village by destroying important businesses, including a major factory on South Main, others ultimately benefited the community by destroying ramshackle buildings and forcing the construction of better structures. The Hobby Shop building was typical of the period; built in 1880, it was home to Traders Bank and to Schetters Jewelry Store at different times. Starting in 1901 and continuing into the 1910s, the building was home to John Brinnon&#39;s Meat Market. By 2010, the building had become home to a beauty parlor.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The Village Hobby Shop is a thoroughly brick building; its walls, its foundation, and its decorative elements are all brick masonry. Numerous architectural elements combine to make it a clear example of the Italianate style of architecture, including the massive arches over the large display windows, a small cornice over the entrance and windows, and the imitation arcade situated underneath the bracketed upper cornice.</p><br>
<h2>Preservation</h2><br>
<p>In 1985, the Village Hobby Shop was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying both because of its architecture and because of its place in Ohios history. It was part of a multiple property submission of approximately twenty buildings, scattered throughout the village in such a low concentration that a historic district designation was not practical. Many of the twenty buildings were residences or churches, but the Hobby Shop was one of several commercial buildings in the group, along with Hamers General Store, the Magruder Building, the 1830 Lawler&#39;s Tavern, and the four buildings of the Mechanicsburg Commercial Historic District.</p><br>
<p>St. Patrick&#39;s Catholic Church is a historic Catholic church located in Perry, Iowa, United States. The parish is part of the Diocese of Des Moines. The church building, which is built of stone in the Gothic Revival style, and the rectory were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Rev. James Brazil from St. Ambrose Church in Des Moines offered the first Mass in Perry in 1871. He and other priests celebrated Mass in the homes of Catholic people in town. Property at the corner of Third and Lucinda streets was purchased in 1874 and a small frame building was constructed for a church. At the time it was part of the Diocese of Dubuque. Father Brazil celebrated the first mass in the new church, and the Rev. Charles Toner became the parish&#39;s first pastor the same year. The parish became part of the Diocese of Davenport when it was established in 1881. As the Catholic community increased in size the church became too small. Plans were drawn up for a red brick church that was completed in 1883.</p><br>
<p>By the time the Rev. James Cleary became pastor in 1898 the second church was also becoming too crowded. The parish voted to build a third church in 1900. It was designed by Rock Island, Illinois architect George Stauduhar in the Late Gothic Revival style. The cornerstone was laid in 1901 and it was completed the following year. Its exterior walls are composed of limestone and tracery and lancet windows alternate down the nave. It has been renovated several times over its existence. The most recent renovations was undertaken from 1993 to 1999.</p><br>
<p>The E. A. and Ura Wharton House in Manhattan, Kansas was built in 1897 for Edward Augustus and Ura Burgoyne  Wharton and added to the USA National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<p>The first story of the home is built of native limestone, from a quarry owned by William and Edward Ulrich. Wharton moved to Manhattan from Pennsylvania in 1880; his wife was a native of Manhattan. He opened the New Dry Goods Store on April 1, 1887 and operated the business until he sold it in 1909. Wharton was also active in local politics. He was elected one of three trustees of Manhattan Institute on January 15, 1903 and was elected March 26, 1903 to represent Ward IV on the Manhattan City Council.</p><br>
<p>E. A. Wharton died in 1939 and Ura died in 1941. The house was willed to Uras sister, Lillian M. Greene with the stipulation that it was to be given to the Christian Scientist Church of Manhattan upon Lillians death. Lillian died in 1955 and the house was used by the Christian Scientist congregation until their own building was completed in 1956. The house was then purchased by Helen and Alex McManis in Autumn 1956; Helen McManis was listed as the owner when the NRHP request was filed in April 1995.</p><br>
<p>It has been speculated that J. D. Walters, professor of architecture at Kansas State Agricultural College was the architect, but no evidence exists to prove this speculation. His involvement with the construction of the Wharton House is inferred in a 1902 article from The Industrialist (the KSAC student newspaper), wherein he has taken his students in his class to view the "model residence of Mrs. Wharton&#39;s. The students were delighted with the perfect arrangement of modern conveniences of the beautiful home, and voted it the best arranged home they had ever seen."</p><br>
<p>Cochasquí is the "most extensive and most important complex" of Pre-Columbian and pre-Inca Empire ruins in northern Ecuador. The site lies some 30 km in straight-line distance northeast of Quito in Pedro Moncayo Canton in Pichincha Province at 3,040 m meters above sea level.</p><br>
<p>The archaeological park of Cochasqui covers 84 hectare and consists of 15 truncated pyramids and 21 burial mounds, locally called tolas. The site also has several small museums: an archaeological museum, two ethnographic museums, a botanical garden, and a museum with musical instruments and other items. The Mojanda volcano with a maximum elevation of 4,263 m looms over the site. The ruins at Cochasqui and the expansive views from the site attract both Ecuadorian and foreign tourists.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The pyramids and other features of Cochasqui were constructed between 950 CE and the Spanish conquest in the 1530s. Their construction is attributed by archaeologists to the Quitu-Cara culture of the Cara people and/or the Caranqui people. The Cara and the Caranqui may have been the same people. Prior to the Inca conquest in the late 15th century, the Andes area of northern Ecuador seems to have been divided into many chiefdoms or statelets made up of people with similar languages and cultures. The Cayambe chiefdom may have controlled the Cochasqui area when the Incas arrived.</p><br>
<p>The 15 pyramids at Cochasqui include nine with ramps and six without ramps. The largest pyramid is number nine which is 90 m north to south and 80 m east to west. It is 21 m high. The ramp leading to the pyramid is 200 m long. The primary construction material used in the pyramids is a soft volcanic stone called cangahua. Vulnerable to weathering and erosion the pyramids have survived because they were overgrown with grass.</p><br>
<p>Archaeologists have theorized that Cochasqui was a ceremonial and astronomical center, used for meteorological purposes to calculate solstices and aid in determining when crops should be planted. Leaders and elites may have lived on the flat-topped pyramids and the site may have had military and political importance. The tolas were used as burial mounds as many skeletons have been discovered there.</p><br>
<p>Archaeologists estimate that the pre-Columbian community of Cochasqui, including the intensely-cultivated farmland surrounding the pyramids and tolas, supported a population of 3,000 people.</p><br>
