<p>The Bell Station, also known as the Federal Building, is a USA post office located at 401 W. 18th St. in Merced, California. The post office was built in 1933 as part of a public works program started by Herbert Hoover. The building was designed by Los Angeles architects Allison & Allison in the Mediterranean Revival style; its design includes a tile roof, stucco walls, and arched windows with terra cotta surrounds. The buildings use of Mediterranean elements in an unadorned design reflected the notion of "starved classicism" used in many of Hoovers public works projects; this form of design used themes from classical styles in the plain manner of the Art Deco and Moderne styles. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the USA Post Office on February 10, 1983.</p><br>
<h2>Murals</h2><br>
<p>The post office also includes two tempera murals, Jedediah Smith Crossing the Merced River by Helen Forbes and Vacheros by Dorothy Puccinelli, which were sponsored by the Section of Painting and Sculpture and painted by the two local artists in 1937.</p><br>
<p>The Taoist Temple at No. 12 China Alley in Hanford, in Kings County, California, dates from 1893. It was listed on the USA National Register of Historic Places  in 1972.</p><br>
<h2>Background</h2><br>
<p>It is historically significant as a surviving authentic structure from Hanford&#39;s Chinatown, after it moved to the 200-foot-long China Alley in the 1890s, after a fire in the previous Chinatown area. China Alley served the second largest population of Chinese in the USA, behind San Francisco. The temple itself was argued in its NRHP nomination to be valuable "as an example of typical late 19th century indigenous construction, with oriental overtones.... in keeping with the theme of the original Hanford Chinese settlement and with the buildings still remaining."</p><br>
<p>The Taoist Temple Museum is open for tours once a month.</p><br>
<p>China Alley, where the temple is located, was listed as one of the 11 most endangered historic places in America in 2011 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.</p><br>
<p>On the evening of May 12, 2021, the building was heavily damaged by fire. Although the building itself did not sustain structural damage, the fire still caused severe smoke and heat damage to the second-floor temple room and its artifacts, which will require significant clean up and conservation.</p><br>
<p>The Orlando Utilities Commission Administration Building is an historic eight-story Modern style building in Orlando, Florida. It began to be used in 1967. It was built by the Orlando Utilities Commission to handle the projected increased volume that would be generated when the University of Central Florida and Walt Disney World started operating. The building was designed by Richard Boone Rodgers.</p><br>
<p>After the Commission built a new headquarters nearby and moved there, the old Administration Building stood empty for several years. In 2011, it was purchased by a company who turned it into a boutique hotel (currently Aloft Orlando Downtown). The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 7, 2012.</p><br>
<p>The Inyo County Courthouse, on N. Edwards St. in Independence, California, was designed by architect William H. Weeks in Classical Revival style, and was built in 1922. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.</p><br>
<p>It is significant for association with "economic and political development" of the Owens Valley and for housing county government during 1921–1947. It is the only example of "monumental, Neo-Classical Revival architecture" in the Owens Valley area. According to its NRHP nomination "This elaborately designed building represents the peak of local autonomy in the Owens Valley, before the City of Los Angeles purchased the majority of land in the valley, including most of the land within the county seat. Water development policies adopted by the City of Los Angeles after 1924 led ultimately to the destruction of irrigated agriculture, and the virtual depopulation of the Owens Valley."</p><br>
<p>The courthouse cornerstone was laid down in 1922. It was the fourth courthouse of the county, and replaced a version that was too small and was torn down after the present courthouse was built. Weeks was very experienced as an architect; he had designed more than 1,000 buildings already by 1915.</p><br>
<p>A 2009 feasibility study for the building of new courthouse facilities identifies the building as inadequate for modern purposes, being deficient in terms of security and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility. It notes the court has been obliged to offer court services in leased annex space a half-mile away, to provide a minimally ADA accessible</p><br>
<p>location for some court proceedings. A facilities planning site of the state of California identifies the potential project as having authorization to proceed with site acquisition, but no budget for development until at least 2014–15.</p><br>
<p>The old Coosa County Jail is a former jail in Rockford, Alabama. It is the oldest extant stone jail in Alabama. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Construction of the jail was authorized in 1839, four years after the county seat of Coosa County was moved to Rockford. It was completed in August 1842, at a cost of $2,745 ($ in today&#39;s dollars). It was used a jail until 1938, then for storage until 1973.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The jail is a three-story building measuring 20 by 40 feet (6 by 12 meters). A chimney on one end pierces the hipped roof. It was built using locally sourced stone, about 2 by 3 feet (0.6 by 1 meter) in size. There are two doors, on the north and east sides. The door transoms and all windows are covered by iron bars. The interior walls are plastered.</p><br>
<p>The Beverly Hills Women&#39;s Club is an historic clubhouse and social club in Beverly Hills, California.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Beginnings</h3><br>
