<p>The Oregon Water Tower and Pump House is a metal tower with a brick pump house built in 1899 in Oregon, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The water tower and pump house were built in 1899 after concerns were raised in Oregon about fire protection and water supply. In 1921, the wooden tank on the tower was replaced with a metal one. The water tower was drained and removed from service in 1981. The pump house and water tower were designated cultural landmarks by the village board after that. In 2007, both were listed on the state and national registers of historic places. The chairman of the Oregon Historic Preservation Commission, described the tower structure as iconic and representative of downtown Oregon and small-town America in general. The New York Times reported in 2009 that other small towns in the United States were also seeking to preserve ordinary, utilitarian structures, describing them as "the things that represent ordinary people and workers."</p><br>
<h2>Construction</h2><br>
<p>The water tower is a 100 ft tall and has four steel trestle legs supporting an all steel water tank. It is described as a "classic tin man" style, which was once a common form of water tank design introduced in 1894.</p><br>
<p>The pump house is a two-room, brick, utilitarian structure which once contained a water pump and gasoline engine that ran the pump.</p><br>
<p>The John George Ott House is an ornate Italianate-styled home built in 1873 in Madison, Wisconsin for Swiss immigrant Ott. In 1982 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>13-year-old John George Ott immigrated to Madison from Schaffhausen, Switzerland in 1850. He started clerking in a store and in three years managed to save $850. He later recalled that he "was so much encouraged by my phenomenal success, that I undertook to purchase a homestead and built a store in a location which at that time was known as in the woods." Ott&#39;s lot faced onto Williamson Street and he built his store on that side. He ran the store there for fourteen years, selling groceries and items like whiskey by the barrel. In 1868 he started a brickyard, which he operated until 1872. Then in 1872 he began selling accident insurance, fire insurance, and real estate.</p><br>
<p>In 1873 Ott started building the house that is the subject of this article, on the Jenifer Street side of the lot where his store was. The house is in High Victorian Italianate style, with walls made of brick that may have come from Ott&#39;s own brickyard. The windows are framed in ornate sandstone sills and lintels. A line of brick corbels runs beneath a wooden cornice and eaves. In the front center the straight eaves are interrupted by a curved dormer which shelters two tombstone-shaped windows. The roof is shallow and hipped, and was originally topped with a cupola. Wings and bays flank the central block. The High Victorian subtype of Italianate that this house represents is unusual in Madison, where most other Italianate houses are of the Italian Villa or the square-massed subtypes.</p><br>
<p>During Otts years living in the house, he was active in the Old Settlers Club, he helped found Madisons German Masonic Lodge, he helped found Madisons Turnverein, and he was a member of the Maennerchor. He served on the city council, the county board, and as a Justice of the Peace. He also organized his neighbors in the Sixth Ward to create Madisons first public park, converting an old cemetery into Orton Park. After he died in 1914, his family lived in the house on Jenifer Street until 1973.</p><br>
<p>From 1975 to 1986 R. Richard Wagner lived in the house. He had been involved in historic preservation, helping to establish Madison&#39;s Landmarks Commission and then chairing it through its early years. He restored several houses in the Marquette neighborhood and worked toward revitalization of the Williamson Street corridor. In 1980 he was the first openly gay person on the Dane County Board of Supervisors, and went on to serve as its chair for four terms, supporting LGBTQ protections and the development of Monona Terrace and Olbrich Botanical Gardens. Over the years he served on other commissions around Madison.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, the house was designated a landmark by the Madison Landmarks Commission. In 1982 it was listed on the NRHP, significant as "one of the finest High Victorian Italianate residences in Madison," and as the home of one of the first non-Yankee settlers in Madison, who rose from a penniless immigrant to a prominent community leader.</p><br>
<p>The Carrie Pierce House is an elegant house built about 1857 in Madison, Wisconsin, for Alexander McDonnell, one of the builders of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. In 1972 the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and, in 1985, converted to the Mansion Hill Inn.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Alexander McDonnell was a building contractor in early Madison. In 1857, less than ten years after Wisconsin became a state, McDonnell&#39;s firm began work building the east wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol.</p><br>
<p>Kutzbock and Donnel designed the house with the exterior much as it looks today. It stands two stories, clad in Prairie du Chien sandstone. The east-facing façade has an unusual profile for a residence – symmetric around the front door, with a bay on each side rising to a low-pitched gable taller than the center section. Each outer bay has a stone bay window on the first floor with a balcony above in front of large windows. Many of the windows have round-arched frames within larger arches. At the top of the second story are ranks of fine dentils. Above the center flat bay is a cupola. The whole composition suggests some kind of religious edifice more than a residence.</p><br>
<p>The third State Capitol building, built at the same time, was clad in the same Prairie du Chien sandstone, and the exterior stonework on this house resembles that of the third Capitol. Some of the decoration inside the house is said to resemble Kutzbock and Donnell&#39;s designs for the Capitol, so perhaps this house preserves some glimpses of that building, destroyed by fire in 1904.</p><br>
<p>Some architectural historians have classified the house&#39;s style as Romanesque Revival. Others have placed it in the Rundbogenstil category, which means "round arch-style" and is a variation of Romanesque Revival originating in Germany. Some elements are Gothic Revival style, such as the pointed arches in some window panes and the quatrefoil windows high in the side gables. The cupola is Italianate.</p><br>
<p>The house was completed in 1858. After Francie and Alexander McDonnell, the house was occupied by Roberta and John H. Garnhart, owner of the Garnhart Reaper Works. After the death of J. H. Garnhart, his widow married Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Orsamus Cole, and they lived in the house. The next occupant was Sarah Fairchild Dean Conover, the sister of Civil War hero and Wisconsin Governor Lucius Fairchild and herself prominent in civic circles. From 1906 to 1938, Carrie and George Pierce, a power company executive, lived there and ran a high-class boarding house in the mansion. In 1985 the Alexander Company remodeled the house into a luxury hotel, and in 2008 Trek Bicycle and Hospitality bought the hotel and further renovated the interior.</p><br>
<p>In 1971, the house was designated a landmark by the Madison Landmarks Commission. In 1972 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places, because it is "one of the very best" and the most unique architecturally of the remaining historic houses built in Madison in the decade after statehood. It is also associated with the designers and builder of the third State Capitol. One reviewer suggests that this house "may well be the finest domestic example of the German Romanesque revival remaining in the United States."</p><br>
<p>The Grimes Covered Bridge was an historic, American wooden covered bridge that was located in Washington Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. It was destroyed by fire in 1992.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>This historic structure was a 31.75 ft, King post truss bridge with a tin covered gable roof. Built in 1888, it crossed Ruff Creek. In October 1978, it was one of nine historic covered bridges in Greene County. This covered bridge once used the King Post Truss, no arches, and at only 31 feet 9 inches long, it is the shortest covered bridge in Greene County. This covered bridge has died after being destroyed by a fire in November 1992. This covered bridge was 104 years old.</p><br>
<p>Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, it was destroyed in a fire in November 1992.</p><br>
<p>The Rutland United Brethren in Christ Meeting House and Cemetery is a rather simple frame church built in 1852 in Rutland, Wisconsin. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004 for its religious significance.</p><br>
<p>The Church of the United Brethren in Christ is an evangelical denomination with Mennonite and German Reformed roots, formed in 1800. The first prayer meeting in Wisconsin of United Brethren occurred around 1840 at the home of "father" Johnson near Rutland. In 1840 the first United Brethren class in the state commenced in the home of Joseph Dominic DeJean in Rutland.</p><br>
<p>In 1851 a congregation was formed, led by Reverend A. Bacher, with 65 members. Charter members included Joseph DeJean, Taylor Valentine, A.G. Newton, Mr. and Mrs. David Anthony, E.D. Sholts, Emma Graves, the Burtons, the Haskins, the Prentices, and Dan Pond.</p><br>
