<p>The Robbins Park Historic District is a set of three hundred and sixty-eight buildings in Hinsdale, Illinois. Two hundred and thirty-two of these builds contribute to its historical value. The district was platted by William Robbins in the 1860s and 1870s following the completion of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Wealthy entrepreneurs moved to the district beginning in the 1890s due to its natural beauty and proximity to major golf resorts. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008 and features two houses previously honored by the register.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) was opened in 1862 and added a station in modern-day Hinsdale, Illinois two years later. Before the station was built, real estate developer William Robbins purchased 700 acre, the first land in Hinsdale, including a lot for his own home. He platted the Town of Hinsdale in 1866, almost all of which was south of the railroad tracks. Robbins advertised the land in Chicago newspapers and built cottages and a school to promote residential development. He added land to the town later in 1866 and in 1871. Horace W. S. Cleveland was hired to plat the 1871 addition, which was in the emerging curvilinear style instead of the predominant gridiron plan. Curvilinear plans spared the local environment, maneuvering around large trees and hills. The Robbins Parks Addition was one of Cleveland&#39;s first ventures in the Midwest.</p><br>
<p>The Great Chicago Fire caused many Chicago residents to reconsider a move to the suburbs, resulting in a population boom. The Highlands train station, just north of the Robbins Park district was added to the CB&Q in 1873. By this time, the population of Hinsdale was 1,500. Hinsdale issued bonds to improve its public works, resulting in running water, electricity, and a sewage system for the town. Streets were paved with asphalt and brick. The Hinsdale Golf Club, opened west of Hinsdale in 1899, prompted wealthy patrons to move near the club. Hinsdales reputation grew as one of Chicagos most beautiful suburbs of Chicago, and several publications heralded the architectural styling of the town.</p><br>
<p>Local entrepreneurs flocked to the Robbins Park district. William Whitney was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and first proposed legislation to incorporate Hinsdale. His house is independently listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). William Gibson Barfield was a local architect who designed the Hinsdale Theater and the Hinsdale State Bank, as well as many of the Robbins park residences. Howard George Hetzler was the President of the Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad and the Superintendent of the Chicago division of the CB&Q. Charles G. Root was a partner of the United States Gypsum Corporation. Orland P. Bassett, whose house is also on the NRHP, was the first to commercially sell the American Beauty rose.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The earliest homes in the district represent the Gothic Revival style, including Robbins&#39; own. The most popular style of building in the district is Colonial Revival (sixty-three buildings). Most structures are from the Late Victorian era, but there are a few examples of more modern American Craftsman and bungalow designs. Four contributing houses are of Italianate design and thirty-two are Queen Anne style. The district is almost entirely residential, with the exception of four churches and two non-contributing businesses.</p><br>
<p>The Boston, Massachusetts firm of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge designed the George H. and Carrie R. Mitchell House at 244 E. First Street in 1893. Eben Ezra Roberts designed the 1910 Prairie School Albert Wilson True House at 231 E. Third Street. Fellow Oak Park native John S. Van Bergen was the architect of the 1923 Harold Klock Residence at 306 S. County Line Road. Schmidt, Garden and Erickson was responsible for two Colonial residences, built in 1934 and 1937. Solon Spencer Beman, who designed the first company town of Pullman, Illinois, also designed the Church of Christ, Scientist building in the district in 1951.</p><br>
<p>The C. N. James Cabin is a frontier-style log cabin, originally used as both a store and home, constructed in 1868. It was later also used as a church. It stands in what is now Augusta, Kansas, United States. The builder and proprietor of the store were Chester N. James, a merchant who moved to the area to establish a trading post. James was a central figure in the organization of Augusta Township and eventually the incorporation of Augusta itself. Augusta is named after James&#39; wife. The C. N. James Cabin was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. It has been restored to its original appearance and is now the part of the Augusta Historical Museum, which is operated by the Augusta Historical Society.</p><br>
<p>The Henry C. Middaugh House was a historic residence in Clarendon Hills, Illinois. The Queen Anne residence was built on the north side of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad railroad station before Clarendon Hills was even platted. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. However, a Catholic church purchased the property in 2002 so that it could expand, and the house was demolished shortly thereafter.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Henry C. Middaugh was a Chicago banker who purchased 270 acre in the Village of Clarendon Hills in 1869. The land was just north of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. When Clarendon Hills was platted in 1873, Middaugh was acknowledged as one of the first residents. He later served as DuPage School Director and was a member of the DuPage County Board of Supervisors. Aside from his banking ventures, Middaugh made his fortune by producing lumber and sash window frames.</p><br>
<p>His brick house was two-and-a-half stories tall on a stone foundation. The Queen Anne style house featured a tower, typical of Queen Anne houses of the time. A square porch in the front had elements of Romanesque Revival. The only major alteration occurred in the 1930s, when a second porch was added when the house functioned as a senior citizens. The house featured twenty rooms with hardwood floors. The main hall had a carved, winding staircase to the second floor. The dining room had a small, simple fireplace of mosaic tile. A dumbwaiter could carry food and drink to the upper floors. The third floor was used as a ballroom with a door to the tower, allowing a view of the property. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 21, 1978.</p><br>
<p>Middaugh&#39;s property was, at some point, sold to the Sisters of Christian Charity. This piece of property was sold in 1953 so that Bishop Martin McNamara could build the Notre Dame Church to serve the needs of the growing Catholic community in Clarendon Hills. They intended to build an expansion to the church that would require the destruction of the historic house. The Henry C. Middaugh House was demolished in June 2002 and removed from the National Register of Historic Places on August 14, 2004.</p><br>
<p>Hebron Church, Cemetery, and Academy is a site in Commerce, Georgia. It was founded in 1796 in what is now Banks County, Georgia. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Hebron Church, Cemetery and Academy.</p><br>
<p>Hebron was formed by Scotch-Irish settlers and Revolutionary veterans who received land grants from the Georgia State Legislature. Hebron is one of the oldest congregations in Banks County. The church was organized by Rev. John Newton, who served as the first pastor.</p><br>
<p>The church building at Hebron is a large, white, frame structure. There is an entrance porch that is closed on three sides. On each side of the porch is a large door. The reason for this double entrance dates back to the days when the men and women separated at the church door and did not sit together as they do now.</p><br>
<p>Some of the notable items regarding Hebron Church include:</p><br>
<p>above ground burial vaults from the early days of the cemetery.</p><br>
<p>a school (Academy) located on the church grounds</p><br>
<p>a number of Revolutionary War Veterans interred in the cemetery.</p><br>
<p>nineteen young men from the church were killed during the American Civil War.</p><br>
<h2>Notable members of the congregation or Academy attendees</h2><br>
<p>James Ramsey, Sr., a charter member of Hebron, settled on the Hudson River half a mile from Hebron and built the mill that long bore his name. This mill was one of the first industrial centers in this whole section of the state. There furniture, caskets, wagons, buggies and farming implements were made. It was for a long time one of the most thriving trading posts for miles around. At that time, Augusta, Georgia was the only town of any consequence where commerce could be carried on. James Ramsey is believed to be one of the Colonels who marched in the procession at George Washington&#39;s funeral.</p><br>
<h2>Examples of Southern Appalachian culture</h2><br>
<p>Mrs John Carlan, a daughter of Mrs. Martha Williams Bellamy and a niece of Mrs. James H. Glasure gathered long smooth runners of the wild Japanese running honeysuckle that grew near her home. After carefully selecting the runners of uniform size she "skinned" each honeysuckle runner and soaked them in water until they were very soft and pliable. Taking these long soft runners, she skillfully wove by hand two round baskets six inches in diameter, two inches in height, finished with a beautiful scallop and a row of double weave. On the outside bottom of each basket she fastened a handle of wood that measured one inch wide, three-fourths inch thick and sixty inches long. Then she lined the bottom of the baskets with a piece of the best cloth she had. She gave these two beautiful baskets to the church to be used in the "taking up" of the collection. The deacons passing from row to row would lift the baskets over the heads of the people, then lower the baskets to a height where each could put money into the basket. This custom continued until about 1918 when the handles were removed. Those old woven baskets have now been replaced with modern collection plates.</p><br>
<p>Hebron had the distinction of having one minister, the Rev. Groves H. Cartledge, serve as pastor for 47 years (1852–1899). He was noted for his learning, doctrinal views, eloquence and power. The Methodist Church of Liberty at Fort Lamar invited him to preach on the subject of "Baptism". His zeal for sound doctrine led him to speak for four hours. It was in the summertime and the weather was hot. After he had spoken for about three hours he became conscious of the fact that his gutta-percha buttons were melting, and that he was about to be divested of part of his wearing apparel. Determined to finish, however, he gathered his trousers together with one hand, confining his gesticulations to the other, and in that attitude finished his sermon.</p><br>
<h2>Hebron Academy</h2><br>
<p>During 1819 the first Sabbath School (later Hebron Academy) at Hebron, and perhaps the first one in upper Georgia, was organized and put into operation by licentiate John Harrison, of Jackson County, Georgia. The plan of the school was drawn up by Mr. Harrison. It became the model for many other churches. The white people were formed into classes and the enslaved people were taught to read with the consent of their enslavers. Records say that many slaves were taught to read, and were instructed in the "Shorter Catechism" and the Bible. This sabbath school flourished for a number of years, until the abolition movement became so great that the state legislature in self-defense passed a law forbidding the teaching of negro slaves to read. This cut them off from the sabbath School. The school continued for the white students. James H. Glasure, served as Superintendent of the sabbath school for more than twenty years. He was also an elder of the Hebron Church.</p><br>
<p>The United States Post Office is a former post office building at 310 Greenwich Avenue in downtown Greenwich, Connecticut. Built in 1915, it is a good example of Classical Revival architecture, with a distinctive plan predating the Postal Service&#39;s standardization of buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The building is now in commercial retail use.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Greenwich&#39;s former post office occupies a prominent triangular site between Greenwich Avenue and Arch Street, with a small public park housing a war memorial in front of it. The building is a single-story masonry structure, with a steel frame finished in brick and stone. The main facade faces the intersection, consisting of a curved wall with a recessed entry area. The recess is supported by six Corinthian columns, and is topped by a parapet with balustraded elements.</p><br>
