<p>The Elyria Elks Club, in Elyria, Ohio, has served as a clubhouse of the Elks social fraternity. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>The Elyria Elks Club makes extraordinary use of classical motifs. Two-story Corinthian pilasters support a richly detailed entablature that is highlighted by medal-lions. Above the entrance are a balcony and a set of windows enframed by Ionic pilasters and an entablature. On the interior, the second floor houses a large meeting hall. Notable chiefly for its architectural styles, this Renaissance Revival building was constructed in the early 1900s. The Elks occupied downtown buildings for some time before this building was constructed entirely for their own use. The brick walls rest upon a stone foundation and the entire structure is covered by a flat composition roof.</p><br>
<p>The Elks Lodge Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, also known as the ONG Building, is significant as an architectural oddity, and for the association of its three successive owners in the history of the state. It is Italian Renaissance-style building that was built in 1926. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>It was designed to be 12 stories but construction was stopped when it was at five stories, when funds ran out. Financing, in prosperous year of 1925, had seemed solid with $500,000 pledged, but owners and architect agreed to finish it off at five floors, despite the architrave between third and fourth floors looking out of place. The Elks "prospered" in the building for five years, then the Great Depression hit and, in 1932, the Elks sold the building.</p><br>
<p>Up to 1979, the three owners were the Elks Lodge of Oklahoma City, then General William S. Key, then the Oklahoma Natural Gas Company.</p><br>
<p>The Fink-Type Truss Bridge, also known as the Hamden Bridge, carried Hamden Road/River Road over the South Branch Raritan River, the border between Clinton Township and Franklin Township, at Hamden near the Allerton section of Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The bridge was built in 1857 by the Trenton Locomotive and Machine Manufacturing Company. It consisted of a single-span through truss 100 ft long, 15 ft wide, and 19 ft high.</p><br>
<p>The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 24, 1974, for its significance in engineering. At the time of its nomination, it was one of the earliest surviving iron truss bridges in the United States. The Fink truss bridge was patented by Albert Fink in 1854, and the Hunterdon county bridge, built 3 years later, was a nearly perfect example of the patented design. It collapsed as a result of an automobile collision in 1978. The remaining pieces were subsequently relocated to the Hunterdon County Government Center. It was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 1984, which included photos from 1971.</p><br>
<p>The Elks Victory Lodge–Ruby&#39;s Grill Building is a two-story, commercial brick structure in northeast Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.</p><br>
<p>Built in 1929 by Dr. Wyatt H. Slaughter, a prominent African-American physician and businessman, the building was a center of African-American life in northeast Oklahoma City. It housed the Victory Lodge of the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World. It later served as a specialty store and restaurant space.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.</p><br>
<p>The White House is a historic house at 1101 Perry Street in Helena, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building, built in 1910 to a design by architect Charles L. Thompson. The Colonial Revival building has a pyramidal roof with projecting gable sections. A single-story porch wraps around two sides of the house, supported by grouped Tuscan columns. The front entry is framed by sidelight windows and pilasters. It is the only surviving Thompson design  in Helena.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>The White House in Christianburg, Kentucky, also known as Otto Minch House, is a Gothic Revival building from before 1882, perhaps much before. It is of frame construction with brick nogging. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>It was deemed significant in part "because it is a unique example of board and batten Gothic Revival in Shelby County." It is unusual also for its side passage plan architecture in a rural residence.</p><br>
<p>The White House, also known as H. H. Sofley House, is a historic home located at Huntsville, Yadkin County, North Carolina. It was built about 1795, and is a two-story, heavy timber frame, Early Republic / Late Georgian style dwelling with a Quaker plan. It has one-story rear frame additions dated to the late-19th and early-20th century. The front facade features a double-tier, full-width shed porch.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>The White Home in Rock Hill, South Carolina is a historical site & wedding venue. Five generations of the White family lived in the house between 1837 and 2005. Over the years, the home transformed from a one-room cottage into an eighteen-room, two story house. It is located in the Reid Street-North Confederate Avenue Area Historic District.</p><br>
<h2>Early history</h2><br>
<p>The White Home was originally built in 1837, but has undergone extensive renovations and expansions since then. George Pendleton White and Ann Hutchison White purchased the land from Alexander Templeton Black and moved into the original one-room cabin in 1837. They started out with 153 acres of land. George and Ann began to make additions to the one-room cottage soon after their arrival.</p><br>
<p>After George&#39;s death on February 25, 1849, Ann continued making renovations until the cottage became a large two-story home. To sustain herself and her four small children Ann rented rooms to boarders, particularly during the Civil War, who often paid her in furniture as they fled from the approaching Union Army. Ann was also able to afford an 1870s building project because of a considerable inheritance left to her by her older brother, Hiram Hutchison.</p><br>
<p>Aside from paying boarders, Ann had a room set aside - the "Prophets Chamber" - for traveling ministers passing through Rock Hill. Ann White was also renowned for her generous participation in the community, including donations to schools and the building of Rock Hills first Presbyterian Church.</p><br>
<h2>Construction, expansion, and renovation of the White Home</h2><br>
<p>The White Home began as a one-room cottage, which is believed to have been built shortly before the White&#39;s obtained the property. There is a separate log cabin behind the house which was later used as a kitchen for the boarding house but does predate the property by a number of years.</p><br>
<p>After her husband died, Ann White took over management of the family&#39;s finances. Due to laws regarding inheritance, she was only authorized to act as a steward for her son. As a result, she was forced to keep meticulous receipts of everything she purchased. These receipts were found preserved in the attic when the White Home was refurbished into a museum. These receipts provide information about what types of supplies Ann White purchased, where she purchased them, and how much they cost.</p><br>
<p>In 1849, as the house was expanded, a room known as "the Prophet&#39;s Chamber" was added on the second floor. This room was specifically set aside to host traveling ministers.</p><br>
<p>When Ann&#39;s brother, Hiram Hutchison, died on October 22, 1856, he left a fortune to Ann. She used this money to make additional expansions to the White Home, as well as some aesthetic changes beginning in 1859. One change was the addition of a front porch in 1859.</p><br>
<p>Construction of the annex began around 1869 and was finished around 1871. Ann White installed lightning rods on the house in 1870, and gutters were installed in November 1871. The first known photograph of the home was taken in 1872.</p><br>
<p>The White Home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. The White family owned and lived in the home until 2005, when the house and three acres of surrounding land were purchased by Historic Rock Hill, a society for the preservation and restoration of historic homes in Rock Hill. Historic Rock Hill made extensive renovations to the site from 2006 to 2010 and the site was opened to the public as a museum in 2010.</p><br>
<h2>White family involvement in Rock Hill</h2><br>
<p>The White family was very involved in Rock Hill from the beginning, even before it was incorporated as a town.</p><br>
<h3>The railroad</h3><br>
<p>George Pendleton White was very supportive of bringing the proposed Charlotte to Columbia rail line through Rock Hill. On October 10, 1848, he was issued a contract by the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad Company. The contract was to excavate and grade part of the railroad.</p><br>
<h3>Rock Hill Academy</h3><br>
<p>Rock Hill&#39;s first school opened in September 1854. It was built on land donated by Ann Hutchison White. By 1856 the school had 60 male pupils. Prior to this, students had gone to Ebenezer Academy. In 1856, the Pine Grove Academy for girls was opened as well.</p><br>
<h3>The incorporation of Rock Hill</h3><br>
<p>Rock Hill was not officially incorporated as a town until February 26, 1870. This was the third time local residents had tried to get the town incorporated.</p><br>
<p>The White family was divided about this decision. Some members of the family, like James Spratt White, were in favor of incorporation. Other members, such as Ann Hutchison White and her son A. H. White, were against incorporation. The White family owned a significant portion of the land that would be incorporated as part of the town; Ann wanted to avoid the extra taxes that would result from incorporation.</p><br>