<p>The club was founded in October 1916, and it served as a unit for the American Red Cross during the First World War.</p><br>
<h3>The clubhouse</h3><br>
<p>In 1925, they raised US$4,000 at a horse show attended by the likes of Hobart Bosworth, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Stanley S. Anderson (owner of the Beverly Hills Hotel), Cecilia DeMille (daughter of Cecil B. DeMille), Charles E. Toberman, Silsby Spalding (Mayor of Beverly Hills), and Alphonzo Bell (developer of Bel Air, California). Later that year, they used that money to move into the newly constructed clubhouse. The clubhouse is a one-story, stucco-clad Spanish Colonial Revival with a tiled hip roof. It features pilasters, scrolled brackets, an entablature topped by a pediment with a shield and urn motif surrounding the main door, and casement windows. It was designed by the architectural team Gable & Wyant, who also designed Hangar One.</p><br>
<p>The clubhouse has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles County, California since October 4, 2006.</p><br>
<h3>The social club</h3><br>
<p>Early members, who rode horses to make their way to the club, included Mrs Burton E. Green and actress Norma Shearer. Special guests included Amelia Earhart and Gloria Swanson. It sponsored the Will Rogers Horse Show and exhibited art such as El Grecos Saint Francis of Assisi and, in 2007, Roland Muri. In 1930, they created the Electric Fountain in Beverly Hills through efforts from Harold Lloyds mother.</p><br>
<p>In 1963, they published a cookbook, Beverly Hills Women&#39;s Club Cook Book: Fashions in Food.</p><br>
<p>Recent guests include Stephen J. Cannell. One former president is Jill Tavelman, ex-wife of singer Phil Collins and mother of actress Lily Collins.</p><br>
<p>King&#39;s Tavern is a historic building and bar built in 1769 and located in the Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District in Natchez, Mississippi. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1971; and is a contributing property within the Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District. As of 2022, it is closed and for sale.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Pre-Revolution</h3><br>
<p>The Kings Tavern building was built in 1769, making it the oldest structure in the old river port city of Natchez. When the British moved in and established the nearby Fort Panmure, the Kings Tavern building was originally built to be a block house for the fort. As there was no saw mill near this frontier town, this building and other structures were constructed using beams taken from scrapped New Orleans sailing ships, which were brought to Natchez via mule. Another source of wood used in the Kings Tavern building construction were barge boards from flat river boats, which were dismantled and sold after arriving in Natchez with their goods after traveling down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Boatmen couldnt take their flat boats back up these rivers, so they just added to their profit by selling the boats as wood, which was needed to build Natchez. Besides the wood, sun-dried bricks also were used as building material. The result is a building which has an ambiance and decor of another era from the outside. Though the outside of the Kings Tavern has the rustic 1780s authentic wooden brick architectural style, the inside is a lovely place for cozy, quiet, intimate meal or to host luncheons, dinner parties, receptions meetings. The King&#39;s Tavern also provides meals for the large tour buses full of visitors who are traveling along the Natchez Trace Pathway.</p><br>
<h3>Post-Revolution</h3><br>
<p>After the Revolutionary War in 1776, the British left the area, leaving the river port open for other interests. In 1789, a New Yorker by the name of Richard King moved his family to Natchez where he bought this block home and opened a combination tavern and inn, as well as the place where the towns mail was dropped off. His inn business was very successful because of the need for boatmen and weary stage riders to have a secure place to rest for the night. The upstairs rooms on the third floor were comfortable accommodations. Selling drinks to townspeople and visitors as well was also a money maker. He also found himself to be very popular with people, because he received and sent the towns mail. Everyone congregated on the steps of his tavern, socializing and reading their mail. He enjoyed a celebrity status, and he and his wife became prominent and very much respected people in Natchez. During this time, outlaws began settling in Natchez. They preyed on the boatmen and visitors, made a living from gambling and robbing people, sometimes not thinking twice of killing their victims. After selling their goods and their flat boats for lumber, boatmen would spend the night at the Kings Tavern, and then head home along the Natchez Trace Pathway. This usually caused highwaymen outlaws to hold them up, and usually kill them. The infamous, sadistic Harpe brothers were outlaws who took delight in torturing, mutilating and finally killing their victims. The Harpe brothers as well as other such men would return to Natchez and stimulate the economy, sometimes staying at the Kings Tavern, if not in the Natchez Under the Hill area, notorious for being a haven for people of questionable character. However, with the invention of the steamboat, which could travel down and up the river as well, the need for this dangerous travel along Natchez Trace ended with this form of modern transportation. This development cut down on the lucrative stage business significantly, dropping the economic activity taking place at the Kings Tavern. Richard King sold the Kings Tavern in 1817. The building was once again a private home, becoming the Postalwaith family home for several generations, a total of 150 years, beginning in 1823.</p><br>
<h2>Modern-day</h2><br>