<p>The building, completed in 1915, appears to be one of the last of an era of post office design where government buildings were individually designed and were "intended as monuments to bring Federal ideas and sophisticated architecture to small communities." Other post offices, later, were standardized.</p><br>
<p>The building was acquired by the company Restoration Hardware (now RH) and extensively altered in 2014. The exterior post office facade remains the same. However, the interior is completely renovated to accommodate a two-story, high-value merchandise store. Moreover, Restoration Hardware expanded the rear of the building to make larger gallery space and patio space for customers.</p><br>
<p>The US Post Office–South Norwalk Main, also known as Norwalk Main Post Office, is located at 16 Washington Street in Norwalk, Connecticut. It is a single story steel and concrete structure, faced in limestone. It was designed in 1936 and built in 1937, and is an example of what has been termed "starved classicism". Its lobby areas are decorated by murals by Kindred McLeary, commissioned by the Treasury Department&#39;s Section of Painting and Sculpture.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>The Old Town Hall is a historic former municipal building at 90 Post Road East in Westport, Connecticut. Built in 1908 as the town&#39;s first purpose-built municipal office building, it is unusual architecturally for using cobblestones within a design that is, overall, Classical Revival in style. In 1979 Westport moved its municipal offices to a rehabilitated grade school building at 110 Myrtle Avenue, Westport, CT 06880.</p><br>
<p>The building is currently occupied by Don Memo, a Mexican restaurant, and Walrus Alley, a southern-style BBQ restaurant and bar.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>The Cedar City Historic District is a set of one hundred and seventy-two buildings in Cedar City, Utah. Of these, one hundred and four contribute to its historical integrity. Cedar City was originally an iron works near the Latter-day Saint city of Parowan. After Brigham Young shut down the iron facilities, two-thirds of Cedar City&#39;s residents left for other settlements. The remaining families prospered from sheep ranching. The Union Pacific Railroad connected to the town in the early 1900s and provided a tourism boom for the city. The district represents some of the oldest houses for Cedar City residents, most of which were farmers or ranchers. Later houses in the district represent early 20th century revivals.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>After Brigham Young established Salt Lake City in northern Utah Territory, he sent out groups of Mormon families to colonize new lands. Young envisioned a self-sufficient Latter-day Saint state, and one important resource required by the Latter-day Saints was iron. Young sent one hundred and sixty-one people led by Danish settler Jens Nielson to start the city of Parowan in 1851 to reap the nearby iron deposits. The iron was found in modern-day Cedar City, and thirty-five men constructed an iron works there in November 1851. Young chartered Cedar City a few months later. The iron mined from Cedar City was the first west of the Mississippi River. Following a series of mishaps, including the Mountain Meadows massacre, Young ordered the iron works to shut down in 1858. Most Cedar City citizens left for other cities, but three hundred and one people stayed behind.</p><br>
<p>Cedar City spent the next few decades as an agrarian town. Sheep ranching became a lucrative business for the settlers, enabling several to build two-story, brick Victorian houses. By 1880, the population had grown to 740, creating a demand for public and religious buildings. Branch Agricultural College was founded in 1897, and by 1904, the city had electricity and plumbing. The town raised $100,000 to purchase a right-of-way for the Union Pacific Railroad in 1899. Following a railroad connection, Cedar City focused on drawing tourists. Its proximity to Cedar Breaks National Monument, Zion National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, and Bryce Canyon National Park was advertised by Union Pacific. Tourists would arrive in Cedar City and then take buses to the parks. Cedar City&#39;s population doubled in the 1920s. Though most residents of the historic district were still agricultural, the new residents brought Colonial, Tudor, and Renaissance Revival buildings to the district. Though the city struggled through The Great Depression, new iron mines opened after World War II prompted further economic growth.</p><br>
<p>Eleven percent of the contributing structures were built before the 1920s. Ninety-eight percent of contributing buildings are residential. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 7, 2004.</p><br>
<p>The Donovan Robeson House is a historic house in Greenville, Ohio, United States. Located along Fourth Street west of downtown,</p><br>
<p>As of May 2021, the house is known as Clark House and has fallen into disrepair with roof shingles missing, overgrown and neglected landscaping and almost the entire house in various states of repair.</p><br>
<h2>Robeson&#39;s life</h2><br>
<p>After graduation from the Ohio Medical College in 1870, Robeson practiced medicine in Illinois for a short while before moving to Darke County. In 1895, his daughter Opal married Edward Sigerfoos. Following a period of service in the village of Arcanum, he moved to Greenville in 1900, where he arranged for the construction of a combined house-and-office building. Besides maintaining his medical practice, Robeson was a public servant, holding office as a county probate judge from 1902 to 1908.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Built in 1902, the Robeson House is a two-and-a-half story brick house with a front turret. Among the most significant details are its stone foundation, its slate roof, and a pavilion-style porch on the front. Inside, the living room is heated by a Mission Revival style fireplace, and the dining room is ornamented with a sideboard of walnut.</p><br>
<p>As of 2021, the pavilion-style porch has been entirely removed affecting the front aesthetic of the house -as would the removal of any signature Queen Anne wraparound porch. The remaining porch is a rectangular closed-in "Florida Room" merely the size of the entrance porch. The built-in sideboard of walnut has also been removed and is no longer evidenced in the home.</p><br>
<h2>Recognition</h2><br>
<p>In December 1976, the Robeson House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its well-preserved historic architecture. It was the fourth place in Greenville to be listed, after the Leftwich House, the Greenville Mausoleum, and the courthouse complex.</p><br>
<p>As of 2021, the formerly, well-preserved historic architecture is in extreme disrepair and key elements of the architecture (pavilion-style wraparound porch, walnut sideboard) which placed it on the registry have been removed.</p><br>
<p>The Masonic Temple in Aurora, Illinois was a historical building where Freemasons held meetings. Opened in 1924, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. On October 7, 2019 it was gutted by fire, leading to its subsequent demolition.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Jerusalem Temple Lodge #90 Masonic body was formed in Aurora, Illinois in October 1850, only 13 years after the city was founded. The first Worshipful Master was Benjamin Franklin Hall, who later became the first mayor of Aurora in 1857. They first met in the Main Street Building until moving into a Masonic Hall on Fox Street in 1866. The order moved again in 1910 to Broadway Street.</p><br>
<p>The Masons quickly outgrew this building and desired to build a new temple at which to hold meetings. The body boasted almost a thousand members at this point, and they were easily able to raise over $200,000 for a new structure. Construction began on November 28, 1921, and the structure was opened on March 10, 1924. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 19, 1982. Sold by the lodge in the 1980s, the building was then used as a banquet facility. After the closure of that facility in 2006, the building suffered from deferred maintenance, resulting in water infiltration and damage to architectural features.</p><br>
<p>Little is known about the architect, William Q. Bendus. The building was built in the Neo-classical style and may have been influenced by the Cleveland Museum of Art. The six-story Temple was situated on a hill and featured ionic columns. Masonic imagery adorned the tympanum. Two lodge rooms in the temple could each seat over two hundred people. The original designs called for a ballroom, but this was never finished and was converted to a storage room. Other rooms in the building included a game room and kitchen.</p><br>
<p>On October 7, 2019, the Aurora Masonic Temple sustained catastrophic damage from a fire; the remains were demolished several days later, but the columns and Masonic emblem from the west elevation were carefully dismounted for preservation.</p><br>
<p>The William Tanner House Museum, also known as the William A. Tanner House, is a historic residence and museum in Aurora, Illinois. It was built in 1857 for William A. Tanner, a hardware merchant. His descendants lived in the house until it was donated to the Aurora Historical Society in 1936. It now operates as a Victorian-period historic house museum.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>William A. Tanner was one of the first residents in Aurora, Illinois. He moved from Watertown, New York, in 1835 shortly after Joseph and Samuel McCarty built the first mill in Aurora. Tanner was a land surveyor who noted the commercial potential of the Aurora area. He purchased a large tract of land on the west side of the river and invited his family, still in New York, to move in with him. For the next four years, Tanner harvested the land, until he briefly moved back to New York in 1839 to marry Anna Plum Makepeace. They moved back to Aurora the following year, working the farm until 1853. Together they had ten children; with this large family, Tanner required a larger house. After a few years living downtown, they moved to this house. Tanner now worked as a hardware businessman; his hardware firm stayed in business until 1979 and was the longest-running business in town.</p><br>
<p>Tanner&#39;s house was constructed in the Italianate style in 1857. The two-story, brick house is built like a Latin Cross, with an octagon cupola at the center. The first floor features the parlor, music room, kitchen, dining room, library, and a master bedroom and bathroom. The second floor is exclusively bedrooms. The Tanner family (and their descendants) lived in the house until 1936, when two of the children donated it to the Aurora Historical Society. On August 19, 1976, it was recognized by the National Park Service with a listing on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>It now operates as a museum. Tours run from June through late September. There is no admission fee.</p><br>
<p>In addition, visitors are encouraged to come to the Tanner House on July 4 to celebrate Independence Day with various family activities that take place on the grounds, as well as in December as the home is decorated for the Christmas season.</p><br>
<p>The Old Second National Bank of Aurora is a historic building in Aurora, Illinois. It was designed in the Prairie School style by George Grant Elmslie, and was one of his last commissions.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Old Second National Bank of Aurora was designed by George Grant Elmslie in 1924. The Prairie School style of design was, at this point, already a fading trend. Elmslie was nearing the end of his career and began to accept commissions for commercial buildings. Elmslie recruited sculptor Emil Settler, muralist John W. Norton, and sculptor Kristian Schneider to assist him with the design.</p><br>
<p>The bank building was a departure from previous Elmslie designs. Instead of focusing on horizontal patterns, this building attempted to integrate vertical patterns into a Prairie School design. The bank is built with Roman brick on a pink granite foundation. The building is topped with a saddleback roof with red tile. Ten brick columns rise from the foundation to the roof. Only the south side of the building features exterior details and ornaments. The narrow cornice is terra cotta and follows the gable. John Norton painted a three-panel mural of 1830s Aurora on the north side of the building&#39;s interior. A red tile floor was intended to resemble a large oriental rug. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1979.</p><br>
