<p>Prospect Hall is a historic mansion, built beginning around 1787 on what was known at the time as "Red Hill", the highest elevation in the area of Frederick, Maryland.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>A major Frederick County landowner and colonial civic leader, Daniel Dulaney, built the original home on the property, which is southwest of the city of Frederick, although the current mansion known as Prospect Hall was probably not completed until 1810. This white, three story structure, designed in a Greek revival style with additional Federal elements, has hosted visitors from Presidents George Washington to Harry Truman. It was originally located on the Jefferson Pike, which led from Jefferson Street southwest out of Frederick to the town of Jefferson, Maryland, but after reconstruction and rerouting of local roads in the 1970s was situated on the adjacent facing Butterfly Lane and Himes Avenue.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>19th Century</h3><br>
<p>The mansion was the site of General George G. Meade&#39;s takeover of command of the Army of the Potomac of the Union Army from General Joseph Hooker immediately before the Battle of Gettysburg, under last-minute orders from President Abraham Lincoln. Hooker had been defeated by General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville, in Virginia, a few weeks earlier. A messenger had been sent out from Washington with the new orders but the courier had difficulty finding the command headquarters in the night. A large rectangular carved granite boulder from the Gettysburg battlefield engraved with details of the historical event was placed on the northeast corner of the property near the entrance driveway. The site is listed on the "Maryland Civil War Trails" program with internet website, illustrated site plaque marker and listed on an accompanying printed brochure.</p><br>
<p>Prospect Hall was the birthplace of Emily Nelson Ritchie McLean.</p><br>
<h3>20th Century</h3><br>
<p>During the middle 20th Century, the historic mansion was owned and occupied by USA Representative Joseph H. Himes.</p><br>
<p>It was later the site and campus of Saint Johns Literary Institution (now known as Saint Johns Catholic Prep) from 1958-1959 until January 2013, at which time the school moved to Buckeystown, MD.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the school celebrated its Sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary: A celebration Mass at St John the Evangelist Church followed by a reception at Prospect Hall marked the 150th anniversary of the founding of St. Johns Literary Institution in 1829. The Most Rev. P. Francis Murphy, vicar of Western Maryland, was principal concelebrant, while the Rev. Edward V. Echle, pastor of St. John the Evangelist Church, and the Rev. George B. Reid, the school chaplain and pastor of St Marys Catholic Church in Barnesville, were the main concelebrants. The Homily was given by the Rev. William Q. Simms, who graduated from St. Johns in 1954 and is now pastor of St Josephs Church in Buckeystown. Father Simms then blessed the lintel stone that was taken from the original St. John Literary Institute building when it was torn down in 1926 to make way for the present grade school. Following the Mass, the celebration then moved to Prospect Hall for a reception and blessing of the plaque marking the schools sesquicentennial by Bishop P. Francis Murphy. The principal speaker at the reception was U. S. Sen. Charles McC. Mathias, who was introduced by State Senator Edward P. Thomas. Mathias spoke about Frederick and the school during the 1820s; about the role the school had played in the community, some of its prominent leaders and the local families who had returned for generations to attend St. Johns. As a native of Frederick, Mathias recalled his youth and many friendships connected with the school and Prospect Hall, when it was the home of the Himes family. Besides the alumni, students, faculty and friends of the school, many of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, the order which had staffed the school for over 50 years, returned for the celebration to be reunited with former students and the Sisters still serving at St. John Grade School. Most notably was Sr. Viviana, who originally came to Frederick in 1926 and traveled from the orders Wilton Motherhouse in Connecticut by bus to join in the days events, where she saw many of her former students. Several priests were also concelebrants at the Mass, many of whom had served at St. John Church and taught at St. John&#39;s.</p><br>
<p>(St. Johns had been founded in 1828–1829 in eastern downtown Frederick, on Second Street, in buildings from 1829 to 1925 and rebuilt in that year until the late 1950s, when the move to Prospect Hall occurred and the Second Street location was turned over to the lower grades of St. Johns Elementary School.)</p><br>
<h2>Legacy</h2><br>
<p>1979 - Sesquicentennial Celebration Ball and book</p><br>
<p>1980 - Listed on the National Register of Historic Places</p><br>
<p>2007 - A History of Prospect Hall: Student Aaron Middeke and Academic Dean Marc Minsker produced a 25-minute documentary on the historic location titled, a DVD catalogued in the Maryland Room at C. Burr Arts Library in downtown Frederick Since the school moved in 2013, the site has been redeveloped with thirteen apartment buildings built on the property.</p><br>
<p>The Rosedale Arch is a monument dedicated in 1924 to the World War I veterans of Rosedale, a neighborhood district and former municipality on the southern edge of Kansas City, Kansas. The arch was designed by Rosedale resident John LeRoy Marshall, inspired by the Arc de Triomphe. The flood-lighted structure is located on Mount Marty, and is most easily visible at night from the intersection of Rainbow Boulevard and Southwest Boulevard. A historic marker was dedicated under the arch in 1993 to honor the soldiers of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The groundbreaking ceremony was on July 20, 1923, featuring French General Henri Gouraud. It was reportedly more impressive than the final opening ceremony.</p><br>
<p>The Adam and Mary Smith House was built in c.1872 by Adam Smith, who came to do shingle work on the Wisconsin State Capitol decades earlier. The home was done in Italianate style. It is located in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.</p><br>
<p>The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.</p><br>
<p>The house was renovated and relocated in 2004 a short distance to the east and now sits prominently in the "town square" of a new urbanism neighborhood called Smith&#39;s Crossing.</p><br>
<p>The Huntsville Depot located on the Norfolk Southern Railway line in downtown Huntsville is the oldest surviving railroad depot in Alabama and one of the oldest in the United States. Completed in 1860, the depot served as eastern division headquarters for the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. It is listed on both the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage and National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Huntsville was occupied by Union forces in 1862 during the Civil War as a strategic point on the railroad and the depot was used as a prison for Confederate soldiers. Graffiti left by the soldiers can still be seen on the walls. The Huntsville Depot saw its last regularly scheduled passenger train, Southern Railway&#39;s The Tennessean, on March 30, 1968. The Depot served for at time as a museum, part of the Early Works Museum. In October 2024, museum officials said they were no longer involved with operations and the property had been returned to the control of the City of Huntsville, which was considering options for the building.</p><br>
<p>A 0-4-0 Porter steam locomotive that was built in Pittsburgh in 1904 resides outside of the museum.</p><br>
<p>The Eastham Windmill, located in Eastham, Massachusetts, is the oldest windmill on Cape Cod. It was constructed by Eastham resident Thomas Paine in Plymouth in 1680. It was first moved to nearby Truro in 1770, then finally to Eastham in 1793. In 1808 the windmill was moved to its present location, near the Eastham Town Hall and the Eastham Public Library. Eastham Windmill, as part of the Eastham Center Historic District, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.</p><br>
<p>A local festival, Eastham Windmill Weekend, has been held on a yearly basis in Eastham since 1977, and takes place the first weekend after Labor Day.</p><br>
<p>While repairs are necessary over time, a large contribution was made in 1996 by a local Boy Scout whose Eagle Project included both raising the funds and providing the labor to replace several sections of the fencing around this historic landmark. All of the funding was provided by businesses located within Eastham. The Eastham Windmill has been a long-standing icon to the local Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts.</p><br>
<p>Whitley Heights is a residential neighborhood and historic preservation overlay zone in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Central Los Angeles, California. Known as a residential area for actors and other people in the motion-picture industry, it is divided between a hillside single-family district and an apartment area. It is notable for an attempt by its homeowners&#39; group and the city to close off public streets to outside traffic, an effort that was ruled illegal by the courts.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The preservation zone is split into two parts by the Hollywood Freeway (USA Highway 101) running through the Cahuenga Pass. Streets within the zone&#39;s northern part are a one-block portion of Cahuenga Boulevard, Iris Drive, and some of Whitley Avenue; it consists almost exclusively of multi-family apartment buildings. The southern zone, about 80% of the original plot, embraces Fairfield Avenue, Wedgewood Place, Whitley Avenue, Cerritos Place, Hollyhill Terrace, Grace Avenue, Emmet Terrace, Las Palmas Avenue, and Milner Road, and is almost exclusively zoned for single-family homes.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Early days</h3><br>
<p>Hobart J. Whitley bought the hillside area in 1901 and 1903, and hired architect Arthur Barnes to build houses in a Mediterranean style he thought would suit Southern California&#39;s climate. Five years later, Whitley Heights was seen as a "magnificent hill of forty acres situated in the very center of Hollywood and overlooking the entire city."</p><br>
<p>On June 30, 1907, a fire kindled by a resident at the foot of the hill swept over the land, which was covered by a heavy growth of wild mustard and barley, and destroyed "many rare and valuable trees and shrubs" Whitley had planted. It threatened a large reservoir owned by the United Hollywood Water Company atop the rise and burned several tons of hay. The fire was quenched the same day by the volunteer Hollywood fire department headed by E. Fossler.</p><br>
<p>As a contemporary account noted, "This hill has been one of the show places of Hollywood for some time. Here. Mr. Whitley intends erecting a handsome home at some future date, and toward this end, he has cultivated and beautified the grounds, laying them out in winding roads and planting a great variety of rare trees and shrubs, some of which were imported from the Hawaiian Islands and Mexico."</p><br>
<p>Whitley had sold some of his land for one dollar to the water company for the reservoir about 1904 and bought it back 16 years later at a cost of $30,000. The streets in the development were dedicated to public use in 1920 and 1921, and they were improved by the city between 1924 and 1927. Most of them had no sidewalks, with stairways built from level to level to encourage walking.</p><br>
<p>On the evening of June 23, 1920, the residential subdivision of Whitley Heights was opened with a festive barbecue that gathered an assemblage of businessmen and politicians. "The occasion was attended with a special significance as it was the scene of a reunion of many men who were connected with Mr. Whitley in his first efforts to make the vegetable gardens into a wealthy city more than twenty years ago, men who had gathered at a similar affair in 1902 to watch the turning on of the first electric lights in Hollywood," wrote The Times. The subdivision already had several homes on the terraces that divided the hill into four grades. Three years later, in 1923, the Whitley Heights Civic Association was founded.</p><br>
<h3>Preservation zone</h3><br>
<p>In 1982, Whitley Heights was made a state historic district by the California Historical Resources Commission after research done by actor Brian Moore, president of Whitley Heights Homeowners. Moore traced property titles in the area, gathered old photographs and articles, and read through the papers of Hobart J. Whitley, which were housed in the special collections library at the University of California, Los Angeles.</p><br>
<p>He was impelled to begin his research in 1981 after a bungalow was demolished by a developer who wanted to build tract homes. To qualify for the designation, an area had to be at least 50 years old and retain many of its original characteristics. At the time almost all of the homes, with their red tile roofs, balconies, and arched windows and doorways, were original. Later, the district was also made a national historic place, the first such in Hollywood. In 2004, the area was made into a Los Angeles historic preservation overlay zone.</p><br>
<h3>Street closure</h3><br>
<p>Over time, the placid nature of Whitley Heights and its 168 homes changed. In April 1983, the Whitley Heights Civic Association was incensed at a developer&#39;s plans to build an apartment complex on Las Palmas Avenue, which stirred up a community surge on behalf of fencing off streets around the neighborhood as protection against what one resident called "animal people" who walked up the hill to burglarize homes.</p><br>
<p>By 1985, there were burglaries, assaults, vandalism, and car thefts. Prostitutes came up from nearby Hollywood Boulevard to work in parked cars, and the area extending north from Hollywood Boulevard into Whitley Heights had the highest crime rate in Hollywood. For four years, residents had been beseeching the city to approve the installation of 10 gates across the public streets leading into the community, and in May 1985, the Public Works Committee of the City Council agreed with the area&#39;s city council representative, Peggy Stevenson, and recommended that streets to the enclave be closed to non-residents.</p><br>
<p>In 1991, the city issued a permit to the Whitley Heights Civic Association to allow the installation of gates that would turn the community into a private enclave. Construction, funded by Whitley Heights homeowners, began in January 1991 and was substantially completed by April 1992, at a cost of more than $350,000.</p><br>
<p>Construction was permanently halted in 1992 when a group called Citizens Against Gated Enclaves successfully sued to prevent the closure of public roadways in Whitley Heights. The trial court held that state law prohibited the city from withdrawing a street from public use in that fashion. An appellate court agreed, and the result was that the gates were removed at the expense of the Whitley Heights homeowners and the streets put back in good repair at the expense of the city, with all court costs paid by the defendants.</p><br>
