<p>Dalton Grange Hall No. 23 was a historic Grange hall in Dalton, Massachusetts. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and demolished in 1987. Built in 1879, it was the first Grange hall to be built and owned by a Grange chapter in the state.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Dalton Grange Hall was located in western Dalton, at the northeast corner of South Street and Grange Hall Road. It was a 1-1/2 story T-shaped wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It was stylistically vernacular, with modest Queen Anne features. The main facade had three bays, with sash windows flanking the entrance. The entrance was sheltered by a gabled hood.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Dalton Grange was founded in 1873, initially meeting in the Dalton Town Hall. Six years later the organization raised funds, received donations of materials and land, and constructed this hall for $300. The building was first used (in an unfinished state) in May 1879, and was formally dedicated December 10, 1879. It was the first Grange hall in the state to be owned by the membership. The building became a social center in the town, and was expanded c. 1900, adding a dining hall and kitchen. A bowling alley was added at the same time. In the 20th century the hall played host to a number of civic activities and organizations. After World War II the decline in agriculture in the area led to an aging membership, and a decline in the ability to maintain the facilities. Despite appeals for assistance from the state-level grange, the building was demolished in 1987. A boulder with a plaque mounted on it now commemorates the site.</p><br>
<p>The Jonas Salisbury House is a historic house at 85 Langley Road in Newton, Massachusetts. The -story Greek Revival house was built in 1847, and is particularly significant because its original construction contract has survived. The house was built by Henry Fuller for Jonas Salisbury, a local landowner, at a cost of $2,630. Salisbury sold the house in 1853 for $4,000; it is unclear whether he ever lived in the house.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>The Charles Riley House is a historic house in Newton, Massachusetts. This large neo-Classical estate house started out as a more modest wood-frame structure built in the 1870s by Boston businessman Job Turner. In c. 1888 Charles Riley, a manufacturer of cotton processing machinery, greatly expanded the house, giving it the present neo-Classical styling, and finishing the exterior in brick and stone.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>Our Lady Help of Christians Historic District encompasses a complex of Roman Catholic religious buildings in the Nonantum village of Newton, Massachusetts. It includes four fine examples of brick Gothic Revival architecture: the church, convent, and rectory, as well as Trinity Catholic High School. The first three buildings were designed by noted ecclesiastical architect James Murphy, and were built between 1873 and 1890. The high school building was built in 1924, also in the Gothic Revival style. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Our Lady Help of Christians is located on a large parcel at the northwest corner of Washington and Adams Streets, just north of the Massachusetts Turnpike. The church is located nearest this corner, oriented south toward Washington Street. The rectory is located to its west, and the convent to its north. The school complex extends northward from Washington Street, to the left of the rectory and behind the convent, with the 1924 high school building at the front, and a 1960 elementary school at the rear.</p><br>
<p>The congregation was founded in 1872, and was originally known as St. Brendan&#39;s. It was established to cater to the growing Irish Catholic population in the Nonantum/Newton Corner area. The church was designed by Providence-based ecclesiastical architect James Murphy, and construction took two years (1873–75), hampered by funding difficulties and the death in a fall of its principal brickworker. Due to defects in the construction, the building underwent a major renovation in 1900 that added further supports to the walls, as well as the facade with three Gothic porches. The rectory, also a Murphy design, was added in then 1880s</p><br>
<p>The first convent was built on the site in 1890, replaced just three years later by the present Colonial Revival structure. A three-story elementary school was built in 1892-93 (demolished in 1960), with the high school following in 1924. The present elementary school building was built about the same time the old one was demolished. The high school closed in 2012, and the space is now occupied by a secular private school. The elementary school building now houses the Newton School for Children, a private preschool and day care center.</p><br>
<p>The Newton Theological Institution Historic District is an historic district in the village of Newton Centre in Newton, Massachusetts. It encompasses not only the campus of the Newton Theological Institution, now known as the Andover Newton Theological School, but also a cluster of fashionable 19th century houses north of the campus, on Herrick Road and Chase and Cypress Streets. The school was the first outside educational institution in Newton. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>The Andover Newton Theological School, the nations oldest interdenominational religious seminary, was founded in 1931 by the merger of two other religious schools: the Newton Theological School, founded in 1825 as the nations first Baptist seminary, and the Andover Theological Seminary, a Congregational seminary founded in 1807. The property in Newton Centre was purchased in the 1820s by the Baptists, who built the school&#39;s oldest surviving building, Farwell Hall, in 1828. Originally Federal in style, it was raised with a mansard roof in 1857. Colby Hall, separately listed on the National Register, was builtin 1866 to accommodate a growing student population. Sturtevant Hall (1873) was followed by Burgess Gymnasium (c. 1880) and Hills Library (1895) before the school merger took place.</p><br>
<p>Just north of the campus is a small residential area with high-quality mid-to-late 19th century houses, some that have association with the school. The house at 70 Chase Street is probably Newton&#39;s finest example of Second Empire styling; it was built for John Sanborn, a Boston merchant and politician. The 1906 Colonial Revival house at 120 Herrick Street may have been built by the school to house visiting teachers. 102 Herrick Street, a Queen Anne/Stick style house built c. 1883 was home to a clergyman.</p><br>
<p>The Nichols House is a historic house in Newton, Massachusetts. Built in 1897, this -story wood-frame house is one of the city&#39;s finest examples of Stick style architecture. It features numerous steeply-pitched gables typical of the style, some of which are elaborately decorated with applied wood trim. The main entry is sheltered within a decorated porte cochere. J. Howard Nichols, the owner, was a wealthy merchant in the China trade.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>The H. P. Page House is a historic house located in Newton, Massachusetts.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The -story wood-frame house was built c. 1850, and is a detailed example of a Greek Revival workers&#39; cottage. The gable end is pedimented, and an entablature wraps around the house, supported by corner pilasters. The main entrance is flanked by sidelight windows and panelled pilasters, and topped by antransom window and entablature.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 4, 1986.</p><br>
<p>The West Somerville Branch Library is a historic library at 40 College Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts, just outside Davis Square. It is an example of Classical Revival architecture, built in 1909 with funding support from Andrew Carnegie, and was the city&#39;s first branch library. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and history</h2><br>
<p>The West Somerville Branch Library is located on the west side of College Avenue, opposite Morrison Avenue, on the north side of Davis Square. It is a -story granite structure, with elaborate Classical Revival styling. The main facade, facing roughly southeast, is three bays wide, with a center projection housing the entrance, which is set in a round-arch opening flanked by fluted Ionic columns and broad square pilasters. The entry columns support a gabled pediment with a modillioned cornice. The building&#39;s corners are quoined, and it is capped by a shallow-pitch hip roof with a modillioned cornice. On each side of the building is a projecting round bay.</p><br>
