<p>The Dunlow Norfolk & Western Railway Depot is a historic railroad depot in the small community of Dunlow, West Virginia, located along the former route of the Norfolk and Western Railway&#39;s Ohio Extension line.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The depot was one of several passenger and freight depots built to serve communities along the Norfolk and Western (N&W) line. Locally called the Twelvepole Line or the Tadpole Line, the route followed Twelvepole Creek to Kenova on the Ohio River. Work on the Dunlow station was begun to the N&W&#39;s specifications in September 1891 by the J.H. Millender Lumber Company of Ceredo, at a cost of $1250. Work was complete by December of that year, and the first train arrived on December 13. The town itself was not organized until 1892, supplanting the village of Twelvepole. The community became the headquarters for the Guyandotte Coal Land Association, which administered land transactions for coal-related businesses.</p><br>
<p>The Twelvepole Line proved to be unsatisfactory in use. The curving single-track line lacked capacity, and was replaced by the Big Sandy Line from 1902-1904, which was doubled in 1923-25. Coal in the vicinity of Dunlow was found to be unprofitable to mine. A December 1901 fire had destroyed much of the center of Dunlow, which never recovered. In 1932 the railroad petitioned to abandon the line, and on September 1, 1933, the last train passed Dunlow, and the tracks were removed by December.</p><br>
<p>The depot was sold, and probably became a residence. It was vacant by 1995, and remained so by 2017.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The depot is a simple one-story frame structure on Old Railroad Road, which follows the track of the former railroad. The frame board-and-batten structure is 49 ft long and 24 ft wide. Originally set on sandstone piers, the foundation was replaced with brick and concrete block. A plain gable metal roof has a single cross gable on the side facing the road, with decorative gable framing. The name DUNLOW is painted on each end gable. The railroad platforms have been removed or cut back. Windows are double-hung sashes.</p><br>
<p>The interior consists of four rooms. There are two passenger waiting rooms on the north end of the building. An office and ticket space occupies the center of the building, with a bayed window facing west under the side gable. The southern half of the building is the freight room, with large doors on the east, west and south sides. All of the rooms have wood floors. The office and waiting rooms have beaded paneling on the walls and ceilings. The freight room is unfinished, with exposed wall sheathing and open rafters.</p><br>
<p>The Dunlow Depot was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 5, 2023.</p><br>
<p>Victor Clothing Company, formerly City Hall North, also known as Hosfield Building and Victor Clothing Lofts, is a historic five-story building located at 242 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Beginnings</h3><br>
<p>The Victory Clothing Company building was designed by Robert Farquhar Train and Robert Edmund Williams for Mr. & Mrs. J.F. Hosfield and built in 1914. The building was originally built as a City Hall annex, but by 2002 it contained ground-floor retail, second-story mezzanines for storage, and lofts on the third through fifth stories.</p><br>
<p>In 1964, Victor Clothing moved into the building and made it their headquarters.</p><br>
<h3>Murals</h3><br>
<p>From the mid-1970s to 1984, three large murals were added to the building&#39;s exterior. They are:</p><br>
<p>The Bride and Groom (70 ft by 70 ft, northern wall) by Kent Twitchell, commissioned by second-floor tenant Carlos Ortiz for $5000, 1973-1976</p><br>
<p>Anthony Quinn in The Pope of Broadway (70 ft by 60 ft, eastern half of southern wall) by Eloy Torrez, 1984</p><br>
<p>Nino y Caballo (A vision expressing freedom and joy) (40 ft by 70 ft, western half of southern wall) by Frank Romero, 1984</p><br>
<p>A fourth mural was added to the building sometime between 1985 and 2001.</p><br>
<p>In 2014, The Pope on Broadway was restored at a cost of $150,000, spearheaded by the Los Angeles Mural Conservancy and paid for by Greenland USA.</p><br>
<h3>Historic designation</h3><br>
<p>Victor Clothing Company was not listed in the National Register of Historic Places&#39;s Broadway Theater and Commercial District when it was first created in 1979, but it was included when the district was expanded in 2002.</p><br>
<h3>Recent events</h3><br>
<p>The building was put up for sale in 1995 and sold to Nathan Korman in 2001. All tenants, including Victor Clothing, were evicted following the sale, after which the building&#39;s upper floors were converted to live/work lofts. Korman said that he bought the building in part because of its murals, which he wanted to preserve.</p><br>
<p>In 2009, the building was rehabilitated at a cost of $8 million. In 2014, the building was awarded $20,788 through the Bringing Back Broadway initiative to accent its decorative roof eaves.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Victor Clothing Company is made of reinforced concrete with a brick facade, and was designed in the vernacular style with Beaux Arts elements in its massing and detailing. Specific designs in the building include:</p><br>
<p>a flat roof surrounded by a parapet</p><br>
<p>a base-anchored facade</p><br>
<p>non-original large, plate glass windows inside thin metal frames</p><br>
<p>a continuous white brick stringcourse that separates the base and the remaining facade</p><br>
<p>a brown brick body that includes three bays of paired wood-framed windows with white brick windowsills</p><br>
<p>an ornamental ironwork fire escape affixed to the central bay</p><br>
<p>an overhanging cornice punctuated by four corbels that correspond to the divisions of the three bays.</p><br>
<p>The building faces west, and its north and south exterior walls are covered with large murals, while the west and east exteriors are not. The building&#39;s original sign and clock remain in place.</p><br>
<p>The condition and integrity of the building is considered good.</p><br>
<h2>In popular culture</h2><br>
<p>This building is featured in the Enlightened episode All I Ever Wanted.</p><br>