<p>The Fox River Pavilion, formerly the St. Charles Hospital, is a historical building in Aurora, Illinois. The Art Deco building was originally a hospital and functioned as a nursing home and sanatorium until approximately April 2010, when the property was vacated. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 7, 2010.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart came to the United States in 1876 following persecution of German Catholics during the Kulturkampf. Shortly afterward, the order moved to Joliet, Illinois, where they founded the St. Joseph Hospital. In February 1900, the rapidly growing order required a new hospital and convent to meet its needs. They purchased land in Aurora, a rapidly growing city nearby. They purchased the Coulter House on North Forth Street and used it as the first St. Charles Hospital. This became the second hospital in Aurora; the first was founded in 1886 by the Aurora City Hospital Association, who operated out of a building on Lincoln Avenue since 1888. The Franciscan order purchased the neighboring James Freeman House the next year, which then became the home of the hospital following a 1902 addition. As Aurora continued to grow, the Sisters needed to expand their space. They built a dormitory for sister in 1910 and a boiler house & laundry in 1920. The order founded a nursing school in 1922 and opened their first branch, a maternity hospital, in 1925. Recognizing the need for a large hospital building, the order began to purchase other houses on the block in the late 1920s.</p><br>
<p>The St. Charles Hospital was built for the Sisters in 1932 for $500,000. It was designed in the Art Deco style by Wybe Jelles Van der Meer, who primarily planned ecclesiastical buildings and did most of his work for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockford. Construction was led by contractor C. J. DeWit, whose use of local labor during the Great Depression was lauded by the Chicago Daily Tribune. The 110-bed facility replaced the original complex as an acute care facility. Rev. Edward Francis Hoban gave the opening blessing.</p><br>
<p>After years of service, the hospital became a skilled nursing facility and sanatorium as the Fox River Pavilion. Following the stabbing death of a patient, the state and federal government revoked the building&#39;s license in 2010. On June 7, 2010, the building was recognized by the National Park Service with a listing on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The Christopher C. Walker House and Farm is a historic farmstead in the far western part of the USA state of Ohio. Located southwest of the village of New Madison along State Route 121, it is composed of five buildings and one other structure spread out over an area of nearly 160 acre.</p><br>
<h2>Christopher Walker</h2><br>
<p>During the late nineteenth century, Christopher Walker was one of Darke County&#39;s leading farmers. Born in Baltimore County, Maryland in 1829, he moved to Darke County with his parents, who first settled in Butler Township. Beginning in 1851 and continuing through most of the rest of the decade, he participated in owning and running a local store in Braffettsville, which position he occupied through most of the rest of the decade; during this time, he married the former Mary Brawley. By 1858, Walker had become dissatisfied with storekeeping; he sold his interest in the store and began farming, purchasing the farm in Harrison Township near New Madison in 1862.</p><br>
<p>From his earliest years as an independent farmer, Walker was primarily a raiser of livestock: from 1862 to 1866, he was engaged with his brothers in distributing hogs, and after that business venture failed, he began to concentrate on producing his own livestock. By 1880, he had expanded his farm to approximately 625 acre, divided between 75 acre in northern Preble County to the south, 150 acre elsewhere in Harrison Township, and 400 acre surrounding his farmhouse.</p><br>
<h2>Recognition</h2><br>
<p>Two of the farm&#39;s buildings have been widely recognized: the 1879 barn and the 1884 house. Measuring 60 ft by 48 ft, the barn was designed with an "L" shape to make stock raising more effective; one writer deemed it the best barn he had ever seen. Likewise, the farmhouse was built for the convenience of its residents: mixing the Victorian, Second Empire, and Italianate styles of architecture, it is dominated by a tower with a Mansard roof, and it sits atop a small hill overlooking State Route 121 to the north.</p><br>
<p>The Walker farm remains a local landmark to the present day, evoking a strong contrast between its ornate nineteenth-century architecture and the plain modern architecture of the farms around it. In 1982, the farm complex was placed on the National Register of Historic Places, both because of its well-preserved historic architecture and because of its contribution to local history. Key to its importance in local history is Walkers contribution to Darke County agriculture, as the farm buildings were a leading element of his livestock programs that made the county one of Ohios foremost in hog raising.</p><br>
<p>The Waring House (also known as the "Waring-Stockslager Home" but construction was only substantially completed in 1869, and the details took two more years to finish. As soon as he had finished the house, Perry sold it to T.M. Taylor, who in turn sold it to the family of local businessman and county commissioner Thomas Waring. Waring and his family were the first individuals to occupy the house, taking up residence in November 1874.</p><br>
<p>The Waring House is a brick structure that rests upon a foundation of stone; it is topped with a roof of asphalt, and various other elements are made of metal. Its overall floor plan is rectangular, although modified by the addition of three wings to the rear. The dining room is a major part of a substantial two-story, two-bay wing attached to the main portion of the house, while two single-story wings — a single-bay structure in the form of a large pavilion, and a double-bay structure containing the kitchen — are in turn attached to the dining room wing.</p><br>
<p>Among the Waring House&#39;s leading architectural elements are its windows, especially the distinctive segmental windows of the dining room wing. Overall, the house is a fine example of the Victorian style of residential architecture; although many nineteenth-century Greenville houses have been well preserved to the present time, few are as pristine as the home of Thomas Waring. In recognition of its historically significant architecture, the Waring House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 16, 1977; it was recognized as important primarily in the local community. Six other Greenville houses — known as the Beir, Coppess, Garst, Lansdowne, Leftwich, and Robeson Houses — have been accorded a similar honor; the Waring House was the fourth of these seven buildings to receive this designation. Today, the Waring House is operated as a bed and breakfast.</p><br>
<p>The George B. Horton and Amanda Bradish Farmstead is a privately owned farmhouse that sits on 40 acres  of land at 4650 West Horton Road in rural Fairfield Township in Lenawee County, Michigan. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 1, 2007. There are several other buildings on the property, but the main farmhouse was built in 1888 in Queen Anne Style.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>George B. Horton was born on April 17, 1845, in Lafayette, Ohio, the son of Samuel and Lucina Horton. The Horton family moved to Michigan in 1851, and established a farm located across the road from this present farmstead. Lucina Horton had knowledge of cheese-making, and the family began processing cheese in 1853, and by 1866 founded a cheese factory. George Horton worked on the farm, and when his father died in 1872, bought out his sisters and began farming the then 350-acre tract, which includes some of the acreage associated with the present homestead. Horton married Amanda Bradish in 1878, and continued to expand his holdings, acquiring 710 acres by the early 1890s.</p><br>
<p>In about 1888, the couple constructed the large brick home on this farmstead, located across the road from his parents’ home. By the early 1900s, Horton owned over 1,400 acres of farmland and forest, spread over four farmsteads in the county, and in 1914 he owned seven cheese factories capable of producing 1.5 million pounds of cheese per year. George Horton died in 1922, and his children carried on his estate. His son Norman B. Horton moved into the house along with his mother Amanda. However, the holdings declined to only 80 acres in 1933, and Norman Horton committed suicide. The farm was sold multiple times afterward. Fred and Carolyn Holden purchased it in 1982, and sold it to Ed and Joann Allen in 2004.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The George B. and Amanda Bradish Horton Farmstead consists of a c. 1888 Queen Anne residence along with a barn and shed, both constructed around 1900. The farmstead is set back from the road, and the immediate area of the farmstead encompassed about four acres.</p><br>
<p>The house is a large -story brick structure with a central hipped roof and four cross gables. A turret is located at one corner of the house. Most of windows are one-over-one double-hung sash with concrete sills and brick hoods. The front contains a single-story hip-roof porch, wrapping around to one side. The porch is supported with square columns A second porch is located on the other side of the house. The front also has a gable with bay window and upper balconies.</p><br>
<p>On the interior, the house has a central entry hall, with two parlors at the front and a stair leading upward. In the rear are a library and bath on one side, and a dining room and kitchen on the other. A casual sitting room completes the layout. On the second floor, there are four large bedrooms and two smaller bedrooms, originally designed for servants, as well as a bathroom and laundry room.</p><br>
<p>Seaside Park, located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is a 2.5 mi long crescent-shaped park bordering Bridgeport Harbor, Long Island Sound, and Black Rock Harbor. The park lies within Bridgeport&#39;s South End neighborhood.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>As Bridgeport rapidly grew in population in the 19th century, residents recognized the need for more public parks. In 1863, The Standard urged the creation of one or more public parks in the city and a movement began to create a park along Long Island Sound and Black Rock Harbor. By 1864, P. T. Barnum and other residents had donated approximately 35 acre to create Seaside Park, gradually increased to about 100 acre by 1884. In 1867, plans for a seawall and a driving track and walkway were made and drawings for the park were obtained from Frederick Law Olmsted whose firm completed the work. Barnum donated additional land between Iranistan Avenue, Barnum Dyke, and Waldemere Avenue in 1878. In 1866, work on a Soldiers&#39; monument was begun and the completed monument was dedicated in 1876. In 1884, a statue of Elias Howe was added and a bronze statue of Barnum (created by Thomas Ball) was added in 1893. A final major monument, the William Hunt Perry Memorial Arch (designed by Henry Bacon, architect of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.) was added in 1918.</p><br>
<p>In 1884, Olmsted described Seaside Park as "a capital place for a drive or walk.... a fine dressy promenade."</p><br>
<p>In the early 1900s the parks driving track was still being used for horse driving, but enthusiasts of early automobiles also raced their "steam carriages" and "gasoline cars" on the parks track.</p><br>
<p>The addition of Fayerweather Island in 1911 and Barnum Field in 1936, coupled with landfill operations, increased the size of the park to its present total of 375 acre.</p><br>
<p>Seaside Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Frederick Law Olmsted, Calvert Vaux, and Egbert Viele were the principal architects of the design. Bridgeport architect Ernest G. Southey drew plans for the Casino (old bath house). The site contains three major historic buildings, the Casino (1918), stables erected at the same time and, on Fayerweather Island, Black Rock Harbor Light erected in 1823.</p><br>
