<p>The Love Hardware Building is a three-story historic commercial building next to Pullman Square. It was built in 1926 with Classical Revival architecture, to hold the Love Hardware store open until 2010. The building later was restored in 2010, to serve as a modern commercial building.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown Huntington Historic District with a boundary increase in 2007.</p><br>
<p>The Commodore Perry Estate Hotel is a hotel operated by Auberge Resorts in the Hancock neighborhood of Austin, Texas.</p><br>
<p>The property on which the hotel sits was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as Perry Estate / St. Mary&#39;s Academy on August 8, 2001 and, on September 12, 2024, the hotel operating on the site received two Michelin Keys, one of only three such hotels in Texas and the only two key hotel in Austin, Texas.</p><br>
<h2>Property Description</h2><br>
<p>The 10 acre property, located at 4100 Red River Street, originally featured guest houses, a triangular elevator, a bowling alley, and a sunken garden. The home features a Mediterranean villa style that somewhat resembles buildings at the nearby University of Texas. Waller Creek flows through the back part of the property.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Built, originally, as the private residence of cotton entrepreneur E. H. Perry and his family in 1928, the property was sold to Herman Heep in 1944 who, in turn, sold the property to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin who turned the property into a school - Saint Mary&#39;s Academy, which operated on the property until 1972.</p><br>
<p>The property continued to host various schools until 2011 when Clark Lyda, who went to high school on the property when it was the Christian Academy of Austin, purchased the lot. In 2020, after years of renovations, the Commodore Perry Estate Hotel opened.</p><br>
<h3>E. H. Perry</h3><br>
<p>Edgar Howard (E. H.) Perry and his colleagues "were responsible for the majority of the growth and development of downtown and suburban Austin from the 1920s to the 1950s." When E. H. Perry sold the estate to Herman Heep in 1944 he moved into the Driskill Hotel, which he co-owned with others.</p><br>
<p>In 1948 Texas Governor Beauford H. Jester named E. H. Perry a Commodore in the newly reconstituted Texas Navy, although E. H. Perry had already been going by the nickname "Commodore" for some time prior to that.</p><br>
<p>In 1949 plans were presented for what would eventually become the Commodore Perry Hotel at 8th and Brazos. This hotel would continue to operate until 1974, after which the property was redeveloped as condominiums.</p><br>
<p>On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was scheduled to attend a brief reception at the Commodore Perry Hotel immediately after his planned 3:15pm arrival at Bergstrom Air Force Base, however, those plans never came to fruition due to his assassination earlier that day</p><br>
<p>The Commodore Perry Estate Hotels Luties restaurant is named after E. H. Perry&#39;s wife, Lutie Perry</p><br>
<h3>Schools</h3><br>
<p>Saint Marys Academy was the first parochial school in Austin and can trace its origins back to 1874. From 1944 to 1972 Saint Marys Academy operated on the grounds of the former E. H. Perry Estate.</p><br>
<p>From 1972 to 1995 the school changed hands numerous times, serving variously as the Athens Montessori School, Austin Ballet Theatre, Christian Academy of Austin, Town and Country School, The Perry School, St. Francis School and Holy Cross High School.</p><br>
<p>Folk singer Nanci Griffith attended school on the property when it was Holy Cross High School together with her friend, Margaret Mary Graham, the subject of Griffiths early song "Theres a Light Beyond these Woods (Mary Margaret).</p><br>
<p>From 1995 to 2011 the Sri Atmananda Memorial School operated on the property as a branch location of Sri Adwayananda Public School in Malakkara, Kerala, India.</p><br>
<p>The Sri Atmananda Memorial School hosted the Fantastic Magic Camp in the summers of 1997, 1998 and 1999</p><br>
<p>Alswel, also known as the William Lemp Estate House, is a house in Sunset Hills, Missouri built by German-American brewer William J. Lemp, Jr. in 1911. Designed by Lemp Brewery staff architect Guy Norton in the unusual Tyrolean Chalet style, it is situated on a bluff roughly 200 feet above the Meramec River in south St. Louis County, Missouri. The estate grounds once consisted of almost 200 acres, but sell-offs and residential subdivision have reduced this to a 2.1 acre lot on which the house currently sits.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Although St. Louis had several bedroom communities served by rail by the 1900s, many of its business leaders preferred building country homes in the more secluded areas of south St. Louis County, often fanning out from Gravois Road in the now-municipalities of Sunset Hills and Grantwood Village. The area was especially popular with the city&#39;s beer-brewing elite, including the Griesediecks, the Busches, and the Lemps.</p><br>
<p>In 1910, brewer William J. Lemp, Jr. was just coming off of a very messy divorce from his first wife, Lillian, that had become sensationalized tabloid fodder in St. Louis society and was looking for a secluded retreat. Purchasing 192 acres on the Meramec bluffs, construction of Alswel and several other outbuildings and servants houses had been completed by 1914. By 1915 Lemp was remarried to the former Ellie Koehler Limberg and the couple took-up full-time residence at Alswel, away from the city. By all accounts, they lived a happy life for the next several years. Lemps brother Edwin had built his own estate, Cragwold, on the Meramec bluffs a few miles upriver in 1911.</p><br>
<h2>Financial and legal troubles</h2><br>
<p>The Lemp Brewery was not able to weather the effects of Prohibition, with the liquidation of the brewery assets for 8 cents on the dollar contributing to Lemps suicide in 1922. Financial and legal troubles for the Alswel estate commenced shortly thereafter. In 1924, Ellie filed suit against Lillian (a successor trustee) and William and Lillians son, William Lemp III, to force a sale of the estate and it was auctioned from the courthouse steps in Clayton in 1925.</p><br>
<p>William III would ultimately gain clear control of the estate and he and his wife Agnes were living there by the 1930s. However, they carried a hefty mortgage underwritten by the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC), for which they subsequently missed several payments. MEC filed suit in 1934 and, when the Lemp&#39;s failed to meet an extended schedule for payment, Alswel was again sold at the courthouse in 1936, this time to MEC. By 1946, developers had purchased 117 acres for residential building and further sell-off in the 1980s reduced the land area in which Alswel currently sits to just over 2 acres.</p><br>
<h2>Recent events</h2><br>
<p>In 1989, Alswel was recognized with listing on the National Register of Historic Places of the National Park Service. Subdivision left some of the original estates structures, like a cylindrical stone observation platform (see below), sequestered on neighboring residential lots. By the middle 1990s, most of the other outbuildings and servants homes, which had been built in the same Tyrolean style but now resided on separate smaller lots in the area, had been razed. The main Alswel "big house" is still a private residence today.</p><br>
<p>The Westerly Memorial and Public Library is a non-profit public library located at 44 Broad Street in Westerly, RI. It is part of the Westerly Downtown Historic District and the Wilcox Park Historic District.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Westerly Memorial and Public Library was built in 1894 and was designed by Longstaff and Hurd in the Richardson Romanesque Revival style. It was built with funds from Stephen Wilcox in 1892. An eastern addition was built in 1924.</p><br>
<p>Opened on August 15, 1894, it is maintained by the Memorial and Library Association of Westerly.</p><br>
