<p>The Plymouth Historic District encompasses a cluster of five civic buildings  and the town common of Plymouth, New Hampshire, United States. The buildings are arrayed on the west side of Plymouths town common, laid out not long after the town&#39;s settlement in 1763. The 2 acre district includes the town hall/court house, the Pemigewasset National Bank building, and the US Post Office building, as well as the Old Grafton County Courthouse . The Plymouth Congregation Church also falls within the district bounds, but is not considered contributing. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>Plymouth Town Hall.jpgPlymouth Town Hall</p><br>
<p>PlymouthNH HistoricalSocietyMuseum.jpgOld Grafton County Courthouse</p><br>
<p>PlymouthNH CenterGreen.jpgPlymouth Common</p><br>
<p>Plymouth was granted township status in 1763, with significant settlement not taking place until the 1770s. The town center is located on terraces on the west bank of the Pemigewasset River, with its commercial core extending along Main Street (United States Route 3). The town common is an oval bounded on the east by Main Street, where commercial buildings face it, and the west by Post Office Square, where the buildings of the historic district are arrayed. Its most prominent feature is a fountain, depicting a Boy Scout kneeling with cupped hands to hold water; it was designed by George Borst, a summertime resident of Plymouth, and placed in 1933. It was here that the towns first colonial meeting house was built, on whose site the 20th-century Congregational Church now stands. Just to its north stands Plymouth Town Hall, built in 1890 to a design by New Hampshire architect C. Willis Damon to also serve as a county courthouse. Adjacent to the town hall is the Old Grafton County Courthouse, one of the states oldest civic buildings, built in 1774. South of the church stands the 1885 Pemigewasset National Bank building, still in use as a bank, and the 1936 post office.</p><br>
<p>The John Baynton House  is a historic house within the Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi. It is located at number 821 on Main Street in Natchez, Mississippi.</p><br>
<p>It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 16, 1974 for the architecture; and is a contributing property to the Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The John Baynton House is an excellent example of the Federal style cottage in Natchez, and contains fine architectural details with regional characteristics. It has one story and a half.</p><br>
<p>The house was built for John Baynton, a land speculator, in 1833. It was purchased by the Junkin family; one of their descendants is John R. Junkin, who served as the speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives in the 1970s.</p><br>
<p>Oakland is a historic house in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, USA</p><br>
<h2>Location</h2><br>
<p>It is located at 9 Oakhurst Drive in Natchez, Mississippi.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The house was built from 1838 to 1844 for Horatio Sprague Eustis (1811-1858) on land given to him as dowry from his father-in-law, Henry Chotard (1787-1870). It was built in the Greek Revival architectural style.</p><br>
<p>In 1858, John Minor, the grandson of Stephen Minor (1760-1844), purchased the property. During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, he supported the Union.</p><br>
<p>It now belongs to Mr John T. Green.</p><br>
<p>It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 21, 1976.</p><br>
<p>The Fayette County Courthouse Historic District is a historic district covering the downtown central business district of Fayette, Alabama. The majority of the buildings in the district were constructed soon after a fire destroyed the town in 1911; the architectural styles reflect common styles in commercial buildings around the Southern United States at the beginning of the 20th century. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and the boundaries of the district were increased in 2014.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1883, Fayette County&#39;s courthouse was located about one mile (1.6 km) from the current location of downtown Fayette. That year, the Georgia Pacific Railway line between Columbus, Mississippi, and Birmingham was extended through Fayette County. Merchants began to move along the line, and in 1892, a new courthouse was constructed in the town that had grown near the station.</p><br>
<p>The majority of the central business district, including the courthouse, were destroyed by a fire on March 24, 1911. As the town began to rebuild, the town council passed building codes requiring all downtown structures to be constructed of brick, stone, or concrete.</p><br>
<h2>Contributing structures</h2><br>
<p>The district contains 26 contributing properties, most of which were built soon after the fire of 1911. Most of the properties in the district face Temple Avenue, which runs north-to-south through downtown.</p><br>
<p>The centerpiece is the Fayette County Courthouse, completed in 1912. The two-story, Neoclassical structure sits in the middle of a park with memorials and monuments scattered throughout. A tree-lined sidewalk leads from the street to the courthouse&#39;s portico, which features four Ionic columns supporting a triangular pediment. The building is topped with a columned dome, the front face of which is adorned with a clock.</p><br>
<p>At the south end of the district sits the Southern Railway depot, completed in 1913. The station is constructed of red brick and features a low hipped roof and bracketed eaves. Next to the station is the five-story William M. Cannon Wholesale Grocery Building, completed in 1928. The tallest building in Fayette, it was originally intended to serve as a hotel, but was built with a wooden structure rather than steel, failing to meet the city&#39;s building code.</p><br>
<p>The courthouse and adjacent Fayette County Bank are the only buildings in the district designed in a Neoclassical style. The majority of other buildings represent the Early Commercial style, although some feature influences from Mediterranean and Asian architecture. All but two buildings were constructed of brick: the Old Post Office (completed 1911) is of stone and stucco, and the F.A. Nuckols Building (1912) is of concrete block.</p><br>
<p>The Buell–Stallings–Stewart House is a historic residence in Greenville, Alabama, United States. The house was built in 1874 by a local lawyer David Buell, who later sold it to U. S. Congressman Jesse F. Stallings. Stallings sold the house to A. Graham Stewart, a local merchant, in 1901. The house is built in a Carpenter Gothic style, rare in Alabama, and features a steeply sloped roof and several sharply pointed gables and dormers. A flat-roofed, octagonal porch projects over the front entry. Each window and door is topped with a decorative Gothic arch molding with a diamond in the middle. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>Greenville City Hall in Greenville, Alabama, United States, is a historic city hall. The building was designed by Montgomery architect Moreland G. Smith, and built in 1936–37 by workers from the Works Progress Administration. The building is designed in a Colonial Revival style with Palladian influences, a popular style in the 1930s due to the recent restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. It was built on the site of a grammar school that was originally built in the 1890s, but burned in the early 1920s and again in 1927. The building is constructed of brick, with a full-height portico around the main entry. Each window on the first floor is topped with an ashlar keystone. The corners of the main block are adorned with stone quoins. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.</p><br>
<p>The Mukai Cold Process Fruit Barrelling Plant  in Vashon, Washington, USA, is a former fruit processing plant originally constructed and owned by the Japanese American Mukai family. In 1993 it became the first location associated with Japanese American history to be designated a King County landmark and was listed the following year on the National Register of Historic Places. The National Park Service  describes the 4.8 acre site as "a rare, intact example of a property associated with the history of Japanese American settlement in Washington."</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Sources disagree about Barrelling Plant founder Denichiro Mukais history; one newspaper source says he emigrated from Japan to San Francisco "at age 15 or 16... in about 1885&quot The NPS says "Sometime after turning 21" he married Sato Nakanishi; Matthews does not give a marriage date, but says that in 1907–08 Denichiro Mukai, Sato, and Satos sister Kuni Mukai arrived in Seattle.</p><br>
<p>Denichiro Mukai&#39;s first American employer, a wealthy sheep farmer, eventually sent him to school, where he learned English.</p><br>
<p>His name became shortened to "Ben," then to the nickname "B.D." He worked subsequently in various jobs in San Francisco including as a police interpreter and head of an employment agency. B.D. and Sato Mukai moved north to Seattle after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. For a time they had a restaurant on Seattles Fourth Avenue. B.D. later worked for Walter Bowen and Company, on Seattles Western Avenue "Wholesale Row." There he became familiar with the strawberries grown on nearby Vashon Island; he and his wife&mdash;she now suffering from tuberculosis&mdash;moved to the island in 1910 to grow strawberries.</p><br>
<p>There were a number of other Japanese immigrants strawberry farmers on the island at the time, including the Sakai and Hoshi families. B.D. Mukai began as a tenant farmer but, exceptionally, one with enough money to hire other Japanese laborers and pickers. He and his family never had to work the fields themselves. A continual innovator, B.D. Mukai hired his own barge to get his berries to market in Seattle ahead of other growers. Sato Mukai died May 1, 1921, of tuberculosis (in 1915, according to Meeker; in 1922, according to Matthews) and B.D. married her sister Kuni, who had traveled with them to Seattle and worked there as a domestic. In 1924 the Mukais set up their first barreling plant; preserving the berries in this manner allowed him to bypass the Seattle wholesalers and, instead, sell worldwide through large distribution companies such as John Sexton and Company. According to the NPS, this "revolutioniz the industry&quot Mukai could sell directly to makers of preserves and ice cream.</p><br>
<p>The Japanese-born Mukai couple could not own land in the United States, so in 1926 they purchased a 40-acre site (including the current Barrelling Plant site) in the name of their young son Masahiro ("Masa"), born 1911. B.D. designed an American-style residence typical of the Pacific Northwest; Kuni designed a traditional Japanese tsukiyama (hill garden; see Japanese gardens) next to it.</p><br>