<p>From 1994 to 2002, Bridgeports Parks Department spent some $9 million on improvements. Results include a realignment of roads, more parking and a new bathhouse on the west beach with bathrooms, showers and cabanas. Not everyone was pleased about the physical changes. Charles W. Brilvitch, the citys official Historian said of the changes: "Theyve just disrespected the original design of the park. It was designed to have a boulevard along the waterfront, and now weve got parking lots, and weve got all this junk, this modern sculpture -- stuff that just doesnt belong in an Olmsted, Vaux and Viele park." Joe P. Gresko, the citys spokesperson, said "When Olmsted designed the park, it was back in the 1800s, when vehicles were really rare to be seen. If we kept it as is, youre asking everyone to walk to the park. I think weve improved the park. Keeping the old bathhouse and renovating it is an example of how were trying to keep the original design in mind."</p><br>
<h2>Music in the park</h2><br>
<p>Seaside Park has a long history of being a venue for concerts. When the idea of Sunday concerts "for the benefit of the working people" was proposed in 1890, many neighboring residents opposed the plan, but Barnum, whose own home abutted the park, championed the cause in the local papers. When there was talk of police interference at the first concert, Barnum told the band leader to come play at his home and that the grounds would be open to all who wanted to hear the music.</p><br>
<p>In the 1930s, the Bridgeport WPA Orchestra, a statewide unit of the Federal Music Project, gave Thursday night concerts free to the public with amplification provided by the city.</p><br>
<p>Starting in summer 1999 and 2000, and every year since 2007, Seaside Park has been home to Gathering of the Vibes an annual four-day music, camping and arts festival that celebrates the Grateful Dead and showcases a diverse variety of music.</p><br>
<h2>Facilities</h2><br>
<p>Seaside Park offers many amenities including ball fields, picnic areas, a bathing beach, bath houses, and hiking trails. Parts of the park offering views of the water are wheelchair accessible. Food concessions, an access pier and boat launching facilities are available.</p><br>
<p>West Argyle Street Historic District  is a historic district in northern Uptown, Chicago, Illinois. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 2010. The community covers an area of about 41 acre; its rough boundaries are N. Glenwood Ave to the west, Winona Street to the north, Sheridan Road to the east, and Ainslie Street to the south.</p><br>
<p>It was home to the Essanay Studios in the 1920s, known for the movies it made with Charlie Chaplin. Essanay Studios now is home to St. Augustine College.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Argyle Park</h3><br>
<p>The area covered by the historic district originally developed in the 1880s as a suburb called Argyle Park. The suburb was named by Chicago Alderman and developer James A. Campbell for his ancestors the Dukes of Argyll in Scotland. Development was centered on a station on the new Chicago & Evanston line of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway that opened in May 1885.</p><br>
<p>The village, along with the rest of the Lake View Township, was annexed into Chicago in 1889. In 1908 the Northwestern Elevated Railroad was extended north from Wilson Avenue, using the tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, This linked the suburb into Chicagos L&#39; network, and the area became popular with people of limited means who wanted to live on the Lake Michigan shore. The railroad tracks were elevated onto an embankment between 1914 and 1922.</p><br>
<h3>New Chinatown</h3><br>
<p>Chicago restaurateur Jimmy Wong bought property in the area in the 1960s and planned its rebirth as New Chinatown. He envisioned a mall with pagodas, trees and reflecting ponds to replace the empty storefronts. The Hip Sing Association, a Chinese cultural group, moved its Chicago offices to Argyle Street in 1971, and by 1974 Wong and the Hip Sing Association owned 80% of the three-block stretch on Argyle. Wong had an accident and broke both hips, leaving him unable to follow through on his plans. In 1979 Charlie Soo, founder of the Asian American Small Business Association, took up the cause, and the area developed not solely as a Chinese enclave but also including Vietnamese, Lao, Cambodian, and Japanese businesses. Soo campaigned to get the Chicago Transit Authority to give the Argyle L station a $250,000 face-lift, then in 1981 he started the "Taste of Argyle," an annual food festival. He also secured funds from Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne to fix the sidewalks, and later from Mayor Harold Washington to repair building facades. Because of his tireless work in promoting the neighborhood, Soo would later be known as the unofficial "Mayor of Argyle Street." By 1986 it was estimated that Uptown had about 8,000 Chinese and Vietnamese residents.</p><br>
<p>The concentration of Vietnamese restaurants, bakeries and shops; as well as Chinese, Cambodian, Laotian and Thai businesses along Argyle Street, centered on the Argyle L station has led to the neighborhood being nicknamed New Chinatown, Little Saigon, or Little Vietnam. On June 3, 2010 the area roughly bounded by Broadway to the west, Winona Street to the north, Sheridan Road to the east, and Ainslie Street to the south was entered into the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The Studabaker-Scott House and Beehive School are two historic buildings near the city of Greenville in Darke County, Ohio, United States. Located along State Route 49 south of the city, both are unusually well-preserved remnants of the architecture of the middle third of the 19th century.</p><br>
<p>A native of Pennsylvania, Abraham Studabaker settled in Scioto County, Ohio in 1795; after moving northwest to Warren County, he travelled north and built a cabin in modern-day Darke County in 1808, becoming the first settler within the present boundaries of Adams Township. Moving to Greenville Township in 1815, he built a larger homestead in 1835, but it was a simple structure like that of most period houses.</p><br>
<p>In the 1850s, many former pioneers began to expand their homesteads: as prosperity increased, landowners renovated their old houses according to the prevailing architectural styles of the day. Studabaker followed this pattern; his old farmhouse took on a mix of the Early Victorian and Greek Revival architectural styles, and its location along one of the county&#39;s most important roads gave his house a prominence enjoyed by few other houses in the area.</p><br>
<p>Located very close to Abraham Studabaker&#39;s house is the Beehive School. Built in 1846, it was one of the earliest permanent school buildings — in contrast to the primitive log structures built by the first settlers — in Darke County. Unlike the Studabaker House, this brick building features elements of the Federal style of architecture.</p><br>
<p>In 1978, the house and school were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Although the two buildings both qualified for inclusion on the Register, they and a third contributing building were listed together as a single property. Key to their being listed on the Register was their well-preserved historic architecture and their connection to Abraham Studabaker, because of his place as one of the region&#39;s leading pioneers.</p><br>
<p>The Bell Apartments, also known as the Austin A. Bell Building is a historic building located at 2324 1st Avenue in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle Washington. The building was named for Austin Americus Bell, son of one of Seattles earliest pioneers, but built under the supervision of his wife Eva following Bells unexpected suicide in 1889 soon after proposing the building. It was designed with a mix of Richardsonian, Gothic and Italianate design elements by notable northwest architect, Elmer Fisher, who designed many of Seattle&#39;s commercial buildings following the Great Seattle fire.</p><br>
<p>The Bell Building, along with the adjacent Barnes and Hull Buildings, formed the nucleus of a development attempt in Belltown in the 1890s that never materialized. Originally designed for commercial use, the buildings 65 office suites were being rented as unfurnished apartments by the end of 1890. Early on, the building earned the moniker of Bells Folly for being built so far away from the central business district in the then underdeveloped and economically depressed Belltown neighborhood, named for Bells father, William Nathaniel Bell, once landowner of the entire north end of Seattle. The area today is considered the heart of Belltown and the Bell building remains one of Belltowns most historic landmarks.</p><br>
<p>The building fell into disrepair throughout most of the 20th century, eventually losing its massive cornice to a fire in 1913. The building was first surveyed in June 1969 and included on the Municipal Art Commission List of Historic Buildings, at which time it was nominated for inclusion on the National Register. It was finally listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 12, 1974. It also became a Seattle City Landmark in 1978. The upper floors stayed vacant until the 1990s, sustaining much weather damage in the meantime and later being destroyed by fire. Most of the building was rebuilt behind the main facade in 1997–1998 and now houses condominiums with a Starbucks Coffee on the first level.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The Austin A. Bell Building is a four-story structure of brick with Terra cotta ornamentation. Both brick and Terra cotta are of a distinct reddish-orange hue and the mortar joints are narrow. Its architect, Elmer H. Fisher would later design many of the buildings in the Pioneer Square district of Seattle. While Fisher&#39;s designs were predominantly Richardsonian, the Bell Building is less so, with several Gothic elements thrown into the mix.</p><br>
<p>The ground floor served as a commercial space for two businesses and the windows are large for display purposes. Slender cast iron columns frame the recessed doorway. Wooden decorative panels appear above the transom of the double doors. A single door in an arched entry way at the south end of the storefront provides access to the upper floors. cast iron columns support the small arch and a decorative wooden panel also appears above the doorway.</p><br>
<p>Columns of pillowed granite blocks on either side of the doorway and storefront continue for the first story only and then are extended by brick pilasters to the full height of the building. The brick pilasters above the doorway continue above the fourth story to form a small tower. The tower is flat-roofed now but was originally capped by a shallow-pitched roof.</p><br>
<p>Window openings are deeply recessed. Windows occur in sets of three above the commercial section of the ground floor in pairs on either side of bordering pilasters. Single windows are placed on each floor above the south doorway. All windows on the second floor are tall and rectangular and the central group of three windows are separated by cast iron columns. The same pattern is repeated on the third and fourth floors although flanking openings on the third floor have segmental pointing arches and the narrow fourth-floor windows are fully arched. Terra cotta decorations appear above window openings on the second and third floors.</p><br>
<p>A high parapet extends above the fourth floor and it is composed of a more coarse brick than is the rest of the façade. This is the scar remaining from a large cornice made of pressed tin originally painted to match the stone, that was removed from the building after a 1913 fire, harming its architectural integrity greatly. The pilasters continue through the parapet and the central pilasters and recessed within a brick equilateral arch is a false rose window design flanked at the base by Terra cotta fillets filling out the base of the arch.</p><br>
<p>The interior once featured a central courtyard that spanned the top three floors. It was lighted by a set of three large skylights. The interior finishing and moldings were typical for the time period and much of it was salvaged during the building&#39;s reconstruction in 1997.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>The Bell family and Belltown</h3><br>
<p>Austin Americus Bell was the only son of William N. Bell, one of Seattle&#39;s founders and a member of the Denny Party that landed at Alki Point on November 13, 1851, on the schooner Exact. His land claim, adjacent to those of the Denny and Boren families, developed into the community of Belltown, which would later be absorbed by Seattle. Austin was born on January 9, 1854, in a log cabin across from the present site of the Bell Building, the second male white child born in the city. The cabin was destroyed in 1856 during The Battle of Seattle. Fed up with the instability of the area, the Bell family removed to California, where they remained for several years.</p><br>