<p>The Willard and Fern Tompkins House is a single-family home built in 1937, designed by the Madison, Wisconsin firm of Beatty and Strang. It was part of the Frost Woods development in neighboring Monona. The house is an early example of the International Style that was beginning to take hold in the United States. It was added to the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places on August 18, 2024  and the National Register of Historic Places on November 14, 2023 .</p><br>
<p>The house has two stories, a basement and an attached two-car garage, with three bedrooms and a covered porch on the second floor. It has a flat roof and simple rectangular massing. Many of its bands of casement windows are wrapped around an exterior corner. The siding is lapped cypress.</p><br>
<p>The Durgan Bridge is a truss bridge that carries Nevada Street over the North Yuba River in Downieville, California. Built in 1938, it is a rare surviving example of a one-lane, rigid-connected Pratt through truss span. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 2012. It is also known as the Nevada Street Bridge or Courthouse Bridge.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Durgan Bridge is one of four one-lane bridges that connect the town of Downieville, California. It was built in 1938 by the Judson Pacific Company to replace a bridge destroyed by a flood. It was designed by county surveyor and architect George F. Taylor.</p><br>
<p>The original Durgan Bridge was built in 1851 by James Durgan, for whom the bridge was named. The bridge is linked to the California gold rush, as it is referenced as a key location where gold was extracted. On June 24, 1854, two prospectors from the Canadian Co. recovered 105 ounces of gold from below the Durgan Bridge. Initially a pedestrian footbridge, it was widened later that same year to accommodate wagon traffic. Today, the Durgan Bridge and the Jersey Bridge serve as the two main bridge crossings in Downieville.</p><br>
<h2>Design</h2><br>
<p>The Durgan Bridge was designed to carry both automotive and pedestrian traffic along Nevada Street over the North Yuba River. The single-lane bridge is 11.10 ft wide and 140 ft-long. Constructed in a steel Pratt through truss bridge, it features riveted steel I-beams and runs north-south along Nevada Street. At each end of the bridge, a builder’s plate that reads, “Pacific Rolling Mill Company Judson Pacific Co., San Francisco, 1938.” The bridge’s roadway deck is made of poured concrete, supported by two rectangular concrete piers. A four-foot concrete pedestrian walkway is located on the eastern side, while a water pipe runs along the lower chord on the western side. The Pratt design was invited by Thomas Willis Pratt.</p><br>
<h2>Historical Significance</h2><br>
<p>Only a small number of single-lane Pratt through truss bridges still survive in California today. The Durgan Bridge is associated with the development of Downieville in Sierra County, built in response to a 1937 flood that destroyed the previous wooden bridge. It stands as a good example of the Truss Bridge type.</p><br>
<p>The Campbell House, is a historic home located between the Cammack House and the Campbell-Staats House in the Ritter Park Historic District in Huntington, West Virginia.</p><br>
<p>Facing Ritter Park, the Campbell House was built in 1923. It is a three-story, Neoclassical dwelling, including a large portico supported by four columns.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<p>Savage House was a historic farmhouse located near Stoughton, Wisconsin, built in 1848. It was situated 0.8 miles north of the historic village of Cooksville but officially listed under Stoughton due to its location just across the county line. The house was an example of Gothic Revival style, featuring a symmetrical design with a transverse gable roof and dormer over the front door, similar to other historic houses in Cooksville.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Savage House was originally owned by John Waite Savage, a settler from Vermont. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 1980, and on the Wisconsin Register of Historic Places (Ref. #9902) on January 1, 1989. However, by 1980, the house had been abandoned, and it was demolished in 1996. Following its demolition, it was removed from both the State and National Registers.</p><br>
<p>The most notable resident was John Lucian Savage, who was born in the house in 1879. He later became a renowned civil engineer known for his work on the Hoover Dam, the Grand Coulee Dam, and the Three Gorges Dam.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The Savage House was an example of Gothic Revival architecture, featuring a symmetrical layout with a transverse gable roof and dormer-fronted facade. This style was consistent with other historic homes in the nearby village of Cooksville.</p><br>
<p>The Harrison Stebbins House was a notable farmhouse built by the settler Harrison Stebbins near historic Cooksville, Wisconsin in 1850. It was a 2-1/2 story Federal Style house made of limestone, which the owners named Windermere. Unity magazine  said</p><br>
<p>" was built of stone and was almost palatial in type. On the third floor was a ballroom where on many occasions the brilliancy and culture of the New England settlers gathered from the country round to make merry... ne entered the grounds through a long avenue with over hanging trees."</p><br>
<p>The Stebbins House was added to the Wisconsin Register of Historic Places on January 1, 1989 (reference #84115), and the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 1980 (reference #80000401). The avenue of trees was severely damaged by windstorms in the 1960s, and the house itself was demolished on November 27, 2013, after several unsuccessful attempts to move and save it.</p><br>
<p>The First Presbyterian Church is a tall steep one-story, slate roof church in Huntington, West Virginia, United States.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>It was built in 1895, with Gothic Revival architecture that sits next to the Johnson Memorial Church. This entry also includes a three-story flat-roof school building.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown Huntington Historic District in 1986.</p><br>
<p>The Plainfield Masonic Temple is located at 105 East 7th Street in the city of Plainfield in Union County, New Jersey, United States. Built in 1929 by Jerusalem Lodge No. 26 Free & Accepted Masons, the historic Neoclassical Revival style masonic temple was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 16, 2024, for its significance in architecture.</p><br>
<h2>History and description</h2><br>
<p>The Neoclassical Revival building was designed by New York City architects Franklin B. Ware and his brother Arthur Ware. The four-story building was constructed by the Wigton–Abbott Corporation and completed in February 1929. The entrance has a granite surround with rosettes and two bronze sconces. On the western side, the building has the Square and Compasses symbol of Freemasonry adorned with a festoon.</p><br>
<p>The Keene Unitarian Universalist Church is a historic Unitarian Universalist church in Keene, New Hampshire. Constructed in 1894, it was added to the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places in 2021, and the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Construction on the church and its attached parish hall began in April 1894 and was completed that summer. Both structures were designed by architect Edwin J. Lewis Jr., in Late Gothic Revival and Tudor Revival styles. Features of the church include:</p><br>
<p>Granite from Roxbury, New Hampshire</p><br>
<p>Pews imported from Paris</p><br>
<p>A 1,500 lb bell made by Paul Revere</p><br>
<p>A window behind the pulpit, installed in 1900, designed by Frederick Wilson of Tiffany Studios</p><br>
<p>A stone plaque by Francis Barrett Faulkner</p><br>
<p>An educational wing was added in 1960, done in modern style and designed by architect Arthur M. Doyle.</p><br>