<p>In 1973, the building was sold to a local investor and it eventually became a tavern and restaurant to serve both locals and visitors, taking the original name, the King&#39;s Tavern. Under new ownership as "The Tavern" it reopened in the fall of 2013. The owners used the farm-to-table concept using locally sourced quality ingredients.</p><br>
<h2>Haunting and paranormal activity</h2><br>
<p>One of the oldest buildings in Natchez built in the 1700s. The city’s oldest standing building, King’s Tavern is rich in history, and that includes the paranormal kind. It is considered the most haunted restaurant in Mississippi. The building is believed to be haunted by several ghosts, including Madeline, the mistress of one of the tavern’s original owners. Although many believe Madeline was murdered by the wife of her lover, no one is sure what happened to her. In the 1930s, when the skeletal remains of three bodies, two men and one woman (which was assumed to be Madeline), were found hidden in the wall behind the fireplace. A jeweled dagger was also found with the remains which was assumed to be the murder weapon. Aside from supernatural happenings believed to be caused by Madeline, employees have reported hearing a baby crying, seeing mysterious reflections appear in mirrors, and an unoccupied bed giving off a warmth as if someone was sleeping in it.</p><br>
<p>The Bank of Los Banos Building is a historic bank building located at 836&ndash;848 Sixth Street in Los Banos, California. Opened in 1925, the bank was designed to be a major business center in Los Banos, which lost most of its business district in a 1919 fire. The bank was built by Henry Miller and Charles Lux, prominent businessmen whose extensive holdings included land, cattle, and the San Joaquin and Kings River Canal and Irrigation Company. The building has a Neoclassical design which features wall surfaces resembling piers, a dentiled cornice, and seven bays on the front side, each containing a window or entrance. The original design also included a frieze decorated with cattle heads and garlands, though this was removed for safety reasons in the 1930s.</p><br>
<p>The Bank of Los Banos Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 1979.</p><br>
<p>The Colonel Green G. Mobley House, also known as The Magnolia, is a historic house in Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama. The two-story wood-frame house was built for Colonel Green G. Mobley, a native of Fairfield County, South Carolina, and his wife Henrietta, a native of Vermont. The Greek Revival-style structure was completed circa 1845. Architectural historians consider it to be among West Alabama&#39;s most refined expressions of domestic Greek Revival architecture.</p><br>
<p>The house is centered on a 3.3 acre corner lot, surrounded by a high brick wall that is almost as old as the house itself. The front facade is five bays wide, with a monumental tetrastyle portico covering the central three bays. The bays are separated by boxed pilasters on the front. The portico is pedimented and utilizes the Ionic order. A denticulated cornice crowns the entablature around the entire structure. Exterior and interior trim conforms to published designs of Asher Benjamin and Minard Lafever, early proponents of the Greek Revival movement.</p><br>
<p>The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 18, 1982.</p><br>
<p>The Daniel Pennie House is a historic house located in Leven Township, approximately 2 mi north of Villard in Pope County, Minnesota, United States. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places  on April 1, 1982. It was nominated to the register for having local significance in settlement and construction technology. The Daniel Pennie House was built by one of Pope County&#39;s most prominent early settlers using locally distinctive construction.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Daniel Pennie was born in Kinross-shire, Scotland in 1832. He immigrated to the United States in 1851, at age 19, changing the spelling of his last name from Penny to Pennie. Initially stopping in Connecticut, he settled in White County, Illinois, and became a stone mason. He then sent for his family and sweetheart, and they joined him in Illinois in 1853; he married that year. In 1858 the family moved to Richland County, Wisconsin; they then moved just west of St. Cloud, Minnesota, in what is now Waite Park. Once the concurrent Dakota War and Civil War subsided, the Pennies relocated further west, to Pope County and homesteaded land in what was to become Section 12 of Leven Township in 1865. He helped organize the boundaries within the county the following year, and assisted when the county seat was moved from Gilchrist Township to Glenwood. He named Leven Township and Lake Leven after Loch Leven in his native Scotland. Pennie became a widely respected citizen of Pope County. Politically, he was a Republican, and held a number of local and county offices. He became an elder of the United Presbyterian Church, and wrote poetry that was published in regional literary journals. Pennie had little skill at farming, leaving those tasks to his extended family so he could focus on working as a mason in the local region. At one point he desired to move the family once more, following work to Montana, but his wife insisted that they stay in Minnesota. He and his wife had seven children; he died in 1917 at age 85.</p><br>
<p>The first dwellings on Pennies farm were crude shanties on the north shore of Lake Leven, then a basic log house on the eastern shore, and finally a more elaborate log house on the site of the present house. During the 1870s, he replaced the large log house with a stone-and-concrete grout house that stands today. At one point, early in its history, the home was gutted by fire, but the walls were so sturdily built that the inside was merely rebuilt within the old walls; this was a testament to Pennies skill at masonry. Its grout construction is rare in the state and especially unique in the Pope County area, where the vast majority of houses are of frame construction.</p><br>
