<p>Druim Moir, also known as the Houston Estate Historic District, is a historic district in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>Druim Moir was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is a contributing property of the Chestnut Hill National Historic District.</p><br>
<p>"Druim Moir" means Great Ridge in Scottish Gaelic.</p><br>
<h2>Contributing properties</h2><br>
<p>The centerpiece of the historic district is Druim Moir Castle (1885–86), whose main gate is at the corner of Willow Grove Avenue and Cherokee Street. Designed by architects G. W. & W. D. Hewitt, and built at a cost of over $115,000 for Henry H. Houston, the thirty-room home was the largest in its neighborhood.</p><br>
<p>Local Wissahickon schist was used for the walls, Eastern granite for the trim, and slate for the roof. The interior is notable for its variety of woods: oak for the hall and stairway, butternut walnut for the parlor, mahogany for the reception room, quartered oak in the dining room and library, sycamore for the office, and cypress for the servants section. Oak, cherry, and sycamore were used on the second floor, and white pine for the third-floor servants quarters.</p><br>
<p>Houston was the largest landowner in Philadelphia in the 1880s. He earned his wealth as the freight manager of the Pennsylvania Railroad, as well as from gold mining, shipping, and petroleum products. Houston also developed the neighborhood of over 80 homes known as Wissahickon Heights that surrounds Druim Moir.</p><br>
<p>Nearby Brinkwood, a Shingle-style residence, was a wedding present from Houston to his son, Samuel F. Houston, in 1887.</p><br>
<p>The gardens were altered in 1920-1921 by Robert Rodes McGoodwin for Samuel F. Houston. In 1952, the house was modified by the removal of the top story and towers.</p><br>
<p>In addition to the eponymous castle and Brinkwood, the historic district comprises five other contributing properties and eight non-contributing properties.</p><br>
<p>The Maxwell Woodhull House is a historic residence located at 2033 G Street in Northwest Washington, D.C.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was constructed in 1855 for Maxwell Woodhull, who was a commander in the United States Navy.</p><br>
<p>William Henry Seward lived in the house between 1855 and 1858 during his second term as Senator from New York. Seward later served as Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. He was an outspoken critic of slavery, was responsible for the Alaska Purchase, and was a major figure in the founding of the modern Republican Party.</p><br>
<p>In 1921 it was donated to George Washington University by Maxwell Van Zandt Woodhull, son of the original owner, and a brigadier general in the United States Army. General Woodhull served as a trustee of the university and had an important role in development of the university. The Woodhull Memorial Flagstaff at Arlington National Cemetery is dedicated in memory of the Woodhulls.</p><br>
<p>The house is designed in the Italianate style, though the architect is unknown. It sits at the intersection of G and 20th streets, in a block known as Square 102. It is a two-story, brick building. The main facade facing G Street contains the front door, set back within an arched entryway. On either side of the entrance, window bays protrude from the main structure. On the second floor, windows sit directly above the first floor door and windows.</p><br>
<p>Maxwell Van Zandt Woodhull was elected a trustee of the university in 1911, and influenced the University Board to move their primary offices from the central business district to a rented building at 2023 G Street. The next year they purchased the building at 2023 and began renting and purchasing others in the immediate area surrounding the Woodhull House. The university used the buildings surrounding Woodhulls as a starting point in relocating the center of campus to the Foggy Bottom neighborhood, and greatly developed the immediate area. Woodhull was also responsible for establishing a student artillery corps, which helped to maintain the universitys enrollment during World War I.</p><br>
<p>The building served as the headquarters of the George Washington University Police until 2012, when the police moved to the Academic Center.</p><br>
<p>The George D. Oakley House at 2110 Kakela Place in Honolulu, Hawaii, was built in 1929 in the English Cottage style of architecture popular in Hawaii during the 1920s and 1930s. This house is one of the finest of only two dozen or so extant houses of similar style in the state. Signature elements of the style include asymmetrical massing, a roof shaped to resemble thatch, a gable with half-timbered facade, a king post truss ceiling, diamond-shaped casement windows, decorative as well as functional wrought iron, and even a tiny window in the chimney. Its architect was Miles H. Gray, an engineer with the USA Army Quartermaster Corps. The basement floor of acid-stained decorative concrete is also a rare surviving example of a technique pioneered by Robert D. Lammens during the 1920s. The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>A native of Scotland, George Oakley arrived in Hawaii during the 1910s by way of the continental USA In 1920 he married Dean Spry and they lived in Kāneohe, where he managed a pineapple farm. After the farm ceased operations in 1923, he found work as a linotype operator and writer for the local newspapers until he retired in 1948. During the 1930s he served as music editor for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, writing a regular column, "Music on the Tradewinds." The family also started a business to promote musical concerts, Artists&#39; Services of Honolulu, which between the 1930s and early 1960s brought famous talents to perform in Honolulu, including Yehudi Menuhin, Arthur Rubenstein, and</p><br>
<p>the Vienna Boys Choir.</p><br>
<p>After the death of their daughter, Nancy Oakley Hedemann, in 2010, the house was put on the market, with a list price of $1.2 million.</p><br>
<p>The Willard Library is a private donation library incorporated in 1881 to serve the city of Evansville, Indiana, and to carry out the terms of a private trust. The Willard Library houses a trove of local archives and genealogical materials in addition to its collection of standard publications. It is built in the Gothic Revival style, designed by James W. Reid . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Willard Carpenter, Evansville&#39;s "pioneer of public charity," built and endowed Willard Library. He established a trust fund in 1876 about which he wrote:</p><br>
<p>An agent for the Underground Railroad before the Civil War, Mr. Carpenter incorporated his concern for the rights of African Americans into his requirement that the library "be maintained for the free use of all persons who may desire to consult it." This definition of a "public" library was a daring social experiment in the latter half of the nineteenth century.</p><br>
<p>The library was named "Willard Library" rather than "Carpenter Library" because, while living in Troy, New York, Carpenter became enamored with the Emma Willard School, a Troy female seminary founded by Emma Willard. He decided to found an educational institution and name it "Willard". Although initially conceived as a college, the idea was refocused to constructing a library.</p><br>
<p>The library building was started in 1876 at First Avenue and Pennsylvania Streets in Carpenters field, a place where circuses once pitched their tents. A depressed economy halted construction in 1877. The buildings foundation lay for five years unfinished. The building was resumed in 1882 and Carpenter devoted the rest of his life to the supervision of the building. He worked with the architects, hired the workmen himself, and saw to it that only the best materials were used. Reid & Reid became the architects and are credited with the design of the superstructure. The formal opening was held March 28, 1885.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The library is built with the characteristic features of Victorian Gothic architecture. Notable architectural features employing this style include the tower, steeply pitched roofs with ornamental gables, color contrast resulting from the use of white stone and brick, and window arcades with Gothic arches. The capitals supporting the arcade arches were apparently only roughed out prior to the carving, which was never completed. Terra cotta was used extensively for exterior decoration in the form of rosettes and owls (symbols of wisdom) in roundels seen in the side gables.</p><br>