<p>The congregation bought 1.5 acres for a meeting house and burial ground in a rise above the Janesville and Madison Road – now US-14. The land cost ten dollars. They built the meeting house in 1852 or 1853. The building is a simple rectangle, 26 by 36 feet. Walls are frame. At the top are frieze boards. Above that are returned eaves – simple features drawn from the Greek Revival style that was then popular. A wooden stoop spans the front of the building, now rebuilt several times. Inside, a platform spans the west end of the building. The original pews stand in four rows facing the platform. The walls are finished with plaster and horizontal wainscoting. The meeting house was dedicated in the fall of 1853, – the first United Brethren building in Wisconsin.</p><br>
<p>The oldest headstones in the cemetery are from the 1850s. Some are decorated with "symbols characteristic of the era, such as clasped hands (for married couples), roses not yet in full bloom (for young women), and a hand pointing toward heaven."</p><br>
<p>It was in this Rutland meeting house that the Wisconsin Conference of the United Brethren in Christ was organized in 1858. Revival meetings were also held at the meeting house, including one led by George K. Little in the summer of 1883. At the end, Little baptized 38 converts in a nearby lake with 3,000 in attendance.</p><br>
<p>Church membership dropped. In 1903 some women of the congregation formed a group called the Mite Society, partly to maintain the property, but they couldn&#39;t keep up with the cemetery, so the Rutland Center Cemetery Association formed in 1908. In 1912 the Conference quit sending a minister to Rutland. A pastor from Janesville came to preach occasionally, but in 1922 the United Brethren sold the meeting house to the Cemetery Association.</p><br>
<p>In later years the building was used from time to time for public events and funerals, and Seventh Day Adventist services. In 1974 the Cemetery Association could no longer keep up the cemetery, so deeded it to the town of Rutland. In 2003 the Rutland Church and Cemetery Committee formed to care for the site.</p><br>
<p>The Lippincott Covered Bridge  is an historic, American wooden covered bridge that is located in Morgan Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>This historic structure is a 27.75 ft, King post, truss bridge with a shingle covered gable roof. Erected in 1943, it crosses Ruff Creek. As of October 1978, it was one of nine historic covered bridges in Greene County.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>The Neils Red Covered Bridge was an historic, American wooden covered bridge that was located in Greene Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. and was delisted from the National Register in 2018.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>This historic structure was an 86 ft, Burr Truss bridge with a tin covered gable roof, Built in 1900, it crossed Whiteley Creek. As of October 1978, it was one of nine historic covered bridges that existed in Greene County.</p><br>
<p>Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, it was destroyed in an arson fire on June 19, 1990, and was delisted from the National Register in 2018.</p><br>
<p>Nettie Woods Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Center Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. It is a 40 ft, Queenpost truss bridge with a tin covered gable roof, constructed in 1882. It crosses Pursley Creek. As of October 1978, it was one of nine historic covered bridges in Greene County.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>Shriver Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Center Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. It is a 40 ft, Queenpost truss bridge with a tin covered gable roof, constructed in 1900. It crosses Harqus Creek. As of October 1978, it was one of nine historic covered bridges in Greene County.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>Scott Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Center Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. It is a 41 ft, Queenpost truss bridge with a raised seam tin covered gable roof, constructed in 1885. It crosses Ten Mile Creek. As of October 1978, it was one of nine historic covered bridges in Greene County.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>St. Peter&#39;s Roman Catholic Church is a Neogothic-styled church built in 1901 in the small farming community of Ashton, Wisconsin in the town of Springfield, Dane County, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>The first settler in the area around St. Peter&#39;s arrived in 1848, from Bavaria. In subsequent years, more immigrants arrived from Cologne and Alsace-Lorraine. Many of these people were German Catholics, and they established a local parish, constructing their first church building in 1861. In 1867 they added a Catholic school.</p><br>
<p>By 1901 the parish needed a new church building. Anton Dohman of Milwaukee designed the current building and J.H. Owens of Mazomanie contracted the masonry work. The walls are built of coursed limestone quarried from local farms. The front doors are at the base of a tall centered steeple. Above the door is a rose window, then three lancet windows, then a louvered belfry, then an octagonal spire, then a cross. Small apses project from the sides and a large apse from the back. Limestone buttresses divide the wall surfaces. The main roof is still covered by its original slate shingles.</p><br>
<p>Inside, the nave contains two rows of oak pews, leading to the pinnacled altar in the apse on the south end. In the spandrels above the altar is a mural depicting Christ and his disciples. To the sides are a carved wood pulpit and lecterns. One side apse contains a baptistery and the other a grotto.</p><br>
<p>The complex includes a two-story brick school/convent and a Queen Anne-styled rectory built in 1906, but neither building is included in the NRHP nomination.</p><br>
<p>St. Peter&#39;s school, built in 1867, was the only school in Ashton until a public school opened in 1920. Today the church building remains the prominent building in the small community, and the steeple is visible for miles over the surrounding farmlands.</p><br>
<p>The Frank E. Schoonover Studios in Wilmington, Delaware comprise a historic building that was used by the students of illustrator Howard Pyle, including the original tenants Frank Schoonover, N.C. Wyeth, Harvey Dunn, and Clifford Ashley. Philanthropist and art collector Samuel Bancroft paid for the building which was designed by the prominent local architect Capt. E.L. Rice, Jr. and built in 1905 in a simplified Queen Anne or Shavian Manorial style. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>Schoonover remained in his studio, Number 1, until the end of his career, but the other original tenants moved out within ten years. Other artists moved in but Schoonover eventually became the sole owner of the property. After his death in 1972, a group of artists restored the building.</p><br>
<p>In 2006, the Delaware History Museum held a special exhibition about the Studios.</p><br>
<p>The Fort Leaton State Historic Site is located on Farm to Market Road 170, in Presidio County in the USA state of Texas. The original adobe structure was a private residence dating back to the early 19th century. It was purchased in 1848 by Benjamin Leaton, who adapted it as a fortress. Fort Leaton was the Presidio County original seat of government. Through murders, financial difficulties and abandonment, the structure changed hands numerous times. In 1967, it was deeded to the state of Texas and opened to the public in 1978 as a Texas State Historic Site. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Presidio County, Texas on June 18, 1973.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Fort Leaton is believed to have been built as an adobe residence in the 1830s by Juan Bustillos. In 1848, it was acquired by Benjamin Leaton, who lived in the structure and also used it as his trading post and fortress.</p><br>
<p>Benjamin Leaton was a trader, freight hauler along the Chihuahua Trail, and a bounty hunter paid by various local governments in Mexico for each scalp taken from an indigenous person. He also traded munitions to the Apache and Comanche for any stolen cattle they brought him. When Presidio County was established in 1850, Fort Leaton was its first seat of government. Leaton died in 1851, and his widow married Edward Hall who continued operating the freight business from the fort. Hall became financially indebted to Leatons scalp hunting partner John Burgess. Hall defaulted on his debt to Burgess in 1864, and was murdered. Burgess took over the fort, and was in turn murdered by Leatons son in 1875. The Burgess family remained in the fort until they abandoned it in 1926. The fort was purchased by Marfa State Bank and a private citizen in the 1930s and donated to Presidio County. An attempt at restoration was begun, but adequate financing never materialized. The site was then purchased by a private citizen and donated to the state of Texas. In 1968, the site was designated Fort Leaton State Historic Site. It opened to the public in 1978.</p><br>
<p>Fort Leaton was added to the National Register of Historic Places listings in Presidio County, Texas on June 18, 1973.</p><br>
<h2>Facilities</h2><br>
<p>Fort Leaton State Historic Site is on Farm to Market Road 170, 5 mi southeast of Presidio, Texas.</p><br>
<p>The site contains historic ruins, nature trails, and exhibits. There is a picnic area and public restrooms. The Texas State Park Store gift shop is located on the grounds.</p><br>
<p>The Barton Warnock Environmental Education Center serves as the visitor center for both Ft. Leaton State Historic Site and Big Bend Ranch State Park.</p><br>
<p>Wireless Internet Access (Wi-Fi) is available in some areas of this site.</p><br>
<h2>Hours, admission</h2><br>
<p>Fort Leaton is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 7 days a week, but closed on Christmas Day.</p><br>