<h2>Structure</h2><br>
<p>The house is a -story L-shaped structure with a gable roof. The walls are of grout construction, utilizing fieldstone and cement, and are scored to create grooves that imitate random ashlar stone. The water table and window sills are of brick. At the center of the "L" is a two-story tower with an intersecting gable roof, and gabled dormers pierce the main roof on both the east and west sides of the northern section. Windows are rectangular and segmentally arched, with two-over-two sash. The house&#39;s primary decorative feature is a wooden dentillated belt course which circumvents the building between the first and second stories. Chimneys pierce the roof ridge at a central position on the south gable and at the north end. There were one-story porches on the west facade and adjacent to the tower area; the one adjacent the tower area was enclosed in modern times with clapboard siding.</p><br>
<p>Oakhurst, also known as Winston Place and Mitchell Place, is a historic house near Emelle, Sumter County, Alabama. The two-story wood-frame house was built for Augustus Anthony Winston, a banker and cotton factor from Mobile, in 1854. The Greek Revival-style structure is five bays wide, with a one-story porch spanning the entire width of the primary facade. A bracketed cornice atop the entablature wraps around the entire house. It reflects the influence of the Italianate-style. This architectural combination, sometimes referred to as a "bracketed Greek Revival" style, was popular in Alabama from the 1850s to 1890s.</p><br>
<p>The house was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on January 14, 1980, and to the National Register of Historic Places on January 6, 1987.</p><br>
<p>The Gainesville Park and Bandstand is a historic park and bandstand in Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama. The bandstand is a Greek Revival-style pavilion, built circa 1850. It is a rare Alabama example of an enduring mid-19th century park structure. The entire park is surrounded by 19th century wrought iron fence. The park and bandstand were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1985.</p><br>
<p>The Buhach Grammar School is a historic school which served the community of Buhach, California. The school opened in 1907 to serve Buhachs population of Portuguese immigrants who worked at the Buhach Plantation. The school was designed in the Mission Revival style and features a bell-gable front and an arched entryway with a decorative quatrefoil above it. The wood frame and clapboard construction of the school is unusual for the style, as Mission Revival buildings generally used stucco. The school closed in 1950 when Buhachs school district consolidated with the McSwain District; the building was later used to store sweet potatoes and ultimately converted into a preschool.</p><br>
<p>The Buhach Grammar School was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 7, 1983.</p><br>
<p>The Sumter County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse building in Livingston, Sumter County, Alabama.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Designed in the Beaux-Arts style, it has served as the Sumter County Courthouse since its completion in 1902. The two-story structure is built of red brick, with terracotta architectural elements, over a stone clad foundation. It is topped by a dome and cupola. It was designed by Chapman and Frederick Ausfeld.</p><br>
<p>The Sumter County Courthouse is centered in a large town square, that is enclosed within an iron fence. An adjacent bored well pavilion, built in brick in 1924; and an 1830s brick probate office; also occupy the square.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 24, 1972.</p><br>
<p>The Bank of Italy is a historic bank building located at the intersection of Main and Canal Streets in Merced, California. Opened in 1928, the bank was Merceds branch of the Bank of Italy. Henry A. Minton designed the building in the Classical Revival style. The banks design includes a flat, clay tile roof with terra cotta mansards and an ornamental cornice and frieze. Five Corinthian columns are situated on the buildings Main Street facade, and seven pilasters face Canal Street. The first and second floors of the bank are separated by a decorative band of panels; the band features alternating square panels displaying an Indian head or an eagle separated by rectangular panels with a diamond design. The buildings exterior is mostly faced in Travertine marble; the base is faced in granite, and parts of the first floor were covered with stucco in the 1950s.</p><br>
<p>The building is known locally as the "Mondo Building." From 2004 through 2019 the building was leased to UC Merced as administrative office space.</p><br>
<p>In 2019, the building was purchased by the Merced County Office of Education, which currently uses the building as a conference, event, meeting, and office space.</p><br>
<p>Swedish Zion Lutheran Church in Bottineau County, North Dakota is a historic rural church that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in April 2013. The stone church is located near the town of Souris, just two miles from the border with Canada.</p><br>
<p>Swedish Zion Lutheran Church had its origins starting in 1896, when a group of Swedish immigrants established the church through the Augustana Synod. The stone church was built in 1903 of granite with white clapboards in Late Gothic Revival architecture. It has three-point arch windows and a wooden steeple. The church served an active congregation until 1938. No longer serving as a church, it has been maintained well.</p><br>