<h2>Notable houses</h2><br>
<p>Construction of the Hollywood Freeway through the district resulted in the destruction of 49 houses, including those where actors Rudolph Valentino and Charlie Chaplin had lived. A home belonging to actress Bette Davis was destroyed in the early 1960s for a proposed Hollywood museum that was never built.</p><br>
<p>Villa Vallombrosa is a three-story residence built in 1929 by Eleanor DeWitt, who was described by Los Angeles Times columnist Jack Smith as a "wealthy and fastidious widow." Smith wrote: "Like most of the houses in Whitley Heights, it is … a collection of rooms and courtyards of various shapes and levels, fitted to the steep hillside." The architect was Nathaniel Coleman, who had been sent abroad to study Italian architecture and who modeled the house after a villa on the Grand Canal in Venice. In its three stories it had a "concave facade, a five-sided filigreed balcony and an interior courtyard with a fireplace and fountain.</p><br>
<p>The home of actors Patrick Bauchau and Mijanou Bardot was featured in a 2003 book, Secret Gardens of Hollywood and Private Oases in Los Angeles, in which author Erica Lennard wrote, "Their yard, abundant with fruit trees — olive, lemon, pomegranate, guava, fig — and bamboo, jasmine, lavender, passionflowers, was too seductive to leave." In 1999, Bauchau had run afoul of the wishes of a local Historical Preservation Zone review board, which ordered him to cut back the overgrown foliage at the front of his property because it was shrouding the view of his house and the look was not in keeping with the original atmosphere of Whitley Heights from the 1920s.</p><br>
<h2>Notable residents</h2><br>
<p>Actors and entertainers</p><br>
<p>Mijanou Bardot</p><br>
<p>Richard Barthelmess</p><br>
<p>Patrick Bauchau</p><br>
<p>Betty Blythe</p><br>
<p>Beulah Bondi</p><br>
<p>Louise Brooks</p><br>
<p>Francis X. Bushman</p><br>
<p>Leo G. Carroll</p><br>
<p>Charlie Chaplin</p><br>
<p>Maurice Chevalier</p><br>
<p>Vance Colvig</p><br>
<p>Bette Davis</p><br>
<p>Marlene Dietrich</p><br>
<p>Marie Dressler</p><br>
<p>Dick Foran,</p><br>
<p>W.C. Fields</p><br>
<p>Judy Garland</p><br>
<p>Janet Gaynor</p><br>
<p>Lillian Gish</p><br>
<p>Jack Haley</p><br>
<p>Paul Kelly</p><br>
<p>Barbara La Marr</p><br>
<p>John Larch</p><br>
<p>Harold Lloyd</p><br>
<p>Carole Lombard</p><br>
<p>Carmen Miranda</p><br>
<p>Chester Morris</p><br>
<p>Phillip Noyce</p><br>
<p>Eugene O&#39;Brien</p><br>
<p>Donald O&#39;Connor</p><br>
<p>Ellen Pompeo</p><br>
<p>William Powell</p><br>
<p>Tyrone Power</p><br>
<p>Ronald Reagan</p><br>
<p>Rosalind Russell</p><br>
<p>Barbara Stanwyck</p><br>
<p>Gloria Swanson</p><br>
<p>Blanche Sweet</p><br>
<p>Lyle Talbot</p><br>
<p>Rudolph Valentino</p><br>
<p>Robert G. Vignola</p><br>
<p>Others</p><br>
<p>William Faulkner, writer</p><br>
<p>Dorothy MacKaye, writer</p><br>
<p>Pon Pon Chapel was built in 1820 in Jacksonboro, South Carolina. It was located "on Parker’s Ferry Road, the busy stagecoach thoroughfare that connected Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia." Today, Parker&#39;s Ferry Road is a barely paved road along the south side of a power line right of way, and the ruins of the chapel can be found along this road east of Jacksonboro Road .</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.</p><br>
<p>The Kingstree Historic District contains forty-eight properties situated along Main Street, Academy Street, and Hampton Street in the commercial area of downtown Kingstree, South Carolina. The district includes the courthouse, public library, railroad station, and numerous commercial buildings. The district is a fine collection of nineteenth-century vernacular commercial architecture. Details such as arched doorways and windows, cast-iron columns and pilasters, decorative or corbelled brickwork and pressed tin interior ceilings are present on most of the districts buildings. The Williamsburg County Courthouse, built ca. 1823, and designed by Robert Mills, is a fine example of Roman neoclassical design with its raised first floor, pediment with lunette, and Doric columns. In 1953-54 the courthouse underwent substantial remodeling on the exterior and interior, though it still reflects much of Mills original design. With the exception of the courthouse, most of the buildings in the district were built between 1900 and 1920 when Kingstree enjoyed prosperity as a retail and tobacco marketing center of Williamsburg County. The majority of the buildings in the district are a visible record of this twenty-year growth and the historic fabric of the area remains substantially intact. The Kingstree Historic District was listed in the National Register of Historic Places June 28, 1982.</p><br>
<p>The Fessenden Elementary School is a historic school previously known as Fessenden Academy, and founded in 1868 on the outskirts of Ocala, Florida, between Martin and Zuber. Since the 1950s, it has been part of the Marion County Public Schools district. When Fessenden was founded as a private academy for newly freed African-American students, there were no public schools for black students due to Jim Crow laws.</p><br>
<p>On September 29, 1994, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Old Fessenden Academy Historic District. The district covers 150 acre and has three buildings and one structure.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1868, the school that would become Fessenden Academy was founded by a group of freedmen led by Thomas B. Ward. The school was initially staffed by young, educated white women from the northeast and Florida. The first African-American teacher was appointed in 1877.</p><br>
<p>Noticing the condition of the school in 1890, Ferdinand S. Fessenden agreed to build a two-story building and provide desks and learning materials. It is built of coquina rock. In 1892 Fessenden deeded the school, under the auspices of the American Missionary Association of the Congregational Church.</p><br>
<p>The school grounds have a memorial stone to F. S. Fessenden. His grave is believed to have been marked by this memorial.</p><br>
<p>The main building was built in 1909 with funding from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Joseph L. Wiley, principal of Fessenden, secured this $6,500 grant. This funding, plus $1,500 raised in donations, was used for the main building: it included the library, accommodations for female boarders, a dining hall, and more classrooms.</p><br>
<p>In 1951 Fessenden Academy ceased independent operations. It was absorbed into the public Marion County School System.</p><br>
<h2>Alumni</h2><br>
<p>Ruby McCollum of Live Oak, Florida</p><br>
<p>Frederick Giordani of Ocala, Florida</p><br>
<h2>Archival material</h2><br>
<p>Records of the Fessenden Academy, 1911–1964, are held in the American Missionary Association archives, Amistad Research Center, Tulane University. They consist of 37 boxes of individual student files, budgets, and school publications.</p><br>
<p>The Ocala Historic District is a USA Historic District  located in Ocala, Florida. It encompasses 172 acre, and is bounded by Broadway, Southeast 8th Street, Silver Springs Place, Southeast 3rd, 13th, and Watula Avenues. It contains 220 historic buildings.</p><br>
<p>Development for the original residential properties had started sometime in 1880 and continued to 1930, with the most construction invoked by the Florida boom in 1910. The oldest part of the neighborhood is on the King Street, which then sprawled eastbound. Architectural style reflecting the boom includes bungalows, contrasted to the Queen Anne Revival style on the older streets including the King.</p><br>
<p>The Humboldt Arts Council  is the official Humboldt County, California, USA arts council located in the Morris Graves Museum of Art .</p><br>
<p>Organized in 1966 and incorporated in 1971. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation dedicated to providing opportunities for artists, developing arts education, and making the arts accessible through innovative and multicultural programs. The council, as Humboldt Countys largest multidisciplinary arts organization, focuses on working in partnership with artists, arts organizations, community groups, and schools to strengthen the arts’ accessibility and impact as aesthetic, personal and social resources. The Council envisions that the importance of art will be evident in all aspects of life in Humboldt County, including homes, schools, businesses, and government. The council is dedicated to providing leadership in support of the rich heritage of the arts on Californias North Coast, and to bringing this legacy fully into community life.</p><br>
<p>In 1987, HAC became the State Local Partner for the California Arts Council and the community representative for the California State Summer School for the Arts Program.</p><br>
<p>In 1996 the Humboldt Arts Council accepted an offer from the City of Eureka to save the historic 1904 Carnegie Library building, which was destined for demolition. The former Carnegie Library had been a symbol of community pride and local culture for over 100 years. After the successful Carnegie Capital Campaign to raise $1.5 million from the local community, foundations and corporations, the council began restoration in 1999 converting the historic Carnegie building into a regional art museum and art center. On January 1, 2000, the Humboldt Arts Council and the community celebrated with a ribbon cutting ceremony to dedicate the Morris Graves Museum of Art (MGMA) for its new “Century of Service” to the community.</p><br>
<h2>Morris Graves Museum of Art</h2><br>
<p>The Morris Graves Museum of Art was named after Morris Graves, a painter and founder of the Northwest School of Art in the Pacific Northwest. Prior to his death in 2001, he donated a substantial portion of his personal art collection, including some of his own works, and the use of his name to help with creation of the museum. It is located in the refurbished Eureka Carnegie Library building, which was the first Carnegie Library completed in California in 1904.</p><br>
<p>The museum is a member of the North American Reciprocal Museums program.</p><br>
<p>The Cope Depot, or Manchester and Augusta Railroad Station in Cope, South Carolina was a privately owned railroad depot built in 1893. It was built by the Manchester and Augusta Railroad six years before being acquired by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. The depot is located along what is today the CSX Orangeburg Subdivision, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
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<p>Newnansville, Florida was one of the first American settlements in the interior of Florida. It became the second county seat of Alachua County in 1828, and one of the central locations for activity during the Second Seminole War, during which time it was one of the largest cities in the State. In the 1850s, the Florida Railroad bypassed Newnansville, resulting in the county seat being moved to the new town of Gainesville in 1854. Consequently, Newnansville began to decline, and when a second railway bypassed the town in 1884, most of its residents relocated and formed the new City of Alachua. By 1900, Newnansville was deserted.</p><br>
<p>The site is approximately 1.5 miles northeast of Alachua, on S.R. 235 off of US 441. Containing partial walls of two cemeteries, the town site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 4, 1974.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Bellamy Road</h3><br>
<p>In 1824, only three years after Florida became a United States territory (and the same year that Alachua County itself was created), Congress authorized the construction of the first federal highway in the state. It would connect Pensacola to St. Augustine. The Territorial Council commissioned John Bellamy, a Monticello planter, to build it. The project took two years to complete, at a cost of $20,000. The route would become known as Bellamy Avenue. It was a major highway until the Civil War, when other roads became preferred routes. Newnansville was founded on the Bellamy Road.</p><br>
<h3>Initial settlement and peak</h3><br>
<p>The Dell brothers (James, Simeon, and Maxey), who had earlier (during the Patriot War) visited the Alachua County area, came back to settle there sometime after 1814. The exact date of first settlement is uncertain, though the period between 1814 - 1820 is determined from the date of the oldest burial in Newnansville Cemetery, infant Robert Pyles in 1820. Records also show the Dell brothers staying with Edward Wanton (one of the initial founders of the Town of Micanopy) in the Fall of 1821. Newnansville and Micanopy are the oldest distinctly American settlements in the State.</p><br>
<p>The Dells constructed a post office on the Bellamy Avenue in 1826 which became the nucleus of the new settlement.</p><br>
<p>In 1828, it was renamed Newnansville (in honor of Daniel Newnan, who had led a raid into what is now Alachua County during the Patriot War) and was made the second county seat of Alachua County. In 1832, Newnansville was included as part of the newly formed Columbia County.</p><br>
<p>With the outbreak of the Second Seminole War in 1835, many residents from around the area abandoned their farms and moved to the town or nearby Fort Gilliland for refuge. Women and men both worked to fortify the town&#39;s defenses, and families doubled up in crowded spaces. Some 300 people lived in tents outside the fort.</p><br>
<p>In 1839, the legislature returned Newnansville to Alachua County, and it again became the county seat. A United States General Land Office was established in 1842 to make it easier for settlers to buy public land or file claims, rather than having to go all the way to St. Augustine. Following the end of the Seminole wars, the town flourished, becoming the center for trade and plantation life in the area. The county produced mainly corn and cotton in the antebellum years. It built a new courthouse in 1850.</p><br>
<h3>Decline</h3><br>
<p>The Florida Railroad Company announced its plan to build a line from Fernandina to Cedar Key, passing several miles south of Newnansville. As a result, county residents voted in 1853 to move the county seat to a location along the planned route of the railroad, naming the new town Gainesville.</p><br>
<p>Losing the county seat marked the beginning of decline for Newnansville as settlement moved south in the county. The town was directed to sell the courthouse in 1857, and it was used as a Masonic temple.</p><br>
<p>After the Civil War farmers developed the citrus industry in the area. Two major factors contributed to the town&#39;s continuing decline. The Live Oak, Tampa and Charlotte Harbor Railroad, said to be connecting Newnansville to Gainesville, bypassed the town in 1883, building its line to the south. In 1884 the town was bypassed again, when the Savannah, Florida, and Western Railroad constructed its line a mile and a half to the southwest. A new town, Alachua, grew up at a station stop there. In the winter of 1886, a major freeze ruined the area citrus crop. This major setback, plus the lack of railway connections, led businesses and residents to move to the growing communities of Alachua and Gainesville.</p><br>