<p>The building was designed by McLean & Wright of Boston, and was built in 1906–09 with funding from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and the city. It is the city&#39;s best example of Classical Revival architecture, also exhibiting Beaux Arts details that were then in fashion. It was the first branch library in Somerville. The library has served the city since opening in 1909; it is part of the Minuteman Library Network system.</p><br>
<p>The Beth Eden Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church building at 84 Maple Street in Waltham, Massachusetts. Built in 1891, it is a fine local example of Romanesque Revival architecture and is further notable as the oldest church on Waltham&#39;s South Side. The church was added to the National Historic Register of Historic Places in 1989. Its Settled Pastor is Rev. Dr. Esther Pearson.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and history</h2><br>
<p>The church is located on the north side of Maple Street, just west of its junction with Moody Street. Maple Street is a major east-west route through Waltham&#39;s South Side, and Moody Street is its economic spine. The church is built principally of brick, but the lower half of the ground floor is fashioned out of uncoursed fieldstone. The gabled roof is oriented north-south, with a tall tower at the southwest corner, that has an open belfry topped by a pyramidal roof with gable-topped clock faces. The main entrance is housed inside a large round-arch opening at the base of the gabled section, and has two board-and-batten doors flanked by Romanesque windows with simple tracery.</p><br>
<p>The church was designed by William M. Butterfield of Manchester, New Hampshire, and completed in 1891. It is the oldest surviving church building on Walthams South Side, built during expansion related to the success of the Waltham Watch Company. The congregation was organized out of the citys First Baptist Church in 1887. The building suffered a major fire in 1908, from which it was rebuilt to largely the same plan, allowing increased space for an organ. The tower originally housed a city-owned clock.</p><br>
<p>The Trinity Church, formerly the First Congregational Church, is a historic church in Waltham, Massachusetts. The present church building, an architecturally distinctive blend of Romanesque and Georgian Revival styling, was built in 1870 for a congregation established in 1820. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and history</h2><br>
<p>The church stands on the south side of Main Street (United States Route 20), one block west of Waltham&#39;s Central Square. It is separated from the street by lawn, and stands opposite the Francis Buttrick Library. Its main body is oriented north-south, with a gable roof, and a square tower rising at the northeast corner. The main entrance is set at the base of the main block in a segmented-arch opening, and is topped by a tall Palladian window with balcony. The tower corners are pilastered, and the tower includes a belfry stage with round-arch openings before rising to an octagonal spire. The interior is predominantly Georgian Revival in character, the result of extensive interior and exterior alterations in 1925. The building was built in 1870, and originally had Italianate styling, some of which is still evident in its round-arch windows and bracketed gable.</p><br>
<p>First Congregational Church was founded in 1820 as a Trinitarian congregation called the Trinitarian Congregational Church, brought about in part by schism from the Second Religious Society, which chose Unitarianism. Its first church was located at Main and Heard Streets. Growth in the congregation prompted construction of this larger structure in 1870 to a design by Boston-based Thomas Silloway. The schism between the two congregations was healed in 1906, and they were reunited as the First Congregational Church. The church was damaged by fire in 1925, while undergoing the renovations that added its Georgian features. It became a member of the United Church of Christ when that body was formed in 1955, but withdrew in 2006 when the congregation "voted to establish itself as an independent, trans-denominational congregation," and changed its name to Trinity Church. Its current pastor is the Rev. J. Howard Cepelak.</p><br>
<p>The First Parish Church is a historic church at 50 Church Street in Waltham, Massachusetts, whose Unitarian Universalist congregation has a history dating to c. 1696. The current meeting house was built in 1933 after a fire destroyed the previous building  on the same site. It is a Classical Revival structure designed by the nationally known Boston firm of Allen & Collens. The church building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and history</h2><br>
<p>The church is located at the northwest corner of School and Church Streets, one block north of Waltham&#39;s Central Square. It is a rectangular single-story structure, with a gable-roofed central section four bays wide that is flanked by flat-roof single-bay sections. A Classical Revival portico with fluted columns projects at the south-facing front facade, with the church tower set astride the transition between the projection and the main body. A school structure, added in 1957, is attached to the rear of the building.</p><br>
<p>The First Parish congregation dates to about 1695, when the area was part of Watertown, and had grown sufficiently in population to merit a separate parish from the original 1630 congregation in Watertown. In 1720 the congregation acquired its first meetinghouse, moving a building from what is now Newton. Its second meetinghouse, located at Lyman and Beaver Streets, was built in 1767, and its third was built at this location in 1838. That building was destroyed by fire on August 24, 1932. The present church was built, partly on the foundations of the previous one, soon afterward. It was designed by the noted ecclesiastical architectural firm of Allen & Collens of Boston.</p><br>
<p>St. Marys Roman Catholic Church Complex is a historic multi-building church complex at 133 School Street in Waltham, Massachusetts. Established as a parish in 1835, it is the citys oldest Roman Catholic establishment. Its 1858 Romanesque Revival church and 1872 Second Empire rectory are particularly fine architectural examples of their styles. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>St. Marys is located on School Street west of Lexington Street, one block north of Walthams Central Square, and its property extends around the district court just to its east, and north to Pond Street. The oldest building in the complex is the Romanesque Revival brick church, whose construction began in 1858 and was not completed until 1872. Work to enlarge the church began soon thereafter, in 1875. The rectory, built in 1882–83, is one of Waltham&#39;s finest Second Empire buildings, and includes a period carriage house. A parochial school built later in the 1880s was demolished in the 1970s. The Classical Revival high school was built in the 1920s, and a Georgian Revival education center was built behind the church in the 1930s.</p><br>
<p>The parish was established in 1835 to minister to the city&#39;s growing Irish Catholic population, and its first church was built soon afterward. That wood-frame structure was destroyed by fire in 1846, forcing a relocation of the parish to Watertown. It returned to Waltham with the construction of the present church.</p><br>
<p>St. Charles Borromeo Church is a former parish of the Catholic Church in Waltham, Massachusetts. It is noted for its historic church building, completed in 1922. A high quality example of Italian Renaissance Revival architecture, it is emblematic of the shift on Waltham&#39;s south side from a predominantly Protestant population to one of greater diversity. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>St. Charles Borromeo Church is located at the southwest corner of Hall and Cushing Streets, in a residential area east of Moody Street, the main commercial artery on Waltham&#39;s south side. It is a tall cruciform structure with no tower, built out of terra cotta brick with stone trim. Its front facade, oriented toward Hall Street, is dominated by two colossal Corinthian columns set in a recess on either side of the main entrance, which is flanked by clustered columns and topped by a rounded arch. A modillioned and dentillated fully pedimented gable stands above. The interior of the nave has rows of Tuscan columns, round-arch clerestory windows, and murals on the walls.</p><br>
