<p>The Isaac Hunsberger House is an historic American home which is located in Limerick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000, and is now home to the Limerick Township Historical Society.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built in 1827 and modified in 1893, a rear addition was built in 1926. It is a -story, L-shaped brick and stone dwelling which has a five-bay front facade with a one-story porch with Victorian-style decorative elements. It was designed in a vernacular Georgian style.</p><br>
<p>Also located on the property is a contributing bake house/summer kitchen.</p><br>
<p>The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.</p><br>
<p>The Hunsberger House is now home to the Limerick Township Historical Society.</p><br>
<p>The Hovenden House, Barn and Abolition Hall is a group of historic buildings which are located in Plymouth Meeting, Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. In the decades prior to the American Civil War, this property served as an important station on the Underground Railroad. Abolition Hall was built to be a meeting place for abolitionists, and later was the studio of artist Thomas Hovenden.</p><br>
<p>The house is located at the northeast corner of Germantown and Butler Pikes, diagonally opposite the Plymouth Friends Meetinghouse. Northeast of the house is the stone barn, and attached to the barn&#39;s northeast corner is the two-story carriage house known as Abolition Hall. The three buildings are part of a 10.45-acre farm, and are contributing properties in the Plymouth Meeting Historic District.</p><br>
<p>The property was threatened by a 2016 proposal to reroute Butler Pike between the Hovenden House and its barn. Preservation Pennsylvania added the property to its 2017 Pennsylvania At Risk list. However, in 2021, it was announced that the township and the Whitemarsh Art Center would buy the property for $3.95 million preserving it for use by the center.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The settlement at Plymouth Meeting was founded by a group of Devonshire Quakers who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1686. The Maulsby family, who later attained prominence, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1698, and came to Whitemarsh Township in 1705.</p><br>
<h3>Maulsby</h3><br>
<p>Merchant Maulsby Jr. (1737&ndash;1772) was a millwright, who married Hannah Davis (1743&ndash;1807) in 1766. On June 20, 1767, he purchased a 100-acre farm with frontage on the "Whitemarsh great road" (Germantown Pike) and the "Plymouth line" (Butler Pike), for £651. The purchase did not include the 8.25-acre plot at the northeast corner of Germantown and Butler Pikes, which the 1767 deed described as "Elizabeth and Catherine Ellis&#39;s Land". He and his wife built a two-story stone house on the property. They had two children &ndash; Samuel (1768&ndash;1838) and Elizabeth (married John Freese). In 1769, Merchant Jr. was taxed £10 on 100 acres, one horse and one cow. He died in February 1772 at age 34.</p><br>
<p>During the early morning of May 20, 1778, ten-year-old Samuel Maulsby watched as British troops marched down Butler Pike to the meetinghouse, part of their unsuccessful attempt to surround the Marquis de Lafayette and 2,100 Continental troops at the Battle of Barren Hill. Maulsbys recollections were recorded by John Fanning Watson in his Annals of Philadelphia (1830), including his description of Redcoats looting his widowed mothers house.</p><br>
<p>Widow Hannah Davis Maulsby married David Marple in 1781, and was soon widowed again. She married Richard Corson in 1784, with whom she had two children, Richard and Hannah. The Corsons occupied her two-story stone house for a time, but settled in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Samuel Dean farmed the Maulsby property in 1781; Enoch Marple farmed it in 1783; and seventeen-year-old Samuel Maulsby and his former schoolmate Joseph Corson, a nephew of Richard Corson, farmed it in 1785. Joseph Corson married Hannah Dickinson in 1786, and the young couple rented the two-story stone house until 1789. Like Samuel Maulsby, they became abolitionists, and decades later one of their sons would marry one of his daughters.</p><br>
<p>On 3 February 1794, Samuel Maulsby purchased the 8.25-acre plot at the northeast corner of Germantown and Butler Pikes, for £137. The sellers were John Fontiles and his wife Elizabeth, who had bought the corner plot from Joseph and Mary Potts on February 2, 1789. The 1794 deed mentioned "a messuage" (house) on the property, but did not describe it. Maulsby later purchased adjacent plots at the north end of the farm, which expanded it to 128 acres (51.8 hectares) and extended it to Flourtown Road.</p><br>
<p>Samuel Maulsby was the owner of a large and fertile farm at Plymouth Meeting... It included the whole north east corner of the two roads, the Germantown turnpike, its south boundary, and the Plymouth and Broad Axe turnpike, along which it extended for half a mile, its western boundary. n addition to the farming operations the burning of lime was extensively carried on by him.</p><br>
<p>Sometime around 1795, he built a three-story, fourteen-room, Federal-style dwelling on the corner, diagonally opposite the meetinghouse.</p><br>
<p>Maulsby built or altered the Cater Corner House (1802), at the southeast corner of Butler Pike and Flourtown Road, possibly as housing for Thomas Davis, a free-Black limeburner recorded as living on his property. At 3-5 Germantown Pike, just east of his house, Maulsby built the Plymouth Meeting General Store and Post Office (1826–27). His son Jonathan (1801&ndash;1845) ran the store and served as Plymouth Meeting&#39;s first postmaster.</p><br>
<p>In 1832, Maulsbys daughter Martha (1807&ndash;1870) married George Corson (1803–1860), a son of Joseph and Hannah Corson, and a former clerk in the general store. Samuel Maulsby died on July 12, 1838, and was interred beside his wife in the meetinghouses burial ground. George and Martha Maulsby Corson purchased the farm from his estate on April 6, 1839. George and his brothers purchased the Maulsby limestone quarries, and founded what became G. & W. H. Corson Company – Lime Merchants.</p><br>
<h3>Abolitionism</h3><br>
<p>The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 made it a federal crime to give assistance to anyone escaping enslavement.</p><br>
<p>The earliest and only abolitionists in Plymouth and Whitemarsh townships were Samuel Maulsby, Joseph Corson and Alan W. Corson. Away back before 1820 they had been stirred by the scathing denunciations of slavery, and the horrors of the slave trade, made by Granville Sharp, William Wilberforce and Thomas Fouell Buxton, before the Parliament of Great Britain, to an intense hatred of slavery and the slave trade, and the abominations of slavery in our own country.</p><br>
<p>Maulsby and the Corsons co-founded the Plymouth Meeting Anti-Slavery Society in 1831, which initially had seven members and met at the Plymouth Friends Meeting House. They also co-founded the Montgomery County Anti-Slavery Society in 1837, which initially had about twenty members and met at various locations in Norristown. Frederick Douglass, a formerly enslaved man and abolitionist, was the keynote speaker at an August 1847 anti-slavery convention held at the First Baptist Church of Norristown.</p><br>
<p>Both George Corsons and Martha Maulsbys parents had sheltered people escaping slavery. &ndash;&mdash; north to the house of William Foulke at Penllyn, Pennsylvania; or northeast to abolitionists living around the Quaker meetinghouses in Upper Dublin and Horsham, Pennsylvania. The Underground Railroad route continued through Bucks County, New Jersey and New York, and to eventual freedom in Canada. In at least one instance, Corson hid people under a wagonload of hay and drove them to the next station.</p><br>
<p>The greater burden of the work was borne by George and his wife, Martha Maulsby Corson. Their residence in the old Maulsby home, right in front of the Friends Plymouth Meeting-House, was so prominent a place, known by everybody for miles around, made it easy for slaves to find the place, when sent by those from a distance to "George Corsons at Plymouth Meeting." He it was who forwarded fugitives to Mahlon Linton, at Newtown, or to William H. Johnson, at Buckingham, or to Richard Moore, at Quakertown, Bucks county, time after time, during the whole period of the great struggle from 1830 to 1850.</p><br>
<p>The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 increased the penalties for giving assistance to anyone escaping enslavement to six months in prison and a $1,000 fine. It allowed slavecatchers to pursue a fugitive across state lines into every USA state and territory. Corson was involved in hiding Jane Johnson, whose escape exposed a loophole in the federal law.</p><br>
<h4>Jane Johnson</h4><br>
<p>On the morning of July 18, 1855, Jane Johnson (1822&ndash;1872) and her two young sons, Daniel and Isaiah, arrived in Philadelphia by train with North Carolina slaveholder John H. Wheeler, and his wife and three children. Wheeler was USA Ambassador to Nicaragua, and they were en route from Washington, D.C., to New York City, from which they would board a ship to return to Central America. At Philadelphia, they had to switch to a ferry to cross the Delaware River. Wheeler locked Johnson and her sons in a hotel room while he and his family took the afternoon to tour the city. Pennsylvania had begun an abolition of slavery in 1780, completed in 1847, and did not recognize the property rights of any slaveholder. Johnson sought help from a hotel porter in escaping to freedom. The porter contacted abolitionist William Still, whose parents had been enslaved, and Still and lawyer Passmore Williamson rushed to the docks as the 5:00 pm ferry was about to depart for Camden, New Jersey. They found Johnson and her sons with Wheeler on the ferry&#39;s upper deck. Williamson approached her and explained that Pennsylvania law guaranteed her freedom, if she chose it:</p><br>
<p>As Still led Johnson and her sons away, five Black dockhands prevented Wheeler from stopping them. Williamson remained to explain to authorities that this had been a lawful act, not a kidnapping.</p><br>
<p>Williamson, the only white man involved, was arrested and charged with violating the Fugitive Slave Act. Federal Judge John Kintzing Kane presided over his trial, and refused to believe that Williamson did not know where Johnson was being hidden. Kane found him in contempt of court, and jailed him for more than three months, which attracted national attention. She was hidden at Corsons house in Plymouth Meeting to prevent pro-slavery activists from abducting her and returning her to slavery. At the end of her stay, Corsons thirteen-year-old son, Ellwood, drove Johnson in a carriage by night to Mahlon Linton&#39;s house in Newtown, Pennsylvania. From there she was smuggled to Boston, Massachusetts, and reunited with her sons.</p><br>
<h4>Abolition Hall</h4><br>
<p>The Jane Johnson affair caused a national controversy&mdash;largely cheered in the North, viciously condemned in the South. The Plymouth Friends Meeting had permitted the anti-slavery society to use its meeting house for more than two decades, but, following the suspicious burning of a church that had hosted abolitionist speakers, in 1856 permission was denied for the first time. George Corson&#39;s reaction was to build a lecture hall above his carriage shed to provide a space for abolitionist meetings.</p><br>