<p>Newnansville was the site of several race-related murders in the mid-19th Century. In 1896 Harry Jordan, an African-American man suspected of the murder of Dr. J.N. Cloud, was burned to death in Newnansville. He had taken shelter in a house, defending himself in a shootout with a white mob outside. They set the house on fire, and he died. In 2021, the Alachua-Newnansville Community Remembrance Project identified eight victims of lynching from Newnansville: George Bibbon (1867), Cooley Johnson (1867), Willey Bradley (1868), Ceasar Sullivan (1868), Harry Hurl (1869), Joseph Hurl (1869), son of Harry Harold (1869), and William Rawls (1895).</p><br>
<p>Newnansville had been deserted by 1900, and all the remaining buildings were razed by the middle of the twentieth century. All that was left of Newnansville were two cemeteries and the remains of Bellamy Road, closed to traffic.</p><br>
<p>The Coughlin Campanile was completed on the campus of South Dakota State University  in 1929. It was designed by architects Perkins & McWayne. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.</p><br>
<p>Per its National Register nomination, it "is considered by many as the most outstanding chimes tower in South Dakota. As the tallest campanile in the state, the structure is an important landmark for the campus of South Dakota State University and to the city of Brookings."</p><br>
<p>At a cost of $75,000, it was a gift to the University from Charles Coughlin, a graduate from the class of 1909. The Campanile is a chimes tower that rises to 165 feet with 180 steps to the top observation platform open to the public, and is located on Medary Avenue. The towers chimes cover three octaves and can be "played" manually from an organ in the nearby Lincoln Music Hall. The Campanile also appears in SDSUs business logo and on most letterheads.</p><br>
<p>In August 2000, as a part of "Visions for the Future" campaign, over 4,000 alumni and businesses donated a total of $540,000 to have the Campanile restored. This restoration included mortar work and replacement of parts of the limestone base.</p><br>
<p>For many years the Coughlin Campanile was the tallest structure in South Dakota, and is today an iconic structure both on campus, and across the larger Brookings community.</p><br>
<p>Its distinctive red lamp at the top is a familiar beacon on a dark prairie night that welcomes travelers from dozens of miles away.</p><br>
<p>The chime does not work at this time.</p><br>
<p>The New Milford Plant of the Hackensack Water Company was a water treatment and pumping plant located on Van Buskirk Island, an artificially created island in the Hackensack River, in Oradell, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The site was purchased in 1881 by the Hackensack Water Company, which developed it for water supply use. The facility was built between 1881 and 1911, and it includes a brick pumping station from 1882, a tall filtration tower, and huge underground infrastructure. The Hackensack Water Company was merged into United Water in the 1980s; the successor today is Suez North America.</p><br>
<h2>Van Buskirk Island</h2><br>
<p>Van Buskirk Island is a man-made island formed in 1802, and was created by the dams for the mills, The Southern End was known as the old Dock, Upper Landing or Old Landing and was the official head of navigation on the Hackensack River (the highest point of navigable water on the river). Schooners plied the river regularly between Old Dock and New York City. The land was also an industrial center from Pre-Revolutionary War times with several types of mills: saw mills, bark mills, a woolen mill, and finally a gristmill. After this it was used as the site for the Hackensack Water Company from 1882. The site remains historically intact from 1911, including important steam equipment from the Industrial Revolution.</p><br>
<h2>Preservation</h2><br>
<p>In 1990, United Water (formerly Hackensack Water Company) ceased using the site and offered it to Oradell, then Bergen County. The island is currently in a state of transition and the focus of a battle between the county and conservation groups regarding its future status and use as a park and/or recreational area. Preservation New Jersey voted the plant "One of 10 Most Endangered Historic Sites" in 1996. In 2002, the National Trust for Historic Preservation placed Hackensack Water Company site on its list of 11 Most Endangered National Historic Places. In May 2001, the site was listed on New Jersey Register of Historic Places - Period of Historic Importance 1882-1914. The site is currently in a state of disrepair, and although proposals have been made by Bergen County for what to do with the site, its future is uncertain. Bergen County Division of Historic and Cultural Affairs is attempting to build public support for redeveloping the site. In August 2011, the state awarded $704,000 to be administered by the New Jersey Historic Trust for the stabilization of buildings at the complex so that the site could be opened to the general public.</p><br>
<p>The Melrose Historic District is a 250 acre USA historic district in Melrose, Florida that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It is bounded by Seminole Ridge Road, Grove Street, South Street, Quail Street, and Melrose Bay. In 1990 it contained 65 contributing buildings and one contributing site, and 21 non-contributing buildings.</p><br>
<p>It is located in Alachua and Putnam counties.</p><br>
<p>The Northeast Gainesville Residential District, also known locally as the Duckpond, is a USA historic district  located in Gainesville, Florida. It encompasses approximately 1,660 acre, bounded by 1st, and 9th Streets, 10th and East University Avenues. It contains 229 historic buildings.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Duckpond neighborhood was developed in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Its housing was influenced by Victorian, Mediterranean, and Colonial architecture.</p><br>
<p>In April 2021, the city commission voted to demolish the Thelma A. Boltin Center, an 80-year-old community center that was in poor condition. The decision was made due to termite damage, hollow walls, and structural issues but was subsequently criticized for a lack of consultation with the community or the city&#39;s Historical Preservation Board.</p><br>
<h2>Culture</h2><br>
<h3>Notable residents</h3><br>
<p>The neighborhood contains the childhood home of Tom Petty, who died in 2017. In 2018, the neighborhood&#39;s northern park was renamed to Tom Petty Park. Additionally, in 2019, after approval by the Florida Historical Marker Council, a state historical marker was placed in the neighborhood to honor Tom Petty.</p><br>
<p>The Pleasant Street Historic District in Gainesville, Florida is a USA historic district  located in Gainesville, Florida. It encompasses approximately 770 acre, bounded by Northwest 8th Avenue, Northwest 1st Street, Northwest 2nd Avenue, and Northwest 6th Street. It contains 259 historic buildings.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Pleasant Street is one of Gainesvilles early African American settlements, along with Porters Quarters.</p><br>
<p>The University of Florida Campus Historic District is a historic district on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. The district, bounded by West University Avenue, Southwest 13th Street, Stadium Road and Gale Lemerand Drive, encompasses approximately 650 acre and contains 11 listed buildings plus contributing properties. On April 20, 1989, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. On June 24, 2008, additional information was approved which resulted in the addition of 6 contributing properties </p><br>
<h2>Listed buildings in the district</h2><br>
<h2>Contributing properties in the district</h2><br>
<h3>Added in 2008</h3><br>
<h2>Other campus buildings on the National Register</h2><br>
<h2>Destroyed buildings in the district</h2><br>
<p>Johnson Hall (originally known as University Commons) was UFs original dining hall. Located west of Dauer, it was designed by William Augustus Edwards, built 1912 and burned 1987. The Academic Advising Center now occupies the site.</p><br>
<p>Old Benton Hall (originally the Engineering Building), was designed by William Augustus Edwards, built 1911 and demolished 1966. Grinter Hall, built in 1971, now occupies the site.</p><br>
<p>Original Post Office, third building on campus, demolished before 1977 to make way for General Purpose Building A, now Turlington Hall.</p><br>
<h2>Campus landscaping</h2><br>
<p>In 1927 Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. did a landscape plan for UF. In 1931 the central plaza became the Plaza of the Americas.</p><br>
<p>The Contemporary Austin - Laguna Gloria, formerly known as the AMOA-Arthouse at Laguna Gloria, is the former home of Clara Driscoll and site of a 1916 Italianate-style villa on the shores of Lake Austin in Austin, Texas. It was the original home of the Austin Museum of Art and still houses some of its collections. The building is now one of two sites of The Contemporary Austin.</p><br>
<p>The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Before the influx of white settlers, Native Americans visited the site for its nearby spring (today underwater). The land that includes the property was originally owned by Stephen F. Austin, who in 1832 (seven years before Austin was founded) wrote that he wished to build a home there. This never came to pass.</p><br>
<p>In 1914 the property was purchased by Hal Sevier, editor of the Austin American, with his new wife Clara Driscoll. They completed their villa two years later, inspired by a honeymoon visit to Lake Como in Italy. Clara, an avid gardener, spent many years planting native and foreign plants around the site and designing the terraced gardens that remain to this day. In 1943 Driscoll donated the homesite to be used as a city museum.</p><br>
<p>In 1961, the site was converted to the Laguna Gloria Art Museum and became an important part of the Austin arts scene. Soon after, the museum began offering art classes, and in 1983, a 5,300 ft&sup2; facility was built specifically for the growing art school.</p><br>
<p>In 1992, the institution changed its name to the Austin Museum of Art, and four years later, moved its primary exhibition space to 823 Congress Avenue, in the heart of downtown Austin. Laguna Gloria remained the site of The Art School, and in 2003, the Driscoll Villa was renovated and again became an exhibition space, focusing on local and regional artists.</p><br>
<p>The site is immediately adjacent to Mayfield Park, also on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Texas Historical Commission marker text</h2><br>
<p>"This Mediterranean style villa was built in 1916 for Henry H. and Clara Driscoll Sevier. Named Laguna Gloria for a nearby lagoon off the Colorado River, the stuccoed home features a decorative window at San Jose Mission in San Antonio. In 1943 the site was conveyed to the Texas Fine Arts Assoc. by Clara Driscoll, best known for her efforts to preserve the Alamo. Her homesite is now owned by Laguna Gloria Art Museum." Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1983</p><br>
<p>The Levi Rock Shelter, named for former property owner Malcolm Levi, is an archeological site west of Austin, Texas where Paleo-Indian Native American artifacts dating back 10,000 years or more have been discovered.</p><br>
<p>Located along Lick Creek, the site was discovered in the mid-1950s and is believed to be the 7th-oldest paleolithic site in the United States. Many artifacts have been uncovered there, including Clovis points, carved bone cylinders, scrapers, awls, needles, punches, and incised and painted pebbles. Many are now in the care of the University of Texas.</p><br>
<p>The site, and its adjoining creek, are believed by local activists to be threatened by nearby development. The shelter was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.</p><br>
<p>The Shadow Lawn Historic District is a historic district in central Austin, Texas that has a cohesive collection of houses built in the southeast portion of Hyde Park during the late 1920s and 1930s.</p><br>
<p>Roughly bounded by 38th Street, 39th Street, Avenue G, and Duval Street, the district includes several homes of historic interest from the turn of the twentieth century, including the Col. Monroe M. Shipe House, Hildreth-Flanagan-Heierman House, Frank M. and Annie G. Covert House, Page-Gilbert House, Smith-Marcuse-Lowry House, and the Oliphant-Walker House. This subdivision was platted by Hyde Park founder Monroe M. Shipe and indicated by concrete markers, some of which still stand today. Shipe&#39;s own home is located at the corner of 39th Street and Avenue G. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<p>Shadow Lawn&#39;s historical significance stems from the architecture of its houses. The district features a number of dwellings with modest Tudor Revival detailing characteristic of historicist "cottage" bungalows built in the 1930s. The dominance of this architectural form is an important feature that distinguishes the district from nearby housing clusters, as no other area in the northern suburbs of Austin contains as high a concentration of Tudor Revival dwellings. Unlike the bungalows in the nearby Hyde Park Historic District, these houses utilized more expensive masonry veneer rather than cheaper wood siding.</p><br>
<h2>Education</h2><br>
<p>Residents are served by the Austin Independent School District. Residents are assigned to Lee Elementary School, Kealing Middle School, and McCallum High School.</p><br>
<p>The Swedish Hill Historic District is a former Swedish enclave that is now a residential area of downtown Austin, Texas. It is often referred to as "Swede Hill."</p><br>
<p>Development of this area began in the 1870s when numerous Swedish immigrants erected homes near their downtown businesses. The first to build his home there was S. A. Lundell; soon thereafter Carl John Swahn built his house there, and many others followed. Eventually some sixty-seven Swedish immigrant families built homes in the vicinity and the neighborhood became known as Svenska Kullen (Swedish Hill)—originally bounded by Waller Street on the east, Red River Street on the west, 15th Street on the south, and 19th Street on the north (today West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard — known more familiarly as Swede Hill.</p><br>
<h2>Background</h2><br>
<p>These immigrants founded the first Swedish Methodist Church in Texas, and helped to establish Texas Wesleyan Academy (which would merge in 1934 with Texas Wesleyan College in Fort Worth), just north of the present-day University of Texas at Austin campus. Today the community comprises an eclectic mix of students and urban dwellers.</p><br>
<p>Over time, urban development, most notably the construction of I-35 and the Frank Erwin Center, shrunk the size of the community dramatically. In 1986, what remained was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Description and significance</h2><br>
<p>Located on lots in the original City of Austin and subdivided and developed earlier than most other parts of East Austin, Swedish Hill was a residential neighborhood occupied by downtown business people and tradesmen. Its significance derives not only from the broad range of architectural styles which is represented in the District, but also from the fact that each building is an excellent example of its own particular style.</p><br>