<p>Masa went on to be a prominent figure in the strawberry industry. He received an engineering degree from Washington State University, developed new farming techniques, and working with the United States Department of Agriculture at the Spokane Street Cold Storage in Seattle was a pioneer of frozen fruit. In 1931 Masa married Mamie Kushi; they had a son, Milton, the following year, but divorced in 1936. In 1937 he married again, to Chiyeko Wakasugi whose family farmed strawberries on Bainbridge Island, an island in Puget Sound north of Vashon.</p><br>
<p>As Masa increasingly took over the business it became "Mukai and Son". The Mukai operation did well despite the Great Depression, employing 400 to 500 seasonal workers, including the pickers. Among these were Native Americans who came from Vancouver Island by canoe. In 1938 the company was renamed as the Vashon Island Packing Company or VIPCO. Eventually, the company&#39;s business became just canning and freezing rather than farming.</p><br>
<p>The business survived the Japanese American internment during World War II. Executive Order 9066 (issued February 19, 1942) ordered the relocation of all Japanese Americans living west of the Columbia River to internment camps. Masa Mukai had the good fortune to be a personal acquaintance of the Lieutenant Commander of the Western Defense Command, and was notified two weeks before the evacuation order, allowing him to move his family (himself, his wife, his son Milton and stepmother Kuni) voluntarily to Dead Ox Flats, Oregon, across the Snake River from Weiser, Idaho, where Chiyekos brother lived. His hauler Morris Dunsford operated the business in his absence; Masa Mukai worked in the seed industry in Idaho during the war years and, according to the NPS, "became a respected member of the community" there. He overcame the anti-Japanese prejudices of the locals, introduced row crops in what had previously been primarily cattle country, and invented a seed harvester to capture seeds that would otherwise have been blown away by the areas strong winds.</p><br>
<p>After the war, the Mukais returned to Vashon, but the strawberry business there was no longer profitable. Although he did build a packing plant on the mainland near the Canada–US border in Lynden, Washington, and leased another in Forest Grove, Oregon, he drew more on his engineering skills and worked in areas such as the design of sewer systems and water distribution mains, pipeline construction and home building. He slowly sold off the Vashon properties; the plant itself was sold in 1969 to a bean sprout company, and has changed hands several times since then.</p><br>
<p>B. D. Mukai retired in 1935. By this time he and Kuni had divorced. He married for a third time, and traveled extensively. According to Mary Matthews, the outbreak of World War II caught him in Hong Kong. He went to Japan, where he witnessed the bombing of cities and nearly starved to death. After the war, he experienced legal difficulties in returning to the USA He eventually settled in Claremont, California. In 1968 he went back to Japan and told his son to sell his (B.D. Mukais) California property and send him the balance of his bank accounts, with which he purchased and restored the familys ancestral home in Osaka, where he died in 1973. Masa Mukai died in 1999.</p><br>
<h2>The complex</h2><br>
<p>The surviving Mukai Agricultural Complex at the end of 107th Avenue S.W. on Vashon Island overlooks the former strawberry fields. The one-story wood frame Barrelling Plant building was designed by Masa Mukai and built by local contractor Deb Harrington. Also on the property are a small brick office building designed and a residence, another both designed by B. D. Mukai. The NPS states that, "The plant is an excellent vernacular example of agricultural industrial architecture, and the house is a well-preserved example of eclectic vernacular architecture with Arts and Crafts and Neoclassical elements of a type built throughout the Pacific Northwest in the late 1920s. The foundation of the two-story house is concrete, and a full basement features a two-car garage on the north. Constructed in a modified ell-plan, the Mukai residence possesses multiple gable roofs sheathed in wood shingles. The formal garden, also included in the historic area, retains interest as a vernacular expression of the adaptation and blending of traditional Japanese garden elements and plant materials with American suburban residential landscaping. It retains most of its original design and many of its original plantings. In its prime, the Mukai garden attracted visitors from on and off the island and was photographed for postcards. The garden also served for notable social functions when tea parties were held to view the cherry blossoms in the early spring." The lettering on the plant&mdash;"Mukai Cold Process Fruit Barrelling Plant&mdash;is a modern (1993) reproduction "in jazzier blue-gray".</p><br>
<p>The designation of the plant as a King County landmark coincided with the 1993 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, held in Seattle. The King County landmark designation covers a larger area than the NRHP designation, 11 acre rather than 4.8 acre.</p><br>
<p>In 2000, the house and garden, were purchased by non-profit Island Landmarks for $327,806, out of a $469,200 fund for their purchase and restoration. Funds came from the National Park Service, the Washington State Legislature, the Casteel Family Foundation, the King County Office of Historic Preservation, and the King County Office of Cultural Resources, among others. The plan was to restore the garden, develop interpretive public exhibits, maintain the facilities, provide programs and educational opportunities with "free or reduced cost" admissions. According to Helen Meeker, "none of these provisions were fully implemented by Island Landmarks," nor was "an annual review with funding agencies."</p><br>
<p>In June 2012, the members of Island Landmarks attempted to remove the board and elect a new board, but found themselves locked out of the property by a deer fence suddenly installed by former board members. The new board filed a lawsuit against the former board and has renewed fundraising.</p><br>
<p>Originally, the old board (Mary Matthews, et al.) won a summary judgment overturning the June 2012 election, but on December 23, 2013, a three-judge panel of the Washington Court of Appeals overruled the decision and also sent the case back to superior court. On 2 April 2015 King County Superior Court Judge Monica Benton ruled in favor of the new board.</p><br>
<p>The new board group, calling themselves “ Friends of Mukai” formed a non-profit and in 2016 and gained control of the Mukai home and garden parcel. In the interim, they hosted relevant programming and hired Artifacts Consulting to develop a 246 page Historic Preservation Plan, a blueprint for restoration of the Mukai Agricultural Complex features. In 2016, the Friends of Mukai then began implementation of the Preservation Plan to restore the Mukai complex using a phased approach. In 2017, the Friends’ state representative secured $350,000 from the state capital budget, and this, along with $50,000 in community funds, directed this to King County to purchase the Mukai Barreling Plant 2.2. acre parcel. King County, as owners of the Barreling Plant, ceded control to Friends of Mukai, effectively unifying key remaining components of the original farm. By June of 2019, Friends of Mukai had successfully overseen the fundraising and construction necessary to fully restore the Mukai house and garden, improve access to the site for people with disabilities, conduct a structural analysis of the Fruit Barreling Plant, and begin the stabilization of the building.</p><br>
<p>Restoration of the 90 year-old Mukai Cold Process Fruit Barreling Plant is now underway; Friends of Mukai recently completed stabilization work at a cost of $842,000 which covered extensive structural support to remedy failing damaged wood, replacement of the entire 100’ long west side, new siding, and installation of a new roof with encapsulated insulation.</p><br>
<p>Finishing the remaining restoration work of the Mukai Cold Process Fruit Barreling Plant represents the final phase of the Friends of Mukai’s ambitious Historic Preservation Plan.</p><br>
<p>The Sayre Champlin Service Station is a historic service station located on old USA Route 66 in Sayre, Oklahoma. The station, an affiliate of the Champlin Refining Company, was built in 1934; it replaced an older station which predated Route 66. Its main building has a Streamline Moderne design which features oval pilasters and horizontal sections, plate glass and multi-light windows, and a contrasting color scheme. The station provided both gasoline and automobile services to Route 66 travelers; in addition, the large tanker trucks used to supply the stations gasoline contributed to the highways traffic. After Interstate 40 bypassed Route 66 in 1958, business at the station declined, and it closed permanently in 1967.</p><br>
<p>The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 3, 2004.</p><br>
<p>The Hedlund Motor Company Building is a historic commercial building located at 206 South Main Street in Elk City, Oklahoma.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The building was constructed in 1918 for the Hedlund Motor Company; founded in 1913, the company was Oklahoma&#39;s second-oldest Ford dealership. The Mission Revival building is the only commercial structure in Elk City which uses the style. The building features stucco walls inlaid with clay tiles along the second floor and at the corners and centers of the main facades. Two tiled roof sections project from each facade; the roof sections are lined with brackets on their undersides. Curved parapets run along the roof line of both facades.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 22, 1983.</p><br>
<p>The Whited Grist Mill is a historic gristmill located at the National Route 66 & Transportation Museum in Elk City, Oklahoma. Ruben Whited built the mill in 1903–04; his family operated the mill for its entire existence. The mill ground corn for Elk City&#39;s residents; a sign painted on the outside advertises "CORN GROUND INTO MEAL OR CHOPS AT ANY TIME". A 1928 addition brought a flour mill to the complex as well. The mill closed in 1944 due to replacement machinery shortages during World War II; it was the only gristmill to ever operate in Elk City. In 1985, the mill moved from its original site at 306 E. 7th St. to its current location.</p><br>
<p>The mill was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 1, 1976.</p><br>