<p>He determined to build a hall, over which he could have control. He made quite a large one and furnished it well with seats, warmed and lighted at his own expense. And now we can see how convenient it was for the lecturers to make his house their temporary home. As time wore on more and more neighbors and friends were attracted to the meetings to hear the eloquent and earnest men and women who pictured the atrocities of slavery.</p><br>
<p>Abolition Hall could hold up to 200 people, Harriet Beecher Stowe, William Lloyd Garrison and Lucretia Mott.</p><br>
<p>Corson died in November 1860. William Still eulogized Corson in his 1872 history of the Underground Railroad:</p><br>
<p>There were perhaps few more devoted men than George Corson to the interests of the oppressed everywhere. The slave, fleeing from his master, ever found a home with him, and felt while there that no slave-hunter would get him away until every means of protection should fail. He was ever ready to send his horse and carriage to convey them on the road to Canada, or elsewhere toward freedom. His home was always open to entertain the anti-slavery advocates, and being warmly supported in the cause by his excellent wife, everything which they could do to make their guests comfortable was done. It is to be regretted that he died before the emancipation of the slaves, which he had so long labored for, arrived.</p><br>
<h3>Artist&#39;s studio</h3><br>
<p>The Corsons daughter, Helen (1846–1935), trained as an artist at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She then studied in Paris, and exhibited at the Paris Salon, 1876, 1879 and 1880. She met Irish-born painter Thomas Hovenden (1840–1895) in France; they were married at the Plymouth Friends Meeting House on June 9, 1881. They moved into her late parents house, and raised two children, Thomas Jr. and Martha.</p><br>
<p>Hovenden succeeded Thomas Eakins as professor of painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1886. He specialized in genre scenes of rural life, using his neighbors, often African Americans, as models. He converted Abolition Hall into a studio, and the moral causes that had been championed there inspired some of his works. His most famous painting &ndash; The Last Moments of John Brown (1882–1884), Metropolitan Museum of Art &ndash; depicts the radical abolitionist John Brown kissing a baby as he is led to the gallows. Hovenden was elected a member of the National Academy of Design in 1881, and an academician in 1882.</p><br>
<p>"Thomas Hovenden lost his life on an unguarded grade crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad near his home, August 14, 1895, in an attempt to save the life of a little girl who was crossing in front of an approaching engine. Both were killed." The accident occurred about three miles from his house, near the south end of what is now Chemical Road. Helen Corson Hovendens advocacy pressured the Pennsylvania Railroad into elevating the tracks of its high-speed Trenton Cutoff, separating them from the grade level tracks of trolleys. Rev. William Henry Furness gave the eulogy at Thomas Hovendens funeral, and Eakins and sculptor Samuel Murray were among the pall bearers.</p><br>
<p>Helen Corson Hovenden was noted for her portraits of children and pets. The couple&#39;s daughter, Martha Maulsby Hovenden (1884–1941), a sculptor who trained at PAFA under Charles Grafly and at the Art Students League of New York under Hermon Atkins MacNeil, later used Abolition Hall as her studio. Examples of her work can be seen at the Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge. Following the death of Alice Louisa Edwards Emerson, mother of artist Edith Emerson (who also was the life partner of Violet Oakley), she was commissioned by an Emerson family member to sculpt a headstone, which remains standing at a church cemetery near New Hope, Pennsylvania. In 1939, she designed a bookplate, which is still in use by the Friends of the William Jeanes Memorial Library. In October 2016, the Friends of the Library donated the original etched copper printing plate to the Woodmere Art Museum in nearby Chestnut Hill.</p><br>
<p>Nancy Corson (1920–2012), a great-granddaughter of George Corson and granddaughter of Dr. Ellwood M. Corson (the teenager who had assisted Jane Johnson in 1855), made the Maulsby stone barn her residence from 1946 until her death in 2012.</p><br>
<h2>Plymouth Meeting Historic District</h2><br>
<p>The village of Plymouth Meeting was designated a Pennsylvania historic district in 1961, by a joint resolution of Plymouth and Whitemarsh Townships. The district encompassed 66 historic structures.</p><br>
<p>In 1971, the village of Plymouth Meeting became Pennsylvania&#39;s first National Register District. At the time, the Maulsby/Corson/Hovenden homestead was threatened by a plan to split Butler Pike into two one-way highways that would straddle the buildings on the property. The northbound bypass would have run alongside the east wall of the barn, and required the demolition of Abolition Hall. Nancy Corson authored a separate NRHP nomination specifically for the Hovenden House, Barn and Abolition Hall as a unit, which was also approved in 1971. Plans for the bypass were abandoned.</p><br>
<h3>Historical marker</h3><br>
<p>Nancy Corson and Charles L. Blockson, an authority on the history of the Underground Railroad, co-wrote the nomination for a Pennsylvania state historical marker to commemorate Abolition Hall. The marker was approved, and dedicated at 4006 Butler Pike (in front of the barn) on November 18, 2000:</p><br>
<h2>Recent history</h2><br>
<p>An offer by Whitemarsh Township to purchase the eight acres of fields for open space was declined by its owners in 2014. The Township&#39;s 2014 offer did not include acquisition of the historic structures.</p><br>
<h3>Proposed development</h3><br>
<p>In late 2015, K. Hovnanian Builders submitted a sketch plan to the township&#39;s planning/zoning office that proposed the construction of 48 townhouses on the eight acres of open space behind the buildings. The plan included the re-routing of Butler Pike between the Hovenden House and the Barn/Abolition Hall. This re-routing would require the demolition or relocation of the Plymouth Meeting General Store and Post Office (also listed on the National Register).</p><br>
<p>Following vocal opposition, the Whitemarsh Township Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to deny the request for a zoning variance. In response, the developer requested a continuance of a scheduled April 25, 2016 zoning hearing. In late August 2016, K. Hovnanian Builders submitted a revised Zoning Plan to Whitemarsh Township, asserting that this plan met the requirements for shared parking and access (with an adjacent property). In early November 2016, the Zoning Officer issued his Preliminary Opinion, concurring with the developers assertion that the current Zoning Plan met the requirements of the code. With the second publication of this opinion, a 30-day period begins during which any "aggrieved" party can file an appeal. Absent such appeal, the Zoning Officers opinion becomes binding. (See Section 916.2--Preliminary Opinion of the Zoning Officer). On December 21, 2016, seven concerned Whitemarsh Township residents, represented by counsel, filed an appeal, challenging the Zoning Officer&#39;s Preliminary Opinion. On January 31, that appeal was heard before the Whitemarsh Township Zoning Hearing Board, but after three hours of testimony and questions, the hearing was continued to March 16, 2017. On February 15, the attorney for the appellants submitted a legal brief, further supporting the challenge to the Preliminary Opinion.</p><br>
<h3>Preservation Advocacy</h3><br>
<p>In Spring 2016, the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia placed Abolition Hall/Barn and Hovenden House on its list of "Places to Save", a public registry that "focuses attention and energy towards special places at risk of being lost."</p><br>
<p>In September 2016, the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission issued a letter to Plymouth and Whitemarsh Townships clarifying and reiterating the significance of the Maulsby/Corson/Hovenden homestead. Noting the "inter-related complex of buildings", the letter goes on to state that their 1971 nomination to the National Register of Historic Places "reinforces the important role that these buildings played within the context of the village, as well as their individual historical and architectural significance."</p><br>
<p>In February 2017, Preservation Pennsylvania (PPA) added the property to its 2017 Pennsylvania At Risk List. The organization also agreed to serve as the fiscal agent for Friends of Abolition Hall and raise funds to support the zoning challenge and protect the legacy of the homestead.</p><br>
<p>The grassroots battle to save the legacy of the Corson homestead continues as the Friends of Abolition Hall challenges the developer&#39;s application for conditional use approval. The application is under consideration by the Whitemarsh Township Board of Supervisors, with a Public Hearing having opened on March 22, 2018. Thereafter, hearing was continued on six more occasions, with closing arguments scheduled for September 13, 2018. The Chestnut Hill Local, September 2018.</p><br>
<p>The Friends group was granted standing in this matter, as was a small number of nearby neighbors. The objections to the proposed townhouse plan are based upon the assertion that it fails to meet the requirements of the Zoning Code, which is a prerequisite to conditional use approval.</p><br>
<p>In July 2020, the developer withdrew its subdivision and development plan for the property (and an adjacent parcel, consisting of just over two acres). The Corson heirs thereafter entered into an agreement of sale with a private investor, but he subsequently withdrew his offer. In November 2022, after months of negotiations, Whitemarsh Township and the Whitemarsh Art Center jointly purchased the historic Corson Homestead (10.45 acres, including buildings).</p><br>
<p>The purchase was made possible by a combination of private and public funds--$1.95 million in Whitemarsh Township Open Space funds and a $2 million gift from the Karabots Family/Foundation. Both the Township and the Art center promised to engage the public in planning for the preservation and reuse of the property. As of June 2023, no such efforts have been announced. The land is accessible to the public, however the buildings remain closed. The Art Center will relocate from another Township-owned building into the Hovenden House; the use of the Stone Barn and Abolition Hall remain unresolved.</p><br>
<h2>Media coverage</h2><br>
<h3>Television</h3><br>
<p>"Battle over Montcos ties to the Underground Railroad", NBC10, Philadelphia, May 7, 2016. The current owner of the Plymouth Meeting Country Store and Post Office took the news crew into the buildings cellar and showed them the tunnels that he says were used as part of the Underground Railroad.</p><br>
<h3>Newspapers</h3><br>
<p>"Plymouth Meeting Quakers hid slaves – It&#39;s a shrine of the Underground Railroad", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 19, 1995.</p><br>
<p>"Historical marker for a carriage shed called Abolition Hall", The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 10, 2000.</p><br>
