<p>Shore Road Historic District is a national historic district located at Cold Spring Harbor in Suffolk County, New York. The district has 20 contributing residential buildings. They sit at the foot of a steep wooded bluff and date from the early 19th century, the oldest dating to about 1790. It includes works by architect Grosvenor Atterbury.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<p>East Shore Road Historic District is a national historic district located at Halesite in Suffolk County, New York. The district has 21 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and one contributing structure. The majority of the residences date from 1860 to 1900 and represent one of the few intact collections of largely intact working class dwellings in Huntington. It also contains three settlement period dwellings, the site of a pottery works, and the Town Park.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<p>Old Town Green Historic District is a national historic district located at Huntington in Suffolk County, New York. The district which has 14 contributing buildings, is officially located on Park Avenue, but expands west along West Main Street. It is a small residential enclave that includes the town green. This green contains an oak tree named "Constitution Oak," that was planted on the 200th Anniversary of New York State&#39;s ratification of the Constitution of the United States. Seven of the eight dwellings date to the settlement period in 1653. Located in the district are structures such as the Charles Woodhull House, the Dr. Daniel Kissam House Museum, and the Fort Golgotha and the Old Burial Hill Cemetery.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<p>Old Town Hall Historic District is a national historic district located in Huntington, Suffolk County, New York. The district consists of eight contributing buildings, including civic structures, a church, a cemetery, and residential properties. These buildings represent a range of historical periods, with some dating back to the initial settlement in 1653 through to the early 20th century.</p><br>
<p>Notable sites within the district include the Old Huntington Town Hall, located at the northeast corner of Main Street and Stewart Avenue, the Fort Golgotha and the Old Burial Hill Cemetery situated across from the Town Hall, the First Universalist Society Church at 6 Nassau Road, and the former Huntington Sewing and Trade School.</p><br>
<p>The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<p>Beaux Arts Park Historic District is a national historic district located at Huntington Bay in Suffolk County, New York. The district has nine contributing buildings and one contributing structure. It is a concentrated residential community with five large stucco residences in the Tudor Revival and Spanish Revival styles dated from about 1905 to 1915.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<p>The Firemen&#39;s Monument is a tall monument in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, that was designed by American sculptor Caspar Buberl and completed in 1891. The monument was built to commemorate the Volunteer Fire Department in Church Square Park on May 30, 1891.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Starting in the 19th century, statues of firemen who died in the line of duty were placed in municipal burial plots, which eventually led to placement of monuments in more accessible public places and often to commemorate various departments or events. The monument in Hoboken was built to commemorate the end of the Volunteer firefighters in the city, as earlier that year, firefighting became a paid profession. The first statues were made using marble, but many, including the Firemen&#39;s monument in Hoboken, were sculpted using zinc and cast in bronze by Caspar Buberl and sold by J.W. Fiske.</p><br>
<h2>Monument</h2><br>
<p>Standing in the west end of Church Square Park at Garden Street and 5th Street, the Firemen&#39;s Monument sits atop a 20-foot granite pedestal that features emblems of a ladder, pike poles and a fire hose on its face. The statue itself is approximately 8 feet tall and features a mustached firemen in uniform, holding a small child in nightdress in his left arm and a lantern in his right hand. Similar statues have been noted as being modeled after statues of the Virgin Mary cradling the baby Jesus. The monument reads:</p><br>
<h2>Legacy</h2><br>
<p>With Hobokens&#39; rich history and multiple National Register of Historic Places sites, a tour is run yearly and begins with the statue. Because of Hobokens vicinity and viewpoint to New Jerseyians during the September 11th attacks which resulted in the lives of many firefighters being lost, appreciation of these zinc statues has been renewed.</p><br>
<p>Rogue River Valley Grange No. 469 was a historic Grange hall located at 2064 Upper River Road in Grants Pass, Oregon. It was built in 1923 in the bungalow craftsman style.</p><br>
<p>On March 9, 1992, Rogue River Valley Grange No. 469 was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The Grange hall was destroyed by fire on June 18, 2012. The local Grange organization remains an active part of the Oregon State Grange.</p><br>
<p>Bay Shore Hose Company No. 1 Firehouse, also known as Second Avenue Fire House, is a historic fire station located at Bay Shore in Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1886 or 1887 and is a -story, wood-frame structure with a prominent bell tower. It features a slender hose-drying tower at the rear. Throughout its history it has been used as a fire station, synagogue, and boarding house. Today, it survives as an art gallery.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
<p>Modern Times School, also known as District 12 School and Brentwood School, is a historic school building located at Brentwood in Suffolk County, New York.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The school building was built in 1857 by the utopian community of Modern Times and was originally a small, one story, frame octagonal building sheathed in board and batten siding and surmounted by a hipped roof with octagonal cupola. It featured a rectangular projecting entrance portico surmounted by a gable roof. It has been moved twice, altered, and suffered significant deterioration. It was converted for residential use in 1907 to make room for a larger schoolhouse and was moved to its present site in 1989.</p><br>
<p>The building is one of the few surviving structures of the village of Modern Times, which was founded by reformers Josiah Warren and Stephen Pearl Andrews as an experimental community in the nineteenth century. The village based itself on individual freedom and was known for its lack of jail, police, judge or money. The village lasted 13 years before renaming itself "Brentwood" to rid itself of bad connotations.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. In 2016, the Brentwood Historical Society funded its renovation and preservation.</p><br>
<p>The buildings restoration was expected for completion in late 2023. After several false starts, the Brentwood Union Free School District funded its restoration, estimated at around $500,000, with $144,000 coming from grants via the historical society and the rest coming from the districts general fund.</p><br>
<p>Wereholme, also known as the Harold H. Weekes Estate, and the Scully Estate, is a historic estate located at Islip in Suffolk County, New York. The mansion was built in 1917 in the French Provincial style for Lousine Peters and her husband Harold H. Weekes.</p><br>