<p>The Ancient Landmark Masonic Lodge Number 356 A.F. and A.M. is located in Harrisburg, Missouri and played a major role in the social and educational history of the town. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013 and houses the Order of the Eastern Star. Constructed by the Freemasons, the building served as Harrisburg&#39;s school from 1878–1963. A major addition and bell tower have been removed from the structure and time has left the building in dire need of repair.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.</p><br>
<p>The Sawyer–Medlicott House is a historic house at the junction of Bradford and River roads in Piermont, New Hampshire. Built about 1820, it is a good example of Federal period architecture, and the only brick house of that style in the small town. It was built for Joseph Sawyer, a real estate speculator and politician. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Sawyer–Medlicott House is located west of the town center of Piermont, on the south side of Bradford Road (New Hampshire Route 25) near its junction with River Road. It is a 2½-story brick building, with a side gabled roof and end chimneys. The main facade is five bays wide, with sash windows arranged symmetrically around the main entrance. The entry is framed by partial sidelights and fluted pilasters, and topped by a segmented fanlight and an elliptical outer surround that is decorated with rosettes and rope moulding. The interior follows a central hall plan, with a spiral staircase the centerpiece of the hall. Windows are fitted with interior shutters, and many rooms have horizontal wainscoting made of wide boards.</p><br>
<p>The house was built c. 1820, and is the only Federal-style brick building in the town. It was built for Joseph Sawyer, a real estate speculator and politician. Sawyer was also a part owner of the first bridge to span the nearby Connecticut River to Bradford, Vermont, where the 1928 Piermont Bridge now stands. He was active in town affairs, serving on local committees and representing it in the state legislature. When he died, the property was sold to pay off his insolvent estate, and was later repurchased by a nephew.</p><br>
<p>The Stone Arch Underpass is a historic stone arch bridge spanning Glen Road in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Built about 1848, it carried the Boston and Maine Railroad&#39;s former Northern Line. It is one of a small number of 19th-century stone arch bridges in the state, and the only one known in central western New Hampshire. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The railroad right-of-way has been functionally abandoned, and the bridge may become part of a continuation of the Northern Rail Trail.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Stone Arch Underpass is located in western Lebanon, on Glen Road, a rural-industrial route paralleling the Mascoma River, which flows to its south. The river is also roughly paralleled by the former right-of-way of the railroad. The underpass is an architecturally distinctive and unusual construction, oriented in a roughly east–west orientation. The arch of the bridge is 12 ft high, 18 ft wide, and 12.5 ft deep. The bridge is faced with roughly cut granite blocks of irregular size, with voussoir stones 1.5 ft wide and 2.5 ft high forming the arch. Modern metal tie rods have been added to the arch, and the bridge is capped in concrete, which provides the foundation for the rail bed. The total length of the bridge is about 60 ft. The arch is narrow enough that there is room for only a single lane of traffic.</p><br>
<p>The Northern Railroad was incorporated in 1844, and began service in 1848 between Concord, New Hampshire and White River Junction, Vermont. This underpass was built as part of the construction of that service. While no detailed records indicate who designed it, it may have been the work of the railroad&#39;s chief engineer, H. R. Campbell.</p><br>
<p>The Central of Georgia Depot in Andalusia, Alabama is a historic train station that has been converted into the Three Notch Museum.</p><br>
<h2>Depot history</h2><br>
<p>In the late 1890s, business leaders in Andalusia posted a $5000 prize for the first rail line to pass through the town. The Central of Georgia Railway claimed the prize, completing the track in September 1899, and built a depot on land donated by residents. The town flourished with the new rail connection; population rose from 551 in 1900 to 2,480 in 1910. The last Norfolk Southern train, successor to the Central of Georgia, departed Andalusia on March 31, 1983.</p><br>
<p>The wooden depot is similar in design to other small-town stations along the Central of Georgia line. The one-story, gable-roofed structure is clad with board and batten siding. Two front rooms with separate entrances were used as passenger waiting rooms. At the opposite end of the station is a large freight room. The agent&#39;s office spans the width of the building between the two, and features a gabled bay window. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<h2>Museum</h2><br>
<p>The building was re-opened as a history museum in 1987; named after the Three Notch Trail of which two streets (East Three Notch Street and South Three Notch Street) in Andalusia are also named.</p><br>
<p>Operated by the Covington Historical Society, the museum focuses on County history and area railroad history. Displays include many photographs, a bottle collection, historic cameras and accessories, tools and military artifacts. Other buildings in the museum include a restored post office with a period schoolroom in back, a pioneer log cabin and a country store. There are also two cabooses and a CSX motor car with a model railway layout outside the depot building.</p><br>
<p>The Micajah Martin House is a historic house on Old Peterborough Road in Dublin, New Hampshire. Built about 1802, it is a well-preserved local example of an early Cape-style farmhouse. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Micajah Martin House stands in a rural setting in eastern Dublin, at the western end of Old Peterborough Road near its junction with New Hampshire Route 101. It is a -story timber-frame structure, with a gabled roof, clapboarded exterior, and large central chimney. Its main facade is five bays wide, with a center entrance that is framed by sidelight windows. A series of ells extend to the rear, joining the house to a barn. Gabled dormers, also a later addition, project from the front roof face.</p><br>
<p>The house was built about 1802, probably by Micajah Martin, replacing the log house that was the first on the property, and is typical of the farmhouses built in Dublin in that period. It has retained its original fireplace and beehive oven, and features wooden paneling recovered from a now-demolished house of the same period. The house was bought by historian Frederick Lewis Weis in 1951, and was still in that family when it was listed on the National Register in 1983.</p><br>
<p>The Mason House is a historic house on Snow Hill Road in Dublin, New Hampshire. Built in 1888, it is a fine example of Shingle style architecture, with elements of the Richardsonian Romanesque inspired by architect Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow&#39;s mentor H. H. Richardson. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Mason House is located in central Dublin, on the east side of Snow Hill Road, about 0.2 mi south of New Hampshire Route 101. It is situated on a ridge overlooking the Peterborough hills. It is a two-story structure, with a rough stone first floor and a shingled timber-frame second story. It is capped by a hip roof, and features groupings of sash windows along its walls.</p><br>
<p>The house was designed by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow and built in 1888. Originally a summer house three stories in height, this Shingle style house was reduced to two stories in 1950 when it was prepared for year-round occupancy. Its style is reminiscent of early work of H. H. Richardson, in whose firm Longfellow served as a draftsman. The house was built for a pair of spinster sisters, Ella and Ida Mason, who were friends of Raphael Pumpelly, whose summer estate was nearby. The house was occupied in 1910 by James Bryce, then the UK Ambassador to the United States, and was informally dubbed the "British Summer Embassy". It was also used as a summer house by Sir Cecil Spring Rice, also a UK ambassador, and Henry White, an American ambassador.</p><br>
<p>The McKenna Cottage is a historic house on Windmill Hill Road in Dublin, New Hampshire. It was originally built about 1889 as a single-story wing of the nearby Stonehenge estate house. It is a good example of Shingle style architecture, and one of the town&#39;s surviving reminders of the turn-of-the-century summer estate period. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The McKenna Cottage is located in a rural setting southeast of Dublin&#39;s village center, on the north side of Windmill Hill Road east of its junction with Parsons Road. It is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a gambrel roof and shingled exterior. It has brick chimneys at the ends, and four shed-roof dormers projecting from the steep face of the roof. The ground floor of the front facade is five bays wide, with the entrance in the center-right bay. Windows are uniformly six-over-six sash windows.</p><br>
<p>The house was built as a single-story structure that was part of the main house of the nearby Stonehenge summer estate of the Parson family. It was raised to two stories in 1904, and separated from the main house and moved to its present location on the north side of the hill in 1954. It continues to exhibit the Shingle styling of its original construction, a signature style of Dublin&#39;s summer estates.</p><br>
<p>Fort Morris is an earthen works fort in Liberty County, Georgia, in the United States. The fort is on a bend in the Medway River and played an important role in the protection of southeast Georgia throughout various conflicts beginning in 1741 and ending in 1865 at the conclusion of the American Civil War, including the French and Indian and American Revolutionary Wars and War of 1812.</p><br>
<p>On May 13, 1970, the fort was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Today it is a state park, Fort Morris Historic Site.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<h3>French and Indian War</h3><br>
<p>The first fort built at the site was constructed in 1741 to protect a plantation owned by Captain Mark Carr. Carr owned 500 acre of land in the area that was granted to him by the Georgia Trustees. Carr was the commander of a company of marine rangers in the British Colonial Army from 1732 to 1751. His plantation came under attack on March 18, 1741, by a group of Indians who were allies with the Spanish colonial forces in Florida. Several soldiers defending the fort were killed in the raid and the contents of the fort and plantation were taken away in a large boat that belonged to the plantation.</p><br>