<p>"An underground story no more", The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 14, 2012.</p><br>
<p>"Coexistence sought for Underground Railroad site and townhouses", The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 9, 2016.</p><br>
<p>"Local advocacy group continues years long effort to preserve Abolition Hall", The Times Herald (Norristown, Pennsylvania), April 16, 2018.</p><br>
<p>"Don&#39;t let developers degrade this historic Underground Railroad stop", The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 26, 2018. Op-Ed column by Sydelle Zove drawing attention to the fate of this precious Underground Railroad site.</p><br>
<p>"Abolition Hall advocacy group seeks donations", The Chestnut Hill Local, September 7, 2018.</p><br>
<p>"Pennsylvania’s antislavery history is under threat from suburban development", The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 26, 2018. Column by Inga Saffron, the Pulitzer-Prize-winning design critic for The Philadelphia Inquirer.</p><br>
<h3>Online</h3><br>
<p>"The Liberation of Jane Johnson", The Library Company of Philadelphia, 2003.</p><br>
<p>"The intersection at Butler Pike and Germantown Pike could change as well as the entire landscape", Conshystuff, April 8, 2016.</p><br>
<p>"Historic estate and Underground Railroad station under threat in Plymouth Meeting", Hidden City Philadelphia, April 20, 2016.</p><br>
<p>"Places to Save", Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, Fall 2016.</p><br>
<p>"2017 Pennsylvania At Risk Announced", Preservation Pennsylvania, February 2017 (PDF).</p><br>
<p>"Hope and Despair Surround Philly&#39;s African-American Landmarks", Hidden City Philadelphia, February 28, 2020.</p><br>
<p>The Patrick F. McManus House  was built sometime between 1853 and 1855 by sutler and prospector Patrick F. McManus. McManus was one of the first of a group of white men in 1853 to reach what is now called Crater Lake as part of the Hillman group of prospectors. It sits on the Corner of 1st and Church Streets in Phoenix, Oregon and was built on the corner of one of the first donation land claims in the area belonging to Samuel Colver. McManus sold the home back to the Colver family in about 1857 for the use of the widow and children of Samuels deceased brother Hiram. Patrick F. McManus then went on the gold strike in Yreka, California, served as a sutler during the Modoc War and was killed in the Yreka area while driving a team and hauling mail.</p><br>
<p>The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, through the research of Barbara Bateman. It was included in the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1934, done during the Works Progress Administration. Photos and detailed drawings are stored in the Library of Congress</p><br>
<p>The Knurr Log House is an historic, American home that is located in Delphi in Lower Frederick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built circa 1750, this historic structure is a -story, Germanic log dwelling. It has a gable roof and traditional three-room, first-floor plan. Also located on the property are a nineteenth-century bank barn, two chicken houses, a corn crib, and a tool and wood shed.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<p>Knurr Log House, Barn 03.JPGSheds and barn</p><br>
<p>Knurr Log House, Barn 01.JPGBank Barn</p><br>
<p>Knurr Log House, Shed 01.JPGShed in the wood</p><br>
<p>Landis Homestead, also known as the Morris Jarrett Farm, is a historic home located near Tylersport in Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The main farm house was built in 1839, and is a -story, four bay by two bay, stucco over stone dwelling. It has a medium pitched gable roof. Also on the property is a contributing barn.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<p>Mount Joy, also known as the Peter Legaux Mansion, is an historic, American house that is located in the Spring Mill section of Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built circa 1735 by Anthony Morris for his son John, this historic structure is a -story, five-bay, stone dwelling with a gambrel roof. It has ten fireplaces, some with iron firebacks.</p><br>
<p>Peter Legaux was the owner of "Spring Mill," a nearby gristmill that was in operation by 1704. The mill burned in 1967, and its stone ruins were demolished. Legaux also started the Pennsylvania Vine Company—which would become the first commercial vineyard in the US—on this property.</p><br>
<p>Mount Joy was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.</p><br>
<p>The Henry Melchior Muhlenberg House, also known as the John J. Schrack House, is an historic home which is located in Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>A Pennsylvania historical marker which documents this structure&#39;s significance was dedicated on April 28, 1960. The house was subsequently added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built circa 1755, this historic house is a -story, five-bay, stone dwelling with a gable roof. It measures approximately thirty-nine feet by thirty-one feet. Between 1994 and 1998, the house was restored to its 1776-1787 appearance, which was the period of residency by Rev. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (1711-1787), patriarch of the Lutheran Church in the United States, and father of Peter Muhlenberg (1746-1807) and Frederick Muhlenberg (1750-1801).</p><br>
<p>Also located on the property are the remains of a pottery kiln which dates to roughly 1720. It is the oldest intact pottery kiln known in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>The house is owned by the Trappe Historical Society and open as a historic house museum.</p><br>
<p>A Pennsylvania historical marker was dedicated on April 28, 1960. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.</p><br>
<p>The Diamond Ranch was established near Chugwater, Wyoming in 1878 by George Rainsford, a New York native who came west to breed horses. Rainsford, an architect, designed many of the structures at the ranch. Horses bred at the ranch, mainly Morgans and Clydesdales, were widely known and sought after. The ranch was named after Rainsford&#39;s Diamond brand, one of the two oldest registered brands in Wyoming. Unlike most brands, which remain with the owner, the Diamond brand has remained with the property. The ranch features extensive barns for breeding and raising horses, as well as a more modest ranch house. In its prime there were formal gardens.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Although Rainsford established the ranch in 1878, it was not until 1880-1882 that temporary structures were built, with permanent buildings in 1885. Rainsford did not receive a patent for his lands until 1891, and then for only 160 acre. The remainder was public land amounting to about 27,000 acre, which Rainsford fenced. He was fined and forced to tear the fences down from 1905 to 1907, as an 1885 law prohibited the fencing of public lands. Although there were 3000 horses on the land in 1900, by 1920 they had declined to 200, and Rainsford sold his remaining stock to the USA Army and retired. His manager, Paul Raborg, bought the ranch in 1922, breeding polo ponies and raising dairy cattle. A scheme to feed the cattle on sunflower seeds led to the construction of large silos for storage. The plan failed and Raborg left when his marriage dissolved. His former wifes parents took over the ranch, with Maud Raborgs mother Dora Mae Oberman becoming sole owner on the death of her husband in 1937. Dora Mae Oberman expanded the ranch to 64,000 acre before she died in 1956.</p><br>
<p>In 1956 the ranch was sold to neighboring landowners Hugh and Rissa McDonald, who also owned the nearby Ned Foss Ranch. Their holdings amounted to 75,000 acre by 1962. The McDonalds rented the Diamond Ranch buildings for use as a Methodist youth camp from the mid-1950s through 1965. The ranch passed from the McDonalds on their deaths in 1966 to their daughter and her husband, Ruth and John Braunschweig. In 1968 the ranch became a dude ranch and camping center associated with Kampgrounds of America. The barns were converted for guest use, with sleeping accommodations in the stud stalls and a dance floor in the main barn.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>Rainsford avoided traditional frontier architecture, using materials and forms more typical of eastern USA practices. The ranch buildings are substantial stone structures. The main barn, later the dance and dining hall, is an irregular stone structure varying from to stories with a mixture of hipped and gabled roofs. The complex encloses a sheltered courtyard with the main part of the barn set back into a hillside. The roofs are steeply pitched, lending the structures a lowered appearance that is characteristic of Rainsford&#39;s architecture. The ranch house is an irregularly shaped two-story structure with a variety of design elements. A stone bunkhouse and a stone bath building, formerly a storage building, complete the ensemble.</p><br>
<p>The Diamond Ranch was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 28, 1984. It continues to function as a guest ranch.</p><br>
<p>Lamson Farm is a historic farm property on Lamson Road in Mont Vernon, New Hampshire. Founded in the 1770s and operated as a farm until 1975, it is one of the few surviving intact 19th-century farm properties in the community. Its land, over 300 acre in size, is now town-owned conservation and farmland. The property has trails open to the public, and an annual celebration of Lamson Farm Day is held here every September. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Lamson Farm is located about 1.5 mi north of the town center of Mont Vernon. Its built infrastructure is located on and around open fields at the junction of Lamson and Cross Roads, northwest of New Hampshire Route 13. The property consists of about 310 acre, extending in a roughly rectangular shape north to the town line with New Boston. The northernmost sections of the property are wooded and hilly, with a spur of Lamson Road (now part of the trail network) extending north toward the top of McCollom Hill, at 950 ft the high point of the property. The hill was historically the site of a blueberry patch and apple orchard, features that are giving way to forest.</p><br>
<p>The built infrastructure of the farm consists of eleven buildings, located along either side of Lamson Road. The main house is on the east side, consisting of a multi-section structure whose core is a Cape style 1-1/2 story timber frame house built about 1770. Most of the outbuildings date to the early 20th century; the main cow barn, made by combining two older structures, has at least one section dating to the early 19th century. Located northeast of the farmstead are the foundational remains of a second farm property, which was purchased by the Lamsons in the early 20th century. Located near the junction of Lamson and Cross Streets is a stone foundation which once held a small district schoolhouse.</p><br>
<p>The property was first developed by William Lamson, a native of Ipswich, Massachusetts. The farm was worked continuously by members of the Lamson family until 1975, and was at mid-20th century the largest dairy farming operation in the town. The town acquired the property in 1975 in order to preserve it as a vital reminder of its agricultural history.</p><br>