<p>Architectural styles which are represented in the District are vernacular versions of the Victorian L plan, T plan, Cumberland plan, late Victorian corner-porch plan, Pyramidal plan, and Bungalow plan. All of the buildings are finely detailed; many display pleasing carpentry ornamentation in the forms of porch columns, balusters, railings, brackets, spindles, and a variety of siding and shingling types.</p><br>
<h2>Photo gallery</h2><br>
<p>The Rohwer War Relocation Center was a World War II Japanese American concentration camp located in rural southeastern Arkansas, in Desha County. It was in operation from September 18, 1942, until November 30, 1945, and held as many as 8,475 Japanese Americans forcibly evacuated from California. Among the inmates, the notation "朗和" was sometimes applied. The Rohwer War Relocation Center Cemetery is located here, and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1992.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The 10,161 acre of land on which Rohwer was built had been purchased by the Farm Security Administration from tax-delinquent landowners in the 1930s. It remained largely abandoned until the War Relocation Authority, which oversaw the World War II incarceration program, took it over in 1942. It planned to use this facility to incarcerate ethnic Japanese, including American citizens from West Coast areas considered strategic to the war effort. Governor Homer Adkins initially opposed the WRA&#39;s proposal to build Rohwer and its neighbor, Jerome, in Arkansas, but relented after being assured that the Japanese American detainees would be controlled by armed white guards at these facilities and they would be removed from the state at the end of the war.</p><br>
<p>The Linebarger-Senne Construction Company was contracted to build the camp at a cost of $4.8 million; it worked under the supervision of the Army Corps of Engineers. The land was heavily forested and swampy due to its proximity to the Mississippi River 5 miles to the east. Extensive clearing and draining was necessary, making construction at the site a difficult and slow-going task. The camp was still under construction when the first inmates began to arrive. Ultimately the camp held administrative offices, schools, a hospital, and 36 residential blocks, each with twelve 20 by 120 barracks divided into several "apartments", as well as communal dining and sanitary facilities, all contained within a guarded barbed-wire fence.</p><br>
<p>The architect of the camp was Edward F. Neild of Shreveport, Louisiana, who also designed the camp at Jerome.</p><br>
<p>Rohwer opened on September 18, 1942, and reached a peak population of 8,475 by March 1943. Most detainees had been forced out of their homes and businesses in Los Angeles or the San Joaquin Valley in California. A large portion of Rohwer inmates were school-age children, most born in the US. About 2,000 students attended the camps schools, which were opened on November 9, 1942, after some delay. Adults took jobs with the administration, hospital, schools, and mess halls, in addition to agricultural work or labor details outside camp. As 500 acres of the site used for residences and other buildings, officials used the remainder of Rohwers land to grow more than 100 agricultural products. These were used to supplement the inmates&#39; food rations (kept to a bare minimum of 37 cents a day per inmate to avoid rumors that the WRA was "coddling" Japanese Americans).</p><br>
<p>In 1943, the WRA required all adults in Rohwer and the other camps to submit to a series of questions. Officially, it was presented as the registration process to obtain clearance to leave camp for work or school – and it was initially distributed only to the citizen Nisei who were eligible for leave, before being extended to the first-generation Issei – but administrators soon began to focus instead on assessing the "loyalty" of imprisoned Japanese Americans.</p><br>
<p>The "loyalty questionnaire," as it came to be known, created anger and confusion because of two questions: one asked Japanese Americans if they were willing to volunteer for military service (despite their mistreatment by the government and the army) and the other if they would "forswear their allegiance to the Emperor of Japan" (although many had never held such allegiance in the first place). The set-up of the questions was confusing and internees were suspicious of their true purpose.</p><br>
<p>The loyalty questionnaire and subsequent recruitment efforts proved especially unpopular in the Jerome camp, located 27 miles south of Rohwer. Only 2 percent of eligible men in Jerome (and in Rohwer) enlisted. Some 2,147 others, a quarter of Jerome&#39;s population, were classified as "disloyal" after giving unfavorable responses to the questionnaire. They were transferred to the "segregation center" at Tule Lake, California. The decline in population, combined with earlier unrest over poor working conditions in the camp, resulted in authorities closing the Jerome camp at the end of June 1944. A significant number of former Jerome inmates were transferred to Rohwer.</p><br>
<p>Together with the Tule Lake Segregation Center, Rohwer was the last WRA camp to close, on November 30, 1945.</p><br>
<h2>Rohwer today</h2><br>
<p>The largest remaining structure is the high school gymnasium/auditorium, which was added to and was in service with the local school before it closed in July 2004. The tallest structure is the smokestack from the hospital incinerator. Neither of these is marked in any way to indicate historical significance. The rail line used to bring internees and supplies to the camp remains, though it is apparently abandoned. Some of the rails date back to World War II and before. This rail line also served the Jerome War Relocation Center, which was located 30 mi southwest of Rohwer.</p><br>
<p>Various building foundations, walkways, culverts and other improvements are still visible and some are still in use by the local residents. Trees planted by residents have grown tall.</p><br>
<p>The camp cemetery survives as the only site still identified as having been part of the internment center. It was listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1992. It has a monument to Japanese American war dead from the camp, and also a monument to those who died at the camp. The camp site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. A tank-shaped memorial, made of reinforced concrete, guards the cemetery, commemorating Japanese Americans who fought for their country during World War II. 581 men joined the USA Army from this camp, either volunteering or accepting their conscription into the legendary 100th Infantry Battalion, the famed 442nd RCT and MIS. Thirty-one who came from Rohwer died in action, and their names are inscribed on the memorial, as well as a later memorial raised nearby.</p><br>
<p>In its National Historic Landmark summary on the Rohwer Relocation Center Cemetery, the National Park Service writes:</p><br>
<p>Rohwer Relocation Camp was constructed in the late summer and early fall of 1942 as a result of Executive Order 9066 (February 19, 1942). Under this order, over 110,000 Japanese Americans and their immigrant parents were forcibly removed from the three Pacific Coast States&mdash;California, Oregon, and Washington. In all, ten camps were established in desolate sites, all chosen for their distance from the Pacific Coast. Over 10,000 evacuees passed through Rohwer during its existence, and over two thirds of these were American citizens. The monuments found within the camp&#39;s cemetery are perhaps the most poignant record of this time."</p><br>
<p>In its summary on the Rohwer Relocation Center Cemetery, the National Park Service indicates that the cemetery&#39;s condition is threatened due to deterioration of the grave markers and monuments, but that ownership of the site is unclear.</p><br>
<p>The cemetery is located 0.5 mi west of State Route 1, approximately 12 mi northeast of McGehee, Arkansas. Signs identify the graded road which goes from the highway to the cemetery, where there is room to park automobiles.</p><br>
<h2>Heritage site</h2><br>
<p>The Rohwer War Relocation Center site is now an Arkansas State University Heritage Site, and features a memorial, the camp cemetery, interpretive panels and audio kiosks.</p><br>
<p>The Japanese American Internment Museum opened in nearby McGehee, Arkansas in 2013 and serves as the history museum and unofficial visitor center for the Rohwer War Relocation Center. Exhibits include a film, oral histories, photographs and personal artifacts of the internees.</p><br>
<h2>Shooting of residents by a civilian</h2><br>
<p>In 1942, M.C. Brown, a tenant farmer on horseback on his way home from deer hunting, came across some Japanese Americans from the Rohwer camp, on a work detail in the woods. He fired his gun, and one of the Japanese American men was struck in the hip by a pellet while another was wounded in the calf of the leg. The Japanese Americans were working in the woods under the supervision of a government engineer when the shooting occurred.</p><br>
<h2>Notable internees</h2><br>
<p>Ruth Asawa (1926–2013), Japanese American sculptor</p><br>
<p>Takayo Fischer (born 1932), American stage, film and TV actress; also interned at Jerome</p><br>
<p>Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga (1924–2018), political activist; also interned at Manzanar and Jerome</p><br>
<p>Eddie Imazu (1897–1979), an art director and production designer. Also interned at Jerome</p><br>
<p>Sumako Hamaguchi (1918–2023), a kabuki dancer</p><br>
<p>Jim Ishida (born 1943), actor best known for his role as T. Fujitsu, Marty McFly&#39;s future boss in Back to the Future Part II in 1989</p><br>
<p>Janice Mirikitani (1941–2021), poet laureate of San Francisco; co-founded with her husband, the Rev. Cecil Williams, the Glide Foundation (Glide Memorial Church is featured in the Will Smith film The Pursuit of Happiness). Glide empowers San Francisco&#39;s disadvantaged members of society through extensive outreach and advocacy efforts.</p><br>
<p>Rose Ochi (1938–2020), Japanese American attorney and civil rights activist</p><br>
<p>Haruko Sugi (1915–2012), a language translator</p><br>
<p>Henry Sugimoto (1900–1990), Japanese-born artist; also interned at Jerome</p><br>
<p>George Takei (born 1937), activist, author, and actor best known as Lieutenant Hikaru Sulu from Star Trek (1966–69). Since his parents refused to take a vow and did not "pass" the loyalty questionnaire, the family was later transferred to Tule Lake War Relocation Center.</p><br>
<p>Michiko Toyama (1908–2000), a composer</p><br>
<p>Taitetsu Unno (1930–2014), Buddhist scholar, lecturer, and author; also interned at the Tule Lake War Relocation Center</p><br>
<p>Grayce Uyehara (1919–2014), Japanese-American social worker and activist</p><br>
<p>The George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center is a museum and cultural center in east Austin, Texas, housed in the former George Washington Carver branch of the Austin Public Library. Named in honor of George Washington Carver, the facility has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2005.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The small, wood-frame building was constructed in 1926 on the corner of Ninth and Guadalupe Streets. When it was replaced by a larger stone structure in 1933, the building was moved to the east side of town, on Angelina Street, to serve the African-American Community. It was known for many years as the "Colored Branch." In 1947, the building was renamed the George Washington Carver Library in honor of the famous inventor and scientist. The library served African-Americans and others in the community until 1979 when a new, modern library building was completed next door. At that time work began to convert the building to a cultural center. The museum opened on October 24, 1980, and was expanded with a new facility in 2001.</p><br>
<p>The original colonial revival style building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.</p><br>
<h2>Juneteenth Memorial Monument</h2><br>
<p>The Juneteenth Exhibit is the core of the George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural, and Genealogy Center&#39;s permanent exhibits. The displays and information provided help visitors understand the significance of freedom to formerly enslaved African Americans. Multimedia presentations introduce students to the earliest and present-day Juneteenth celebrations. It also provides the opportunity to learn about Texas’ participation in the Civil War, the history of the celebration, why the holiday is significant for all Americans, as well as contrasting and comparing early commemorations and modern day activities.</p><br>
<p>The Juneteenth Memorial Sculpture Monument opened to the public on June 27, 2015. It is made up of 5 bronze figures that</p><br>
<p>represent the story of Juneteenth and a paved timeline of the Black Presence in the Americas—from the Middle Passage to the Emancipation Proclamation that leads to the Bell of Freedom.</p><br>
<p>The Juneteenth Sculptures were created by Adrienne Rison Isom and Eddie Dixon. Isom, a native Austinite, created 3 of the sculpture pieces—Freed Man & Freed Woman, and Child (the girl figure). And Dixon created the remaining work—Law Maker and Pastor.</p><br>
<p>The sculptures show how the news of freedom spread. Juneteenth began on June 19, 1865, with an order read by General Gordon Grainger—a law that the Emancipation Proclamation was enforced. So Legislature learned of freedom first, then the news reached The Pastor (who represents the faith leader in African American Community). The Pastor told the enslaved people represented by the Freed Man and Freed Woman, and they shared the news with youth—the Child figure.</p><br>
<p>The blank pedestal is where visitors can stand and be a part of the piece and continue the Juneteenth Story—to remember, to reflect, and to be inspired to share the emancipation story with others.</p><br>
<p>All-Star Triangle Bowl  is a former bowling alley located in Orangeburg, South Carolina, United States. The 16 lanes in total are a historic fixture of the community. For its role in the civil rights movement, the All-Star Triangle Bowl was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.</p><br>
<h2>Opening</h2><br>
<p>The bowling alley opened on March 3, 1962. The original owner was Harry K. Floyd, and it originally housed both AMF&#39;s Magic Triangle systems and 82-30 pinsetters.</p><br>
<h2>Orangeburg Massacre</h2><br>
<p>All-Star Triangle Bowl is known for its fundamental role in the Orangeburg Massacre at South Carolina State University, which was sparked as a result of Floyd refusing to allow people of color to bowl at the privately owned bowling alley, which was then called All Star Bowling Lane.</p><br>
<h2>Closing</h2><br>
<p>Floyd owned and operated the alley until his death on July 12, 2002, following which his son, Harry K. Floyd, Jr., took over. Due to financial difficulties, the Floyd family closed the bowling alley in August 2007.</p><br>
<h2>Restoration</h2><br>
<p>In September 2020 an Orangeburg-based nonprofit, the Center for Creative Partnerships, purchased the property with the plan of turning it into a memorial for the civil rights movement in the city.</p><br>