<p>Entrance fee applies. Special event rental fees by prior arrangement. Guided tours are available for an additional fee. Group tours need to be coordinated in advance with the Park.</p><br>
<p>Forother places of the same nameSt. Joseph&#39;s Chapel </p><br>
<p>St. Joseph&#39;s Chapel is a historic chapel located in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The chapel was used by the German Catholic congregation of Sacred Heart Parish. The Gothic Revival structure was built in 1896 by parishioner Joseph Bemish. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 for its architectural significance.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Sacred Heart Parish, Eau Claires German-speaking Catholic congregation, formed in 1875, when it split off from St. Patricks Church. Parishioner Joseph Bemish built St. Josephs Chapel in the church cemetery in 1896. On the cornerstone was written "St. Josephs Kapelle 1896." St. Joseph chapel was commissioned by Rev. John Metzler (pastor at Sacred Heart church for six years) in memory of their former pastor, Rev. Joseph Boehm, who died on August 23, 1893. The chapel was dedicated in June 1897, and the remains of Rev. Boehm were exhumed and placed in the vault with solemn ceremonies led by Bishop James Schwebach of the Diocese of La Crosse. The "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" shows Rev. Paul Geyer (who died August 15, 1899) and Rev. John Metzler (who died November 27, 1907) were also entombed in the vault. However, Metzler was buried at Calvary Cemetery in Chippewa Falls in the largest procession ever held in that city. The chapel held occasional Masses until November 1943. Rev. John Peltz had the bodies removed from the vault, and they were reburied in the cemetery. The chapel remained unused for several decades and was used to store cemetery maintenance equipment. In 1982, the congregation renovated the chapel under the guidance of Rev. Peter Eiden.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The chapel is a one-room red brick structure with a Gothic Revival design. A tower rises above the churchs front entrance; it features arched openings on each side and a cross at its peak. Arched stained glass windows flank the entrance and run along the sides of the building; a transom window above the entrance doorway matches the shape of these windows. A quatrefoil stained glass window is situated atop the arch of the transom. The chapels interior features a carved wooden relief at the altar and a hand-painted ceiling.</p><br>
<p>The Halle Steensland House  is a historic house located originally at 315 North Carroll Street in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 30, 1982. It is locally significant as one of the finest brick Queen Anne houses in Madison.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Queen Anne style house is a three-story structure constructed of wood frame with red brick veneer and stone trim, in a very eclectic adaptation of the style. It was designed by local architectural firm Gordon and Paunack, and was built in 1896 for Norwegian immigrant Halle Steensland. Steensland came to Madison in 1855, and later served as a USA Vice Consul in Sweden and Norway. On May 20, 1974, it was designated a landmark by the Madison Landmarks Commission.</p><br>
<p>The house has been owned by the Bethel Lutheran Church since 1958, when it became the Bethel Parish Shoppe. In 2015, they moved the house, from its location facing North Carroll Street, approximately 200 feet to a location in the same block but facing West Gorham Street. As such, its current address is 15 West Gorham Street. The church is planning to renovate the house for use as student housing.</p><br>
<p>The Greene Academy, now known as the Greene Academy of Art, is an historic school building which is located in Carmichaels in Greene County, Pennsylvania. It is a two-and-one-half-story stone and brick building with a gable roof.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>The stone section of this structure was built sometime around 1790 as an Episcopal church; the brick section was added in 1810.</p><br>
<p>A notable Academy graduate was politician Albert B. Cummins (1850-1926).</p><br>
<p>After the Academy closed in 1893, the building was subsequently used for a Grand Army of the Republic meeting hall, as well as apartments. The building underwent restoration in the mid-1970s to house the Greene Academy of Art.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.</p><br>
<p>William Crawford House is a historic home located at Cumberland Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1815, and is a -story, three-bay log building. It has a gable roof and sits on a rubblestone foundation. It has a -story, rear kitchen ell. The logs, visible in some areas through deteriorated weatherboarding, are dovetailed.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<p>Charles Grant Heasley House is a historic home located at Franklin Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1903 and 1905, and is a three-story, square brick building with a slate covered hipped roof. It measures approximately 42 feet by 42 feet, and sits on a stone foundation. The roofline features four chimneys, four spires, a pinnacle with finial, and six dormers. The house is representative of the Châteauesque style.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.</p><br>
<p>The Joseph J. Stoner House is a historic house located at in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 17, 1980.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1865, the house was purchased by Joseph and Harriet Stoner. The Madison Landmarks Commission designated it a landmark in 1972. In 1983, the house was gifted to the Wisconsin Architects Foundation by Madison Newspapers. The foundation went on to move the house to a different location 100 feet away and extensively renovate it at a cost of more than $200,000.</p><br>
<p>The Stoughton Universalist Church is a Greek Revival-styled church built in Stoughton, Wisconsin in 1858. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>The community of Stoughton was founded in 1847 when Vermont-born Luke Stoughton built a dam on the Yahara River to power his sawmill and gristmill. A settlement grew around that enterprise and in 1858 the first Christian congregation formed - a congregation of the Universalist Church in America. Luke and his family were among the 35 charter members, and he donated a lot for the church building.</p><br>
<p>Architect Stephen Vaughan Shipman designed a Greek Revival-styled church building - a typical style for that early date. P.J. Hynes supervised the construction, which was done by E.E. Warren, John H. Warren, and finish masonry by J.H. Harvey. The thrifty congregation expected each male member to donate one work-day per week. The building&#39;s footprint is a 51 x 31 foot rectangle. The walls are built of cream brick hauled from Milwaukee by oxen. Brick pilasters divide the walls into panels which frame tall windows. The gable ends are framed into pediments. The roof has a moderate pitch typical for Greek Revival. Centered on the front roof peak is a large white square steeple, with two tower stages and then a spire at the top. Inside, the decorations were simple, fitting the Universalist approach to worship.</p><br>
<p>Shipman went on to design the rotunda and dome of the capitol in Madison.</p><br>
<p>The church building was shared with the community. Other denominations held services there. Public meetings were held in the basement. The local schools used the building.</p><br>
<p>The Universalist congregation itself was progressive, calling a woman pastor already in 1869. Another woman ministered around 1883 and another from 1890 to 1892. But the congregation eventually dwindled and stopped using the church in 1938.</p><br>
<p>In 1960 the Stoughton Historical Society took ownership. They have adapted the interior as a museum while preserving the exterior much as it was.</p><br>
<p>University Heights Historic District is located in Madison, Wisconsin. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The land the district sits on was once owned by former Madison Mayor Breese J. Stevens. In 1893, Stevens sold the land to the University Heights Company for $53,000. Buildings in the district began being constructed the following year. The Harold C. Bradley House and the Eugene A. Gilmore House are located inside the district.</p><br>
<p>The University Presbyterian Church and Student Center, nicknamed Pres House, is a historic church on State Street in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Designed in 1931 by local architect Edward Tough in a Gothic Revival style, and after a delay occasioned by the Great Depression it was completed four years later.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1848, Wisconsin became a state, Madison was named its capital, and the University of Wisconsin–Madison was founded. In 1901, Rev. James Beveridge Lee of Milwaukees Immanuel Presbyterian Church and Rev. Barton B. Bigler of Madisons Christ Church petitioned the state Synod to provide a minister for Presbyterian students at the university. The Synod responded by founding the Presbyterian Student Union. When Rev. George Hunt succeeded Bigler in 1904, he further petitioned the Synod to send a pastor to minister to the students. This was authorized the following year with the transfer of Rev. Matthew C. Allison from Indiana University in Bloomington.</p><br>
<p>The Student Union was originally located in Christ Church, 1 mi away from campus. This distance discourage students from attending regular services. Allison and Hunt proposed a new building at a meeting of the Presbyterian Assembly. At a national conference in 1916, the Assembly approved a union building near campus. However, the American involvement in World War I stymied fundraising efforts. When the war ended Allison identified a property near campus and purchased it on February 11, 1920. Allison led a remodeling effort to transform the former Fitch House into a chapel and clubhouse, with a residence for Allison on the second floor. Three other houses on the property were rented out, raising money for the mission.</p><br>