<h2>Importance</h2><br>
<p>The Inca assault on Cochasqui probably began at the same time of just after the Inca victory, after a long struggle, at the Pambamarca Fortress Complex, 15 km to the southeast. In the opinion of one scholar, Pambamarca fell to the Incas about 1505.</p><br>
<p>Cochasqui has acquired a symbolic importance in the history of Ecuador. A legend describes the Inca conquest of Cochasqui, including the union of Quilago (born c. 1485), the Queen of Cochasqui and the Inca Emperor, Huayna Capac. The Incas for a two year period were unable to defeat the armies of Quilago. Finally overcome, Quilago was taken captive and forced to marry Huayna Capac. In some accounts, the offspring of this union was the future emperor Atahualpa.</p><br>
<p>Quilago prepared a trap to murder Huayna Capac in her bedchamber, but was betrayed by her servants and executed. The defeat of Quilago enabled the Inca to extend their conquests to northernmost Ecuador, defeating the Caranqui in the battle of Yawarkucha.</p><br>
<p>This legend has deep roots in Ecuador. A Spanish chronicler described a performance in Quito in 1613 portraying the struggle between the Inca invader and Cochasqui and the relationship between the Inca Emperor and the warrior queen. The legend explains the national origin of Ecuador as a union between the conquering Incas and the Ecuadorian Indians who struggled against foreign domination and repression, first against the Incas and later against the Spanish. Cochasqui is an important place for ceremonies, traditional dances, shamanistic rituals, and marriages with the emphasis on getting in touch with the ancestry of the modern-day country of Ecuador.</p><br>
<p>Christina Lake, also called Christina Pit, is a wedge-shaped lake. This lake is a manmade freshwater lake just west of Lakeland Highlands, Florida. It is a mine excavation that was landscaped to become a lake. This lake has a 26.99 acre surface area. It is bounded on the east by a narrow strip of land that separates it from another converted mine pit, now called Six Pound Pond. On the north is County Road 540A, on the northeast is a business property, on the west is S. Florida Avenue  and on the south are residences on the north side of Christina Lake Drive.</p><br>
<p>There are no public boat ramps or no swimming areas on Christina Lake&#39;s shores. However, there is public access to the lake along the north and west side public road right-of-way areas, as well as along the strip of land on the east separating the lake from Six Pound Pond. The Hook and Bullet website says Christina Lake contains brook trout and lake trout.</p><br>
<p>In March of 2005 a man was found dead in Six Pound Pond. He was killed by a 9 foot 8 inch 300-pound alligator that was subsequently captured and killed.</p><br>
<p>The Stewart Free Library is a historic municipal building at the junction of Nokomis and St. Albans Roads in Corinna, Maine. Built in 1895-98, it is an imposing Victorian brick building of unusual sophistication for a small rural community. It presently houses the town&#39;s library and municipal offices. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Stewart Free Library is set on the west side of Corinna&#39;s town center, on the west side of a small green formed by the junction of Nokomis Road and St. Albans Road (Maine State Route 43). It is an imposing 2-1/2 story structure of brick with granite trim, with a four-story tower rising from the center of the front (east-facing) facade. The building is symmetrically arranged, three bays wide, with gabled dormer-like projections flanking the tower on the hip roof, and a pair of tall chimneys rising at the rear of the building. The main entrance is located at the base of the tower in a round-arch opening, with a pair of narrow sash windows at the second level. The flanking bays have groups of three sash windows, those on the first floor topped by a rounded granite lintel, those on the second by a rectangular lintel.</p><br>
<p>The building was a gift to the community by native son Levi M. Stewart, who had amassed a fortune in business in Minnesota. Stewart retained Minneapolis architect William Harrison Grimshaw to design the building, which was built by a Bangor, Maine contractor between 1895 and 1898. At its completion it was considered to be one of the finest public buildings in the state. Stewart also donated 3,000 volumes to start the library collection, and then bequeathed his personal legal and literary collection to the library, as well as a trust fund for its maintenance. The building memorializes Stewart&#39;s parents.</p><br>
<p>The Paramillo Massif  is a mountain range of the Tropical Andes System, located at the northern end of the Cordillera Occidental  range in Colombia.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Administratively, the Paramillo Massif is located in the municipalities of Ituango and Peque in Antioquia Department; and Puerto Libertador and Tierralta in Córdoba Department.</p><br>
<p>The municipalities that surround this massif are Chigorodó, Mutatá, Tarazá, Cáceres and Caucasia in Antioquia.</p><br>
<h3>Subranges</h3><br>
<p>This mountainous region gives rise to three smaller ranges that spread northward and recede into the Caribbean plain.</p><br>
<p>The Abibe Mountains (Serranía de Abibe) form a natural border between the Antioquia Department and Córdoba Department.</p><br>
<p>The San Jerónimo Mountains (Serranía de San Jerónimo) separates the watersheds of the San Jorge River and Sinú River.</p><br>
<p>The Ayapel Mountains (Serranía de Ayapel) divides the watersheds of the San Jorge and Cauca Rivers, as well as forming a natural border between Antioquia and Córdoba Departments.</p><br>
<h3>Paramillo Natural National Park</h3><br>
<p>Most of the area is within the Paramillo Natural National Park, which extends from the massif into the lowlands of the Caribbean Plain. The ecosystems found within the massif are characteristic of the Tropical Andes which include páramo and mountain forests.</p><br>
<p>It is one of two regions where the bird Paramillo tapaculo (Scytalopus canus), an endangered species, is found.</p><br>
<p>One of the massif&#39;s highland mammal species is the vulnerable.</p><br>
<p>Damodar Kund  is one of the sacred lakes as per Hindu beliefs, which is located at the foothills of Girnar hills, near Junagadh in Gujarat, India.</p><br>
<p>It is considered holy, as per Hindu mythology and many Hindus prefer to bathe and immerse the ashes and the bones left after cremation of dead bodies, here at Damodar Kund due to a belief that the departed souls would get moksha here. It may be mentioned here other such famous places for immersion of ashes and bones ( Hindu rite of asthi-visarjana ) are in Ganga at Haridwar and Triveni Sangam at Prayag.</p><br>
<p>The water of the lake has properties of dissolving the bones. The lake is 257 ft long and 50 ft broad and only 5 feet deep. It is surrounded by a well built ghat. The steps for going up the Girnar hills start near Damodar Kund.</p><br>
<p>At the foothills of Ashwatthama Hill in Girnar mountain range base, southerly to Damodara Kund is the Damodar Hari Temple. The idols here are supposed to have been installed by Vajranabha, the grandson of Lord Shri Krishna, the one who also is credited with Dwarkadhish Temple and many other. Historically, these temples are supposed to have been built or renovated by a Suryavanshi ruler named Chandraketpur, who is also accredited to have built the temples of Shiva at Bhavnath, a testament to his tolerance for all belief systems. The place underwent renovation during the regime of King Skand Gupta of Gupta dynasty in the year 462 AD. Lord Damodar here is considered by vaishnavaits as Adhipati of Girnar Kshetra.</p><br>