<p>Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial is a set of four buildings consisting of the former Church of the Evangelists and St. Martin&#39;s College for Indigent Boys. Previously an Episcopal church in the Bella Vista neighborhood of South Philadelphia, it is best known as the home of the Graphic Sketch Club founded by Samuel S. Fleisher, which still offers free and low-cost studio art classes to children and adults. Fleisher Art Memorial is renowned for its long-standing mission of making art accessible regardless of economic means, background, or artistic experience.</p><br>
<p>The four buildings include a campanile built in 1857, a basilica built 1884-1886, St. Martin&#39;s College built in 1906, and two rowhouses built in the 1850s.</p><br>
<p>Since Fleisher&#39;s death in 1944, his trust, which owns the buildings, has been administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Art Memorial was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and is located at 711-721 Catharine St. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<h2>Church of the Evangelists</h2><br>
<p>The Church of the Evangelists was established as a mission church for the poor of Catharine Street in 1837, by Episcopalians named William Welsh and Horace Binney, among others. A church building was constructed in 1857 which includes the campanile which still stands. The church&#39;s viability became a concern by 1880, possibly because of the influx of non-Episcopal immigrants to the neighborhood.</p><br>
<p>The Reverend Henry R. Percival, a well-known high church Episcopal priest, revived the fortunes of the Church of the Evangelists when he was appointed rector in 1880.</p><br>
<p>The well-connected Percival had traveled in Italy and had "a sensibility which combined Italian and Anglo-Catholic romanticisms." He wished to rebuild the church based on the Romanesque models of St. Mark&#39;s Basilica in Venice, the Cathedral of Pisa and the Orvieto Cathedral. The 1884 design by the firm Furness and Evans was in actuality based on San Zeno Maggiore in Verona.</p><br>
<p>Frescos in the church were painted by Robert Henri, Nicola DAscenzo, local parishioners. Much of the interior decorative work was left unfinished. The influences on the architecture include "Italy, Ruskin, the ecclesiological movement, and the pageantry of medieval Christianity." James van Trump is more critical, stating that "a rather self-conscious coterie of late nineteenth century Philadelphia haute bourgeoisie, engaged, one might say in being Catholic&#39;, cultivated, and artistic."</p><br>
<p>The Sanctuary still has the church&#39;s original Wurlitzer pipe organ and is the last such factory-installed organ in Philadelphia.</p><br>
<p>After Percival retired on account of illness in the 1890s, the churchs fortunes declined. St. Martins College for Indigent Boys was built in 1906, perhaps in an effort to fight the decline and better connect with the non-Episcopalian neighborhood.</p><br>
<h2>Graphic Sketch Club</h2><br>
<p>Samuel Stewart Fleisher, the son of German Jewish immigrants, became vice-president of the family business after graduating from the Wharton School. By that time the family business, the Fleisher Yarn Company, was a major manufacturer of hand-knitting yarns and worsted fabric. Fleisher was extraordinarily concerned for the welfare of the company&#39;s workers, their children, and others who lived in the neighborhood.</p><br>
<p>Fleisher started offering free art classes to children in 1898 in the Jewish Union building at 422 Bainbridge Street. Later known as the Graphic Sketch Club, the institution gave free, non-competitive, collaborative classes to both children and adults without discrimination by race or nationality. In 1906 it moved to a larger building at 740 Catharine Street, then in 1916 it moved across the street to Saint Martin&#39;s College for Indigent Boys. The church was purchased and converted into an art gallery in 1922.</p><br>
<p>In 1944, Fleisher died and left his estate in trust to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to continue the Graphic Sketch Club, which was renamed the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial. In 1983 it became a formally independent non-profit corporation with a separate board of trustees, but it is still managed by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.</p><br>
<h2>Fleisher Art Memorial Today</h2><br>
<p>The Fleisher Memorial continues to offer free and low-cost classes and workshops to both children and adults, in subjects such as drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, and dance. Since 1997 they have also offered the "Community Partnership in the Arts" program which places artists in public school classrooms in South Philadelphia. Artists teach students for 90-minute classes twice a week for 6–10 weeks. Ceramist Winnie Owens-Hart is among the artists who have worked at the Memorial.</p><br>
<p>The gallery contains art by Violet Oakley, tiles by Henry Chapman Mercer, 18th-century Portuguese art, and primitive European art, as well as the religious art from the original church. There are six early stained glass windows made by Lavers, Barraud and Westlake, and one later window, designed by John LaFarge. Entrance to the gallery is free, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with reduced hours on Saturdays.</p><br>
<p>Every year since 2013, La Calaca Flaca and Fleisher have organized and presented a neighborhood Día de los Muertos Altar Celebration and Procession.</p><br>
<p>The Jacob Kastner Loghouse is an historic American home that is located in Spring House in Lower Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>The log house was built roughly between 1712 and 1754, and is a -story, English, single-pen-plan dwelling. It measures approximately fifteen feet wide and sixteen feet, six inches, deep and has a stone cellar. The house is covered with board and batten siding and has a purlin roof. Also located on the property is a contributing well.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.</p><br>
<p>The Windsor Village Historic District is a historical district in the center of Windsor, Vermont. It includes several dozen properties which were built in the 18th, the 19th, and in the beginning of the 20th centuries, built in different architectural styles. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 23, 1975.</p><br>
<p>Originally, the district was designated along Main Street, Depot Avenue, and State Street through and including Court Square. Later, Phelps Ct. was added.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1777, in the Old Constitution House, which is a part of the district, the constitution of the Vermont Republic was drafted. Initially, Windsor was a part-time capital of the Republic, and it remains the seat of Windsor County. This guaranteed an influx of population to the town. Many of newcomers were highly educated professionals. The location of Windsor on the banks of the Connecticut River provided an easy access to transportation routes, and this access was further reinforced by the construction of a railway in 1847. In the 19th century, Windsor was a prosperous industrial and administrative center. This resulted in intensive construction, with industrial-related buildings concentrated on the Main Street and Depot Avenue, including the railway station, and residential buildings located on State Street and in the northern end of Main Street. By the end of the 19th century, the major industrial enterprises in Windsor were producing water pumps, firearms, machine tools, and cotton.</p><br>
<h2>Properties</h2><br>
<p>As of 1975, the list of properties included the properties listed below. It was again enlarged in 2014.</p><br>
<p>The Osgood Gamekeeper&#39;s Lodge is located along State Highway 133 near Redstone, Colorado, United States. It is a timber frame structure built at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1989 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Architect Theodore Boal designed the house in the Swiss chalet style, one of many in Redstone at that time. He had been commissioned by John C. Osgood, then owner of the Colorado Fuel and Iron (CFI) company, who designed the small community as a company town for the coal miners and other workers CFI employed in the area. Osgood&#39;s estate included two large private game preserves for himself and his guests, who included Theodore Roosevelt, John D. Rockefeller and King Leopold II.</p><br>
<p>Less than a decade after it was built, Redstone was almost completely abandoned. Many of its original houses and cottages were torn down or moved in later decades, even as Redstone itself revived slightly as an arts colony. The gamekeeper&#39;s cottage is one of the few outside the village that remain relatively unaltered. It continues to be used as a private residence.</p><br>
<h2>Buildings and grounds</h2><br>
<p>The lodge is on a 6 acre complex</p><br>
<p>Much of the neighboring land is undeveloped. To the south is a small subdivision along Chair Mountain Road. A quarter-mile (500 m) to the north is another subdivision. The land along the road is open, giving way to forest further back. There is no development between the highway and the river.</p><br>
<p>An unpaved driveway leads into the property from the road. There are three buildings around its end. The original gamekeeper&#39;s lodge is to the north, its carriage house to the west and a modern building to the south. All are sheltered by mature trees, predominantly a mixture of aspen and pine.</p><br>
<p>The lodge building is a one-and-a-half-story timber frame house sided with wooden shingles stained dark brown. It is topped by a clipped-gable roof with broad overhanging eaves pierced by two chimneys near the center. The lower story has a full-length porch on the south (front) facade, complemented by a balcony above it.</p><br>
<p>Both the porch and the balcony have full-length saw-cut wooden balustrades. Two large white brackets support the balcony on either side of the main entrance. Next to them on either side are triple six-over-three double-hung sash windows. The main entrance itself has a white paneled wooden door with six-pane window.</p><br>
<p>Above the brackets two turned spindles rise to the roof. The plainer door to the balcony is flanked by four-over-two double-hung sash. On the east and west elevations, plain brackets support the roof.</p><br>
<p>The carriage house is similar but more restrained. Its eaves are lower, supported by smaller brackets, with the roof pierced by a large shed dormer on the south side. Entrances are located on the sides, with three modern bay windows between them. The east facade has a similar but shorter balustrade along its balcony.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>John C. Osgood came to Colorado in 1882 to survey the new state&#39;s coal resources for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. He soon established the Colorado Fuel Company to supply it and other railroads with coal mined, initially, by others. His goal was to open mines in the remote Crystal Valley, where he had found high-quality coal suitable for coking during his surveys.</p><br>
<p>He began buying land in the valley, primarily for the company but also with an eye toward creating an estate for himself. Central to that latter concept was a hunting lodge and game preserves. In 1892 he merged his company with the rival Colorado Coal and Iron Company to form Colorado Fuel and Iron (CF&I), which soon became one of the largest mining concerns in the state and indeed the entire West.</p><br>