<p>By the mid-1920s, the "Pres House" was too small to accommodate the growing student body. In 1929, Allison began a fundraising effort for a new clubhouse. Edward Tough was commissioned with its design, and J. H. Findorff & Son was hired as contractor. Construction began in August 1931 for a cost of $112,561. However, following the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the church could not afford this cost. Parts of the building were left unfinished. Allison died, probably from complications of a stroke, on July 25, 1935. His funeral in the unfinished building reignited interest in its completion. Donations from a Mrs. Nishan and the Board of Trustees of Carroll College permitted the completion of the project.</p><br>
<p>The completed Pres House featured student lounges on each floor, several sleeping rooms on the second floor, and a basement with a stage and pastor&#39;s apartment. Pres House provided housing, employment, and inexpensive food to students during the Depression. In 1962, the church became part of the newly formed Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship. By 1969, attendance had dropped so much that the congregation voted to dissolve. The next year, it merged with three other student ministries to form the Madison Campus Ministry.</p><br>
<p>Madison Campus Ministry (MCM) operated within Pres House until the late 1990s. During this time a student run coffee shop called the Catacombs was established and a wide variety of programming was provided. Numerous other student groups made their home in the building for office space and meeting space. In 1999 the Synod of Lakes and Prairies considered selling the property but local leaders and Madison area churches insisted the prime location and rich history was too valuable to part with. The Presbyterian Student Center Board of Directors sought to develop a new model for programming and funding that would take Pres House into the next phase of history. Pres House and MCM parted ways and moved into new phases of ministry separately.</p><br>
<p>In 2004 the Pres House Board hired new Co-Pastor Directors, Rev. Mark Elsdon and Rev. Erica Liu. Together with the board, alumni, donors, and community leaders they re-built the student church community and re-developed the parking lot behind Pres House. In 2007 the parking lot was turned into a $17 million, 7-story apartment building called the Pres House Apartments which is home to approximately 250 students. That same year the Pres House Chapel and Student Center underwent a major restoration and renovation.</p><br>
<p>The historic chapel building was recognized by the National Park Service with a listing on the National Register of Historic Places on October 16, 2002.</p><br>
<p>The Prospect Park Second Plat Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in the north-central section of Des Moines, Iowa, United States. The residential area contained middle to upper class housing that was developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the suburb of North Des Moines. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1998. It is part of the Towards a Greater Des Moines MPS.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The first section of this historic district is known as Official Plat of Government Lot 2 and it was laid out in. Prospect Park Second Plat was laid out the following year and it was corrected in 1888. The final section, Glen Baily Plat, was laid out in 1922. The period of historical significance ends in 1937 when Hickman Road was cut through to Sixth Avenue.</p><br>
<p>There are three distinct sections in the historic district. The area north of Hickman Road along the Des Moines River contains larger lots that offer panoramic views of the river valley below. This is where the upper-income residents lived. The area south of Hickman Road between Seventh and Ninth Streets contained more modest sized lots without river views. The street car line on Sixth Avenue encouraged development in the years prior to the large-scale use of the automobile. Initially, the area along Sixth Street was developed into single-family homes. Glen Baily redeveloped it as rental properties when he built a complex of seven apartment buildings in the 1920s.</p><br>
<p>The district is also associated with several real estate practices that significantly influenced the development of North Des Moines during this time period. These practices include the introduction of residential parks as a new kind of residential area; subdividing large tracts of land for piece-meal development; the rise of real estate companies to finance large ventures; and new marketing techniques.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The middle- and upper-middle-class houses in the district provide a variety of different architectural styles that were popular in Des Moines in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Several houses in the district were featured in local publications during this time period and may have helped in popularizing the various styles. Several Des Moines architects, including Norman T. Vorse, Kraetsch & Kraetsch and Hallett & Rawson, had designed houses that were built in the district. Most of these houses are the larger residences north of Hickman Road along the river. Landscape architecture was another element of the development of the Prospect Park Second Plat. It contains the characteristics of the residential park-natural terrain, parkland, curvilinear streets and parkway-like amenities. It provides a transition between the traditionally laid out city block in the south and the irregular streets on the north side.</p><br>
<p>The Queen Anne style was prominent in the early development of Prospect Park Second Plat. They are found along Franklin Avenue from the Des Moines River to the southern border of the district. The Colonial Revival style developed soon after. Several examples of this style are found in the more modest sized houses along Ninth Street. A larger and more upscale version of this style is found at 1908 Seventh Street. There are also several examples of the American Four Square style. They are found throughout the southern part of the historic district. The American Craftsman style is found in both large and small houses. The larger examples were built north of Hickman Road. The smaller houses are located along the north–south streets.</p><br>
<p>A couple of architectural styles have only one example in the district. The F. A. Kern House at 717 Franklin Avenue is an example of the Prairie School style. There is another house of the same style and on the same street, but located in The Oaklands Historic District. There is also a single example of the Mission Revival style on Seventh Street.</p><br>
<p>West Lawn Heights Historic District is a residential historic district on the near west side of Madison, Wisconsin. The district encompasses 403 buildings, nearly all of which are houses, spread over roughly 23 city blocks. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The district consisted of farmland until 1903, when the West Lawn development was platted; the neighboring West Lawn Heights and Hillington developments followed in 1908 and 1917 respectively. The historically significant houses in the district were constructed from 1906 to 1946. Prior to 1920, 62 houses were built in the district, mainly in popular contemporary styles such as Prairie School, American Craftsman, and bungalow. Madison architect Alvan E. Small designed several of these early houses, including his own residence. The majority of the district&#39;s houses were built after 1920 in period revival styles, primarily Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival. These later houses include works by architects Henry T. Dysland, John J. Flad, Law, Law & Potter, and Frank M. Riley.</p><br>
<p>Houses on Hillington Green, West Lawn Heights Historic District.JPGHouses on Hillington Green</p><br>
<p>Rowley and Commonwealth, West Lawn Heights Historic District.JPGHouses on Rowley Avenue</p><br>
<p>The Riverview Park Plat Historic District is located in the north-central section of Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1996.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1886, the Riverview Park Company bought two tracts of land from Wesley and Anne Redhead, who had owned the property for a number of years as an investment. The purchase price was $12,500. There was a great deal of real estate development in Des Moines at this time. However, their expectations were greater than the market. While the lots were expensive, the eight lots on the north side with their panoramic vistas of the Des Moines River sold quickly. The lots south of Arlington Avenue sold more slowly. In 1891, lot 13 was further divided into three lots and was named Jackson&#39;s Subdivision. Two years later lots 9 and 10 were subdivided into 13 lots and renamed Arlington Place.</p><br>
<p>Riverview Park Plat was intended to be an upscale development. Lot owners who wanted to sell their property were required to offer the lots, or their shares of stock in the company, to those who had already invested in the development. If no one made an offer then the lot owner could place the property on the open market. Riverview Park is the earliest known example of a restrictive residential covenant in Des Moines.</p><br>