<p>All Star Bowling Lane became part of the National Park Service African American Civil Rights Network in June 2021 and the National Park Service has highlighted the restoration efforts and provided a $500,000 grant in 2022. Work began on restoration in February 2022, with an event held to mark the 54th anniversary of the massacre. Construction work has taken place in phases.</p><br>
<p>In April 2024, the National Park Service provided an additional $750,000 in grant funds.</p><br>
<p>The Call Street Historic District is a USA historic district  located in Starke, Florida. It encompasses approximately 120 acre, and the boundaries are Jefferson, Cherry, Madison , and Temple Streets . It contains 23 historic buildings and 1 structure.</p><br>
<p>The historic district also serves as the City of Starke&#39;s primary restaurant and entertainment district, with a theatre, antique shops, restaurants, a history museum, and cultural center. Located within the historic district is another location on the National Register of Historic Places, the Santa Fe College Andrews Center.</p><br>
<p>Call Street, which is part of Florida State Road 230, was named in honor of former Florida territorial governor, Richard K. Call. It is officially named "West Call Street" west of Walnut Street and "East Call Street" east of Walnut. Similarly, Walnut Street is officially named "South Walnut Street" south of Call Street and "North Walnut Street" north of Call Street.</p><br>
<p>Dudley Farm Historic State Park , also known as Dudley Farm, is a USA historic district and museum park located in Newberry, Florida. It was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places on October 4, 2002, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in January, 2021. The address is 18730 West Newberry Road . The farm is a particularly fine and well-preserved example of a mid-19th to mid-20th century farm.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The park encompasses approximately 325.6 acre, and contains 21 historic buildings and 13 structures, including the family farmhouse, an 1880s kitchen outbuilding, a general store and post office, and a cane syrup complex, all with original furnishings and equipment.</p><br>
<p>The southern portion of the park contains visitor parking, a visitor center, a gift shop, old barns and farming equipment, and a 0.3 mile nature walk through a Florida hammock. The visitor center was originally a house built in Newberry in 1918. The gift shop is an exact duplicate of a commissary once found on a 19th-century Florida turpentine plantation. This section of the park is on property which was not owned by the Dudley family.</p><br>
<p>The Dudley Farm historic site is accessible from a trail near the visitor center, leading to a segment of the original, non-paved, Gainesville-Newberry Road. The Farm maintains a registered Cracker cattle herd, and currently three Florida Cracker horses. There are also chickens and turkeys on the farm. These are specimens of poultry breeds common on late 19th and early 20th century USA farms. During part of its existence, the farm was a large, local egg producer. Several citrus trees, including two large, heritage Duncan grapefruit trees, represent the large commercial presence of citrus in north Florida during the 1840s-1890s. Other fruit crops grown on the farm during the Dudley period are also represented. These include figs, bananas, peaches, pecans and black walnuts.</p><br>
<p>The site is a working farm, showing agricultural development in Florida from the late 1850s through the mid-1940s. After that period, the farm was used solely for subsistence farming by a few third-generation family members into the 1990s. In 1996, Myrtle Dudley, the youngest and last living member of the third generation, died, leaving the site to the Florida Park Service.</p><br>
<h2>Events</h2><br>
<p>Numerous events of many types, including first and third-person living histories, cane boils, corn grinding, paint-ins, children&#39;s days, weddings, and ranger-led tours for visitors and school classes take place throughout the year. The Friends of Dudley Farm, a state-recognized citizen support organization, cooperates closely with park personnel in organizing many of these events.</p><br>
<p>Due to the historic buildings, the Farm is also a popular spot for family and professional photography.</p><br>
<p>The Key West Historic District  is a USA historic district  located in Key West, Florida. It encompasses approximately 4,000 acre, bounded by White, Angela, Windsor, Passover, Thomas and Whitehead Streets, and the Gulf of Mexico. It contains 187 historic buildings and one structure.</p><br>
<p>On February 24, 1983, the district was expanded to 5,400 acre, bounded by Emma, Whitehead, White, and South Streets, Mallory Square, and the Atlantic Ocean, to contain 2485 historic buildings and four structures.</p><br>
<p>Old Town is the name given to the historic district of the island of Key West, Florida. It is roughly the western half of the island. It is also where the central business district and majority of tourist attractions are located.</p><br>
<h2>Points of interest</h2><br>
<p>Key West Aquarium</p><br>
<p>The Armory</p><br>
<p>Oldest House Museum and Gardens</p><br>
<p>Audubon House and Tropical Gardens</p><br>
<p>Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea</p><br>
<p>Captain Tony&#39;s Saloon</p><br>
<p>Key West Cemetery</p><br>
<p>USA Coast Guard Headquarters, Key West Station</p><br>
<p>Ernest Hemingway House</p><br>
<p>Key West Heritage House Museum and Robert Frost Cottage</p><br>
<p>Key West Lighthouse</p><br>
<p>Mallory Square</p><br>
<p>Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Museum</p><br>
<p>Birthplace of Pan-Am</p><br>
<p>Dr. Joseph Y. Porter House</p><br>
<p>Fogarty Mansion</p><br>
<p>Key West Museum of Art and History</p><br>
<p>Old Town Manor</p><br>
<p>Key West Shipwreck Museum</p><br>
<p>Sloppy Joe&#39;s</p><br>
<p>Richard Peacon House</p><br>
<p>Southernmost House</p><br>
<p>Thompson Fish House, Turtle Cannery and Kraals</p><br>
<p>Harry S. Truman Little White House</p><br>
<p>Western Union (schooner)</p><br>
<p>The Fernandina Beach Historic District is a USA historic district located in Fernandina Beach, Florida on Amelia Island. The Fernandina Beach Historic District was included on the National Register of Historic Places on July 20, 1973 and encompasses approximately 1,500 acres , bounded by North 9th Street, Broome, Ash, South 5th Street, Date, and South 8th Street. On April 20, 1987, the National Register listing was expanded to include an additional 970 acre, bounded by Sixth, Broome, North 3rd, & Escambia Streets; Seventh & Date Streets, and Ash. Approximately 300 buildings are included in this district.</p><br>
<p>David Levy Yulee, one of the first United States senators from Florida, established the first cross-state railroad running from Fernandina Beach to Cedar Key, which opened on March 1, 1861. When Yulee established the railroad, he platted "new" Fernandina, shifting the town of Fernandina to its present location. Prior to this, Fernandina was located further north in what is now known as Old Town, or the Original Town of Fernandina Historic Site, also on the National Register of Historic Places. The railroad development, in addition to the bustling maritime industry along the Amelia River waterfront, caused "new" Fernandina to boom. Buildings in the Fernandina Beach Historic District reflect this late 19th and early 20th century development.</p><br>
<p>Significant buildings within the Historic District include the Nassau County Courthouse, the Post Office, the Train Depot, Public School No. 1, St. Peters Episcopal Church, the First Presbyterian Church, St. Michaels Catholic Church and Academy, the Waas House, the Fairbanks House, the Tabby House, and the Bailey House. Residential architecture is most commonly frame vernacular style, often with Queen Anne influences. Robert Schuyler, a well-known architect in northeast Florida, designed St. Peter&#39;s and Public School No. 1. The Post Office is credited to James Knox Taylor, Supervising Architect of the United States Department of Treasury from 1897 to 1912.</p><br>
<p>The City of Fernandina Beach recognized the importance of the Historic District in telling the story of Fernandinas heritage, and in 1975 passed a historic preservation ordinance protecting this district by establishing local boundaries. The ordinance also created design guidelines for rehabilitation and construction projects on the historic buildings, and in addition created the Citys Historic District Council, who reviews the projects. In 1985 and again in 2007, the City had the Historic District professionally surveyed to inventory the historic buildings. The ordinance and City land development regulations have been updated periodically to reflect contemporary historic preservation practices and to include updated information based on the surveys. The John Denham Palmer House, Amelia Island Lighthouse, and Peck High School have also all been individually included in the local historic district boundaries.</p><br>
<p>The Historic District is home to shops, restaurants, bed and breakfasts, and residences. The Amelia Island Museum of History is directly adjacent to the District, and Fort Clinch and the beach are within a short distance east. Each year in May, the Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival takes place in the Historic District, attracting thousands of visitors.</p><br>
<p>Bostons Old City Hall was home to its city council from 1865 to 1969. It was one of the first buildings in the French Second Empire style to be built in the United States. After the buildings completion, the Second Empire style was used extensively elsewhere in Boston and for many public buildings in the United States, including the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., Providence City Hall in Providence, Baltimore City Hall in Baltimore, and Philadelphia City Hall in Philadelphia. The building&#39;s architects were Gridley James Fox Bryant and Arthur Gilman.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Old City Hall, built between 1862 and 1865, is located at 45 School Street, along the Freedom Trail between the Old South Meeting House and King&#39;s Chapel. The Boston Latin School operated on the site from 1704 to 1748, and on the same street until 1844.</p><br>
<p>Also on the site, the Suffolk County Courthouse was erected in 1810 and converted to Boston&#39;s second city hall in 1841, being replaced by the current building twenty-four years later. Thirty-eight Boston mayors, including John F. Fitzgerald, Maurice J. Tobin, and James Michael Curley, served their terms of office on School Street at this site over a period of 128 years.</p><br>
<p>With the move to the current Boston City Hall in 1969, Old City Hall was converted over the next two years to serve other functions – an early and successful example of adaptive reuse. The Boston-based nonprofit developer Architectural Heritage Foundation, Inc. (now AHF Boston) and the architecture firm Anderson Notter Associates completed the adaptive use and renovation. AHF Boston subsequently managed the property for fifty years.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was designated a USA National Historic Landmark in 1970.</p><br>
<h3>Points of architectural interest</h3><br>
<p>The granite exterior characterized by ornamented columns, the mansard roof, and the projecting central bay</p><br>
<p>The massive front doors, unusual in the use of different wood, as well as the inlay of the marble circle in each door</p><br>
<p>The murals in the building entrances on School Street and Court Square illustrating the history of both the building and the site</p><br>
<p>The marble plaque in the first floor lobby commemorating the laying of the cornerstone in 1862 by Mayor Joseph Wightman and the dedication of the building in 1865 by Mayor Frederic W. Lincoln Jr.</p><br>
<p>The hopscotch in the School Street sidewalk recognizing this as the site of the Boston Latin School</p><br>
<p>The statues in the courtyard:</p><br>
<p>Benjamin Franklin, who attended school on this site. Scenes of Franklin&#39;s accomplishments appear in bas-relief on the square pedestal of the statue. The statue (1856) was the first portrait statue to be erected in Boston. Franklin is depicted as he would actually appear, rather than draped in toga, cloak, or classical attire. The statue was designed by Richard Saltonstall Greenough, as are two of the bas-reliefs.</p><br>
<p>Josiah Quincy III, Boston&#39;s second mayor; the statue (1879) was designed by Thomas Ball.</p><br>
<p>A donkey, signifying the Democratic Party, with two bronze footprints in front of it labeled "stand in opposition" and a plaque explaining the origin of the donkey as the party&#39;s symbol.</p><br>
<h2>Old City Hall today</h2><br>
<p>In 2017, Synergy Investments purchased Old City Hall for $30.1 million from AHF Boston. With more than 83,000 ft&sup2; of real estate, it now houses a number of businesses, organizations, and a Ruth&#39;s Chris Steak House, Welch & Forbes, Underscore VC, McLane Middleton, Kaymbu and many more, though its most famous tenant, the upscale French restaurant Maison Robert, closed in 2004.</p><br>
<h2>Mayors who served in Old City Hall</h2><br>
<p>Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. (1863–1866)</p><br>
<p>Otis Norcross (1867–1868)</p><br>
<p>Nathaniel B. Shurtleff (1868–1871)</p><br>
<p>William Gaston (1871–1872)</p><br>
<p>Henry L. Pierce (1873)</p><br>
<p>Leonard R. Cutter (1873)</p><br>
<p>Samuel C. Cobb (1874–1876)</p><br>
<p>Frederick O. Prince (1877)</p><br>
<p>Henry L. Pierce (1878)</p><br>
<p>Frederick O. Prince (1879–1881)</p><br>
<p>Samuel A. Green (1882)</p><br>
<p>Albert Palmer (1883)</p><br>
<p>Augustus P. Martin (1884)</p><br>
<p>Hugh O&#39;Brien (1885–1888)</p><br>
<p>Thomas N. Hart (1889–1890)</p><br>
<p>Nathan Matthews Jr. (1891–1894)</p><br>
<p>Edwin Upton Curtis (1895)</p><br>
<p>Josiah Quincy (1896–1899)</p><br>
<p>Thomas N. Hart (1900–1902)</p><br>
<p>Patrick Collins (1902–1905)</p><br>
<p>Daniel A. Whelton (1905–1906)</p><br>
<p>John F. Fitzgerald (1906–1908, 1910–1914)</p><br>
<p>George A. Hibbard (1908–1910)</p><br>
<p>James M. Curley (1914–1918, 1922–1926, 1930–1934, 1946–1950)</p><br>
<p>Andrew J. Peters (1918–1922)</p><br>
<p>Malcolm Nichols (1926–1930)</p><br>
<p>Frederick Mansfield (1934–1938)</p><br>
<p>Maurice J. Tobin (1938–1945)</p><br>
<p>John E. Kerrigan (1945–1946)</p><br>
<p>John B. Hynes (1947, 1950–1960)</p><br>
<p>John F. Collins (1960–1968)</p><br>
<p>Kevin H. White (1968–1984)</p><br>
<p>The Coburg Historic District is a National Historic District located in the city of Coburg, Oregon, United States. The district is roughly bounded by Van Duyn Road, Diamond and Miller streets, Dixon Street and Tax lots 1700 and 201, and Bottom Loop Road.</p><br>
<p>The district was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The period of significance of the district dates back to 1875.</p><br>
<p>Woodlawn Baptist Church and Cemetery, also known as Woodlawn Missionary Baptist Church, is a historic building in Nutbush, Haywood County, Tennessee, in the United States. It is on Woodlawn Road, south of Tennessee State Route 19.</p><br>
<p>Founded in 1866 largely by freedmen, Woodlawn Baptist Church and Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.</p><br>