<p>The Bluefield Green Book Historic District comprises two buildings in Bluefield, West Virginia, that were used as hotels and apartments catering to African-American travelers during the segregation era of the mid-20th century. The Travelers Inn Hotel was built in 1920, and the Hotel Thelma was built in 1948-49 on an adjoining lot on Wayne Street. Both were listed in the Negro Motorist Green Book. The Hotel Thelma was listed from 1950 to 1961, and the Travelers Inn Hotel was listed from 1959 to 1966.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The principal African-American neighborhoods in Bluefield were located on the north side of town, across the Norfolk & Western Railway tracks paralleling Wayne Street, and on the east side of the city. Bland Street and Scott Street emerged as Black business districts to the south of the tracks. Segregation was enforced in Bluefield, with Black customers barred from downtown businesses. After a series of civil disobedience actions, segregation was abolished in 1960. Black-owned businesses declined thereafter.</p><br>
<p>The Negro Motorist Green Book was published from 1936 to 1967 to aid African-American travelers in finding safe, welcoming accommodations. From 1940, five businesses were listed in Bluefield, including the Traveler&#39;s Inn from 1940 to 1957, and the Hotel Thelma from 1950 to 1961.</p><br>
<h3>Traveler&#39;s Inn Hotel</h3><br>
<p>The Travelers Inn Hotel was first established on Raleigh Street in 1920. In 1950 the hotel moved to 1039 Wayne Street, which had been a commercial building and apartment building. The building had been an apartment building catering to white residents, and then was a nursery, sponsored by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the 1930s. Alma Florence was the buildings owner. The relocated hotel had a restaurant on the first floor, and rooms on the second floor.</p><br>
<p>In 1969 Florence sold the building to Carolyn Foster Bailey, who lived in the Thelma Hotel. Bailey owned the Traveler&#39;s Inn Hotel until 1988, selling it to Paul D. Brown and James M. Wade. During that time it was used as an apartment building, and also saw service as a polling place.</p><br>
<h3>Hotel Thelma</h3><br>
<p>Thelma Stone (c.1905-1981) was an African-American businesswomen, who had operated Janes Greenleaf Sandwich Shop on Bland Street, and then the Florence Hotel on Wilson Street, including Janes Dining Room. Thelma and her sister Helen Witten lived at the property. In 1947 Thelma bought property on Waynes Street next to the Travelers Inn Hotel, with an existing early 1900s house on the site. In 1948 she added the front portion of the hotel as an addition to the house, and in 1949 she added another wing on the east side. The building was opened as the Hotel Thelma on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1949. By 1953 she had obtained a license to sell beer, and in 1954 she added Thelmas Grocery at the site.The hotel was listed int he Green Book until 1960. In 1963, Thelmas Restaurant was operating at the site. Thelma Stone lived in a three-bedroom apartment at the property until her death in 1981. The hotel continued in operation until the mid-1980s under the ownership of Thelma Stones niece and her husband. In 1991 they sold the property to James and Carol Wade, who owned shares in the Travelers Inn Hotel next door. In 1996 the property was sold to the Infirmity Prayer Service. Plans include a restaurant and shop, with restoration of the guest rooms to reflect the hotels time of operation.</p><br>
<p>The hotel was frequented by traveling entertainers on the Chitlin&#39; Circuit. Guests know to have stayed at the Thelma included Little Richard, Ike and Tina Turner, Sam Cooke, Etta James, and James Brown.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<h3>Traveler&#39;s Inn Hotel</h3><br>
<p>The Traveler&#39;s Inn Hotel is a two-story brick commercial-style building. The street frontage has a storefront with the second floor entrance on the left side, and two sets of paired windows on the second floor. The side elevations have windows at the second floor. The roof has a shallow pitch to the rear, with stepped parapets on either side. There are faded signs for Nehi drinks in front and Royal Crown Cola on the east side.</p><br>
<h3>Hotel Thelma</h3><br>
<p>The Hotel Thelma began with the original two-story residential structure, set well back from the street. It has a shallow hipped toof and large steel casement windows. The first addition faces the street to the south. This two-story section has a flat roof with a central recessed entrance and large windows composed of glass block framing picture windows. Above are four steel casement windows. Exterior materials are painted concrete block, with brick access bands at the second floor and across the second floor window heads. The eastern addition is similar, but lower in height. Most windows are steel casements, but there is a large panel of glass block on the east side of the front addition.</p><br>
<p>The Traveler&#39;s Inn Hotel and the Hotel Thelma were part of the Green Book Muliple Property Survey, and were placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 24, 2024.</p><br>
<p>O.T. Johnson Building, also known as O.T. Johnson Block, is a historic seven-story building located at 356 S. Broadway and 224 W. 4th Street in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>O.T. Johnson Building was designed by John B. Parkinson and built as an office building in 1902. In 1904, the Automobile Club of Southern California opened their first office in the building.</p><br>
<p>In 1952, this building and other downtown properties were bought for $11 million.</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 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 building was entirely covered and that it was unclear what of the original building remained under the covering.</p><br>
<p>The building was renovated in 2005 and it and its neighbor caught fire in 2007.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>O.T. Johnson Building is made of brick inside a steel frame with a glazed brick facade and was designed in the Romanesque style. The building contained clean and simple lines that were considered "extremely up to date" when the building was first built. By 2002, the building had been entirely covered in metal siding that resembled wood shingles.</p><br>
<h2>Silver Lake Schoolhouse #1</h2><br>
<p>The Silver Lake Schoolhouse #1, also known as Meagher District School, Dacey School, and Richmond Hill School. The schoolhouse is an historic one room public schoolhouse that is located in Silver Lake, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. The current building is a wooden structure and based on best available information dates from around 1862, which was when the first deed was recorded for the property. A school on this site is first mentioned by the school&#39;s first teacher Thomas English with regard to a meeting to be held on 10 January,1840 about winter school. The original unpublished scrapbook of Thomas English is held at</p><br>