<p>The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston decided in 1909 to establish a second parish in Waltham, and services were first held in a community hall on Moody Street later that year. Construction of this building began in 1915, but was delayed by funding concerns, and was not restarted until 1922. A fire gutted the interior of the nearly finished building in 1927, after which it was refurbished. The building was designed by James F. Monaghan, a noted ecclesiastical architect.</p><br>
<p>In 2014, the parish began to be jointly administered with St. Marys, though regular Mass continued to be celebrated at St. Charles, usually in its smaller chapel. This proved untenable during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading the archdiocese to merge the parishes and close St. Charles&#39;. The property was sold to Waltham-based developers Hall Street Partners, who are converting the structure to condominiums set to be occupied by the end of 2024.</p><br>
<p>The Grove Hill Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 290 Main Street in Waltham, Massachusetts. Established in 1703, the cemetery was Waltham&#39;s only cemetery until 1857, when Mount Feake Cemetery opened. It was authorized in 1703, but its initial 2.3 acre parcel of land was not purchased until 1704. The first documented burial, however, took place in November 1703. The northwest section of the cemetery is its oldest portion, and includes a number of unmarked gravesites. The cemetery continues in active use today, and contains a representative sample of funerary art spanning 300 years. It now covers more than 9 acre, extending between Main and Grove Streets. Its main entrance features posts with an Egyptian Revival theme, a style continued with the presence of obelisks dispersed on the grounds.</p><br>
<p>The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<h2>Notable burials</h2><br>
<p>Nathaniel P. Banks (1816–1894) – Civil War Major General and later politician.</p><br>
<p>George P. Bemis (1838–1916) – elected to one term as mayor of Omaha, Nebraska.</p><br>
<p>Charles Gidding (1855–1943) – US Navy sailor and peacetime Medal of Honor recipient.</p><br>
<p>Lorenza Haynes (1820–1899) – American librarian, minister, school founder, suffragist, and writer.</p><br>
<p>Ida Annah Ryan (1873–1950) – architect, first woman to receive a Master of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and first woman to receive a Master&#39;s degree in architecture anywhere in the United States</p><br>
<p>The Bryson Apartment Hotel is a historic 110,000 ft&sup2, ten-story apartment building on Wilshire Boulevard in the MacArthur Park section of Los Angeles, California. Built in 1913 in the Beaux Arts style, it was one of the most luxurious residential buildings in Los Angeles for many years. The building is also closely associated with the citys film noir history, having been featured in Raymond Chandlers works and the 1990 neo-noir The Grifters. The building&#39;s stone lions and large rooftop "Bryson" sign have become Los Angeles landmarks. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and designated a Historic Cultural Monument  by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission in 1998.</p><br>
<h2>Construction and architecture</h2><br>
<p>The Bryson was built in 1913 by real estate developer, Hugh W. Bryson, along a stretch of Wilshire Boulevard that was considered to be the "West Side" and which was then principally a residential area. Bryson acquired the property in 1911, purchasing and razing four houses that occupied the space.</p><br>
<p>Bryson hired architects Frederick Noonan and Charles H. Kysor to design the building. The total cost, including land, construction, and furniture, was approximately $750,000 ($ million today).</p><br>
<p>The building combines Beaux Arts and Classical styles. The structure was built around a central court 26 ft wide and 50 ft deep. At the time of its opening, it had 320 rooms divided into 96 apartments, with a configuration allowing apartments to be connected to form suites with as many as 12 rooms. The interior was finished with cut-glass chandeliers, Italian marble stairs and wainscotting, tile floors, and richly upholstered mahogany furniture. The top floor was dedicated to common use, with a ballroom, library, billiard-room and three enclosed loggias. Bryson reportedly spent $60,000 ($ million today) for rugs, fine art, rare plants and furnishings for the top floor. Being located at an elevated spot in the city, and being the only high-rise in the area, the building&#39;s top floors offered panoramic views. A 1920s brochure for The Bryson touted the view:</p><br>
<p>It has three large loggias from which one can see the Pacific Ocean, Catalina Island 67 mi away, on a clear day; green foothills, orange groves and snow-capped mountains.</p><br>
<p>Because of its 100 ft setback, The Bryson was also able to make room for tennis courts and a wide lawn and gardens&mdash;though this has been reduced as the streets were widened in later years. One writer in the building&#39;s early days noted: "The landscaping of the place constitutes one of its principal charms."</p><br>
<h2>Operation as an apartment hotel</h2><br>
<h3>Early success</h3><br>
<p>When the new building opened in January 1913, it was met with glowing praise. The Los Angeles Times called it "magnificent" and opined that it "is probably the finest apartment-house west of New York City, comparing favorably with the splendid apartment-houses and apartment-hotels in the Riverside drive district of Manhattan." When Bryson announced his plans, some thought Los Angeles was too small to support "an institution of this character," but the building proved to be a success. In fact, the building was fully occupied within two days of its opening. In 1915, the building was sold for $1.25 million ($ million today), nearly 70% more than it had cost to build just three years earlier.</p><br>
<p>In its early years, The Bryson was reportedly a favorite location for the "beautiful people" of the day." It was not until 1921 that The Bryson was joined by the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire, followed by The Gaylord in 1924, The Arcady in 1927 and Bullocks Wilshire in 1929.</p><br>
<h3>Association with Raymond Chandler and film noir</h3><br>
<p>Novelist Raymond Chandler added to The Brysons landmark status when he featured it in his 1943 work The Lady in the Lake. Owing to its connection with Chandler, The Bryson has been described as one of the citys "high-rises that were meant to house wealthy transplants from back East but became the faded palaces of L.A. noir." In the novel, detective Philip Marlowe visited the Bryson Tower in pursuit of the title character. Chandler described the Bryson:</p><br>
<p>Twenty five minutes brought us to the Bryson Tower, a white stucco palace with fretted lanterns in the forecourt and tall date palms. The entrance was in an L, up marble steps, through a Moorish archway, and over a lobby that was too big and a carpet that was too blue. Blue Ali Baba oil jars were dotted around, big enough to keep tigers in. There was a desk and a night clerk with one of those moustaches that get stuck under your finger nail."</p><br>
<p>The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce reports that thousands of Chandler fans travel to Los Angeles to see the locations of Chandlers works, including the Bryson and the Montecito Apartments. In a 2007 article about Raymond Chandlers Los Angeles, one writer described the view of The Bryson, with "its enduring rooftop sign," as "a symbol of a cityscape that is rapidly disappearing"—the city "as it looked to Philip Marlowe, heading toward the Bryson Apartment Hotel for another rendezvous."</p><br>
<p>Chandler used The Bryson as a setting when he co-wrote the screenplay for the 1944 film noir classic Double Indemnity, which starred Fred MacMurray (see also next section). When Stephen Frears shot his 1990 neo-noir, The Grifters, he chose The Bryson Apartments as one of the principal locations, serving as the home of a main character and the site of the bloody climax.</p><br>
<h3>Post-war years</h3><br>
<p>In 1944, shortly after starring in the Bryson-located film Double Indemnity (see above), Fred MacMurray purchased The Bryson for $600,000 ($ million today). MacMurray owned the building for approximately 30 years. By the late 1940s, as other parts of the city expanded, The Bryson began to lose some of its prestige. In 1949, MacMurray secured a reduction in the property tax assessment to $100,000 ($ million today), arguing that high costs made the building unprofitable.</p><br>