<p>The Valley Road Historic District is a national historic district located along Community Drive  in Manhasset, in Nassau County, New York.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The historic district includes six contributing and buildings and one contributing site. It includes the Lakeville A.M.E. Zionist Church – one of Nassau County&#39;s oldest churches – and its cemetery.</p><br>
<p>The historic district is best known for its contributions to Long Islands and New Yorks African American history. Many freed African American slaves settled in the area following the abolition of slavery in New York State in 1827, with a prominent, thriving African American community quickly taking shape.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 8, 1977, before additionally being listed on the New York State Register three years later, on June 23, 1980.</p><br>
<p>Chapman Building, also known as Los Angeles Investment Company Building, Charles C. Chapman Building, and Chapman Flats, is a historic thirteen-story highrise located at 756 S. Broadway and 227 W. 8th Street in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Chapman Building, originally named Los Angeles Investment Company Building after the Los Angeles Investment Company who built the building, was designed by in-house architect Ernest McConnell and built between 1911 and 1913. In 1913, Globe Savings Bank moved its headquarters to the building.</p><br>
<p>Charles Chapman, the former mayor of Fullerton and first chairman of the board for Bank of America, bought Chapman Building for $1.6 million in 1920 and then headquartered Bank of America there.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Chapman Building listed as a contributing property in the district. In 2007, the building was listed as Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #899.</p><br>
<p>The building was converted to a 168-unit condominium complex in 2007, but before the condos were sold they were switched to for-lease apartments. The entire project took more than two years and $30 million to complete.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Chapman Building is made of steel-framed concrete with a terra cotta and brick facade. The building is divided into four sections, three of which are above the bottom two stories, and features a Beaux Arts design that includes fluted columns, heavy cornice, and ornamental bands and moldings.</p><br>
<p>Chapman Building&#39;s interior features marble staircases and expansive hallways highlighted by tiled floors, marble walls, and metal doors.</p><br>
<p>The Hansen Bridge is a truss bridge that spans the Downie River, connecting Upper Main and Pearl Streets in Downieville, California. Constructed in 1935, it is a rare surviving example of a one-lane, side-panel steel Pratt truss bridge. On July 10, 2012, the bridge was added the National Register of Historic Places in recognition of its historical and architectural importance. Also known as Scott&#39;s Bridge, or the Peral Street Bridge, it was the only bridge in the area to survive the 1937 flood.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Hansen Bridge is one of four signle-lane bridges that connect the town of Downieville, California. Originally built in 1935, it was the only bridge to survive the 1937 flood, which destroyed both the Jersey Bridge and the Durgan Bridge. The Hansen Bridge sustained damage in the 1937 flood but was repaired and returned to service by 1938. Built by Lord and Bishop of Sacramento, the bridge was constructed at a cost of $1,975.</p><br>
<h2>Design</h2><br>
<p>The Hansen Bridge was designed to accommodate both automotive and pedestrian traffic, spanning east to west across the Downie River and connecting Upper Main and Pearl Streets. This single-lane bridge measures 12.4 ft in width and 80 ft in length. Built in the style of a steel Pratt pony truss bridge, it features steel I-beams fastened with riveted steel plates. Steel guardrails extend outward from the pony truss on both sides. The roadway deck is supported by wooden stringers that run the full length of the bridge, with an asphalt surface covering the deck. The structure is anchored by two concrete pilings at each end, resting on concrete footings, with wooden boards between the pilings. A water pipe runs along the northern edge of the bridge.</p><br>
<h2>Historical Significance</h2><br>
<p>Only a few single-lane Pratt truss bridges remain in California today. The Hansen Bridge is closely tied to the community planning and development of Downieville in Sierra County, particularly in its role following the 1937 Downieville flood. It serves as a notable example of the truss bridge design. Its period of significance spans from 1935 to 1938.</p><br>
<p>Manhasset Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends is a landmarked Quaker friends meeting house located in Manhasset in Nassau County, New York, United States.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The building at the Manhasset Monthly Meeting of the Society of Friends has a long, rectangular layout. A cemetery is also located on the property, as well as a large lawn. A stone fence surrounds the property.</p><br>
<p>The property is located at 1421 Northern Boulevard, on the north side of that road&#39;s intersection with Shelter Rock Road.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 9, 2009. Prior to that, on July 28, 2009, it was listed on the New York State Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The Jersey Bridge is a truss bridge that carries traffic connecting Main and Commercial Streets over the Downie River in Downieville, California. Constructed in 1938, it is a rare surviving example of a one-lane, steel, rigid-connected polygonal Parker through Pratt truss span. On July 10, 2012, the bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, recognizing its historical and architectural significance. The bridge is also known as the Highway 49 Bridge, or Downie River Bridge</p><br>
<p>and continues to carry California State Route 49.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Jersey Bridge is one of four one-lane bridges that connect the town of Downieville, California. It was built in 1938 by the Judson Pacific Company to replace a bridge destroyed by a flood. It was designed by county surveyor and architect George F. Taylor.</p><br>
<p>The Durgan Bridge is also historically significant as the site of the lynching of a Spanish woman known as Josefa Segovia, also known as Juanita, on July 5, 1851, the only recorded lynching of a woman in California’s history.</p><br>
<h2>Design</h2><br>
<p>The Jersey Bridge was designed to carry both automotive and pedestrian traffic connecting Main and Commercial Streets over the Downie River. The single-lane bridge is 12.5 ft wide and 120 ft-long. Constructed in a steel Pratt through truss bridge, it features riveted steel I-beams and runs north-south along Commercial Street. At each end of the bridge, a builder’s plate that reads, “Judson Pacific Co., San Francisco, 1938.” The bridge&#39;s roadway deck is constructed from poured concrete, while the pedestrian walkway is made of wooden boards supported by steel I-beams, with steel posts and wooden handrails on both sides. The north end of the bridge rests on a concrete abutment, and the south end is supported by a pier made of board-formed concrete, featuring two concrete cylinders encased in riveted steel. The St. Charles Hotel once stood across the street at the end of the bridge but was destroyed by fire in 1947.</p><br>
<p>The Jersey Bridge was named for its role in connecting the downtown area with Jersey Flat. Over the years, it faced multiple disasters: it was destroyed by flood in 1852, fire in 1858, damaged by flood again in 1861, collapsed under weight in 1876, and was once more destroyed by flood in 1937, which also wiped out the nearby Durgan Bridge. The current Jersey Bridge, built in 1938, has since carried California State Route 49 on its one-lane roadway.</p><br>
<h2>Historical significance</h2><br>