<p>Despite this economic prowess, CF&I was unable to develop the Crystal Valley at first. In the wake of the Panic of 1893, which hit Colorado&#39;s mining sector very hard, banks were unwilling to lend the money to build the necessary railroad connection until the closing years of the century. After that was finished, Osgood began implementing his plans.</p><br>
<p>Like many mine owners of the time, Osgood had a strong dislike for labor unions. He embraced paternal capitalism as an alternative, and planned a company town to be called Redstone, as the center of CF&I&#39;s operations in the Crystal Valley. After setting up a large coke oven complex, he hired architect Theodore Boal to design both his estate and the town.</p><br>
<p>Influenced by the writings of Andrew Jackson Downing earlier in the century, which had led to the Carpenter Gothic movement and other early Victorian styles that tried to harmonize country houses with their natural setting, Boal built primarily in the Tudor Revival and Swiss Chalet styles, the latter of which finds one of its fullest expressions in Redstone in the gamekeeper&#39;s cottage.</p><br>
<p>Both were well-suited to the mountainous surroundings, and Boal adapted them even further to that end. The buildings design elements serve both aesthetic and functional purposes. For example, the shingles are as durable as they are rustic and picturesque, per Downings recommendations. The balcony is not only an element of many actual Swiss chalets, but allowed the gamekeeper to survey the animals in the winter enclosure that would have been before him.</p><br>
<p>In addition to Osgood&#39;s hunting lodge, which eventually became his Cleveholm mansion, Boal designed small cottages for the workers and a dormitory for unmarried miners that is today the Redstone Inn, in the same styles. In addition to being high-quality workmanship, in contrast to the makeshift shacks and cabins that dominated most mining camps of the era, the cottages and dormitory had amenities such as electricity and running water that were considered luxuries at the time by any standard.</p><br>
<p>For several years Osgood enjoyed the life he had envisioned for himself two decades before. He made daily rounds in the streets of Redstone to hear from his employees how things were going and resolve their complaints. Both he and his Swedish-born wife Alma, an avid outdoorswoman, took advantage of the ample game on the preserves. Their guests, who frequently accompanied them on their hunting expeditions, included John D. Rockefeller, Theodore Roosevelt and King Leopold II of Belgium.</p><br>
<p>In 1903, interests connected to the Rockefeller family took control of CF&I. Osgood became less involved in the company and a less frequent presence in the valley he had developed. Six years later, CF&Is completion of a new coke plant and economic shifts made Redstones mines unprofitable, and the town was nearly abandoned within days.</p><br>
<p>Osgood shut down the estate and game preserves in 1913, leaving the few remaining residents to take care of them. The next year the bitter strike that culminated in the Ludlow massacre demonstrated the unsustainability of the paternalist philosophy that had motivated him to build Redstone. In the mid-1920s he returned to the Crystal Valley, terminally ill. After his death in 1926, his ashes were scattered over the valley per his wish. His widow Lucille tried to redevelop the estate into a resort, but its remoteness and the onset of the Great Depression frustrated those hopes.</p><br>
<p>Lucille was forced to sell the property in increments to survive. Some of the original buildings, such as the greenhouses, were moved; others were demolished. The gamekeeper&#39;s cottage remained, even after she sold the main estate house itself in the early 1940s. By 1949 the barn had been converted for resort use and cottages were built on the neighboring property.</p><br>
<p>In the 1950s a small log wing was added at the northwest corner. It was joined by a gallery on the lower front in the 1960s. That work also put in new side joists and a concrete foundation. The resort failed, and the house was vacant until 1965, when it reverted to use as a home.</p><br>
<p>Since then Redstone has experienced a slight revival. The gamekeeper&#39;s cottage remains largely unaltered other than the work done in the middle of the 20th century. Its current occupants have remodeled the carriage house and rent it out as overnight lodgings.</p><br>
<p>Knipe–Johnson Farm is a historic home and farm located in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The property includes six contributing buildings that include: the farmhouse , the Pennsylvania bank barn , the stone springhouse , and three agricultural outbuildings dated to the 1940s. The farmhouse is a two-story, two bay by two bay, stone dwelling with stone and concrete block additions. It has a vernacular Georgian style.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.</p><br>
<p>The Isaac Kulp Farm is an historic American home and farm which are located in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>This farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>The property includes three contributing buildings. They are the farmhouse (1832), Pennsylvania bank barn and root cellar. The farmhouse is a three-story, five-bay by two-bay, stucco-covered stone dwelling that was designed in the Georgian style and has Italianate details. It has a one-story, stone addition.</p><br>
<p>The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.</p><br>
<p>The property is owned by Delaware Valley University and was operated as the Roth Living Farm Museum until 2012, when it became the Roth Center for Sustainable Agriculture.</p><br>
<p>The Long Meadow Farm, also known as the Plank House and Barn, is an historic, American home and barn complex that is located in New Hanover Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>The house is a -story, stuccoed brick, Germanic-style residence with a -story addition. The interior has Georgian-style details. The barn dates to the mid-nineteenth century.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
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<p>The Hiram Bell Farmstead was built by Hiram Bell in 1850. It is located in Fairfield Township, Columbiana County, Ohio. The house and adjoining buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district in 1999.</p><br>
<p>Bell was a native of Columbiana County, born at the family homestead approximately 2.5 mi southwest of East Fairfield in Elkrun Township. In 1877, Bell was elected to a three-year term as a Columbiana County commissioner. By this time, he had built himself a reputation as a prosperous businessman. Beside his farm, Bell supported his family via a simple industrial facility: throughout the 1860s and 1870s, he owned a steam sawmill in Elkrun Township.</p><br>
<p>Ikirt House, in East Liverpool, Ohio, was built in 1888. The house is an example of a variety of architectural styles including Second Empire, Eastlake movement, and elements of Queen Anne style architecture. The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in May 1980.</p><br>
<p>Dr. George P. Ikirt (1852-1927) was a surgeon in East Liverpool. He was prominent in Democratic politics and served in the United States House of Representatives from 1893 to 1895.</p><br>
<p>In 2022, the house was purchased by Michael and Machelle Theis. Over the last year, the couple have been working to restore the property to a small boutique hotel, The Robert House Inn.</p><br>
<p>The Homer Laughlin House was built by Homer Laughlin in 1882. The house is located in East Liverpool, Ohio. Laughlin was a prominent pottery manufacturer and founder of the Homer Laughlin China Company.</p><br>
<p>The house is unique in that it makes use of architectural terra cotta, produced in East Liverpool.</p><br>
<p>In 1916 the house was bought by the Fraternal Order of Eagles.</p><br>
<p>The house was destroyed to build a parking lot. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<p>The Hostetter Inn is a historic lodging facility located outside the village of Lisbon, Ohio, United States. Constructed in the early 1830s, it has been designated a historic site.</p><br>
<p>The inn is a brick building set on a foundation of limestone; an asphalt roof covers the building, and additional elements of wood are also present. It is a simple structure without a standard architectural style.</p><br>
<p>Built in 1832, the Hostetter Inn takes its name from the original owners, a family named Hostetter, who were the proprietors until after the turn of the twentieth century. Throughout its history, the inn has experienced remarkably few changes; aside from miniature modifications on the exterior, nothing of the buildings appearance has changed since its construction. As a result, and because most of the areas old houses have experienced major modifications, the old inn has become a highly significant part of the local built environment. Accordingly, in 1980, the inn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places; it qualified both because of its architecture and its place in local history, being deemed important as a major part of the commercial life of Hanover Township and the community of Guilford.</p><br>
<p>The Franklin Harris Farmstead is a historic farm complex located outside the village of Salem in Columbiana County, Ohio, United States. Once home to a prominent former soldier, the farmstead includes a high-style farmhouse from the 1890s, and it has been named a historic site.</p><br>
<p>Growing up a Quaker, Franklin Harris lived in Butler Township from the cradle. At age 22, two months after the outbreak of the Civil War, he enlisted in military service; after service in the 104th OVI, he served in the carpenter corps until being discharged in 1863. Returning home, he worked in Salem and rented a farm before buying the present property. He and his wife Priscilla were responsible for the construction of the present farmstead, which they operated as a dairy farm.</p><br>
<p>Built in 1894, the farmhouse mixes elements of the Queen Anne and Stick-Eastlake styles. Set on a foundation of sandstone, the wooden house is covered with a slate roof. One of the houses small porches shelters the main entrance, which is placed in the area sheltered between the ell and the houses main section. Both the main section and the ell are two and a half stories in height and rise to intersecting gables. Fenestration is generally regular, although only a single window overlooks the entrance porch, and the front end of the main section of the house includes two irregularly placed windows.</p><br>
<p>In 1997, the Harris Farmstead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, qualifying because of its historically significant architecture. The designation embraces five buildings across an area of 4 acre, including the agricultural outbuildings.</p><br>
<p>Myrtle Grove Plantation, also known as the Old Bass Place, is a plantation in Waterproof, Louisiana. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>The antebellum plantation house is located in open, flat farmland about 200 feet behind the rear of the Mississippi River levee; no historic outbuildings survive. It is one and a half stories tall with a "relatively monumental" one-story front gallery having six columns, and it has a rear gallery as well. Greek Revival influence is seen in the gallery columns with their molded capitals, and in the full entablature of the gallery plus a strong entablature of the front doorway with four pilasters.</p><br>