<p>The interior woodwork is finished in select quarter-grain oak. The doorways and grand staircase make an imposing entrance, also in the style of Victorian Gothic architecture.</p><br>
<h2>Genealogy and local history collections</h2><br>
<p>Willard Library is home to a vast range of genealogy and local history special collections on their second floor. Opened in August 1976 the collections include: fifty state references, family histories in book, microform, manuscript, and loose-paper formats, Vanderburgh County newspapers from 1821 to the present, newspapers from selected surrounding counties, Vanderburgh County records (on microfilm), church records in several formats, Catholic Diocese records (on microfilm), records of local and area cemeteries and funeral homes, DAR book collection, and several online databases and three major search engines: Heritage Quest, Genealogy Bank, and Ancestry Library. The Library hosts an annual "Midnight Madness" event where the library is open until midnight all week for research purposes. Genealogists and others come from all over to research family histories, etc.</p><br>
<p>The Tri-State Genealogical Society formed in partnership with the Special Collections department at the library. They publish a packet every September, December, March, and June for their members.</p><br>
<h2>Governance</h2><br>
<p>Willard has a self-perpetuating seven-member board of directors. During all periods of its operation, Willard has been and continues to be open and free to residents of Vanderburgh County and neighboring counties. It also receives public financial support through a tax levy, though this tax levy must be approved by the Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.</p><br>
<h2>Haunting</h2><br>
<p>The Willard Library is purported to be haunted by a specter known as the "Grey Lady", She is thought to be a girl named Louise Carpenter, daughter of Willard Carpenter. When Willard Carpenter died, he gave away the library. Louise Carpenter sued the library board in the 1890s, believing it was hers on the pretense that her father was not in a sound state of mind when he wrote his last will and testament. Louise Carpenter would go on to lose the case, and she is said to haunt the library in revenge. The first sighting of the gray lady was reported in the basement of the library in 1937 by a library custodian, who quit shortly after the encounter. People who have encountered the grey lady say they smelled the scent of perfume and heard strange noises. The library started putting up webcams in 1999 and currently has 6 of them.</p><br>
<p>To Evansville natives, the Grey Lady is purported to be the ghost of a former librarian whose child was injured falling from a ladder while playing during their mother’s shift at the library. She is believed to keep watch over patrons of the library, especially children, and has supposedly steadied several people who found themselves teetering on a ladder. She is said to stand in the south-facing windows on the second floor, looking out toward the train tracks and downtown area.</p><br>
<p>The Sugar Grove Petroglyphs are a group of petroglyphs in the southwestern part of the USA state of Pennsylvania. Located on an outcrop of sandstone in Monongahela Township near the eastern edge of Greene County, the petroglyphs have been known since at least the 1930s. Due to their value as an archaeological site, the petroglyphs have been named a historic site.</p><br>
<h2>Creation</h2><br>
<p>It is certain that the Sugar Grove Petroglyphs are the work of a Native American people, although the cultural affiliation of their creators is unknown. Among the cultures that archaeologists have seen as possible creators are the Monongahela or Fort Ancient, both of which are known to have inhabited the upper portions of the Ohio River valley. In his 1974 monograph Rock Art of the Upper Ohio Valley, petroglyph specialist James L. Swauger argued for a Monongahela-related and proto-Shawnee identity of the creators; this conclusion he drew from the presence of carvings that he interpreted as representations of Ojibwe religious subjects. Although the Ojibwe never inhabited southwestern Pennsylvania, Swauger believed that the ancestors of the Shawnee shared these subjects as part of a common cultural heritage.</p><br>
<h2>Geology</h2><br>
<p>The petroglyphs were carved into the flat portion of a large outcrop of Dunkard-series sandstone; it rises somewhat more than 4 ft above the ground on its western side, but its other edges are level with the floor of the surrounding woodland. The petroglyphs are confined to a roughly square area of the stone that measures approximately 23 ft on each side, although most appear on the eastern side and center of this area.</p><br>
<h2>Carvings</h2><br>
<p>Forty-eight different carvings are present on the sandstone; although most are Native American artwork, a few have been added by vandals since European settlement of southwestern Pennsylvania. Swauger grouped the designs into six categories, as follows:</p><br>
<p>Identification of the various designs has been complicated by erosion; some designs, especially those that are clustered closely together, have deteriorated and are thus difficult to classify conclusively. Among the most difficult are the carvings that were identified as bird tracks; they may have originally been abstract designs or arrowheads. Likewise, many abstract designs may have been created as identifiable designs, with their present conditions being the result of vandalism, later Native American carvings, or erosion. The most distinctive image on the rock is a large, almost circular animal that appears to be swallowing its tail; due to its unique shape and great size its diameter is approximately 5 ft, it has been seen as the most important single petroglyph at the site. It has been claimed that the site was damaged by quarrying circa 1950, but the only damage visible in a 1960 survey was small bits of stone that had been chipped away, possibly by vandals attempting to remove individual carvings. A 1982 survey discovered that the site had not changed since the 1960 survey.</p><br>
<h2>Recognition</h2><br>
<p>Locals have long known the petroglyphs as the "Picture Rocks;" its original scholarly recognition was under this name, producing confusion in archaeological records after the site was separately recorded under the name of "Sugar Grove Petroglyphs." The first appearance of the Sugar Grove Petroglyphs in scholarly literature was no later than 1931, when they were given a short appearance in an archaeological survey of adjacent Fayette County. More detailed surveys in 1934 and 1950 led respectively to the publication of detailed drawings of the designs and to formal recognition as an archaeological site.</p><br>
<p>Finding preservation of the designs to be a priority, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History arranged for the production of plaster casts of the designs during the twentieth century. Sugar Grove has been seen as one of western Pennsylvania&#39;s most important petroglyph sites: although it is smaller than many others, its location has spared it from the fate of many waterside petroglyphs that have been submerged by the construction of major dams, and it has suffered less vandalism than many other sites that occupy dry ground.</p><br>
<p>In recognition of their archaeological value, the Sugar Grove Petroglyphs were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. They are one of four petroglyph sites in Pennsylvania to have received this designation, along with the Indian God Rock in Venango County, the Francis Farm Petroglyphs in Fayette County, and the Big and Little Indian Rock Petroglyphs in Lancaster County.</p><br>
<p>The Bastrop County Courthouse is a historic courthouse built in 1883 at 803 Pine St, Bastrop, Texas. The Renaissance Revival style building was designed by J. N. Preston & Son. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 20, 1975.</p><br>
<p>Bastrop County was organized in 1837 and several houses served as early courthouses. A brick courthouse with a jail was built on the courthouse square in 1851 and used until it burned in 1883. The present courthouse was erected immediately after the fire. The courthouse is a three-story, stuccoed-brick structure with a copper-domed clock tower in the center of a flat roof. The architects were J. N. Preston & Son, though the plans and specifications were afterwards revised by Frederick Ernst Ruffini, Preston&#39;s former partner. Originally not stuccoed, it was added in a remodeling in 1924. Also at this time, the dome was lowered and various architectural details were removed, giving the building a Neoclassical look. The addition of a wing to the south of the original building occurred in 1953-1954. The Austin architectural firm of Page, Southerland, and Page designed the south wing.</p><br>