<p>Site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 9, 2024.</p><br>
<h2>History and Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The wooden building measures 18.5’ x 28.5’ and is of a simple design that generally follows the state-provided templates of the time. The site and setting are virtually unchanged from the time the school building was constructed with only the outhouses and a more modern era woodshed removed. One feature that helps to date the building are the blackboards that are made of soft wood painted black. The 1864-65 County Superintendent’s report notes that schools are just starting to get slate blackboards.</p><br>
<p>The schoolhouse is built on land once belonging to Dr. Robert H. Rose, who owned all of the land when Silver Lake Township was first formed. Dr. Rose promoted the schools of Silver Like in 1841 Ireland newspapers in order to attract immigrants to the area. A Pomeroy Foundation marker honoring Dr. Rose is located in front of the school. The schoolhouse is also listed on the Country School Association of America (CSAA).</p><br>
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<p>The Arnold–Simonton House is a historic house in Montgomery, Texas, United States. Built in 1845 by Epaphras Joseph Arnold, it is the oldest house in Montgomery. It became a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1964 as the Frontier Colonial Home however, it was delisted in 2015. Today, it serves as the museum for the Fernland Historical Park.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Epaphras Joseph Arnold was a settler from Connecticut who arrived in Texas in 1835. He settled in Montgomery, working as a physician, and originally built a log cabin on the site before replacing it with the current house in 1845; the old cabin became his office. Arnold went on to become a member of the Medical Censors for the Republic of Texas, served as justice of the peace, and oversaw the establishment of Montgomery Academy.</p><br>
<p>Following Arnold&#39;s death in 1858, the house passed to his daughter and son-in-law, Ludie and Reuben Simonton. It remained in the Simonton family until 1976, when it was donated to the Montgomery Historical Society. The following year, it was moved to a lot on Rankin Street and was used as the Montgomery City Hall. It was later moved to its current site at the Fernland Historical Park, where it serves as a museum.</p><br>
<p>In 1964, it became a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 11, 1979.</p><br>
<p>The Denrike Building is a historic office building in Washington, D.C., United States at 1010 Vermont Avenue Northwest near McPherson Square. Built in 1926 as an office building, it has since had retail space added to its ground level floor and its offices are planned to converted into apartments. The building was added to the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites on June 23, 2016 and the National Register of Historic Places on June 30 and is located within the city&#39;s Financial Historic District.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Denrike Building was designed by local architect Appleton P. Clark Jr. and is built with Gothic Revival-style architecture and features Tudor Gothic detailing throughout the building&#39;s limestone facade.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Construction and latter renovations</h3><br>
<p>Construction of the Denrike Building began in 1925 and was completed in 1926, replacing a Victorian era house that was built in 1884. This occurred during a period where, as Washington&#39;s financial district expanded northward, residential buildings at McPherson Square were replaced with office buildings.</p><br>
<p>Upon its completion, the building had 230 office suites. The offices at the ground level would eventually be replaced by shops with the buildings original limestone facade at the level being replaced as well. Announced in 2022, the Denrike Buildings offices are slated to be converted into 85 apartment units with completion in 2025.</p><br>
<h3>Preservation</h3><br>
<p>The Denrike Building is located within Washington&#39;s Financial Historic District. The building was added to the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites on June 23, 2016 and the National Register of Historic Places a week later on June 30.</p><br>
<p>O.T. Johnson Block, also known as O.T. Johnson Block #4, is a historic three-story building located at 350 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>O. T. Johnson block was designed as an office building by Robert Brown Young for O. T. Johnson and built by Nathaniel Dryden between 1893 and 1895.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with O.T. Johnson Block 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 building was entirely covered and that it was unclear what of the original building remained under the covering.</p><br>
<p>O.T. Johnson Block and its neighbor caught fire in 2007.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>O.T. Johnson Block is built of brick and iron with a stone facing and features an Italianate design that includes fluted columns and arched windows. The building originally featured a parapet with ballastrade, but it was removed sometime before 1979, and by 2002, the building had been entirely covered in metal siding that resembled wood shingles.</p><br>
<p>Broadway Leasehold Building, also known as L.L. Burns Western Costume Building, Sparkle Building or Sparkle Factory, is a historic seven-story building located at 908-910 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles. The building is best known for its Banksy mural and as the filming location where Harold Lloyd scaled and dangled from a clock in Safety Last!.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Broadway Leasehold Building, built in 1914, was originally designed to house street-level retail with offices for Leasehold Company above. According to the United States Department of the Interior, the architect is unknown,/Meyer and Holler and even more sources cite Meyer and Holler directly.</p><br>
<p>During prohibition, Broadway Leasehold Building&#39;s basement housed several speakeasies,</p><br>
<p>Broadway Leasehold Building was not listed in the National Register of Historic Places&#39;s Broadway Theater and Commercial District when it was first created in 1979, but it was included when the district was expanded in 2002.</p><br>
<p>In 2007, Alfonso Campos and Tarina Tarantino bought the building for $4 million. They then renovated the building and turned it into Tarantino&#39;s jewelry company headquarters, dubbed the Sparkle Factory. The total cost of the renovation, which took more than a decade, was $1.8 million.</p><br>