<p>Only a small number of single-lane Pratt through truss bridges still survive in California today. The Jersey Bridge is associated with the community planning and development of Downieville in Sierra County, built in response to a 1937 flood that destroyed the previous wooden bridge. It stands as a good example of the Truss Bridge type. It serves as the main highway through Downieville.</p><br>
<p>The bridge is linked to the California gold rush, as it is referenced as a key location where gold was extracted. In 1850, a young boy arrived in Downieville and found work at the Jersey claim, which was located where the Jersey Bridge now stands. At the time, it was the richest mine along the river, and the boy struck gold.</p><br>
<p>The Sierra City School, also known as The Old Schoolhouse,</p><br>
<p>is located at 418 Main Street (California State Route 49) in Sierra City, California, a former Gold Rush mining town. The historic wood-frame building, originally constructed in 1883, reflects the region&#39;s early efforts to establish an educational system during the mining boom of the late 19th century. On January 9, 2024, the Sierra City School was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1863, a private school was established in a room beneath the Masonic Hall in Sierra City. By 1869, it began receiving state funding and became a public school. Enrollment grew to 62 students by 1882. The Sierra City School was constructed in 1883, with a Primary Room added in 1888. The schoolhouse remained in use until January 1952, when an avalanche damaged the front of the building, causing the students to eventually attend school in Downieville, California. The Butt family purchased the property in 2022. The former classroom has since been converted into living quarters, now featuring a dining room, three bedrooms, and a bathroom.</p><br>
<p>In July 2024, local newspapers reported that the Sierra County Historical Society had agreed to return the original 700-pound bell, removed in 1972, to the schoolhouse on the condition that the belfry be reconstructed. On July 29, 2024, the bell and belfry were successfully placed atop the Sierra City School.</p><br>
<h2>Design</h2><br>
<p>The Sierra City School began as a one-room, wood-frame schoolhouse built in 1883, measuring 2,640 ft&sup2, with a narrow gable end front wall facing north towards Main Street (California State Route 49). Built in the Vernacular architecture-style, the schoolhouse features painted wood sidings, rests on a concrete foundation, and is topped with a corrugated metal roof and a flagpole. Originally, the building had separate entrances for boys and girls. It also included double-hung wood windows, entry doors, and a large sliding wood barn-type door with a circular vent at the front. In 1887, a 30 ft -by-36 ft addition was built, including a Primary Room at the south end of the school. In 1896, a bell and belfry were added to the structure. By 1917, a porch was constructed around the schoolhouse, further enhancing its design.</p><br>
<h2>Historical significance</h2><br>
<p>The Sierra City School holds historical significance for its connection to the development of early educational facilities in Sierra County during the late 19th-century mining boom. Constructed with public funds in response to the area&#39;s growth, the building is an excellent example of the vernacular rural American schoolhouse design.</p><br>
<p>Rialto Theater, formerly Quinn&#39;s Rialto Theater and Grauman’s Rialto, is a historic former movie theater located at 812 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Downtown Los Angeles&#39;s Rialto Theater was designed and built in 1917 by Oliver Perry Dennis, and the Magic Castle. Since opening, the building has undergone many alterations, including a significant remodel by William Lee Woollett in 1923, the addition of neon Art Deco marquee around 1930, a conversion to retail sometime after 1988, and a seismic retrofit in the 1990s.</p><br>
<p>Exhibitor J.A. Quinn opened the theater in 1917 with an exclusive screening of Garden of Allah. Sid Grauman took over in 1919, and in 1921, the theater entered into an exclusive agreement with Paramount Pictures, whom Grauman sold the theater to in 1924.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, Los Angeles&#39;s Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Rialto Theater listed as a contributing property in the district. In 1989, the building was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #472.</p><br>
<p>Rialto Theater closed as a movie theater in 1988. In 2013, Urban Outfitters moved into the building.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>The Rialto Theater originally featured a Greek Revival design that included three sets of arched windows and a pediment atop its facade. A remodel completely changed this design, adding a Georgian façade with two rectangular windows that were flanked by fluted pilasters and small round windows. A second remodel added a neon Art Deco marquee.</p><br>
<p>Inside, huge columns originally framed the proscenium, the side walls were designed to resemble ancient stonework, and the plaster ceiling beams were painted to resemble wood. Almost none of the original interior remains.</p><br>
<p>The Henry Beissner House is a National Registered of Historic Places-listed home in Galveston, Texas.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Galveston lumberman, Henry Beissner built his house at 2818 Ball Avenue in 1891. Its architecture is remarkable for the neighborhood and for Galveston. Compared to the neighboring development, the architecture of the Henry Beissner House is unusual and elevated. Built on a stone arch base, its front gable displays more detail compared to other houses in Galveston. Mardi J. Mitchell added a turret during a major renovation of the house in 1996.</p><br>
<p>The Galveston City Hall is located at 823 Rosenberg Avenue. It is the first of three city halls constructed for Galveston.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Old City Hall</h3><br>
<p>in 1846, Mayor John Sydnor proposed converting the old marketplace to a combined city hall and marketplace. The old market was located on municipally-owned land on Market Street between 20th and 21st streets. Yet this plan lacked financing until the 1880s, when the city hired Alfred Muller to design a city hall. The cornerstone was laid on March 2, 1888. The French Renaissance-style building reserved the ground floor for the market stalls, with the top two floors for municipal offices. The building was flanked on the east and west by its staircases and supported by Ionic columns to the north, which were covered by a portico. This city hall was in use until 1916 and demolished in 1966.</p><br>
<h3>1916 City Hall</h3><br>
<p>Originally conceived as part of a City Beautiful civic center, Galveston relocated its new city hall from the old city market site to Rosenberg Avenue. The architecture firm of C. D. Hill & Company also designed a city hall for Dallas, employed Italian forms for its palazzo-type structure and its portico. Originally designed with a civic auditorium attached, it was replaced by a fire station after Hurricane Carla.</p><br>
<p>The Jean Lafitte Hotel is a National Register of Historic Places-listed property located at 2105 Church Street in Galveston.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Jean Lafitte Hotel was marketed to business travelers, as were many hotels built in the 1920s in various settlements in Texas. This L-plan building was 10 stories in height, which was set on a base of stone and clad in brown brick.</p><br>
<p>Eiband&#39;s is a National Register of Historic Places-listed property at 2201 Post Office Street in Galveston, Texas.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Eibands was built for a clothing store of the same name in 1914 by Green & Finger. It is located at 2201 Post Office Street in Galveston, Texas and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Eibands incorporated older buildings into a complex in 1914. Louis Sterling Green used existing the Ballinger & Jack Building (1870) as the centerpiece of the Post Office Street facade, which was previously used as a professional building and the home for the Texas Supreme Court. Green designed a much larger building absorbing the three-story Ballinger & Jack building. James B, Earthman and his wife reburbished Eiland&#39;s in 1995.</p><br>