<p>The three-story tan and red brick old Bastrop County Jail, opened in 1892, also stands on the courthouse square. The jail was remodeled in 1925, including improvements to the ventilating, heating, and sewage systems. In 1971, a new jail and sheriff&#39;s office were built on the courthouse square immediately to the southeast of the courthouse. The building ceased to be a jail in 1974 and was converted to office space. The courthouse and jail were renovated again in 1990. The courthouse square in Bastrop is surrounded mostly by houses and a church as opposed to the commercial buildings that surround the typical Texas courthouse square.</p><br>
<p>The county jail was moved to a new sheriff&#39;s office complex a mile southeast of the courthouse, and an annex to the courthouse was added on the square and dedicated in 2004.</p><br>
<h2>Other</h2><br>
<p>J.W. Preston & Son also designed the National Register-listed Bell County Courthouse in Belton, Texas.</p><br>
<p>Biddle Memorial Hall is a historic building located on the campus of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It was built in 1883, and is a 3 1/2-story, five bay Romanesque style brick and stone building on a raised basement. It features an elaborate clock tower named Big Johnson, known as the tallest clock tower that plays the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes to mark the passing of time in the Charlotte Uptown area. Which can be heard a mile away. With a pyramidal slate roof and baritizans at each corner. It was built as the main building for the school established in 1867 by the Presbyterian church for the education of African-American students. It was named in 1923 to honor Mary D. Biddle who donated $1,400 to the school.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.</p><br>
<p>The Scottish Rite Consistory Building in Des Moines, Iowa was built during 1926–1927. It is a late date example of Neo-Classical style architecture, designed by Roland Harrison, a partner in the Des Moines architectural firm of Wetherell and Harrison.</p><br>
<p>The building is owned by the Scottish Rite and mainly used by the Scottish Rite and other Masonic organizations but is also used as a venue for weddings and other events. In recent years the building has seen renovation in the banquet hall and the lower floor of the auditorium had it carpet and chairs replaced.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>The building is located on a corner and presents stone-veneered "public" facades on the south and west sides, with short wrap-around extensions of the veneer on the north and east sides. It is 117 ft by 164 ft in plan and 80 ft tall.</p><br>
<p>The Masonic Opera House, also known as the What Cheer Opera House, is a historic building located in What Cheer, Iowa, United States. It is a Romanesque Revival style building from 1893. The 100 by facility has served as a clubhouse, an auditorium, a music facility, and a cinema. The third floor originally housed a Masonic hall. Emblems associated with Freemasonry are still located on a decorative pediment at the top of the building. The auditorium seats 350 on the main floor, and 240 in the balcony. The second floor served the balcony patrons. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<p>The Dr. Archibald Neil Sinclair House on Puu Pueo  overlooking Mānoa Valley and Diamond Head on the island of Oahu was built in 1917 in a Colonial Revival style designed by a leading local architectural firms, Emory and Webb, who also designed the Hawaii Theatre and other fine buildings on the island. The large, sloping property has two entrances: one below the front lawn at 2726 Hillside Ave., the other above the house at 2725 Terrace Dr., Honolulu, Hawaii. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>The two-story, wood frame, 2,811 sq. ft. main house is a fine example of the Colonial Revival style as adapted to Hawaii, with extensive verandahs and balconies outside and open spaces inside delineated by columns rather than walls. Its foundation rests on lava rock and redwood piles. There is a separate, 240 sq. ft. maid&#39;s quarters and garage accessible from Terrace Drive and an underground bomb shelter (added later) below the front lawn.</p><br>
<p>Dr. Sinclair (b. 20 January 1871) was a prominent physician whose father had come to Honolulu from New York to supervise the construction of Iolani Palace. He attended Punahou School then obtained a medical degree from the University of Glasgow in Scotland in 1894.</p><br>
<p>He began his medical practice in England before returning to Honolulu, where he served with the United States Public Health Service (1900&ndash;1919), as city physician (1901&ndash;1909), and as founding director of Leahi Home for tuberculosis patients (1901). His published research in the fields of bacteriology, immunology, and pulmonary diseases earned him induction into the American College of Physicians and other medical societies. The Sinclair Society of pulmonary specialists is named for him.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in the College Hills tract (named for Oahu College, now Punahou School), a rapidly expanding suburb of Honolulu that was newly served by the extension of electric streetcar lines into Mānoa in 1901 and the relocation of the College of Hawaii to Mānoa in 1912. Many later residents of the house have been students and faculty of the University, the most notable being Janet Bell, who served as curator of the Hawaiian Collection from 1936 until 1970.</p><br>
<p>The Wichita Scottish Rite Center, originally known as YMCA&#39;s Building, is a historic building in the Romanesque style, located in Wichita, Kansas. Originally constructed in 1887–1888 for YMCA, the building was sold to the Scottish Rite Freemasons in 1898. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 as Scottish Rite Temple.</p><br>
<p>The original building was designed by architects Proudfoot & Bird of Wichita. It was expanded in 1907 and in 1956.</p><br>
<p>The 1907 expansion was an "elegant north addition" designed by Wichita architect C.W. Terry.</p><br>
<p>The El Paso and Southwestern Railroad YMCA, also known as the Douglas YMCA, is a large brick building in Douglas, Arizona. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>It is a Mission Revival style</p><br>
<p>building designed by architect Theodore C. Link. Its two-story main portion was built in 1905 and is 53 ft by 150 ft. It has a 1918 one-story addition.</p><br>
<p>Beechfork Presbyterian Church  is a historic church near Springfield, Kentucky.</p><br>
<p>The church was built in 1836 by a Presbyterian congregation that had organized three years earlier, made up of families centered along the Beech Fork north of Springfield. It was renamed Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Church. The building is a brick nave plan church, the original facade is laid in Flemish bond. An 1889-1900 renovation added a Gothic vestibule to the front and Gothic arched windows.</p><br>
<p>The building and the adjoining cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<p>Johnson&#39;s Chapel AME Church is a historic church on E. High Street in Springfield, Kentucky. It was built in 1872 and added to the National Register in 1989.</p><br>
<p>It was built by church member and builder Wilse McElroy. The church congregation was formed before the Civil War. The site was deemed significant "as an important example of late 19th c. Gothic architecture" and "as an important local black history site with important associations."</p><br>
<p>The church building appears no longer to exist. The First Baptist Church of Springfield occupies its site.</p><br>
<p>The St. Catherine of Sienna Convent is a historic convent in Springfield, Kentucky. It was built in 1904-05 and added to the National Register in 1989.</p><br>
<p>It is a three-and-a-half-story brick with stone trim building with pedimented pavilions at center and ends. It was designed by architect Frank Brewer in Classical Revival style. A chapel was added on the east side during 1922–1930.</p><br>
<p>Katharine Cooper Cater Hall, also known as the Old Presidents Mansion or the Social Center, is a structure on the National Register of Historic Places on the campus of Auburn University, in Auburn, Alabama. Designed by Joseph Hudnut and built for $17,000, Cater Hall was constructed in 1915 as the residence for the president of Auburn University . In 1938, Auburn University built a new presidents home, and Cater Hall became the social center for the new Quad dorms when they were built to the south of the mansion in 1940.</p><br>