<p>The Knipe–Moore–Rupp Farm, also known as Cedar View Farm, is an historic, American home and barn that are located in Russian Space, Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>The property includes four contributing buildings and three contributing structures. They are the residence (c. 1808), stone bank barn (1808), eight-hole privy (1817), nineteenth-century smoke house/springhouse/ice house, nineteenth-century corn crib, well, and pillars. The house is a three-and-one-half-story, stucco over stone, L-shaped dwelling with Gothic Revival and Italianate detailing.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<p>Fetter&#39;s Mill, also known as Louis Ewald Studio—Residence, is a historic grist mill located on Pennypack Creek at Bryn Athyn in Lower Moreland Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built in the 1740s, and is a five level, stucco over stone building of post and beam construction. It has an end gabled roof. It was enlarged about 1860, and in 1920 was converted to a residence and studio for decorative artist Louis Ewald. Adjacent to the mill is the contributing tail race.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The parcel of land Fetters Mill is on was once owned by William Penn until it was sold to Nicholas More on January 5, 1681/1682 when it became known as the "Manor of Moreland". In 1711 after Mores death, the land was bought by Richard Hill, who upon his death in 1729 left the land to his niece who married Samuel Preston. The estate became known as "Hills Highland" and a mill was constructed between 1739 and 1750 on the land.</p><br>
<p>Ownership of the land transferred to Jonathan Paxson in 1786 and then to Thomas Longstroth in 1794. In 1860, George Fetter bought the mill and enlarged it. At the end of the century, the mill ceased operations after the water level in Pennypack Creek dropped, making continuous mill operation impossible. Artist Louis Ewald began renting the mill in 1920 to use as a studio and home, occupying it for 55 years.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 for its historically significant association with the early milling industry and as the studio of Louis Ewald. It is located in the Fetter&#39;s Mill Village Historic District.</p><br>
<p>The Samuel Simpson House  is a historic house at 1370 Scard Road in Wallingford, Connecticut. Built in 1838 by John Meigs Hall, it was the home of 19th century industrialist and philanthropist Samuel Simpson. Some of the house&#39;s structural beams, repurposed from an older building in the same location, date back to the 1600s. Around 1867, the home was extensively redesigned by renowned New Haven, Connecticut architect Henry Austin, giving it Renaissance Revival characteristics.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>Simpson-Taber Residence</h3><br>
<p>The house originally stood at 216 North Main Street in downtown Wallingford. Simpson, a silver manufacturer, partnered with Robert Wallace in the firm of R. Wallace & Sons, the forerunner of Wallace Silversmiths Inc. He was later president of Simpson, Hall, Miller, & Co., which was one of the founding companies of the International Silver Company. Simpson was a noted philanthropist and benefactor to Wallingford, and his house was a prominent fixture in the town&#39;s downtown area.</p><br>
<p>Simpson&#39;s great-granddaughter, Margaret Tibbets Taber (1891-1985), later ran a bookstore in the house. Known for her philanthropy and dedication to the public library, Taber sold the property to the town in 1978 under the condition that the land be used for library purposes.</p><br>
<h3>Preservation Debate and Relocation</h3><br>
<p>In 1982, the Wallingford Public Library moved from its original location at 60 North Main Street to a newly constructed building on the former Taber property, alongside the Simpson House. The library Board of Managers, reluctant to use library funds for maintenance of the aging mansion, suggested demolishing the house and repurposing the site as a garden and outdoor reading area. In 1984, given a three-month deadline to avoid demolition, community members formed the Simpson-Taber Residence Preservation Committee. The committee sought to raise donations to keep the Taber house in its current location and use it as a meeting place for local community groups. In a 7–2 vote, the Town Council rejected the committee&#39;s plans, but agreed to consider proposals to move the house to a new location rather than demolish it.</p><br>
<p>In 1987, a local developer, Thomas Solinsky, purchased the house from the town for one dollar and had it moved to its current location on Scard Road. A portion of the original wrought iron fence remains on the original property outside of the library building.</p><br>
<h2>Appearances in pop culture</h2><br>
<p>In 2012, the Samuel Simpson House served as the main location in director A.D. Calvo&#39;s film The Midnight Game.</p><br>
<p>The Jones–Bowman House was built in 1842 in Columbiana, Ohio. The house was built by J. Jones who was the son of an abolitionist. It is believed that the house was part of the Underground Railroad.</p><br>
<p>The house has remained preserved as it was built. It is a two-story home in an "L" shape. A spiral staircase and four wood-burning fireplaces have not been altered since the house was built.</p><br>
<p>The house was purchased by E. Bowman in 1885. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in December 1976.</p><br>
<p>The Evans-Mumbower Mill is an historic, American grist mill that is located on Wissahickon Creek in Upper Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>The mill was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Built in 1835, this historic structure is a -story, banked-stucco-over-stone building with a two-story, wood-frame, reproduction addition. It was in use as a mill until 1930, and housed an Oliver Evans milling system.</p><br>
<p>The Evans-Mumbower Mill is now owned by the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association, and is open for public tours and demonstrations once a month.</p><br>
<p>This mill was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.</p><br>
<p>The Kenderdine Mill Complex is an historic, American grist mill complex that is located in Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>This complex includes four contributing buildings and one contributing structure. They are the original fieldstone mill (1734-1735), mill race, early 19th century fieldstone mill owner&#39;s house, stable and carriage house (1858), and an early fieldstone house.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<p>The buildings today are a private residence.</p><br>
<p>Kuster Mill, also known as Custer&#39;s Fulling Mill and Skippack Creek Farm, is an historic, American fulling mill that is located in Evansburg State Park on Skippack Creek at Collegeville, Skippack Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>The complex includes three contributing buildings and one contributing structure. They are the original mill, mill race, a stone house, and a Dutch bank barn.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.</p><br>
<p>The Church Hill Road Covered Bridge is a covered bridge in Columbiana County, Ohio. It was originally located over Middle Fork Little Beaver Creek in Elk Township. The bridge was constructed in 1870 and was relocated in 1982 behind a now closed restaurant on Ohio State Route 154 in Elkton, Ohio.</p><br>
<p>Spanning 19 feet 3 inches, the bridge is one of the shortest covered bridges for public highway use in the United States. It is a 2-panel single kingpost design.</p><br>
<p>The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in June 1975.</p><br>
<p>The City Hall in East Liverpool, Ohio is part of the East Liverpool Central Business District multiple resource area . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 14, 1985.</p><br>
<p>East Liverpool&#39;s City Hall was built in 1934 as a project of the Civil Works Administration. Stylistically, the building is an example of Art Deco architecture that was prominent in the 1930s. The two-story structure is constructed with sandstone.</p><br>
<p>The Moses Kent House is a historic house on River Road in Lyme, New Hampshire. Built in 1811, it is a good local example of Federal period architecture, most notable for the well-preserved murals on its interior walls, drawn by the itinerant artist Rufus Porter. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Moses Kent House stands in a rural setting just south of the Lyme-Orford border, on the east side of River Road north of Clay Brook. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, two interior chimneys, and a clapboarded exterior. It is five bays wide and two deep, with a symmetrical front facade that has windows arranged symmetrically around the center entrance. The entrance has a fine Federal period surround, set in a shallow recess with flanking narrow pilasters and sidelight windows. The recess is itself framed by pilasters and topped by a half-round fan. The interior has a central hall plan, with two rooms on each side of the hall, which is divided into a front and rear section on the ground floor. The hall, left parlor, and second-floor left parlor chamber each have plaster walls on which murals have been drawn. The murals depict countryside scenes and views of harbors, classic thematic elements of the work of Rufus Porter.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in 1811 by Moses Kent, and has been little altered structurally since its construction; the only major modification is the addition of a garage at the end of the ell in 1952.</p><br>
<p>The Pottstown Roller Mill is an historic, American roller mill that is located near the Schuylkill River in Pottstown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>The original mill building was built in 1725. It was constructed of fieldstone and was two stories tall, three bays wide, and two deep. It provided flour to George Washington&#39;s Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.</p><br>
<p>The mill&#39;s structure was improved in 1849 and again in 1856 when two brick stories were added to the original fieldstone building. The five-bay brick addition doubled the size of the 1856 mill. It then became "the roller mill of Jesse Ives... that provided shelter for escaping slaves" as part of the Underground Railroad.</p><br>
<p>This property also includes a contributing dam and mill race.</p><br>
<p>It faced extensive flooding due to Hurricane Agnes in 1972 but served the community continuously despite major damages. Although the mill no longer sold flour, "a post-Revolutionary War era water wheel turned by a race stream siphoned from the Manatawny still provide most of the power to operate the mill."</p><br>
<p>Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, the survives today at 625 Industrial Highway, less than a mile from the original historic building.</p><br>