<p>In 2014, the building was awarded $103,940 through the Bringing Back Broadway initiative to spotlight its façade columns and outline its architectural crown.</p><br>
<p>In 2022, local lawyer Farid Yaghoubtil bought the building at auction for $8.5 million, $21.5 million less than the sellers hoped for.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Broadway Leasehold Building is built of reinforced concrete and brick with a primary facade clad in terra cotta and glazed brick. The building was designed in the Gothic Revival style, with features that include:</p><br>
<p>a defining wide open arch in the primary facade that encompasses three bays of wood-frame, mostly-fixed, deep-set sash windows</p><br>
<p>faceted colonettes that define the window grid and are each topped by a capital, above which they curve together to join at the top of the ogee arch</p><br>
<p>a segmental-arched header at the top window opening of each bay</p><br>
<p>unornamented spandrel panels except for string course detail along the bottom</p><br>
<p>a metal fire escape affixed to the central bay</p><br>
<p>a gabled parapet wall that terminates the facade</p><br>
<p>The building&#39;s ground-floor exterior has been altered and obscured by signage, but the upper-stories are intact. Overall, the building is in good condition.</p><br>
<h2>In popular culture</h2><br>
<h3>Filming location</h3><br>
<p>The rooftop of the Broadway Leasehold Building was where Harold Lloyd scaling and dangling from the arms of a clock in Safety Last! was filmed, as was the last shot of that film. A similar stunt in Hold Your Breath was also filmed on this building&#39;s rooftop.</p><br>
<h3>Banksy mural</h3><br>
<p>In 2010, a 13 ft by 33 ft foot mural was painted on the buildings southwestern exterior. Titled Girl on a Swing, the mural is believed to have been created by Banksy, who was attending the premiere of Exit Through The Gift Shop at the nearby Los Angeles Theatre around the time of the murals creation.</p><br>
<p>Western Costume Building, also known as 939 South Broadway Building, 939 Broadway Lofts, and Anjac Fashion Building, is a historic eleven-story highrise located at 939-947 S. Broadway in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Western Costume Building, built for the Ninth and Broadway Company in 1924–1925, was designed by Kenneth A. MacDonald Jr., the architect also responsible for the nearby Broadway-Spring Arcade.</p><br>
<p>The building was originally occupied by Western Costume, who billed themselves as "the Largest Costume and Rental Supply House in the World." An estimated 95-99% of all Hollywood film productions from 1923 to 1932 costumed through the company in this building. Prior to 1923, the company was located across the street in the Broadway Leasehold Building and post-1932, the company moved next to Paramount Studios on Melrose Avenue. Post-Western Costume, this building was occupied by garment manufacturing.</p><br>
<p>Western Costume Building was not listed in the National Register of Historic Places&#39;s Broadway Theater and Commercial District when it was first created in 1979, but it was included when the district was expanded in 2002.</p><br>
<p>The building was bought by Barry Shy in 2016, and in 2018, he completed a conversion of the building to residential.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Western Costume Building is built of with a brick and terra cotta facade. The building features a Renaissance Revival design with a two-story Gothic Revival entrance overlaid on the building&#39;s northernmost bay. The primary facade features five bays in total. Other aspects of the design include:</p><br>
<p>a segmented archway, emphasized by a chevron molding and a fluted spandrel, flanked by fluted piers which taper into triangles embellished with scroll designs.</p><br>
<p>elaborate metalwork that frames the one-story door, the four round-headed windows in the transom, and the arched second story window.</p><br>
<p>three windows, separated by colonette mullions, in the remaining second-story bays</p><br>
<p>panelled piers, edged by spiraled moldings, that define each bay and are accented at the level of the first story frieze and shields</p><br>
<p>un-ornamented brick that separates the windows on the third through ninth stories</p><br>
<p>a two-story capital defined by continuous piers and mullions with spandrels between stories</p><br>
<p>Ionic capitals that crown the piers</p><br>
<p>a second frieze, topped by cornice and antefixes, that terminates the building</p><br>
<p>The integrity of the building is high and the building itself is in good condition.</p><br>
<h2>Filming location</h2><br>
<p>Several silent films shot at the Western Costume Building, including Old Wallop and Laurel and Hardy&#39;s Liberty.</p><br>
<p>The Marcel Breuer House and Studio is a historic property at 634 Black Pond Road in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Built in 1949 and enlarged in 1962 to designs by Marcel Breuer, it served as a summer retreat and experimental architecture landscape for the architect until his retirement in 1976. The property remains in the Breuer family, and includes an extensive collection of art and design works collected by Breuer. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Marcel Breuer House and Studio stand in a remote area of the Cape Cod National Seashore in eastern Wellfleet, on 4.2 acre overlooking Williams and Higgins Ponds. The house and studio form an L shape joined by a covered breezeway, and stand near the northern end of the predominantly wooded property. The house is a single-story woodframe structure, designed in a "long house" form Breuer used for a number of other houses he designed. The exterior is clad in vertical tongue-and-groove siding with a weathered silver coloration. The north and west walls are largely devoid of windows, while the east and south sides have expansive windows providing views of the nearby ponds. An open porch projects eastward over the landscape. The interior is divided into an open-plan public space to the east, with private rooms and facilities to the west.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in 1949, and was the third of four houses Breuer designed and built for his family. In 1962 Breuer and on the studio, like the house a rectangular single-story structure. Breuer used the studio until he retired from professional work in 1976, and his descendants continue to own the property, which is an inholding within the Cape Cod National Seashore. Breuer designed three other homes in the area that use the same "long box" form of basic design.</p><br>