<p>At this time, the Social Center also housed the Dean of Women. The goal of the Dean of Women&#39;s office was to teach female students how to “develop to their fullest potentialities, intellectually, socially, emotionally, physically, culturally and morally," and prepare them for their womanly roles in the home and community.</p><br>
<h2>Dean Katharine Cooper Cater</h2><br>
<p>Dean Katharine Cooper Cater was named Dean of Women and Social Director in 1946 and worked at Auburn University for 34 years. During Cater’s time at Auburn, she fought for equal treatment and promoted the education of female students. She encouraged young women to be active members of society and achieve more than was socially accepted at the time. Dean Cater also established many organizations available to women to help them develop leadership skills. This included bringing many new sorority chapters to campus and instituting women&#39;s honor societies (Alpha Lambda Delta, Owens, and Mortar board).</p><br>
<p>In The Alabama Womens Hall of Fame, there is an excerpt from Morris Savage, an Auburn Trustee, where he describes Dean Cater, "Buildings are named for persons whose lives exemplify the purpose of the building, and Katharine Caters love and compassion for individuals, her nourishment and support of women, her gaiety and wit permeate every room here. But Katharine Cater&#39;s influence extends far beyond these walls to enrich the lives of all who know her. Many of us here rely on her insight and judgment... drink from her wisdom... take comfort from her smile and courage from her philosophy."</p><br>
<p>In the late 70s, Cater Hall was renovated to house administrative offices and University departments.</p><br>
<h2>Women&#39;s rights</h2><br>
<p>In 1970, a female student was denied access to the Social Center because she was wearing pants. The male faculty member claimed her attire violated the school handbook’s rule of Auburn women acting as a lady at all times. As the civil rights and feminist movements had begun to emerge a few years earlier, female students at Auburn University took action.</p><br>
<p>On May 20, 1971, a sleep-in on the Social Center lawn was organized by the Associated Women Students and Student Government Association in an effort to promote women’s equality. It took a year from that protest for female students to gain equal treatment at the University with the implementation of Title IX in 1972.</p><br>
<p>After the implementation of Title IX, the campus was reorganized to create equality between women and men, including allowing men to live in the Quad dormitories. The Dean of Women’s office in Cater Hall was removed after the creation of Title IX. Dean Cater’s title also switched from Dean of Women to Dean of Student Life as Auburn University consolidated male and female students on campus.</p><br>
<p>The Camden Safe Deposit & Trust Company is located at the northeast corner of Market Street and Broadway in the city of Camden in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The building was built in 1929 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 22, 1990, for its significance in architecture and economics. The bank is part of the Banks, Insurance, and Legal Buildings in Camden, New Jersey, 1873–1938 Multiple Property Submission .</p><br>
<h2>History and description</h2><br>
<p>Patterned after the Riccardi Palace in Florence, Italy, the four-story building rises directly from the side walk on the northeast corner of Market Street and Broadway. The first and second levels on the Market and Broadway facades have a rusticated finish. An addition was added to the roof in the 1950s. The Diocesan Center of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden is located in the building.</p><br>
<p>The Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center is a museum dedicated to the life and works of author Mari Sandoz, and to the High Plains region of the western United States, in which Sandoz grew up, and which was the setting of many of her fictional and non-fictional works. The Center is located on the campus of Chadron State College in Chadron, Nebraska. It occupies the college&#39;s former library building, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Chadron State College</h3><br>
<p>In 1909, the Nebraska state legislature authorized the construction of a new normal school in what was then the Sixth Congressional District. In the following year, the Nebraska Board of Education chose Chadron as the site for the new school. Classes began in the summer of 1911, with an enrollment of 111 students.</p><br>
<p>In 1921, the legislature passed a bill granting the state normal schools the status of teachers colleges. In 1949, the school officially became the Nebraska State Teachers College at Chadron; in 1963, it was given its current name of Chadron State College.</p><br>
<p>From the founding in 1911 to 1938, seven buildings were constructed on the campus. After that, no new major construction was undertaken until 1953.</p><br>
<p>The first seven buildings were the Administration Building, begun in 1910 and dedicated in 1911</p><br>
<p>a women&#39;s dormitory, now Sparks Hall, built in 1914; the gymnasium, now Miller Hall, built in 1920</p><br>
<p>the "training school", now the Hildreth Education Building, built in 1926</p><br>
<p>a library, built in 1929; a new womens dormitory, Womens Hall, now Edna Work Hall, built in 1932; and Crites Hall, built in 1938.</p><br>
<p>The 1929 library served as such until 1967, when the new Reta King library was opened.</p><br>
<p>The old library building then became the Media Center, housing the campus print shop and educational television studio.</p><br>
<p>In 1983, five of the original seven buildings on campus, including the 1929 library, were named to the National Register of Historic Places under the collective designation "Chadron State College Historic Buildings TR".</p><br>
<p>The other two, Administration and Hildreth, had been too much altered for inclusion in the Register. The nomination was principally due to the college&#39;s status as the primary educational institution in western Nebraska.</p><br>
<h3>Mari Sandoz</h3><br>
<p>Mari Sandoz (1896–1966) was born and grew up in Sheridan County in the Nebraska Sandhills. In 1935, she published Old Jules, a biography of her homesteader father Jules Sandoz.</p><br>
<p>Most of her subsequent works of fiction and nonfiction dealt with the history of the High Plains and its Native Americans, explorers, and settlers.</p><br>
<p>Shortly before her death, Sandoz gave much of her writing material to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.</p><br>
<p>Most of her papers are now at the UNL Archives and Special Collections. Additional manuscripts, correspondence, notes, and other papers are preserved by the Nebraska State Historical Society.</p><br>
<p>After Sandozs death, her sister Caroline Sandoz Pifer was named her executrix. Pifer brought Sandozs personal papers and belongings from Sandoz&#39;s last residence, in New York City, to Sheridan County. For over 20 years, she maintained a Mari Sandoz Room, a museum, and a bookshop in and near Gordon, Nebraska.</p><br>
<p>In 1971, the Mari Sandoz Heritage Fund was created at Chadron State; the college provided a room to house donations of Sandoz memorabilia. Through the 1970s and 1980s, several abortive efforts were made to establish a Sandoz center at the college. In 1988, the Mari Sandoz Heritage Society was reactivated, with the goal of developing a center, and in 1991 a Mari Sandoz Heritage Room was opened in the Administration Building. A year later, fundraising began for a Mari Sandoz Center for High Plains Research, to be located in the former Chadron State Library; and in 2002, the Center opened under its present name.</p><br>
<h2>Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center</h2><br>
<h3>Buildings and grounds</h3><br>
<p>The core of the Center is the former college library. The building was designed by Norfolk, Nebraska architect J. C. Stitt, and built in 1929. Its design is typical of libraries of the first quarter of the 20th century, as recommended by professional librarians and the Carnegie Corporation. The building consists of a single story above a raised basement, a form that provided two floors of usable space without the need for a two-story building. The original floor plan is one commonly used in contemporary Carnegie libraries, consisting of a single large reading room, a vestibule in a projection from the front of the building, and bookstacks and a librarians room in a rear projection. Also in keeping with the usual design of Carnegie libraries, the buildings Neoclassical style is simple, with few decorative details. The front entrance is flanked by Doric columns supporting a pediment; there is a simple stone cornice, and a hipped tile roof.</p><br>