<p>The Garten Verein Pavilion is a National Register of Historic Places-listed property in Galveston, Texas.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Garten Verein Pavilion site was originally the homestead of Robert Mills, a leading financier of Texas before the Civil War. Financially ruined as a result of the Panic of 1873, the Galveston Garten-Verein, a German social club, acquired the Mills homestead in 1876. They converted the house to use as a club meeting hall, which included a bowling alley. They added a dance pavilion to the property in 1879, possibly designed by John Moser, a local German architect.</p><br>
<p>By 1895, the Garten Verein landscaped the area around the pavilion with lawns and lines of trees. In addition to the dance pavilion and bowling, entertainment included tennis and croquet.</p><br>
<p>The Model Laundry & Dye Works Building is a National Register of Historic Places-listed building located at 513−525 Rosenberg Avenue in Galveston, Texas.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>When the Model Laundry & Dye Works opened on Rosenburg Avenue in 1913, it was the only steam laundry in Galveston. At that time, Rosenberg Avenue was already developing as a civic center corridor, while Joseph Finger framed the multiple bays of this two-story commercial building in white, glazed brick.</p><br>
<p>The Bryant Library  is a historic building, community center, and public library located within the Village of Roslyn, on Long Island, New York, United States.</p><br>
<p>It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the oldest public library in Nassau County, having been established in 1878.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Roslyn War Memorial Building was built in 1921, the wake of World War I, and on October 9 of that year. Designed by Frederick Marquand Godwin – writer William Cullen Bryant&#39;s great-grandson – and built by the Roslyn-based Whitney Co., Inc., it was built as a community center and as war memorial for the nine Roslyn residents who died in the war. Shortly after its erection, it received an award for the best small-town war memorial. The James L. Lyons Post of the American Legion would move its headquarters within the building when it opened.</p><br>
<p>In 1874, writer William Cullen Bryant, who resided at nearby Cedarmere in modern-day Roslyn Harbor and felt the community was in need of a social space where the public could read, erected Bryant Hall. Located on present-day Bryant Avenue, Bryant Hall would be sold for $1 by Bryants daughter, Julia, to the Bryant Circulating Library Association (formed one year prior, in 1878), per her late fathers wish. The building would serve as its home until 1946, when Bryant Hall was demolished through eminent domain for the construction of the William Cullen Bryant Viaduct; the library would operate at temporary locations between 1946 and 1952. The Roslyn War Memorial Building became the new, permanent home for the library in 1952, and an expansion off its rear was constructed in the late 1960s.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the New York State Register of Historic Places in 1986. One year later, in 1987, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property to the Roslyn Village Historic District.</p><br>
<p>Star Drug Star is a National Register of Historic Places-listed property in Galveston, Texas.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Star Drug Store building dates to the late 1880s, when the property was owned by Olympia Freybe. C. J. Michaelis, a drug store owner, moved his business to 510 23rd Street in 1906.</p><br>
<p>The owner of the property was the Scanlan family and managed by Kate Scanlan of Houston, who commissioned Nicholas J. Clayton to design the remodeling of the building around 1909. Clayton designed the adjacent Victorian building about decades earlier, and harmonized the facade of the two buildings with similar Neo-Greek ornaments in his treatment of the Star Drug Store.</p><br>
<p>Star Drug installed a U-shaped food and drink counter in 1917. A diner serving breakfast, lunch, and sodas persisted even after the drug business closed in the 1980s. In 1998, a fire in a neighboring building destroyed Star Drug. Natili Monsrud and her parents acquired the property in 2001 and embarked on a long-term restoration project that culminated in the re-opening of the diner in 2007., Star Drug operates as a diner and a gift shop.</p><br>
<p>Singer Building, also known as Singer Sewing Building and Allied Arts Building, is a historic seven story high-rise located at 806 S. Broadway, between the Tower and Rialto theaters in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Singer Building was built in 1922 by Meyer and Holler, The building&#39;s original tenants were the Southern California Music Company, who used it for sales and also hosted concerts in a top floor auditorium, and the Singer sewing machine company.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Singer Building listed as a contributing property in the district.</p><br>
<p>In 2018, the building was converted to residential with ground floor retail.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Singer Building features Italian Renaissance architecture and is made of concrete and pressed brick.</p><br>
<p>Judson-Rives Building, originally the Broadway Central Building, also known as The Judson, is a historic ten story high-rise located at 424 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Judson-Rives Building, originally the Broadway Central Building, was designed by Charles Ronald Aldrich and built in 1906.</p><br>
<p>In 1928, Judson Rives took over ownership of the building, at which point the building was renamed after him. Rives remodeled the building lobby in 1929 and a multi-colored neon marquee was added in the 1930s. This marquee was replaced by a plainer one in the 1970s.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Judson-Rives Building listed as a contributing property in the district. The building was listed as Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument #881 in 2007.</p><br>
<p>In 2005, the building was purchased then converted into a 60-unit residential apartment complex named The Judson, which opened in 2008. David Gray Architects led the conversion.</p><br>
<h3>Broadway Theatre</h3><br>
<p>The building&#39;s ground floor space, originally a shoe store, was bought by Metropolitan Theatres, who built the Broadway Theatre, designed by Lawrence McConville, in the space. The theater opened in 1924.</p><br>
<p>In 1973, the theater was renamed Teatro Broadway as it began playing Spanish language cinema. In 1988, it was removed, after which the ground floor was re-converted to retail.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Judson-Rives Building features Beaux Arts architecture</p><br>
<p>Thomas & Elizabeth Coddington House on N. 300 W. in American Fork, Utah was built in 1898. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. The listing included one contributing building.</p><br>
<p>It includes Late Victorian architecture.</p><br>
<p>The Delbert and Ora Chipman House and Henry & Elizabeth Parker Chipman House, also in American Fork, are also NRHP-listed.</p><br>
<p>Norton Building, also known as Zukors and H. Jeyne Company Building, is a historic six story building located at 601-605 S. Broadway and 312 W. 6th Street in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Norton Building was designed by Parkinson and Bergstrom and built by John H. Norton in 1906. It was designed for heavy goods and was occupied by the H. Jeyne Company.</p><br>
<p>The building caught fire in 1935, after an acetylene tank used for exterior remodeling exploded, blowing out windows and injuring dozens. In 1940, the building facade, which had been blackened by the fire, was completely altered, but the new design complimented the time period and blended well with the rest of the district.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Norton Building listed as a contributing property in the district.</p><br>