<p>The Maj. George Beecher Cook House is a historic house located at 356 W. 21st St. in Merced, California. Built, the house was designed in the Queen Anne style; it is considered one of the best examples of the style in Merced. The house&#39;s asymmetrical design features a cylindrical tower, open porches in the front and back, and a 7-sided bay on the west side. The roof of the house includes many different designs; the main roof pattern is a gable roof from the front to the back, but the roof also has a pyramidal section in the center, a cross gable on the east side, hipped dormers, and a cone-shaped roof on the tower. The house uses horizontal siding on its first floor and patterned shingle siding on its upper floors.</p><br>
<p>Major George Beecher Cook, a mayor of Merced and local merchant, lived in the house until his death in 1898. The house was later used as a sanitarium and boarding house until 1943, when Alfred Green and his wife bought the property. The Greens converted the house to a guest house, which they named "The Greenbrier" for their last name and Mrs. Green&#39;s maiden name, Brier.</p><br>
<p>The Maj. George Beecher Cook House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 15, 1983.</p><br>
<p>The Kaehler–Rector House is a historic house located at 408 W. 25th St. in Merced, California. Built in the early 1890s, the house was designed by architect Louis Wegner in the Queen Anne style. The house&#39;s design includes a corner tower with a conical roof, a veranda extending to the front and east sides of the house, and a complex roof design that includes both gabled and hipped sections. A 1905 history of the San Joaquin Valley called the house "one of the finest in Merced County."</p><br>
<p>George Kaehler, the house&#39;s first owner, was a major liquor distributor in the San Joaquin Valley. In 1903, he sold the house to Judge E. N. Rector, a Merced County Superior Court judge, who lived in the house until his 1941 death.</p><br>
<p>The Kaehler–Rector House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1982.</p><br>
<p>The Fremont Powerhouse is a power plant located in the Umatilla National Forest in Grant County, west of Granite, Oregon, United States.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Fremont Powerhouse used to power to the Red Boy Mine, creating electricity from water supplied by Olive Lake. Eastern Oregon Power and Light acquired the plant in 1911. In 1940 the plant transferred to California-Pacific Utilities Co. the company operated Fremont until it was shut down in October 1967. The plant stopped generating electricity but remained a tourist attraction, drawing thousands of visitors. In 1993, the building&#39;s roof collapsed. In 1999, a former Fremont employee and members of the National Guard of the United States rebuilt much of the building. Fremont was re-dedicated on July 24, 2001. Umatilla National Forest, which owns the structure, received an award from the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office.</p><br>
<p>The Pelota Fronton is a Basque pelota ball court and landmark in Jordan Valley, Oregon, United States.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The court was built in 1915 and finished in 1917. It was last used regularly in 1935. This was caused by the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934. Jordan Valley had numerous Basque immigrants who came to herd sheep. After the act passed, the court gradually lost usage, and it started falling into disrepair over a span of roughly 4 decades. In 1972, the court was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>In 1997, the court underwent a full renovation. Restoration included installation of a covered interpretive sign and a stone representation of the Zazpiak Bat, the coat of arms for the seven Basque provinces. A sign reads: “Jordan Valley Ko Frontoia restored 1997 danok etorri” in recognition of the inauguration of the restored pelota fronton in September 1997.</p><br>
<p>In Jordan Valley games, the wicker racket, or cesta, is not used. To this day, the court remains a symbol of Basque culture in the region.</p><br>
<p>The Villa Kathrine is a Moroccan-style home located on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River in Quincy, Illinois. This home is the subject of a local lost treasure story as well as a ghostlore story featuring a dog.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The unique home, sometimes branded as a castle, was built in 1900 by architect George Behrensmeyer for wealthy Quincy native W. George Metz. Metz had a fondness for Mediterranean architecture, and used the Villa Kathrine as his home when he was not venturing the world. Metz eventually sold the castle in 1912, and the site fell into disrepair and neglect before the non-profit Friends of the Castle sought to restore the Villa in 1978. Work on restoring the castle was completed in 1998, and appropriate site furnishings have been donated and obtained by staff throughout the years to further enhance the castle&#39;s Moroccan roots. Currently, the site functions as the official tourist information center to the City of Quincy and tours are granted of the site on an appointment basis.</p><br>
<p>Inside, the castle features a harem, a courtyard, and a reflecting pool. Much of the designs for the interior and exterior of the building were based upon W. George Metz&#39;s sketches of Islamic architecture that he observed during his global travels.</p><br>
<p>In 2010, the Villa Kathrine was used as a filming location in the Struber Productions film, Fang, which has yet to be released.</p><br>
<p>The Ophir Town Hall, located at 57 East Main Street in Ophir, Utah, United States, was built in c.1870. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>At the time of its NRHP nomination, it was deemed significant as one of only three mining town city halls in Utah that had survived from the 1800s. It is older than the 1884 Park City City Hall (in the Park City Main Street Historic District) and the 1899 Eureka City Hall in the Eureka City Historic District) and is unique as a false-fronted frame building.</p><br>
<p>It has served as a correctional facility, as a meeting hall, as a city hall, and as a fire station.</p><br>
<p>It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1967.</p><br>