<p>Irvine-Byrne Building, also known as Irvine Block, Byrne Building, Giant Penny Building, Pan American Building, and Pan American Lofts, is a historic five-story building located at 249-259 South Broadway, on the corner of Broadway and 3rd Street, in the Broadway Theater District in the historic core of downtown Los Angeles. It is the second-oldest commercial building in the historic core, after the Bradbury Building located at the same intersection and designed and built by the same individuals.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Irvine-Byrne Building, originally called Irvine Block, was designed by Sumner Hunt and built for Margaret Irvine of Irvine Ranch in 1894, with construction supervised by George Wyman. James W. Byrne, who had offices in the building since at least 1896, purchased the building in 1905 and subsequently changed its name to Byrne Building. Additional building tenants during its early years include McCormick-Henderson Company, Fireman&#39;s Fund Insurance Company, Mount Lowe Springs Company, I. Magnin, at least one dentist and real-estate agent, and numerous lawyers and architects. The Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles was also located in this building during World War II.</p><br>
<p>The building caught fire on February 16, 1911, after which Willis Polk led repairs and alterations.</p><br>
<p>Irvine-Byrne Building was not listed in the National Register of Historic Places&#39;s Broadway Theater and Commercial District when it was first created in 1979, but it was included when the district was expanded in 2002. The building was also listed as Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument #544 in 1991.</p><br>
<p>The building&#39;s ground-floor housed a Giant Penny discount store from the 1980s to 2004, after which the building underwent a $20 million conversion to residential. Donald Barany Architects supervised the remodel, paid for by Urban Pacific Builders.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and design</h2><br>
<p>Irvine-Byrne Building is built of brick, decorated with terra cotta, and features a three-tiered Classical Revival/Beaux Arts design. Elements of the design in the building include:</p><br>
<p>an entrance offset to the north on the eastern end of the building, distinguished by a keystone arch, above which "Pan American Building" is written in raised letters</p><br>
<p>second through fourth floor bays faced with buff brick and defined by Ionic pilasters</p><br>
<p>three and two-window baus on the second-through-fifth floors of east and south exteriors</p><br>
<p>paneled spandrels and soldier brick lintels that mark the second and third story windows</p><br>
<p>arch-topped fourth floor windows punctuated with keystones</p><br>
<p>a plain string course and an egg and dart molding above the fourth floor arches and Ionic capitals</p><br>
<p>paneled pilasters between bays on the fifth floor</p><br>
<p>a denticulated and bracketed cornice along with decorative moldings edged by a plain frieze that cap the south and east exteriors</p><br>
<p>an interior courtyard circled by the building&#39;s upper levels.</p><br>
<p>The condition and integrity of the building are both considered good.</p><br>
<h2>Filming location</h2><br>
<p>Numerous films and television commercials have shot in the Irvine-Byrne Building, most notably Seven.</p><br>
<p>Judge Joseph Crockett House, also known as Lone Oak, is a historic house located on the south side of East 16th Street in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Based on a design by Minard Lafever, the house was constructed between 1834 and 1836. It is the only remaining structure from the first half of the nineteenth century in a neighborhood that has since developed into a late nineteenth-century residential area. The house represents the transition from the Federal Style architecture to the Greek Revival style. It is one of only three documented Temple Form Greek Revival houses ever built in Hopkinsville; one was torn down at the beginning of the 20th century, and the other survivor is the Dillard House . It is recognized for its architectural significance as one of the best-preserved examples of Greek Revival style in Hopkinsville.</p><br>
<p>The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on April 3, 1979.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was built by Judge Joseph B. Crockett (1808–1884), a prominent lawyer and politician who served in various capacities within local and state government in Christian County. At the time of its construction, Hopkinsville was still considered a frontier area. Crockett, who was born in Jessamine County, Kentucky, began his legal career after studying law under Charles Morehead, who later became Governor of Kentucky. In 1832, Crockett purchased 5.25 acres of land that was part of the original land grant from Bartholomew T. Wood, the founder of Hopkinsville.</p><br>
<p>Crockett and his wife, Caroline M. Bryan, moved into the house in 1835. During this period, Crockett was actively involved in politics, being re-elected to the Kentucky legislature around this same time. Approximately two years later, he served as Commonwealth Attorney for Christian County and eventually moved to St. Louis, where he continued his legal career and became the editor of a local newspaper, The Intelligencer. In 1868, he was appointed Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, retiring in 1880.</p><br>
<p>In 1843, the Crockett family sold Lone Oak to Tandy H. Trice. In 1845, James F. Buckner, a former law partner of Crockett and a notable Whig politician, purchased the house. Buckner was an influential figure in Kentucky politics, serving in both the House of Representatives and the State Senate. He was known for his strong Unionist stance during the Civil War, which twice led to angry mobs with torches appearing at the house to protest Buckner and his Unionist views. He sold Lone Oak for $7,000 in 1865, and the property changed hands multiple times thereafter.</p><br>
<p>In 1880, Lone Oak was altered with the addition of two upstairs front rooms.</p><br>
<p>In 1919, Jemmie Courtney Hickman Thompson is rumored to have died in the home. There are varying stories and legends about her death, and there is no confirmation that her life ended in the house; however, employees and guests of the home have reported paranormal activity, leading some to claim the house is haunted by her. After Jemmie&#39;s death, the building changed owners and was the site of many businesses, including a bed and breakfast and nine different restaurants. The final restaurant at the location closed in the 1990s, and the house was unoccupied for another decade. In 2006, a retiree purchased the house with the intention of restoring it.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Lone Oak is a two-story, seven-bay brick house characterized by its Greek Revival architectural style. The façade features six-over-six pane windows with jack arches on the first floor, while the second-floor windows have been altered to two-over-two. A full-height, pedimented portico held by four stuccoed brick piers covers the three central bays, adorned with a shell design in the tympanum and pendant-like dentils on the entablature.</p><br>