<p>In 2017, the building&#39;s upper floors were converted to housing, while the ground floor remained retail.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Norton Building features a steel frame and was built with brick and concrete, making it the strongest building in Los Angeles, size considered, when it was built. The building is faced with terra cotta, marble, and tile, and its original facade was replaced with one in the Zigzag Moderne style.</p><br>
<p>J. E. Carr Building, also known as the Joseph E. Carr Building and Brooks Building, is a historic eight story high-rise located at 644 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>J. E. Carr Building was designed by Robert Brown Young and built in 1908.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with J. E. Carr Building listed as a contributing property in the district.</p><br>
<p>By 2017, the building was mostly empty, with the upper floors vacant since the 1980s. Plans to convert the building to residential with a ground floor bar were announced in the mid-2010s. Previous plans for the building included converting it into an automated parking system.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>J. E. Carr Building was built with steel reinforced concrete and an enamelled terra cotta and brick facade. It features a Renaissance Revival design that includes heavy cornice, arched windows, and an unusually high amount of plate glass for its time period.</p><br>
<p>Nelson Building, also known as Grant Building, is a historic high-rise located at 335-363 S. Broadway and 305 W. 4th Street in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Nelson Building was designed by Frank Van Trees for Col. J. D. Grant and built in 1897. The building, which housed both retail and offices, was equipped with elevators and electric services when it opened, making it very modern for its time. It was originally three stories in height.</p><br>
<p>In 1902, four additional stories were added to the building, giving it a total of seven. Weymouth Crowell built the addition based on plans from John Parkinson.</p><br>
<p>From 1947 to 1952, this building was home to the Philippine Consulate General.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Nelson Building listed as a contributing property in the district. and the building was removed from the register in 2002, the delisting noting that the building "appears to have been altered after the district was listed" and retains almost none of its historic character-defining features.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Nelson Building originally featured a Spanish design and was made of brick and plaster with a red-tile roof. The interior was originally finished with oak and marble.</p><br>
<p>When the building was expanded to seven stories, a terra cotta facade and a mass of ornamentation were also added. Subsequent alterations have removed the ornament, which was replaced by a plastered surface with a rounded corner. According to the United States Department of the Interior&#39;s 1979 contributing property designation, the building is plain in design but still blends well with the district, while that same department stated that the building retains almost none of its historic character-defining features when the building was delisted in 2002.</p><br>
<p>Swelldom Building, also known as Sun Drug Company Building, is a historic three-story building located at 559 S. Broadway and 305 W. 6th Street in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Swelldom Building was built in 1920 with Davis & Davis and Henry F. Withey as architects. Swelldom moved into the building that same year.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Swelldom Building listed as a contributing property in the district.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Swelldom Building features an Italian Renaissance design and was built with reinforced concrete and a glazed terra cotta facade. The building originally had a cast iron roof trim, but it has since been removed. Bays are used to define the building&#39;s repeating architectural elements.</p><br>
<p>Karls, also known as Karls Shoes, is a historic two-story building located at 341-345 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Karl&#39;s was originally built as a four story structure by Abram M. Edelman and featured several modern conveniences of the day, including electric elevators and plate glass windows. The building was later reduced to two stories, but even so, it retains much of its original brick and terra cotta design.</p><br>
<p>J. M. Hale leased the building from 1908 to 1918.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Karls listed as a contributing property in the district. The building was delisted in 2002 when the district was updated to include an expansion. The delisting notes that the second storys original windows were replaced by aluminum-frame ones and that much of the building&#39;s ornamentation was removed when it was reduced to two stories.</p><br>
<p>Wilson Building is a historic three-story building located at 431 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Wilson Building was built in 1909 and massively altered in 1932. Woolworth&#39;s occupied the building in 1937, with the business and building featuring a 100 yd lunch counter, the longest in the world at the time.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Wilson Building listed as a contributing property in the district.</p><br>
<p>The building sold for $3 million in 2013 and ECF Art Centers moved into the building in 2014.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Wilson Building was built with brick and concrete, and features a facade that includes heavy cornice with brackets, columns topped by capitals, and floral designs on the surface.</p><br>
<p>Jewelry Trades Building, also known as Title Guarantee Block, is a historic eight-story highrise located at 500 S. Broadway and 220 W. 5th Street in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Jewelry Trades Building was built in 1912 by Morgan, Walls & Morgan, the architecture firm responsible for many buildings on Broadway, including the Arcade Theater, Globe Theater, Bumiller Building, Walter P. Story Building, Bullocks-Hollenbeck, Haas Building, and more.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Jewelry Trades Building listed as a contributing property in the district.</p><br>
<p>The building was converted to a 63-unit apartment complex in 2010. The conversion, which was done in conjunction with a similar conversion of the Broadway-Spring Arcade, had a combined cost of $34 million.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Jewelry Trades Building is made of steel-framed concrete with a terra cotta facade and features a Romanesque design that includes heavy cornice and arched windows. The interior is finished in Italian marble, plate glass, and oak, and features wide corridors meant to resemble a street.</p><br>
<p>A metal sign that reads "JEWELRY TRADES" is anchored to the building, and the building name is also highlighted through detailing above the entrance.</p><br>
<p>Chester Williams Building is a historic twelve-story highrise located at 452 S. Broadway and 215 W. 5th Street in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Chester Williams Building, built in 1926, was designed by Curlett & Beelman, the architectural duo responsible for several buildings in the area, most notably the Eastern Columbia and Ninth and Broadway buildings.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Chester Williams Building listed as a contributing property in the district.</p><br>
<p>In 2012, Chester Williams Building was converted to an 88-unit apartment complex, at which point Broadway and 5th became the second historic core intersection with all four corners occupied by residential structures; the first was 6th and Spring.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Chester Williams Building features Beaux Arts architecture and is made of steel-framed concrete with a terra cotta facade meant to resemble cut stone. The building features wrought iron grillwork, ornamental bands, and a rounded corner.</p><br>