<p>In response to the petition from some local residents asking for incorporation, several prominent residents sent a counter-petition against incorporation. Seven people, who owned 4/5th of the land that would become Rock Hill, gave several reasons for opposing incorporation. Among them were opposition to the expense of resurfacing the muddy streets, the lack of any perceived positive benefit to incorporation, fears that incompetent men could find their way onto the town council, and worries that they would be unable to afford the high taxes. The town was incorporated by the state legislature anyway.</p><br>
<h2>Past residents</h2><br>
<h3>George Pendleton White (1801-1849)</h3><br>
<p>George Pendleton White was the first owner of the White Home, which is named after his family. George was the son of Hugh White and Elizabeth Spratt White. George was a Scots-Irish Presbyterian. He married Ann Hutchison on December 14, 1837. George was a tailor by trade. He died on February 25, 1849, of pneumonia which he caught while supervising his building crew that was working on preparing for a new railroad line.</p><br>
<h3>Ann Hutchison White (1805-1880)</h3><br>
<p>Ann Hutchison White was born on January 9, 1805. She was one of sixteen children. Her father was David Hutchison; the family lived on a plantation along the Catawba River. David Hutchison was one of the earliest white settlers to move onto Catawba Indian land. One of her brothers was A. E. Hutchison, who was one of the financial backers of the Indian Land Chronicle and joined the Indian Land Agricultural Society when it formed in the 1850s.</p><br>
<p>Ann Hutchison married George Pendleton White on December 14, 1837; together they were the first owners of the White Home property.</p><br>
<p>Ann White had a reputation as a "woman of strong conviction and decisive action." In one story, she is said to have put a stop to a "grog shop" being set up near her home by mounting "a mule and after a long journey succeeded in purchasing the entire tract of land, thereby eliminating undesirable neighbors."</p><br>
<p>During the Civil War, Ann took in refugees fleeing war torn areas. According to various stories, some visitors left behind heavy furniture that they could no longer travel with.</p><br>
<p>After the Civil War, Ann White sold off pieces of the familys land in order to make money. One customer was Edwin Ruthven Mills who purchased some of her land in 1872. During the Civil War, at the Battle of the Crater, he led Rock Hills Company E.</p><br>
<p>Ann White was one of seven people to sign a counter-petition in 1870 that opposed the incorporation of Rock Hill into a town. The seven petitions against incorporation owned four-fifths of the land that would be incorporated into the new town, and thus would have to pay the majority of the taxes. They lost this fight, and the town was official incorporated on February 26, 1870.</p><br>
<p>Ann White died on June 21, 1880.</p><br>
<h3>Mary Elizabeth White</h3><br>
<p>Mary Elizabeth White was the first child of Ann and George White. She was born on October 28, 1838, at home.</p><br>
<h3>James Spratt White</h3><br>
<p>Son of George and Ann White. James Spratt White served in the Confederate Army in the American Civil War. In February 1865, he wrote to his sister Mary about his fears that General Sherman would march into York County, and then his relief when Sherman went in another direction.</p><br>
<h3>Andrew Hutchison White</h3><br>
<p>Son of George and Ann White. After the Civil War, he became an entrepreneur. During the town incorporation battle, he sided with his mother against incorporation. He was one of the seven people to sign a counterpetition in 1870 against incorporation.</p><br>
<h2>Historic Rock Hill</h2><br>
<p>Historic Rock Hill is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization which owns, restored, and manages the White Home. Historic Rock Hills headquarters is also located on the second floor of the building. The mission of Historic Rock Hill is to "preserve and protect the historic resources of Rock Hill, South Carolina and enhance the livability of its historic areas." Historic Rock Hill works to preserve buildings of historical significance to the town of Rock Hill. It also educates the public about Rock Hills history and collects historic documents, photographs, and personal accounts.</p><br>
<p>Historic Rock Hill purchased the White Home in 2005 and spent five years restoring the property. Today it features exhibits on the White family and Rock Hill.</p><br>
<h2>Present</h2><br>
<p>Today, The White Home primarily serves as a wedding and event venue. If you&#39;re interested in the historical side of things, Historic Rock Hill offers self-guided tours of The White Home by appointment only.</p><br>
<p>The Fort Worth Elks Lodge 124, also known as Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is an organization founded in 1901, and it is also the name of its five-story building with elements of Georgian Revival architecture and of Spanish Renaissance Revival architecture that was built during 1927–28. It was purchased by the YWCA of Fort Worth and Tarrant County in 1954.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>The Astoria Elks Building, also known as Astoria B.P.O.E. Lodge No. 180 Building, is an Elks building in Astoria, Oregon, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1923 and has a Beaux Arts architectural style. It was listed on the National Register in 1990.</p><br>
<p>It was completed in 1923. It has an "American Renaissance motif". Two sides have a "variegated brick veneer, broken into bays with pilasters and topped by terra cotta and crimped wrought iron." Its lower floor was designed for commercial use, and the upper floors reserved for use by the Elks lodge.</p><br>
<p>Samuel Mickle House, also known as the Hip Roof House, is located at 345 Kings Highway, East, in the borough of Haddonfield in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The house was built about 1736 and was documented by the Historic American Buildings Survey  in 1936. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 21, 1975, for its significance in architecture.</p><br>
<h2>History and description</h2><br>
<p>The one and one-half gambrel roof house built by Samuel Mickle was originally located at the northeast corner of Kings Road and Tanners Lane. By 1820, it was located at 227 Kings Highway. In 1836, it was moved to 23 Ellis Street. In 1965, the Historical Society of Haddonfield moved the house to its current location and now uses it as a library. According to the nomination form, it is thought to be the oldest house in the borough.</p><br>
<p>The Barclay Farm House, also known as the Barclay Farmstead, is located at 209 Barclay Lane in Cherry Hill, Camden County, in the USA state of New Jersey. The historic Federal house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 26, 1978, for its significance in architecture.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Constructed in 1816, the brick farmhouse is owned and operated by Cherry Hill as an early 19th-century house with living history programs.</p><br>
<p>The Barclay Farm home is open for tours throughout the year, and is the site of special events in the summer months, such as weekly outdoor concerts. At Christmas time, the home is decorated and hosts winter events, including an annual craft fair.</p><br>
<p>The Barclay Farmstead Museum is open to the public on Wednesdays from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. and the first Sunday of each month from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. (March to November). Calling is recommended before a visit.</p><br>
<p>The immediate area surrounding the farm house has marked light hiking trails, a playground and a number of vegetable gardens, cared for by area residents who rent space during the summer to grow produce.</p><br>
<p>The Marshfield Elks Temple, also known as B.P.O.E. Lodge No. 1160, is a two-story Georgian Revival building in Coos Bay, Oregon that was built during 1919–20. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>It was designed by architect William G. Chandler (1884-1959). In 1982, it was being renovated to serve as the headquarters of the Security Bank of Coos County.</p><br>
<p>Chandler also designed the NRHP-listed J. S. Coke Building, nearby at 150 Central Ave. in Coos Bay.</p><br>
<p>The Elks Temple, also known as the Princeton Building and as the west wing of the Sentinel hotel, is a former Elks building and historic hotel building in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Built in 1923, it is one of two NRHP-listed buildings that make up the Sentinel Hotel, the other being the 1909-built Seward Hotel. The Seward was renamed the Governor Hotel in 1932, and in 1992 it was joined with the former Elks building, and thereafter the building became the west wing of a two-building hotel, an expanded Governor Hotel. The hotel&#39;s main entrance was moved to this building from the east building in 2004. The Governor Hotel was renamed the Sentinel Hotel in 2014. Use of the building as an Elks temple lasted less than a decade, ending in 1932.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Construction of the building began on the last day of 1922 and was completed in December 1923. According to the 1977 document nominating the building for listing on the NRHP, the Elks Temple was, at the time of its construction, "the most important building project undertaken in Portland in 10 years". It was designed by Houghtaling & Dougan. It was believed to be the largest Elks lodge in the country and was built at a cost exceeding a million dollars. There were 3,800 Elks members in Portland at the time. After the 1929 stock market crash, Portland-area Elks membership declined steeply, and by 1932 had dwindled to 450. The Portland chapter went bankrupt in July 1932, lost title to the building, and moved out. The six-story building was then vacant for seven years, until 1939. The Works Progress Administration moved in at that time, and during World War II the USA Army&#39;s induction headquarters for Portland were located here. In the 1950s, two health clubs used the space. The building had always included a swimming pool and gymnasium, originally for use by Elks members. Then followed an even lengthier period of vacancy, from 1959 to 1973.</p><br>