<p>The interior of the house is notable for its unusual cross-axis entrance hall, deviating from the customary central passage found in similar structures of the period. The woodwork includes fluted door and window trim, panelled door jambs, and raised panel doors. The fireplaces in the west and east rooms feature distinct mantles, with the west room showcasing a more elaborate design.</p><br>
<p>Charlotte Congregational Church is a United Church of Christ church in the Town of Charlotte, Vermont, in the United States. Constructed between 1849 and 1851, the Greek Revival style church was dedicated on 8 July 1851. The church replaced the original predecessor wooden church constructed onsite in 1798 that had been damaged by fire in 1848, and subsequently torn down that year.</p><br>
<p>The Church was listed as part of the Charlotte Center Historic District on the Vermont State Register of Historic Places on 9 April 1980 and part of the Charlotte Center Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places on 19 July 1984.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The church was founded on January 3, 1792, at the house of Daniel Hosford Jr. by Horsford, John Hill, Moses Yale, and Joseph Simonds. The first church building was constructed circa 1798 as a wooden two-story structure with windows on both levels, and a bell tower with a tall pointed spire. The main door faced southward where two more doors existed on the east and west sides. Initially, there were no heating facilities. The church had a gallery on three sides and a high pulpit ascended by "a long winding flight of stairs".</p><br>
<p>The wooden church was damaged by fire that occurred sometime between 5 and 19 January 1848 and was subsequently torn down because a Burlington architect by the name of Mr. Herick had estimated that the church would incur a greater cost to repair than to rebuild. Originally estimated to cost $3,000 to build a 40 ft x 60 ft structure, the replacement structure was constructed with red brick and designed to accommodate 350 people. Lanson Edgerton served as the chief bricklayer.</p><br>
<p>By 1882, the church including the grounds was valued at $6,000. During this period, the church had 163 members.</p><br>
<p>The church became incorporated sometime between 1890-91.</p><br>
<p>For some years, attendance at the Baptist church in East Charlotte (founded in 1807 and constructed in 1808) had been declining before it was closed in 1938, estimably before it became insolvent. However, both churches hence conjoined to cooperate within their separate denominations via Articles of Incorporation, dated on August 15th of that year. Article 2 stated that "The denominational organization shall remain intact, and persons wishing to come into membership of the United Church may choose on which roll they wish their names registered.", where Article 4 instantiated "An executive committee shall consist of five persons, three chosen from the Congregational Church and two from the Baptist Church in accordance with the bylaws of each church."</p><br>
<p>The denominational separation ended sometime between 1961-62 and the church subsequently voted to affiliate themselves with the United Church of Christ. Church records indicated; "A motion was made to dissolve the Federation of the Congregational and Baptist Societies drawn up in 1937, since the Baptist Society has already disbanded. Following discussion the motion was passed and it was added to offer the right hand of the fellowship to any Baptist member to join with the Congregation society."</p><br>
<h3>2009 Steeple Restoration</h3><br>
<p>In 2009, a major restoration project was undertaken on the church and a capital campaign was conducted, which raised $428,000. The project was completed in the spring of 2010 and included a full restoration of the steeple truss structure; the installation of a new slate roof; rebuilding of the chimney; replacement and re-pointing of deteriorated brickwork; stripping, restoration, repair, repainting of the columns, and repair of their bases; upgrading of the front porch with reinforced steps; the installation of a sidewalk, handrails, industrial gutters, vented glass windows to protect the existing stained glass; and the upgrade of electrical wiring within the attic; and the installation of new dimmer switches in the narthex. The work was completed by Southgate Steeplejacks out of Barre, Vermont for an estimated total project cost of $238,010, but completed for $228,010.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Designed in Greek Revival style, the notable features of the church include large squatted bell tower affixed atop with an unusual pineapple-shaped finial. The NRHP nomination form suggests the tower and church massing are of a similar yet simplified design to churches built by Shoreham, Vermont architect and master builder James Lamb.</p><br>
<p>Lake Railroad Station is a historic train station located in Lake, Scott County, Mississippi. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 19, 1984, for its architectural and historical significance.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Lake Railroad Station is a small, Queen Anne-style building originally constructed around 1890. It features ornate details uncommon among rural Mississippi railroad stations, such as intricate cutwork on vergeboards, multi-textured wood surfaces, milled brackets, and a bay window in the station master&#39;s office. The interior is finished with tongue and groove wood paneling, painted in shades of light and dark gray.</p><br>
<p>Initially built as a passenger station, it included segregated waiting rooms on either side of the station master&#39;s office. These were later converted into freight and shared passenger spaces. The building includes a second-story storage area accessible by ladder.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The station was first relocated in 1971 when it was sold by the railroad with the condition that it be removed from the property. It was later returned near its original site as part of a preservation and restoration effort led by local preservationists. In the mid-20th century, the station served as a vital hub for transportation and community activities. It was officially closed on April 30, 1969.</p><br>