<p>By the 1970s, as glitzier locations on the westside and in other areas became more popular, the shine was gone from The Bryson. In 1977, the Los Angeles Times reported that the 10th floor, formerly the building&#39;s showplace, had been stripped and was used only for storage.</p><br>
<p>In 1999, the building underwent a $5.5 million renovation ($ million today). The project drew attention by dressing the buildings landmark statues of the lions in hard hats and orange construction vests. The contractor noted: "Its become quite a conversation piece for people along Wilshire Boulevard."</p><br>
<h2>Historic designations</h2><br>
<p>The Bryson was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and designated a Historic Cultural Monument (HCM #653) by the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission in 1998. It is one of several Registered Historic Places encircling Lafayette Park, including the Granada Shoppes and Studios, The Town House, the Felipe De Neve Branch and Bullocks Wilshire one block to the west.</p><br>
<p>The Nevada Theatre, also known as the Cedar Theatre, located in downtown Nevada City, California, is California&#39;s oldest existing theater building. Its principal periods of significance were 1850–1874, 1875–1899, 1900–1924, and 1925–1949. It is situated on ancestral Nisenan land.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>After the three-story Bailey House Hotel, at Broad and Bridge Streets, burned down in 1863, the Nevada Theatre Association began fundraising for a new building. Stock was sold at $100 a share, and a ball was held June 1865 to cover the remaining costs for the rustic vernacular Victorian building. The buildings architect, builder, and engineer are unknown. When the theater opened on September 9, 1865, the first performance was the John Poole two-act comedy entitled The Dutch Governor, or Twould Puzzle a Conjurer.</p><br>
<p>Silent films were screened as early as 1908, and the theater underwent a remodel in 1909, retrofitted as a movie house. A slanted floor and electric lights were added in 1915. By 1957, it closed because of a sluggish economy, but it was later purchased through public donations and reopened in 1968.</p><br>
<h2>Building</h2><br>
<p>With over 200 seats, including balcony seating, the theater is in use year round for both live performance and movies. It is wheelchair accessible.</p><br>
<p>The backstage area is located under the stage and is painted baby blue. It includes a small room with makeup mirrors.</p><br>
<h2>Mural</h2><br>
<p>During the COVID-19 closure, the theatre was painted with an original mural spanning the entire auditorium by local artist Sarah Coleman, with Brianna French and Miles Toland. Coleman explained much of the symbolism in a short film called A VISION OF HERE (2022). The artists were awarded the Dr. Leland and Sally Lewis Award for Visual Arts for the mural.</p><br>
<h2>Performers</h2><br>
<p>Notable past performers include Lotta Crabtree, Mötley Crüe, Jack London, Emma Nevada, Mark Twain, and The Second City comedy troupe.</p><br>
<p>Present day main users include:</p><br>
<p>LeGacy Productions</p><br>
<p>Nevada Theatre Film Series</p><br>
<p>Sierra Stages</p><br>
<p>Community Asian Theatre of the Sierra</p><br>
<p>Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival</p><br>
<h2>Commissions</h2><br>
<p>The Nevada County Liberal Arts Commission was formed in the 1960s to purchase the building from United Artists. The Nevada Theatre Commission, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, followed the first commission and, with a Board of Directors, is the governing body of the Nevada Theatre. It owns, operates, restores, and uses the theater "To preserve and develop the historic Nevada Theatre and its other historic properties in order to provide the community with an accessible, usable and valuable cultural asset" (Mission Statement).</p><br>
<h2>Landmark</h2><br>
<p>The theater is registered as California Historical Landmark No. 863, and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on March 14, 1973. The landmark plaque reads:</p><br>
<p>CALIFORNIA&#39;S OLDEST EXISTING THEATRE BUILDING, THE NEVADA OPENED SEPTEMBER 9, 1865. CELEBRITIES SUCH AS MARK TWAIN, JACK LONDON, AND EMMA NEVADA HAVE APPEARED ON ITS STAGE. CLOSED IN 1957, THE THEATRE WAS LATER PURCHASED THROUGH PUBLIC DONATIONS AND REOPENED MAY 7, 1968 TO AGAIN SERVE THE CULTURAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.</p><br>
<p>CALIFORNIA REGISTERED HISTORICAL LANDMARK NO. 863</p><br>
<p>PLAQUE PLACED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION IN COOPERATION WITH THE HISTORICAL LANDMARKS AND LIBERAL ARTS COMMISSIONS OF NEVADA COUNTY, APRIL 27, 1974.</p><br>
<p>The Albert Field Tack Company is a historic industrial site located at 19 Spring Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, next to the Mill River. Built in 1868 for a company founded in the 1820s to manufacture fasteners , the main office building is an unusually high-style building given its industrial setting. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It has since been converted into apartments.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Albert Field Tack Company is set east of Spring Street and south and west of the Mill River, southeast of Taunton&#39;s center. The front-facing main office building is an ornately decorated -story building, with a hip roof pierced by large gabled sections, and a tower at the rear left corner. A series of more utilitarian brick ells extend southeastward toward the river.</p><br>
<p>The site of the Field Tack Company had seen industrial uses since the early 18th century, when mills for carding and dying wool operated there. The Field Tack Works was established in leased space in Taunton beginning in the 1820s. Albert Field purchased this property in the 1850s, and soon expanded. The ornate office building was built in 1868 in the Italianate stylem reflecting the company&#39;s success in the manufacture of upholstery tacks, brads, and shoe nails.</p><br>
<p>The Field Tack Works later added a second factory in Taunton, and another one in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. The company was acquired by the Atlas Tack Company in 1896. The Spring Street plant closed in 1902. The building was used as a Pentecostal Church in the 1930s, and was later occupied by various businesses.</p><br>
<p>The Fairbanks-Williams House is a historic house located at 19 Elm Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. Built in 1852, it is the city&#39;s only known residential work by the architect Richard Upjohn, and is a fine example of Italianate architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The house stands in a residential area east of downtown Taunton, on the east side of Elm Street opposite its junction with Vine Street. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a cross-gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It is a roughly T-shaped plan, with a central front-gable section, a section projecting right from its midsection, and another projection to the left near the rear. Its roof has extended eaves with large modillion blocks, and windows are set in segmented-arch openings. The front entrance is sheltered by a porch whose sections have a similar segmented-arch valances, supported by chamfered square posts. Windows on the second floor have elaborate surrounds with a bracketed sill and gabled hood. The frontmost section of the main block has a first-floor polygonal bay, topped by a turret-like roof with modillioned eave.</p><br>
<p>The house was built for W.W. Fairbanks in 1852 and is the only documented residence in the city to be designed by architect Richard Upjohn, who designed several public buildings and churches in the area during the mid-1800s. It was later owned by Abiathar King Williams, a local textile manufacturer, from 1865 to 1890. Between 1910 and 1940, it was owned by Edward Lovering, president of the Whittenton Mills.</p><br>
<p>The Martin House and Farm is a historic farm at 22 Stoney Hill Road in North Swansea, Massachusetts. The main house is a -story gambrel-roofed wood-frame structure, with a crosswise ell at the rear. The oldest portion was built in 1728 by John Martin, as a single pile structure with a gable roof. It was soon afterward extended with a kitchen space, and was enlarged about 1814, when the gambrel roof was added. The property was farmed by Martin&#39;s descendants until 1934, when the property was bequested to The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. The house is operated by the Dames as a historic house museum. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>Martin Farm sign.jpgA sign marking the location of the Martin House and Farm, with the farmhouse seen through the trees</p><br>