<p>It was designed by architect Grosvenor Atterbury (1869–1956) and is an L-shaped structure built of concrete block. It is three stories high with a hipped roof and the servants&#39; wing is two stories with a clipped cross-gable roof. Also on the property are two garages, greenhouse, barrel vaulted dovecote, and entrance pillars from South Bay Avenue.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The property was originally part of Windholme which was eventually split between the children of the owners. Louise Peters received 70 acres and had Wereholme built. She passed the house to her daughter, Hathaway. "Happy" eventually donated it to the Audubon Society who sold it to Suffolk County in 2004.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.</p><br>
<h2>Suffolk County Nature Center</h2><br>
<p>The Suffolk County Nature Center opened on the property on Earth Day, 2010. The center is operated by the Seatuck Environmental Center through a long-term custodial agreement with the Suffolk County Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation.</p><br>
<p>Wereholme has been restored, and features natural history exhibits, a nature library and space for programs.</p><br>
<p>The 70-acre property is adjacent to the Seatuck National Wildlife Refuge and the Islip Town Beach. Trails and boardwalks allow visitors to view different ecosystems, including salt marsh, freshwater wetlands and mature upland forest.</p><br>
<p>Jacob Ockers House is a historic home located at Oakdale in Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1880 and is a -story, four- by two-bay, frame dwelling with single story wings extending from the east and north elevations. It is sheathed in clapboard and rests on a brick foundation. It features a verandah with Doric order columns supporting the cornice.</p><br>
<p>The house was owned by Jacob Ockers who organized the Bluepoint Oyster Company. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<p>John Ellis Roosevelt Estate, also known as Meadow Croft, is a historic estate located at Sayville in Suffolk County, New York.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The main house, roughly L-shaped, is composed of two distinct parts: the original farmhouse, built about 1850, and now the rear of the house; and the larger, more formal Colonial Revival mansion built from 1891 to 1892 and set perpendicular to it. The original section is a two-story, rectangular farmhouse, sheathed in clapboard and surmounted by a gable roof. The 1891 to 1892 section is a clapboarded, two-story structure with an elaborate façade with generous porch and surmounted by a steeply pitched, truncated hipped roof. Also on the property are contributing carriage house, equipment barn, garage, caretaker&#39;s cottage, swimming pool, storage hut, and archaeological sites. The property was purchased by Robert Barnwell Roosevelt (1829–1906) in 1873; his son John Ellis Roosevelt (1853–1939) commissioned the estate.</p><br>
<h3>Present day</h3><br>
<p>The Bayport Blue Point Heritage Association has restored the mansion and offers seasonal tours and exhibits of local history.</p><br>
<p>The estate is located on the grounds of Sans Souci County Park, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.</p><br>
<p>Joseph Wood House is a historic home located at Sayville in Suffolk County, New York. It was built in 1889 and is a 2-story, wood-framed Shingle Style dwelling of complex massing. It has a gambrel-roofed main block with -story wings. It features a continuous porch with attenuated Doric order columns and a porte cochere.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<p>Sagtikos Manor is a historic home located in West Bay Shore, Suffolk County, New York.</p><br>
<p>The property was first patented to Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1643–1700), who built the original house. During the 18th through 20th centuries, it was owned by the prominent Thompson and Gardiner families. The manor functioned for a time during the American Revolution as local headquarters for British forces under General Sir Henry Clinton. In 1790, George Washington recorded in his diary an overnight stop at "Squire Thompson&#39;s" during his tour of Long Island. It is operated by The Sagtikos Manor Historical Society and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.</p><br>
<p>Robert David Lion Gardiner inherited the property in 1930 and allowed the newly created Sagtikos Manor Historical Society to use the property in 1964.</p><br>
<p>In 2012 the Historical Society sued the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation. They argued that Gardiner had intended that part of his estate should go to support the maintenance of the property. However, since his will did not specifically name the Society, the courts ruled the Society did not have standing, could not even request an audit of the Foundation&#39;s finances. The Society had been looking for $65,000 per year.</p><br>
<p>Village of the Branch Historic District is a national historic district located at Village of the Branch in Suffolk County, New York. The district has 22 contributing buildings, one contributing structure, and four contributing objects. It consists of 15 houses, a church, and a library built between about 1700 and 1965. Located within the district and listed separately on the register are the Halliock Inn and First Presbyterian Church.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>The Mallows, also known as Alida Chanler Emmet and Christopher Temple Emmet Estate, is a historic home located at Head of the Harbor, New York, United States. It is a Colonial Revival estate home designed in 1906 by architect Charles A. Platt . It is an imposing structure, finished in stucco with powerful wooden detailing at the principal doorways, roof cornice and porch. It is a large rectangular mass, two full stories in height, seven bays long, with projecting wings. It features a simple pitched gable roof and a two-story porch on the west wing with large Doric order piers.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<p>By-the-Harbor, also known as the Prescott Hall Butler and Cornelia Smith Butler Estate, is a historic home located at Nissequogue in Suffolk County, New York. It was built about 1878 as the first of a group of country homes built on Stony Brook Harbor and one of Charles F. McKim&#39;s earliest projects. It is a long and narrow, two story, Shingle Style structure with a low attic level at each end. The south facade features a massive asymmetrical gable that rises from the first floor to the ridge of the roof. Also on the property are the original flanking stone entrance piers and rusted iron gates and casino building. The casino is a sprawling two story Colonial Revival style building with shingled facades and a hipped roof. The original section, holding a squash court and plunge baths, was designed in the 1890s by McKim, Mead, and White. In 1905, a wing containing a ballroom and designed by Stanford White, was added.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<p>Rassapeague, also known as the Francis C. Huntington and Susan Butler Huntington Estate, is a historic home located at Nissequogue in Suffolk County, New York. The estate house was built about 1865 and is a large Italianate house with additions completed in 1915. It is a two-story, wood frame, clapboarded dwelling with a large back service wing and porch. Also on the property are a "wine cellar," barn, and cottage.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<p>On December 30, 2011, at approximately 5am, A fire broke out between the second floor and the attic. Firefighters battled the flames for almost ten hours, but were hampered with water supply issues stemming from the nearest fire hydrant being over 3000 ft away. Fire eventually engulfed the entire attic and most of the second floor causing major structural collapses. Due to the insatiability of the structure the building had to be razed.</p><br>