<p>Large houses were in fact built in the upper and upper-middle-class neighborhood. Until the 1960s, only a few of the houses had been converted from single family to multi-family dwellings. As the homes continued to age they also deteriorated and more were converted into multi-family housing. In the 1980s, the neighborhood was classified as slum-blight by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The Riverview Park Plat Historic District includes some of the largest architecturally ambitious houses in Des Moines at that time. The Queen Anne and Colonial Revival were the predominant architectural styles employed. There were also examples of eclectic architecture that combined the Colonial Revival, American Four Square, Tudor Revival and American Craftsman styles. Several of Des Moines&#39; architectural firms Liebbe, Nourse & Rasmussen, Wetherell and Gage, C. C. Cross & Company and Hallett and Rawson, had their designs built in Riverview</p><br>
<p>Riverview Park Plat was one of several naturalistic suburban subdivisions that were developed in Des Moines during the 1880s. Frank Pelton, civil engineer of Des Moines, laid out the plat. Its focus is the curve of the Des Moines River. Arlington Avenue follows a curvilinear course that parallels the river. It also contained an island park, which no longer exists. The streets width also adds to the park-like nature of the area. It is 75 ft wide while most of Des Moines streets at the time were 50 ft wide.</p><br>
<p>The Wingra Park Historic District is a residential historic district on the near west side of Madison, Wisconsin, United States. The district includes 320 buildings, 297 of which are considered contributing to its historic significance, and Vilas Circle Park. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 14, 1999.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The land that the district now sits on was purchased by William T. Fish in 1889. Fish divided the land into lots and sold them for new homes, though slow sales prompted him to sell the remaining land in 1893. The new owners formed the Wingra Park Advancement Association to spur development and land sales; the group&#39;s efforts brought a streetcar line and electric street lights to the new neighborhood, and Madison annexed Wingra Park in 1903.</p><br>
<p>The oldest surviving house in the district was built in 1891, and most houses in the district were built between then and 1940. Many examples of popular architectural styles from the early twentieth century can be found in the district; the American Craftsman style is the most prevalent, while the Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, bungalow, and Prairie School styles are also well-represented. American Foursquare and Queen Anne houses can also be found in the district; the latter is particularly common in pre-1900 houses.</p><br>
<p>The Wisconsin Wagon Company Factory is a historic factory building located at 602 Railroad Street in Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Wagon Company built the factory building in 1903 to construct horse-drawn wagons and carriages. The company transitioned the building to an auto factory in 1917 and continued to use it until 1957. The building is a well-preserved example of a textile mill industrial loft, a popular factory style in many industries around the turn of the century. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Wisconsin Wagon Company formed in 1883 and purchased the factory site the same year; the site originally consisted of a stone manufacturing building and a warehouse. In 1903, the company built the present factory building, which replaced the warehouse and supplemented the stone manufacturing building. An addition was placed on the building in 1911, allowing the company to conduct all of its operations in one building, and the stone building was demolished. The company made horse-drawn wagons and carriages in the building until 1917, when it became an automobile company and converted its factory accordingly. It subsequently changed its name to the Hansen Auto Body Company, and it continued to use the factory until it moved to a new building in 1957. Automatic Temperature Supplies, a refrigeration and HVAC company, purchased the building and used it as a warehouse until 1974; its current occupant, Madison Gas & Electric, bought the property in 1985.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 2002. It was also designated a landmark by the Madison Landmarks Commission in 2002.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The factory is a textile mill industrial loft, a type of industrial building common between 1885 and 1930. Industrial lofts had a long, narrow plan which maximized ventilation and natural light on the factory floor. The factory, like most industrial lofts, has a timber frame skeleton designed to efficiently bear weight; the frame was later reinforced with steel. The textile mill subtype, which spread beyond textiles to other heavy manufacturing industries, focused on fire prevention and reducing the effects of vibrating machinery; in the factory, this can be seen in the exposed walls and beams and the adjacent staircase and elevator. While most industrial lofts were utilitarian in design, the factory has some stylistic features; pilasters and an entablature frame the entrance, and the parapet atop the building has fortress-like projections at the corners.</p><br>
<p>Thomas Kent Jr. Farm is a historic home and farm located at Franklin Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. The house was built about 1851, and is a -story, brick dwelling with a 2-story rear ell in the Greek Revival style. It measures 43 feet by 36 feet. Also on the property are the contributing frame barn , corn crib , shed , two car garage , and pond .</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.</p><br>
<p>The Greene Hills Farm, also known as the Greene County Historical Society Museum, is an historic home which is located in Franklin Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built in 1861, the farmhouse is a two-and-one-half-story, nine-bay by four-bay, brick dwelling with a gable roof that was designed in the Georgian style. It was expanded in the 1880s with a two-and-one-half-story, brick addition with a gable roof. Another two-and-one-half-story addition was built sometime around 1900.</p><br>
<p>A county home for the aged from the 1880s through 1964, when it closed, the building was renovated starting in 1969, in order to house the Greene County Historical Society Museum&#39;s collection and library.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<p>The John Corbley Farm, also known as Slave Gallant, is an historic American home that is located in Greene Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built circa 1796 as a two-story, five-bay, brick dwelling that sits on a stone foundation, this historic structure has a gable roof. Its builder, the Rev. John Corbly (1733–1803), was a founder of the local Baptist church and was also associated with the Whiskey Rebellion. In 1782, his family was killed during the Corbly Family massacre. The farm name of Slave Gallant derived from Slieve Gallion in Ireland, which was nearby where John Corbley was born and raised before emigrating to Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>The Josiah B. and Sara Moore House is a house in Villisca, Iowa, United States. The house was the site of the 1912 brutal murder of eight people, including six children. A documentary has been made about the murder, which remains unsolved. The house was renovated in the 1990s and serves as the Villisca Axe Murder House.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Josiah Moore and his family bought the house in 1903 and lived there until 1912. On the night of June 9, 1912, the six members of the Moore family and two house guests were bludgeoned to death in the residence. All eight victims, including six children, had severe head wounds inflicted with an axe.</p><br>
<h2>House</h2><br>
<h3>Renovation</h3><br>
<p>The house was built in 1868, on lot 310. After the murders, the house went through the possession of eight people, the most recent acquisition occurring in 1994 by Darwin Linn. He and his wife successfully restored the house to its original condition at the time of the murders. In 1997, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The Iowa Historic Preservation Alliance recognized the site with the Preservation at its Best award in 1997.</p><br>
<p>Alexander V. Boughner House is a historic home located at Greensboro in Greene County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1857, and is a -story, three-bay, "I"-plan dwelling in the Greek Revival style. It has a rear kitchen ell. The front facade features a small entry porch with a hipped roof supported by four square columns.</p><br>