<p>Covering an area of 32 acres, the temple is constructed using pink sand stone and consists of an inner Nij Mandir and an outer Solaha Mandapa, each topped with a Shikar, supported by an array of around 84 exquisitely carved pillars. Nij mandirs shikhar is 65 feet tall and the sabhha Mandaps shikhar is 30 feet tall. The statue of Damodarji is found in the form of Chaturbhuj, each arm holding a conch, discus, mace and lotus, along with Sri Radha Rani. Both the idols are sculpted from black stone and are heavily decorated with gold and silk. There are other sub shrines dedicated to Lord Balarama, Sri Revati and Lord Ganesha. There are several other ancient temples nearby with on and outside temple complex.</p><br>
<p>Devotees are seen taking a holy dip in the sacred bathing tank, Damodar Kund, before offering prayers at the temple.</p><br>
<p>The sewa of Shri Damodarji is being performed here in the Samprant-Yug by Vaishnav tradition. Shri Damodarji is the Ishtdev of the Giri Narayan Brahmin community and several other local communities. As per the traditional belief, Giri Narayan community is living here since around 12000 years ago.</p><br>
<p>The Damodar Kund is closely attached to the life of Narsinh Mehta, the famous 15th century Gujarati poet and devotee of Krishna, who used to come to bathe at Damodar Kund and is said to have written many of his prabhatiyas (morning prayers), in the natural surrounding here at the Damodar lake, at picturesque foothills of Girnar.</p><br>
<p>Narsinh Mehta in one of his verses mentions this fact as quoting self as under :-</p><br>
<p>Close to Damodara Kund, on the westerly to the Damodarji temple is Revati Kund. The kund is 52 ft long, 52 feet broad and 37 feet deep. Because of the depth dip here is not safe for all. Revati, who was the daughter of King Raiwat, took form from the fires of pruthesthi yagna. It is said that Raivata Kakudmin or simply Kakudmi left Dwarka and moved to Girnar Hill after Revati was married to Lord Balarama. Hence, mount Girnar was also known as Raivatachal, Raivatgiri, Revatak Parvat or simply Raivata. And Junagadh was also referred to similarly. Baithakji of MahaPrabhuji is located close to Revati Kund. The founder of Pushti Sampradaya Shrimad Vallabhacharayaji (MahaPrabhuji) once visited Damodar pilgrim, where he remitted the shrimad Bhagwat. This is 64th seat of Shri Mahaprabhuji. Close to Revati kund is another mythological place, cave of Muchukunda. The cave has a temple of Lord Krishna, and a Shiv Linga established either by Lord Krishna himself or by Muchkundh. This is the place where Kalayavan, the great Yavana or Greek warrior king, who was chasing Lord Krishna was killed by Muchukunda&#39;s gaze in the Indian epic Mahābhārata.</p><br>
<p>There is another holy lake, Mrigi Kund located nearby in Bhavnath temple premises. Hindus prefer to bathe in all these lakes to get rid of their sins.</p><br>
<p>Damodar Kund is one of the monuments protected by the state government of Gujarat. It is a temporary check-dam reservoir, which are being made and shifted regularly, in order to maintain water levels throughout the year at Damodar Kund. There are changing rooms, public toilet and other basic amenities provided by government, who have built permanent structure at Damodar Kund for facility of pilgrims.</p><br>
<p>The Cave Temples of Mahabalipuram are located on the hillock of town, overlooking the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal in Kanchipuram District in Tamil Nadu, India. They are cut and decorated with panels in the Mamalla style of the Pallava period in the 7th century. They are differentiated from the Adiranchanda cave temples which are dated to the Mahendraverman period of the 8th century. Remnants seen in the caves also indicate that they were plastered and painted when built. One of the most impressive sculpture panels, bas-reliefs, carved on the walls in the caves is that of the goddess Durga  who killed Mahishasura the buffalo-headed demon which has a natural beauty with elegance of sense of movement, and this bas-relief panel in the Mahsisuramardhini Cave Temple is considered a masterpiece of Indian art. Many of the caves of the Pallava period have remained incomplete. The procedure in creating these caves involved creation of a smooth rock face, then cutting columns through the polished rock faces of required size and then carving bas-reliefs on the walls of the cave. Some of the cave temples are covered by the UNESCO inscription while others are not, such as the Koneri Mantapa, the Yali Mantapa, and the Kotikaal Mantapa. All caves here with simple plan and elegant architectural style, and have no deities deified in the sanctum sanctorum. It is one of the Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram that were designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1984 under the heading mantapas.</p><br>
<p>There are many rock-cut monuments in Mahabalipuram. UNESCO uses the term of "cut-ins" to refer to the rock-cut caves which are used as temples (locally, "mandapas" or "mantapas"). They use the term "cut-outs" for the granite-cut monoliths which are not used as temples (locally, "rathas").</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The cave temples of Mahabalipuram are located on the hills of Mahabalipuram town, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal of the Indian Ocean. Now in the Kanchipuram district, they are approximately 58 km from Chennai city (previously, Madras) and about 20 miles from Chingelpet.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The caves reflect a transitional style architecture evolved during the rule of kings Mahendra Varman I and Rajasimha or Narasimhavarman I known as Mamalla and this style was continued by his son Parameshvaravarman I. Historical research has also confirmed that Mahabalipuram town came to be established only after it was named after Mamalla and the caves and rathas are dated to his period during the year 650 AD. That Mahabalipuram was a busy port and prosperous during Mamalla&#39;s rule is attested by the fact that Xuanzang, the Chinese traveller stayed here in 642 AD as a guest of the court recording the greatness of the town and its king. Thirumangai Alvar, a vaishnava saint of Tamil Nadu has also recorded glowingly about the town’s richness as seen from the loaded ships exporting goods. The caves excavated during this period though similar to the earlier caves but were more sophisticated in their decorations. The Varaha Cave temple or Mandapa has fluted columns separating the openings. Certain Greco-Roman architectural styles could also be discerned and the sitting statues are said to have likeness to the sitting styles seen in European architecture, as against the Indian cross legged style. The style thus created at Mahabalipuram became a forerunner for Dravidian style of architecture. The Pallavas were great patrons of art.</p><br>
<h2>Layout</h2><br>
<p>Cave temples, monolithic temples and structural temples of Pallava sculpture are different. Compared to the Ajanta Caves, they are of smaller dimensions and have simple plans. The columns are slender, columns are multifaceted and sometimes fluted or round with cushion-shaped capitals and seated lions at the base. Adivaraha cave is preceded by a tank. A distinctive feature of the Pallava style is that the frontage of the caves have, without exception, finely carved columns mounted on lions in a sitting posture.</p><br>