<p>The next fort at the site was constructed in 1756 at the encouragement of locals who were being attacked during uprising of Creek Indians in the era during the French and Indian War. The fort was expanded in 1758 to provide protection for the new settlement of Sunbury, which was built on land owned by Carr. The fort was a square with each side measuring 100 yard. Governor Henry Ellis noted that the fort had a battery of eight guns. By 1762, the fort had fallen into disrepair.</p><br>
<h3>American Revolution</h3><br>
<p>The need to defend the Medway River and Sunbury rose again at the outset of the American Revolutionary War. The Continental Congress authorized the construction of two forts in Georgia. One was to be built at Savannah and the other at Sunbury. A company of artillery consisting of fifty men was sent to the area. Fort Morris was built to the southeast of Sunbury and would be used first as a base for several campaigns to take British Florida and then as a defensive position in defending Sunbury and points upriver.</p><br>
<p>The colonial forces were never able to establish control of Florida, which had become a refuge for loyalists. Royal Governor Patrick Tonyn of East Florida sought to invade Georgia. The East Florida Rangers were loyalists from Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Indian allies and the British 60th regiment was part of the plan to take Georgia from the Continental Army. The East Florida Rangers, a naval fleet, and loyalists from New York were quickly able to take Savannah in 1778. The 200 Americans at Fort Morris were led by Colonel John McIntosh. McIntosh defiantly replied, "Come and take it!" after the British demanded the surrender of the fort. The British declined to attack and pulled back only to return in January with a larger force.</p><br>
<p>Fort Morris was attacked by the British on January 9, 1779, and was taken the next day. The number of lives lost in the siege is not well documented. Historians suppose that less than twelve American soldiers died and fewer British. The fort was renamed Fort George and was occupied by the British until September 1779, when the fort&#39;s garrison was ordered to Savannah to provide for its defense. After the fort was abandoned by the British it was taken again by colonial forces who found an empty fort with a few, damaged guns left behind. They were only able to hold the fort for a month before it was retaken by the British in October. Fort Morris/Fort George remained under the control of British forces until 1782.</p><br>
<h3>War of 1812</h3><br>
<p>The fort fell into disrepair once again in the years following the Revolution. The need to defend Sunbury and the river rose again with the outset of the War of 1812. Fort Defiance was constructed on the site of the former Fort Morris in 1814. Construction of the fort was not completed prior to the end of the war and it was left unfinished.</p><br>
<h3>American Civil War</h3><br>
<p>Fort Morris and Sunbury played a minor role in the American Civil War. A small group of Confederate soldiers were stationed at Sunbury and may have used the fort. General William T. Sherman&#39;s March to the Sea brought an influx of Union soldiers to the area. They removed some cannons from the fort in 1864 to be taken to Union-controlled forts on the Atlantic coast.</p><br>
<h2>Photos</h2><br>
<p>The county courthouse of Lincoln County, Arkansas is located at 300 South Drew Street in Star City, the county seat. The two story building was designed by Wittenberg & Delony of Little Rock and built in 1943. It is predominantly buff-colored brick, with limestone trim, and has a flat roof that is hidden by a parapet. The building&#39;s front, or western, elevation, has a central projecting section that is slightly taller than the wing sections, and is faced primarily in limestone. Four triangular stepped limestone pilasters frame the elements of this section, including the main entrance in the central bay, which now has replacement doors of aluminum and glass. Above the pilasters is a limestone panel identifying the building as the "Lincoln County Courthouse" in Art Deco lettering. It is believed to be the only Art Deco building in the county.</p><br>
<p>The courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.</p><br>
<p>The Parker House is a historic house on United States Route 425, two miles south of Star City, Arkansas. The two story house was built in 1927 by Robert Preston Parker, and it exhibits International style with Mediterranean elements, and extremely unusual styling for a rural setting in southeastern Arkansas. Parker, its builder and first occupant, was a civil engineer with extensive railroad experience. He was responsible for surveying Star City and naming most of its streets, as well as designing a number of other local buildings.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.</p><br>
<p>The Rice Family Cemetery is a historic cemetery at the junction of United States Route 65 and Arkansas Highway 388 in rural Varner, Arkansas. The small cemetery is the burial site of Robert R. Rice, one of the early settlers of Varner and a prominent race horse enthusiast. The cemetery contains seventeen graves, eleven of which are marked, dating from 1870 to 1965. In addition to members of the Rice family, it also holds graves of the Varner and Douglas families, also associated with the area&#39;s early history.</p><br>
<p>The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.</p><br>
<p>The Star City Commercial Historic District encompasses the historic commercial center of Star City, Arkansas, the county seat of Lincoln County. The district consists of thirteen buildings on two city blocks, as well as the Star City Confederate Memorial. The buildings are located on Jefferson Street, between Arkansas and Bradley Streets, and on Bradley Street between Jefferson and Drew Streets. The memorial is located in the town square, near the junction of Jefferson and Bradley. The buildings in the district were built between 1916 and 1928, and have for the most part escaped major alterations since their construction. Minor changes generally involve changes to store fronts, such as the boarding over of transom windows, the replacement of recessed entries with flush ones, and changes to the fenestration. The building at 108 Jefferson, built in 1927 to house a bar, has been extensively remodeled and does not contribute to the district&#39;s significance; the Star Theater building at 212-214 Bradley has also been extensively altered.</p><br>
<p>The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.</p><br>
<p>The Moore Farm and Twitchell Mill Site is a historic property on Page Road in Dublin, New Hampshire. The 6.8 acre property includes an early 19th-century farmhouse, as well as the remnants of one of Dublins earliest industrial sites. It lies just south of a bend in Page Road in southern Dublin, where Stanley Brook runs east-west along the south side of the road. In c. 1768 Samuel Twitchell, Dublins second settler, built a sawmill that used Stanley Brook as its power source. This mill was the second established in what is now Dublin, after that of Eli Morse. It was used until the mid-19th century, and now only its foundations remain. The farmhouse of Samuel Moore was built in a glen on the south side of the brook c. 1812, and was a vernacular Cape style farmhouse. The farm was purchased in 1935 by William and Katherine Mitchell Jackson, and the house was moved about 100 yd to the top of a rise where it has commanding views of Mount Monadnock. The house was restored and enlarged under the guidance of architects Bradley & Church and again renovated in 1951. The farm complex includes a barn that is contemporaneous to the house, and a caretaker&#39;s cottage that is a 1952 reconstruction of an earlier one destroyed by fire.</p><br>
<p>The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>The Asa Morse Farm, also known as the Friendly Farm, is a historic farmstead on New Hampshire Route 101 in Dublin, New Hampshire. The main farmhouse, built in 1926 on the foundations of an early 19th-century house, is a good example of Colonial Revival architecture, built during Dublin&#39;s heyday as a summer retreat. The farmstead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Asa Morse Farm is located a short way west of Dublin Pond, on the south side of NH 101 east of its junction with MacVeagh Road. The farm complex includes the main house, barn, and cottage. All three buildings were constructed in 1926, the house upon the foundation of the early 19th-century farmhouse of Asa Morse. It was built for Frederick Brewster as part of his summer estate and gentleman&#39;s farm, which he had established on a farm-estate property first developed as a summer estate in 1889. The property was revived as an agricultural property in the 1960s; the cottage now serves as a chicken house.</p><br>
<p>The farmhouse is a modest but well-executed example of Colonial Revival architecture. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It has a central chimney, and its main facade is five bays wide with a center entrance. The entrance is sheltered by a gabled portico supported by paired Federal-style columns.</p><br>
<p>The Capt. Thomas Morse Farm is  a historic farmhouse on Old Marlborough Road in Dublin, New Hampshire. It is a small -story two-room cottage, similar to other early period Cape style farmhouses in the town and probably built in the late 18th century by one of the town&#39;s first settlers. Now a clubhouse for the Dublin Lake Golf Club, it is one of the few buildings from that period to survive. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It appears to have been torn down and replaced by a more modern structure.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Capt. Thomas Morse Farm house is located in a rural setting west of Dublin Pond, on the north side of Old Marlborough Road near its junction with Old Troy Road. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its main facade, oriented north toward the road, is three bays wide, with a center entrance flanked by sash windows. The entry is topped by a four-light transom window, and the enter facade is sheltered by a shed-roof porch supported by Ionic columns. A two-story porch extends along the right (east) facade. It stands on the property of the Dublin Lake Golf Club, serving as a clubhouse.</p><br>
<p>The house is a surviving wing of a much larger house built by Dublin&#39;s first permanent English settler, Thomas Morse. That house was "a two-story mansion" according to a local historian, and was probably demolished sometime between 1865, when it was sold out of the Morse family, and 1909, when it was acquired for use by the golf club. The Morse owners of the property include several men active in civic affairs, and a veteran of the American Revolutionary War. In 1885 it was acquired by Livingston Stone, one of the pioneers of the summer colony movement in Dublin. He gave it to Louis Amory, who donated it to the Dublin Lake Club for establishment of the golf course.</p><br>