<p>The Sunrise Mill is an historic grist mill complex that is located near Schwenksville in Upper Frederick Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania in the United States.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>This complex includes a grist mill with an attached saw mill. Built circa 1767, it was enlarged in 1819. The complex also includes a farmhouse that was built circa 1828 and a Swiss bank barn that was erected in 1795.</p><br>
<p>The grist mill originally operated using an internal waterwheel system that ran off the adjacent Swamp Creek, before converting to turbine power after 1870. The property also includes a mill dam that was reconstructed in 1891, a mill race, and a stone arch bridge that was built circa 1845.</p><br>
<p>The property was later owned by Dr. Chevalier Jackson (1865-1958), an internationally known physician and specialist in laryngology, who lived at Sunrise from 1919 until his death in 1958. Dr. Jackson established a workspace inside the grist mill where, using power generated by the mill to run a lathe, he invented, more than two hundred different medical instruments for use in laryngeal surgery. Dr. Jackson also kept an art studio in the grist mill, where he painted nature scenes of the surrounding area.</p><br>
<p>In 1977, the Sunrise Mill complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>The site is now owned and operated by the Montgomery County Division of Parks, Trails, and Historic Sites. It is currently undergoing a restoration project n order to be opened to the public as a history site.</p><br>
<p>Andrews Tavern is an historic building located in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The original building was constructed for Samuel Andrews in 1815. Around 1848, a frame wing was added to the brick structure for a tavern. Though the wing was added to the original residence, there is no interior connection between the two.</p><br>
<p>The tavern is an example of Federal provincial architecture.</p><br>
<p>In 1778, the county seat of Spotsylvania County was moved to Andrews Tavern area which was a central location in the county. The county seat remained at Andrews Tavern until it was moved to its present location at Spotsylvania Court House in 1839.</p><br>
<p>Since the construction of the building, it has served a number of purposes including United States Post Office (1842–1862) and, during the American Civil War, Confederate post office (1862–1865). During his ownership of the building, Samuel Andrews was postmaster for the governments of both the Confederate States of America and the United States.</p><br>
<p>In 1885, the building once again housed a post office. As of 1999, Andrews Tavern was a private residence.</p><br>
<p>The property has been designated as a Virginia Historic Landmark and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in July 1976.</p><br>
<p>Bloomsbury Farm  was an 18th-century timbered framed house, one of the oldest privately owned residences in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The house was originally built by the Robinson family sometime between 1785 and 1790. It was architecturally significant for its eighteenth-century construction methods and decorative elements. The surrounding location is also significant as the site of the last engagement between Confederate and Union forces in the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 19, 1864. The farm was removed from the National Register in 2017.</p><br>
<h2>Design and construction</h2><br>
<p>The house at Bloomsbury Farm began as a late 18th century, single-pile (only one room between the front façade and the rear walls), two-story house. In the early 1800s, the layout of the house was changed when a central hallway was created. Bloomsbury is of braced frame construction. The framing used for the house was hewn and pit-sawn beams and rafters. Wrought nails, hand-hammered from iron, were used as fasteners in the original building. The interior of the walls were filled with brick nogging. The house has two exterior-end chimneys of brick laid in Flemish bond. The foundation is fieldstone and uses dragon beams to support the east end of the first floor summer beam.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Benjamin Robinson inherited the land on which Bloomsbury Farm is located and built the house sometime between the time he obtained the land and his death in 1790. The farm remained with his widow and then their descendants until 1854, when it was sold to Clement Harris. During the time that Harris owned the farm, it produced 4,500 lb of tobacco along with wheat, Indian corn, and oats. The farm remained in the possession of the Harris family until 1883 when it was sold by Thomas Harris to Charles and Charlotte Phillips. Harris repurchased the land again in 1888. In 1913 the property was sold to a holding company and, in 1917, the farm was acquired by Robert Purvis. James McGee bought the land in 1927 and Bloomsbury became a dairy farm.</p><br>
<p>McGee and his family sold milk as the Bloomsbury Sanitary Dairy, selling raw Grade A milk in Fredericksburg, Virginia, until 1937 when they switched to selling bulk cans of milk. The family continued in the dairy business until 1966 when the Jersey cattle were sold.</p><br>
<h2>Battle of Harris Farm</h2><br>
<p>On May 19, 1864, Bloomsbury Farm was the site of the Harris Farm Engagement (also called the Battle of Harris Farm), during which General Ewells Confederate soldiers attacked Brig. Gen. Tylers Union artillery division near the farm. This engagement, the last major action of the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, ended when General Ewell&#39;s forces withdrew in the evening. During the fighting, the house was used as a field hospital. In the course of the battle, over 2000 soldiers were killed or wounded. In 1901, a monument dedicated to the memory of the fallen soldiers of the 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery was erected on the site.</p><br>
<p>Fairview is an historic home located near Fredericksburg, Virginia at 2020 Whitelake Drive. It is the largest of the historic homes in Spotsylvania County. The house was built in 1837 by Samuel Alsop, Jr. . Alsop was an architect and builder who designed a number of buildings in Spotsylvania including the Old Berea Church and Kenmore Woods , which he built for his daughter.</p><br>
<p>After building homes for his daughters, Fairview was designed and constructed for Alsop himself. The Federal-style home is double-pile construction (meaning that there are two rooms between the front façade and the rear wall of the house). The site on which the home was built was originally 1,200 acre. In the 1970s the land was subdivided for residences.</p><br>
<p>Fairview was added to the National Register of Historic Places in December 1993.</p><br>
<p>Kenmore, , is a historic house in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, United States. It was built in 1829 by Samuel Alsop, Jr.  for his daughter Ann Eliza and her husband, John M. Anderson. The home bears the same name as the home of Fielding and Betty Lewis  in nearby Fredericksburg, Virginia. To distinguish the houses, Kenmore in Spotsylvania County was renamed Kenmore Woods. Samuel Alsop, Jr. designed a number of homes in Spotsylvania County. In addition to Kenmore, he also designed and built "Oakley" for another daughter as well as his own home, "Fairview". In all, Alsop designed and built 10 homes.</p><br>
<h2>Design</h2><br>
<p>Begun in 1828 and finished in 1829, the design of the home is Federal-style. The house was built on 430 acre that Alsop purchased in 1821. The relatively modest-sized Kenmore is unusual for Alsop in that it was designed with a narrow central hallway and a spiral staircase.</p><br>
<p>Another unusual aspect of the house is the brickwork. On the front and south sides, bricks are laid in Flemish bond pattern while the other sides are common bond. The present owners of the house suggest that the reason for this might be that the house sits on an intersection of two roads and thus visible from two sides.</p><br>
<p>The kitchen was originally an outbuilding – a structure built apart from the main house. It was common in Colonial times to separate the kitchen from the rest of the house because the kitchen was the working area of the household&#39;s slaves.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was sold in 1832 to Dr. Hubbard Minor who, in 1836, added an ell to the rear of the home and a gable end shed roof. The ell is now a sitting room. The character of the additions was Greek Revival.</p><br>
<p>The house was located at the intersection of major roads near Spotsylvania Courthouse. During the American Civil War, the house was used by Colonel Walker of the Army of Northern Virginia as a headquarters during the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse in 1864.</p><br>
<p>Dr. Maxwell Harbin and his wife purchased the house in 1935 and changed the name of the home to Kenmore Woods because of the confusion with the home of George Washington&#39;s sister, Betty, in nearby Fredericksburg, Virginia. Sometime during the 1930s, a screened porch was added to the south side of the home. To create a passage from the house onto the porch, it was necessary to cut through four courses of brick. It was around this time that electricity and plumbing were added to the house.</p><br>
<p>Kenmore was added to the National Register of Historic Places in June 1993.</p><br>
<p>The Western State Hospital is a publicly funded psychiatric hospital in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Construction began in 1848, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, on The Western Kentucky Lunatic Asylum, which began admitting patients in 1854. Later renamed Western State Hospital, the facility currently operates as an inpatient center for the treatment of mental illness. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. It had a patient population as high as 2,200 by 1950. Improved medications for treatment of mental disorders allowed de-institutionalization and a decrease in inpatient numbers. The inpatient population as of 2004 was 220, from 34 counties in Western Kentucky. Its three facilities employed 650 workers in 2004.</p><br>
<p>Many stories of paranormal activity have been recorded and are to be related in the upcoming book Hauntings of the Western Lunatic Asylum by author Steve E. Asher.</p><br>
<p>Molii Fishpond is located southeast of Kamehameha Highway between Kualoa and Johnson Roads, near Kaneohe, on the island of Oahu, in the USA state of Hawaii. The pond encompasses 125 acre The locale is part of the ahupuaa  of Hakipuu. The Molii pond is part of Kualoa Ranch. Tilapia, mullet and moi are found within the pond. Commercial fishing operations are contracted out.</p><br>
<p>Ancient Hawaiian fishponds were noted in the 1826 journal of William Ellis, the naturalist on James Cook&#39;s third voyage (1776–1779):</p><br>
<p>Molii, along with Huilua, Kahaluu and Heeia are the only four original Hawaiian fishponds remaining on Oahu. Fishponds were used by the ancient Hawaiians for ocean husbandry. Each pond had a set of sluices that controlled the seawater flow and the fish available in the pond for harvesting. Molii had five such sluices, and three of the sluices were still in place in 1972 when the pond was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Oahu. This system of harvesting ocean catch was unique to Hawaii, and does not exist within other areas of ancient Polynesia. The 4,000 ft wall which partitions the pond from Kaneohe Bay dates back to the earliest Hawaiian settlement of the land, and is traditionally attributed to the Menehune of Hawaiian mythology. The craftsmanship applied in constructing the wall is similar to brickwork, in that the gaps and crevices between the stacked stones are plugged with coral and smaller rocks.</p><br>