<h2>Features</h2><br>
<p>They have distinctive styles which do not compare with the Gupta period sculptures of North India. In these caves, the carvings of the faces of the human figures are oval shaped with high cheekbones. The body looks slim with tapering limbs. They have several striking mythological scenes carved in relief. Vishnu rescuing the earth, Vishnu taking three strides, and Gaja Laksmi and Durga are all in the Adi-Varaha Cave. Mahishasura Mardhini is in Durga Cave. Krishna lifting mountain is seen in the Pancha-Panadava cave. The relief carving in the Pallava caves is generally shallower than the Deccan caves. The main figures are slender, delicate and elegant. Their hair dresses and crowns are simple and they show no jewellery. Another particular feature noted in the caves is that the lingas are individual carvings and in prismatic shape. However, the drainage as normally provided in the form of pranala or water chute with the linga to drain the abhisheka (Hindu ritual) offering water is not provided in the caves.</p><br>
<h2>Landmarks</h2><br>
<h3>Krishna</h3><br>
<p>The Krishna Cave Temple is dated to mid-7th century. Its excavated entry is seen with columns leading to a hall. A notable carving inside the cave is a sculpted panel which brings out the myth of Krishna lifting the Govaradhan hill to protect the cow herds and gopis (milk maids) from heavy rains and floods, and also scenes of Krishna frolicking with the milk maids.</p><br>
<h3>Mahishasuramardini</h3><br>
<p>The Mahishasuramardini Cave Temple is close to the lighthouse on the top of the hill. It has two carved frescoes of Durga, the mother goddess at both ends of the long hall of the cave. She is shown seated on lion her mount or vehicle with all her weapons. The depiction also features her posture of slaying the buffalo headed Mahishasura. At the other end of the hall, opposite to the Durga panel, the scene carved is of Vishnu in a reclining posture on the bed of Ananta multi-hooded serpent. He is surrounded by the divine beings of heaven appealing him to continue with the creation of the universe. There is also a third chamber which shows a carved fresco of Vishnu.</p><br>
<h3>Varaha</h3><br>
<p>The Varaha Cave Temple (also known as Adivaraha) is dated to the 7th century. The most prominent sculpture is that of Vishnu in the incarnation form of a boar lifting mother earth from the sea. Also carved are many mythical figures.</p><br>
<h3>Trimurti</h3><br>
<p>The Trimurti Cave Temple is dated to the early 8th century. It has separate sections in a sequenced dedicated to each of the Hindu trinity gods of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva or Maheshwara. The three shrines are cut out from the rock-face. Each shrine is flanked by pilasters with guardian figures. On the rear wall of the cave, individual carvings of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva attended by devotees are carved.</p><br>
<h3>Kotikal</h3><br>
<p>The Kotikal Cave Temple is dedicated to goddess Durga.</p><br>
<h3>Tiger</h3><br>
<p>The Tiger Cave Temple (also known as Yali) is dated to the early 8th century. It is a shallow cave but is unusual and unique when compared to the other caves here. The entrance to the cave faces south-east. It is close to the Atiranachanda Mandapa and located at Saluvankuppam village, 4 km to the north of Mamallapuram. This is a refined cave which is carved about 6 ft above the ground level and has a pavilion which is closed on three sides. The front cavern is 6 ft in height and has a width of 4 ft. Approach to the cavity is over a series of steps, and the protection parapets on either side of the staircase are decorated with lions. The two niches on either side of central cavity do not have any carvings. It has been carved out of a boulder with a portico which has sculpted garland of eleven yali heads, mythical animals in the shape of tigers. The main carving here is that of Durga riding a tiger. It is also inferred that this cave may have been used for holding open-air shows or as utsava mantapa (festival pavilion) for the festival of Indra. The lion pilasters carved at the corners of this cavity also show a female riding a ferocious looking lion, which is reported as the first of its kind in Mahabalipuram caves, and hence credited to the Pallava King Rajasimha; there is also a carving of its creator Rajasimha.</p><br>
<h3>Atiranachanda</h3><br>
<p>The Atiranachanda Cave Temple is east facing. It is situated at Saluvankuppam village, about 4 km away on the Mahabalipuram – Chennai road. Its layout is 28 ftt in length and 6 ft in width on plan, with a height of 6.5 ft. The façade carved on the rock face has two pillars and two pilasters, typical of Mahendravarman style, with an octagonal shaft with square base at the top and the bottom. The corbels of the pillars are curved and of roll-moldings. Horizontal friezes in the form of mini shrines are also carved above the corbels, though incomplete. There are three chambers in the cavern with the central chamber being a square of 3.5 ft, whereas the other cells are integral to the wall.</p><br>
<h3>Panchapandava</h3><br>
<p>The Panchapandava Cave Temple is near the open air bas-relief of Arjuna’s Penance. The cave entrance is east facing and is the largest cavern at 50 ft length. The cave is unfinished. The length of the opening is indicative of creating a circumambulatory passage within the cave to go round the main shrine. At present only a small chamber has been carved at the ceenter and has remained attached to the main rock. At the entrance, the curved cornice has a series of shrines with the four central shrines projecting out. The vaulted roofs of the shrines are carved with horse-shoe (kudu) shaped windows and each houses another smaller shrine. The niche below the kudu has a carved deity. Ferocious looking lions are also carved. From the architectural features carved here it is conjectured that this style could be assigned to Narasimhavarman I Mamalla period extending to Narasimhavarman II Rajasimha period.</p><br>
<p>The John H. Clark House is a historic residence in the village of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, United States. Built during Mechanicsburg&#39;s most prosperous period, it was the home of a prominent local doctor, and it has been named a historic site because of its historic architecture.</p><br>
<h2>Clark biography</h2><br>
<p>John H. Clark was born in 1829 in Union Township, the scion of one of Champaign Countys oldest families, and after studying at the Starling Medical College, he began practicing in the nearby village of Mutual in 1853. Although he moved to Decatur, Illinois in 1859, he returned to Champaign County two years later, and from then until his 1901 death was a prominent Mechanicsburg resident, except for his membership on the United States Sanitary Commission during part of the American Civil War and his superintendency over Ohios insane asylum at Dayton from 1874 to 1876. While resident in Mechanicsburg, he was a member of the Champaign County and Ohio State Medical Societies, as well as the American Medical Association, and published multiple articles in medical journals. In 1852, he married the former Elenor Williams, who bore him one son; their marriage lasted until Johns death in 1901. He was affiliated with the Democratic Party, Mechanicsburgs Episcopal church, and the village&#39;s Masonic lodge.</p><br>