<p>The Exeter Public Library is a Carnegie library located at 309 S. E St. in Exeter, California. The library was built in 1916 with a $5000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation; it was one of six Carnegie libraries built in Tulare County. Exeters library program had been started in 1910 by the city Womens Club but lacked its own building prior to the construction of the Carnegie Library. The library was designed in the Mission Revival style by A. Merrill Bowser, whose plans were selected from three designs submitted to James Bertram. The design includes a low hip roof, a gabled parapet, and a wide entrance with panels of glass to the sides of the door. A Union Jack motif is used in the windows and the transom above the front door. The building served as the city&#39;s library until 1976, when it became a community center. It is one of two surviving Carnegie libraries in Tulare County, the other being the Orosi Branch Library.</p><br>
<p>The Exeter Public Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 10, 1990.</p><br>
<p>Rumsey Farm was a historic home located near Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in 1854, and was a three-story, L-shaped, frame dwelling. It was representative of Peach Mansion architecture, with Greek Revival and Italianate style details. The house had porches with Doric order columns, flat roofs with protruding bracketed cornices, and Doric corner pilasters. It was built by John P. Cochran, 43rd Governor of Delaware . Nearby Hedgelawn is almost identical to Rumsey.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It was demolished between 2011 and 2013.</p><br>
<p>Philip Reading Tannery, also known as Green&#39;s Barn, is a historic tannery building located at Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1780, and is a two-story, brick structure measuring 106 feet long by 30 feet wide. It is a rare surviving 18th-century industrial building that has been converted into a cow barn.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>Middletown Historic District is a national historic district located at Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 187 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Middletown. It is centered on the Middletown crossroads established in the 17th century. Residential buildings include notable examples of the Late Victorian and Federal styles. Notable non-residential buildings include the Witherspoon Inn , S. M. Reynolds and Company , Delaware Trust Company , People&#39;s National Bank , and Forest Presbyterian Church . Also located in the district is the separately listed Middletown Academy or Town Hall .</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>Achmester was a historic home and national historic district located near Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompassed four contributing buildings and two contributing structures. Achmester was built in 1829, and was a -story, single pile "Peach Mansion." It consisted of a five bay frame main block with a five bay gable end addition, and five bay rear service ell. It had a gable roof with dormers and sat on a stone foundation. The façade featured simple box cornices and dormers decorated at a later date with Gothic Revival sawnwork trim, pendents, and vergeboards. The contributing outbuildings consist of a cow barn, shed, milk house, granary, and smokehouse. It was built by Richard Mansfield, a founder of Middletown Academy.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It was demolished in 2022.</p><br>
<p>ACHMESTER, MIDDLETOWN, SOUTHERN NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DE.jpgHouse in 2016</p><br>
<p>Pharo House, also known as The Pratt House, is a historic home located in Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built around 1885, and is a -story, five-bay L-shaped frame dwelling with a steep gable roof. It has a one-story, flat-roofed addition on the ell added in the 1940s. It features two four-window bays that project from the main block and a full width front porch. Also on the property are the contributing granary or barn, battery house, and Big Chicken House or Breeder House.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>Cornucopia, also known as the John and Mary Price Farm, is a historic home and farm located near Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. The house was built about 1845, and is a -story, five-bay L-shaped frame dwelling with a gable roof in a vernacular Greek Revival style. It has a -story wing and features a tetra-style verandah on brick piers. Also on the property are the contributing meat/dairy house, crib barn, hay barn and cow barn attached by an implement shed, three poultry sheds, and an implement shed with a shop and wagon shed.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.</p><br>
<p>The Dr. H. B. Ward House is a historic house in Cuba, Sumter County, Alabama. The two-story, wood-frame I-house was built for Dr. Henry Bascomb  Ward in 1880. It has architectural influences drawn from Greek Revival and late Victorian architecture. The primary facade is five bays wide, with a one-story porch spanning the entire width. A two-story central portico, Greek Revival in style, projects from the central bay and over the one-story porch. A large rear addition was made to the house circa 1890. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 1998.</p><br>
<p>The Laura Watson House was a historic house in Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama. The one-story, wood frame, spraddle roof house was built for Laura Watson and her son, Booker, circa 1900. It was significant as a surviving example of what was once a typical type of dwelling for small African American freeholders in Alabama. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 3, 1985.</p><br>