<p>Alexander V. Boughner, born in 1830, was a third generation potter. The 1850s and 1860s were a prosperous time in the Greensboro area partially due to an 1856 extension of the slack water system of locks and dams on the Monongahela River allowing easier travel to and from Pittsburgh. Boughner participated in the general prosperity brought to the area by the stoneware industry, he remained active during the peak years in the 1870s and 1880s. He also branched out into a successful mercantile business. As was typical for the Greensboro area in that time, owner/managers lived on the same level as local artisans and workers; Boughner&#39;s home was a modest, yet substantial one.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<p>The Peters-Graham House is an historic, American home that is located in Greensboro in Greene County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>The first section of this historic structure was built circa 1859, and is a one-story, single-pen, log dwelling that measures fifteen feet by thirteen feet. Attached to the house is an eighteen-foot by thirteen-foot timber-frame addition that was built in the mid- to late-nineteenth century. The two sections are covered by a shallow pitched roof. A shed roofed kitchen was added in the mid-twentieth century. It was built by Robert Peters, an African American and a formerly enslaved man who worked in the local potteries.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<p>The James Jones House is an historic American home that is located in Greensboro in Greene County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built circa 1879, this historic structure is a -story, three-bay, "I"-plan, brick dwelling that was designed in the Italianate style. A front porch that was created in the Colonial Revival style was added circa 1900, and a -story frame addition was built circa 1950. The house features a shallow pitched roof with wide eaves and tall, arched windows with raised brick crowns.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<p>The Brick House Beautiful is a historic house located in northeast Portland, Oregon, United States. It was built in 1922–1923 to be a model house showcasing the product line of the Standard Brick & Tile Company, based in Portland. It was also a demonstration project for the brick hollow-wall method of construction, newly introduced in the Portland market to reduce cost and improve affordability of brick houses.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.</p><br>
<p>The Ware–Lyndon House is a historic house located at 211 Hoyt Street in Athens, Georgia, at the end of Jackson Street. Built circa 1850, the house is two stories and exhibits an Italianate style. Edward R. Ware, its original owner, sold the property to Edward S. Lyndon in 1880. In 1939, the city of Athens purchased the home and a major restoration was made in 1960. In 1976, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the only surviving structure from the Lickskillet neighborhood of Athens, one of the most fashionable districts of its time.</p><br>
<h2>Past owners</h2><br>
<p>Edward R. Ware came to Athens in 1829 and was one of Athens&#39; most prominent physicians practicing during the antebellum, Civil War, and post-Civil War periods.</p><br>
<p>The house was the site of many parties; William Hope Hull (founder of University of Georgias law school in 1859) described Mrs. Edward R. Ware as "full of life, loving the company of old and young, rich and poor, hospitable to lavishness, never too sick to go to a party,&#39; and never too tired to give one…that youthful vivacity and unfeigned cordiality, which added to the other attraction of her elegant home today the Lyndon House</p><br>
<p>Arts Center and Museum, a city-owned community arts center made it one of the centers of social life in Athens."</p><br>
<p>Edward S. Lyndon, the house&#39;s second owner, was a druggist who owned Lyndon Mill.</p><br>
<h2>Current usage</h2><br>
<p>Since 1973, the house has served as a community arts center and has been known as the Lyndon House Arts Center since its grand opening in May 1999. This 33,000 sq. ft. addition contains galleries, studios, classrooms, and offices and was constructed to preserve the Italianate design of the adjoining original structure. The original house displays period furnishings and is open for self-guided tours.</p><br>
<p>The Sherman Hill Historic District is located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It is one of the oldest residential neighborhoods in Des Moines. Single-family houses were constructed beginning around 1880 and multi-family dwellings were built between 1900 and 1920. The district encompasses 80 acres  and 210 buildings and is bounded by 15th Street to the East, High Street to the South, Martin Luther King Parkway on the West, and School Street to the North. The historic district has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1979.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Sherman Hill took its name in the early 1970s, borrowed from the name of Hoyt Sherman Place, which is located in the southeast part of the neighborhood. In the early 1870s, Des Moines banker Hoyt Sherman built his brick "palazzo" on a hill overlooking the city center. He was followed by local developers such as Talmadge Brown, James Savery and W.C. Burton who laid out streets and lots in the first of seven subdivisions which now encompasses the district. The forty years of development saw the construction of late Victorian mansions, simple hipped box houses, the gable-roofed vernacular houses and small cottages. After 1900 multi-family apartment buildings were built in the district. It has the highest concentration of residential architecture from the late 19th-century and the early 20th-century in Des Moines. Given the range of architecture and houses sizes it has also contained a variety of income levels over the years.</p><br>
<p>The various architectural designs in Sherman Hill were set by the end of World War I. Over the following 30 to 35 years the housing stock began to deteriorate, and the wealthier residents began to move to the newer suburban districts to the south and west. At the same time, the population in the district increased as the larger homes were converted from single-family to multi-family dwellings. By the mid-20th century, the neighborhood had become blighted with abandoned and condemned housing. The early 1960s saw the construction of cheap, unaesthetic apartment complexes. The pace of deterioration slowed somewhat in the late 20th century as the city, neighborhood residents and newcomers took an interest in historic preservation.</p><br>
<p>The most prosperous years of Sherman Hill were from about 1880 to just after 1900 when a variety of prominent Des Moines businessmen choose to live in the area. Hoyt Sherman, a lawyer, banker, and local politician was joined by insurance executive Henry Scholte Nollen (664-18th) whose grandfather founded the Dutch community of Pella, Iowa. Real estate developer Samuel Saucerman (1510 Center) who was responsible for developing a portion of the city northwest of Drake University. Prominent members of Des Moines’ Jewish community moved to the district around the turn of the 20th century. They tended to live along 18th Street and Woodland Avenue, and they included Aaron Younker (823-18th), who with his brothers developed the Younkers department store chain. Other professionals who lived here included Lafayette Young (822-18th), who was the publisher of the Des Moines Capital, one of the citys major newspapers at the time; Robert S. Finkbine (808-19th) who was the Superintendent of Construction for the Iowa State Capitol and T. Fred Henry (1701 Woodland), a locally-known African American musician and the leader of T.F. Henrys Band. Henry Wallace (756-16th) lived in Sherman Hill from about 1893 to 1910. He was an advocate for agricultural improvement and reform, edited the Homestead and, with his sons, founded Wallaces Farm and Dairy, which became a major national publication named Wallaces Farmer. His son was USA Secretary of Agriculture Henry C. Wallace and his grandson was Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce and USA Vice President Henry A. Wallace.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Sherman Hill is a 15 block area northwest of downtown Des Moines. It is mostly a residential area with two clusters of commercial buildings, one on the northwest corner and another along its southern border. The streets follow a grid pattern that is oriented north to south. The elevation of the district varies as do the sizes of the lots. There is an abundance of trees, but no public spaces.</p><br>
<p>Houses built in the 1880s and the early 1890s were of either brick or frame construction. After the turn of the 20th-century brick was used primarily for commercial or apartment building construction. There are only two examples of brick houses from this period. Architectural styles of the larger houses in the district include French Château, vernacular Italianate, Queen Anne and Eastlake. There are also three Victorian Italianate row houses that were built in 1887. Many of the houses do not exhibit a definitive architectural style. Instead, they are classified by size, form and roof shape. These included houses known as the hipped box, gabled-roofed and cottages.</p><br>
<p>The apartment buildings built in the first two decades of the 20th century are three or more stories tall. They feature a simple, rectilinear form with flat fronts. Details are concentrated at the doorways, cornices and windows. There are several double houses, which date from the same period. They are similar in design with the apartment buildings, although many have projecting window bays. All of the double houses are two stories high, and many feature front porches.</p><br>
<p>There is also a church in the northwest corner of the district, Kingsway Cathedral. It was designed by the Des Moines architectural firm of Proudfoot, Bird and Rawson and was built in 1901. The Gothic Revival style building features a crenellated corner tower.</p><br>
<h2>Contributing Properties</h2><br>
<p>The Lexington</p><br>
<p>Hoyt Sherman Place</p><br>
<p>Henry Wallace House</p><br>
<p>Lua Brewing</p><br>
<p>The Sixth and Forest Historic District is located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It is a Victorian era suburban commercial district on the northeastern and northwestern corners of the junction of 6th and Forest Avenues, and originally contained six buildings. The buildings on the northeast corner have subsequently been torn down. The historic district has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1996. It is a part of the Towards a Greater Des Moines MPS.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The commercial district at the intersection of Sixth and Forest Avenues is the largest suburban commercial node in the Des Moines area during the Victorian era. It was located in the largest of the city&#39;s late-19th- and early-20th-century suburbs, North Des Moines.</p><br>