<p>When singer Tina Turner was growing up as Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Woodlawn Baptist was one of her family churches.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Most slave congregations were ministered by white pastors. In 1846, the young slave carpenter Hardin Smith, born in Virginia, was allowed by his master&#39;s wife to preach to a slave congregation at an evening service at the white Woodlawn Church. It was located near Woodlawn Road. He was the first slave to preach to an area congregation.</p><br>
<p>Hardin Smith was of mixed race; his white father was his mothers master Abner Smith. Hardin, his mother and siblings were sold away from Virginia. In Tennessee, he was secretly taught by his master William H. Lovings wife and children to read and write through the Bible, which was against state law at the time. He in turn secretly taught many slaves to read and write.</p><br>
<p>In 1866, after emancipation and the end of the Civil War, Hardin Smith and Martin Winfield were among three men in Haywood County selected by missionaries of the Baptist Home Mission Board for the first classes in ministry at the newly established Roger Williams College in Nashville. The Northern Baptists wanted to aid freedmen in the South and plant new churches.</p><br>
<p>After his return to Nutbush, Smith, together with other freedmen, the Freedmen&#39;s Bureau, and a few whites, founded the Woodlawn Colored Baptist Church (now known as Woodlawn Missionary Baptist Church). He was called as the pastor there and served there for the next 56 years until his death in 1929.</p><br>
<p>Smith consistently encouraged his congregation to seek education, both adults and children. In 1866 Smith and Winfield helped establish the Freedman School in the county seat of Brownsville, Tennessee. It later developed into twelve grades.</p><br>
<p>Smith was a community leader, organizing five other black Baptist churches in Haywood and nearby Lauderdale counties. Winfield helped found the First Baptist Church in Brownsville and became its pastor. All emphasized education.</p><br>
<p>These black Baptist churches soon withdrew from white supervision, as did most black Baptists in the South, establishing their own churches and associations. Smith participated in organizing the National Negro Baptist Convention. In 1895 it merged with two other groups as the National Baptist Convention USA, Inc. This formed the largest black Baptist convention in the United States.</p><br>
<p>Smith also participated in founding Howe Institute of Technology (now merged into LeMoyne-Owen College), a historically black college in Memphis and developing Roger Williams College from its beginnings in 1866. Before 1900, more students attended Roger Williams College from the Woodlawn Missionary Baptist Church than from any other community in Tennessee. Graduates from Roger Williams helped lead other black schools and colleges; they became ministers, doctors, lawyers, and teachers.</p><br>
<p>In 1996, Woodlawn Baptist Church and Cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its historical significance.</p><br>
<h2>Tina Turner Highway</h2><br>
<p>Woodlawn Baptist Church is located 3 mi (4.8 km) southeast of Nutbush, south of Tennessee State Route 19. A stretch of State Route 19 between Brownsville and Nutbush was named "Tina Turner Highway" in 2002 after singer Tina Turner, who was born in Brownsville and lived as a child in Nutbush.</p><br>
<p>Woodlawn Baptist Church in Nutbush was a family church of Tina Turner. While growing up, she worshipped here and sang in the choir. Her family members were church officials, musicians and singers; some are buried in this cemetery.</p><br>
<p>The Pearson Brick House  is a historic structure located on the north shore of Fort Patrick Henry Lake in Sullivan County, Tennessee. The site is located near the section of the Holston River once referred to as the Great Falls. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, but subsequently removed in 2017.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>After immigrating from Ireland, John Beauregard Barnes and his wife, Emaline Baker Barnes, owned 2000 acres (809 hectares) of land in east Tennessee around the time of the American Civil War. In 1860, Barnes constructed the two-story house from hand-fired brick on the site.</p><br>
<p>The Barnes&#39; slaves, brought from Ireland, would be hidden in the cellar of the house when Union soldiers or sympathizers were near the property. In addition, the family frequently caught runaway slaves and housed them in the cellar until their owners claimed them.</p><br>
<p>The house was inherited by the children of John Beauregard Barnes. A son, John Rice Barnes, and his wife, Elizabeth Hawk Barnes, raised their family of 12 children in the house. In addition to being a farmer, J. R. Barnes was a logger who cut and floated timber on the Holston River to Knoxville, accompanying the timber on the river in a flatboat.</p><br>
<p>The house has since had several owners including the Tennessee Valley Authority. The property is currently owned by Jim Pearson and his wife.</p><br>
<h2>Architectural details</h2><br>
<p>The house is constructed from hand-fired brick. A chimney with decorative brickwork is located at each end of the house. The meanings of the initials on the chimneys (E.B. and L.L.) are not precisely known. The house has a total of five fireplaces.</p><br>
<p>The house contains two cellars. One of the two cellars is dirt-walled and contains a fireplace for smoking meats and chains for restraining slaves.</p><br>
<p>A rear wing with five rooms was added to the house during the occupancy by the family of John Rice Barnes. This addition was removed in 1955.</p><br>
<p>Bellevue Plantation was the USA home of Catherine Willis Gray Murat, located in Tallahassee, Florida. It was purchased in 1854 after Catherines second husband Prince Achille Murat  died in 1847. Murat was the great-grandniece of George Washington. She was a daughter of Colonel Byrd C. Willis  and his wife Mary Lewis. Mary Lewis was the granddaughter of Fielding Lewis, George Washington&#39;s brother-in-law. Through the Lewis family, she was also a relative of explorer Meriwether Lewis.</p><br>
<h2>Plantation home</h2><br>
<p>The home was named after the Hotel de Belle-Vue in Brussels, where Catherine and Achille had lived while in Europe. It has been restored and has period furnishings.</p><br>
<p>The house is now part of the grounds of the Tallahassee Museum and is located in the Old Florida section. Visitors can learn about the area&#39;s plantation communities. There are two adjacent reconstructed building, a plantation kitchen and a slave cabin.</p><br>
<h2>Plantation specifics</h2><br>
<p>The Leon County Florida 1860 Agricultural Census shows that Bellevue Plantation had the following:</p><br>
<p>Improved Land: 470 acre</p><br>
<p>Unimproved Land: 50 acre</p><br>
<p>Cash value of plantation: $10,000</p><br>
<p>Cash value of farm implements/machinery: $200</p><br>
<p>Cash value of farm animals: $510</p><br>
<p>Number of slaves: 24</p><br>
<p>Bushels of corn: N/A</p><br>
<p>Bales of cotton: N/A</p><br>
<h2>The owners</h2><br>
<p>During Catherines years at Bellevue, she became involved in Americas first successful preservation effort of Mount Vernon, George Washingtons home, through the Mount Vernon Ladies Association. She was appointed Vice Regent for Florida, the title given the central person in each state organizing the association&#39;s work. The state raised $3,791 toward the restoration of Mount Vernon, the largest per capita amount raised by any of the 30 contributing states. During the Civil War, Murat participated in the local "Soldiers Aid Societies," which met as sewing circles to clothe the southern troops. Early in 1866, Napoleon III, who had come to power in France in 1849, granted Murat an annuity from the French government in consideration of her losses during the Civil War. Catherine Murat died August 6, 1867, at Bellevue.</p><br>
<p>Bellevue was sold to Captain Bloxham who owned the William D. Bloxham Plantation. In June 1883, Bellevue, now at 357 acre of land, was sold to Edward Smeaton Thomson of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.</p><br>
<p>Curles Neck Plantation  is located between State Route 5 and the north bank of the James River in the Varina district of Henrico County, Virginia. One of the great James River Plantations, Curles Neck has remained in active use for almost 400 years and remains a privately owned working farm which is not currently open to the public.</p><br>
<p>As "Curles Neck Farm", a 5600-acre property was listed on the USA National Register of Historic Places in 2009.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In November 1635, a year after the formal designation of Henrico County as one of 8 shires (or counties) in the Virginia Colony, a land patent for 750 acre was granted to Captain Thomas Harris, who had apparently served under Sir Thomas Dale. The tobacco farm was referred to by early settlers as "Longfield", but soon thereafter became known as Curles Neck. Captain Harris served in the House of Burgesses at Jamestown as a Burgess for Curles Neck.</p><br>
<p>The source of the name Curles Neck is unknown. Many people thought that the name derived from the meandering sweeping curves of the tidal James River in the area, which can clearly be seen by map. However, the family name of Curle is recorded in various grants over a span of one hundred years in the books at the State Land Registry Office. A prominent representative of that family was the patriot Wilson Roscow Curle of the Revolutionary era.</p><br>
<h3>Seat of Nathaniel Bacon</h3><br>
<p>In the early 1670s, the property was owned by Nathaniel Bacon. The colonists in outlying locations such as those in Henrico and the Northern Neck came into conflict with the Colonys Royal Governor, Sir William Berkeley over taking reprisal action for alleged thefts by the Native Americans. In 1676, the tension erupted into a conflict between the colonists known as Bacons Rebellion. Governor Berkeley was forced to retreat from Jamestown to the join loyalists on the Eastern Shore. Bacon fell ill and died in Gloucester, and the rebellion fell apart. In the aftermath, two dozen colonists were tried and hanged by Governor Berkeley. After Nathaniel Bacon was found guilty of treason post-mortem, his property was confiscated by the Crown, and later resold to William Randolph.</p><br>
<h3>Revolutionary and Civil War periods</h3><br>
<p>During the mid-18th century, John Pleasants donated the first Quaker meeting house at Curles Neck and was one of the trustees appointed to represent the newly formed Town of Richmond. In 1771, his slaves were granted their freedom under the terms of his will. In 1852 Charles Senff, a New York sugar merchant, purchased the then 3,250 acre Curles tract from William Allen. He also purchased two adjoining farms increasing his holdings to over 5,000 acres. Seniff built the 15-room brick Georgian Revival mansion that exists today to replace the antebellum house which had fallen into disrepair during the Civil War.</p><br>
<h3>20th century</h3><br>
<p>Industrialist C. K. G. Billings bought the property in 1913 and built it into one of the most important horse breeding farms in the country.</p><br>
<p>The next owner, A. B. Ruddock, started Curles Neck Dairy, which began retail operations in 1933. By the mid 20th century Curles Neck Farm under the ownership of Fred Watkins who purchased the property in 1943 had become one of the largest dairy suppliers in the eastern United States. The companys plant in the Scotts Addition section of Richmond held processing and distribution facilities, and a small retail store. The operation lasted until 1980, and generations of school children toured the large dairy barns.</p><br>
<h2>Eastern Airlines crash landing</h2><br>
<p>On Thursday 19 July 1951 Eastern Airlines Flight 601 departed Newark International Airport bound for Miami International Airport at 14:15. As it passed Philadelphia, at 14:52, the Lockheed Constellation reached cruising altitude of 18000 feet. For the next 25 to 30 minutes violent turbulence accompanied by intermittent periods of hail were encountered. The flight continued past Philadelphia for a few minutes toward Dover and the captain made a turn to the west in an attempt to avoid as much of the storm area as possible. The flight broke out in a clear area at about 15:17. The flight was able to continue VFR and descended to 8,000 feet. A second squall was encountered in the vicinity of Lynchburg at 15:50. The aircraft was slowed to 185 mph IAS, light turbulence and buffeting were experienced. After breaking out of the storm at 15:54, the buffeting became so severe that the crew believed the aircraft would disintegrate before they could reach Byrd Field (now Richmond International Airport) to attempt an emergency landing. Airspeed was further reduced, but the buffeting continued. Two minutes later, and only a few miles short of the runway, the captain radioed an emergency and the flight descended.</p><br>
<p>The captain recognized Curles Neck Farm, selected the largest field, and landed straight ahead with the flaps up and the landing gear retracted. He felt it inadvisable to make any turn, lower the flaps, or otherwise to change the flight configuration, since the cause of the severe buffeting was unknown. During the last few moments of flight, as the nose of the aircraft touched high corn in a field, the copilot and flight engineer cut all switches. A power line pole at the edge of the corn field was struck by the right wing as the aircraft passed under the wires. After passing over Curles Neck Road, a section of fence was torn down and the aircraft skidded 1,100 feet through a field, another fence, and finally came to rest in a pasture 265 feet from the second fence at 15:59. A localized fire developed outside of the No 4 engine, but was quickly extinguished by rain and the local fire department who arrived at the scene within a short time.</p><br>
<p>There were no fatalities as a result of the emergency landing, and the Civil Aeronautics Board determined the probable cause of the accident to be the in-flight opening of the hydraulic access door, which caused extreme buffeting of the aircraft and resulted in the captain&#39;s decision to make an emergency landing. The airframe was salvaged, and removed from Curles Neck aboard a barge that was towed down the James River. The aircraft was repaired and put back in service but was ultimately written off after suffering another accident in 1953.</p><br>
<h2>Archaeological digs</h2><br>
<p>During excavation, archaeologists uncovered the foundation of Captain Harris&#39;s house, dating between 1635 and 1654, and portions of a later house probably occupied by Bacon. Landscape features include intricate terraces and traces of tunnels down to the James River which could be used as an escape route from potential invasions by Native Americans.</p><br>