<p>The former Elks Temple was designated a Portland Historic Landmark by the city&#39;s Historical Landmarks Commission in 1970, and was listed on the NRHP in 1978, as the Elks Temple (Old), or Old Elks Temple.</p><br>
<p>In 1985, the Elks Temple was renamed the Princeton Building, after extensive renovations. occupying about 21,000 ft2 feet of space.</p><br>
<p>In 1992, the building was acquired by the Governor Hotel (then occupying the former Seward Hotel building, adjacent to the Princeton) and became the west wing of that hotel. When the Governor Hotel was remodeled in 2004, the main lobby was moved to the Princeton Building or "West Wing".</p><br>
<p>The Governor Hotel was sold to Provenance Hotels in 2012 and renovated, and in 2014 it was renamed the Sentinel Hotel.</p><br>
<p>The Elks Club Building in Tyler, Texas is an International Style building built in 1949. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>It is a three-story, two-part commercial block designed by Tyler architect Carl A. Gregory (1903–1976) and constructed by Tyler contractor Hugh E. White. The local Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks club used its second and third floors for offices, dining room and ballroom, and let out the first-floor retail space, until the club sold the building in 1973 and moved elsewhere.</p><br>
<p>Its NRHP nomination describes its International Style elements as including its volumetric massing, its flat roof, and its "sheer, virtually unadorned exterior walls and a subtlety articulated entry". The nomination states that it "recalls the early 20th century design theories of American architect Louis Sullivan in the sheer primary facade wall embellished with a large, centrally placed window that is the building&#39;s focal point."</p><br>
<p>The building was rehabilitated during 1997–2001 with care to preserve its historic character.</p><br>
<p>The Blackstone Building, at 315 N. Building in Tyler, is another work of Hugh E. White, and is also NRHP-listed.</p><br>
<p>Spring Oak Senior Living Community - Elks Home  is a retirement home and national historic district located at Bedford, Virginia.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Elks National Home was built in 1916 by the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, who first started the home in 1903. The Elks National Home historic district includes twenty-three contributing buildings, three contributing sites, a contributing structure, and two contributing objects.</p><br>
<p>The Elks Home was featured briefly in the 1991 film What About Bob?, where it stands in as a mental institution.</p><br>
<p>Its 100 acre property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.</p><br>
<h2>Incident</h2><br>
<p>In November 1923 the facility was the site of an accidental mass poisoning. Nine men were killed after drinking apple cider served in the dining room. A local farmer had produced the drink and stored it in a barrel that had been used to hold a pesticide.</p><br>
<p>In 2013, the Elks National Home property was sold to New River Assisted Living for $4.5 million. The name of the property was changed to English Meadows Elks Home.</p><br>
<h2>Modern uses</h2><br>
<p>The Elks Home is popular locally for the large display of Christmas decorations it puts up each year. Visitors enter the driveway in their vehicles and slowly proceed through the displays, which line the driveway, free of charge.</p><br>
<p>Elks National Home and Retirement Center is the name of a nonprofit organization with 501(c)(3) status that formerly owned the Elks National Home property. The nonprofit organization has discontinued operations as of 2019, and its continuing source of revenue are the bequests of an ongoing trust, and the nonprofit organization intends to discontinue operations as soon as practical.</p><br>
<p>The Bremerton Elks Temple Lodge No. 1181 Building overlooks the busy corner of Fifth Street and Pacific Avenue in downtown Bremerton, Washington. It was built in 1920 and renovated in 1947–48. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. It is now known as Catholic Charities&#39; Max Hale Center.</p><br>
<p>It is a wood-frame building with a brick veneer on a concrete foundation, and has a sheet metal cornice.</p><br>
<p>A grand exterior staircase once fronted the building. This was removed when the current white cube of first-floor space in front of the building was constructed in the 1940s. The white cube space, still existing, held a Payless Drug Store.</p><br>
<p>In 2010, a center to serve at-risk youths was proposed as a use for the building, which was empty on at least its first floor. There was some community opposition to the proposed center, which was to be run by Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services.</p><br>
<p>What was eventually developed was 53 units of low-income permanent housing.</p><br>
<p>The Elks Building in Olympia, Washington is a concrete building with a brick veneer that was built in 1919. It was built for the Elks local chapter that had been formed in 1891. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<p>A 1985 historic buildings survey described it as the "only historic building built exclusively for a fraternal lodge still standing in Olympia."</p><br>
<p>The Elks Club was a historic clubhouse building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was designed by architect William Howe Patton and built in 1903. It was a four-story, three-bay by six-bay wide, red brick building with terra cotta trim in the Classical Revival style. The first two stories were faced in smooth dressed stone, and feature arched apertures, with central consoles. It was occupied by the Parkersburg Lodge #198, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks </p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The building was by the Parkersburg News & Sentinel and demolished in 2005. It is now used as a parking lot.</p><br>
<p>The Racine Elks Club, Lodge No. 252 is an historic building located in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. It was built in 1912 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>The 3-story building is a Neoclassical design, with red brick walls trimmed in limestone and brick quoins on the corners. The entrances are framed in Tuscan columns and pilasters. The first and second floor windows are accented with keystones. Above the third floor windows is a wide wooden cornice, and above that a brick parapet.</p><br>
<p>The lodge closed in January 2011 and the building has since been repurposed for office space. In 2014, the top floor of the building was fully renovated to accommodate the new headquarters for the intellectual property law firm Jansson Munger McKinley & Kirby, Ltd.</p><br>
<p>The Elks Lodge No. 1353 is a historic building located in Casper, Wyoming. It was built in 1922 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The lodge is a two-story rectangular brick edifice at the northeast corner of East 7th St. and South Center St. It also has a basement, the upper half of which is situated above street level. Both sides of the building facing a street are brown brick with terra cotta trim; the remaining exterior walls are red brick devoid of terra cotta embellishments. The structure features an arched central entryway topped by a shallow terra cotta balcony. The lower-floor windows are rectangular and evenly spaced. The second story is visually divided from the first by a terra cotta belt course. The second-story windows, also evenly spaced, are arched. Below these are recessed terra cotta panels. The building is topped with an ornate cornice that gracefully wraps around three corners of the building. The basement is also visually defined by windows along the sidewalk at ground level. Many of these windows have now been closed up with brick.</p><br>
<p>Inside, the building originally could claim a ballroom, dining area, and numerous other rooms in varying styles; however, extensive remodeling has taken place since the buildings construction. Remaining is the ballroom/auditoriums hardwood floor, which was refinished circa 1990. Although the lodge&#39;s general floor plan has remained generally unchanged, very little original material still exists from the original construction.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Elks Lodge No. 1353 was built in 1920-1922 by architects Garbutt, Weidner & Sweeney. It was designed in the Renaissance style and features the firm&#39;s signature use of terra cotta ornamentation. The lot was bought for $14,500, and the building itself was constructed at the cost of $100,000 - $200,000. Cement and basement work was contracted to the Lloyd Building Company, and George W. Cottrell held the contract for the brick, granite, and terra cotta work.</p><br>
<p>The building&#39;s opening celebration was held on March 17, 1922. However, the structure was not actually finished until 1936, when a membership drive was launched for new members, providing enough money to complete construction. The lodge was remodeling in 1950 and again in 1967. A fire in the Library room in 1977 prompted further alternations to the building. Since then, numerous other changes have been made to the structure.</p><br>