<p>Professionally, Clark was active primarily as a physician and as a financier. In 1887, he entered into partnership with a neighbor, Dr. Oram Nincehelser, but they parted ways in 1893. For much of his career, he maintained his office in the historic Lawler&#39;s Tavern. He was also a president of the Farmers Bank of Mechanicsburg.</p><br>
<h2>House</h2><br>
<p>Clark had his house built in 1875; the names of the builder and designer have not been preserved. Constructed in the Italianate style, it was built during the village&#39;s postwar boom; the population nearly doubled between the 1870 and 1890 censuses. It is a well-preserved example of the high style of the day, due to common architectural elements such as a cornice with pairs of brackets, arched windows with hood molds, and an ornamental frieze. Its floor plan takes the shape of the letter "L", although it has been modified by the addition of a side porch with miniature Ionic columns. A small wooden garage is located on the rear of the property.</p><br>
<p>The Clark House sits on the southeastern edge of the Main Street residential neighborhood; other upscale residences, such as the Demand-Gest, Jeff Kimball, and Oram Nincehelser Houses occupy nearby lots to the northwest, while immediately to the southeast can be found commercial buildings such as Lawler&#39;s Tavern and the Village Hobby Shop.</p><br>
<h2>Preservation</h2><br>
<p>The Clark House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It was part of a multiple property submission of approximately twenty buildings, scattered throughout the village in such a low concentration that a historic district designation was not practical. Many of the other buildings were houses, including several other prominent residences on North Main, although the submission also included nearby commercial buildings such as Lawlers Tavern and religious structures such as the United Methodist Church on Main at Race Street. The Clark House qualified both because of its historically significant architecture and the place that it had played in Ohios history.</p><br>
<p>The Lowry House is a historic home in Huntsville, Alabama. It was built circa 1850 by John Tate Lowry, a merchant with the firm of Lowry, Hamilton and Company. Elements of an earlier Lowry family log house, built circa 1809, that stood on the site were incorporated into the new construction.</p><br>
<p>Restoration of the Lowry House began in 1998 with assistance from Harvie P. Jones, a preservation architect. It took a total of four years. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service on October 29, 2001. It was subsequently listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on November 26, 2012.</p><br>
<h2>Supporting education</h2><br>
<p>Today, the Historic Lowry House is open and available to the public and can be rented for private functions. The manicured grounds have been awarded the citys Beautification Award for five consecutive years. This historic home is filled with artifacts and information related to Huntsvilles history.</p><br>
<p>The house hosts field trips for grade school students in the surrounding communities. Field trips are offered through Earthscope, a local organization that provides hands-on, experimental, and activity-based educational experiences for elementary school children. These lessons teach students about the influence of "King Cotton" from planting to how the crop is used in everyday life.</p><br>
<p>El Ikhwa Islands , commonly known as Brothers Islands, are two small Red Sea islands in the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>They are situated 67 km from El Qoseir on the mainland.</p><br>
<p>The most prominent feature of the islands is the Brothers Islands Lighthouse built by the British in 1883.</p><br>
<p>Small Brother lies 1 km south from the Big Brother.</p><br>
<h2>Underwater diving</h2><br>
<p>The islands are a dive site featuring corals and two wrecks: Numidia and Aida. The islands are also famed for encounters with Oceanic Whitetip and Hammerhead Sharks. However, they are only suitable for very experienced divers due to the islands&#39; isolated position, the challenging dive conditions, and very strong currents.</p><br>
<p>During high season there are many dive safari boats around both islands.</p><br>
<p>In 2012, CNN ranked Big Brother ninth in a list of the world&#39;s 50 best dive sites, and second in the Red Sea.</p><br>
<p>The Lipsett Hardware Building, currently the Pickford Area Historical Society Museum, is a commercial building located at 175 Main Street in Pickford, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The first resident in the Pickford area was Charles W. Pickford, who established a farm on the site of the village in 1877. His brother Thomas founded the first store in the area in 1880, and the population grew to over 100 during the next decade, to a peak of 500 people in 1903. However, it was only in 1899 that the village of Pickford was formally platted, and the small downtown gained a number of commercial buildings during the first decade of the 1900s.</p><br>
<p>James L. Lipsitt arrived in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan from Ontario in 1875. He worked as a blacksmith for a number of years, but also ran a livery stable, a farm machinery business, and a contracting business (with which he built a number of buildings at Fort Brady). He was also president of a local bank, and served as the mayor of Sault Ste. Marie.</p><br>
<p>Lipsett opened a branch of his farm implement and hardware business in Pickford at some point in the early 1900s, and by 1911 was making plans to construct a new building to house it. He hired John B. Irwin of Sault Ste. Marie to construct the new building, and it was completed in August 1912.</p><br>
<p>James Lipsitt&#39;s son Verne L. Lipsitt managed the hardware store, and also ran a Ford dealership in the building from 1912 until 1917, when a separate building was constructed for the dealership. In 1991, Waybrant sold the building, and it remained vacant for a decade.</p><br>
<p>In 2001, the Pickford Area Historical Society bought the building. Major restoration was carried out over the next few years, culminating with the installation of a replica cornice in 2011. The Society moved into the building in 2006. As of 2013, the Pickford Area Historical Society still occupies the building.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Lipsett Hardware Store is a two-story brick building with a flat timber roof, sitting on a concrete foundation measuring 40 ft by 100 ft. The grade slopes downward to the rear, so that an entrance directly into the basement level is cut into the rear face of the building. Small arch-topped basement windows along the top of the foundation line the rear and side walls. No other windows line the side, but the rear contains four single windows on the first floor and three pairs on the second.</p><br>
<p>The front facade is symmetrical, featuring a slant-sided recessed entryway with the door at grade level. The entryway is flanked by heavy piers, with large glass store windows to each side and three paired windows on the second floor. A brick beltcourse runs above the entrance and serves as the sills for the upper-story windows. A metal cornice runs across the top. The present facade dates from 2004-2005, when extensive restoration work was done to restore the building to its original appearance.</p><br>