<p>Martin Farm 02.jpgThe farmhouse viewed from Stoney Hill Road</p><br>
<p>The Martin House is a historic house in Seekonk, Massachusetts, United States.</p><br>
<p>The house is a frame structure with clapboard exterior. It is two and a half stories, plus an 18-foot square monitor above. It has an entrance porch with two Doric columns. There are eight rooms distributed around a central hall plan. The house was built c. 1799–1801, and is stylistically similar to houses built at the time in Newport, Rhode Island. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.</p><br>
<h2>Simeon Martin</h2><br>
<p>Simeon Martin (October 20, 1754 – September 3, 1819) was born to an old family who had lived in Rehoboth for five generations, going back to 1665.</p><br>
<p>Martin was a captain in Christopher Lippitt&#39;s regiment in the American Revolutionary War. He fought at the Battle of Trenton with George Washington. After Newport was evacuated by the British in 1779, Martin lived in Newport. He represented Newport in the General Assembly, and was Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island for seven nonconsecutive one year terms, serving from 1808 to 1810 and 1811–1816. He also served as a Trustee of Brown University 1794–1819.</p><br>
<p>Martin is buried at Burial Place Hill in Rehoboth, not far from this home. His epitaph, at 405 words, is claimed to be the longest in the United States and possibly the world.</p><br>
<p>The Martin Farm is a historic farmhouse at 121 Martin Street in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. It is a -story Cape style house, four bays wide, with a side gable roof, central chimney, and clapboard siding. The bays are asymmetrically placed, with the main entrance in the second from the right. The house was built c. 1750–80, and was expanded organically over the next 120 years. The house was  still in the hands of Martin family descendants.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>The Calvin T. Macomber House is a historic house located at 312 W. Brittania Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. It was built in 1885 for Calvin T. Macomber, who was employed at Reed & Barton. It among the most complex examples of the Queen Anne style houses in the city, with an asymmetrical plan and a variety of architectural details. It has a steep hip roof, which is broken up by tall chimneys, projecting sections, and gabled dormers. Second floor windows have trim decorated with floral motifs.</p><br>
<p>The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>The William Luther House was a historic house in Swansea, Massachusetts. It was a -story wood-frame Cape style house, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, central chimney, clapboard siding on the front and wooden shingles on the sides. The front door was an original vertical board door. An ell extended to the rear of the house, added in the late 19th or early 20th century. The house was built c. 1849, and was a well-preserved example of Greek Revival styling. The house was for many years owned by members of the locally prominent Buffington family.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The house was demolished shortly after listing in the National Register; a demolition permit was issued for the property in 1991, and the house standing at that address is no longer the described building. The state lists the house as demolished in its historic resources database.</p><br>
<p>Luthers Corner is a historic district encompassing the original economic center of Swansea, Massachusetts. The district is centered on the junction of Old Warren and Pearse Roads, the former being a major stage route between Fall River and Providence, Rhode Island, and was for many years associated with the locally prominent Luther Family. Luthers Corner was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Luther&#39;s Corner is located in western Swansea, just southwest of the intersection of United States Route 6 and Interstate 195. Old Warren Road, the east-west route through the junction, was originally a major through street, but has now been truncated by that highway interchange. The corner developed as a stage coach stop in the early 19th century, providing services to passing travelers, and developed as the major economic center of Swansea in the first half of the 19th century. Three of the four principal structures in the 1.5 acre district are associated with the locally prominent Luther family, including the Luther Store (c. 1815-18, now a local history museum), the James Luther Tavern (c. 1800), and the John Brown-Luther House (c. 1811). The fourth building is the Seth Eddy House and Store, built in 1871, and now strictly residential in use. All four buildings are 2-1/2 story wood frame structures.</p><br>
<p>Luther&#39;s Store was one of the most successful mercantile businesses in Swansea in the mid-19th century, also housing the local post office and library. After it closed in 1870 (the building converted to just a residence), the Eddy Store replaced it, but the area was declining in importance due in part to increased use of the railroad, which ran further south. The town green, originally located at the center of the road junction and housing a bandstand, was removed in 1901 to make way for a streetcar line.</p><br>
<p>The Luther Store is a historic store at 160 Old Warren Road in Swansea, Massachusetts. It is a -story brick structure with a saltbox profile. Its main facade is five bays wide, with entrances in the second and fourth bays, and interior chimneys at each end. The store retains original fixtures, including solid mahogany counters, drawers for goods storage, and the proprietors desk. The store was built in 1815 by John Brown Luther, and was operated by the Luther family as a store until 1903. The Luthers Corner area was in the mid-19th century the economic center of Swansea, and Luther&#39;s Store served as post office and library. It was acquired in 1941 by the Swansea Historical Society, which now operates it as a local history museum.</p><br>
<p>Fall River architect Maude Darling-Parlin worked on the restoration of the Luther Store.</p><br>
<p>The store was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>Luther Store 1935.jpgThe Luther Store in 1935</p><br>
<p>Luther Store fountain.jpg</p><br>
<p>Luther Store detail.jpg</p><br>
<p>Luther Store garden.jpgGarden commemorating Captain John Luther</p><br>
<p>The Luther House is a historic house in Swansea, Massachusetts. It is a -story gambrel-roofed wood-frame house, five bays wide, with a central chimney and wooden shingle siding. Its main facade is symmetrically arranged, with a center entrance that has a transom window above. An ell extends to the right side, and dormers in the roof are a later addition. The house was built c. 1740, probably by Hezekiah Luther, son of John Luther, the first of that name to settle the area. It was long associated with the Luthers, a locally prominent family, whose members owned this house until the mid-20th century.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<p>The H. B. Lothrop Store is a historic commercial building located at 210 Weir Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. The Italianate style building was constructed in 1855 by H. B. Lothrop who operated a grocery store here into the 1880s.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. However, since that time the original clapboard siding has been covered with vinyl siding, and much of the original wood detailing has been lost. The original decorative front canopy has also been replaced.</p><br>
<p>For a time the building was occupied by Art&#39;s International Bakery.</p><br>
<p>The Lord-Baylies-Bennett House is a historic house located at 66 Winthrop Street in Taunton, Massachusetts.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The house was built in 1831 for Joseph L. Lord, Postmaster of Taunton. The -story house, with its wide front gable and portico and fieldstone construction, is a unique form of Greek Revival architecture. The low-pitched gable roof is broken by four, very tall paneled brick chimneys with paired caps.</p><br>
<p>The house was sold to Francis Baylies in 1836. Baylies was an author, lawyer, judge and foreign diplomat. In 1959, the property was sold to the King David Masonic Lodge, who added a large modern brick addition off the rear of the main house.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1984. It is next door to the Samuel Washburn House.</p><br>