<p>The Lake Railroad Station is one of the few surviving examples of Queen Anne-style depots in Mississippi and is considered one of the most architecturally significant buildings in the town of Lake.</p><br>
<h2>Significance</h2><br>
<p>The station is significant for its association with the development of the Southern Railway and its role in the founding of Lake. It is a rare example of Queen Anne architecture applied to a railroad depot.</p><br>
<p>The George E. Birge House is a historical residence located in the Edison District of Centralia, Washington and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986. The Queen Anne-style home was built by George Birge in the mid-1890s. Birge was a noted Lewis County, Washington businessman, particularly in timber. The historic, asymmetrical house, known for its turret and exterior color scheme, has remained a private residence during its lifetime.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The George E. Birge House was built approximately in the mid-1890s by George Edward Birge, a local businessman and public servant noted for his role in the regions lumber industry. The parcel of land, consisting of three lots, was once part of a 320 acre donation land claim known as either the Holmes Donation Claim or more commonly, the Lewis County Farm. The grounds were originally bought by Birges wife, Lizzie, in 1893.</p><br>
<p>Following Birge&#39;s death, Lizzie sold the home to Byrd Thompson in 1910. The home came under the ownership of the Freeman family who began a rehabilitation of the historic residence, having their efforts published in several news articles and home restoration journals.</p><br>
<p>The home was of use as a free bed and breakfast for missionaries beginning under the Jones family ownership, who purchased the Birge House in 1993. During the 2000s and 2010s, the residence was often part of home tours in Centralia.</p><br>
<h3>George E. Birge</h3><br>
<p>George Edward Birge was born on December 30, 1855 in Horicon, Wisconsin living there through high school, eventually moving to work with his father in Appleton. He moved to Clay Center, Nebraska in 1878 where he began a savings and loan in 1880. He remained as a banker in Clay Center until 1899, moving to the state of Washington when he began opening or investing in several lumber companies and mills. Residing in Centralia and successful in his endeavors, he was elected to lead several lumber agencies that oversaw the cooperation and financial success of the timber industry throughout most of central and western Lewis County. Birge served two terms as Centralia&#39;s mayor in 1894 and 1895</p><br>
<p>Birge was married to Lizzie B. Thurber in 1882 and they had two children. Funeral services were held at the house and the viewing and burial were attended by several hundred people. Almost the entirety of Centralia&#39;s businesses shut down for the day, although no city-wide closure was officially organized.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>The house is situated in the Miller Addition of the Edison District located within Centralia, Washington. The home is considered a private residence. The Birge House is situated in the middle of a block featuring late 19th and early 20th century-style homes, including American Craftsman and Tudor Revival architecture.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and features</h2><br>
<p>The George E. Birge House is a, Queen Anne-style home. The residence has been described as containing the styles seen in Italianate architecture, Eastlake stick-style, and Victorian architecture. The wood framed residence rests on a Tenino sandstone foundation which includes a small basement. The basement may have been used as servants quarters. The footprint is mostly rectangular and the home has attached additions, though considered non-intrusive and do not impede the structural integrity of the main building. At some point under the Birge familys occupancy, the homes northeast corner was expanded for an office and to enlarge a music room. The extension, notable from the front, is considered compatible to the original design of the house and is suspected, due to the existing fixtures in the rooms and noticeable foundation differences, to have been constructed in the 1900s.</p><br>
<p>The following details of the exterior and interior of the Birge House, unless otherwise noted or sourced, are based on the 1986 NRHP nomination.</p><br>
<h3>Exterior</h3><br>
<p>The roof is situated above a high cross gable with a pyramidal turret in the northeast corner. At the time of the NRHP nomination, the wood shingles on the roof were replicated to match those on the home in the 1920s. The exterior walls contains a boxed cornice and repeated decoration of a dentil band frieze. The asymmetrical structure is pronounced due to several projecting pediment gables. Cladding includes a mixture of clapboard, endboards, and fish scale shingles. Decorative moldings and posts on the front porch augment the curved curvilinear arches and a pediment gable at the front entrance. Continuing an overall theme to the exterior of the building, the porch is adorned with a boxed cornice and frieze, and decorative brackets. A matching side porch lacks a balustrade, which was replaced with a boxed railing covered in fish scale shingles.</p><br>
<p>A covered porch with continuing curved arches run the length of the front of the house supported by simple-turned posts. The balustrade, with a stacked row of spindles, was replaced and replicated during the Freeman family ownership. The balcony below the turret combines the similar design of both porch entrances.</p><br>
<p>Additional design elements are located on the vergeboards of the front façade and a bullseye motif is repeated between the second floor gable and the front porch.</p><br>
<p>Casements are considered simple, with one-over-one double-hung windows with two transoms located on the first floor. The turret contains six-over-one windows and the second story gable includes a single light opening. Diamond-paned lead glass windows, not original to the home, are located at the office room when the floor plan was modified during the Birge ownership. At the time of the NRHP nomination, five of the six exterior doors were original to the Birge House, and all contain some recessed glass panel. The doors accessed via the side porch contain transoms. The front door is considered the most decorative, and it includes a transom and panels of recessed stained glass, etched glass, and carved wood.</p><br>