<p>Bailey Hall , at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, was built in 1905. The architect was John G. Haskell who was among the architects of the Kansas State Capitol. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
<p>Bailey Hall is home to the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, one of 11 National Resource Centers across the United States devoted to this region. Bailey is also home to the Communication Studies department and the Religious Studies department.</p><br>
<p>Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church is a former parish church of the Diocese of Davenport. The church is located in rural Solon, Iowa, United States. The property is on a gravel road east of Iowa Highway 1 between Solon and Mount Vernon in rural Johnson County. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church was founded around 1861 to serve Czech Bohemian immigrants who began settling near Solon in 1854. It was the first Bohemian Catholic congregation in Iowa. They initially met in area schoolhouses with or without a priest. The first church building used by the parish was built of stone and located across the road from the present building. The stone was quarried locally and the building was built by hand for $1,300. In time the building started to deteriorate and it was closed in 1916 and was torn down in 1938. A monument to the first church is located in the cemetery where its altar was located.</p><br>
<p>Ground was broken for the present church building on April 18, 1916. It was dedicated on July 15, 1917. The Rev. Florian Svrdlik from St. Wenceslaus Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, preached the sermon at the ceremony. The bid for constructing the building was $13,800.</p><br>
<p>The parish, like many in rural Iowa, was a victim of declining numbers of clergy and people who opted to live and work on farms. On March 28, 1996, Bishop William Franklin announced in The Catholic Messenger that Saints Peter and Pauls would close by the end of June. The parish was merged with St. Marys in Solon on June 30 of that year, and the church building was officially closed. Rev. Joseph Sparks of St. Mary&#39;s was placed in charge of pastoral management for corporate affairs. That same year members from the former parish organized to preserve the church building. They bought the church from the diocese for a dollar and raised funds to renovate the building. By 1998 the renovation project was completed and the facility is used for weddings and other events.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Saints Peter and Paul Church is a 79 by structure that is composed of a steel frame covered with red brick and tile. The church is six bays in length. The first bay on the east end of the building is the towers and main entrance, it is followed by a four-bay nave that is divided by stepped buttresses, and the sixth bay on the west end contains the chancel, which is flanked by two sacristies. The main facade features two uneven towers that flank the man entrance. Above the entrance is an inscription in Czech: Sv. Petře a Pavle Orodujte zanas! (Saints Peter and Paul pray for us!). The two towers are identical until the cornice level when the bell chamber on the south tower rises higher than that of the north tower. Brick corbels are located in the gables, and a circular window is located over the main entrance. Crosses are placed on the pyramid-shaped spires of both towers and on the peak of the gable. The church is built on a raised basement that was used for a parish hall.</p><br>
<p>The interior is a single nave that is capped with a barrel vaulted ceiling. The Roman (round) arch predominates in the interior decor. It is found prominently in the chancel arch, the blind arches where the side altars are located, the reredos of the high altar, the stained glass windows, and the Stations of the Cross. The altars are carved wood with marbleized painted surfaces. Statues of St. Peter and St. Paul flank a central crucifix in the reredos. A bas-relief of the Last Supper is located on the altar frontal. One of the side altars contains a statue of the Infant of Prague. The primary altar used to celebrate the Mass in later years was from the first parish church. The windows in the nave depict images of saints, including those of Bohemian heritage, St. Wenceslaus, and those associated with agriculture, St. Barbara (patron saint of lightning) and St. Swithun (patron saint of drought). In the church&#39;s vestibule is a 19th-century painting portraying St. Peter and St. Paul, which was from Europe. Above the vestibule is a gallery that extends 5 ft into the nave.</p><br>
<p>The Niels Petersen House is a local historic landmark in Tempe, Arizona, that is listed on the USA National Register of Historic Places. It is an example of Queen Anne Style brick architecture in the Salt River Valley.</p><br>
<h2>Biography of Niels Petersen</h2><br>
<p>Niels Petersen was born on October 21, 1845, to Peder Mikkelsen and Gunder Marie Nisdatter in Vilslev, Denmark, a small farming village in the southwestern portion of that country. Petersen spent several years in the English Merchant Marines, beginning in 1863, allowing him to travel the world. He continued in this stead until 1870, when he immigrated to the United States.</p><br>
<p>In 1871, Petersen arrived in the Salt River Valley of central Arizona, where he decided to stake a homestead claim and begin farming. He filed a declaratory statement on July 1, 1874, claiming 160 acre in section 29, southwest of Tempe (the original homestead is currently bordered by Priest, southern, Alameda and 52nd Streets). After submitting his claim, Petersen began work on the construction of a two-room adobe house. Four years later, in 1878, Petersen became a United States citizen and subsequently filed a homestead entry, the next step in permanently establishing himself in the valley. The final action in this process was the filing of a homestead proof, providing evidence that improvements to the land had been made by the claimant, which Petersen filed on May 12, 1883. By the time of his final homestead filing, Petersen had built two small adobe houses on the property and maintained 140 acre in cultivation.</p><br>
<p>Among his various undertakings was the operation of Tempe founder Charles Hayden’s general store when he was away on business. Additionally, he worked for the Tempe Irrigating Canal Company, eventually earning shares in the company. In 1884, Peterson married Isabel Dumphy, a teacher at Tempe Grammar School; Isabel subsequently resigned from her teaching position and moved into the Petersen house. She died during child birth one year later, in 1885, and their infant son, John Petersen, is believed to have likewise died within months of his birth.</p><br>
<p>Within a few years, Petersen began acquiring properties surrounding his homestead claim, thus expanding his interest in the area. His ranch grew to more than 1,000 acre and Petersen emerged as one of the area&#39;s leading producers of cattle and grain.</p><br>
<p>As his financial interests grew, so too did his involvement in the Tempe community. Petersen served as a trustee for the Tempe School District and was a member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, thus asserting his interest in local education. He played a role in the development of the Tempe Methodist Episcopal Church, the Bank of Tempe, and the Tempe Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which was chartered on March 5, 1888. Other positions held by Petersen included treasurer of the Tempe Irrigating Canal Company, president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, and a term on the Arizona&#39;s Eighteenth Territorial Legislature from 1895 to 1896.</p><br>