<p>Rock Springs Elks Lodge No. 624, also known as Elks Lodge and denoted 848SW7692, is a three-story 94 ft by 96 ft building at C and Second Streets in Rock Springs, Wyoming that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1924 and is architecturally unique in the state. It was designed by D.D. Spani in Italian Renaissance style, using brick with terra cotta ornamentation.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>The Elgin Tower Building, originally the Home Banks Building, is a historic office building in downtown Elgin, Illinois. The tower is 186 feet tall and 15 stories. It was built in 1929 to house the Home National Bank and Home National Savings and Trust. Though initially successful, the Great Depression devastated the bank only months later. The tower was again prosperous following World War II, when demand for Elgin goods increased. However, this prosperity was only temporary, and the tower again fell on hard times in the 1960s, particularly after the 1965 closing of the Elgin National Watch Company. The tower was eventually purchased by William R. Stickling, who went to great lengths to restore it. It was donated to a charity named in his honor following his 1999 death, and the William R. Stickling Charitable Foundation continues to maintain the structure. Its restoration is considered a major part of a hopeful rehabilitation of downtown Elgin. The tower is one of only two Art Deco buildings in Elgin and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.</p><br>
<p>An elevator in the building that had a wooden interior was destroyed by arson on May 4, 2014. The building was then purchased in 2016 by Capstone Development and renovated into apartments.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Elgin, Illinois was founded on the Fox River in 1835. The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad connected to the city in 1850, allowing Elgin to become a supplier of dairy products to Chicago. In 1865, the Elgin National Watch Company opened and became a major employer. The great success of Elgin National led other manufacturers to build factories within Elgin. Elgins prosperity led to the opening of a number of banks by the late 19th century. The Elgin First National Bank opened in 1865 and was followed by the Home National Bank in 1872. The Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Company opened in 1895, connecting Elgin with other Fox River Valley settlements, and the Aurora, Elgin and Chicago Railroad allowed easy access to and from Chicago in 1903. By 1920, downtown Elgin featured eleven clothing stores, two hotels, two department stores, and a Woolworths. The Home National Bank was an important investor in these businesses, and often had to build extensions on its three-story building in Fountain Square. Home National Savings and Trust was responsible for managing the Elgin National payroll. Eventually, the bank&#39;s officials decided that the small building would no longer suffice, and ordered the construction of a new building in 1927.</p><br>
<p>Construction of the Home Banks Building began in March 1928 and was managed by the St. Louis Building and Equipment Company. It was completed in May 1929 at a cost of $800,000. Home National Bank and Home National Savings and Trust were the main occupants, but they leased many of their new offices to other local businesses, opening at 70% capacity. Its completion of the city&#39;s first skyscraper was seen as the dawning of a new era for Elgin. The bank boasted state-of-the-art vaults, which were fireproof and burglar-proof.</p><br>
<p>However, like many banks of the day, Home National Bank collapsed during the Great Depression. By the time Home National declared bankruptcy in 1932, only 35% of the building was still occupied. The First National Bank of Chicago assumed control of the building in August 1932. The building&#39;s new owner, who renamed the structure the Elgin Tower Building, was able to increase occupancy to 60% thanks in part to a ban on new construction in Elgin. The Depression years were meager, but a Walgreens did open on the ground floor. The end of World War II in 1945 brought a great demand for manufactured supplies, again making Elgin an important industrial center. Also in 1945, investor Otto Pelikan purchased the building. It filled to nearly full capacities from the late 1940s through the 1950s.</p><br>
<p>The Elgin Tower Building again declined in usage in the 1960s as demand for Elgins manufactured goods attenuated. Walgreens vacated in 1957, although a successful restaurant opened in its place. The Elgin National Watch Company closed in 1965, signaling the end of Elgins relevance as a major industrial town. Furthermore, a new bypass of Elgin was opened for USA Route 20. The 1971 opening of Woodfield Mall in nearby Schaumburg sharply decreased shopping demand in the city, and, in the early 1980s, major retailers such as Sears and JC Penney shuttered their downtown Elgin stores and relocated to Spring Hill Mall. By 1980, occupancy at Elgin National Tower was as low as 40%. Following Pelikans death in 1967, the tower changed owners several times. The towers facade was restored by the Williams family in 1975 in an effort to rehabilitate the downtown area. Three years later, William Stickling purchased the tower and continued to make improvements. The most substantial of these restorations came in 1996 at a cost of millions of dollars. Special lighting was installed on the building&#39;s exterior in 1999 to showcase its architectural merit. Stickling died later that year, but his benefactors transferred the building to the William R. Stickling Charitable Foundation, who currently maintain the building. An addition was built in 1999 to house, rent-free, the Downtown Neighborhood Association, who intend to revitalize the downtown area. The tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 2002.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The Elgin Tower Building is located at 100 E. Chicago St. in Elgin, between Douglas and N. Grove Avenues. This area has historically been known as Fountain Square, generally accepted as the downtown area of Elgin. The nearby bridge on Chicago Street was the only bridge across the Fox River at the time of its construction. The fifteen-story structure, designed by W. G. Knoebel, is one of only two Art Deco buildings in the city. The two-story base extends 31 ft beyond the upper thirteen floors on the west side and 25 ft on the west side. Small retail buildings have since adjoined on this base. The building&#39;s entrance, two sets of three glass doors, faces the southwest and is flanked by Corinthian columns. An eagle statue adorns the top of each column. Classic elements are carved into the limestone base, consistent with Art Deco style. Seven bas-relief eagles are carved on the top of the second floor, below a zig-zagging parapet. Windows are arched and feature high relief fasces. A three-faced clock is found on the east corner; the Home National Bank previously advertised the building as "The Bank with the Clock". The clock is in a copper case with copper and bronze ornamentation.</p><br>
<p>Peter Ehle House is a historic home located at Nelliston in Montgomery County, New York. It was built about 1826 and is a rectangular, two story stone building with a gable roof and inside end chimneys in the Late Federal style. Also on the property is a large barn complex including a large frame barn, two carriage houses, and a small stone outbuilding. Remains of a large part stone barn are also present.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>Jacob Nellis Farmhouse is a historic home located at Nelliston in Montgomery County, New York. It was built in the 1830s and is a rectangular, 1½-story, five-bay-long stone building with a three-bay lower 1½-story extension on the north side. The house is in the Greek Revival style. Also on the property is a small 19th-century barn and a large, multi-level 20th-century barn.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>Walrath-Van Horne House is a historic home located at Nelliston in Montgomery County, New York. It was built in 1842 and was originally a -story Greek Revival stone house with a full-height portico. In 1895, a frame, shingled second story topped by a Mansard roof and new porch with mansard styling replaced the original. The house retains some Greek Revival interior styling, but the exterior has a Second Empire style.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>Frey House is a historic home located at Palatine Bridge in Montgomery County, New York. It was built in 1808 and consists of a double-pile, center-hall-plan main block with a -story, stone kitchen wing added in 1882, and sun porch dated to 1931. Also on the property are a five-bay garage , 19th-century lime kiln, and the Frey family cemetery.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.</p><br>
<p>Webster Wagner House was a historic home located at Palatine Bridge in Montgomery County, New York. It was built in 1876 and designed by architect Horatio Nelson White  as the home for railroad car magnate Webster Wagner . It consisted of a -story main block with a 2-story rear service wing. It featured a 3-story entrance tower at the southeast corner.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The home was a victim of demolition by neglect.</p><br>
<p>Oak Hill is a historic former farmhouse in the southern part of the USA state of Ohio. Located along Dun Road in Ross County,</p><br>
<p>The house was built by George William Dun, a native of Scotland who settled near Chillicothe in 1838. Almost immediately upon taking up residence at the site, he began the construction of his house, which was completed in 1840. A large two-story building constructed in the Federal style of architecture, it represents an American version of the British Adam style.</p><br>