<p>Paradise is a historic house at 158 Winchester Street in Warrenton, Virginia. The oldest portion of this two story timber-frame house was built c. 1758, and is believed to be the oldest building in Warrenton. The central block of the house is three bays, with a side passage plan. It is flanked on either side by two-story wood frame wings. The house exterior was extensively redecorated in 1870, adding a full-width porch and substantial Italianate and Folk Victorian woodwork.</p><br>
<p>The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014</p><br>
<p>The Little River Turnpike Bridge carries USA Route 50  across the Little River near Aldie in Loudoun County, Virginia. The two-arch masonry bridge was built in 1826 by the Little River Turnpike Company, which built the roadway that is now US 50. The costs of the bridge were apparently shared between that company and the Ashley&#39;s Gap Turnpike Company. It is one of a small number of masonry arch bridges still carrying a major through road in the state. It is about 108 ft long and 23 ft wide.</p><br>
<p>The bridge has received only modest visible modifications since its construction. Concrete caps have been installed on upper surface elements, and the arch underside has also been protected with shotcrete. The upstream central pier has had a concrete fender added to protect it from debris and scouring. The downstream parapet wall was damaged by a truck in 1998 and reconstructed, and in 2004 reinforcing metal rods were injected into the rubble of the bridge to help distribute the active load., the bridge has no weight limit.</p><br>
<p>The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.</p><br>
<p>Magnolia Plantation, built in 1858, is a private residence located on Louisiana Highway 311, west of New Orleans and 3 mi south of Schriever, Louisiana. The plantation was built to cultivate sugarcane, which was a critical part of Terrebonne Parish&#39;s antebellum economy. The plantation house is one of six surviving Greek Revival plantation houses in the parish. A portion of the film 12 Years a Slave was filmed at the plantation. On April 15, 2016, a paranormal investigation aired on the Travel Channel on the show Ghost Brothers featuring the Magnolia Plantation.</p><br>
<p>The plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>Further reading</h2><br>
<p>Menn, Joseph K. The Large Slaveholders of Louisiana &ndash; 1860. Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, 1964.</p><br>
<p>Stahls, Paul F., Jr. Plantation Homes of the Lafourche Country. Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, 1976.</p><br>
<p>McMinnville Downtown Historic District in McMinnville, Oregon, United States is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places  in 1987.</p><br>
<p>According to the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, "There are a total of 66 buildings in the district. However, 521-525 E 3rd is listed as only one building rather than two as in the nomination, lowering the total listing to 65. 611 N 3rd and 425 N Evans are counted and listed separately but have been combined into one building. The following addresses are shared by 2 buildings: 448 E 3rd St, 216 E 3rd St."</p><br>
<p>The Washburne Historic District in Springfield, Oregon was established in 1985 and added to the National Register of Historic Places  in 1987. The district includes 29 full blocks and five partial blocks, and it is roughly bounded by A Street on the south, G Street on the north, Pioneer Parkway on the west, and 10th Street on the east. Its total area encompasses 84 acres.</p><br>
<p>Springfield General Hospital, now an apartment building within the district, is individually listed on the NRHP.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Named for banker and flour mill owner C.W. Washburne,C.W. Washburne is named by the Springfield Historic Commission, although the NRHP nomination form mentions his son, Byron A. Washburne</p><br>
<p>the Washburne Historic District is part of an 1852 Donation Land Claim by Springfield founder Elias Briggs. The grid style blocks were platted from surveys between 1872 and 1890. Nearly 44 percent of surviving structures were completed between 1890 and 1915. Most of the district included paved streets and sidewalks by the mid-1920s.</p><br>
<h2>Classification of buildings</h2><br>
<p>The district includes five classes of buildings:</p><br>
<p>The Dothan Opera House is a historic performing arts venue in Dothan, Alabama. It was built in 1914–15 as a municipal auditorium by the growing town. Seating 800, it opened October 8, 1915, with a performance by a local orchestra. The building was designed by Atlanta architectural firm Morris & Morris in a blend of Classical Revival and Italianate styles. The first floor features three central arched entry doors, with a pair of arched windows on either side. The second story is dominated by Ionic pilasters, four in the center section, and three on each side. The pilasters support a limestone architrave beneath a denticulated cornice and parapet roof. On the parapet, in line with each column in the center section is a figurine of an opera singer. A mural painted on the backdrop of the stage depicts the building under construction and some of the more famous acts to have performed in the theater.</p><br>
<p>A new civic center was built across the street in 1971, and the opera house was refurbished at the same time. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.</p><br>
<p>The Eli Morse Farm is a historic farm on Lake Road in Dublin, New Hampshire. It is one of the earliest settlements in the town, settled by Eli Morse in 1764, and has been in the hands of just two families. Its transformation to summer resort use was one of the first in the Dublin Pond area. The farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Eli Morse Farm is located on the south side of Lake Road, extending southward from the outlet of Dublin Pond at its southwest corner. The property is more than 200 acre in size, including areas of both open fields and woodlands. The main house is a large Federal style brick structure built c. 1822 by Eli Morse&#39;s son Thaddeus. Additions were made to the house in 1886, including a porch and front portico. The farmstead includes several outbuildings, including a barn, grist mill, and several cottages.</p><br>
<p>This land was settled in 1764 by Eli Morse, one of Dublins first permanent settlers. Morse served as a clerk of the community and left an invaluable record of Dublins early history. His son Thaddeus, who built the house, was also active in civic affairs, serving as town selectman and in other offices. His son, Thaddeus Jr., opened the house as a boarding house for summer guests in 1857, one of the first such uses of an agricultural property near Dublin Pond. Morse&#39;s heirs sold the property to Mrs Sarah Peele, and the property has remained in the hands of her descendants since then.</p><br>
<p>The farm is also notable as the summer estate of New York City lawyer and diplomat Grenville Clark, who acquired the property after marrying a Peele granddaughter. Clark organized a peace conference in 1945, held at this site, at which attendees drafted the Dublin Declaration, calling for the United Nations to be created as a world government. The Clark family continues to own the property, maintaining for agricultural and conservation purposes.</p><br>
<p>The Eli Morse Sawmill Foundations are the surviving remnant of the first industrial site in Dublin, New Hampshire. The site is located astride a stream, near an old logging road, in a wooded area south of Old Marlborough Road, not far from the Eli Morse Farm. It consists of four foundation walls made of dry laid granite boulders. The northern wall measures about 10 ft, and the others measure about 23 ft. To the west of the main mill&#39;s foundations are smaller foundations of extensions or outbuildings.</p><br>
<p>The foundations are the only surviving elements of a sawmill erected c. 1765 by Eli Morse, one of Dublins first settlers and a prominent participant in the towns civic affairs. The proprietors of the town offered Morse financial incentives to build the mill in 1764; he is also credited with building the town&#39;s first grist mill a few years later. This mill was operated by Morse and later his son Peter, who died in an accident at the site. The mill is known to have ceased operation by 1886.</p><br>
<p>The mill site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>Mountain View Farm is a historic farmhouse on Close Road, off Upper Jaffrey Road in Dublin, New Hampshire. Built about 1780 and enlarged in 1903, it encapsulates both Dublin&#39;s early residential history, and its early 20th-century period as a summer retreat area. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Mountain View Farm stands in an isolated rural setting south of Dublin village, on the eastern slope of Mount Monadnock. It is at the end of Close Road, its access drive from Upper Jaffrey Road. The house consists of two parts. The main portion is a two-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It has a nearly symmetrical six-bay facade, with a hip-roofed single-story porch extending across its width, and three gabled dormers projecting from the roof. Attached is an older -story ell, whose exterior has been altered to match that of the main block, but whose interior retains many original 18th-century features.</p><br>
<p>The ell was built about 1780 by Nathan Bixby, a major landowner, Revolutionary War veteran, and prominent citizen of the town. In the late 19th century the house was acquired by George and Alice Upton, who in 1903 commissioned John Lawrence Mauran, a prominent Chicago architect, to design a Georgian Revival summer house, to which the older house was attached as a wing. The best-known occupant of the house was Mark Twain, who rented it for his second visit to Dublin in 1906.</p><br>
<p>The Robert Russa Moton Boyhood Home, also known as Pleasant Shade, is a historic plantation near Rice in rural Prince Edward County, Virginia. The 246 acre plantation was the childhood home of African-American educator Robert Russa Moton between 1869 and 1880. The kitchen housing area where Moton lived is also believed to incorporate one of the countys oldest buildings, dating to about 1746. The plantation was also the scene of fighting during the American Civil War, in the later stages of the Battle of Sailors Creek of April 6, 1865.</p><br>
<p>The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.</p><br>