<p>Following the death of William Bells wife in 1870, the family moved back to Seattle, now much more built up then when they had left. Austin however remained in San Francisco where he had built up a career in real estate. The value of Bells property had skyrocketed in the previous years and he proceeded to make improvements to the land. In 1877, he constructed a two-story wooden building for the Odd Fellows on the site where his sons building would eventually stand. In late 1883, the senior Bell completed his last great project, the four story wooden Bell Hotel at the corner of First and Battery Streets, adjacent to the Odd Fellows Hall. Suffering from mental illness in his later years, William Bell died September 8, 1887, at the age of 70. He left to Austin a quarter his estate valued at $400,000, which continued to increase in value. Bell soon became one of Seattles wealthiest citizens.</p><br>
<h3>Austin Bell&#39;s plans and final years</h3><br>
<p>During his fathers illness and subsequent death, Austin began to see signs of similar mental illness in himself, now thought to be Alzheimers disease. Austin was living and working in Seattle as a printer at the Puget Sound Dispatch when he was severely injured in a fireworks explosion on July 4, 1872. The explosion severely lacerated the lower part of his face, removing all the incisors from his lower jawbone. He had spent most of his life in San Francisco and many years traveling to seek medical treatment to restore his health, while retaining a real estate office in Seattle. Upon returning to Seattle at the beginning of 1889, he began making plans to erect a large brick building on the property he inherited just south of his fathers hotel, since renamed the Bellevue House. The Odd Fellows, who were planning a large brick building of their own on the same site, made a deal with Bell to swap their property with the lot directly to the south, where their new lodge, now known as the Barnes Building would eventually rise. On April 23, 1889, Bell took his nephew, William M. Coffman, on a buggy ride to share his plans for the first time. The next morning, his demeanor had changed and he claimed to be suffering from indigestion. He went to his realty office in Fryes Opera House as he usually did, locked the door behind him and shot himself in the head. A neighboring merchant heard the shot and rushed across the street to tell a pharmacist that a murder must have occurred. After summoning a doctor, several men broke down Bell&#39;s door to find him dead by his own hand. He was 35. A suicide note to Eva was discovered stating that he did not consider life with poor health worth living and expressed sorrow that he must take this way out.</p><br>
<h3>The Bell Building</h3><br>
<p>Eva carried out her husbands plans, drawn by local architect Elmer Fisher, and dedicated the building in her husbands name. Completed in 1890, the building adorned in stone, pressed red brick shipped in from San Francisco and red Terra cotta cost $50,000 ($ in dollars) and was hailed as one of the showiest buildings in the city. The building contained two store rooms on the first floor and 65 apartments above, first known as the Bell Apartments</p><br>
<p>During the Alaska Gold Rush of 1897, the Bell served as a hotel and dance hall. Pool tables were manufactured in the building in the early 1900s. In the early morning of May 12, 1913, a fire from a nearby building destroyed the roof and upper floor of the Bell Building, leading to the loss of most of the architectural elements above the roof line. At the time of the fire the top floor held a fully occupied boarding lodge known as The Sioux, but there were no deaths in the fire. In 1937, for $9,800, the building was added to bargain real estate tycoon (and later Samis Foundation founder) Sam Israels stock of low-maintenance properties. Like most of Israels property, he kept the roof fixed, rented the retail space for cheap, and left the upper floors vacant. While Belltown began to flourish as an artists&#39; community in the 1970s, the Bell building continued to deteriorate. Despite the shape it was in, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and became a City of Seattle Landmark on October 23, 1978.</p><br>
<h3>The Bell Building today</h3><br>
<p>In 1982, the upper floors were ravaged by a fire, destroying much of what was left of the interior. Developers Cassimar US Inc. and Murray Franklyn Co., working jointly as Austin A. Bell Associates L.L.C., bought the gutted and boarded up building and an adjoining parking area from the Samis Foundation in 1997 for $1 million. Under the supervision of architect Chris Snell, all but the facade and the south wall of the building was demolished and a new 52-unit condominium structure with underground parking and 6,600 ft&sup2; of retail space was built in its shell while a new connecting building sympathetic in design to its neighbors was built on the parking lot. The 6 million dollar project was completed by the Spring of 1998. One of the first retail tenants was the fifth installment of Starbucks Coffee&#39;s short-lived concept restaurant, Cafe Starbucks. A regular Starbucks Coffee store currently occupies the entire first floor retail space.</p><br>
<p>The Strickland Road Historic District of Greenwich, Connecticut is a 9 acre historic district that was listed on the USA National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<p>The Cos Cob area was settled in the 17th century as a colonial maritime community, at first by Dutch settlers (as part of New Netherland) and later by English settlers. The Strickland Road area was known as the Lower Landing, and flourished in the 18th century, particularly through the efforts of David Bush, the Dutch builder of the Bush-Holley House. It was primarily a transportation center, with packet boats serving other area ports, and some of the finer houses on Strickland Road were built by sea captains. The area declined in importance after the packet boats were supplanted by the railroad in the mid-19th century, and became a residential enclave. Its last major industrial site, a tidal grist mill, burned in 1899. Most of the buildings in the district date to the early 20th century, in the Bungalow and Tudor Revival styles popular at that time.</p><br>
<p>The Masonic Temple is a historic Masonic Lodge building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1915, and is a three-story, three-bay wide, red brick building with stone trim in the Classical Revival style. It features elliptical bays flanking the central bay on the front facade. The building was designed by Columbus architect Frank Packard with local supervising architect Theodore T. Sansbury.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, and it is a contributing property to the Avery Street Historic District, which was designated and listed on the National Register in 1986.</p><br>
<p>The Masonic Temple—Watts, Ritter, Wholesale Drygoods Company Building in Huntington, West Virginia, which has also been historically known as Watts, Ritter Wholesale Drygoods Company Building and more recently known as River Tower, is a commercial building. It is located at 1108 Third Avenue, in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. It was built between 1914 and 1922 as a five-story brick building.</p><br>
<p>The building is constructed of steel-reinforced concrete with yellow and orange brick facing and terra cotta trim, with an additional two stories added in 1926. It originally housed a large wholesale business with a retail store on the first floor. The Watts, Ritter Wholesale Drygoods Company occupied the building until the firm&#39;s closing in 1959.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed in 1993 on the National Register of Historic Places as "Masonic Temple--Watts, Ritter, Wholesale Drygoods Company Building".</p><br>
<p>The Prince Hall Masonic Temple built in 1922 is an historic Prince Hall Masonic building located at 1000 U Street, NW in Washington, D.C. It is the headquarters of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge District of Columbia, and houses the MWPGM Roland D. Williams Center for Masonic Excellence. It is part of the Greater U Street Historic District.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>It was designed by Albert Cassell, and constructed from 1922 to 1929.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>The Masonic Temple Theater  is a historic building located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. Built in 1923, it combined both commercial and fraternal functions in one building. The theater company paid for the construction of the lower level, and the Masons paid for the upper level. The Masons continued to occupy the space until 1989 when they moved to another facility. The building was designed in the Neoclassical style by Owen, Payson & Carswell, and K.A. Bergdahl was the contractor who built it. Neoclassical features include the balustrade, the medallion with the Masonic insignia, volutes above the windows, the parapet roof, and the ornamental frieze and cornice.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.</p><br>
<p>The Masonic Temple of Des Moines is a historic Beaux Arts style building located in Des Moines, Iowa. Constructed in 1913, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places  in 1997 .</p><br>
<p>It was designed by the Des Moines-based architectural firm Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson. The building was listed on the NRHP for its architecture, as part of a 1988 multiple property submission. It was then one of 25 known surviving Proudfoot, Bird & Rawson buildings in Des Moines and is one of two known lodge buildings designed by the firm.</p><br>
<p>As originally constructed, the building consisted of retail and office spaces on the first three floors, with Masonic meeting rooms on the fourth floor. In 2001 the Masons vacated their rooms on the fourth floor, which were converted into a venue for performing arts, culture entertainment and learning, billed as the Temple for Performing Arts.</p><br>
<p>The Sterling Masonic Temple is a historic Masonic building located at 111-113 West 3rd Street in Sterling, Illinois. The edifice was constructed in 1899–1900 to be the new headquarters for the citys Masonic lodge, as its former meeting place had burned down in 1898. The lodge, formally known as the Rock River Lodge Number 612 A.F. & A.M., first met in 1869 and was the towns second chapter of the Masons. Architect George W. Ashby designed the lodges new building in the Chateauesque style. The buildings design includes a steep mansard roof with equally steep dormers adorned with pinnacles, buttresses topped by ornamental griffins, and a brick and stone exterior. The Masons met on the third story, as Masonic meeting rooms were typically elevated for secrecy; the lower two floors were rented to businesses.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1996. The Masonic lodge still meets in the building, though its membership has declined dramatically since the 1960s.</p><br>
<p>The Terre Haute Masonic Temple in Terre Haute, Indiana is a Classical Revival-style Masonic building that ground was broken for in 1915, cornerstone was laid in 1916, and opened in 1917. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior in 1995.</p><br>
<p>The Terre Haute Masonic Temple is currently utilized by Social Lodge No. 86 F&AM, Terre Haute Lodge #19 F&AM, Humboldt Lodge No. 42 F&AM, Terre Haute Chapter No. 11 R.A.M., Terre Haute Council No. 8 R. & S.M., Terre Haute Commandery No. 16 K.T., Job&#39;s Daughters Bethel No. 2, Terre Haute Chapter No. 43 Order of the Eastern Star, Terre Haute Order of Amaranth. The building was previously used by Euclid No. 573 F&AM, The Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem and The Order of Demolay.</p><br>
<p>The governing body of the building that is responsible for all modifications and maintenance is the Terre Haute Masonic Temple Association which still includes six of the original seven bodies that erected the structure (Euclid No. 573 is no longer in existence). The board is composed of a President, Vice President, Secretary & Treasurer, and three other members.</p><br>
<p>The building is a total of four stories tall with an additional full basement. The foundation of the building was initially constructed to support the weight of a twelve-story building. The first floor is the dedicated public floor and contains the ballroom, library, parlor, board room, office, card room, and ladies and gentleman&#39;s cloak rooms and rest rooms. The second floor is dedicated to the Blue Lodge and Order of the Eastern Star and houses three lodge rooms, rest rooms and lounge area. The third floor is dedicated to the three bodies of the York Rite: The Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, Council of Royal & Secret Masters, and Commandery of Knights Templar. The fourth floor contains storage and a choir and organ loft.</p><br>