<p>By the 1890s, Petersen had emerged as one of the Salt River Valleys wealthiest and most revered citizens. In 1892, he made the decision to construct a new home, in the Queen Anne Victorian style. Architect James Creighton was commissioned by Petersen to design the new two-story home to be constructed at Petersens ranch south of town. While the new home was being built, Petersen traveled back east, where he met his future bride Susanna Decker of South Montrose, Pennsylvania. They were married on September 1, 1892, and when he returned to his new house in Tempe his new wife accompanied him. Upon completion, Petersen&#39;s house was widely considered one of the most elegant homes in the region.</p><br>
<p>Niels Petersen died in Tempe on April 27, 1923, at the age of 78. As a testament to his status in the community, flags were flown at half-mast and all schools and businesses were closed during his funeral. Originally buried in Tempe&#39;s Double Buttes Cemetery, he was exhumed and reburied on the grounds of his home next to the grave of his wife Susanna.</p><br>
<h2>History of the house</h2><br>
<p>The house is significant as the oldest Queen Anne Style brick residence in the Salt River Valley. When Rev. Edward Decker inherited the house in 1927, he made modifications.</p><br>
<p>The house is associated with Niels Petersen, a Danish immigrant and prominent local farmer and entrepreneur. It is further important for its design by James Creighton, a well-known Arizona architect. The house was built for Petersen who came to Tempe in 1871 and developed substantial land holdings, was president of a local bank, co-founder of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and representative at the 18th Territorial Legislature. Creighton, the architect, worked for many years in Arizona, and among his extant works are the Pinal County Courthouse, Old Main (Arizona State University), and the Tempe Hardware Building on Mill Ave. in Tempe. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>East Farm, also known as the Archibald M. Brown Estate, is a national historic district located at Head of the Harbor in Suffolk County, New York. The district encompasses an estate with seven contributing buildings and one contributing site. The first buildings on the farm went up in 1689. The estate house was originally built in the 18th century about 1690 and as the Smith family farmhouse, then greatly enlarged by its architect-owner in 1910. It is a wood framed, clapboarded structure with a wood shingle roof, and Colonial in style. Also on the property are a contributing barn with shed, milk house, two cottages, and barn and garage complex. The estate also retains an intact formal garden.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<p>Shore Cottage, also known as the Lawrence Grant White and Laura Chanler White Estate, is a national historic district located at Head of the Harbor in Suffolk County, New York. The district encompasses an estate with two contributing buildings. The estate house was designed in 1913 and is a -story, rectangular block clad in stucco under a gable slate roof. It was the summer home of the Lawrence Grant White family; he was a son of Stanford White. Also on the property is a contributing barn.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<p>Kate Annette Wetherill Estate is a national historic district located at Head of the Harbor in Suffolk County, New York. The district encompasses an estate with three contributing buildings, two contributing sites, and two contributing structures. The estate house was designed by Stanford White in 1895 in the Colonial Revival style The main block of the house is two stories with a full attic formed of facade gables corresponding to an octagonal form. A large -story, gable-roofed service wing projects to the east. Also on the property is a pump house, rose garden, stone entrance piers with iron gate, carriage barn, and superintendent&#39;s cottage.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<p>The Ned Ashton House in Iowa City, Iowa, also known as the Edward L. Ashton House or as Ashton House, was built in 1947-1948 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in 1947 by Edward L. "Ned" Ashton as a private residence. Ashton, who has been called "the most distinguished bridge engineer in the history of Iowa," was a professor of civil engineering at the University of Iowa from 1943 to 1957. He designed several bridges over the Mississippi River including the Julien Dubuque and Davenport Centennial bridges, as well as smaller bridges such as the Iowa City Benton Street Bridge, which was a pioneering design of welded plate girder bridges.</p><br>
<p>The single-story raised-ranch house, built from Anamosa limestone (dolomite), and poured concrete, shows Prairie School influence in the way it was incorporated into its location alongside the Iowa River. Both the main and lower levels of the house provided excellent views of the river.</p><br>
<p>The poured concrete construction of the house utilized bridge span design creating one large lower level open room. The concrete floor pour level was marked with a grease pencil when the water level of the then flooded Iowa River receded to the needed height, assuring a level floor.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in a flood prone area with knowledge that the Army Corps of Engineers Coralville flood control dam was to be built upstream. Ashton designed the house to facilitate the flow of flood water through the lower level.</p><br>
<p>Ashton employed his University of Iowa College of Engineering students. The large, open lower level had nine full size drafting tables, bookshelves along the southwest wall, metal file cabinets and racks of printed plans along the southeast wall. The west side of the workshop provided excellent views of the river.</p><br>
<h2>Flooding and Acquisition by Iowa City</h2><br>
<p>The basement level of the Ashton House was flooded in both</p><br>
<p>the Great Flood of 1993 and the Iowa flood of 2008.</p><br>
<p>The latter flood caused an estimated $177,247 in damages</p><br>
<p>to the property, valued at $487,388 prior to the flood.</p><br>
<p>Following the 2008 flood, Iowa City began</p><br>
<p>buying up flooded properties. As of Oct. 25, 2011, the</p><br>
<p>city had purchased the Ashton House. By the end of the buy-out program in mid-2012, the city had purchased all but one neighboring house, with demolition slated for completion before 2013. The city plans to preserve the Ned Ashton House, renting it out as a venue for such events as receptions and meetings.</p><br>
<p>The Albert Smith House in or near Waldwick, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, was built in 1750. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The property is listed in the National Register&#39;s database as being located in both Bergen County, New Jersey and Allegany County, New York, which must be an error as Allegany County is far away, bordering Pennsylvania not New Jersey.</p><br>
<p>The Arcade Theatre is a historic former vaudeville and movie theater in the Broadway district of Los Angeles, California. Commissioned by real estate developer William May Garland in 1910, it originally operated under the direction of Alexander Pantages. In 1920, the Pantages operation moved to a new auditorium on 7th Street; thereafter, the theater became known as Dalton&#39;s Broadway for two years before ultimately taking the Arcade name in 1924 in association with the adjacent Spring Arcade building. Metropolitan Theatres later operated the facility as a grindhouse until its closure in 1992.</p><br>