<p>In 1973, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its well-preserved historic architecture. It received this recognition for multiple reasons: the massive hardwood trees on the grounds evoke a sense of antiquity; the exterior is better preserved than that of almost any other period sandstone house; and the interior retains much of its original condition, including much of the furniture once owned by George Dun&#39;s ancestors.</p><br>
<p>The Godwin–Knowles House  is a historic former house in downtown East Liverpool, Ohio, United States. A Colonial Revival structure built in 1890,</p><br>
<p>The house was constructed for a Mr. Goodwin, a leader in the pottery industry. Like most buildings in the city&#39;s central business district,</p><br>
<p>After Goodwin left the house, it became the home of his nephew, Homer Knowles, who was likewise a major figure in the citys pottery industry. Knowles only lived in the house for a short time, selling it to the citys Masonic lodge in 1910. Soon after buying the house, the Masons modified the house for their purposes: they enclosed the front porch and expanded the overall facade of the building to provide more interior room for their meetings. These modifications were carried out in the spirit of the original construction: the same types of materials were used as when the house was erected, and additions such as the extended roof and new dormers were built to appear identical to the original features.</p><br>
<p>In 1985, the Godwin–Knowles House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, due to its significance in local history. Due to the care exercised by the Masons in their 1910s renovations and few changes after that date, it closely resembles the grand mansion constructed in 1890. Many other downtown East Liverpool buildings were added to the Register at the same time as part of a multiple property submission. Among them were lodge buildings for two other fraternal organizations: the Elks Club and the Odd Fellows Temple. Sixteen years later, much of the city&#39;s downtown was designated the East Liverpool Downtown Historic District; the Godwin–Knowles House was named one of its contributing properties.</p><br>
<p>The Odd Fellows Temple in East Liverpool, Ohio, was built in 1907. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<p>It was one of many buildings addressed in a study assessing historic resources in East Liverpool&#39;s central business district, a study resulted in the NRHP listing of several historic districts and buildings (including also Masonic Temple (East Liverpool, Ohio), Elks Club (East Liverpool, Ohio), and YMCA (East Liverpool, Ohio)).</p><br>
<p>The YMCA in East Liverpool, Ohio was built in 1913 in Classical Revival style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<p>It was one of many properties addressed in a study assessing historic resources in East Liverpool&#39;s central business district, a study that resulted in the NRHP listing of several historic districts and buildings (including also Masonic Temple (East Liverpool, Ohio), Elks Club (East Liverpool, Ohio), and Odd Fellows Temple (East Liverpool, Ohio)).</p><br>
<p>The Vanmeter Church Street House is a historic house located along Church Street in Chillicothe, Ohio, United States. Built in 1848 in the Greek Revival style of architecture, After serving in both the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate during the 1830s, Vanmeter served a single term in the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845.</p><br>
<p>Vanmeters house is a two-and-a-half story brick building located within a neighborhood of well-preserved nineteenth-century houses. Built of brick laid in a stretcher bond, it has been ranked as one of the areas best Greek Revival structures. Upon his death, Vanmeter bequeathed his house to younger family members; in the late 1970s, it was still owned by Vanmeters.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the Vanmeter Church Street House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, along with two associated outbuildings. It qualified for inclusion on the Register both because of its place in local history and because of its well-preserved historic Greek Revival architecture.</p><br>
<p>The Morris House  is a historic house in Circleville, Ohio, United States. A two-story structure built of brick and sandstone upon a stone foundation and covered with a slate roof, it is divided into seven rooms.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in 1865 for the family of Samuel Morris, the president of the local Third National Bank. Morris chose many elaborate features for his house, such as decorative slates for the roof, multiple gables on the roofline, and elaborate bargeboards overhanging the ground. Inside, the house retains its original hardwood floors and fireplace mantels. Two porches serve the main entrances to the house: the front porch was part of Morris&#39; design, although the rear porch was built in the early twentieth century.</p><br>
<p>Both before and after the Morris family left the house in 1922, it was well maintained. Today, it is one of Circleville&#39;s best Gothic Revival houses. In recognition of its architectural significance, the Morris House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Two other houses in the same block, known as the William Marshall Anderson and Ansel T. Walling Houses, are also listed on the Register.</p><br>
<p>The Ansel T. Walling House is a historic house in Circleville, Ohio, United States. An Italianate structure that was built in 1869,</p><br>
<p>A native of New York, Walling settled in northeastern Ohio in 1843, where he began to publish a local newspaper. After serving as a clerk for the Ohio House of Representatives, he and his wife Sarah moved to Circleville in 1863; there they bought land and soon began to erect a house. Completed in 1869, its brick walls rest on a foundation of sandstone and are covered with an asphalt roof. Elements such as a bracketed cornice and a pitched roof with prominent eaves make the house distinctively Italianate; it is one of Circleville&#39;s best Italianate houses.</p><br>
<p>Major dates in the Walling Houses history include Wallings death in 1896, his widow&#39;s death in 1922, and its designation as a historic site in 1987. In that year, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying because of its connection to Walling and because of its well-preserved historic architecture. Two other houses in the same block, known as the Morris and William Marshall Houses, are also listed on the National Register.</p><br>
<p>The Watt–Groce–Fickhardt House is a historic house in Circleville, Ohio, United States. Located along Main Street on the city&#39;s eastern side, it is a distinctive landmark and has been named a historic site.</p><br>
<p>Circleville was platted in 1810 on a farm owned by Jacob Ziegler and Samuel Watt; later in the year, Ziegler sold his interest in the farm to Watt. With the community&#39;s rapid expansion, Watt sold more land; by 1820, only 148 acre remained in his ownership. Using the money from the land sales, Watt built a new farmhouse in 1826; two stories high, it is a brick structure with a stone foundation and a metal roof. When completed, it was a typical hall and parlor house.</p><br>
<p>As Circleville continued to grow, Watt sold most of his remaining land in 1835; only 5 acre remained after the end of that year. Becoming a leading local businessman, he made an extensive addition to the house in 1852; this new structure took the form of an I-house. A smaller addition, built in 1885, is a frame structure attached to the original portion of the house.</p><br>
<p>Today, the Watt–Groce–Fickhardt House remains a well-preserved example of antebellum architecture. In 1985, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying because of its historic architecture and because of its connection to a later resident, John G. Groce, who was a leading member of local society.</p><br>
<p>The Warrington Stone Bridge is a historic stone arch bridge carrying Brugler Road over the Paulins Kill in the Warrington section of Knowlton Township in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. The bridge was built and added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 16, 1977, for its significance in transportation.</p><br>
<h2>History and description</h2><br>
<p>The one-lane stone bridge was built in the mid 19th century, and has six barrel-vaulted arches. Its overall length is 183.25 feet and width 16 feet. According to the nomination form, it is the "largest extant 19th century stone arch bridge in New Jersey" and "one of the most graceful and geometrically</p><br>
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<p>The Matthew McCrea House is a historic house in Circleville, Ohio, United States. Located along Main Street on the city&#39;s eastern side, the house mixes elements of the Greek Revival and Italianate architectural styles.</p><br>
<p>Built circa 1840,</p><br>
<p>For its first several decades, the McCrea House was almost alone; only one other nearby house was built circa 1840, for the surrounding neighborhood was primarily constructed in the last decade of the nineteenth century. Because of its historic architecture, the McCrea House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It lies one block east of the Watt-Groce-Fickhardt House, which is also listed on the National Register.</p><br>
<p>The Elks Temple in Tacoma, Washington is a historic Beaux Arts Fraternal building built in 1916 for the Fraternal Order of Elks, now housing the McMenamins Elks Temple hotel, restaurant and event space.</p><br>
<p>The building is included in the Old City Hall Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Pierce County.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>It was designed by architect Édouard Frère Champney, who graduated from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1900 and who worked at Carrere and Hastings in Buffalo, New York, as chief designer for the firm&#39;s projects at the Pan-American Exposition, and who later worked on structures at the 1904 St. Louis Exposition and at the 1905 Lewis and Clark Exposition in Portland, Oregon, before coming to Seattle in 1907.</p><br>