<p>The J.C. Bartlett House is a historic house located in Taunton, Massachusetts. The house was built in 1880 for J.C. Bartlett, a prosperous mining engineer. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>The large-scaled Mansard house features bold Italianate details in its justified quoins, bracketed cornice and window detailing. It originally had decorative iron cresting on its roof, that has since been removed. The exterior has been partially covered with vinyl siding. The original slate Mansard roof has been replaced with asphalt shingles.</p><br>
<p>Buttonwood Park Historic District is a historic district on Kempton Street, Rockdale Avenue, Hawthorne Street and Brownell Avenue in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Its focal point is Buttonwood Park, a 97 acre municipal park planned by Charles Eliot in the 1890s, and part of its surrounding neighborhood. The neighborhood was developed in the first decades of the 20th century as a complement to the park, and contains a fine selection of Colonial Revival and Craftsman style houses. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Buttonwood Park is a roughly L-shaped public park located west of downtown New Bedford. The northernmost section of the park is wooded, and is separated from the rest of the park by a 7 acre pond. The southern edge of the pond is dammed, and a road, part of the parks circulation, passes east–west across the dam. The southwestern part of the park is occupied by Buttonwood Park Zoo, and the southeastern portion is a combination of an open lawn (for passive recreation) and formal athletic facilities. The parks state represents a partial implementation and subsequent modification to a master plan drafted by Charles Eliot in the 1890s.</p><br>
<p>The park is bounded by four major local roadways: Brownell Avenue on the west, Kempton Street to the north, Rockdale Avenue to the east, and Hawthorne Street to the south. The northeastern portion of this quadrangle is subdivided into streets of residential housing, and the opposite sides of the bounding streets are also generally lined with housing. These are typically one or two-family wood-frame buildings, built in styles popular in the early 20th century. The most commonly found styles are the Craftsman (particularly in the Bungalow variant) and the Colonial Revival, although there are some clusters of Queen Anne Victorians. Lot sizes are small, and the houses are generally set back similar distances from the street. There is one church, and a few modern commercial intrusions.</p><br>
<p>The Cadman–White–Handy House, also known as the Handy House, is a historic house museum in Westport, Massachusetts. The house, built in stages between about 1710 and 1825, provides a window into architectural trends of 18th-century southern Massachusetts. The house is operated as a museum by the Westport Historical, and is open on some Saturdays between June and October. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Handy House is located in central Westport, at the northwest corner of Hixbridge and Drift Roads, near the western bank of the East Branch Westport River. Both roads are historically old, with the east-west Drift Road based on a former Indian trail. The house is a -story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof and clapboarded exterior. It has an eight-bay front facade, with entrances in the second and fifth bays from the left. Both are framed by Federal style surrounds, with pilasters, four-light transom windows, and gabled pediments.</p><br>
<p>The house was probably built in three stages, beginning c. 1710. The oldest portion consists of the rightmost three bays, and probably formed a typical early Rhode Island stone ender. The central two bays were added between 1730 and 1750, giving the house a traditional Georgian five-bay facade with center entry. In 1825, the left three bays were added, and the exterior was given its present Federal styling. The building interior has preserved elements from all three periods of constructions, despite restylings during the 18th and 19th centuries.</p><br>
<p>The house is owned by the Westport Historical Society and operated as a historic house museum. It is mostly unfurnished, and visitors are able to examine the 18th and 19th-century building techniques and decorative elements.</p><br>
<p>The Sgt. William H. Carney House is a historic house at 128 Mill Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The house was built in 1856, and is a -story wood-frame structure with Greek Revival styling.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>It has a three-bay front facade, with the entrance in the left bay, sheltered by a hip-roofed bracketed hood.</p><br>
<p>It is notable as the home of William Harvey Carney, an enlistee in the African-American 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Carney distinguished himself at the Battle of Fort Wagner, actions for which he was belatedly awarded the Medal of Honor.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.</p><br>
<p>The George Capron House is a historic house located at 6 North Pleasant Street in Taunton, Massachusetts.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Constructed in 1888, the house is considered a fine example of a "builders Queen Anne" style house built for middle class residents during the late 19th century. The -story house has asymmetrical massing typical of the style, with projecting gabled sections and a decorative wraparound porch. The property includes a matching carriage house.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1984.</p><br>
<p>The C.J.H. Bassett House is a historic house located at 20 Chestnut Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. The house was built in 1851 for Charles Jarvis Hunt Bassett, a prominent Taunton attorney and president of the Taunton Bank.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The house is locally significant as a rare example of a Gothic Revival residence in the city. The -story frame house features an irregular floor plan and a bell-cast gable roof with Gothic Revival influenced vergeboards, incised and punched with quatrefoil motifs, and pointed arch dormer windows.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1984.</p><br>
<p>The W. C. Beattie House is a historic house located at 289 West Brittania Street in Taunton, Massachusetts.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The house was built in 1882 for W. C. Beattie, a designer at Reed & Barton. It is among the best extant examples of a large-scale builder-produced Queen Anne residence in the city. The -story building has a hipped-roof projecting, gable sections, and porch with a decorated gabled portico.</p><br>
<p>The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1984.</p><br>
<p>The Blackinton Houses and Park is a historic district on North Main Street in Attleboro, Massachusetts, which encompasses a park and two adjacent houses, all of which were associated with the locally prominent Blackinton family in the area&#39;s 19th century history. The Willard Blackinton House, at 200 North Main, was built in 1849 by Willard Blackinton, who also built the duplex at 205-207 North Main for his two sons. The Blackintons operated a manufacturing shop which produced shuttles for power looms, and Willard Sr. was active in local politics. The park was established by a gift from Mayor Harold Sweet in 1937.</p><br>
<p>The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>The Daniel Bliss Homestead is a historic colonial farmhouse at 76 Homestead Avenue in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The -story main block of this wood-framed house was built in about 1741, and is a typical Georgian five-bay wide, center-chimney structure. Two ells were added to the east end in the 19th century. The house has retained many Georgian details because one owner, while renovating the house, removed and carefully stored the elements, which were restored c. 1970 by a later owner.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>The Abiah Bliss House is a historic house located at 154 Agricultural Avenue in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. With a claimed initial construction date of 1666, it is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the Rehoboth area.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The house stands in a rural area of northern Rehoboth, on the south side of Agricultural Avenue east of its junction with Rocky Hill Road. It is a -story, wood-framed house, with a gabled roof, roughly centered chimney, and an ell extending to the right side. It is oriented facing west, and has an asymmetrically arranged six-bay front facade. Its main entrance is in the third bay from the left, sheltered by a small porch with a segmented-arch pediment. The third bay from the right exhibits evidence of once also housing an entrance, but now houses a window.</p><br>