<p>Adjoining the library building on the south is the Chicoine Atrium, which provides an additional 2,400 ft2 of space. The building was named after donors Vernon P. and Madge Fortune Chicoine.</p><br>
<p>Its cornerstone was laid in 2002.</p><br>
<p>A life-sized bronze statue of Sandoz by artist George Lundeen stands in front of the 1929 library.</p><br>
<h3>Holdings and exhibits</h3><br>
<p>The Center holds a number of items directly related to Sandoz, including manuscripts, sound recordings, and personal effects from Sandoz&#39;s New York apartment. Its collection also includes a number of oral histories of regional ranching families, and a 6000-volume library focusing on the High Plains region.</p><br>
<p>Permanent exhibits include a gallery dedicated to Sandoz&#39;s life and literature; one for the history of cattle ranching on the High Plains; and one devoted to the paleontology of the Sandhills.</p><br>
<p>Exhibits both indoors and outdoors describe the botany of the region. Sandoz&#39;s younger sister Flora Rosa Sandoz was a trained botanist, who spent most of her life in the Sandhills; an interactive kiosk in the Center displays her photographs of local wildflowers, along with her comments on them.</p><br>
<p>The Heritage Gardens consist of several distinct collections, including fruit trees descended from those grown by the Sandoz family, plants brought to the High Plains by early settlers, and native plants used by the Lakota Sioux. The statue of Sandoz is surrounded by Sandhills prairie plants, some of which were collected near her grave in Sheridan County.</p><br>
<h3>Visitors</h3><br>
<p>The Center is open year-round; it reports an average of over 5,000 visitors per year.</p><br>
<p>The Central Trust Company building is located at 401 Federal Street in the city of Camden in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1899 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 5, 2005, for its significance in architecture and economics. The bank is part of the Banks, Insurance, and Legal Buildings in Camden, New Jersey, 1873–1938 Multiple Property Submission . In 1947, the Equitable Beneficial Insurance company moved here.</p><br>
<p>The Central Trust Company was organized in 1891 by Abraham Anderson and other Camden businessmen. Anderson had previously partnered with Joseph A. Campbell to found the Campbell Soup Company. In 1899, the company hired local architect Thomas Stephen to design a new building. The marble building features Beaux-Arts architecture with its Second Renaissance Revival design.</p><br>
<p>Cooper Library in Johnson Park is located in the Cooper Grant section of Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, United States. It was built in 1916 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 11, 1980, for its significance in architecture, art, education, and sculpture. It is part of Rutgers University–Camden.</p><br>
<h2>History and description</h2><br>
<p>The mosaic frieze entitled America Receiving the Gifts of Nations which adorns the front of the building was designed by D&#39;Ascenzo Studios of Philadelphia.</p><br>
<p>Johnsons park encompasses the Cooper Library, formally known as the Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center, and marks the site of the Coopers Ferry company. Cooper&#39;s Ferry was licensed in 1688 and helped in transporting products between Camden and Philadelphia. The area was a major point of transportation for the British and the Hessians during the American Revolutionary War, due to their capture of Philadelphia in September 1777. Later it would serve as a terminal for stage coaches and a rail road terminal from 1834 to 1854 for the Camden and Amboy Railroad Company.</p><br>
<p>Construction of the library began in 1916 and was completed in April 1918. The park was donated in December 1921 by Eldridge R. Johnson, founder of the Victor Talking Machine Company, after whom it is named. A fountain and several bronze statues were added between 1923 and 1930.</p><br>
<p>After its closure the Cooper Library became the Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center, where theatrical performances were held. It was deeded to Rutgers University for a dollar and became known as the Center for Performing Arts in Camden. Rutgers University–Camden converted the center into a classroom and has allowed performances to be held at the Gordon Theater instead. Currently the building serves as a Digital Studies Center and Writing and Design Lab.</p><br>
<p>First Camden National Bank & Trust, or the Camden Academic Building, is located at the junction of Broadway and Cooper Street in the city of Camden in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The building was built in 1928 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 1990, for its significance in architecture and economics. The bank is part of the Banks, Insurance, and Legal Buildings in Camden, New Jersey, 1873–1938 Multiple Property Submission .</p><br>
<h2>History and description</h2><br>
<p>Designed by the firm Simon & Simon, the building features Neoclassical Revival architecture.</p><br>
<p>The bank that was headquartered here changed its name to "South Jersey National Bank" in the 1960s and to "Heritage Bank" in the 1970s. It later merged with Midlantic National Bank, which was ultimately acquired by PNC Bank.</p><br>
<p>In 2016, the building was renovated and became the Rowan University Camden Academic Building. The old vaults were converted to student lounges.</p><br>
<p>The National State Bank is located at 123 Market Street in the city of Camden in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The building was built in 1913 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 1990, for its significance in architecture and economics. The bank is part of the Banks, Insurance, and Legal Buildings in Camden, New Jersey, 1873–1938 Multiple Property Submission .</p><br>
<h2>History and description</h2><br>
<p>The one-story building was designed by the firm Davis & Davis and features Neoclassical Revival architecture with a rusticated granite exterior. Marble and brass are featured in the interior.</p><br>
<p>In February 2017 the building became home to "City Invincible" an architecture, urban design and tech start-up firm after extensive renovation.</p><br>
<p>The Chillicothe Water and Power Company Pumping Station is a historic building on the northern side of Chillicothe, Ohio, United States. A Gothic Revival structure built in 1881,</p><br>
<p>From 1881 to 1882, Chillicothe constructed a water supply system; among the elements of this system were a well, a massive reservoir, the pumping station in Yoctangee Park, and water mains to supply all parts of the city. A single-story building with a two-and-a-story tower, it is a brick structure with a foundation of sandstone and a slate roof.</p><br>
<p>By the late 1970s, Chillicothe had erected a new waterworks, and its electricity was supplied by other sources; consequently, the old building was abandoned. Ideas were proposed for its renovation and preservation: plans were laid for its conversion into a community center, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places late in 1979. Key to its designation as a historic site was its historic architecture, primarily because of its construction as an "ornament" for Yoctangee Park. Today, the pumping station has been converted into an art gallery, the Pump House Center for the Arts.</p><br>
<p>The Sears, Roebuck and Company Retail Department Store Building in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, United States, was built in 1927 and housed a Sears department store until 1971, when the store relocated to Moorestown Mall. It was South Jersey&#39;s first free-standing department store. It was also among the first department stores to be built with its own parking lot, a precursor to the modern shopping mall. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 27, 2000.</p><br>
<p>After Sears relocated, the building was home at different times to a nightclub, a car dealership, a day care center, and a housing authority office, before becoming vacant for several years. In 2007, it was purchased by Ilan Zaken, owner of the hip-hop clothing company Miskeen Originals, for $2.7 million (~$ in ). Zaken spent more than $1 million on a plan to transform it into his company&#39;s headquarters as well as a culinary school and restaurant supply mall, but the project was not completed.</p><br>