<p>Land use in the district is clearly defined in the area. All of the residential units are located on the second floor of the buildings with commercial stores on the first floor. There are no single-family houses in the district. Typical of Victorian districts is the presence of a lodge hall. An Odd Fellows hall was located at 1401 Sixth Avenue and is no longer in existence. The first floor of the building was rented out for commercial use while the second floor was used by the fraternal organization.</p><br>
<p>Sixth Avenue was a major street car line in the city, and Forest Avenue was a major east-west route during the Victorian era. This contributed to the economic success of the area while it was being developed. Transportation corridors also encouraged higher population density. Multi-family dwellings were built along Forest Avenue and several churches were established in the area. North Park Congregational Church, which no longer exists, was on the southwest corner of Sixth and Forest Avenues.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The Sixth and Forest Historic District contains both sophisticated and more modest expressions of Victorian commercial architecture in Des Moines. The quality of building materials in this district is generally superior to that of other suburban commercial nodes in the city from the same era. A couple of distinguishing features of the district is the use of polychrome brick and a variety of brick textures used in the construction of several of the buildings. The Orvis Block, which was an example of this, is no longer in existence. The Temple Block on the northwest corner of the intersection is a richly embellished two-story structure. It is composed of five commercial spaces on its first floor and stretches along a half-city block. The extended facade line of the building is unified by symmetrically placed bays, an undulating rhythm of its second floor belt course and a dentils along the cornice. The round arch above the entrance to the residential space in the Temple Block suggests the Romanesque Revival style. The Odd Fellows Hall, although a large two-story structure, was an example of a more modest use of architectural detailing. The small, single-story commercial building next door to it on Sixth Avenue was similar in its architectural details.</p><br>
<p>Christina Nilsson was a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan off Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, on October 23, 1884. In 2003, the shipwreck site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The ship was built in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, at a cost of $23,000 and was named after Christina Nilsson.</p><br>
<p>On October 23, 1884, Christina Nilsson cleared Escanaba, Michigan, bound for Chicago, Illinois, with a cargo of pig iron. When a blizzard hit the area that day, her captain attempted to make port at Baileys Harbor, but, while still trying to navigate through the storm, Christina Nilsson struck a reef off Baileys Harbor and foundered. All crew members survived.</p><br>
<p>The ship&#39;s cargo was recovered, but attempts to salvage Christina Nilsson herself were unsuccessful. The wreck site has been investigated by the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association since 1997.</p><br>
<p>The Henry Wallace House is an historic building located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It was the home of Henry Wallace who was an advocate for agricultural improvement and reform. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing property in the Sherman Hill Historic District in 1979 and it has been individually listed since 1993.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Henry Wallace was a Presbyterian minister who moved to Iowa in 1862 with his wife Nancy and their daughter Josephine when Henry became editor of the Iowa Homestead. He was an advocate for agricultural improvement and reform. With his sons Henry C. and John, he founded Wallaces Farm and Dairy, which became a major national publication named Wallaces Farmer. He was involved with the establishment of Iowa State College, now Iowa State University, as a premier agricultural research institution. Wallace was asked to serve as USA Secretary of Agriculture, but he deferred to his friend James "Tama Jim" Wilson. Nancy died in 1909 and Henry died in 1916. His son Henry became Secretary of Agriculture and his grandson, Henry A. Wallace, was Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce and USA Vice President.</p><br>
<p>The Wallaces moved into this house on the corner of 16th and Center Streets when they moved to Des Moines in 1892. Josephine continued to live in the house until 1923. The Wallace family continued to own the house until 1940. By the 1950s the house was divided into 11 apartments and continued to serve this purpose until the early 1970s. In the 70s it was purchased by Guy L. Roberts, Jr. who began to restore and return the home to a single family building. Ultimately he sold the home to The Wallace House Foundation in late 1988. The Wallace House Foundation was established in 1988 to purchase and restore the home. In 2000 a 100-year-old oak tree on the north side of the Wallace House was named Iowa&#39;s Millennium Tree. The garden was redesigned in 2008. The house is now owned by The Wallace Centers of Iowa who maintain it as a house museum and for its own purposes.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>The house was built in 1883 in the Victorian-Italianate style. It features a wrap-around porch, stacked bay windows and a second story balcony. The Wallace&#39;s altered the third floor around 1895 adding two bedrooms and a hybrid mansard/hip roof and dormer windows.</p><br>
<p>The restoration of the house in the late 20th century was guided by photographs taken by Josephine Wallace. Architect William Wagner, who specializes in historic preservation, developed restoration plans to bring the house back to its original floor plan. It was altered somewhat to allow for the building&#39;s multiple uses as a museum, office space and meeting facility. The Wallace family donated period furniture and historic mementoes to be displayed in the house. The portraits of Henry and Nancy Wallace are original to the house.</p><br>
<p>The Capitol Theater was a 700-seat theater in Burlington, Iowa. Opened in 1937, with the first showing being Mark Twain&#39;s classic The Prince and the Pauper. The theater was both a movie theater and an auditorium used for performances . The theater closed in March 1977, the final showing was the Stephen King horror classic Carrie.</p><br>
<h2>Early Theater Plans</h2><br>
<p>On December 29, 1936, plans to create a modernized theater were finished. It was approved by the firm of Wetherell and Harrison architects and approved for the Central States Theater Corporation. The theater was built in between the I.S.U. and Eisfeld building on Third Street. The front of the theater extended five to six feet above the I.S.U. building.</p><br>
<p>The exterior of the building had terra cotta and structural glass. It also had shades of burgundy and brown, with gold trimming. Electric signs were placed to show present and coming attractions.</p><br>
<p>The lobby had a rich terrazzo floor. The walls were wood veneer with stainless steel trimming. The ceiling was decorated in a deep color with modern colored lights. The foyer will have a two-tone carpet, walls painted and glazed in color, the ceiling richly ornamented with lights of the indirect type and with several color. Both the lobby and the foyer will be spacious, as the entire building will be used for the theater.</p><br>
<p>The auditorium was decorated in acoustic tile of colors with rich ornamented side wall and ceiling panels, including a cornice at the junction of the side walls and ceiling decorated in deep colors. The lights being used for the auditorium were a new design. They could be switched to make a combination of colors either turned on or dimmed down.</p><br>
<p>The seating was upholstered and in colors that matched the interior color scheme.</p><br>
<p>The overall cost in constructing the theater with equipment was $65,000. In 2011 standards, it cost more than $1,015,349.65.</p><br>
<p>On April 12, 1937, the theater was expected to be opened on June 1. Due to management decision, the opening date was postponed for another month to finish cleaning up and decorating. It was opened on July 1, 1937.</p><br>
<p>The first movie that was premiered on opening day was The Prince and the Pauper, starring Errol Flynn. The show began at 6:30 p.m. Adult admission cost 36 cents and 10 cents for children.</p><br>
<h2>Closing of the theater</h2><br>
<p>On March 29, 1977, the theater was forced to close down. The Central States Theaters Inc. opened West I and II movie theaters at Westland Mall as a replacement to the theater relocated in West Burlington, Iowa (the West I & II closed roughly 15 years after opening, to be replaced by a much larger 8 screen multiplex, which closed to be replaced by a theater that has an entrance within the main mall area). The theater had begun falling into disrepair for some time prior to its closing, being left neglected by its owners, it had begun to lose the luster it once had. The last movie screened in the theater before the closing was Carrie, starring Sissy Spacek and John Travolta. The Capitol was open as a theater for 39 years, and sat neglected for 33 more years. The Central States Theater Group was dissolved in 1992, being bought out by CEC Theaters, outliving the Capitol by 15 years. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, as one of two surviving art deco theaters designed by Wetherall and Harrison left in the state; the other being the Charles Theater in Charles City. The Malek Theatre in Independence, Iowa, was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008, being the last theater designed by Wetherall and Harrison making it one of "three" surviving art deco theaters left in the state.</p><br>