<p>The house has a complex construction history, which may begin as early as 1666, making it one of the oldest houses in the region, and one of the few to survive King Philip&#39;s War, which ravaged the area in the 1670s. The property was traditionally owned by Jonathan Bliss, and the southern three bays are said to have been built by him. Architectural evidence suggests that this portion was built before 1740. The northern extension was made in the mid-18th century. The southern ell is a three-bay timber-framed former barn, which also dates to the 18th century. It was in the Bliss family into at least the 20th century.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 6, 1983.</p><br>
<p>The Carpenter Homestead is a historic colonial American house and farm in Seekonk, Massachusetts. Also known as Osamequin Farm, this 166 acre property includes a farmhouse and outbuildings whose construction history begins c. 1720. The farmland historically associated with the property includes 113 acre in Seekonk and 53 acre in Rehoboth. The main house, now a -story wood-frame structure with a gable-over-hip roof and central chimney, was begun c. 1720, underwent numerous alterations and expansions, and was given a historically sensitive restoration in the 1940s under the direction of architect Edwin E. Cull. The core portion of the main barn dates to the same time, with numerous additions in the intervening centuries, and also underwent restoration work in the 1940s. The property was under continuous ownership by the Carpenter family from its construction until 1939, and is one of Seekonk&#39;s oldest houses.</p><br>
<p>The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<p>The Carpenter House is a historic house at 89 Carpenter Street in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. The two-story wood-frame house was probably built in 1789 by Thomas Carpenter III, reusing elements of an older  structure that is known to have stood at the site. The house is one of several locally distinctive houses designed with kitchen fireplaces on both floors. It remained in the Carpenter family until 1900.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>The Christopher Carpenter House is a historic house at 60 Carpenter Street in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Built about 1800, it is a particularly fine local example of Federal period architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Christopher Carpenter House is located in a rural area of central Rehoboth, on the north side of Carpenter Street, about halfway between its endpoints at Perryville Road and Danforth Street. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof, central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. It has a five-bay front facade, with a center entrance, whose fine surround includes pilasters supporting a pediment, and a delicately traced fanlight design. Interior features include molded finishes in the left front parlor, and bake ovens on both floors of the central chimney. A kitchen ell extends to the east, also with a chimney housing an oven.</p><br>
<p>This house was built about 1800, possibly by Deacon Thomas Carpenter (aka Thomas Carpenter III in local histories), who gave 35 acre of land to his grandson Christopher in that year. There is evidence that the property has for a much longer period seen active use, and this house may incorporate elements of an older structure. The house remained in the Carpenter family until about 1871.</p><br>
<p>The Col. Thomas Carpenter III House is a historic house at 77 Bay State Road in Rehoboth, Massachusetts.</p><br>
<p>The Georgian architecture style house was built in 1755 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>Family</h2><br>
<p>Thomas Carpenter was born October 24, 1733, in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts and died April 26, 1807, in Rehoboth. He married on December 26, 1754, Elizabeth Moulton (born 1736 Bristol County, Massachusetts, died May 17, 1804, in Rehoboth) and they moved into the newly built house now on 77 Bay State Road before it was fully finished in September 1755. On December 22, 1755, their first daughter Elizabeth was born in their new home.</p><br>
<p>By August 1776 they would have twelve children born in the now historic house. Unfortunately, several children would also die within the walls of their home. These were an unknown child in 1759, Sarah in 1775 who was age 15, William in 1763 as an infant, James in 1764 as an infant, and Nathan in 1772 who died as an infant. Another Nathan, age 12½, in 1789 may have died due to an accident outside the house. Those children who reached maturity were Elizabeth (born 1755), Thomas (born 1758), Stephen (born 1765), James (born 1767), Rebecca (born 1769), and Peter (born 1772).</p><br>
<p>Colonel Thomas Carpenter was the son of Thomas Carpenter (born 1692 and died 1779 in Rehoboth) and Mary Barstow (born about 1696 and died 1783 in Rehoboth) and he was the great great grandson of the William Carpenter the immigrant who was born in England in 1605 of the Rehoboth Carpenter family).</p><br>
<p>The Samuel Colby House is a historic house located at 74 Winthrop Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. Built in 1869 for a prominent local businessman, it is one of the city&#39;s best examples of high-style Italianate architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Samuel Colby House is located south of downtown Taunton, on the south side of Winthrop Street at its junction with Walnut Street. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a stuccoed finish, and a low-pitch hip roof capped by a large square cupola. The main roof has elongated eaves studded with paired brackets, and the cupola roof has a curtain-style valance. The house is three bays wide, with a polygonal bay above the main entrance at the center of the front facade. The bays are demarcated by pilasters, and a single-story porch extends across the width of the front. The porch has a flat roof with bracketed eave, and is extensively decorated with stickwork. A similar porch extends along the side of the rear ell, facing Walnut Street.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in 1869 for Samuel Colby, a manufacturer and retailer of mens and boys clothing who operated a store in the Union Block in downtown Taunton. It is one of the city&#39;s least-altered post-Civil War 19th-century houses, and a particularly distinctive example of high-style Italianate architecture.</p><br>
<p>The Benjamin Cole House is a historic house in Swansea, Massachusetts, United States. Built in 1690, this house is the oldest documented building in Swansea.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Cole house is set on the south side of Old Warren Road, a historic early road through what is now southwestern Swansea. It is a -story, wood-framed structure, five bays wide, with a side gable roof and a large central chimney. The exterior has Federal-period styling (probably added in the late 18th century), and an ell, built c. 1850, extends to the rear of the main block. The main entrance is set in a projecting hip-roofed vestibule, which is decorated with corner pilasters. Outbuildings of the property include a barn (c. 1890) and garage (c. 1950).</p><br>
<p>Benjamin Cole, who built the house, was the grandson of James Cole, who was the first of the Coles to come to North America, and for whom Cole&#39;s Hill in Plymouth is named. It continued to be the center of a major farmstead into the 20th century, operated for many years by the Wilbur family.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 16, 1990.</p><br>
<p>The Commonwealth Avenue Historic District is a historic district on Commonwealth Avenue on the north side from Stanley Street to beyond Robinson Street in North Attleborough, Massachusetts. The area encompasses a variety of stylish 19th-century houses, as well as two 19th-century industrial buildings, depicting the proximity of wealthy industrial owners and managers to their factories. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Commonwealth Avenue runs east-west through the Attleborough Falls section of North Attleborough, one of its principal industrial areas in the 19th century, and originally connected the town centers of North Attleborough and Attleboro. Its western portion, between Mt. Hope Street and Robinson Avenue, roughly parallels the Ten Mile River, the power source for the industries during that time. The area has been industrially significant since the early 18th century, when a grist mill was operated near the falls. Industrial activity became more intense in the early 19th century, with the construction of the nation&#39;s first button-making factory in 1809, and a number of jewelry-related industries followed.</p><br>