<p>The former temple, once derelict after years of abandonment, was purchased by McMenamins in 2007. Restoration was finally begun in earnest in 2017, and the building reopened on April 24, 2019, as the McMenamins Elks Temple.</p><br>
<p>The Renick Farm is a historic farmstead located along USA Route 23 near the village of South Bloomfield in northern Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. Composed of six buildings dating back to 1830,</p><br>
<p>Farmer Edward Williams bought the land now occupied by the farm in 1820 and soon erected part of the present farmhouse. He owned the property until 1850, when he sold it to Joseph Renick, a member of a prominent Pickaway County family. Soon after taking possession, Renick expanded the house greatly; it reached twice its original size. Its brick walls rest on a stone foundation and are covered with a tin roof. Among its most distinctive architectural elements are two spiral staircases, an ornate cornice with distinctive brackets, and a prominent entryway. Together, these elements combine to form a mix of the Greek Revival and Italianate architectural styles.</p><br>
<p>Except for the period between 1918 and 1977, the farm has remained in Renick family ownership since 1850. It has been remarkably well preserved since its construction, being seen by architectural historians as one of Pickaway County&#39;s best examples of rural nineteenth-century architecture. Because of its distinctive architecture, the farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982; the landmarked area includes the farmhouse and five other buildings spread out over an area of 4 acre.</p><br>
<p>The main farmhouse was torn down on October 11, 2016.</p><br>
<p>Bellevue is a historic farmhouse located near the village of Kingston in southern Pickaway County, Ohio, United States. it was the home of leading early Ohio politician Renick Dunlap.</p><br>
<p>Built from 1835 to 1840, Bellevue was constructed for Colonel William Entrekin, whose family owned the property until its sale to Nelson Dunlap in 1899. Nelsons son Renick held several political offices, including Ohio Secretary of Agriculture, State Senator, and United States Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. His house is a rectangular two-and-a-half story structure, located along State Route 159. The Federal style of its original construction endures little changed to the present day, making the house one of the regions best nineteenth-century farmsteads. In 1976, Bellevue was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, both because of its well-preserved architecture and because of its connection to Renick Dunlap.</p><br>
<p>The Hollister-Parry House is a historic residence in the village of Woodsfield, Ohio, United States. Built in the middle of the 19th century, it has been named a historic site and converted into a museum.</p><br>
<p>The house is named for two of its most prominent early residents, Nathan Hollister and J.R. Parry, M.D. Hollister was the houses first resident; one of Monroe Countys leading lawyers, he arranged for the house&#39;s construction in 1859. Thirty years later, the property was sold to Parry, a doctor whose family owned it until 1974.</p><br>
<p>Built with weatherboarded walls, the two-story house features a small single-story portico over the entrance. The houses central section is divided into three bays: windows fill the side bays on both stories, while the central bay is occupied by an entrance on the first floor and a larger window on the second. This section of the house rises to a gable centering on a small fanlight, while the houses brackets and cornice form a pediment at the top of the gable. A similar portico is placed on the houses western side. Another distinctive component of the architecture is the weatherboarding: although made of wood, the houses exterior has been shaped to resemble the appearance of ashlar decorated with quoins. These elements, together with the house&#39;s blockish shape, combine to give it the appearance of an Italianate residence with Neo-Renaissance influences.</p><br>
<p>Since the days of the Parry family, the house has ceased to be used for residential purposes; it has been converted into a historic house museum, the Parry Museum. It was also recognized for its historic value in 1980, when it was added to the National Register of Historic Places; it is one of ten National Register-listed locations in Monroe County. The house qualified for addition to the Register because of its historically significant architecture, as its high-style architecture creates a vast difference between it and the otherwise largely vernacular appearance of Woodsfield&#39;s built environment.</p><br>
<p>Memorial Washington Reformed Presbyterian Church is a historic church in Elgin, Illinois. It was built in 1844, but has not had regular service since 1906. Due to the infrequency of services, the church earned the moniker The Once-A-Year Church. The simple, vernacular Greek Revivalchurch building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The church building was designed by William and Daniel Fraser, who modeled it after a church they previously attended in Scotland. It was built in 1844 by Scottish and Scots-Irish immigrants, many of which became the church&#39;s first members. The church last held regular services on September 9, 1906. Descendants of the early church members organized a committee in 1916 to oversee the care of the church and its adjacent cemetery. This organization holds the only services in the building, a once-a-year gathering of its members every June. This unusual trait earned the church the nickname "The Once-A-Year Church". The church building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1980.</p><br>
<p>The building is rectangular and 24.33 by. The church was originally laid on a wooden foundation; the present stone foundation dates to the 1860s. It is best described as a vernacular Greek Revival building. The east and west facades each feature three double sash windows with green shutters. The main entrance is on the south, flanked by pilasters. The double doorway features a standard wooden cornice lintel, above which is a carved sundial. The south facade also features two windows similar to those on the east and west. The north side features no windows. The inside features one room with its original unfinished wooden floor. The pews and pulpit are also original. A bronze memorial tablet was added near the entrance in 1924.</p><br>
<p>The Meek Mansion is a historic mansion in unincorporated Cherryland, California, just north of Hayward. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Located on nearly 10 acres, the Victorian house was built in 1869 by William Meek.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>William Meek came to the West Coast in 1846, carrying seeds and grafted trees, via the Oregon Trail. He first settled in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, later moving in 1859 to Alameda County, where he spent the rest of his life.</p><br>
<p>By the time his mansion was built, Meek owned everything from Mission Boulevard to Hesperian Boulevard, and from Lewelling Boulevard to slightly past Winton Avenue, totaling around 3,000 acre. One source claims that the area became known as Cherryland because of the abundance of cherry trees planted by Meek. Meek became a prominent citizen during the remainder of his life, including being a trustee of Mills College and a County Supervisor for Alameda County. After his death in 1880, at the age of 63, Meek left his estate to his sons and it remained in the Meek family until 1940.</p><br>
<p>The Milton Ream family owned the last 10 acres of the original 3000, and in 1964 the home was purchased for $270,000 by the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District (HARD). In 1965, the home was opened to the public and was used for weddings, tours, workshops, and even plays re-creating local history. The mansion became a California Point of Historical Interest in 1972 and placed on the National Register of Historic Landmarks in 1973. However, the mansion was closed in 1982 due to wear and tear because of overuse. In 1991, HARD began to work with the Hayward Area Historical Society (HAHS) to upgrade and reopen the home.</p><br>
<p>Between 1964 and 2004, HARD spent $1.9 million in restoring the mansion, its carriage house, and grounds.</p><br>
<p>Once renovations are completed, the historical society plans on opening the mansion as a house museum where people may take paid tours focusing on the different historical eras the house has gone through.</p><br>
<p>An adjacent property, formerly part of the Meek estate, is being developed as a community garden.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The adj=on 7902 mansion contains somewhere between 23 and 27 rooms (sources vary) located on three above-ground levels, with a cupola on the third floor. The home also contains a basement below-ground which has an "unusual" bracing system consisting of thick, diagonally placed timber boards.</p><br>
<p>The edifice itself currently resides on 9.75 acres of land, which functions as a park with picnic areas, paths, and benches among other things.</p><br>
<p>Throughout the years, the home has undergone several renovations. In 1910, bathrooms and running water were added to the home by Meek&#39;s son who resided there. In the 1940s, the Ream family remodeled the kitchen, which is currently still intact in the home, as well as adding bedroom and ballroom space. Recent renovations include all new windows and a new roof to replace the last one that was put in place in 1985.</p><br>