<p>The Winona Masonic Temple is a historic Masonic Temple in Winona, Minnesota, United States, completed in 1909. Many local civic and business leaders were members of the lodge. Containing a large ballroom and other meeting space, the building was an important venue in Winona for both Masonic activities and general public events. The Winona Masonic Temple was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 for having state-level significance in the themes of art and social history. It was nominated as the headquarters of a fraternal organization important to Winonas civic and social development, and for containing Minnesotas largest collection of Masonic theatre backdrops and stage equipment.</p><br>
<h2>Masonic history of Winona</h2><br>
<p>Many Euro-American men who came to Minnesota in the mid to late nineteenth century were Freemasons. Consequently, the development of Masonry in Minnesota paralleled the organization of many of the state&#39;s first towns. In 1853 a Grand Masonic Lodge was organized by the three lodges that already existed in Stillwater, Saint Paul, and St. Anthony. The Grand Lodge dispensed charters for new lodges and created standard procedures and rituals. In January 1857 a charter was issued for Winona Lodge No. 18.</p><br>
<p>For the first several years of its existence the Winona Lodge met in various buildings. Meetings were mostly held in members places of business. In 1863 and 1864 local chapters of the Royal Arch and Knights Templar Masons merged with the Winona Lodge. In 1873 the Masons moved to the third floor of the new Laird Norton Lumber Company Building. The space was designed according to the Masons specifications.</p><br>
<p>In the late nineteenth century membership grew and the Masonic activities of the Winona Masons became more complex. New Masonic chapters were formed under other Masonic orders. Several bodies were charted that followed the Scottish Rite Valley, one of the most complex orders of Freemasonry. In 1900 a local chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star was formed that allowed female members.</p><br>
<p>With membership growing the Winona Masonic Benevolent Association (WMBA) was formed in 1906. Part of the WMBA&#39;s mission was to construct a new Masonic temple. The WMBA commissioned architects Warren Powers Laird and C.F. Osborne of Philadelphia. Local contractor John Lohse constructed the building. The temple was built in a red brick and stone Beaux-Arts tradition of the Neoclassical style.</p><br>
<p>The most prominent interior feature was a large proscenium-arch stage at the heart of the building. The stage and its scenery were important in the rites and rituals of the various orders of masons, especially the Scottish Rite. The WMBA bought ninety-eight hand-painted scenic drops that were produced by Sosman and Landis Scene Painting Studios in Chicago. The temple was completed in December 1909 with mahogany finishes that reflected Masonic ideology. Masonic furniture and other decorations were also purchased.</p><br>
<p>The Masons were highly respected in Winona, and the construction of the temple only served to heighten their presence in the community. Masonic events held at the temple consistently brought large numbers of people to Winona. The town&#39;s role as a Scottish Rite headquarters also brought regional Masonic conferences to the city for over eighty years. The large ballroom hosted balls, banquets, and civic events.</p><br>
<p>In the 1930s membership in Masonic organizations began to wane. The Winona Temple, because it was a center for the Scottish Rite, fared better than many others. However, in 1978 the Winona Temple lost what made it prominent when the Scottish Rite was moved to a temple in Rochester, Minnesota. A year later the WMBA sold the Winona Temple to the city. The valuable scenic drops were left in the building even though the Scottish Rite had moved.</p><br>
<h2>Current use</h2><br>
<p>In 1979 the Winona Masonic Benevolent Association sold the building to the city to create a senior center on the ground floor, while retaining access to the upper second and third floors. In 1997 the Theatre du Mississippi was founded and began performances in the Masonic Temple. The city of Winona also rents out the facility as an event venue.</p><br>
<p>The Masonic Temple in Kansas City, Missouri, USA was a Masonic building from 1920. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. This beautiful edifice was the home of Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446. Ivanhoe, still known today as the jewel of the 18th Masonic district of Missouri, resides in the Waldo neighborhood in south Kansas City as of 1980.</p><br>
<p>The building was in disrepair by 1999, when it was demolished.</p><br>
<p>In 1980 through today, Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446 meets at 8640 Holmes Rd which was at one time part of the Ivanhoe county Club. That extended from 85th street to the north and 91st street to the south</p><br>
<p>The Hotel Phillips, a historic 217-room hotel located on 12th Street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, opened in 1931.</p><br>
<p>The site was formerly occupied by the Glennon Hotel, in which Harry S. Truman operated a haberdashery shop. The 450-room hotel was then the tallest in Kansas City, at 20 stories. It is directly across from the historic Muehlebach Hotel.</p><br>
<p>The Phillips was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It operated in the 1990s as the Radisson Suite Hotel Kansas City. It was bought by Marcus Hotels in 2001 from Wyndham Hotels.</p><br>
<p>The lobby contains an eleven-foot sculpture of the Goddess of Dawn, created in 1931 by Kansas City sculptor Jorgen Dreyer.</p><br>
<p>In October 2015, it was announced that The Phillips was purchased by Arbor Lodging Partners. The Phillips was renovated and joined the Curio Collection by Hilton.</p><br>
<p>The House at 5011 Sunset Drive is a historic home located in the Country Club District, Kansas City, Missouri. It was designed by architect Mary Rockwell Hook and was built in 1922–1923. It is a three-story, "L"-plan, Bungalow / American Craftsman style stone veneered dwelling with a two-story wing. It features an overhanging hipped roof with heavily bracketed eaves and an "outdoor living room".</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>The House at 54 E. 53rd Terrace is a historic home located at Kansas City, Missouri. It was designed by architect Mary Rockwell Hook and built in 1908. It is a two-story, compact, rectangular frame dwelling with an asymmetrical roof. The front facade features a narrow balcony. The house includes an interior mural by her sister Bertha.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>The Jackson County&#39;s 1859 Jail Museum in Independence, Missouri, United States was constructed in 1859 as a county jail for Jackson County, Missouri. It was decommissioned and replaced in 1933. It has been restored as a public museum. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.</p><br>
<h2>Construction</h2><br>
<p>The building was designed by A. B. Cross, a notable early architect in Kansas City, Missouri, and was constructed in 1859. The front is a home for the jailer, and the rear has twelve limestone jail cells. A brick structure was added on to the rear of the original jail in 1907, to house chain gangs who worked on roads, sewers, and other public projects.</p><br>
<p>The jailer&#39;s office formed part of the residence, but has a separate entryway from the house. The jail consisted of six upstairs and six downstairs cells, with two-foot thick walls of limestone blocks. A single kerosene lamp in the hallway provided the only light at night. Two doors, one of grated iron and one of solid iron, were provided for each cell, as was a window covered with grated iron that permitted wind from the outside to enter. The cells were not heated, and some prisoners died of exposure. Each cell is six by nine feet and intended for three prisoners, though during the Civil War, up to twenty prisoners were confined in each one.</p><br>
<p>The jailer&#39;s wife cooked meals for her family and the prisoners, in a small kitchen at the back of the house. The jailer was paid about per month plus the use of the house.</p><br>
<p>Some of the crimes charged upon its prisoners prior to the Civil War included: horse racing on public streets, firing guns in town, operating a gaming house, assault and battery, disturbing the peace, disturbing a religious meeting, or building a privy "not over a pit".</p><br>
<h2>Notable prisoners</h2><br>
<p>During the American Civil War, the jail held both military and civilian prisoners, and was the USA Provost Marshal&#39;s office. William Clark Quantrill, the famous Confederate guerrilla leader, was briefly incarcerated there, as were those who refused to take a pro-Union loyalty oath. After the war, its most famous inmate was Frank James, older brother to the famous outlaw Jesse James, who spent almost six months here in the 1880s. His cell was furnished with a Brussels carpet, fine furniture, and paintings. He was permitted free run of the jail and hosted card games in his cell at night. His cell is preserved as it was.</p><br>
<p>The Jenkins Music Company Building is a historic building in the Kansas City Power and Light District in Kansas City, Missouri. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>The building was constructed in two phases. A six-story building, built in 1911-12, was enlarged in 1931-1932 with an eight-story, south unit. Two additional stories were added atop the 1911-1912 unit as part of the enlargement. The building, constructed on a level grade, faces west onto Walnut Street. Modernistic in style, the building is an amalgam of Late Gothic Revival and Art Deco design elements. The most ornate area of the building&#39;s exterior; is the west facade, with embellishments and eighth story step-backs creating a strong vertical and rectilinear effect.</p><br>
<p>The building is currently controlled by Kansas City-based real estate firm Copaken Brooks and is planned to be used as a mixed commercial and residential property sometime in the future.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Jenkins Music Company has been a musical institution in Kansas City since its founding in 1878 by John Wesley Jenkins, Sr. During the 1880s Jenkins brought in his son, John Wesley, Jr. to form the J.W. Jenkins and Son Music Company.</p><br>
<p>Apparently following the death of Jenkins, Sr, in approximately 1890, J.W. Jenkins, Jr., with his brothers, Frederick B. and Clifford W., formed the J.W. Jenkins&#39; Sons Music Company. During the decade of the 1890s, the Jenkins Company became one of the largest manufacturers of guitars and mandolins in the world and one of the most distinguished publishers of sheet music in the nation. By 1931, the firm reorganized and became the Jenkins Music Company. Following three successive moves, the firm completed in 1912, a six-story fireproof building at 1217 Walnut Street, designed by Smith, Rea & Lovitt and built by Harvey Stiver.</p><br>
<p>In 1932, the enlargement of the 1912 unit was completed from plans by Charles A. Smith and the construction was executed by A. J. Rector Construction Company. The newly expanded building boasted of an intricate ventilation and air condition system, plus several interior features that enhanced the business aspects of the music company. Each floor was utilized for the merchandising of musical instruments and supplies. One unusual feature of the building was a small space on the fifth floor devoted to a remote control broadcasting studio. The eighth floor contained Steinway Hall, an auditorium and recital hall, which had a seating capacity for approximately 240 people.</p><br>
<p>In 1947, the Jenkins Music Company sponsored the first summer conference of new music, which brought several hundred of the nation&#39;s leading music teachers, composers, and performers to the event. The participants of the Jenkins Conferences, held in the building, discussed musical composition, materials, instruction and new trends in music. The conference was held for eight successive years.</p><br>
<p>At its height, during the 1950s, the Jenkins Music Company employed nearly 700 persons and operated throughout Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas under the management of the Jenkins family. By August 1971, due to financial difficulties caused by strong competition, the Jenkins Company filed for bankruptcy. In July, 1973, David Richard son, founder of Rich Music Inc., acquired the Jenkins Company, later closing a majority of the former Jenkins Music Stores in the city and the surrounding area.</p><br>