<p>The Chesapeake Warehouses are a complex of eight former tobacco storage facilities at 1100 Dinwiddie Avenue in Richmond, Virginia. These facilities were built c. 1929, and served as storage facilities for a number of the major American tobacco companies. Each warehouse was a single-story timber frame building with galvanized sheet metal walls, and was about 20,000 ft&sup2; in size. Tobacco was brought into the complex, which originally had fourteen warehouses, by rail, and was delivered to local processing plants by truck. They were in regular use until 1963, when industry practices moved away from the centralized storage of large quantities of tobacco, a practice that resulted in significant losses due to insect infestation. Six of the original warehouses were demolished due to termite infestation.</p><br>
<p>The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.</p><br>
<p>The Sayre City Park is a public park located along historic USA Route 66 on the south end of Sayre, Oklahoma. The park formally opened in 1940; however, the land had been owned by the city and used informally as a park for several years prior. The Works Progress Administration built the parks structures according to plans designed by J.N. Willis. The parks bathhouse and swimming pool, the dominant features of the park, have a Pueblo Revival design with ornamental vigas. Other park features include a miniature golf course, a gazebo, and tennis courts. The park attracted both locals and travelers on Route 66, who regularly camped in the park. A local business district also developed around the park, primarily to serve tourists.</p><br>
<p>The park was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 3, 2004.</p><br>
<p>White Knob, Idaho is a ghost town in Custer County, Idaho. It is situated on Mine Hill between the town of Mackay, Idaho and the White Knob Mountains in the Pioneer Mountains.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>In 1879, copper was discovered in the White Knob Mountains near current day Mackay, Idaho. White Knob began as a mining town in this new Alder Creek Mining District. The electric railway of the White Knob Copper Co. and subsequently an aerial cable tramway were used to transport the ore from White Knob to the smelter at the railway station in Mackay. The town was home to a school, a general store, and post office. The mine closed in 1928 prompting the decline of the town as more residents were living in Mackay. The school was closed in 1932.</p><br>
<p>In 1999 the Mackay Historical Preservation Committee was formed and secured a $250,000 award toward preserving the White Knob and Mine Hill site. They have since reinforced the tram towers, restored the Shay Railroad Trestle, restored several buildings, and installed informative signs and markers along an established trail.</p><br>
<h2>Currently</h2><br>
<p>White Knob is listed as a ghost town on the National Historical Register. It is managed by the South Custer Historical Society and the White Knob Historical Preservation Committee of Mackay, ID, and is accessible to the public by foot, ATV, horseback, and truck. Remaining features of the current site are old road beds, restored railroad trestle, restored and derelict cabins, mill and smelter site, aerial cable tramway towers and headhouse, and grave sites. The extensive site is currently owned by the Bureau of Land Management, private individuals, mining interests, and the Salmon-Challis National Forest. A self-guided tour is accessible to the public from Memorial Day through Labor Day.</p><br>
<p>The Nelson Schoolhouse is a historic school building at 7 Nelson Common Road in Nelson, New Hampshire, United States. Built in 1838 as a district schoolhouse, it served as a school and community function space for many years, and now houses town offices. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Nelson Schoolhouse is located in the village center of the town, on the east side of its green just south of the library. The building is a -story structure, built of red brick laid in stretcher bond. It has a pair of doorways in the main facade, each topped by a four-light transom window, with a single long granite lintel stone above both entrances. There are two sash windows on the second level, offset from the doorways toward the sides of the building, and there is a centered pointed-arch window near the point of the gable. The building is topped by a small wooden tower with an open belfry and a shallow-pitch pyramidal roof.</p><br>
<p>It was built in 1838, its first floor funded by the citizens of the towns #1 school district in part through district levies and its second by subscription. The belfry was paid for by another subscription. The ground floor was used for classes, and the second floor was a large space usable for public functions. The building was used as a school and function space until 1945, when it was the last of Nelsons schools to close.</p><br>
<p>The Philip H. Sheridan Reserve Center is the former Fort Sheridan now in Lake Forest, Highwood, and Highland Park in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It was originally established as a United States Army Post named after Civil War Cavalry General Philip Sheridan, to honor his services to Chicago. When the main fort was officially closed by the Army on May 3, 1993, the majority of the property was sold by the Department of Defense to commercial land developers. Most of the original housing structures were then refurbished and resold as a residential community. Other buildings were given to cultural organizations like Midwest Young Artists, the largest youth music program in the Midwest. Approximately 90 acre of the southern end of the original post were retained by the Army; there the Army now operates the Sheridan Reserve Center complex.</p><br>
<p>In celebration of the 2018 Illinois Bicentennial, Fort Sheridan was selected as one of the Illinois 200 Great Places by the American Institute of Architects Illinois component (AIA Illinois).</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The Commercial Club of Chicago, concerned since 1877 with the need for a military garrison, was motivated by the Haymarket Riot in 1886 to arrange for the donation of 632 acres (2.6 km) of land to the Federal Government for this purpose. Troops arrived in November 1887 to what was initially called Camp Highwood. A year later, Camp Highwood was renamed Fort Sheridan. Troops stationed at Fort Sheridan were used in 1894 to quell labor unrest during the Pullman Strike.</p><br>
<p>In 1888, Ossian Cole Simonds was hired to create a site plan for Fort Sheridan which was to include a parade ground for drills. Simonds used a natural ravine to border the meadow created for the purpose. A scenic drive was incorporated into the plan which showcased natural vistas and brick and stone officers&#39; housing. The effect of the plan was lauded as picturesque and charming.</p><br>
<p>Fort Sheridan became a mobilization and training center beginning with the Spanish–American War in 1898. During World War I, activities at Fort Sheridan included two 1917 Officers&#39; Training Centers, which were commanded by James A. Ryan. Fort Sheridan processed nearly 20,000 returning wounded soldiers and helped them return to civilian life through physical and occupational training reenter the workforce. During World War II, over 500,000 men and women were processed through military service. Many army officers who later became famous lived there, including George Patton and Jonathan Wainwright. The 174th Military Police Battalion of the Leavenworth, Kansas National Guard was stationed there in 1950. Fort Sheridan served as the base for supplying and servicing Nike antimissile systems in the upper Midwest from 1953 to 1973, at which point it returned to providing administrative and logistical support services.</p><br>
<p>The 94 buildings in the Historic District, built between 1889 and 1910, include 64 structures that were the first major works of the architectural firm Holabird & Roche of Chicago. These earliest buildings are made of bricks molded and fired on site, using clay mined from lakefront bluffs. The water tower, originally the tallest structure in the Chicago area, was altered and shortened by 60 feet (18 m) in 1940. The row of buildings flanking the tower were troop barracks. The 110 acre (450,000 m) Historic District, placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1984. In 1979, the site was documented by the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey.</p><br>
<p>In 1979, director Robert Redford used a warehouse on the base to build interior sets for his Oscar-winning film Ordinary People.</p><br>
<p>Fort Sheridan closed in 1993. The decision to close Fort Sheridan came in the 1989 first round of base closings under the Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC).</p><br>
<p>An United States Army Reserve base continues to use about 90 acre of the original Post. The remaining property is divided between the Lake County Forest Preserves, a residential development, a Navy family housing development for personnel of nearby Great Lakes and a variety of ongoing commercial developments.</p><br>
<h2>Environmental concerns</h2><br>
<p>The geological setting of Fort Sheridan is tableland above a 70 ft high bluff in an area cut by seven deep ravines. The bluff overlooks Lake Michigan and the ravines create an open face in the bluff at the beach&#39;s edge. Over the years, the Army filled in the ravines with waste generated by military operations. The most toxic waste was placed in the Wells Ravine, also known as Landfill 7. The United States Environmental Protection Agency considers Landfill 7 to be a Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) location. The landfills were not operated in an environmentally sound manner. An IEPA permit was not issued while the landfill was operating, and a high-density plastic containment liner was not used between the ravine and the waste. Regulatory oversight did not begin until 1979 when the State of Illinois commenced litigation. An operating permit was issued two months after the landfill ceased operations. The Army then applied for a closure permit, installed a leachate collection system, and placed a clay cap over Landfill 7. By 1982, the cap had failed due to ponding of water and the failure of the leachate collection system to collect leachate. The Army stated that the cap failure was caused by failure to maintain the cap.</p><br>