<p>The H. H. Bennett Studio is a historic photographic studio and photography museum located in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, United States. The studio building was built in 1875 by noted landscape photographer H. H. Bennett. It was operated by his family until 1998, when the studio was donated to the Wisconsin Historical Society. Today the studio, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, serves as a historical museum.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>H. H. Bennett began his career as a photographer in 1865, when he bought a portrait studio in Kilbourn City (now Wisconsin Dells) from local photographer Leroy Gates. Although there was little demand for portraits in the area, Bennett was able to achieve fame for a series of photographs he took of the nearby Dells of the Wisconsin River. As Bennetts pictures of local scenery became popular in cities across the nation, sightseers began to flock to Kilbourn City to view the Dells in person. Bennett capitalized on this by offering the tourists souvenir postcards and portraits, and was able to build a new red brick studio in 1875. This is the structure that still stands in Wisconsin Dells today. In addition to operating as a typical photographic studio, Bennetts studio functioned as a gift shop and information center for the surrounding area, selling souvenirs and crafts to visitors.</p><br>
<p>At the studio, Bennett devised a number of new technologies to advance his photography. Among the most notable of his creations was his revolving solar printing house. Printing photos in Bennetts time required light, and because electricity was not available, sunlight was needed for Bennett to print any pictures. However, to ensure that he had sufficient sunlight throughout the day, Bennett needed a way to move his workspace while the sun moved in the sky. To achieve this, he constructed a small building with skylights, and mounted it upon rollers that rode a circular track outside his studio. Then, using a cable and pulley system, he was able to move the printing house around the track as often as needed to ensure optimum sunlight for printing. Bennetts unique creation is now housed in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.</p><br>
<h2>Museum</h2><br>
<p>Following H. H. Bennetts death in 1908, the operation of the photography studio passed to his children, and his descendants continued to own the studio until 1998, when it was donated to the Wisconsin Historical Society for use as a historic site. Following its acquisition of the site, the historical society restored the studio building to its 1908 appearance. This project was completed in 2000, and the restored studio is now open to the public as the H. H. Bennett Studio & History Center. In addition to offering exhibits that recreate the interior workspace of the studio as it was used by Bennett, the museum gives visitors the opportunity to view Bennetts many stereoscopic images of the Wisconsin Dells in three dimensions using LCD shutter glasses. The site is also home to a replica of Bennett&#39;s revolving solar printing house.</p><br>
<p>The Palace Theater is a movie theatre in downtown Hilo, Hawai&#39;i in the United States of America. Built in 1925, the theater is one of the more prominent public buildings constructed in Hilo in the early 20th century. Architects Davis & Fishbourne designed the theater in the Beaux-Arts style. The two-story building has five bays on its front facade; a metal marquee divides the two stories. The three central bays feature broken pediments and decorative urns above the second-floor windows. A parapet with a balustrade runs along the top of the building. After the original theater closed, the Palace reopened in 1998 as an arthouse.</p><br>
<p>The theater was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 1993.</p><br>
<p>The Palace Theater features a restored lobby with a cafe serving refreshments during movie showings, concerts and theatrical performances. The theater itself features steeply banked amphitheater seating in three tiers, and a wonderful decorative proscenium frames the stage.</p><br>
<p>A large Robert Morton pipe organ is in the auditorium. Much of it is original to the Palace in 1925, but the organ was moved to the Hilo Theatre in 1940, which was destroyed by the 1960 tsunami. The surviving pipework was then purchased by Roger Angell and installed in his family home in Honolulu. He eventually donated the organ back to the Palace, and it has been expanded with portions of the pipe organ from the demolished Waikiki Theatre in Honolulu.</p><br>
<p>The Palace is a favorite venue for performers and bands, with concerts regularly scheduled. Every Spring a local variety show fund-raiser features local talent, and each Fall a full theatrical musical production is staged for serial performances over the course of a month. Independent films are a consistent draw. Special events are staged as well, allowing the public to see and use the theater for many events outside of the typical use as a movie theater.</p><br>
<p>During the COVID pandemic, The Palace Theater produced the Live From the Empty Palace web series, which featured local Hawaiian artists performing on the Palace Theater stage for an empty audience. The series produced a Nā Hōkū Hanohano finalist compilation album and a 12-episode broadcast television series shown on PBS. The series included performances by notables Hawaiian artists including Kolea, El Sancho, Larry Dupio, Kainani Kahaunaele, Lopaka Rootz, Ka&#39;ahele and more.</p><br>
<p>First Capitol Historic Site is a free-admission historic museum located outside Belmont, Wisconsin, United States. The museum includes two of the buildings first used by legislators to meet in Wisconsin Territory. Currently owned and operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society, the site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Background</h2><br>
<p>From 1818 to 1836, the land that is now Wisconsin was part of Michigan Territory. In 1836, Michigan itself achieved statehood and Congress created Wisconsin Territory from the frontier lands to the west. This territory included lands that are now Minnesota, Iowa, and the eastern Dakotas. At that time, this vast area was sparsely settled, with a total population of about 22,000. In 1836, Milwaukee had under 2,000 people. Madison was only wooded hills and swamps between the four lakes, which had just been bought by James Doty and some other real estate speculators with an eye toward founding a city there.</p><br>
<h2>Territorial capital</h2><br>
<p>Early leaders in the territory needed a place to meet and establish the territorial government. Several land speculators saw this need even before the territory was official, and tried to prepare sites which could be chosen as the territorial capital, hoping to become wealthy if the capitol was built in their city. One such speculator was John Atchison, a general merchandise businessman from Galena. In 1835 he laid out the village of Belmont, Wisconsin and in 1836 began building four public buildings there to attract the lawmakers to his site: a council house where lawmakers could convene, a lodging house for the legislators, a house for the territorial governor, and a courthouse for the territorial supreme court. These wooden buildings were constructed outside of Wisconsin (possibly Pittsburg) and shipped to Belmont for final assembly. (At least one of the buildings was constructed in or near Galena, Illinois. In his 1903 obituary, John Osborn said that he "and partner took the contract and built the first capitol building of the territory." John lived in Galena, Illinois, 1833-42, and later lived in Belmont 1842-1864.). On September 9, 1836, territorial Governor Henry Dodge announced that Belmont would be used as the territorial capital, at least for the first legislative session, making Atchisons council house the first capitol. The likely reason for Dodges selection of Belmont as capital city was its location in Wisconsins lead mining region, which at that time was the territorys most populous area. However, the selection was controversial, and some contend that Dodge had other motives for the selection based upon his earlier associations with Atchison.</p><br>
<p>The first session of Wisconsin&#39;s territorial legislature began at Belmont on October 25, 1836. Soon after the session convened, Governor Dodge gave a speech outlining the purpose of the session: to establish a system of government for the territory and make a final selection for the territorial capitol. Perhaps because of the controversy over his choice of Belmont, Dodge announced that he would approve any site the legislature voted to become the permanent capital, even though he had the legal power to veto all territorial legislation. That announcement re-opened the scramble for locating the territorial capital. Most lawmakers were opposed to the idea of continuing to use the capitol at Belmont, since the lodging house was small and overcrowded, and none of the buildings had heat or water. Burlington, Cassville, Fond du Lac and Madison had their advocates, among others. The boosters of Dubuque even invited the whole legislature over for a weekend visit.</p><br>
<p>When legislators were not debating the future site of the capital, they set the groundwork for the territorial government. In all, 42 acts were approved by the legislature before it adjourned on December 9, 1836. These acts organized Wisconsin government, created a judicial system, and established several new counties in the territory. The legislature would not meet again in Belmont, preferring to meet at a temporary location in Burlington until the new capitol at Madison was completed. Later, in 1838, Burlington became a part of Iowa Territory, forcing the legislature to move to Madison earlier than anticipated.</p><br>
<h2>Later use</h2><br>
<p>As the isthmus between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona developed into the city of Madison, the village of Belmont slowly faded. Many of the settlers who had rushed to Belmont when it became territorial capital were now leaving for Madison. Still, the village survived, although the route taken by the Mineral Point Railroad prompted most of its residents to relocate three miles to the southeast of the original town in 1867, meaning that the first capitol is now three miles northwest of Belmont.</p><br>
<p>After the territorial officials left, the capitol building and accompanying structures were used as private residences and later livestock barns.</p><br>
<p>The Julian Gold Rush Hotel formerly known as Robinson Hotel is located in the former mining town of Julian, California, United States. It was one of the first businesses in San Diego County owned and operated by African Americans.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Albert Robinson and Margaret Tull Robinson started, in 1887, a business originally named the Robinson Restaurant and Bakery. The business quickly became popular during the relatively brief gold rush that Julian experienced. Their hotel, which is still in operation, is the oldest continuing operating hotel in Southern California. The original hotel was constructed in 1897, with the bakery-restaurant structure razed to make room for the hotel. During construction, Albert planted cedar and locust trees around the hotel, which survive to the present day.</p><br>
<p>The hotel has remained in business for over a hundred years and has repeatedly been expanded and improved, with air conditioning being a major new improvement added in the 21st century. The historically restored 16-room building is currently known as the Julian Gold Rush Hotel.</p><br>
<p>Albert was a former slave who came to Julian with his former slave owner. During the gold rush days of Julian, most of San Diego Countys African Americans lived in remote Julian, rather than the city of San Diego. Another influential black pioneer of the time, and a friend of the Robinsons, was America Newton, also a former slave and laundress during the towns gold rush days.</p><br>
<p>Albert and Margaret met in Julian; Albert being employed at the time as a cook. They were married in the late 1880s. Albert died on June 10, 1915. Margaret sold the hotel in 1921.</p><br>
<p>The hotel is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Madison Theatre is a historic theater in Peoria, Illinois, United States that opened on October 16, 1920, as a silent picture theatre.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The building was commissioned by Dee Robinson and designed by Peoria architect Frederick J. Klein. The theatre features an Italian Renaissance exterior and classical plasterwork on the interior walls and domed lobby ceilings. The lobby&#39;s terra-cotta plasterwork frames a triple-arched window above the marquee.</p><br>
<p>The building is located across the street from the Pere Marquette Hotel.</p><br>
<p>The theatre opened in 1920 as a silent picture and vaudeville venue. It had 1,600 seats.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 21, 1980.</p><br>
<p>The Madison Theatre closed in the 1980s. It reopened as a comedy club and then again in 1992 as a dinner theatre.</p><br>
<p>From 1996 to 2002, the Theatre was revived under the management of Jay Goldberg Events & Entertainment. Over 200 concerts took place during this period including live performances by George Winston, Ray Charles, The Smashing Pumpkins, Creed, REO Speedwagon, Fiona Apple, Todd Rundgren, moe., Govt&#39; Mule, and Mudvayne. The theatre closed in 2003.</p><br>
<p>On June 4, 2016, firefighters were called to the theater around 10:30 P.M. for a significant fire that had broken out on or around the stage area. Officials stated the fire had been deliberately set, with damage estimated to be about $500,000.</p><br>
<p>On July 27, 2016, the City of Peoria filed a condemnation notification for the building. City inspectors reexamined the building on August 25. As most necessary repairs were complete at that time, the citys assistant community development director stated, "well likely dismiss the demolition case" after additional minor repairs were made.</p><br>
<p>On January 27, 2022, the recently-formed non-profit organization The Madison Preservation Association announced that it had obtained Madison Theatre ownership, via the charitable theatre donation from its longtime owner. After which, the organization will immediately embark upon the preliminarily estimated $30-$35 million Renovation of The Madison Theatre with an anticipated opening in mid-to-late 2024. The first stage involves renovation of the commercial spaces along Main Street, during the Summer or Fall of 2022, followed by the extensive full restoration of the actual Theatre building to past grandeur through 2023 until full completion during 2024.</p><br>
<p>The Peoria Marriott Pere Marquette, is a historic 14-story hotel in downtown Peoria, Illinois, United States. Built in 1926, the building is Peoria&#39;s only surviving example of an upscale 1920s hotel. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Philadelphia architect Horace Trumbauer was the lead architect for the hotel. Trumbauer designed many prominent homes and public buildings on the East Coast, including several upscale hotels; his design for the Père Marquette was inspired by both his earlier hotel designs and other contemporary hotels such as the Waldorf-Astoria. Herbert Edmund Hewitt, a prominent local architect responsible for many of Peoria&#39;s major buildings of the period, collaborated with Trumbauer on the project.</p><br>