<p>Bates-Englehardt Mansion, also known as St. Johnsville Community House, is a historic home located at St. Johnsville in Montgomery County, New York, United States. It was built in 1869 as a three-story Italianate style mansion. It has a 35 feet by 40 feet main block with a two-story kitchen wing in the rear. A brick solarium was added in 1916 and enlarged and converted to an auditorium in 1934. The original Italianate style flat roof with cupola was replaced in 1916 with a Georgian style roof. The front entrance features a Colonial Revival style porch added in 1909.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.</p><br>
<p>Clarissa C. Cook Library/Blue Ribbon News Building was located at 528 Brady Street, Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was noted on the National Register of Historic Places in April, 1983 as Cook Memorial Library and listed in July 1983 under the "Clarissa C. Cook Library/Blue Ribbon News Bldg." name. It has subsequently been torn down, and was delisted from the National Register in 2014.</p><br>
<h2>Ebenezer and Clarissa Cook</h2><br>
<p>Ebenezer Cook was born February 14, 1810, in Oneida County, New York to Ira and Rachel (Faxon) Cook. His younger brother was John Parsons Cook, and the two worked together their whole lives. Ebenezer bought 1,200 acre of land in 1835 that would in time become part of the city of Davenport, and moved there with his extended family in 1836. He and his brother entered the legal profession and helped establish Scott County in what was then the Wisconsin Territory. They were joined in their law practice by John Forrest Dillon, who later became a judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Eighth Circuit. The brothers became involved in banking and set up a chain of private banks across Iowa and in Western Illinois until the country-wide panic which began in 1857. In 1851 the brothers were influential in routing the railroad through Davenport. Ebenezer became a director and then vice president of the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad when it was organized in 1853, and upon its subsequent consolidation became a director and later vice president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway. Prior to his death, the railway company was without a president and he looked after its operations. Ebenezer Cook died October 7, 1871.</p><br>
<p>Clarissa C. (Bryan) Cook was born August 4, 1811, in Sydney, Delaware County, New York and died February 19, 1879. She was a daughter of Fowler P. and Lucretia Bryan. Clarissa was known for carrying out the wishes of her husband and their philanthropy to the City of Davenport and the Episcopal Church. Through her generosity, both during her life and after her death, she was instrumental in building Trinity Church, a library, the Clarissa Cook Home for the Friendless and the establishment of a number of trusts for the benefit of the Episcopal parishes and activities in the Diocese of Iowa and elsewhere.</p><br>
<h2>Clarissa C. Cook Library</h2><br>
<p>The first library association in the city of Davenport was organized in April 1839 and called the Carey Library Association of the Town of Davenport. However, there is no mention of it after that date. There were other attempts at starting a library in the town, but finances were always a problem.</p><br>
<p>On July 6, 1877, Clarissa Cook contacted the Library Association, and offered to donate $10,000 for a library building. She stipulated that the property had to be bought by the people of Davenport. She donated the money in memory of her husband who had desired to establish a library in the town. He had bequeathed the money in his will to the existing library to be paid after his wife&#39;s death, however, Mrs. Cook decided to make the payment at this time.</p><br>
<p>On November 7, 1877, the cornerstone of the Cook Memorial Library was laid in a Masonic ceremony. Judge John Forrest Dillon delivered an address. Another $1,000 was needed to complete the building and it was paid for by Mrs. Cook. The new building was dedicated in July 1878.</p><br>
<p>The library suffered from poor finances as before and in January 1900 Andrew Carnegie, who had been an honorary member of the library board, offered $50,000 to build a public library. In May of that year the first board of public library trustees was named and a year later Carnegie upped his donation to $75,000. The new library was opened on the corner of Main and Fourth Streets in 1904 and the contents of the Cook library were moved to the new location.</p><br>
<h2>Blue Ribbon News</h2><br>
<p>The Blue Ribbon News was a temperance newspaper with a Republican point of view that was founded in Davenport in 1878. Early publishers of the paper included Dr. J.B. Morgan, George W. Calderwood, and Solon H. Fidlar. Its investors sold the paper to E.W. Brady in 1879 and they renamed it the Northwestern News. The paper flourished in the 1880s and it changed its name again in 1886 to the Davenport Daily Times. In 1899 the Brady family sold the paper to A.W. Lee who published the Ottumwa Courier of Ottumwa, Iowa. This was the beginning of Lee Enterprises.</p><br>
<p>Clarissa Cook Home for the Friendless is a historic building located in the west end of Davenport, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>Ebenezer and Clarissa Cook</h2><br>
<p>Ebenezer Cook was born February 14, 1810, in Oneida County, New York, to Ira and Rachel (Faxon) Cook. His younger brother was John Parsons Cook, and the two worked together their whole lives. Ebenezer bought 1,200 acre of land in 1835 that would in time become part of the city of Davenport, and moved there with his extended family in 1836. He and his brother entered the legal profession and helped establish Scott County in what was then the Wisconsin Territory. They were joined in their law practice with John Forrest Dillon, who later became a judge of the United States Circuit Court for the Eighth Circuit. The brothers became involved in banking and set up a chain of private banks across Iowa and Western Illinois until the country-wide panic which began in 1857. In 1851 the brothers were influential in routing the railroad through Davenport. Ebenezer became a director and then vice president of the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad when it was organized in 1853, and upon its subsequent consolidation became a director and later vice president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway. Ebenezer Cook died October 7, 1871.</p><br>
<p>Clarissa C. (Bryan) Cook was born August 4, 1811, in Sydney, Delaware County, New York, and died February 19, 1879. She was a daughter of Fowler P. and Lucretia Bryan. She was known for carrying out the wishes of her husband and their philanthropy to the City of Davenport and the Episcopal Church. Through her generosity, both during her life and after her death, she was instrumental in building Trinity Church, the Cook Memorial Library, the Clarissa Cook Home for the Friendless and the establishment of a number of trusts for the benefit of the Episcopal parishes and activities in the Diocese of Iowa and elsewhere.</p><br>
<h2>Clarissa Cook Home for the Friendless</h2><br>
<p>In 1884 the Rt. Rev. William Stevens Perry proposed a goal to the Diocesan Convention that the Diocese of Iowa undertake a greater role in social ministry. The inspiration was the Social Gospel Movement that was popular at the time. The Clarissa Cook Home became part of the mission of the diocese to carry out this goal. The original focus of the facility was indigent women who were 60 years of age or older. They were required to pay a $100 admission fee and they were given a place to live for the rest of their lives. They were also required to have a black dress for their burial and a Bible. The home was set up for communal-style living. As time went on the home continued with a more general philosophy of housing elderly women without reference to their economic situation. The name of the facility was shortened to the Clarissa C. Cook Home. A gardener&#39;s cottage was added to the facility in 1893.</p><br>
<p>The facility was built on the former Ira Cook family homestead. The property contained the home, a stable for two cows, henhouse, garden, grape arbor, and a root cellar. It was originally located on a 15.3 acre site that was reduced to 5.3 acre in 1905. In that year 10 acre was used to create a new neighborhood in Davenport&#39;s West End. The lots were sold for $650 and the Cook Home underwrote the sales with loans so that those that bought the lots could build new houses.</p><br>
<p>In 1932 investment income and monthly income was no longer able to cover expenses. From 1932 to 1939 the Cook Home received financial assistance from the City of Davenport and Scott County. Many of the residents started to pay rent. The Home then experienced difficulties in retaining employees during World War II.</p><br>
<p>In March 2012 it was announced that because of the expansion of government subsidized housing in the area the home would close on September 30. At the time there were twelve residents. At its peak, it housed twenty residents. The Clarissa Cook board approached other non-profits about their interest in the property. In 2013 they donated the building to the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society. The 35-room structure was renovated into nine apartments for senior citizens and they also provide senior living services. The project was completed in 2015.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The Clarissa Cook Home was designed by Springfield, Massachusetts, architect Eugene C. Gardner, and A.N. Carpenter served as the landscape architect. The building was constructed by local contractor T.M. McClelland. While the building does not follow any particular architectural style it represents the trends that were popular in Victorian America. It has a somewhat medieval appearance, with heavy masonry, a polychrome exterior, numerous gabled pavilions, and a central entrance tower. The buildings limestone came from the Cook familys quarry near Buffalo, Iowa. The horizontality of the building is enhanced through its rectangular plan and belt coursing. The -story building is capped with a hipped roof. Over the years the building was updated. An elevator was added in 1946 and sprinklers were added in 1961. The nine apartments that were created in the facility in 2015 range in size from over 500 ft&sup2; to over 900 ft&sup2;. The first floor continues to have common space for residents to use and many of the original architectural details remain on that floor as well.</p><br>