<p>By 1989, Fort Sheridan was facing potential closure by the Base Realignment and Closure commission. The Army began evaluating the permanent closure of Landfill 7 and the inherent problems with its maintenance. Because Landfill 7 had been dispensing 14,000 gallons of leachate per day into Lake Michigan, and the leachate was above state environmental effluent standards, CERCLA allowed the Army to implement an interim remedy prior to deciding on a permanent remedy. The Army chose to construct a $16 million cap. Public comments for this interim action opposed the cap, focusing on the Army&#39;s characterization of the type of waste in the landfill, the geologic instability of the ravine and bluff environment, and the proximity to Lake Michigan from which local drinking water is drawn. The Army responded that the cap was an interim solution that was thought to be effective for temporary containment of the waste.</p><br>
<p>After the interim containment remedy was selected on April 22, 1997, the Army brought in Dr. Shabica to evaluate the shore protections as part of the design phase. On December 2, 1997, he informed the Army that the cap, as designed, would fail due to erosion. The Army responded by purchasing a new system designed by Dr. Shabica&#39;s company. The interim cap was completed in June 2004, and the Army may propose making capping the final remedy based on the same analysis that supported the interim action.</p><br>
<p>The decision to cap Landfill 7 as the final remedy conflicts with some of the recommendations of the geological community. The Army is the lead agency in determining cleanup alternatives. Opponents claim the Analysis of Alternatives found in the remedial investigation, remedial action, and feasibility study was skewed in favor of the Army&#39;s preferred remedy which was less expensive. According to the FY2006 Defense Environmental Restoration Program Annual Report To Congress, $58.7 million in cleanup funding had been appropriated for Fort Sheridan. Estimated cost to completion was $22.2 million estimated for FY2003.</p><br>
<p>The Diamond Apartments are an apartment building located at 321 Diamond St. in Redondo Beach, California. Built in 1913 by Harry Meacham, the apartment complex was the first commercial building in the surrounding neighborhood. Architect Lovell Pemberton designed the Classical Revival building. The first floor of the building held commercial space; early businesses in the building included a furniture store, a laundromat, and a paint store. Developers demolished all but three of Redondo Beachs downtown commercial buildings in the 1960s, leaving the apartment complex as the citys second-oldest standing commercial building and the oldest which has maintained its historic integrity.</p><br>
<p>The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 26, 1992.</p><br>
<p>The Needham House is a historic house on Meadow Road near Chesham village in Harrisville, New Hampshire. Built in 1845, it is a modest but well-preserved local example of Greek Revival styling. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Needham House is located on the western fringe of Chesham village in western Harrisville, on the east side of Meadow Road a short way north of its junction with Chesham Road. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It presents a side gable to the street, and its front facade faces east. That facade is two bays wide, but appears longer due to the presence of a -story ell whose facade is flush with that of the main block. The main entrance is the house&#39;s most elaborate Greek Revival feature, with full-length sidelight windows and a peaked lintel. The ell has a secondary entrance, sheltered by a shed-roof porch, and a second single-story ell extends further to the right.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in 1845 by John Needham, and is locally significant for its unusual entry styling. The house has been owned by a number of locally prominent families, including that of Prentiss Greenwood, a postmaster of the village of Pottersville.</p><br>
<p>Point Comfort is a historic house on South Skatutakee Road in Harrisville, New Hampshire. Built in 1892, this -story wood-frame house is one of the earliest summer resort houses to be built along the shores of Skatutakee Lake, and an architecturally eclectic mix of the Queen Anne and Arts and Crafts styles. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Point Comfort is located southeast of the village center of Harrisville, occupying 1.8 acre between the south shore of Skatutakee Lake and South Skatutakee Road, about 0.4 mi east of Main Street. It is a -story T-shaped wood-frame structure, with gabled roofs and shingled exterior. It is eclectically styled, with steeply pitched gables, bands of shingles on the walls, exposed rafter ends, and decorative rake boards. Its interior includes an Arts and Crafts fireplace mantel, and birch paneled walls. Its lake-facing porch has been enclosed. The property includes two outbuildings, a period shed and a later garage.</p><br>
<p>Although some portions of Harrisville were developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as summer resort areas by vacationers from as far off as Boston, Massachusetts and New York City, Skatutakee Lake was principally developed as a summer retreat by regionally local business people from Keene and Marlborough. This house was built in 1892 (based on a date on the back of the fireplace mantel), most likely by a Keene resident. It is one of the oldest surviving buildings on the lake.</p><br>
<p>Crow Creek is a stream in the Chugach Mountains, Alaska, US. It is the only notable tributary of Glacier Creek, which enters Turnagain Arm from the north, 12 miles from its eastern end. The stream is notable as the site of ongoing gold mining since the late 19th century.</p><br>
<h2>Geography</h2><br>
<p>Crow Creek is a tributary of Glacier Creek, about 5 miles above its mouth. The latter flows into Turnagain Arm from the northern side. The mountains at its head are high and rugged and form the divide between the waters that flow to Turnagain Arm and those tributary to Knik Arm. They are broken at the head of Crow Creek by Crow Creek Pass at an altitude of about 3,400 feet, which affords a fairly good route from Crow Creek to Raven Creek, a tributary of Eagle River. From its source in the pass to its mouth, Crow Creek is about 5 miles long. Near its head, it is precipitous, descending in waterfalls and rapids for a vertical distance of over 1,000 feet within 1 mile of the pass. It is fed by several small glaciers, and during the summer its waters are turbid. Below the pass the stream emerges from its narrow stream-cut gorge into a gravel-filled basin.</p><br>
<p>The basin is bordered at its lower end by a terminal moraine from a lateral valley, and the gravel fill is the result of the lessened gradient behind this morainal dam. Through its boulder-like channel across the moraine the stream descends in rapids, to emerge into a narrow gravel-floored valley bordered by benchlike terraces of gravel and snowing no rock outcrops. These conditions prevail to a point within half a mile of the mouth of the valley, where the stream enters a rock canyon, with nearly vertical walls, that extends to its mouth. Throughout the basin of Crow Creek, the bedrock consists predominantly of interbedded argillites or shales and graywackes, with some conglomerates, cut by numerous granitic dikes and sills. Locally, the shale beds have been metamorphosed, with the development of slaty cleavage, and in places the metamorphism has been intense enough to produce a somewhat schistose structure. The prevailing strike of the beds in this basin is northeast, but locally the beds diverge considerably from this general trend. Near the mouth of Crow Creek, they dip prevailingly at high angles to the southeast, but at the head of the valley folding has occurred, and the general trend of the structure swings around to an easterly direction.</p><br>
<h2>Physiography</h2><br>
<p>The physiographic history of Crow Creek is highly complex, but the deep excavations made during the progress of mining have yielded much valuable information concerning it.</p><br>
<h2>Geologic history</h2><br>
<p>During the general retreat of the ice following the intense glaciation of the region, the Crow and Glacier creek glaciers separated. The Crow Creek glacier retreated the more rapidly because of its smaller area of ice supply, but the Glacier Creek glacier retreated sufficiently to allow the escape of the Crow Creek waters, which cut a gorge of considerable depth in the bedrock. A later advance of the Glacier Creek glacier, accompanied probably by a slight advance of the Crow Creek glacier, pounded the Crow Creek waters with a resultant deposition of their load and the filling of the gorge and of part of the valley with water-laid sediments. With the final retreat of the glaciers to their present position, Crow Creek cut a new channel through the fluvioglacial deposits, deviating somewhat from its former channel and exposing the latter where the channels cross.</p><br>
<h2>Mining</h2><br>
<p>The first claims to be located on Crow Creek are said to have been staked in 1897, near the mouth of the stream and on the site of the present placer workings. In the years preceding 1903, most of the mining was done by pick and shovel on the most easily accessible gold-bearing gravels. The ground mined included the so-called Eagan bar, near the mouth of the stream, the present rock canyon, and some of the surface gravels above the canyon. In 1903 and 1904, hydraulic methods were used, but difficulty was experienced in reaching bedrock above the rock canyon. While the early history of this ground is not clear, it is known that eight partners, locally known as the "Crow Creek boys," were mining in 1904 in the vicinity of the rock canyon on the lower portion of the stream, and that late in 1904, an old, deeply filled rock channel lying northeast of the present canyon was discovered.</p><br>
<p>From 1905 to 1914 the efforts of the several companies operating at this place were in large part directed to removing the gravels above and in this old channel for the purpose of obtaining a bedrock drain to the gravel basin above the present canyon. The Crow Creek Consolidated Mining Co. was organized and operated until 1906. In 1907, the property was sold to the Nutter-Dawson Co., and in 1914 this concern was reorganized into the Alaska Crow Creek Mining Co.</p><br>
<p>The Alaska Crow Creek Mining Company operated a hydraulic operation. There were approximately 30 creek and bench claims in the group covering several miles of the creek bed. Much of the company&#39;s attention was expended in an effort to get the property in a good working condition and it was not until the fall of 1915 that the work was completed. The gravels toward the lower end of the creek, a greater portion of which were comparatively barren, were sluiced out to bedrock and a flume built to bypass the stream around this point. A bedrock flume 2,200 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 5 feet deep was built in this cut on a grade of seven inches to the box length (12 feet). At the intake, the floor of the first box was manganese steel plates. The next seven had railroad iron for riffles and from there. 14-inch sawed, wooden blocks were used. A ditch, about 1 mile long, conveyed the water from the upper portion of Crow Creek to the penstock, which gave a fall of from 300 - at the bottom of the pit. The main pipe line is 2 feet in diameter. Several giants were operated, according to the stage of the water. The property was equipped with a complete sawmill which furnished lumber for the flume and dwellings. The 16 claims later included in this property extended in a double tier from Glacier Creek, at the mouth of Winner Creek, up Crow Creek for the length of seven claims, with two additional overlapping claims above.</p><br>