<p>Los Angeles architectural firm Morgan and Walls designed the building in the Beaux-Arts style. The seven-story building includes office space on its upper floors. The Arcade neighbors the former Cameo and Roxie movie theaters. The city of Los Angeles designated the Arcade Theatre a Historic-Cultural Monument in 1991.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Los Angeles real estate developer William May Garland commissioned a new office building and theater in 1909; although most theaters at the time were located on Main Street, he chose a site on Broadway, making it an early part of the eventual theater district there. Local architects Morgan and Walls drafted plans for the structure in November 1909.</p><br>
<p>On New Year&#39;s Day 1910, the Los Angeles Times reported that construction was ready to commence with an expected $150,000 cost and a 15-year, $400,000 lease agreement signed by vaudeville impresario Alexander Pantages. Work began on the building in March.</p><br>
<p>The Pantages Theatre opened on September 26, 1910, the 33rd facility to be added to the Pantages vaudeville circuit. Two full-capacity audiences gave positive reviews for a composite show that featured "The Yalto duo, whirlwind dancers; Maurice Burkhart, singing comedian and impersonator; Lelliott Brothers, woh present an interesting instrumental act; MacLean and Bryant in a clever little dramatic sketch called 17-20 in the Black; Sophie Tucker, coon shouter, and Barnold&#39;s dog and monkey actors, one of the most interesting animal acts seen in Los Angeles in many days." A. J. Louis purchased the first ticket and later presented it to Pantages as a memento. Pantages circuit veteran J. O. Chaney served as the inaugural stage manager.</p><br>
<p>In 1915, the theater installed an electric scoreboard to provide updates on the World Series between the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies during matinee hours.</p><br>
<p>In August 1920, Alexander Pantages opened a new Pantages Theatre on 7th Street, keeping the original Broadway venue open until December 1921 when it temporarily closed for a photoplayer installation. Afterwards, the facility opened under new management as Dalton&#39;s Broadway Theatre. In 1924, officials renamed the building the Arcade Theatre following the newly-constructed Spring Arcade next door.</p><br>
<p>Following a $100,000 renovation designed by architect Oscar N. Land that featured "every new feature of theater construction available", the Arcade Theatre reopened on April 30, 1927, with a showing of the Dorothy Davenport film The Red Kimono. The theater reopened under the management of Principal Theaters Corporation.</p><br>
<p>On July 30, 1932, the Dalton brothers reopened the Arcade Theatre as a burlesque house advertised as having "youth and beauty, massive scenic settings, elaborate costuming, a cycle of spectacular chorus song and dance numbers".</p><br>
<p>With the rise in popularity of news cinemas at the time, the Arcade Theatre operated as the Telenews Theatre from August to November 1941. It later operated as the Teleview Theatre, another operation that ceased in favor of regular movie programming.</p><br>
<p>The Arcade&#39;s final operator, Metropolitan Theatres, ran it as a grindhouse. On March 20, 1991, the city of Los Angeles designated the building a Historic-Cultural Monument, along with the neighboring Cameo and Roxie theaters. In 1992, Metropolitan closed the Arcade Theatre. It has since been converted to retail use in the lobby space; the auditorium remains intact and unused.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Morgan and Walls designed the Arcade Theatre in the Beaux-Arts style, specifically designed to imitate the look and feel of an English music hall. The stonework on the facade still bears the original venue name, Pantages. The inaugural auditorium configuration sat 1,400 people between the orchestra, balcony, gallery, and box sections. The original setting featured a mural above the proscenium arch until it was painted over.</p><br>
<p>S. Charles Lee designed renovations that took place between 1937 and 1938 that included a new marquee, modernized lobby, and the removal of the box seating. At this time, theater officials decided to close the upper gallery section due to poor sightlines, reducing capacity to 800.</p><br>
<p>Beachbend, also known as the William H. Dixon Estate, is a national historic district located at Nissequogue in Suffolk County, New York. The district encompasses an estate with five contributing buildings and two contributing structures. The estate house is a large 18th-century house with alterations completed in 1924. It is a two-story, wood-frame, five-bay structure with a center hall plan. Also on the property are a contributing L-shaped barn, a cottage, a pump house. two sheds, and a well cover.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<p>Harbor House, also known as the George C. Case Estate, is a national historic district located at Nissequogue in Suffolk County, New York. The district encompasses an estate with two contributing buildings, one contributing site, and two contributing structures. The estate house is a two story with full attic structure with a gambrel roof designed in 1910. Also on the property are a contributing carriage barn / stable and a well house.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<p>Land of Clover, also known as the Lathrop Brown Estate, is a national historic district located at Nissequogue in Suffolk County, New York. The district encompasses an estate with six contributing buildings and one contributing structure. The estate house is a large two-story brick Georgian Revival structure built between 1912 and 1918. It is loosely patterned after Westover Plantation. Also on the property are a contributing horseshoe stable, superintendent&#39;s cottage, ice house and garage, U-shaped barn, small barn and a water tower. It is now a boarding school known as The Knox School. The Estate house is currently known as Houghton Hall.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<p>Woodcrest, also known as the Homer Reboul Estate, is a national historic district located at Nissequogue in Suffolk County, New York. The district encompasses an estate with two contributing buildings and two contributing structure. The estate house is a large two story Shingle Style structure, with a gambrel roof and an attached service wing, built in 1895. It is surrounded by formal gardens. Also on the property are a contributing carriage house and pump house.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.</p><br>
<p>Sylvania in McCormick County, South Carolina, near Bradley, South Carolina, was built in 1825. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.</p><br>
<p>The house is thought to have been built in 1825 by John Hearst, the great uncle of William Randolph Hearst. John Hearst died in 1847, and James H. Wideman acquired the property. Frank Wideman, Sr., owner of the property during the 20th Century, was appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as Assistant USA Attorney General in charge of the Justice Department Tax Division. Frank Wideman Jr., worked to restore the house between 1969 and 1971. It is a one-and-one-half story white clapboard building in the Federal style set on a low brick foundation and has fine Regency details in the interior and faux finishes. Current owners Jay and Kim Dowd III purchased Sylvania from the Wideman Family in 2020 after five generations of family ownership with a commitment to preservation and stewardship of this SC historical landmark.</p><br>
<p>Christ Church , Shrewsbury is an historic church building at the junction of Broad Street and Sycamore Avenue in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, a location known as the historic "Four Corners" because the intersection hosts the Allen House, the Quaker Meeting House, the Presbyterian Church, and the Shrewsbury Historical Society / Borough Hall. The present church building was constructed in 1769 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<p>The congregation held its first mass in 1702 and it has been an active parish since.</p><br>