<p>Two additions at the back of the building are enclosed spaces, housing separate two-story porches as well as stairways that access either the basement or the upper floor.</p><br>
<p>The George E. Birge House was originally painted in a cream white with red trim, but at the time of the NRHP nomination, the exterior was adorned in a color scheme of teal blue and cream, with accents painted in wine red and white. Birge had the home repainted in 1908 but the colors used are not mentioned.</p><br>
<h3>Interior</h3><br>
<p>The main floor has been mostly unaltered since the days of the Birge family ownership with the exception of an added bathroom. Bronze hardware on the doors and windows were original. The wood trim, with the exception of two casements around windows in the front parlor, remained in its initial state, stained and varnished without paint.</p><br>
<p>The entrance hall contains the main, curved stairway decorated with spindles and a carved newel post. The stairway is lighted by a patterned, single pane window. A double-leaf doorway, outfitted with a non-original but a period complimentary spindle work frieze, leads to the front parlor. Large pocket doors separate other rooms on the first floor and a back parlor contains a corner fireplace and a built-in bookcase featuring glass paneled doors. The bookcase, and fireplace mantel, differ in style from the rest of the homes woodwork, and they are thought to have been added at a later time. The office hosts a built-in cabinet. The back wall of the piece contains original clapboard and the cream white paint of the homes initial build. The room has a separate exterior door leading to conjecture that Birge may have used the space to conduct his business interests in the home.</p><br>
<p>The kitchen does not contain any original features mostly due to the need over the years to upgrade the space for more modern conveniences. Access to the later additions of the house can be made through the kitchen area.</p><br>
<p>The second floor&#39;s footprint was unaltered at the time of the NRHP nomination. Unlike the main floor, the woodwork and hardware on the second story had been painted. A bedroom on the northeast corner accesses the balcony under the turret. The turret is only accessible via a trapdoor located on the second story balcony.</p><br>
<h3>Renovations and restorations</h3><br>
<p>Beginning in the 1990s under the Jones family, the home underwent a continuing restoration project which included the use of historical paint colors and the refinishing and repairing of interior woodwork. A large room on the second level was split into two smaller spaces. During the long-term efforts, a pocket window was discovered on the second floor.</p><br>
<h2>Significance</h2><br>
<p>The George E. Birge House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1986. The residence was considered by the NRHP to be "an excellent, well preserved example of Queen Anne architecture adapted to a small city residential setting." The asymmetrical appearance brought out by the architectural style and decorative motifs were the most considered part of the NRHP nomination. The home is recognized as the only structure in Centralia containing styles of Italianate architecture.</p><br>
<p>The Gordon Community and Cultural Center, formerly the Abbeville Colored School, is a historic school in Abbeville, Mississippi. There are two buildings on the property. The first building was built in 1949 and opened for students in 1950, while the second building was built in 1960. Another building was constructed in the 1950s, but was torn down during the 1980s. The property was designated as a Mississippi Landmark on June 19, 2020, while it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 22, 2021.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Around the time of the foundation of the school, the state of Mississippi had begun a so-called "school equalization program," in which funding for black schools was increased. This was done in hopes to prevent integration.</p><br>
<p>As such, the Lafayette County Board of Supervisors provided $4,000 in funding for a public black school. The local black community matched that $4,000. The first school was built in 1949 on land donated by the Gordon family and opened to students in January 1950, serving first through eighth grades. The school had four classrooms, though it lacked running water or indoor bathrooms. A few years later, another building used for ninth through twelfth grade was built. A third building, used for grades one through six, was built in 1960,</p><br>
<p>Starting in 2009, a campaign was launched to raise funds for the renovation of the original school, in order to turn it into a community center. Through the years, the campaign raised funding from community members, local government, and the University of Mississippi. The property was officially designated as a Mississippi Landmark in 2020. The historic designation allowed the center to receive grants to continue renovations on the original building. It also helped start renovations on the newer building, which the center hopes to turn into an adult vocational school. In 2022, a historic marker outside of the buildings was erected by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.</p><br>
<p>The Central Churchill Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district in Holyoke, Massachusetts. It is centered on the campus of the Church of the Sacred Heart, but consists mainly of apartment block dating to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Central Churchill Historic District is located roughly at the center of Holyoke&#39;s Churchill neighborhood, south of its main downtown area. This area was platted but not developed when the city was laid out in 1848. In 1870, the first major development in the area was the Church of the Sacred Heart, a Gothic Revival structure that was soon accompanied by a Second Empire rectory (1878). The construction of the German Reformed Church in 1890, also in the Gothic Revival style, led the area to become known as "Church Hill", later shortened to "Churchill". The blocks surrounding the churches and adjacent to Chestnut Street Park were heavily developed in the following decades with apartment blocks in a variety of styles.</p><br>
<p>The Sacred Heart complex occupies a city block bounded by Chestnut, Sargeant, Maple, and Franklin Streets, and forms the center of the district. It extends north to include buildings facing Chestnut Street Park on Chestnut and Sargeant Streets, as well as the German Reformed Church just northwest of the park. It extends east to include the west side of High Street to the east. The majority of buildings in the district are brick and stone multiunit apartment houses.</p><br>