<p>Inside, the first floor is one large space, and the ceiling is finished with an elaborate pressed tin ceiling original to the building. The tin has a slight cove around the edges and central support beam. A staircase in the rear provides access to the second floor. The second floor is a single space, all unfinished, which provides a view of the timber roof above.</p><br>
<p>The Lavanttal Alps  are part of the Central Eastern Alps in Austria and Slovenia, between the river Mur in the north and the Drava in the south.</p><br>
<p>The mountains are named after the central valley of Lavanttal and the Lavant River which runs in their midst. Historically they were also viewed, along with the neighbouring Gurktal Alps range, as part of the larger "Noric Alps", but that grouping had no geological basis.</p><br>
<h2>Subdivision</h2><br>
<p>The main ranges of the Lavanttal Alps are:</p><br>
<p>Seetal Alps, stretching along the Mur River from Scheifling to Zeltweg in Styria, including the highest peak, Mt. Zirbitzkogel, 2,396 m</p><br>
<p>Saualpe, the lower westernmost range in Carinthia, between Klippitztörl Pass in the north and the Drava in the south</p><br>
<p>Packalpe and Stubalpe, stretching from Obdach Saddle in the west and Gaberl Pass in the north to the Packsattel in the south, including Mt. Ameringkogel, 2,187 m</p><br>
<p>Koralpe, the southern continuation along the Styrian-Carinthian border</p><br>
<p>The Kozjak Mountains (also Possruck Mountains), along the border of Austria with Slovenia, from Radl Pass in the west down to the Slovene Hills and the Drava River.</p><br>
<p>Gleinalpe, stretching from the Mur near Zeltweg in the northeast and Gaberl Pass in the southwest down to the Graz Basin, crossed by the Gleinalm Tunnel.</p><br>
<p>The Schneebiger Nock , in old literature also called the Ruthnerhorn, is 3,358 metres high and, after the Hochgall, the second highest mountain of the Rieserferner Group, a range in the western part of the High Tauern. The mountain rises in the Italian province of South Tyrol in the Rieserferner-Ahrn Nature Park . It was first climbed on 6 October 1866 by Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria, Count Heinrich Wurmbrand, and mountain guides, Georg Auer, Johann Oberarzbacher from Rein in Taufers and Georg Weiss, an innkeeper from St. Johann im Reintal. Today the Schneebige Nock may be reached from the Kasseler Hut  to the northeast or from the Rieserferner Hut to the south. Thanks to its prominent pyramidal shape and its distinct arêtes it is a frequently visited viewing summit.</p><br>
<h2>Literature and maps</h2><br>
<p>Helmut Dumler: Gebietsführer Südtirol 3, Bergverlag Rudolf Rother, Munich, 1987,</p><br>
<p>Johann Daimer und Reinhold Seyerlen in einem Beitrag der Zeitschrift des Deutschen und Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins, Band XI, Munich, 1880</p><br>
<p>Jahrbuch des Oesterreichischen Alpenvereins, Band III, 1867, Vienna, 1867</p><br>
<p>Carl Diener in Eduard Richter (ed.): Die Erschließung der Ostalpen, III. Band, Berlin, 1894</p><br>
<p>Raimund von Klebelsberg: Geologie von Tirol, Gebr. Borntraeger, Berlin, 1935</p><br>
<p>Casa Editrice Tabacco, Tavagnacco, walking map 1:25,000 series, Sheet 035, Valle Aurina/Ahrntal, Vedrette di Ries/Rieserferner-Gruppe</p><br>
<p>The Jeremiah Platt House in Manhattan, Kansas was built in 1871 and added to the USA National Register of Historic Places in 1981.</p><br>
<p>Jeremiah Everts Platt (1833-1899), a Connecticut native, was an early professor at Kansas State Agricultural College, employed at the college in 1864. Platt served as the first head of the preparatory department and professor of vocal music; he later taught mathematics and English. Although conferred with an honorary A.M. in 1872 by the college&#39;s board of regents, his outspoken support for prohibition led the regents to demand his resignation in 1889.</p><br>
<p>Ordained as a minister in the Congregational Church in 1888, Platt left KSAC in 1889 and traveled throughout Kansas establishing Sunday schools. He and his wife subsequently continued this work in Oklahoma, where he is credited with establishing 150 Sunday schools.</p><br>
<p>Platt purchased ten acres land in Manhattan in September 1867. The Manhattan Nationalist reported on October 13, 1871 that "Prof. Platt&#39;s new house is just enclosed and will be finished by the end of the term. It is of brick, two stories, with light limestone trimmings and is built in the best manner."</p><br>
<p>The house remained Platts property while he lived in Oklahoma, 1893-1899, but was rented out. Platt died in 1899 and the house passed to his widow Jennie, who returned to Manhattan and resided at the house until 1904 when she sold it to Anna Neider for $3,000. Neider sold the property in 1917 and it was subsequently transferred by sale five times before being purchased by Roy T. and Alice Hulshizer in 1925. The Hulshizers ran a tea room in the house for three years before selling it in 1928 to Andrew Ekdahl. The house remained in the Ekdahl family until 1965 when it was transferred to the Board of Riley County Commissioners. From 1965 through 1980, the house was used as dispatch headquarters for the county&#39;s ambulance service.</p><br>
<p>In 1980, the Board of Riley County Commissioners transferred the property to the Riley County Genealogical Society, which has continuously maintained its headquarters and library there following minor renovations to the interior and exterior of the building.</p><br>
<p>What is most unusual about the house is the use of brick in its construction, instead of limestone and wood as most houses in Manhattan were built during this time. Platts brother-in-law, William Harrison Smith, was a builder who also owned a brickyard in nearby Junction City. Although no evidence remains to definitively prove that Smith assisted in any way with the construction of Platts house, the circumstantial evidence is strong.</p><br>
<p>The Congregational Church of Blair at 16th and Colfax Sts. in Blair, Nebraska is a Carpenter Gothic church that has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1979.</p><br>
<p>The church was founded in 1870. The building was constructed in 1874 by local builder George Sutherland, according to a design by Omaha architect Charles F. Driscoll whose plans won out over architect A. Roberts, each of whom received $25 for their submissions. Carpenter Gothic style is rare in the state, and this is believed to be the only non-Episcopalian church example. (Architect Richard Upjohn popularized the style for rural Episcopalian churches.) It was renovated and extended in 1884, 1908, and 1957.</p><br>
<p>Driscoll also designed the NRHP-listed Ideal Steam Laundry, in Fremont, Nebraska.</p><br>
<p>The Chelsea Commercial Historic District is a historic district located along both sides of Main Street from Orchard to North Street in Chelsea, Michigan; the district also includes the adjacent 100 blocks of Jackson, East Middle, and West Middle Streets, as well as structures on Park, East, and Orchard Streets. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The land where the village of Chelsea now sits was first settled in the 1830s by brothers Elisha and James Congdon. A series of freight stations was built on the site, and the resulting freight business through the town spurred the growth of Chelsea in the mid-1800s. Additional schools, churches, and businesses were built in the area around the depot in the 1850s and 1860s. As the village grew, a thriving commercial district sprang up south of the railroad tracks. The early buildings were wooden, but after a series of disastrous fires in the 1870s, the current brick structures were built.</p><br>