<h2>Facade (1972–1978)</h2><br>
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<p>The Kansas City Athenaeum in Kansas City, Missouri is a building from 1914. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Officially known as the Athenaeum Club House, the building was erected for the Kansas City Athenaeum, a womens organization founded in 1894 and affiliated with the General Federation of Womens Clubs, Inc. since 1898. Athenaeum members faced scrutiny for wanting a building for their own use instead of continuing to rent spaces in Kansas City. The women purchased land at the corner of Linwood Boulevard and Campbell Street in Kansas City, Missouri, because it was accessible by three street car lines.</p><br>
<p>Kansas City Athenaeum members purchased $5.00 shares in the Athenaeum Club House Company in order to raise the $50,000 to construct the building. At that time in history, American household finances were managed by the husbands. In order to raise money, members sold canned vegetables and needlework. Some members even charged their husbands a nickel to iron their shirts or a quarter if the husband or grown son came home from work for lunch. Additional funds were raised by producing extravagant musical productions, including the operetta, "The House that Jack Built".</p><br>
<p>Architect Samuel Tarbet and contractor Harvey Stiver were hired, and the members watched their dream come to fruition with the erection of their own club house. They held the grand opening on June 3, 1914. The building included a ballroom on the second floor with six stained glass windows and four meeting rooms. A commercial sized kitchen and dining hall filled the first floor. At the time of the building&#39;s opening, the Kansas City Athenaeum had more than 500 members who chose their department of interest: The Arts, Music, Literature, Home Economics, Philosophy and Ethics, and Public Issues.</p><br>
<p>Members of the Kansas City Athenaeum met continuously in their club house for 101 years. In 2015 the decision was made to sell the building to Delta Sigma Theta sorority. With "ATHENAEUM" permanently etched in the exterior Carthage stone, the new owners chose to identify their building as the Delta Athenaeum. Kansas City Athenaeum members continue to meet semimonthly in different parts of the Kansas City area, devoting their efforts to philanthropy and community service.</p><br>
<p>The Masonic Temple in Kansas City, Missouri is a Neo-Classical Architecture building in the Beaux-Arts architecture tradition. Designed by J.C. Sunderland, the Masonic Cornerstone was laid October 8, 1910 and the building held a public dedication ceremony on September 30, 1911.</p><br>
<p>Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman danced in the 6,600 square foot Tiffany Ballroom which prominently features plaster columns and an impressive Tiffany glass window array.</p><br>
<p>The Kansas City Masonic Temple was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and as a film location with the Missouri Film Commission in 2013. A restoration project was launched in 2017 to restore and preserve the building for future generations.</p><br>
<p>The Kansas City Police Station Number 4 in Kansas City, Missouri, was built in 1916. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.</p><br>
<p>It was designed by architects Clarence K. Birdsall and Edgar P. Madorie in Mission Revival style.</p><br>
<p>It has also been known as Kansas City Elevator Manufacturing Company, as Tood Jack Co., as Turner Elevator Manufacturing Co., and as Works Progress Administration Office.</p><br>
<p>The Kansas City Title and Trust Building in Kansas City, Missouri, is a building from 1922. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The building was designed by the firm Sunderland and Besecke, and built by Mosby-Goodrich Construction Company. Construction of the building began on August 1, 1922.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture and setting</h2><br>
<p>The building is a seven-story structure in the Commercial style. The building is situated on an incline at the corner of Walnut Street and 10th Street in central business district of Kansas City.</p><br>
<p>The facade is divided into three bays on Walnut Street and seven bays on 10th Street. The structure is built of reinforced concrete with a red-colored brick facade. Cream-colored terra cotta decorates the base.</p><br>
<p>The Western Union Telegraph Building in Kansas City, Missouri, is a former telecommunications building from 1920. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Western Union began operations in Kansas City in 1865. In 1915, the company started planning a new regional hub in the city and began construction in 1919. The facility opened in 1920. Western Union continued its telecommunication operations in the building until the late 1970s. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 12, 2003. In 2014, technology company The Nerdery moved into the Western Union building.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The building is a four-story Commercial style structure. The concrete building is covered in a brick veneer, brown on the lower two floors and red on the upper two. The Walnut Street and 7th Street facades are divided into six bays and ten bays, respectively. Below the cornice on each facade is a terra cotta sign that reads "WESTERN UNION".</p><br>
<p>The Kritser House in Independence, Missouri is a building from 1850. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It is found as significant for being associated with the life of Martin U. Kritser, a person significant to the history and development of the town. It is one of the few middle class residential structures of the American Mid-Victorian frontier architecture period left in Independence.</p><br>
<p>Longview Farm in Lees Summit, Missouri, United States was built by Robert A. Long. In planning the farm Long turned to Henry F. Hoit of Hoit, Price and Barnes, as he had designed Corinthian Hall and the R.A. Long Building. George Kessler was chosen as the landscape architect. The farm and over 50 other structures were built on 1,780 acres. Construction started in 1913 and completed in 1914 taking just 18 months to complete. The result is what came to be known as The Worlds Most Beautiful Farm. Construction workers included 50 Belgian craftsmen and 200 Sicilian stonemasons, among 2,000 other workers, to build the Longview Mansion and farm.</p><br>
<p>Employing 175 people, the farm not only consisted of all the amenities to care for the Longs prize horses but also a modern dairy, including prize Jersey cows, that produced enough milk for the farm, community, and charities. Hogs, chickens, farm land for the food, as well as green houses and a manicured main yard of 225 acres, were all part of the expansive farm. Scenic and self-sufficient, the farm and dairy even included underground electricity and a 100,000 gallon water tower.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Robert Long made the decision to build the farm and the grandness shows no expense was spared. A place in the country was needed for his animals as the house in town (Corinthian Hall) was too small. By 1912 a place was selected and the planning began. In 1914 a small "town" had been created.</p><br>
<h3>The farm</h3><br>
<p>The farm had a list of modern marvels including experimental innovations. In the mansion Long did not want to use antique furniture because it was used. Long had new antique style replica furniture shipped from New York. The farm had a telephone system, complete plumbing, 25 mi of white wooden fence that was built without nails or bolts, and over seven miles (11 km) of macadamized roads. The roads were not innovative because in the 1820s John Loudon McAdam, a Scottish engineer, pioneered the state-of-the-art Macadam road. Aside from the natural grass fields there were many acres of hay fields and feed still had to be brought in to feed all the livestock.</p><br>
<h3>Buildings</h3><br>
<p>There were over 50 buildings at Longview and, with the exception of the log grandstand and clubhouse, all were built of stucco with red tile roofs. 2000 Italian workers lived in tents while building the foundations and sewer system. The farm included an office, a chapel and school room. Several horse barns including, a draft horse barn, saddle horse barn, two broodmare horse barns, a hospital barn, a calf and shelter barn, a large show horse barn and arena, and a hog barn. There was a power house/garage, a milk house that included a bottling room, an ice plant, a blacksmith shop, post office, firehouse, and general store. There was a Hotel/Boarding House, equipped with a tennis court, where guests as well as unmarried workers could stay. Other buildings included houses for the General manager, C. J. Tucker, Assistant general manager, H. C. Spencer, as well as residence for J. T. Hook the manager of the saddle horse department. Married workers were provided a house for their families and the entire compound included underground wiring, water supplied by a six-inch water main, and a sewage system.</p><br>
<h3>The mansion</h3><br>
<p>No expense was spared on the 22,000 ft&sup2; structure with 48 rooms, 6 fireplaces, 14 bedrooms and 10 baths. It also claimed the first central vacuum system west of the Mississippi as well as steam heating.</p><br>
<h3>The church</h3><br>
<p>The church at the farm was opened in 1915 as the Longview Chapel Christian Church and is still active today.</p><br>
<h2>The Long family</h2><br>
<p>Long was very successful in the lumber business with the Long-Bell Lumber Company and other enterprises. His lumber empire spanned several states and up to 110 lumber yards as well as over 250,000 acres of timber land by the 1900s. Already owning the Corinthian Hall mansion in Kansas City he decided to build the country estate and purchased the land in Lee&#39;s Summit. He and his wife Ella had a son that died shortly after birth and two girls, Sally America and Loula.</p><br>
<h3>Sally America Long Ellis</h3><br>
<p>Shortly after graduating from Mt. Vernon Finishing School in Washington, D.C. in 1903, Sally went on a world tour where she met her future husband. Hayne Ellis was a naval officer that had graduated from Annapolis in 1900. Nine days after meeting Sally he proposed and she accepted. They were married December 17, 1904. Sally traveled with her husband as a military wife while her sister took care of the horses at the farm. After Hayne died in 1961 Sally moved back to the farm to live with her sister. She died in 1970 at 91 years old.</p><br>
<h3>Loula Long Combs</h3><br>
<p>The undisputed head over the horses was Loula Long. She shared a love for horses with her father. She married Pryor Combs and it is said that she would agree to marry him only if he agreed to live at Longview Farm. They were married and he lived there until his death. The fact that Loula loved the farm is reflected in the fact that she lived there from the time the farm was opened until her death. After 65 years of showing horses and winning blue ribbons Loula died in 1971, shortly after her sister.</p><br>
<h2>Animals</h2><br>
<p>By 1916 the farm had over 500 head of Jersey cattle, 232 being milked daily in two dairy barns, 16 Percheron draft horses, 61 saddle horses, 44 harness horses, 29 colts, 29 mules and 375 Duroc Jersey hogs. By 1941 there was over 800 cows and dairy barn #2 and #3 were added to accommodate the 500 cows being milked.</p><br>
<h3>Horses</h3><br>
<p>Loula chose the names for horses bought or born on the farm and there were many famous horses. She began to use -ion as the ending of many of the horses names. These included what she termed "the park four&quot</p><br>
<p>Revelation</p><br>
<p>Realization</p><br>
<p>Hesitation</p><br>
<p>Consternation</p><br>
<p>The Dude, bought by Long in 1905 was Loula&#39;s first horse.</p><br>
<p>Shoo Shoo and Hoo Hoo, bought in 1906, were hackney horses.</p><br>
<p>The King, bought in 1908 was one of the best road horses of the time.</p><br>
<p>Sensation was bought in 1908 and was the first horse of many with -ion at the end of the name.</p><br>
<p>Beau Brummel, bought in 1909, a bay trotting stallion that cost $4500.</p><br>
<p>Beaucaire, also bought in 1909 for $4500.</p><br>
<p>In 1909 Loula bought Revelation for $1500. This was her prize horse and was buried in front of the arena with a memorial.</p><br>
<p>Adoration, Importation, and Ovation were bought and imported between 1909 and 1910.</p><br>
<p>Speculation was bought in 1912 and was a cow pony.</p><br>
<p>Ladylike was Roberts horse</p><br>
<p>Aspiration, a black mare, gave Loula the distinction of being the first woman to drive a winner in the Sporting Novice Roadster Class, at her first show at Madison Square Garden in 1913.</p><br>