<p>Bullock&#39;s Pasadena, in Pasadena, California, is a 240,000-square foot  Late Moderne architectural style building. Built in 1947, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Design</h3><br>
<p>The building was designed by noted Los Angeles architects Wurdeman & Becket, a partnership between Welton Becket and Walter Wurdemen. In addition to the building itself, the architects oversaw the design and installation of all aspects of the stores interior, from the wallpaper and display cases, to the unique mechanical conveyor system that delivered purchases directly to the parking lot. This attention to detail reflected the architects philosophy of "total design," or taking responsibility for master planning, engineering, interiors, fixtures and furnishings, landscape, signage and graphics. The department store was purposely crafted to evoke an atmosphere of a "home" or that of an exclusive country club, in keeping with the company president&#39;s vision.</p><br>
<p>The design and merchandising of store were unique and stood in contrast to many older department stores of the time. Bullock&#39;s Pasadena was among the first department stores in the country to be located outside of a downtown area and was intended to appeal to the emerging "carriage trade," or those shoppers arriving by automobiles. As such, the store was oriented toward an unheard of 6 acre parking lot located behind the structure.</p><br>
<h3>Notability</h3><br>
<p>The stores promoters touted it as the "store of tomorrow" and Arts and Architecture magazine described it as "one of the worlds most modern buildings." In fact, the design was recipient of an AIA Merit Award in 1950.</p><br>
<p>The store&#39;s elegance and prestige was the impetus for a surge in commercial development on both sides of South Lake Avenue following the Second World War. Previously a residential street bounded by houses, the street was soon dotted with upscale shops, boutiques, national retailers and restaurants and became known as one of the premiere shopping destinations in the San Gabriel Valley.</p><br>
<h3>Decline</h3><br>
<p>The South Lake Avenue shopping district, in which Bullocks Pasadena was a major player, began to lose its luster in the late 1980s. While Pasadenas once-seedy Old Town district was reborn as a trendy shopping and entertainment district, once-proud South Lake Avenue lost much of its distinction. It is, however, still considered a distinctive and more exclusive shopping district with surrounding boutiques, starred restaurants and enjoys the patronage of the nearby California Institute of Technology and the affluent community of San Marino.</p><br>
<h3>Current use of building</h3><br>
<p>On July 12, 1996, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as No. 96000776. In May 2000, the city of Pasadenas Design Review Board granted approval for a redevelopment of the buildings surrounding area as part of a new shopping destination called "The Shops on Lake Avenue," a $33 million (~$ in ) project, featuring specialty shops, 27,000 ft&sup2; of new restaurants and a new 300-space-parking garage, increasing parking capacity to nearly 1,200 spaces. Developed by Cleveland, Ohio-based Forest City Development California, Inc. and owned by Federated Department Stores, the project opened in the spring of 2002 and currently houses a Macys department store in the original Bullocks location.</p><br>
<p>The Francis Land House, or Rose Hall, is a historic brick house in located within the Rose Hall District near Princess Anne Plaza in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was the plantation home of the prominent Land family, a founding family of Princess Anne County, Virginia.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Land family history on the site spanned the 1630s to the 1850s. The house passed through six males named Francis Land and then the last Francis&#39; daughters before being sold to another family. Slaves were first documented on the site in 1694, with importation of new slaves up to the 1730s. In the mid-18th century the plantation had as many as 20 slaves. The first Francis Land arrived in the area in 1638–1639 and later acquired 1,020 acres of land by 1654, 200 of which was acquired via head rights by bringing four people with him. The plantation got as small as 350 acres over the next 150 years and at the time the current house was built the plantation was just under 700 acres. The current house sits on 7 acres of that original plantation, and is now in the midst of a very commercialized area.</p><br>
<p>The house was at one time thought to have been built in 1732, but recent research has placed its construction in the period 1805–1810 by Francis Land VI. Francis VI and his family lived there around 1805–1819, when Francis VI died. When Francis Moseley Land built the house his family had already been living on that land for 150 years. Francis VI and his wife had two daughters, Mary E. Land and Anne White Land. Mary married John Newton Walke (their son Frank Anthony Walke was a Confederate Soldier). Anne married John Minson Galt in 1833. Their son Francis Land Galt was surgeon and acting paymaster of the famed Confederate raider CSS Alabama. Mary and Anne held onto the land until about 1850–1851, when it was first sold outside their family. In the early 1900s, Junius Thompson Sheets and his wife, Flora, purchased land, which included the historic Francis Land house, in what is now Lynnhaven, Virginia. The roof was raised 20 in in 1912. In 1929, their son, Emmett Don Sheets sold the property to their daughter, Jane (Jennie) and her husband, Raymond Garfield DeFrees.</p><br>
<p>A large portion of the property was lost to foreclosure during the 1930s, but the DeFrees family kept the primary residence, the Francis Land House, and surrounding acreage as a dairy farm until the mid-1950s.</p><br>
<p>Raymond DeFrees was a civil engineer, and traveled frequently from Washington, D.C. to Florida while working for the Bureau of Evaluation. He was also a charter member of and teacher for the Amateur Astronomer&#39;s Club in Washington, D.C. Many groups came to the historic Francis Land house and farm to learn from him.</p><br>
<p>Jennie DeFrees managed the dairy farm while raising their son and four daughters: Lindsay (who served in WWII), Florence, Flora Louise, Alice, and Helen. She also played the organ at her church. During WWII, she oversaw German prisoners of war who had been assigned to the historic farm. During World War II, Naval Air Station Oceana opened nearby, and a major road was built through the area. By the 1950s commercial development began along Virginia Beach Boulevard and during the mid-late 1900s, the house was the Rose Hall Dress Shop.</p><br>
<p>In the early-mid-1970s a developer wanted to tear down the house and build a shopping mall, but the City of Virginia Beach stepped in and purchased the house and 7 acres of surrounding land in 1975; subsequently operating it as a historic house museum since 1986. Special programs for schools, Scouts, and the general public are offered throughout the year. Adjacent to the house are the Rose Hall Apartments and Rose Hall Professional Center.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The house&#39;s exterior is Georgian style and the inside features period rooms furnished with Federal style antiques and reproductions with heart of pine floors. The exterior walls are double depth Flemish bond brickwork. The manicured grounds include herb, vegetable, flax, formal, and "pleasure" gardens, as well as a history park which includes a constructed.1 mi nature trail in a wooded wetland with interpretive sign exhibit. The trail leads to what was once the Pine Tree Branch of the Lynnhaven River.</p><br>
<h2>Listing</h2><br>
<p>The house was listed in the Virginia Landmarks Register (Virginia Historic Landmark) and the US National Register of Historic Places in 1975. While the house has a plaque stating it was placed on the National Register of Historic Landmarks in 1975, it does not appear on the official National Park Service listing of National Historic Landmarks (NHL) for Virginia. If not already listed on the National Register of Historic Places, an NHL is automatically added to the Register upon designation. About three percent of Register listings are NHLs.</p><br>
<p>Nellis Tavern is a historic inn and tavern located at St. Johnsville in Montgomery County, New York. It was built about 1747-1750 as a farmhouse and expanded about 1790 to its present form. It is a two-story, five-by-two-bay frame residence constructed atop a coursed rubblestone foundation. The building has been restored to the period of about 1835, when it was used as a tavern.</p><br>
<p>After the American Civil War the tavern business declined and the building was used again as a family farmhouse.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<p>An herb garden has been established on the grounds, and there is an associated yearly Rhubarb Festival.</p><br>
<p>Nellis Tavern Herb Garden.jpgHerb Garden</p><br>
<p>Tavern Interior Room.jpgInterior tavern room on 1st floor</p><br>
<p>Nellis Tavern Historical Marker.jpg</p><br>