<h2>Historical district description</h2><br>
<p>The Chelsea Commercial Historic District begins on the north side of Main Street at the Michigan Central Railroad tracks and the Glazier Stoveworks, and continues southward. to include the bulk of the historic downtown area of the village. The district is primarily commercial in nature, but also includes public and religious buildings and a few private homes.</p><br>
<h2>Significant structures</h2><br>
<p>The Chelsea Commercial Historic District contains 61 contributing structures on or near Main Street. It significantly includes the Longworth Complex, a commercial building housing the Chelsea House Livery Stable, the Daniels Showroom, and the Mack Building. The district also includes the Glazier Stove Works, the McKune Memorial Library, a structure that formerly served as the post office, the Rockwell Building on East Street, the First United Methodist Church on Park Street, and several other churches.</p><br>
<h3>Glazier Stove Company Warehouse and Clocktower Building</h3><br>
<p>The Glazier Stove Company Warehouse and Clocktower Building is an industrial building located at 310 N. Main Street. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1997.</p><br>
<p>The Warehouse is a three-story rectangular Jacobethan Revival structure built of dark red brick. is one of the most visible landmarks in the city.</p><br>
<p>The Glazier Stove Company was owned by Frank Porter Glazier, who guided the company to become a large and profitable firm in the construction of stoves.</p><br>
<p>As of 2013, it was part of the "Chelsea Clocktower" mixed-use redevelopment of retail and office space.</p><br>
<h3>Welfare Building</h3><br>
<p>The Welfare Building is a recreational building located at 130 N. Main Street. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1979.</p><br>
<p>The Welfare Building is a Postmedieval English style building built of brick. It was originally constructed to hold a swimming pool, a billiard hall, a basketball court, a theater and a reading room.</p><br>
<p>The Welfare building was constructed in 1906 by Frank P. Glazier as a recreation facility for his workers. He hired Ionia, Michigan architect Caire Allen to design this building. The company went bankrupt the next year, and the building was sold to the Lewis Spring & Axle Company, manufacturer of the Hollier Eight automobile. In 1960, the local newspaper, the Chelsea Standard, moved in.</p><br>
<h3>Rockwell Building</h3><br>
<p>The Rockwell Building is a commercial building located at 310 East Street. As of 2013, it was part of the "Chelsea Clocktower" mixed-use redevelopment of retail and office space.</p><br>
<h3>Michigan Central Railroad Chelsea Depot</h3><br>
<p>The Michigan Central Railroad Chelsea Depot is a railroad depot located at 150 Jackson Street. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1986 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.</p><br>
<p>It is a single story Stick style Late Victorian design, with multiple gables and gingerbread decoration. Most of the structure is covered with horizontal clapboard, but the gable ends are covered with vertical board and batten. A brick patio surrounds the building. With the exception of some changes to the chimney structure and missing roof crests and finial, the depot&#39;s exterior looks exactly like it did when constructed.</p><br>
<p>The station was built in 1880, when the railroad decided to establish passenger service in Chelsea. In 1985, a group of Chelsea citizens formed the Chelsea Depot Association and purchased the depot to prevent the deterioration of the structure. They began restoration efforts in 1986, and the depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The building has since been used as a rental space for community and private functions, and the Chelsea Depot Association continues to maintain it.</p><br>
<h3>Longworth Complex</h3><br>
<p>The Longworth Complex is a complex of three connected commercial building located at the corner of Main and Jackson Streets. The complex is composed of three separate buildings: the Chelsea House Livery Stable, the Daniels Showroom, and the Mack Building.</p><br>
<p>The Chelsea House Livery Stable is a two-story structure located at 110 Jackson Street. It was built from concrete blocks cast on-site, and contains 10,200 ft&sup2; of space. It was later converted into a shop for the next-door auto dealership, housed in the Mack Building/Daniels Showroom. The building was vacant for years; in 2008 the Chelsea Downtown Development Authority purchased it and proposed demolition.</p><br>
<p>The Art Moderne Daniels Showroom was a single-story, 760 ft&sup2; structure located at 118 N. Main Street. With large glass panes facing the street, it was used as an auto showroom. The building was vacant for years; in 2008 the Chelsea Downtown Development Authority purchased it and proposed its demolition. It was demolished in October 2012.</p><br>
<p>The Mack Building is a two-story, 7,600 ft&sup2; structure located at 102 Jackson Street. It was built in 1901. After demolition of the attached Daniels Showroom in 2012, it was planned to restore the facade of the Mack Building to its historic character.</p><br>
<h3>George W. Palmer House</h3><br>
<p>The George W. Palmer House, also known as the Chelsea Private Hospital, is a single-family house located at 138 E. Middle Street. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.</p><br>
<p>The two-story brick-clad structure is an exceptional example of a brick Queen Anne single-family home. The L-shaped house is topped with a hip roof with cross gables and a large gabled hood over the front facade. The brickwork contains areas of offset and soldiered bricks, as well as stone window detailing and quoins, making interesting variation in color and texture.</p><br>
<p>The house was constructed in 1888 for physician George W. Palmer. In 1905, Daniel Charles McLaren, a prominent local businessman and village president, bought the house. In 1936, a small private hospital, known as Chelsea Private Hospital, moved into the building. After the hospital closed in 1942, the house served as a rooming house for women working in local defense industries. It then operated for years as an apartment house with a first-floor chiropractic clinic. It was purchased in 1991 by John L. and Jacquelyn Frank, who restored the structure as a single-family home.</p><br>
<h3>First Congregational Church of Chelsea</h3><br>
<p>The First Congregational Church is a church building located at 121 Middle Street. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1995.</p><br>
<p>It is a well-preserved example of a Romanesque/Italian structure designed by Sidney J. Osgood. It is a red brick structure trimmed with stone, sitting on a fieldstone foundation. It has a gable-roof auditorium with attached hip roof fellow ship hall ad office sections.</p><br>
<p>The First Congregational Church of Chelsea was first organized in 1849. The congregation constructed a church on this site in 1849, which was used until 1894 when it was destroyed by fire. The present structure, designed by Grand Rapids architect Sidney J. Osgood, was constructed to replace it. The building was dedicated in 1895.</p><br>
<h3>George P. Glazier Memorial Building</h3><br>
<p>The George P. Glazier Memorial Building is a commercial building located at 122 S. Main Street. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1986.</p><br>