<p>The first female rector is the Mother Lisa Sauber Mitchell, who has served as Rector since 1997.</p><br>
<p>The building housed continental soldiers during the Revolutionary war. A rare Vinegar Bible is also kept here.</p><br>
<p>The Manasquan Friends Meetinghouse and Burying Ground, also known as the Manasquan Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, is a historic meetinghouse and cemetery on Route 35 at the Manasquan Circle in Wall Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. Meetinghouses are generally used for "meetings for worship" and "meetings for business". Built in 1884, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 22, 1992, for its significance in religion.</p><br>
<p>St. George&#39;s-by-the-River Episcopal Church is a historic church at 7 Lincoln Avenue in Rumson, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.</p><br>
<p>It was built in 1907 and added to the National Register in 2007.</p><br>
<p>The tower contains a carillon of 26 bells, cast by John Taylor & Co in 1934 and 2001.</p><br>
<h2>Notable clergy</h2><br>
<p>John Andrew; curate from 1959–1960, later Rector of Saint Thomas Church, New York</p><br>
<p>G. P. Mellick Belshaw; rector from 1963–1973, later ninth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey.</p><br>
<p>Upper Freehold Baptist Meeting, also known as Ye Olde Yellow Meeting House, is a historic church located on Yellow Meetinghouse and Red Valley roads in the Red Valley section of Upper Freehold Township near Imlaystown in Monmouth County, New Jersey.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>An earlier building for the area Baptists was erected in 1720 on land donated by Thomas and Rachel Salter.</p><br>
<h2>Cemetery</h2><br>
<p>The oldest dated grave in the Yellow Meeting House Cemetery is Salter&#39;s son, John, who died August 29, 1723. The 5 acre cemetery has about two hundred graves.</p><br>
<h3>Notable burials</h3><br>
<p>James Cox (1753–1810), member of the United States House of Representatives (from New Jersey)</p><br>
<p>Elisha Lawrence (1746–1799), Federalist Party politician and acting governor of New Jersey in 1790</p><br>
<p>Upper Meeting House of the Baptist Church of Middletown  is a historic church at 40 Main Street in Holmdel Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It was the first Baptist church congregation in New Jersey.</p><br>
<p>The Holmdel Community Church congregation was formed as a result of a twentieth century merger between the Middletown Baptist Church and the Dutch Reformed Congregation. The Baptist congregation was founded in 1688 by Baptists from Rhode Island and was known as Upper Meeting and it shared a minister with Lower Meeting, the other Baptist congregation in the area, which is now known as Old First Church in Middletown. The first church building on the current site of Holmdel Community Church was constructed by the Baptists in 1705. The current church building was constructed in 1809 (with later additions) and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. The Dutch Reformed congregation was originally located nearby and was founded in 1699. It was previously known as the Middletown Church of the Navesink, and later as the Dutch Reformed Church of Freehold and Middletown.</p><br>
<p>First Congregational Church is a historic church located at 30 Hillside Road in Chester Borough, New Jersey. The congregation was founded in 1740. The church building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 10, 1977, for its significance in architecture, art, and religion.</p><br>
<h2>History and description</h2><br>
<p>The Greek Revival temple church was built in 1856. It is the third building used by the congregation, the first was built 1747, and the second in 1803. It features a full portico with pediment and four Doric columns. The interior decoration was painted 1857–1870 with Trompe-l&#39;œil style. In 1873, an Opius 128 organ built by the J. H & C. S. Odell firm was installed.</p><br>
<h2>Social Action</h2><br>
<p>The church has fundraised for a variety of causes, including:</p><br>
<p>, a Christian organisation which supports a school, orphanage, food program and family health clinic in haiti</p><br>
<p>, a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center for adult women</p><br>
<p>, which provides support to the "homeless, helpless, and hopeless"</p><br>
<p>, who organise bible study sessions for incarcerated and ex-incarcerated men to help improve their lives and stop repeat offences</p><br>
<p>Child Evangelism Fellowship, who provide opportunities to connect young people with God</p><br>
<p>Free food to members of the local community</p><br>
<p>Support for local people living in desperate poverty</p><br>
<p>Randolph Friends Meetinghouse is a historic Quaker meeting house in Randolph, Morris County, New Jersey, United States. The land on which the Meeting House stands was purchased by a small group of Quakers in 1758 for a burying ground, i.e. Cemetery The same year a subscription was raised to build a Meeting House on the site for religious and business meeting.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Presumably, English colonists built the Meetinghouse, completing it in 1758.</p><br>
<p>On October 22, 1898, a board of trustees formed the Friends Meeting House and Cemetery Association and bought the site in order to preserve it for future generations.</p><br>
<p>The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<p>Mount Freedom Presbyterian Church is a historic Christian house of worship affiliated with the Presbyterian Church  and located at the intersection of Sussex Turnpike and Church Road in the Mount Freedom section of Randolph Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. This congregation was overseen by the Presbytery of Newton. This church was closed for a few years. It is now Faithfulness Church, a Chinese Protestant Church.</p><br>
<p>The church building was built in 1868 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.</p><br>
<p>Parsonage of the Montville Reformed Dutch Church is a historic church parsonage at 107 Changebridge Road in Montville, Morris County, New Jersey, United States.</p><br>
<p>107 Changebridge Road is a Greek Revival style structure. While additions to the house have been added since the original structure was built, the main structure and its 1810 addition remain unchanged. The house contains almost all of its original hardware, molding and flooring. There are seven fireplaces in the home. The stone walls are nearly three feet thick. It is a two-story structure with a brick facade and Greek Revival details. It has a gambrel roof with wooden shingles. It has an L-shaped floor plan with tall ceilings (nine feet on the first floor). There is a pond on the property as well. The structure served as the Parsonage of the Dutch Reformed Church of Montville.</p><br>
<p>Previously known as the Cornelius Doremus House, the Parsonage of the Montville Reformed Dutch Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 17, 1992, for its significance in architecture.</p><br>
<p>It was part of a Multiple Property Documentation titled Dutch Stone Houses in Montville, N.J. submitted by Acroterion in September, 1990. Eight residences were included in the nomination, six of which were constructed between 1750 and 1790. Two had substantial additions/alterations — Effingham Low House, and Cornelius Doremus, 1840. Acroterion, on page 7 of their nominating documentation stated, “it is also noteworthy that the last true “Dutch” stone house was built in 1796.” By 1840, much of the original Doremus House had been subsumed by additions and alterations including the introduction of Greek Revival details on front facade. The 1840 renovations left the building a hybrid stylistically. It has a front (east) façade that is primarily Greek Revival, a side (south) facade that is a stone Dutch Colonial, and a rear (west) facade made of a mixture of stone, bricks and wood shingle siding.</p><br>