<p>Robinson Avenue and the area just to its west was the site of several early factories. A wood frame factory stands at 35 Robinson Avenue, which was home to the B. S. Freeman Company, a jewelry maker, between 1858 and 1913; it may incorporate elements of an even older building in its rambling structure. A second jewelry factory, at 140 Commonwealth Avenue, was built in 1858 by V. H. Blackington. Both of the owners of these factories lived not far away, Blackington within this district at 172 Commonwealth Avenue, and Freeman lived to the west on Mt. Hope Street, in an area that is part of the Attleborough Falls Historic District. Later factory owners continued this trend, with Samuel Mason, a boxmaker, building a Gothic Revival house at 204 Commonwealth, and jewelry maker Frank Sturdy a Queen Anne Victorian at 234 Commonwealth.</p><br>
<p>The Cottage–Freeman Historic District is a historic district on Cottage St. Freeman St., from Commonwealth Ave. to Ten Mile River and Park Lane in North Attleborough, Massachusetts. It encompasses a densely populated neighborhood which was developed predominantly in the two decades beginning c. 1890, built to house workers in the area&#39;s jewelry industry. Most of it consists of vernacular architecture of the period, although there are some houses which date to the early 19th century.</p><br>
<p>The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<p>The County Street Historic District is a historic district roughly bounded by Acushnet, Page, Middle, and Bedford streets  in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. The district was a fashionable residential area populated by the citys elite from 1780 to about 1890, and includes the citys major civic buildings, including City Hall, the public library, post office, and registry of deeds. County Street, its major roadway, was first laid out early in the 18th century.</p><br>
<p>The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.</p><br>
<p>Mary Point Estate is a historic property located on the north coast of Saint John, United States Virgin Islands on Mary&#39;s Point. The plantation was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1978.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The land on which Mary Point Estate is located was originally held by Danish West India and Guinea Company officials during the early years of Danish settlement. Not being prime land for planting, the land was held until new settlers needed property. The van Stell family was the first controlling landholding on Mary&#39;s Point.</p><br>
<p>In the aftermath of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John, Franz Claasen was deeded the Marys Point estate for alerting the family of the rebellion and assisting in their escape to St. Thomas, a nearby island. Franz Claasens land deed was recorded on August 20, 1738, by Jacob van Stell. Claasen was the first "Free Colored" landowner on St. John.</p><br>
<p>Augustus Kragh and the Grancis family were owners of the Mary Point Estate during the late 18th century. Hans Hendrik Berg, a governor and president of St. John and St. Thomas, was an owner of the Mary Point Estate during the 19th century. During this time an L-shaped factory and the one-story Great House were constructed on the property. In addition to the Great House, a servant&#39;s quarters, farm building, and cemetery remain.</p><br>
<p>The St. John Historical Society recorded Mary&#39;s Point as a cotton plantation, but noted that sugar was grown there in the 19th century.</p><br>
<p>Reef Bay Sugar Factory Historic District is a historic section of Saint John, United States Virgin Islands located on the south central coast adjacent to Reef Bay. The land is the site of a sugar factory. The property was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places on July 23, 1981.</p><br>
<p>The historic district is part of Virgin Islands National Park. The park maintains an exhibit of a well-preserved sugar factory.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Early inhabitants</h3><br>
<p>Archaeological research shows that the first inhabitants of the Virgin Islands were Ortoiroid people. The Arawaks migrated over a period of many centuries to the Virgin Islands and engaged in the first agriculture on the land. Local archaeological excavations confirm a Classic Taino culture on Saint John.</p><br>
<h3>Plantation era</h3><br>
<p>Intermittently starting in the 1670s, the land along the shorelines of Saint John was occupied by settlers with diverse nationalities. The property was used for maritime activities and cotton production.</p><br>
<p>The Danish claimed Saint John on March 25, 1718. The Danish established large plantations worked by slaves brought from Africa.</p><br>
<p>The present Reef Bay Estate was formed in the mid-19th century from two neighboring plantations near Reef Bay.</p><br>
<h3>Par Force Estate</h3><br>
<p>Par Force Estate was located on the east side of Reef Bay Valley and early documents indicate that the land was in use at the time of the 1733 slave insurrection on St. John with Anthony Zytstems the original owner. A 1780 maps shows Zystems continuing to own the land and a sugar factory and animal mill on the property.</p><br>
<h3>Reef Bay</h3><br>
<p>An unnamed parcel of land located on the north east end of Reef Bay was identified on a 1780 map as being owned by C. Wyle and as a cattle and cotton plantation.</p><br>
<h2>Sugar factory</h2><br>
<p>The first sugar plantation on the land was started in 1725 on the Par Force Estate. Oxholm&#39;s 1800 map shows a sugar plantation with an animal mill on Par Force land.</p><br>
<p>After Reef Bay Estate was formed by joining the neighboring properties, a new sugar factory was built. The factory was used for processing sugarcane into sugar and distilling rum. The factory buildings include a boiling room, an animal-powered mill, and a still with a cooling cistern for distilling rum.</p><br>
<p>O.I. Burguest and Company purchased the property in 1855. With W. H. March managing the estate, the sugar factory was modernized and converted to steam in the 1862. An "engine room" measuring approximately 25 feet by 27 feet was added to house the cast iron steam engine and sugar cane crushing machinery. In 1864 March purchased the property at auction and he continued to operate a sugar factory on the land until 1908. Bay Oil was produced at the factory during the St. John bay oil boom in the early 20th century.</p><br>
<h2>Virgin Islands National Park</h2><br>
<p>In the 1960s the sugar factory ruins were restored by Virgin Island National Park and the ruins are one of the best surviving examples of a West Indies sugar operation.</p><br>
<p>The Caleb Cushing House and Farm is a historic farm property at 186 Pine Street in Rehoboth, Massachusetts. The farm, established about 1750, includes a pre-Revolutionary Georgian farmhouse and an 1836 Federal-Greek Revival Cape house, and was owned by the Cushing family into the mid-20th century. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Caleb Cushing House and Farm property is located in a rural area of central western Rehoboth, on the west side of Pine Street a short way south of its junction with Salisbury Street. The main house is set in a yard lined by a picket fence; it is a -story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof, central chimney and clapboarded exterior. A small gabled porch shelters the center entrance. The interior retains original fireplace mantels, and some doors, in addition to other period features. Built sometime between the 1740s and 1770s by Joseah Cushing, it is one of the best-preserved and least-altered pre-Revolutionary houses in the town.</p><br>
<p>A short way north of the main house stands a -story Cape, also of wood-frame construction. It has a side-gable roof pierced by two gabled dormers, a central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. A three-bay ell to the left nearly doubles the size of the house; it houses a secondary entrance, and its roof has three dormers. The main entrance features a Greek Revival surround. This house was built in 1836, by family lore due to a dispute involving a spinster aunt, who then resided here.</p><br>