<p>Aviation and Affection (a chestnut gelding) allowed Loula to break the world&#39;s record for the heavy harness half-mile race for tandems at the Springfield, Ohio show in 1914.</p><br>
<p>Easter Cloud won the first $10,000 stake at the Kentucky State Fair in 1917</p><br>
<p>Chief of Longview, "The Great Parader", was born, raised, and trained at Longview Farm. Bought by Lurline Matson Roth, Chief was the World Champion stallion four times. He was the only horse to win the $10,000 stake at the Kentucky State Fair two successive years – 1928 and 1929. His fame as a model five-gaited horse was so wide that he became Ralston Purina&#39;s advertisement for their new horse feed. The Longs sold four brothers and sisters of the chief and received over $45,000.</p><br>
<p>Independence Chief was the sire to Chief of Longview and was bought for $250.</p><br>
<p>My Major Dare, was first American Saddle Horse to sell for $10,000. In 1921 he was valued at $25,000 with thirty-two first place ribbons in thirty-six times shown.</p><br>
<p>Reputation, won a Championship as a pair with revelation.</p><br>
<p>Fascination (Buck)</p><br>
<p>Baby List</p><br>
<p>Captivation (Cappy) was outstanding as a heavy harness horse.</p><br>
<p>Invasion</p><br>
<p>Animation</p><br>
<h4>Other Saddle Horse Champions</h4><br>
<p>Kentucky&#39;s Best,</p><br>
<p>Maurine Fisher</p><br>
<p>La France</p><br>
<p>In 1920 Loula won thirty-one Championships and three Reserves in sixteen shows.</p><br>
<h2>Charities</h2><br>
<p>Loula held benefit horse shows at the farm to raise money for the Boy Scouts, Animal Rescue League, Animal Protective Association, Children&#39;s Mercy Hospital, Red Cross and many others.</p><br>
<h2>NRHP</h2><br>
<p>Longview Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places October 24, 1985.</p><br>
<h2>Current</h2><br>
<h3>Longview Farm Elementary school</h3><br>
<p>The Longview Farm Elementary school became a realization in 2005 with a partnership involving the Lees Summit R-7 School District, the City of Lees Summit and Gale Communities. Gale community bought the remaining land of Longview Farm to establish a 260-acre project community, called New Longview, with historical preservation in mind. The founder, David Gale, approached Dr. Tony Stansberry, Lee&#39;s Summit School District superintendent, and the R-7 Board of Education, with the idea of converting the show horse arena into an elementary school. Sunday, Oct. 9th, 2005 the school celebrated a dedication ceremony</p><br>
<h3>New Longview</h3><br>
<p>The community of New Longview includes many historically restored buildings with a residential as well as a commercial district.</p><br>
<h4>Residential district</h4><br>
<p>Along with the 225 acre residential area there is a 50-acre park, the 146 acre Longview Community College campus, and the community borders the 4,800-acre Longview Park as well as the 900 acre Longview Lake.</p><br>
<h4>Commercial district</h4><br>
<p>The commercial district has 250,000 ft&sup2; of retail stores and 200,000 ft&sup2; of office space, including restaurants, a grocery store, a drug store, home furnishing stores, a bookstore, hair care salon and medical and business services. Citizens Union State Bank opened a new 11,000 ft&sup2; bank. Another 100,000 ft&sup2; of office and commercial space will be centered on the refurbished calf and dairy barns at the center of the community.</p><br>
<h3>Longview Lake</h3><br>
<p>Part of Longview Farm was purchased by the USA Army Corps of Engineers and through a flood protection program resulted in the 930 acre Longview Lake. The Longview dam was built as part of the Little Blue River (Missouri) project.</p><br>
<h3>Metropolitan Community College</h3><br>
<p>Part of the farm was donated to become Metropolitan Community College - Longview.</p><br>
<p>The McConahay Building in Kansas City, Missouri is a two-story Tapestry Brick building designed by prominent Kansas City architect Nelle E. Peters in 1922.</p><br>
<p>From the buildings completion (in May 1922) to June 1923 the McConahay building housed Laugh-O-Gram Studio, Walt Disneys first commercial film studio, which occupied a five-room suite of studios on the second floor. Here, he developed the cartoon character Mickey Mouse based on resident mice that he trained. He frequently ate at the Forest Inn Cafe in the building&#39;s first floor.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The application for listing describes the building as "a fine local example of tapestry brick design architecture; exterior facades are of brickwork interspersed with cut stone and/or terra cotta blocks to form geometric designs".</p><br>
<p>Historical status generally protects buildings from demolition, but it had deteriorated to the point where this had been considered. A local organization, Thank You Walt Disney, Inc., has acquired the building and is in the process of restoring it.</p><br>
<p>The Midwest Hotel is a hotel located in Kansas City, Missouri. The hotel is a building dating from 1915, and is located in the Crossroads Arts District. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2004. It is currently vacant, sold on the Jackson County Courthouse steps, and is possibly at risk of demolition.</p><br>
<p>The hotel, in 1991, was the setting for exterior shots in the Ministry music video for Just One Fix. The music video focused on heavy opiate drug use and featured author William S. Burroughs as guest vocalist. The song was released on the band&#39;s 1992 album entitled Psalm 69 and has remained one of the most popular tracks the band has ever produced.</p><br>
<p>Mineral Hall in Kansas City, Missouri is a historic building constructed in 1903. An elaborate example of Prairie School architecture by Louis Singleton Curtiss, it originally served as a residence.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The building is located in the residential/mixed South Hyde Park neighborhood of Kansas City. Designed by noted architect Louis S. Curtiss it reflects a Prairie School practice of combining Second Empire, Art Nouveau and Neoclassical architectural elements. The building is asymmetrical yet almost rectangular with projecting bays on the north, south, west and northwest. The three-story structure is above grade on a full basement with approximate maximum dimensions of 75 by. The foundation is uncoursed large block and the primary wall material is rock faced Jackson County limestone with a random pattern. The facade is the east side and fronts Oak Street. Features of the facade include a stone veranda and the central main entrance which is approached by seven wide stone steps. The entry arch is ornamented as is the stairway and approach.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Built in fourteen months from 1903 to 1904 at a cost of, Mineral Hall was the residence of Roland E. Bruner. He bought the building in 1905 after it had been built for William A. Rule. It was a second home in the city for Rule and he never occupied it having had it built "to maintain the quality of the neighborhood". The building and the addition on the north built the next year are important examples of the work of Kansas City architect Louis S. Curtiss. Born in Canada, Curtiss was a notable architect in Kansas City. Construction was supervised by local stone contractor Henry H. Johnson. The building was donated to the Kansas City Art Institute in 1968. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 12, 1976.</p><br>
<h2>Photo gallery</h2><br>
<p>The Newbern Hotel is a historic hotel/apartment building in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Located at 525 East Armour Boulevard, the hotel is set back from the sidewalk about 6 ft and surrounded by a grass border with some small shrubs the buildings occupy a prominent position at the intersection of Armour Boulevard and Cherry Street. The building consists of two basically rectangular nine story towers bridged by a one-story barrel vaulted hall giving the overall plan a U shape. One of the towers has a curved corner on the northeast, towards the intersection. Designed by Ernest O. Brostrom it displays Sullivaneque architectural style. Built from 1921 to 1923 by J.O. Jones of the Armour Building Company, the intended name was "Le Pavonien" but the initial name was the Peacock Hotel. It was renamed the Newbern Hotel in 1925 when Beine H. Hopkins bought the property. It was listed on the NRHP on September 23, 1980.</p><br>
<p>The Palace Clothing Company Building in Kansas City, Missouri is a building constructed in 1924. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Palace Clothing Company Building was designed in 1924 by Kansas City Architect Frederic E. McIlvain in the Chicago School style of architecture. The Palace Clothing Company was established in 1893 in Kansas City by Henry Guettel and Henry Auerbach. The building was at the time, one of the largest clothing stores in the West and specialized in mens and boys clothing. From 1921 onward, the business grew from a $1.5 million volume to exceeding $6 million of business before the company closed in 1964. At its peak, the Palace Clothing Company was one of the largest clothing stores in the world with 275 feet of store frontage. The building sat vacant until 1972, when it was renovated with a metal facade and an interior remodeling. The metal facade was removed in 1984, revealing the historic character of the exterior. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Designed in the Chicago School style of architecture, the building expresses the utilitarian and structural function of the building. It emphasizes openness and mass, while also pointing to the elegance and flexibility of the "neutral cage". The exterior of the building is primarily terra cotta and brick with ornamentation and cartouche features.</p><br>
<p>The Pink House is a historic home located at Kansas City, Missouri. It was designed by architect Mary Rockwell Hook and built in 1922. It became known as the "Pink House" for its pink plaster exterior, which was a reference to San Francisco, whose 1915 world fair Hook had visited. It is a two-story dwelling with stucco walls, red clay roofing tile, three balconies, and brick chimney with an arcaded, roofed opening atop its stack.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>The Rice-Tremonti House in Raytown, Missouri, was built in 1844 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>The house was built by Archibald and Sally Rice, who had moved to Missouri from North Carolina and started a forced-labor farm worked by enslaved people. They built a log house in this location around 1836. The current Gothic Revival frame farmhouse replaced the original 1844. The farm was about eight miles south of Independence along the Santa Fe Trail and became a popular stop for travelers. Archibald died in 1849 and his son Elihu Coffee Rice became the owner. In 1850, Elihu married Catherine "Kitty" Stoner White. Kitty enslaved Sophia White, who accompanied her and lived in a cabin near the home&#39;s back door. "Aunt Sophie" remained with the family until shortly before her death in 1896.</p><br>
<p>Rice and his family, who were slave-holding Southern sympathizers, moved to Texas during the Civil War. For unknown reasons, the house was not destroyed under General Order No. 11. It is believed to be the oldest surviving frame building remaining in Jackson County.</p><br>
<p>In 1929, the house was bought by Dr. Louis G. Tremonti and his wife Lois Gloria, who sold the house to the Friends of the Rice-Tremonti Home Association in 1988. The association has restored the home and holds open houses for visitors. The site includes several acres of land, the house, and a replica of a slave cabin referred to as "Aunt Sophie&#39;s Cabin".</p><br>
<p>The Rieger Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri is a former hotel that was erected in 1915. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.</p><br>
<p>One of the most recognizable buildings in Kansas Citys Crossroads Art District. On the northwest corner of 20th and Main Street, the Rieger Hotel was built by local entrepreneur Alexander Rieger. The hotel was originally utilized for traveling businessmen but was also known to host Al Capone when he would stay in Kansas City due to the buildings proximity to Kansas City&#39;s Union Station which made for quick escapes.</p><br>
<p>Today, the original lobby hosts a restaurant, The Rieger Hotel Grill & Exchange. The basement is utilized by a speakeasy-styled bar.</p><br>
<p>While the hotel was sold by the Rieger family in 1926, it has maintained its name and historical value throughout the years. In 2003, the upper floors of the building were converted into condominiums.</p><br>