<p>In February 2011, a New Jersey Superior Court judge ruled that the city could acquire the building through eminent domain.</p><br>
<p>On June 11, 2012, Campbell Soup Company, whose corporate headquarters is nearby, purchased the building for about $3.5 million, with plans to demolish it. Campbell contended that uncertainty surrounding the building impeded its development of an adjacent office park. The purchase effectively ended the ongoing legal battle to preserve the building.</p><br>
<p>Demolition of the building began on June 5, 2013. It was completed on August 23, 2013.</p><br>
<p>South Jersey Gas, Electric and Traction Company Office Building is located in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The building was built in 1901 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 5, 2005.</p><br>
<p>The building served as the main branch of the Camden Free Public Library after it relocated from the former Camden Free Public Library Main Building, but was closed in 2011.</p><br>
<p>Dr. Henry Genet Taylor House and Office is located in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 12, 1971. The building was designed by Wilson Eyre and was built in 1884.</p><br>
<p>As of January 2015, renovation was underway by Rutgers University&ndash;Camden to convert the building into a Writers House for graduate students.</p><br>
<p>Green Hill Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery located at Amsterdam in Montgomery County, New York. It was established in 1858. Unitarian Minister Amory Dwight Mayo delivered the dedication address, which explained the role that cemeteries played in creating a "Christian Republic." It encompasses 14,860 individual interments marked by imposing mausolea, elaborate monuments, family plots, decorative markers, and simple stones. It includes four contributing structures: Church Street entrance gate, upper pedestrian gate and path, receiving vault, and Sanford mausoleum.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.</p><br>
<h2>Green Hill land purchases</h2><br>
<p>In November 1857 the citizens of Amsterdam, New York, convened to form an Association for the purpose of procuring and holding lands to be used exclusively for a cemetery.</p><br>
<p>At the meeting John J. Schuyler was appointed Chairman and Samuel Belding Jr. Secretary. It was then resolved to form the Green Hill Cemetery Association. It was also resolved that the affairs of the Association were to be managed my a 9-member Board of Trustees. By ballot were elected John J. Schuyler, Derick W. TenBrook, Stephen Sanford, Hoel S. McElwain, S. Belding Jr., John McDonald Jr., Leonard Y. Gardinier, Charles Devendorf and Joseph W. Sturtevant. The Trustees immediately examined several localities in the vicinity for the lands of the cemetery. Days were spent surveying, digging pits to test the quality of soil, opinions were sought and weighed. All of the results were submitted to Burton A. Thomas, Esq./Civil Engineer “a man of cultivated taste and large experience”. As a result, the cemetery was located.</p><br>
<p>A contract was then drawn for the purchase of 14 acre of land and 36 people advanced money to the Association for the purchase and ornamentation of the grounds. The funds were to be refunded from the avails of the subsequent sales of lots. Early in the spring of 1858 the premises containing 14 acre were conveyed to the association from Joseph Cornell for the sum of $2,800. On October 31, 1865 the second parcel of land was sold to The Green Hill Cemetery Association again from Joseph Cornell. The property containing 22 and 87/100 acres of land was purchased for the sum of $7,218.</p><br>
<h2>Notable burials</h2><br>
<p>Notable people include:</p><br>
<p>Bruce Anderson (1845–1922), Medal of Honor recipient</p><br>
<p>Mary Duncan (1895–1933), actress</p><br>
<p>US Congressmen:</p><br>
<p>Benedict Arnold (1780–1849).</p><br>
<p>William Barclay Charles (18861–1950)</p><br>
<p>Clark Betton Cochrane (1815–1867)</p><br>
<p>John Sanford (1803–1857)</p><br>
<p>John Sanford (1851–1939)</p><br>
<p>Stephen Sanford (1826–1913)</p><br>
<p>John Knox Stewart (1853–1919)</p><br>
<p>Samuel Wallin (1867–1917)</p><br>
<p>The Pythias Lodge Building in San Diego, California, also known as Community Arts Complex or Intercultural Council of the Arts, is a Beaux Arts architecture building built in 1911.</p><br>
<p>It was designated a San Diego Historical Landmark in 1980, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.</p><br>
<p>However, the building was demolished during construction of the Westfield Horton Plaza. The mall includes a replica of its facade.</p><br>
<p>The Knights of Pythias Lodge Hall, also known as Pythian Castle, in Weiser, Idaho is a building built in 1904. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Pythian Castle was originally owned and commissioned by the Knights of Pythias, an international, non-sectarian fraternal order, established in 1864. The building was designed by Boise, Idaho architectural firm Tourtellotte & Hummel. The cut stone for the front was supplied by Roberts and Sheff and quarried at Sand Hollow, near Weiser. The masonry work was completed by Hamilton and Reader Masonries of Weiser, Idaho.</p><br>
<p>In 1982, the building came into ownership of the Weiser Architectural Preservation Committee and remains as a historical monument in the city of Weiser, Idaho.</p><br>
<h2>Construction and features</h2><br>
<p>Each stone was transferred to the site and hand cut to fit. The symmetrical cut-stone structure faces south. Two plate-glass windows make up the first floor, with a glass door at the eastern corner. Three cut-stone columns break up the first story&#39;s facade and culminate in Romanesque arches over the plate glass windows. A stone band separates the first and second stories. A large, centered window, originally stained glass but now boarded over, dominates the second story. It has a corbelled Tudor arch and is flanked by two double-hung sash windows with small stained glass transoms, also capped by Tudor arches. Four cylindrical pilasters extend the length of the second story. The two interior pilasters extend the length of the second story. The two interior pilasters are wider and terminate as miniature towers with flagstaffs. The entire building is surmounted by crenellated battlements.</p><br>
<p>The Pythian Castle is a building in Arcata, northwestern California, that was built during 1884-85 for the North Star chapter of the Knights of Pythias fraternal order. It is notable for its commercial Queen Anne style architecture which features five projecting towers: two square towers projecting from the center of the two street-fronting sides of the building, and three round towers projecting from the street-side corners. Patterned shingles covered the tower roofs in the past. The corner ones have "witch hat"-shaped tops and used to sport tall finials. The side ones once had cresting.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>The Knights of Pythias Building and Theatre, also known as K. of P. Building, is a historic building located at Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana. It was built in 1899 by the Knights of Pythias, and is a three-story brick building that includes Early Commercial and Italianate style design elements. A four-story theater was added to the original building in 1908. The theater closed in 1958.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>The Knights of Pythias Temple in Louisville, Kentucky, also known as Chestnut Street Branch-Y.M.C.A., was built in 1914–15. It was designed by Henry Wolters. It is a buff-colored brick building with limestone trim.</p><br>
<p>It was built as the state headquarters for the Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia organization in Kentucky. By 1916, there were thirteen chapters of the black Knights of Pythias listed in Louisville, most meeting at this new Pythian Building.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>The Pythian Castle in Toledo, Ohio, is a Romanesque-style building built in 1890. Located in Toledo&#39;s Center City at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and N. Ontario Street, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The 30,000-square-foot building was built in 1890 by the Knights of Pythias, a fraternal organization and secret society, to use as a meeting place. The building was designed by Norval Bacon and Thomas Huber, partners of the Toledo architectural firm of Bacon & Huber.</p><br>