<p>The Crow Creek Mine continues to operate today, and the area is open to the public as a tourist attraction. It includes historic buildings dating to the early days of the mining operations, which are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.</p><br>
<p>Bono&#39;s Restaurant and Deli is a historic restaurant located at 15395 Foothill Boulevard in Fontana, California. The restaurant opened in 1936 to serve travelers on USA Route 66, which then passed in front of the site; it originally operated as a produce stand.</p><br>
<p>In 1943, increased traffic on the highway prompted the owners to expand their operations, and the current building was constructed as a full-service restaurant. The restaurant building has a Streamline Moderne design and features red and green stripes promoting its Italian cuisine as well as painted grapevines promoting its wine. As Fontana&#39;s Italian immigrant community grew in the 1940s, the restaurant also became a local source of Italian foods previously unavailable in the area.</p><br>
<p>The Big Orange, a 7 ft tall orange-shaped citrus stand, is located on the property of the restaurant. The orange was originally located 3 mi to the east. The orange juice stand was one of many similar businesses that served people along USA Route 66, adjacent to the abundance of orange groves, in the 1920s and 1930s. Restaurant owner Joe Bono purchased the stand in the 1990s and moved it to its current site. While the restaurant had an orange-shaped stand of its own when it served Route 66 traffic, it was eventually demolished due to decreased demand. The Big Orange is one of six surviving orange-shaped buildings in California.</p><br>
<p>The restaurant, which reopened on February 8, 2019, after being closed for many years, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. Joe Bono received permission to move the building 20 ft back from Foothill Boulevard in 2013.</p><br>
<p>The Captain William Bull Tavern is a historic inn at 571 Torrington Road in Litchfield, Connecticut. It is part of the Tollgate Hill Inn and Restaurant, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is significant both as an excellent local example of Colonial architecture, and for its role in early architectural preservation efforts in the region.</p><br>
<h2>Description</h2><br>
<p>The Captain William Bull Tavern is located in northeastern Litchfield, on the north side of Torrington Road (United States Route 202) between Tollgate Road and Wilson Road. It is a three-story wood-frame structure, with a gambrel roof, central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. The main facade is five bays wide, with a center entrance topped by a five-light transom window and cornice. A second entrance, dating to the period of the building&#39;s move in the 1920s, is located on the west side. The interior follows a typical Colonial center chimney plan, with a narrow entrance vestibule that also has a winding staircase, and chambers on either side of the chimney. It retains many original features, to which Colonial Revival additions were made during early 20th-century restoration.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>The early history of the dwelling traditionally identified as the “Captain William Bull Tavern” begins with Isaac and Eunice Bull&#39;s purchase of 58 high acres of land on the Litchfield Farmington Road in 1756 from Stephen Rossetter for L 112 and ends with the sale of the farm to George Buell in 1892, a story in which William Bull occupies center stage for 9 of the 73 years.</p><br>
<p>The original builder and any owners of the house prior to 1790 are unknown. During the 1790s, the house was owned by Captain William Bull (1748-1799), originally from Hartford, Connecticut. Upon his death, the inventory of his possessions showed the Bull was a prosperous farmer who had an "old house" and "mansion house" and a substantial farming implements, livestock, personal items consisting of silver, brass candlesticks and other personal items and 275 acres of land. The house would remain in the Bull family until 1827, when it was sold to the Buel family, and in turn to the Candee family in 1843. From 1867 to 1900, the Griswold family operated it as a farm before the house passed between several owners from 1900 to 1915. The house was purchased by the Vanderwaters and remained in their possession for several years, but had "fallen in disuse, and stood boarded up and deteriorating."</p><br>
<p>The Vanderwaters decided to dismantle the house, but it was saved by the purchase of Frederick W. Fuessenich. In 1923, Fuessenich had the house moved some two miles to its current location to his 100 acre farm. The house was moved directly across from the old Torrington Turnpike tollhouse that was in operation until about 1860. Fuessenich named the building the "Tollgate Hill Tavern".</p><br>
<p>The Winchester Memorial Church, also known as the New Hampshire Conservatory of Music and the Arts, is a historic civic building in the center of Winchester, New Hampshire, United States. Built in 1912, it is a prominent local example of Colonial Revival architecture. It replaced a meeting house that was the location of the Winchester Profession, a key development in the history of Unitarian Universalism. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It was acquired in 2006 by the Universalist Heritage Foundation as a memorial to the site&#39;s role in Universalist history.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Winchester Memorial Church is located in the town&#39;s village center, sited prominently on a rise at the junction of Michigan and Richmond streets. It is a tall single-story red brick building, with a gabled roof and well-proportioned Colonial Revival styling. It has a projecting gabled entry pavilion, fronted by four pilasters supporting a modillioned pediment. A tower rises above the pavilion, with square clock and bell stages topped by an octagonal stage and steeple. The interior has a large auditorium with a balcony across the rear. Under the balcony are offices and meeting rooms. A number of its windows are stained glass, designed by the George W. Wise Co. of Boston.</p><br>
<p>The building was designed by S. Winthrop St. Clair and built in 1912 to replace a meeting house (combination town hall and church) that was destroyed by fire. The meeting house it replaced was the location of the Winchester Profession, a key development in the history of Unitarian Universalism, and it was purchased in 2006 by the Universalist Heritage Foundation as a memorial to that history.</p><br>
<p>The town hall of Winchester, New Hampshire, is located on Main Street, just south of the junction of New Hampshire Route 10 and New Hampshire Route 119 in the center of the town.</p><br>
<h2>History and building details</h2><br>
<p>Built of brick in 1911–12 to a design by S. Winthrop St. Clair, it is the only Gothic Revival town hall in Cheshire County. It was built because the previous town meeting house (a combination town hall and church at the site of the Winchester Memorial Church) was destroyed by fire. The church was also designed by St. Clair, a Boston-based architect who hailed from Winchester.</p><br>
<p>The town hall is a roughly rectangular structure, covered by a roof that is gabled at one end and hipped below a very small gable at the other end. At the northern corner stands an octagonal four-story tower topped by a crenellated parapet. The interior of the building has two levels: the upper-level houses an auditorium space with a stage at one end, with a balcony area that has been converted for use as offices. The basement level houses additional offices. The building has seen alterations primarily to its interior, but has retained much of its original design.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.</p><br>
<p>The Richmond Public Library is the public library of Richmond, New Hampshire, United States. It is located in the Richmond School House No. 6 at 19 Winchester Road  in the village center. Built in 1850, the building is the best-preserved of the town&#39;s few surviving district schoolhouses. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Richmond Public Library stands on the west side of the small village center of Richmond, on the north side of Winchester Road west of Old Homestead Road. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its main facade is three bays wide, with sash windows in the left two bays, and the main entrance in the right one, sheltered by a gabled hood with large decoratively cut supporting brackets. A small ell extends to the right, and a larger one to the left, both the result of 20th-century alterations. The interior has been completely refurbished for library use, with pine paneling, dropped ceilings, and built-in shelving.</p><br>
<p>The school was the second to be built on the site, the first being a brick building which burned in 1850. This building was constructed later the same year, and served as a school until 1947. It was converted to library use in 1962. Alterations at that time and in 1974 included the removal of a belfry, the addition of an extension to the west (which included a below-grade fireproof vault for archives), and of the pedimented entrance cover.</p><br>
<p>The Logan/Esterly Upper Ditch is an abandoned, artificial watercourse in the Illinois River Valley of northern California and southern Oregon, United States. Built in 1854 to supply water from the river&#39;s East Fork in California to several hydraulic mines in Oregon, it quickly returned a large profit to its investors. The ditch supplied mines worked by its own owners, as well as providing water for sale to other nearby diggings and incidentally powering at least one sawmill. Mines it served include the Waldo, Fry Gulch, and Cameron mines. It continued in operation until 1942, when the last hydraulic mining operations in the upper Illinois Valley ceased. Several wooden structures associated with the ditch, such as trestles and flumes, disappeared by the end of the 20th century, but the earthen components remained mostly intact.</p><br>
<p>The ditch was a total of 7.6 mi long; 4.1 mi of the ditch&#39;s remnants were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