<p>The Antique Store is a historic commercial building in Plantersville, Dallas County, Alabama. It is the oldest surviving commercial building in the community. The one-story, wood-frame structure was built in 1870. The main facade is three bays wide, with a pedimented one-story porch spanning the entire width. A side ell, added after the initial construction, projects from the south side of the main block. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 1987, as a part of the Plantersville Multiple Resource Area.</p><br>
<p>Gov. Benjamin T. Biggs Farm is a historic home and farm located near Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware.</p><br>
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<p>It was built in 1846, and is a -story, five-bay L-shaped brick dwelling with a gable roof in a vernacular Greek Revival style. It has a -story gable roofed brick wing. Also on the property are a smokehouse, former implement shed attached to a barn, implement shed, a tall and narrow cupola topped building, and an implement shed with attached dairy. Also on the property are the remains of a formal garden, including a large rock parenthesized by remnants of two semi-circular lines of boxwoods.</p><br>
<p>It was the home of Governor Benjamin T. Biggs (1821–1893), who served as USA Representative and 46th Governor of Delaware.</p><br>
<h2>Registry</h2><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.</p><br>
<p>The Doctor&#39;s Office was a historic professional office building in Plantersville, Dallas County, Alabama. The one-story, wood-frame structure was built in a vernacular interpretation of Greek Revival architecture c. 1850. The narrow main facade was three bays wide, with a pedimented one-story porch spanning the entire width. An entrance was situated in the middle bay, with a window to either side. The interior contained a single room. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 1987, as a part of the Plantersville Multiple Resource Area.</p><br>
<p>Mayfield, also known as the William Wilson House, is a historic home located near Middletown, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1839, and is a -story, five-bay, center hall plan brick dwelling with a two-story, rear service wing. The house is in a vernacular Greek Revival style. It measures approximately 45 feet wide and 25 feet deep. It features a steeply pitched gable roof with dormers and tetrastyle, Greek-Revival style porch on brick footings.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.</p><br>
<p>Comdr. Thomas MacDonough House, also known as The Trap, is a historic home located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built in several sections. The two main sections are two stories and consists of a three bay brick section dated to the mid-18th century and a three bay frame section built between 1820 and 1830. Later-19th century additions to the house include frame one-and -story wings to the south gable end wall and southwest rear wall. Also on the property is a contributing farm building complex, including a shed, root cellar, and privy. It was the home of Commander Thomas MacDonough , an early-19th-century American naval officer noted for his roles in the First Barbary War and the War of 1812.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>Monterey is a historic home located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, five bay brick house with an original ell to the rear and a frame, two-story addition to the extreme rear. It is of full Georgian plan - center hall, double pile and in the Greek Revival style. It has a one-bay entrance portico with a flat-roof and balustraded parapet. Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse, carriage house, ice house, granary, and frame octagonal privy.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>Green Meadow is a historic home located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It is a two-story, five-bay brick dwelling with interior brick chimneys at both gable ends. It has a gable roof with dormers. The house measures approximately 50 feet by 19 feet and was built in phases, with the earliest built before 1789. It is in the Federal style. Also on the property are a contributing stone barn  and brick smokehouse.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<p>The Driskell–Martin House is a historic house in Plantersville, Dallas County, Alabama. It is the oldest surviving high style residence in the community. The two-story wood-frame house was built for Thomas Sanford Driskell, a planter and a merchant from Virginia, in 1850. The builders were Nelson Mitchell and Massena Godwin. The house was used as a Union headquarters during the American Civil War. Their forces occupied it during Wilson&#39;s Raid through Alabama in April 1865. The house remained in the Driskell family until purchased by Dr. Thomas Munroe Martin in 1915.</p><br>
<p>The Greek Revival-style structure is five bays wide, with a two-story pedimented portico spanning the three center bays. It was added to National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 1987, as a part of the Plantersville Multiple Resource Area.</p><br>
<p>Hill Island Farm, also known as Noxontown Farm, is a historic home located in Townsend, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1790, and is a -story, five-bay brick dwelling with interior brick chimneys at both gable ends. It has a gable roof with dormers. The house measures approximately 48 feet by 19 feet and has a center passage plan. It is in the Federal style.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<p>David W. Thomas House is a historic home located near Odessa, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1820 and is a two-story, three-bay brick dwelling with interior brick chimneys at both gable ends. It has a gable roof with dormers. There is a contemporary kitchen wing with a laundry room addition. The house measures approximately 32 feet by 19 feet and has a hall and parlor plan. It is in the Federal style. Also on the property is a contributing 19th century ice house.