<p>The Doremus House was one of two houses, of the eight nominated, that was not included in the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). HABS is administered by the National Park Service and is the nations first federal preservation program, begun in 1933 to document Americas architectural heritage. Buildings are typically selected for HABS documentation because of their historic and/or architectural importance. The fundamental intent of HABS documentation is to illustrate and explain this significance. To date, over 38,600 historical structures have been documented by the program. The house was deemed historically significant due to its visible progression and changes over time and the influence that the opening of Montville due to the Morris Canal had on the township.</p><br>
<p>In October 2015, the existing house framing was evaluated. Through this process, it was determined that the house framing, which was constructed of mortared stone and brick masonry, is deteriorating and "in extremely poor condition." Also, according to the inspection report, the timber framing utilized throughout the house (roof, attic, second floor, and first floor) is "laid out insufficiently by today&#39;s standards."</p><br>
<p>The Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House is a historic Quaker meetinghouse located at 21 E. Main Street in the borough of Tuckerton in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. The meetinghouse was built in 1863. It was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey . The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 9, 2002, for its significance in architecture and religion. Little Egg Harbor Meeting is part of Burlington Quarterly Meeting which is part of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. Friends continue to meet at Little Egg Harbor Meeting on Sundays at 10:30 a.m.</p><br>
<p>Little Egg Harbor Friends Meeting House shares its property with the Friends Burial Ground, which includes graves from the Parker, Pharo, and Ridgeway families.</p><br>
<p>Manahawkin Baptist Church, also known as the Free Church of Manahawkin, is a historic church in the Manahawkin section of Stafford Township in Ocean County, New Jersey. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 3, 1973, for its significance in education, military history, and religion.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The first church in the area was opened on August 24, 1758. According to local citizens, a house of worship was opened as early as 1745. A building was erected at this time and a tract of land given as a gift of the John Haywood family. They had settled in the area in 1743, after leaving their ancestral home in Coventry, England. At that time, it was the only church building in the area that became known as Ocean County. The first missionary, Reverend Thomas Thompson served the area from 1745 to 1751. He was assigned to Stafford Township by the "English Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts." A spirit of tolerance was evident in the early church, as it ministered to people of several Protestant faiths.</p><br>
<p>In 1770, Captain Thomas Webb is reported to have visited the village, preached at the church, and formed a Baptist Society with nine members. In 1774, when the church called its first pastor, the Reverend H. Crossley, the congregation numbered 19.</p><br>
<p>During the Revolutionary War, in the "Skirmish at Manahawken", between Captain Rueben Randolphss Manahawkin Militia and John Beacons "Band of Pine Pirates" or "Refugees", wounded members of the Manahawkin Militia were cared for in the church. Several veterans of the Revolution are buried in the cemetery surrounding the church along with local residents and shipwreck victims. Services were discontinued during the War and the Baptist Society was not reorganized until 1801.</p><br>
<p>In 1805, the church baptized forty-four people and the membership increased to sixty-eight. On April 27, 1857, the church was incorporated under the laws of the state of New Jersey by the five trustees. By 1864, weakening walls prompted the appointment of a committee to start remodeling and rebuilding the structure. The rebuilt church with the original within it was completed under the leadership of Reverend A. H. Folwell.</p><br>
<p>On July 10, 1867, during the pastorate of Reverend E.S. Browe, the dedication service was held. The cost of rebuilding and redecorating the church building cost 2,776 dollars. The records show that all but $200.00 had come from church members and interested friends.</p><br>
<p>The centennial anniversary of the founding as a Baptist Society was held on August 25, 1870. The church building was the only school building in Stafford until after 1800 and the Bible was the only textbook. Reverend E.L. Stager became a pastor in February 1880 but died 2 years later at age 35. Following these events a series of ministers came and went, usually staying about a year. The first parsonage was built in 1882 near the church on Route 9.</p><br>
<p>On January 12, 1884, Reverend W.W. Eldridge was unanimously called as pastor. The women of the church cleaned the parsonage each week, as Eldridge was a single man. In September 1885, Reverend Warren N. Walden was called as pastor and remained in the position until his death in December 1893. The pastoral call was then extended to the Reverend E.F. Partridge in February 1898. The congregation voted to pay him a yearly sum of $300. A new organ was purchased in 1898, and most likely was the one that remained in the church until a Hammond organ was purchased in 1948.</p><br>
<p>In 1901, the pastoral call was offered to Herman Joorman, who eventually left the church to serve in the mission field.</p><br>
<p>From 1901 until 1948, more pastors served the church, with several working only part-time. In 1916, small rooms and a baptistry were added to the original church structure.</p><br>
<p>Sometime between 1920 and 1925 the church spire was struck by lightning and the spire, roof, and bell were damaged. At that time the steeple was lowered to its present height.</p><br>
<p>In 1938, church member Jim Shanklin and Jack Kilbert, a seminary student who had just moved to the area, led worship services. The practice continued until 1943 when Kilbert was killed by a mortar round that landed near his tent during the Battle of the Bulge.</p><br>
<p>Reverend Lauren D Rhine was extended the call to begin the charge here in April 1948. The faithful of the church had just entirely redecorated the church. A new roof was installed and the building was painted inside and out. On Mothers Day 1948 bible school was started with 8 attendees. By 1952 the number had grown to 115. During the summer of 1949, the first daily vacation bible school was started with eight teachers and thirty-nine pupils. By 1950, vacation bible school enrollment had increased to twelve teachers and sixty-eight pupils. At the annual meeting in 1950, the church voted to become a charter church in fellowship with the Association.</p><br>
<p>In the winter of 1952, a new parsonage was acquired on the corner of Main and Beach Streets in Manahawkin. Reverend and Mrs. Lauren Rhine were the first occupants. Beginner and primary school were held each week. The church membership totaled fifty-eight and the church supported two foreign missionaries.</p><br>
<p>From 1952 to 1955, the congregation bought 100 feet of land on Route 9, across from the existing building and proposed to build a 32 feet by 60 feet Sunday school there. According to the plans, the building would have a basement and one floor. The building committee chose Bill Shinn, a church member, and a local builder, to oversee the construction, which was completed with volunteer labor.</p><br>