<p>The Glazier Memorial Building is a two-story trapezoidal French Renaissance structure, built from rockfaced fieldstone trimmed with limestone. It has a truncated hip roof covered with red terra cotta tile. Large piers with Ionic capitals line the principal facade, and a small portico supported with matching Ionic columns covers the main entrance. The facade is capped with an entablature containing large modillions and a cornice above.</p><br>
<p>The Glazier Memorial Building was constructed in 1901-1902 by Frank P. Glazier to honor his father, George P. Glazier</p><br>
<h3>Post office</h3><br>
<p>The former post office building is located at the corner of Main and South Streets. The post office opened in the late 1930s. It moved to a new location later, and as of 2012 a restaurant was planned for the building.</p><br>
<h3>First United Methodist Church</h3><br>
<p>The First United Methodist Church is a religious building located at 128 Park Street. It is a stone structure.</p><br>
<p>The Methodist congregation in Chelsea was established in 1853, and by 1859, a wooden church had been built at the site of the current structure. The wooden church was used until 1899, when it burned. The current church was built in 13 months at a cost of $6000, and dedicated in February 1900. The congregation grew through the next century, and wings were added to the building in 1963 and 1996. The building continues to be used by the church.</p><br>
<h3>McKune Memorial Library</h3><br>
<p>The McKune Memorial Library, also known as the McKune House, is a public building located at 221 Shouth Main Street.</p><br>
<p>Elisha Congdon was one of Chelseas first residents, arriving in 1832. He built a log house on this spot at that time; the log house burned down in 1849, and Congdon replaced it with a frame structure. In 1860, he moved the frame house and built this brick structure in its place. Congdon lived in the house until he died in 1867. In 1870, businessman Timothy McKune purchased the house and converted it into a hotel called the "McKune House Hotel." McKunes son Edward took over the property in 1909, but as the 20th century progressed, the hotel saw less business, and turned into more of a rooming house.</p><br>
<p>In the 1940s, the Friends of the Chelsea Library was organized, and they began looking for a suitable home for the library. In 2004, the original building was again renovated, and another wing was constructed.</p><br>
<p>American Grain Complex, also known as "The American," Russell-Miller Milling Co. Elevator, and Peavey Co. Elevator, is a historic grain elevator and flour milling complex located in South Buffalo, Buffalo, Erie County, New York. The complex consists of three contributing buildings and two contributing structures. They are the Elevator Building , Flour Building , office building , Moveable Marine Tower, and railroad tracks. The Elevator Building consists of the mainhouse, workhouse, and fixed marine tower, all built in 1905-1906, and an annex constructed in 1931. The complex was last owned by ConAgra Foods, who closed the elevator and mill in June 2001.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.</p><br>
<p>San Sevaine Flats is a small area of flatland east of Cucamonga Peak in the San Gabriel Mountains in San Bernardino County, California. The area is in the Cucamonga Wilderness in the San Bernardino National Forest, 1.24 miles south of Bonita Falls on South Fork Lytle Creek and north of Rancho Cucamonga, California. It has an elevation of 1,690 meters, or 5,545 feet.</p><br>
<p>Before the flat acquired its current name it was the hideout of the outlaw Tom McCauley better known as James or Jim Henry of the Mason Henry Gang. When the American Civil War ended in April with Lee&#39;s surrender at Appomattox the gang with a price on their heads, came under pressure from the Union Army and law enforcement officials in Central California. They moved into pro secessionist Southern California and split up. Henry with part of the gang moved into the eastern San Gabriel Mountains at San Sevaine Flats from which they began rustling, committing robbery and murder as they did. Henry was killed by a posse led by San Bernardino County Sheriff Benjamin Franklin Mathews on September 14, 1865, at San Jacinto Canyon in what is now Riverside County, California.</p><br>
<p>The flat was named (but misspelled) for Pierre Sainsevain, who with his brother bought part of Rancho Cucamonga in 1865 and set out a large vineyard. He moved to Cucamonga in 1870 and ran the vineyard and winery with Joseph S. Garcia. In 1874 the Sainsevain brothers purchased land in Hawker Canyon four miles east of Etiwanda and built a large stone house and a reservoir there.</p><br>
<p>Welsh Congregational United Church of Christ, formerly known as First Welsh Congregational Church, is located in a rural area southwest of Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The first sermon associated with the church was in the home of John Griffith in September 1845, and it is believed to be the first Welsh church "in the whole region west of the Mississippi River", according to a 1905 account in the Columbus Gazette. The congregation was founded as a Congregational church the following year, also in the Griffith home. In 1848 they acquired the same house and remodeled it for their meeting house. The cemetery in the church yard was established in 1851. The meeting house served their needs until their first church building was constructed in 1864. The old building was sold and converted into a horse barn. This congregation is the mother church of two other Welsh congregations. The Iowa City congregation was founded in 1849, and the Williamsburg, Iowa congregation was founded over a dispute about the use of Welsh during services. Owen Evans led those that advocated for English services to found the Williamsburg congregation around 1860.</p><br>
<p>The present church was completed in 1887 for $1,828.56 and it was consecrated debt-free.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The church is located on a rise above a county highway. It is a simple frame building that rests on a concrete foundation. There are four stained glass windows on the side walls. On the roof above the main entrance is a spire that rests on a square base and a hexagonal drum. To the north of the church building is the cemetery.</p><br>
<p>The Congregational Church and Manse in Santee, Nebraska, on the Santee Sioux Reservation in Knox County, Nebraska, is a listing on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The Pilgrim Congregational Church and its manse are the two buildings in the listing. Both were built in 1870-71 after the arrival of missionary Reverend Alfred L. Riggs and his wife Mrs. Mary B. Riggs.</p><br>
<p>Riggs operated the Santee Normal Training School there. The school was founded by the American Board in 1870, but control transferred to the American Missionary Association (A.M.A.) in 1982.</p><br>
<p>The church was extended to the rear in 1919.</p><br>
<p>The chapel and manse were documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1952, which produced measured drawings and photos of both.</p><br>
<p>In 1970, both buildings were intact and unaltered; the manse needed a coat of paint and the church needed minor repairs inside.</p><br>
<p>The pair was listed on the NRHP in 1972.</p><br>
<p>The Santee Normal Training School operated from 1870 to 1936. Albert Riggs was principal and had two assistants. By 1885 there were 18 buildings on the school&#39;s 400 acre.</p><br>
<p>Riggs died in 1916 and was buried about one mile east. His son Frederick Riggs replaced him in running the school.</p><br>