<h2>Renovation and reopening</h2><br>
<p>Early in 2005, the Capitol Theater Foundation a 501 (c) 3 organization, bought the building, and began fund raising to buy the adjacent ISU building and to relight the marquee. After successfully raising funds the Capitol Theater&#39;s marquee was relit in December 2005 after decades of being dark. The foundation engaged Metzger Johnson Architects of Burlington, Iowa to design a plan to create a performing arts center by joining the Capitol Theater with the adjacent ISU building. After receiving an IJOBS grant for $1,000,000, historic tax credits and raising over a million dollars locally; planning began in 2010 for extensive renovations, which included all new seats, a new, larger stage, the use of the former ISU building as an annex for dressing rooms, restrooms, and loading of props, and backdrops, as well as an art gallery. The renovations on the building itself retained the original walls in the outer lobby, the exposed the original terrazzo floor, repainting the auditorium, installation of 370 new seats, a fifteen-foot extension of the stage, a new picture screen, state-of-the-art digital projection equipment, as well as a digital surround audio system, new lighting fixtures, and scrubbing of the outer facade of the building, at a cost of over $3 million. New roofs were installed over both buildings. The main entrance doors, which had been replaced with all glass doors in the 1970s were replaced with doors that replicated the original doors of 1937. The theater reopened June 1, 2012, and is available for rent. There are Sunday matinees taking place throughout the year. The idea of the remodeling, and renovations is to breathe new life into a fading downtown area. The projected revenue made for the downtown area on a reopened Capitol Theater is projected to be in the 4.25 million dollar range. The Capitol Theater Foundation owns all property associated with the two buildings, as well as all rights for scheduling events.</p><br>
<p>Fleetwing was a schooner that sank in Lake Michigan off Liberty Grove, Wisconsin, United States. In 2001 the shipwreck site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Fleetwing was constructed in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, in 1867 by what is now known as the Burger Boat Company. Her finished cost was $30,000. She was rebuilt in 1885.</p><br>
<p>On September 26, 1888, Fleetwing departed Menominee, Michigan, bound for Chicago, Illinois, with a cargo of lumber. Later that night, as the ship approached Porte des Morts, a gale began to form. Reports of what happened later conflict, but what is known is that at 11:00 p.m., the ship struck a rocky beach that apparently sheared off a mast. Initially, efforts were made to save the vessel, but another gale began to form during the process and the tugboat that had been attempting to retrieve Fleetwing was forced to leave the area. By the time the tugboat was able to return, the second gale had caused irreparable damage to Fleetwing.</p><br>
<p>The State of Wisconsin owns the wreck of Fleetwing and the Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources manage the wreck site. The wreck lies in 10 to 30 ft of water in Garrett Bay.</p><br>
<p>SS Frank OConnor&#39; was a bulk carrier that sank in Lake Michigan off the coast of North Bay, Door County, Wisconsin, United States. In 1994 the shipwreck site was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Originally called the City of Naples, the Frank O&#39;Connor was built in West Bay City, Michigan in 1892. The vessel was renamed in 1916.</p><br>
<p>On September 29, 1919, Frank OConnor left Buffalo, New York en route to Milwaukee, Wisconsin carrying 3,000 tons of coal. Three days later, she passed through the Straits of Mackinac and was expected to make port ahead of schedule. On October 3 at 4:00 p.m., a fire broke out in the bow. Roughly an hour later, the ships steering gear was destroyed by the fire, leaving it drifting in the water about two miles off the coast of Cana Island. The keeper of the Cana Island Light had noticed the burning vessel from land and, along with his assistant, was able to tow the OConnors crew on their lifeboats to shore. A portion of the Frank OConnors cargo was later recovered, but the ship itself remained lost.</p><br>
<p>Despite the fire, most of Frank O&#39;Connors machinery remained intact and upright, making it a popular archaeological and recreational site. The ship is owned by the State of Wisconsin and the site is managed by the Wisconsin Historical Society and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. She lies in 50 to 67 ft of water about 2 mi off Cana Island.</p><br>
<p>Iris was a schooner launched at Port Huron, Michigan, in 1866. She spent 47 years sailing the Great Lakes; for most of this time she was based out of Detroit Harbor, Wisconsin. In 1913 she sank in Lake Michigan off the coast of Washington Island in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. Her crew abandoned her after she ran aground.</p><br>
<p>In 2006, the shipwreck site was added to the USA National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The All Hallows Guild Carousel, or simply the Traveling Carousel, is a historic carousel housed at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. since 1963. Previously, it operated as a "county fair" carousel under Clifford Sandretzky as part of a traveling carnival based in the northern Virginia area. The carousel, constructed primarily of wood, is a rare piece believed to have been built by the Merry-Go-Round Company of Cincinnati in the 1890s. It features a unique caliola with brass pipes that was built by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company of North Tonawanda, New York in 1937.</p><br>
<p>The original operator, Clifford Sandretzky, sold the carousel to the All Hallows Guild of the National Cathedral in 1963, and they have owned it ever since. It was used multiple times per year at fund raising events and then disassembled and stored. However, in recent years, the carousel has been assembled and used only once a year at the Guild&#39;s Spring Flower Show.</p><br>
<p>There are 24 animal figures on the carousel, along with two chariots. The animals are arranged into 12 pairs. The collection includes a single lion, zebra, and elephant, pairs of goats, camels, and deer, as well as four standing horses, and nine jumping horses. All of the figures are brightly painted and hand-carved in the European tradition.</p><br>
<p>A gasoline engine, situated near the 16-foot (4.9 m) center pole, drives the carousel. The structure is covered by a yellow and white canopy, which is topped with a small flag.</p><br>
<p>The All Hallows Guild Carousel is one of only two carousels listed on the National Carousel Census in the District of Columbia. The other, the Smithsonian Carousel on the National Mall, is a larger, non-traveling carousel with 60 wood and metal composition figures built fifty years after the All Hallows Guild Carousel.</p><br>
<p>William Cree House is a historic home located at Jefferson Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1792, and is a two-story, three-bay, banked stone dwelling. A two-story, log house built in 1847, was moved and attached to the house about 1974. Also on the property is a banked stone spring house built in 1782.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.</p><br>
<p>The John Rex Farm, also known as the Goodwin/Strickler Farm, is an historic American home and farm that are located in Jefferson Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>The main house was built circa 1874, and is a -story, frame dwelling with a steeply pitched gable roof. Designed in the Gothic Revival style, this house was renovated in 1990, at which time a full basement was added. Also located on the property are the contributing summer kitchen (c. 1865), barn (c. 1870), carriage house (c. 1870), smokehouse (c. 1870), and a wrought iron fence (c. 1910).</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.</p><br>
<p>The Glassworks-Gabler House, also known as Building 302A, is an historic home which is located in Monongahela Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built circa 1810, the Glassworks-Gabler House is a twoand-one-half-story, three-bay, vernacular, log dwelling, which sits on a rubblestone foundation. It has a rear kitchen addition that was erected during the twentieth century. The house was possibly built as part of the "New Geneva Glass Works Lot" for Albert Gallatin, an original investor in the New Geneva Glass Works.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<p>The Glassworks-Core House, also known as the Reppert/Kramer House and Building 302B, is an historic home which is located in Monongahela Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built circa 1820, the Glassworks-Core House is a two-and-one-half-story, three-bay, vernacular, timber-frame dwelling. It has an "I"-plan, rear kitchen addition, and a shed roofed porch that was added during the twentieth century. The house was possibly built as part of the "New Geneva Glass Works Lot."</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<p>The John Minor Crawford House, also known as Building 301, is an historic American home that is located in Monongahela Township in Greene County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built circa 1878, this historic structure is a -story, four-bay, brick Italianate-style dwelling, and has a shallow pitched roof and tall, narrow windows. It was converted to a health center during the 1970s and was used as such until 1988. The house was possibly built as part of the "New Geneva Glass Works Lot."</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.</p><br>