<p>John Erwin was called to the pulpit on July 6, 1953. Pastor Erwin was the first full-time pastor, as he did not need another job to supplement the income provided by the church. IN 1955, according to the records from church treasurer Althea Fredrickson, $3500 of the church budget, which totaled, $4984, went to the pastor&#39;s salary.</p><br>
<p>Reverend Earl Comfort was called to be a pastor in January 1959. The parsonage was sold for $7500 and a new parsonage was built next to the Sunday School building in June 1961. Between 1962 and 1965 two pieces of property were acquired on the north side of the original church. Both were used for parking. The congregation decided to build a new sanctuary perpendicular to the Sunday School building. The addition would have Sunday School rooms in the basement.</p><br>
<p>The Orient Baptist Church, also known as the First Baptist Church of Laurelton, is located at 1836 NJ Route 88 in the Laurelton section of Brick Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. The historic Greek Revival building was constructed in 1857 by James L. Dorsett on land bequeathed by Reverend Abraham O. S. Havens. The congregation was organized in 1858. The church building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 10, 1977, for its significance in architecture and religion.</p><br>
<p>St. John&#39;s Evangelical Lutheran Church  is a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America in Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. It is noted for its historic church at 140 Lexington Avenue, which was built in 1896 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>St. Johns was founded by German immigrants in 1891. The congregation met first at the Grand Army Hall, and later at Reisels hall, and as membership grew rapidly, land was secured and a design developed by Ludwig Becker and executed by Ludwig Kick.</p><br>
<p>St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church is a Catholic parish located at 153 Washington Place in the city of Passaic in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. The parish is in the Diocese of Paterson. It should not be confused with St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, also located in Passaic. The church building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 14, 1979, for its significance in architecture and religion.</p><br>
<h2>History and description</h2><br>
<p>The parish was founded in the 1860s by Franciscans from St. Bonaventure&#39;s in Paterson. In 1868, Bishop Bayley designated the community a parish and appointed a pastor, and a church and school were built on Prospect Street. The church was destroyed by fire in 1875 and replaced on the same site.</p><br>
<p>Construction on the current church on Washington, State and Ann Streets began in 1885 and was completed around 1889. It was designed by architect William Schickel with High Victorian Gothic style. According to the nomination form, it is "one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture" in the city.</p><br>
<p>Alloways Creek Friends Meetinghouse  is a historic Quaker meeting house on Buttonwood Avenue, 150 feet west of Main Street in the Hancocks Bridge section of Lower Alloways Creek Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1756 and documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey. It was later added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 2003, for its significance in architecture.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The first meeting house for the Alloways Creek Meeting was built on the bank of Alloway Creek in 1685. The second was built in 1718. The third was built here in 1756 on land donated by William Hancock. An addition was constructed in 1784, adding a second story. The building is constructed of brick featuring Flemish bond.</p><br>
<p>The Mount Bethel Baptist Meetinghouse is a historic church located at the intersection of County Route 651  and Mountainview Road in the village of Mount Bethel in Warren Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. Built in 1786, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 1976, for its significance in architecture and religion.</p><br>
<h2>History and description</h2><br>
<p>The meetinghouse, a plain two and one-half story frame building, was built in 1786. Previously thought to have been built in 1761, disassembled in 1785, and moved to this location, the meetinghouse is now thought to have been built using some of the structure from an earlier building. It was built by the Mount Bethel Baptist congregation, which had been established in 1767 from the Scotch Plains Baptist Church. This congregation was the first in Somerset County. In 1960, it dedicated a new church building and abandoned this one.</p><br>
<p>Presbyterian Church at Bound Brook is a historic church at 409 Mountain Avenue in Bound Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey. The congregation was founded in the 18th century and is one of the oldest in New Jersey.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Reverend Israel Read was the first pastor to be called to minister to the congregation, serving between 1750 and 1793. Several temporary or "supply pastors" served the congregation before Read. The earliest recorded grave in the Old Presbyterian Graveyard at Bound Brook was dated 1744. Currently the oldest extent legible stone is dated 1760 marking the grave of Catherine Read, the infant daughter of Israel and Mary Read.</p><br>
<p>The current building was constructed in 1896 to the design of architect Oscar Teale who was also a magician who worked closely with Harry Houdini. The building has elements of both Tudor Revival and Gothic Revival architecture. Several Tiffany-designed stained glass windows grace the church.</p><br>
<p>Flag, Flower Boxes, and Sign at The Old Presbyterian Graveyard.jpgThe Old Presbyterian Graveyard</p><br>
<p>The Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge is a historic church at 1 E. Oak Street in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The church congregation was founded in 1717. The present church, which was constructed in 1839 in a Greek Revival style, is listed in the USA National Register of Historic Places. Until 2017, the churchyard held the Old Oak Tree of Basking Ridge, which was estimated to be 600 years old.</p><br>
<h2>Old Oak Tree</h2><br>
<p>In the historical graveyard of the church stood a white oak, sometimes called the "Holy Oak", until 2017. It was nearly 100 ft tall and had a spread of more than 130 ft. It had a trunk circumference of 20 ft and its lower branches were supported.</p><br>
<p>English evangelist George Whitfield and American clergyman James Davenport, preached under the tree on November 5, 1740, to a crowd of 3,000, in the First Great Awakening. The 5,500 French troops of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau marched by in 1781, on their route to Yorktown, Virginia and the decisive battle of the American Revolutionary War.</p><br>
<p>In June 2016, the tree was "failing to thrive" A young white oak grown from an acorn of the old tree has been planted in the churchyard.</p><br>
<p>The new biggest tree in New Jersey is identified as another white oak tree in the yard of the Sparta Historical Association of Sparta, New Jersey.</p><br>
<h2>Building</h2><br>
<p>The church building is 72 ft by 46 ft, with a stone masonry foundation and red brick walls. The long side of the church has five windows 14 ft tall and 5 ft wide, with 30 over 30 over 30 glass panes in three sashes. As of 1974, much of the glass seemed to be original.</p><br>
<p>The Historic American Buildings Survey inventoried the church in 1939.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.</p><br>