<p>The fourteen-story building is mainly built from brick and stone. Its exterior design mainly emphasizes symmetry and linearity, a common architectural trend at the time. Stone window treatments surround the second-story windows, and a stone cornice with carved Native American and animal faces encircles the top of the building. The hotel is located directly across Main Street from the Madison Theatre building and a half-block from Peoria City Hall; both buildings are also on the National Register.</p><br>
<p>The original first floor included a grand lobby and three large meeting rooms. The Cotillion Room, the hotel&#39;s original ballroom, features a high domed ceiling, French window mirrors, and decorative plasterwork. The LaSalle Room and the Cheminee Lounge both originally featured high ceilings with crystal chandeliers, though the original crystal was removed from the Cheminee Lounge. The lobby and the Cotillion Room both originally had murals by George Matthews Harding; the lobby mural depicted Père Marquette landing at Peoria, while the Cotillion Room mural showed Sieur de La Salle leaving France.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Planning for the hotel began in 1924, when several of Peorias business leaders decided that the city needed a high-end hotel. Led by Emmet C. May, the business leaders enlisted hotel manager Horace Leland Wiggins to oversee the new hotel. A sweepstakes was held to choose the hotels name; the winning entry, Hotel Père Marquette, a common name for Father Jacques Marquette, received $50. The hotel was completed in 1926 for $2.5 million (now $ million after inflation), and its grand opening was held in January 1927. 16,000 people came to the grand opening. The building&#39;s designers were primarily from the East Coast, and the hotel was heavily influenced by the luxurious hotels that were popular there in the 1920s. It was one of two major high-end hotels in Peoria at the time, along with the Jefferson Hotel, and is now the only one still operating.</p><br>
<p>Renovations took place in 1954, 1961 and again in 1972 when the Père Marquette joined the Hilton Hotel chain as the Peoria Hilton. Further renovation and restoration were undertaken in 1981. The hotel later left the Hilton chain and reverted to its original name. On August 12, 1982, the hotel was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The Peoria City Council approved the final agreement with developer Gary Matthews to close the hotel for an extensive renovation and expansion into a full-service, upscale Marriott hotel. The hotel closed December 2, 2011 to begin these renovations and reopened in June 2013.</p><br>
<p>A 2020 indictment alleged that Matthews and Monte J. Brannan on charges of money laundering and mail fraud, including using investor funds to enrich themselves from 2008 to 2018. The trial began in October 2023; both developers were jointly charged with five counts of mail fraud and 13 counts of money laundering.</p><br>
<p>The hotel was renovated again in 2022.</p><br>
<p>Peoria City Hall, located in the United States city of Peoria, Illinois, is a historic red sandstone building designed by Reeves and Baillee. The city hall was built in 1897 and dedicated in January 1899. The building is still Peoria&#39;s city hall.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Peoria City Hall was designed and built by Reeves and Baillee in 1897 for US$271,500.</p><br>
<p>The Flemish Renaissance structure was designed so that any one of its four sides could serve as the front. The exterior is red sandstone from the Lake Superior region, quarried in 1890.</p><br>
<p>The Victorian cupola bell tower from the original city hall building is at the peak.</p><br>
<p>During construction, a cornerstone of the building was left open for residents were to drop in personal or historic items that would be sealed inside.</p><br>
<p>The city hall was dedicated January 5 to January 7, 1899. At the ceremony, Civil War hero turned mayor Maj. John Warner said, “Chicago has one larger and far more expensive, but gloomy and dark within; while this is lightsome, bright and cheerful in every department.”</p><br>
<p>The interior has a marble staircase, ironwork railings, and stained glass windows. An 1889 statue “Love Knows No Caste” by artist Fritz Triebel is visible in the front hall.</p><br>
<p>In 1912, a mural was commissioned. The interior mural depicts muses of learning, peace, and medicine along with symbols of the community and its industries.</p><br>
<h2>Significant Events</h2><br>
<p>In the 1960s, Peoria City Hall was the site of public speeches by Adlai Stevenson III, Edward Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in February 1973.</p><br>
<p>The Peoria Civic Center was built behind it in 1982.</p><br>
<p>In 2017, Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL) awarded the City of Peoria the Leslie B. Knope Trophy for "Best City Hall".</p><br>
<p>The Loring–Greenough House is the last surviving 18th century residence in Sumner Hill, a historic section of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston. It is located at 12 South Street on Monument Square at the edge of Sumner Hill. It is situated on the border of two National Historic Districts .</p><br>
<p>This mid-Georgian mansion was built as a country residence and farmstead in 1760 for wealthy British naval officer Commodore Joshua Loring on the original site of John Polley&#39;s estate established in the 1650s. Originally, the Loring–Greenough house was situated on a 80 acre estate. Loring, a Loyalist prior to the American Revolution, abandoned the house in 1774, just prior to the conflict, and he fled from Boston in 1776. The house was confiscated by colonial forces and in 1776 served as a headquarters for General Nathanael Greene and, soon after, a hospital for Continental Army soldiers following the Battle of Bunker Hill.</p><br>
<p>In 1780, the house was sold to Isaac Sears, the rebel leader from New York, and was then purchased in 1784 by Ann Doane, a rich widow, who soon after married David Stoddard Greenough. General William Hyslop Sumner married the widow of David Stoddard Greenough II (Maria Doane Greenough) in 1836 and by the late 1850s the process to subdivide the estate and farmland had begun. The Greenough descendants lived here for five generations until 1924. At that time the Jamaica Plain Tuesday Club (until 1993 a ladies&#39;-only club and today a community group) purchased the house, along with almost two acres of landscaped grounds, to preserve it and save it from development.</p><br>
<p>The Loring–Greenough House is a very well preserved structure of almost 4,500 ft&sup2, on property that includes sweeping lawns, historic flower beds, handsome trees, and the two-and-one-half-story house itself. The property is fenced and gated; the public is invited to enjoy the grounds during daylight hours, and to attend events inside and outside the House throughout the year. The Tuesday Club has been careful to preserve the house and grounds over many decades. The most recent restoration occurred with a $350,000 grant and included painting and other repairs.</p><br>
<p>The Loring–Greenough property is still owned and operated by the Tuesday Club, which offers tours on Sundays and other programming and events throughout the year. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was designated both a Massachusetts Landmark and a Boston Landmark by the Boston Landmarks Commission in 1999.</p><br>
<p>The Thomas Scott Buckham Memorial Library is a historic library in Faribault, Minnesota, United States.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The public library as a tax-supported institution in Faribault dates from 1897, when it was housed in the City Hall building. Mrs. Anna Buckham gave the Thomas Scott Buckham Memorial Library building to the City of Faribault in memory of her husband. The cornerstone was laid in September 1929, and dedication of the building took place on July 20, 1930.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The librarys architecture has Greek themes; Buckham was an avid reader and scholar of Greek literature. A stained glass window made by Charles Jay Connick was emplaced in the buildings tower. The second floor has a Greek mural painted by Alfred J. Hyslop depicts scenes from Athens, Sparta, Delphi, and Olympia.</p><br>
<p>The William Lloyd Garrison House, also known as Rockledge, is a National Historic Landmark house, located at 125 Highland Street in the Roxbury Highlands section of Boston, Massachusetts. Probably built in the 1840s or 1850s, it is significant as the longtime home of William Lloyd Garrison , one of the most high-profile abolitionist activists of the mid-19th century United States. Garrison published The Liberator, the principal organ of the abolitionist movement, and spoke for the immediate emancipation of slaves. Despite significant later alterations to accommodate institutional uses, the building has retained much of its 19th-century fabric. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965 and is a pending Boston Landmark.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>It is not known exactly when, by whom, or for whom, the house was originally built. It was purchased by William Lloyd Garrison in 1864, and was his home until his death in 1879. It was then acquired by a non-profit organized by African-American supporters called the Rockledge Associates, who sought to preserve the property as a memorial to Garrison. In 1904 it was purchased by the Episcopal Sisters of the Society of Saint Margaret, who altered the building to operate a home for needy elderly. In 2012 the Sisters&#39; property, including the Garrison House, was purchased by Emmanuel College, which operates its Notre Dame campus there.</p><br>
<p>William Lloyd Garrison (1805–1879) was born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, trained as a printer, and was from an early date involved in the anti-slavery cause. In 1830 he began publishing The Liberator, which, despite a relatively modest circulation, became the leading publication of the abolitionist cause. On its pages Garrison regularly called for the immediate emancipation of all slaves. His advocacy was uncompromising, and upset not only slave-holding interests, but also members of the moderately anti-slavery business community. His advocacy sometimes resulted in physical violence against him and like-minded supporters; in one notable incident in Boston in 1835, Garrison was attacked by a mob and only narrowly escaped serious injury. In 1842 he began advocating a split of the Union if slavery was not abolished. His untiring advocacy provided a moral basis for the actions of Northerners in the American Civil War (1861–65). Garrison ceased publication of The Liberator in 1865, and semi-retired to Rockledge. He remained active in other progressive causes until his death.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The core portions of the Garrison house are its two-story main block and a two-story wing extending to the rear of the house. The main block stands on a rock ledge overlooking a grassy park at the base of the ledge. It has Italianate styling, some of which has been obscured by later alterations, with some details that were removed and later restored. The main facade is three bays wide, with single-story porch extending across its width. The porch is currently supported by grouped square columns with simple capitals; these are replacements for 19th-century columns that were more ornate. The main entrance is flanked by sidelight windows, and is framed by a molded surround rising to form a trefoil pattern. The corners of the house are quoined, a feature removed and later restored. Above the main entrance is a projecting oriel window, which is a 20th-century addition. Also a 20th-century addition is the glassed-in porch on the left side of the house. The rear wing has also had a bay window added, and a 19th-century single-story ell was replaced with a two-story mansard-roofed square structure at some time. The only interior spaces that have not been significantly altered are the entry hall and the main parlor (to the right of the entrance).</p><br>
<p>Mermaid House Hotel, located on East St. Louis Street in Lebanon, Illinois, was built in 1830 by the retired New England sea captain Lyman Adams. He named it for the mermaids he reported seeing at sea.</p><br>
<p>The Mermaid House was visited by Charles Dickens in 1842 and received a mention in his book American Notes.</p><br>
<p>The public-house was so very clean and good a one, that the managers of the jaunt resolved to return to it and put up there for the night, if possible. This course decided on, and the horses being well refreshed, we again pushed forward, and came upon the Prairie at sunset.</p><br>
<p>Returning to Lebanon that night, we lay at the little inn at which we had halted in the afternoon. In point of cleanliness and comfort it would have suffered by no comparison with any English alehouse, of a homely kind, in England.</p><br>
<p>The Mermaid House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 4, 1975.</p><br>
<p>Green Pastures is a historic Victorian home housing a restaurant of the same name in south Austin, Texas neighborhood of Bouldin Creek.</p><br>
<p>Completed in 1895 by local minister E.W. Herndon, the house sat on 23 acre bordering a wooded area to the south. It was home to a number of families over the years. The Green Pastures restaurant opened in the building in 1946, serving a range of comfort food, and was notable for serving to customers of all races, 18 years before other establishments in Austin were desegregated by law.</p><br>
<p>The building is located at 811 West Live Oak Avenue. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>Location for the 1988 film Heartbreak Hotel and childhood residence of the activist, author and radio show host John Henry Faulk.</p><br>
<p>Green Pastures Restaurant was established by Mary Faulk Koock and husband Chester Koock. Mary wrote historical collection of recipes The Texas Cookbook with the help of the author James Beard.</p><br>
<p>The grounds have been noted for decades for its beautiful peafowl.</p><br>
<p>The Mound House is an archeological site located in Greene County, Illinois in the Illinois River floodplain. The site is a multicomponent site; however, the mounds were constructed during the Middle Woodland and are associated with the Havana Hopewell culture. The mound center has two identified mounds.</p><br>
<p>The site received its name because the previous landowner, a farmer, built a house on Mound 1, the largest mound. Since then the house has been removed and the land is owned by the Center for American Archeology.</p><br>
<p>The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 1, 1978.</p><br>
<p>The Brown Building is a ten-story office and residential tower in Downtown Austin, Texas. It is 137 ft tall. Completed in 1938 at the southwest corner of 8th Street and Colorado Street, the building was home to many significant companies throughout 20th century Austin, including the holding corporation for the Lyndon Johnson family. The Texas Broadcasting Corporation  operated from the building for many years around World War II, counting among its employees humorist Cactus Pryor and future governor John Connally. The engineering company Brown & Root also had its headquarters in the Brown Building at one time.</p><br>
<p>The building was renovated and converted to high-end lofts in the early 2000s. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.</p><br>