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<p>Brook Ramble, also known as the James Crawford House, is a historic home located near Townsend, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1810, and is a -story, three-bay brick dwelling with an interior brick chimneys at the west gable ends. It has a slate covered gable roof. The main house measures approximately 28 feet by 33 feet and has a side passage plan. There is an original service wing measuring 27 feet by 17 feet. It is in the Federal style.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<p>Marshalls Grove is a historic plantation house near Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. The two-story wood-frame house was built in the Federal-style in 1840. It is five bays wide, with a two-tiered, pedimented portico spanning the central bay. It was built for Dr. Hugh Marshall, a native of Charleston, South Carolina who migrated to Alabama during the 1830s. Located on the northern route into Selma, it was commandeered by Union General James H. Wilson during the Battle of Selma. Marshalls wife and daughters were allowed to remain in the house during the occupation. The house was restored by Marshall&#39;s great-granddaughter, Seleta Llewellyn, during the mid-to-late 20th century. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 4, 1982.</p><br>
<p>Vandyke-Heath House, also known as the Jacob C. Vandyke House, is a historic home located near Townsend, New Castle County, Delaware. The house was built in three stages. The earliest section dates to the late-18th century, and was a -story, three bay log structure measuring 16 feet by 21 feet. It was raised to a full two stories in the mid-19th century and a -story, two-bay frame wing was added. A two-story, two bay addition was built in the late-19th century. It is in the Federal style.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<p>On November 2, 2017, the structure suffered significant fire damage due to arson. As a result, it was demolished in 2020.</p><br>
<p>Johnson Home Farm was a historic home located near Taylor&#39;s Bridge, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1790, and was a two-story, five-bay, gable-roof, post-and-plank building with interior brick chimneys at each gable end. It has a center-passage plan with overall dimensions of 39 feet wide by 22 feet deep. A two-story, wood-frame kitchen wing was added in the mid-19th century. It is in the Federal style.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992, and demolished before 2002.</p><br>
<p>Windsor, also known as Annondale, is a historic home located near Port Penn in New Castle County, Delaware, USA. It was built about 1760, and is a two-story, five-bay, gable-roof, brick building with interior brick chimneys at each gable end. It has a center-passage plan with overall dimensions of 45 feet wide by 19 feet deep. A two-story, wood-frame kitchen wing abuts the rear of the main house. The front facade features a hipped-roof frame porch added in the late-19th century. It is in the Federal style.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<p>Fleming House is a historic home located near Smyrna, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1830, and is a -story, five-bay frame dwelling with a two-story frame wing. The main house has a center hall plan and interior end chimneys. It features a number of exterior and interior Greek Revival style details. Also on the property are a contributing two-story, Late Victorian frame barn and two sheds.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>Hazel Glen was a historic home located near Port Penn, New Castle County, Delaware. It was built about 1859, and was a three-story, five-bay, L-shaped brick dwelling with a brick rear wing. It had a low-hipped roof (once surmounted by a cupola, three-story porches, projecting eaves, and a simple box cornice in the Italianate-Revival style. It featured a three-bay front entry porch with a flat roof supported by fluted Ionic columns.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It was demolished sometime before 1991.</p><br>
<p>Riverdale is a historic plantation house near Selma, Dallas County, Alabama. Architectural historians consider it to be the "most elegant and refined house of its period in Dallas County." The two-story wood-frame house was built in the Federal-style in 1829. It is five bays wide, with a two-tiered, pedimented portico spanning the central bay. It was built by Virgil H. Gardner, a native of Jones County, Georgia, for his bride, Margaret Loise Aylett of Virginia. Their daughter, Mary Gardner, was married in the house in 1854 to Henry Quitman, son of former Mississippi governor John A. Quitman.</p><br>
<p>Following the deaths of Virgil and Margaret Gardner during the 1880s, the plantation was purchased by W. P. Watts. Houston Alexander sold the house and roughly 1,500 acre of the property in 1961 to the Hammermill Paper Company. The company offered to donate the house to the local historical society on the condition that it be moved. The former plantation site is now the location of International Paper&#39;s Riverdale Mill, built in 1965. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 10, 1979. It was disassembled and moved during the 1980s to a site off Alabama State Route 22.</p><br>
<p>Biddle House, also known as the Vandergrift-Biddle House, is a historic home located near Port Penn and St. Georges, New Castle County, Delaware. The house underwent five distinct periods of growth and in the process has grown from a one-room-plan plank house to an extended rambling two-story structure. The earliest section was built about 1780, with the first modification made in the early-19th century. It was later expanded during the Victorian era with wings.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>Vandergrift-Biddle House, Junction of US Route 13 and County Road 2, Saint Georges Hundred, Biddles Corner, New Castle County, DE HABS DEL,2-BIDCO,1- (sheet 5 of 8).pngHABS documentation</p><br>