<p>Forve-Pettebone Building, also known as Pettebone Building and O.T. Johnson Building #2, is a historic five-story building located at 510 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Forve-Pettebone Building was designed by Robert Brown Young and built for developer O.T. Johnson in 1905. Forve-Pettebone Company was one of the buildings original tenants, and they designed and manufactured Broadway and downtown Los Angeless first street lamps in the building. The building took its name from them and they moved out in 1924.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with O.T. Johnson Building #2 listed as a contributing property in the district.</p><br>
<p>The building was purchased in 2015, after which the facade was restored and the building&#39;s interior was upgraded to modern standards.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Forve-Pettebone Building is made of brick and steel with a pressed-brick facade. The building originally featured cornice, but it has since been removed. The building&#39;s upper windows form almost solid bands.</p><br>
<p>The building&#39;s interior features wooden beams, exposed brick walls, and a cast-iron staircase.</p><br>
<p>Trustee Building is a historic four story building located at 340 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Trustee Building was designed by Parkinson and Bergstrom, the duo responsible for many buildings on Broadway, including Bullock&#39;s Building, Yorkshire Hotel, Metropolitan Building, and Broadway Mart Center. It was built in 1905</p><br>
<p>On November 6, 1939, the Trustee Building&#39;s northern-adjacent neighbor caught fire, with the Los Angeles Fire Department using the Trustee Building to help respond. Trustee Building was saved, but its neighbor was not.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Trustee Building listed as a contributing property in the district.</p><br>
<p>The building was sold for $1.9 million in 2003.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Trustee Building is made of brick and concrete on a steel frame with a tiled facade.</p><br>
<p>Hubert-Thom McAn Building, also known as Eden Hotel, is a historic three-story building located at 546 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Hubert-Thom McAn Building was designed by John B. Parkinson and built in 1900. The building formerly housed a hotel, then offices and a shoe store.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Hubert-Thom McAn Building listed as a contributing property in the district.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Hubert-Thom McAn Building is made of brick with concrete footings and a pressed-brick facade, and features an Italianate design that includes decorative arched windows. The building originally featured a parapet, but it has since been removed.</p><br>
<p>Silverwood&#39;s Building is a historic five-story building located at 558 S. Broadway and 221 W. 6th Street in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Silverwoods Building was built in 1920 and designed by Walker & Eisen, the architecture firm responsible for several buildings on Broadway, including the Apparel Center and Platt Building. A one-story Silverwoods was previously located on the property, and the location became the companys flagship after this building replaced that one in 1920.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Silverwood&#39;s Building listed as a contributing property in the district.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Silverwood&#39;s Building is made of steel-framed reinforced concrete and brick with terra cotta detailing.</p><br>
<p>Oregon Trail Historic District is a historic district along the Oregon and the original California trails in Power County, Idaho, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The "historic district includes two segments of unaltered (except for natural erosion) Oregon Trail" south of the Snake River in the general area of Register Rock.</p><br>
<p>The eastern segment is located about midway between Register Rock and the unincorporated community of Neeley, extends along a ravine for roughly 1/2 mi on the south side of Interstate 86/USA Route 30 (I-86 / US 30), and is partially within the Massacre Rocks State Park. This segment includes a section where "the trail winds down into a ravine where emigrant wagons had difficulty in crossing".</p><br>
<p>The western segment is an area of about 13.26 acre south of Tule Island and I-86 / US 30 (just east of the Coldwater Hill Eastbound Rest Area). This segment includes an "ascending a grade out of Snake river west of Bonanza Bar, includes a small ridge covered with tracks where wagons encountered difficulty getting up a hill."</p><br>
<p>The district was added to the NRHP March 30, 1973.</p><br>
<p>Remick Building is a historic six-story building located at 517-519 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Remick Building was designed by Abram M. Edelman and built in 1902.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Remick Building listed as a contributing property in the district.</p><br>
<p>The building was sold for $7.65 million in 2020.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Remick Building is made of brick and features a decorative facade with twisting columns between arched windows.</p><br>
<p>Broadway Mart Center, also known as Broadway Department Store, Junipero Serra Building, and Junipero Serra State Office Building, is a historic ten-story highrise located at 401-423 S. Broadway and 501 W. 4th Street in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles. It is best known for its almost sixty years as the flagship location of The Broadway.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Precursor</h3><br>
<p>Prior to Broadway Mart Center, the SW corner of Broadway and 4th Street was the site of the three-story Hallett & Pirtle Building, designed by Frederick Rice Dorn and built in 1895. The following year, Arthur Letts bought The Broadway, located in one of the building&#39;s storefronts. By 1904, The Broadway occupied the entire ground floor, and in 1905, it acquired the upper floors as well.</p><br>
<h3>Broadway Mart Center</h3><br>
<p>In 1912, The Broadway announced plans for a new nine-story building to replace the Hallett & Pirtle Building. This building, the Broadway Mart Center, was designed by Parkinson and Bergstrom, the architectural duo responsible for several buildings on Broadway, including Trustee Building, Yorkshire Hotel, Bullock&#39;s Building, and Metropolitan Building, and was built in 1913-1915. The company claimed they "ransacked the earth for merchandise" to fill their new building, which when completed contained five entrances (three on Broadway, one on Fourth Street, and one on Hill Street), eleven passenger and four freight elevators, and 460,000 ft&sup2; of space.</p><br>
<p>Broadway Mart Centers first phase of construction involved acquiring 71,000 ft&sup2; of space in the Clark Hotel, which backed up to The Broadway. Then, the departments in Hallett & Pirtle Buildings southern half were transferred here.</p><br>
<p>For the second phase of construction, Hallett & Pirtle Building&#39;s now-empty southern half was demolished, then the southern half of the Broadway Mart Center was built in its place. This half, which measured 96,600 ft&sup2, opened on August 10, 1914 and carried the departments previously located the northern half of the original store.</p><br>
<p>For the third and final stage of construction, the northern half of the Hallett & Pirtle Building was demolished, then the northern half of the Broadway Mart Center was built in its place. This half opened on June 25, 1915, although its formal inauguration occurred September 16, 1915, during Fashion Week.</p><br>
<p>The Broadway occupied the Broadway Mart Center in its entirety from its construction to November 1973.</p><br>
<h3>Vacancy</h3><br>