<p>The highest point of the Pythian Castle, the turret on Jefferson Avenue at City Center, rises 122 ft (37 m) above the street. The height of the main roof is 79 ft (24 m).</p><br>
<p>In 1908, it was described as "the finest building to be found anywhere entirely devoted to the uses of Pythianism."</p><br>
<p>The building also had retail space. One early tenant was the J.W. Green Co., a retail and wholesale dealer in pianos and organs.</p><br>
<p>In 1951, the group sold the building to Greyhound Lines and left.</p><br>
<p>In the 1970s, the building was owned by Ed Emery, a resident of Sylvania, Ohio. He ran a youth center and rented space to music store, an art studio, and an antique shop. In 1972, he got the building placed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>A fire in 1978 put an end to the buildings active occupation, and it fell into disrepair. In 2006, then-Mayor Carty Finkbeiner put it on his Dirty Dozen" list of the city&#39;s worst-maintained buildings.</p><br>
<p>In the late 20th and early 21st century, the building was owned by Robert Shiffler, who died in 1997, and Brian Uram, who died in 2011. Uram said in 2004 that the two men had poured $250,000 into attempts to stabilize the decaying building, including a temporary replacement roof.</p><br>
<p>In 2013, the building was owned by Toledo&#39;s Pythian Castle LLC, an Ohio limited liability corporation.</p><br>
<p>In early 2013, the Toledo Blade wrote about the building&#39;s history. A series of photos revealed a dilapidated interior.</p><br>
<p>On July 10, 2013, the building was acquired by the Lucas County Land Bank for redevelopment.</p><br>
<p>In November 2016, the Land Bank sold the building to developer David Ball for $300. The deal also gave a $274,000 loan to Ball to cover the cost of a new roof and the stabilization of its turret. Lucas County Treasurer Wade Kapszukiewicz, the Land Bank&#39;s chairman, said the loan would be forgiven if the renovations produced "a certificate of occupancy for the building from the city saying it is a habitable building" within three years.</p><br>
<p>In February 2017, renovations were begun by Ball&#39;s company, Water Street Development LLC.</p><br>
<p>In June 2022, the Toledo Blade reported "progress on the project, putting on a new roof, replacing windows, and getting the heat and electricity on again. The building could be ready to take in tenants soon."</p><br>
<p>The Knights of Pythias Pavilion in Franklin, Tennessee, also known as Carlisle House, is a Classical Revival architecture building designed by Henry Gibel and built in 1897. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>According to a 1988 study of Williamson County historical resources, conducted by staff of the Tennessee Historical Commission:An unusual addition to the county&#39;s architecture in the 1890s was the Knights of Pythias Pavilion which was moved to a hill west of Franklin (WM-996). The pavilion was originally located on the grounds of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in Nashville which was held in 1897. It was purchased after the exposition and moved by wagon to its present location off Highway 96. The building is of Neo-Classical design and features a prominent red dome. (page 31)</p><br>
<p>Later the same study describes again:One of the most significant frame residences in the county is the Knights of Pythias Pavilion (WM-996) which was originally constructed in Nashville for the 1897 Centennial Exposition. The pavilion was part of the Centennial complex and after the Exposition came to an end it was purchased and moved to Williamson County. The house has Colonial Revival detailing and a prominent central projecting dome. The house has not been altered and is one of the most unusual designs in the county. (page 43)</p><br>
<p>The Pythian Castle Lodge, also known as Crystal Palace, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, was built in 1927 by the Knights of Pythias, a fraternal organization. In 1988 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The Knights of Pythias is a fraternal organization founded in 1864 in Washington, D.C., aiming to promote the qualities of friendship, loyalty, honor and justice demonstrated in the ancient Greek legend of Damon and Pythias. Chapters sprouted up across the USA, including one in Milwaukee in 1870. This was Schiller Lodge, No. 3, which was a German-speaking group. By the 1890s, Schiller lodge had switched to an English-language ritual and Milwaukee had three other Pythian lodges on the south side: Taylor Lodge, Walker Lodge, and National Lodge, No. 141. In 1909, those four men&#39;s lodges banded together with Pythian Sisters Purity Temple and the Rathbone Sisters Star Temple. The merged group rented meeting spaces for years. In 1921, they decided to build their own hall.</p><br>
<p>The new meeting hall on National Avenue was designed by Milwaukee architect Richard Oberst. It is a two-story brick structure on a poured concrete foundation with a roof that is flat in parts and hipped elsewhere, covered in clay tile. This much is a Mediterranean Revival style. But the structure also has pavilions on the corners with curve-topped parapets, drawn from Spanish Colonial Revival style.</p><br>
<p>Oberst also designed the Excelsior Masonic Temple at 2422 W. National Avenue in Milwaukee, a Classical Revival building from 1922 that was deemed to be NRHP-eligible but was not listed on the NRHP due to owner objection.</p><br>
<p>This Pythian Castle was built during the heyday of the Pythians. In the 1920s they were the third largest fraternal organization in the western world. Unlike the Freemasons, the Pythians rented their space out to other organizations, including labor groups like the Order of Railroad Engineers, the Harvester Tool Makers, Painters and Varnishers, the Firefighters Local No. 215, the Hatters Local, and the Die Sinkers Union; also the Squirrel Club, the South Side Civic Association, and the Navy Fathers.</p><br>
<p>The Central Christian Church in Lexington, Kentucky, is a historic church at 205 E. Short Street, and an active congregation of the Christian Church . The church was founded by Barton Stone and was the place where the Stone and Campbell movements united to form in 1832 as part of the Restoration Movement. The church was previously known as Hill Street Christian Church and Main Street Christian Church.</p><br>
<p>The current building is part of the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>Founding & Hill Street Christian Church (1816 to 1841)</h2><br>
<p>Stone, the leader of the Cane Ridge Revival in nearby Paris, Kentucky, began preaching in Lexington in 1815. In 1816, the first Christian church following the Stone Movement in Lexington was founded.</p><br>
<p>In 1831, the group built a meeting house on Hill Street (present day High Street in Lexington) and became the Hill Street Christian Church.</p><br>
<p>On January 1, 1832, the Stone and Campbell movements merged to form the unified Restoration Movement. Barton Stone shook hands with "Raccoon" John Smith, who represented the Campbell movement.</p><br>
<p>The Hill Street building was demolished in the 1970s.</p><br>
<h2>Main Street Christian Church (1842 to 1894)</h2><br>
<p>By the 1840s, the church had outgrown the Hill Street building. In 1842, they constructed a new church building on Main Street and became the Main Street Christian Church. The building included a recessed portico and Doric columns.</p><br>
<p>In November 1843, the church hosted a debate between Alexander Campbell and Nathan Rise, a Presbyterian minister, about baptism, the spirit, and creeds. The debate was moderated by Henry Clay.</p><br>
<p>The Main Street building was demolished in 1903 and a local government building occupies the land.</p><br>
<h2>Central Christian Church (1894 to Pres.)</h2><br>
<p>In the late 19th century, the church had outgrown the Main Street building and built a new building on Short and Mill Streets in 1893. The church building on Short Street opened in 1894, and was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The church changed their name to Central Christian Church.</p><br>
<p>The stone portion of the church was built during 1893 to 1894; brick portions were added in 1952. It is notable as "the major surviving Richardsonian Romanesque structure in Lexington&quot it was designed by architects Edwin W. and Frank L. Smith.</p><br>
<p>The Christ Episcopal Church in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, is a historic church on Poplar Street. The church was built in 1850 and added to the National Register in 1988.</p><br>