<p>The Springfield Mill, also known as the Piper-Streeper Mill, is an historic, American gristmill that is located near the Wissahickon Creek in Erdenheim, Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>Springfield Mill sits on the Bloomfield Farm tract, which is now part of the Morris Arboretum. It is open to the public once a month for grinding demonstrations.</p><br>
<p>This mill was built in 1854, and is a -story, stone-and-frame mill structure that measures thirty-five feet, three inches by forty feet, eight inches. The mill was built on the foundations of an earlier mill that had been erected in 1761. Also located on the property is the miller&#39;s house, a -story, four-bay building that was designed in the Greek Revival style and built circa 1845.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.</p><br>
<p>The Lansdale Silk Hosiery Compy-Interstate Hosiery Mills, Inc. is an historic American silk mill complex located in Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>This complex was built in four interconnected phases between 1922 and 1961, with the original 1922 building (including its additions) and the 1932 building included in the listing. The original building was constructed in 1922, with additions made in 1926, 1928, and 1929. The building is two stories tall and sits on a brownstone foundation. The 1932 building is a three-story, red brick building with a flat roof and brick parapet. The complex produced women&#39;s full-fashioned silk hosiery and was occupied by textile manufacturers into the 1970s.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.</p><br>
<p>The Lee Tire and Rubber Company, now known as Lee Park, is an historic, American rubber and tire factory complex that is located in the Spring Mill section of Whitemarsh, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>The main building of this historic complex was built in 1909 as a vast, four-story, administration building. It is a symmetrical structure with terminating and central towers and features engaged Tuscan order columns framing the main entrance doors. The twelve remaining contributing buildings in the complex include one- and two-story, manufacturing buildings and a water tower (1909).</p><br>
<p>The company was incorporated in 1911 as the successor of the J Ellwood Lee Company established in 1883. Lee manufactured puncture-proof pneumatic tires, regular tires, and rubber sundries. Garthwaite Stadium in Conshohocken is named for the former president, A. A. Garthwaite.</p><br>
<p>This complex was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>The Jenkins&#39; Town Lyceum Building, also known as the Jenkintown Library, is an historic American lyceum and library building located in Jenkintown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<h2>History and architectural features</h2><br>
<p>The original building was built in 1839, and was then expanded between 1909 and 1910. It is a two-story, fieldstone building with a gable roof and a one-story rear wing and addition. It features a two-story, columned portico with a flagstone floor. The Reading Room and Lambert Memorial Room have notable decorations.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>Fall Hill is a plantation located near the falls on the Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Though the Thornton family has lived at Fall Hill since the early 18th century, the present house was built in 1790 for Francis Thornton V . The land on which Fall Hill is located is part of an 8,000 acres land patent obtained by Francis Thornton I  around 1720. The present-day town of Fredericksburg, Virginia is located on that original patent.</p><br>
<h2>The mansion at Fall Hill</h2><br>
<p>The mansion at Fall Hill (pictured) is a Georgian two-story home with a central hall and two large rooms on either side. Its roof is hipped and there are interior chimneys at each end. The outside walls are randomly glazed Flemish bond brickwork. In keeping with the Georgian design of the exterior, second floor window openings are proportionately smaller than those of the first floor.</p><br>
<p>The home was remodeled around 1830 and, as a result of replacements to door and window frames, doors and sashes, the only original parts of the exterior are the walls, roof, and chimneys. During this remodeling, two windows on the front of the house were bricked over on both the first and second floors. Doric columns on the porches on the west front and south end were added in the 19th century. More recently, a larger Doric porch on the east front was removed. During renovations, Greek Revival fireplace mantels were installed in the northwest and southwest rooms. These have since been removed to expose the original segmental fireplace openings.</p><br>
<p>The grounds surrounding the house contain many old trees in a wide variety of species. There are a number of gravel walks around the park-like grounds. A hillside west of the house provides a view of nearby Fredericksburg.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The land on which Fall Hill was established is believed to have been included in a grant of 8,000 acres in Spotsylvania County patented by Francis Thornton I (1657–1727) around 1720. Thornton belonged to one of Virginia&#39;s distinguished Colonial families. Upon settling in the area, Thornton established a home at The Falls, a plantation at the foot of Fall Hill within the present-day town of Fredericksburg. The family ran a grist mill on the Rappahannock River. It is said that Francis Thornton III (1711–1749) built the house on Fall Hill in order to escape the heat of the house at The Falls laying lower in elevation near the river.</p><br>
<p>Francis Thornton III married Frances Gregory, daughter of Mildred Washington Gregory, aunt and godmother of George Washington. He served as a burgess, a trustee of Fredericksburg, and Colonel of the Spotsylvania militia. In 1749, Fall Hill was inherited by Colonel Thornton&#39;s son, Francis Thornton IV (1737–1794). However, he and his wife, Ann Thompson, maintained their primary residence at The Falls.</p><br>
<p>The present mansion at Fall Hill is believed to have been built by Francis Thornton V (1760–1836) probably around 1790 when he married Sally Innes. This belief is supported by architectural evidence in the design of the houses common to the period. Francis Thornton V was a Justice of the Peace in Spotsylvania County. Their son, James Innes Thornton, was born at Fall Hill. He moved to Alabama, became its third secretary of state, and established his own plantation, Thornhill. Francis Thornton V died in 1836 without a will. For nine years, until the estate was settled in 1845, Fall Hill was maintained by family slaves. Ultimately, the estate was deeded to Dr. John Taylor in 1845. Dr. Taylor had married Elizabeth Fitzgerald Forbes, a daughter of Sally Innes Thornton and Murray Forbes, and a granddaughter of Francis Thornton V, in February 1842. It was Dr. Taylor that renovated the home in the 1840s.</p><br>
<p>Its proximity to the Rappahannock River made Fall Hill a strategic point during the Fredericksburg Campaign of the Civil War. Fortifications were built along the river at the house to protect the crossing. The breastworks were built by General Robert E. Lee&#39;s soldiers.</p><br>
<p>In 1870 Dr. Taylors son, Murry Forbes Taylor, married Butler-Brayne Thornton, a cousin of his mother, and also a descendant of Francis Thornton V, which again reinforced Fall Hill as a part of the Thornton family legacy. Taylor and his wife lived with Doctor Taylor at Fall Hill from 1875 to 1877. In 1877, Murray Taylor and his wife moved to California where Taylor managed the estate of Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hearst (mother of William Randolph Hearst) at San Simeon, California. To show her gratitude to Murray Taylor when he retired from his job at San Simeon in 1908, Mrs. Hearst purchased Fall Hill for $25,000 as a gift for him. It was Mrs. Hearsts wish that Butler-Brayne Thornton Robinson Franklin (granddaughter of Murray Forbes Taylor and Butler Brayne Thornton) inherit the estate. During the period from 1845 to 1870, when Dr. Taylor was deeded the property, it was technically still in the Thornton family, through his wife. So the property that Fall Hill was built on, had been in possession of the Thornton family, for over 280 years.</p><br>
<p>Butler Franklin, who died in 2003 at the age of 104, was the last of the Thorntons to own the property. In 2000, Fall Hill was purchased by Barry and Maureen Kefauver. Fall Hill was added to the National Register of Historic Places in June 1973.</p><br>
<p>The East Fifth Street Historic District, located in East Liverpool, Ohio, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in November 1985. The district encompasses three blocks  of downtown East Liverpool along East Fifth street between Market Street and Broadway.</p><br>
<p>The district is significant because of its central position in the growing commerce of East Liverpool during the 19th and early 20th centuries as well as for its examples of Classic Revival architecture.</p><br>
<p>Globe Knitting Mills, also known as the Rambo & Regar Globe Knitting Mills, are two historic textile mill buildings located at Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. They were built in 1898, and were referred to as the "Main  Building" and the "Oxidizing Building / Dye House." They are constructed of red brick with heavy timber framing and Italianate style design elements. The main building is three stories tall and rectangular in plan.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<p>Gen. Thomas J. Stewart Memorial Armory, also known as Norristown Armory, is a historic National Guard armory located at Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1927-1928, and is a "T"-plan building consisting of a two-story administration building with a two-story rear drill hall section executed in the Classical Revival style. The building is constructed of yellow brick on a concrete foundation, with decorative stonework and a parapet.</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.</p><br>
<p>David Rittenhouse Junior High School is a historic junior high school building located at Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1928, and is a "T"-plan building in the Colonial Revival style. It is a three-story, red brick building with limestone trim and detailing. It features an ornate, two-story, semi-circular entrance portico, palladian window, and limestone clad tower. The school closed in June 1981. It was named for David Rittenhouse .</p><br>
<p>It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.</p><br>
<p>The Diamond Historic District is a 2 acre area in downtown East Liverpool, Ohio. It is located at Market and East Sixth Streets. The area is triangular and is bounded by three roads. The resulting area is known as "The Diamond".</p><br>
<p>"The Diamond" (pictured), erected by George Gaston in 1884, was the first four-story brick building in East Liverpool and is located in this district.</p><br>
<p>The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in November 1985.</p><br>