<p>After The Broadway vacated Broadway Mart Center in 1973, the building was extensively vandalized and damaged by unsuccessful remodel attempts. Despite this, when the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, Broadway Mart Center listed as a contributing property in the district.</p><br>
<p>In 1984, the building was bought by developer Roger Luby, whose renovation plans fell apart after his partners defaulted during the savings and loan crisis. The renovation, budgeted at $56 million, was half complete when it defaulted in September 1986.</p><br>
<h3>Junipero Serra Building</h3><br>
<p>The State of California bought the building in 1995 and reopened it four years later as the Junipero Serra Building, the lowest-cost state office building in California in the previous thirty years. The State received a Conservancy Preservation Award in 2000 for their work on this building.</p><br>
<p>this building is one of 56 managed by the California Department of General Services and one of two (the other being the Ronald Reagan State Building) located in Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Broadway Mart Center is made of steel, brick, and hollow tile with reinforced concrete floors and a brick and terra cotta facade. The building features a Beaux Arts design with Italian Renaissance Revival ornamentation that include pressed metal cornice with dentils, and egg-and-dart molding, carved modillions and a fillet band at the top.</p><br>
<p>Yorkshire Hotel, also known as Yorkshire Apartments and J. D. Hooker Building, is a historic six-story building located at 710-714 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Yorkshire Hotel was designed by Parkinson and Bergstrom, the architectural duo responsible for many buildings on Broadway, including Bullock&#39;s Building, Trustee Building, Metropolitan Building, and Broadway Mart Center.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Yorkshire Hotel listed as a contributing property in the district.</p><br>
<p>The building was sold for $12.2 million in 2022.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Yorkshire Hotel is made of steel reinforced brick and concrete and has a pressed brick, terra cotta, tile, and ornamental iron facade. The building features cornice and arched windows.</p><br>
<p>Parmelee Building is a historic six-story building located at 716 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Parmelee Building was built in 1907 and when the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, Parmelee Building was listed as a contributing property in the district. The building is primarily an office and retail structure.</p><br>
<p>The building was restored in 2017, and plans to convert it to residential were abandoned that same year.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Parmelee Building is made of concrete. As of 1979, its facade was stuccoed over and many of its features, including cornice, were removed.</p><br>
<p>The Golden Rule, also known as the Valley Grocery Company, is an Italianate-style commercial building in Belington, West Virginia. The three-story brick building was built in 1902 to house the eponymous grocery store, operated by Luther P. Shinn, a local merchant from a prominent area family. The building also served as a warehouse and distribution center for the grocery company. After being listed as endangered in 2014, the property was redeveloped and preserved starting in 2018.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Luther Patrick Shinn came from a prominent west central Virginian family. Shinn was born in 1850 in Shinnston, Virginia. Shinn and family members sold supplies to soldiers during the American Civil War. He attended Fairmont Normal School for two years. At the age of 25, Shinn operated a hotel and mercantile establishment in Buckhannon, West Virginia, and in 1892 he designed and built a building at 16 East Main Street in downtown Buckhannon for his dry goods business. This building resembled a smaller version of the building he would eventually build in Belington. Although Shinn sold the business in 1902, he continued to operate new businesses in Buckhannon through his lifetime.</p><br>
<p>The Valley Grocery Company was established Shinn in Belington in 1902 after he sold his first Buckhannon business. The complex included a corn mill that received and processed grain. By 1929 Shinn had incorporated the company as The Golden Rule, and had expanded his merchandising to include clothing, furniture, flooring and other goods. At about the same time, Shinn worked to establish a wholesale grocery business in Elkins, West Virginia.</p><br>
<p>Shinn adopted the Golden Rule as his business philosophy, naming his business for that principle. Shinn died in 1933, and was succeeded by his son William Sexton Shinn, who died in 1968. The business was continued by his widow, Wanda E. Ware Shinn Mitchell, and William and Wanda&#39;s two sons.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The three-story brick building features a main facade facing east along South Crim Avenue, backing up to CSX Railroad tracks to the rear. The front facade comprises three bays of paired arched windows, a raised basement, and an arched front door at the top of a flight of stairs. The roof is flat. Detailing is simple, with a corbeled cornice detail and contrasting brick arches over the windows. The first floor windows have segmental arches, while the upper stories have fully arched heads. The long north elevation repeats this pattern, with segmental arches for all windows, as does the rear, west elevation. The south elevation is blank brick, with a painted sign advertising the store.</p><br>
<p>A wood annex housed a gristmill. This disappeared some time after 1923 and was replaced by a smaller wood frame structure.</p><br>
<p>The interior of the building was left as it was when the store closed, with many finishes, fixtures and furnishings remaining. The building featured a unique water-powered elevator.</p><br>
<h2>Preservation</h2><br>
<p>The Golden Rule was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 23, 2019.</p><br>
<p>With the building&#39;s listing on the National Register of Historic Places, rehabilitation started to convert the upper levels of the building to ten residential units. Retail space, a small museum, and ticket space for the adjoining Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad were created on the first floor.</p><br>
<p>Lerners Building, also known as Reed&#39;s, is a historic two-story building located at 533 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Lerners Building was designed by Philip Barker and built in 1931. It originally housed the women&#39;s apparel store Lerner’s.</p><br>
<p>In 1944, Grayson’s department store moved into the building and installed a Moderne façade that concealed the original surface and windows. The facade has since been removed.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with this building listed as a contributing property in the district.</p><br>
<p>The building was sold for $1.33 million in 2014.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Lerners Building features an Art Deco design characterized by cast stone cladding. The building is organized into three bays and has an expansive recessed balcony with colored tile details. Flanking the balcony are slim bronze-framed windows with stylized floral stone details. The building is made of reinforced concrete.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, when the building was included as a contributing property in the National Register of Historic Places, marble cladding covered the windows and exterior, but this has since been removed and the building restored to its original look.</p><br>
<p>Centre Furnace is an iron furnace located in College Township, Centre County, in the Nittany Valley. It was the first charcoal iron furnace built west of the Susquehanna River in 1790-91 by war generals Samuel Miles and John Patton. The furnace was central to the development of the Nittany Valley. The furnace is the namesake of Centre County. The furnace is across Porter Road from the Centre Furnace Mansion House.</p><br>