<p>It is a one-story Gothic Revival-style church with buttresses on all four facades. A Romanesque Revival-style tower was added in 1877. A one-story brick parish house was built on the southern facade of the church in 1955. The church is the best example of Gothic Revival architecture in Hardin county. The church has maintained little renovations and possesses most of the original work.</p><br>
<p>Before the year 1840, there was no local Episcopal community. However, in that year a man named Rt. Reverend Benjamin Bosworth Smith visited Elizabethtown. His stay encouraged a community of local Episcopalians. The group met on an infrequent basis from the years from 1840 till 1850. Bishop Smith purchased land and materials to start construction on a church. The church operated all the way through the Civil War. The church had trouble gaining members in the 1930s and was held up by eight women. However, modern-day attendance has a membership of 140 people and 70 members in regular attendance.</p><br>
<p>The First Baptist Church in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, originally known as Severn&#39;s Valley Baptist Church, is a historic church at 112 W. Poplar Street. It was built in 1855 and was a work of John Y. Hill, a tailor turned carpenter/builder. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.</p><br>
<p>It is 42x55 ft in plan, built of handmade brick. Its pointed arch entrance is sided by brick pilasters.</p><br>
<p>The Historic First Presbyterian Church in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, was a historic church at 212 W. Dixie Avenue. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>It is a one-story brick church built in 1835 with Federal-style details. It was significantly modified in 1896, adding Romanesque style elements, including a bell tower. A two-story brick addition was added in 1943 and 1962.</p><br>
<p>The church moved to its current location at 1016 Pear Orchard Rd. in Elizabethtown in the early 1990s.</p><br>
<p>The building at 212 W. Dixie Avenue is currently occupied by the Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame.</p><br>
<p>The Church of the Advent, Episcopal in Cynthiana, Kentucky is a historic church at 122 N. Walnut Street. It was built in 1855 and added to the National Register in 1978.</p><br>
<p>It was deemed "architecturally significant as a fine adaptation of the Gothic Revival-a style traditionally deemed appropriate for churches of the Anglican Communion. Its seating capacity of eighty-five is symbolic of the religious fervor and optimism of the parish,-which recorded only eleven communicants and thirty-five Sunday School pupils at the time the cornerstone was laid. The building also attains merit through its association with the Right Reverend Benjamin Bosworth Smith, a pioneer Kentucky clergyman and educator."</p><br>
<p>Its square tower was completed in 1860. It is built of limestone and has a Latin cross plan.</p><br>
<p>The church&#39;s website can be found at https://churchoftheadvent.us.</p><br>
<p>The Munfordville Presbyterian Church and Green River Lodge No. 88 is a historic church and former Masonic lodge building, located at 3rd and Washington Streets in Munfordville, Kentucky.</p><br>
<p>It was built in 1835 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>The church was organized in 1829 by the Reverend John Howe. It was the first church in Munfordville.</p><br>
<p>As originally constructed, the building contained a meeting hall for Green River Lodge No. 88 on its upper floor, and the lodge group was still meeting there in 1977.</p><br>
<p>The St. Paul&#39;s Episcopal Church in Henderson, Kentucky is a historic church at 5 South Green Street. It was built in 1859-60 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>It was described in its National Registration as "architecturally significant in being a chaste yet tasteful example of the universal adaption of the Gothic Revival by Anglican churches throughout the latter half of the nineteenth century."</p><br>
<p>It is a contributing property in the National Register-listed South Main and South Elm Streets Historic District.</p><br>
<p>The Zion Brick Missionary Church is a historic church in Hopkins County, Kentucky near Hanson. It is located on Zion Brick Church Road, formerly Crossroad Chapel Rd.3 mi north of its junction with Kentucky Route 138. It was built in 1870 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>The church was organized in 1867. Its building is a one-story brick structure built in 1870 with brick laid in six-course common bond. A one-story frame addition was added to at the rear, around 1940.</p><br>
<p>It is "the oldest standing Baptist Church in the county and its only example of rural brick church architecture."</p><br>
<p>The Chestnut Street Baptist Church  is a historic church at 912 W. Chestnut Street in Louisville, Kentucky. It was built in 1884 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>It was deemed significant as "a significant example of Gothic Revival ecclesiastical architecture in Louisville. It is also an important part of</p><br>
<p>the history of one of the city&#39;s earliest and most important black congregations."</p><br>
<p>It was designed by German-born architect Henry Wolters. It is an "ornate Gothic Revival structure. The red brick church is richly ornamented with terra cotta. The facade of the structure consists of a central gabled section with two towers."</p><br>
<p>College Street Presbyterian Church, also known as Louisville Bible Church, is a historic church at 113 W. College Street in Louisville, Kentucky. It was built in 1867 and added to the National Register in 1978.</p><br>
<p>It was designed by architect John Shirewalt (1811–1871), who studied under New York architects Ithiel Town and Alexander Jackson Davis.</p><br>
<p>The church may no longer exist.</p><br>
<p>First Christian Church  is a historic church building at 850 S. 4th Street in Louisville, Kentucky.</p><br>
<p>The Beaux Arts building was designed by McDonald & Dodd and built in 1910. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>In 2015, the building was purchased by Immanuel Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist church, and a complete renovation project was begun in May 2016.</p><br>
<p>Fourth Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church, is a historic church at 318 W. St. Catherine Street, at the corner of Fourth Avenue, in Louisville, Kentucky. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>It was deemed significant as "an exceptional example of Gothic Revival ecclesiastical architecture." A part of the church was built in 1888, but the main facade and sanctuary were built during 1900–1902.</p><br>
<p>The German Evangelical Church of Christ Complex  is a historic church complex at 1236 E. Breckinridge Street in Louisville, Kentucky. It was built during the years 1902 to 1929 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.</p><br>
<p>The complex was deemed significant "in the area of ethnic and social history between the years 1902 and 1929. The German population was an important element to the settlement of Louisville. It was during this period the strength and influence of the German community was weakening due to national and international conflicts. The church, which is an excellent local example of Romanesque Revival style architecture, the rectory and the gymnasium addition, served as neighborhood symbols offering religious and social activities for its congregants to embrace."</p><br>
<p>The Immanuel Chapel Protestant Episcopal Church in Louisville, Kentucky, which has also been known as Emmanuel Episcopal Church, is a historic church at 410 Fairmont Avenue. It was built in 1909 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>It has lancet windows down its sides. By 1983, a new church had been built next door and this building was no longer used for church services, but it was used for other purposes by the congregation.</p><br>
<p>Long Run Baptist Church and Cemetery  is a historic church and cemetery on Long Run Road in Eastwood neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky.</p><br>
<p>In 1786 Captain Abraham Lincoln, grandfather of President Abraham Lincoln was murdered near this site by Native Americans, while President Lincolns father, Thomas Lincoln, age eight, watched his fathers murder. Tradition states that Captain Abraham Lincoln was buried by his cabin, which is now the site of Long Run Baptist Church and Cemetery. A stone memorializing Captain Abraham Lincoln was placed in the cemetery in 1937. The church was built on the site in 1844. The church and cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.</p><br>
