<p>The Gilliece Bridge was a historic structure located west of Bluffton, Iowa, United States. It spanned the Upper Iowa River for 151 ft. In 1872 Winneshiek County started to replace its older short span timber and stone bridges. This Bowstring through arch-truss bridge was designed, fabricated, and built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio in 1874 for $6,969.47. Thomas Dwyer, a local stonemason, built the masonry abutments. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The bridge was destroyed in May 2017 by an overweight truck which was driven onto it despite the posted weight limit of three tons.</p><br>
<p>The Ten Mile Creek Bridge was a historic structure located northwest of Decorah, Iowa, United States. It spanned Ten Mile Creek for 36 ft. The R.D. Wheaton Bridge Company of Chicago supplied several king post truss bridges to Winneshiek County in the mid-1890s, and this is probably one of them. There are no county records specific to this bridge. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 and it was delisted in 2017.</p><br>
<p>The Steyer Bridge is a historic structure located on the west side of Decorah, Iowa, United States. This is one of the few stone arch bridges that continue to exist in Iowa. It was constructed by local stonemason Michael Steyer over Twin Springs Creek in 1875. Steyer emigrated from Germany in 1867, and settled in Decorah. His brother Joseph was the proprietor of the Steyer Opera House in town. Compared to other stone bridges in the state, this one is less sophisticated and is a good example of vernacular engineering. It is a small structure that consists of a single arch that is formed by rough-cut limestone voussoirs. The keystone is a block of dressed limestone with Steyer&#39;s name and the date "1875" carved on it. The spandrels and the walls that form the foundation for the approaches to the bridge consist of coursed rubble limestone. The base of the walls and the lower edges of the arch were reinforced with concrete in the 1970s. The concrete bridge deck is edged with wooden posts. When USA Route 52 was relocated to this area in the early 1970s, the Steyer Bridge was scheduled to be removed, but local protests saved it and the highway bridge built over it. The bridge listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>The Register and Tribune Building is a historic commercial building at 715 Locust Street in Des Moines, Iowa. Built in 1918, it served as home to The Des Moines Register, one of Iowas leading newspapers, until about 2000, when the presses were moved to another building, and 2013, when the Register owner, the Gannett Corporation, moved out in 2013. It was designed by one of Iowas leading architectural firms, Proudfoot, Bird and Rawson, with later additions by equally prominent firms.</p><br>
<p>The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. In 2017, the building was converted into an apartment complex.</p><br>
<p>The schooner Timberwind is a historic former pilot boat, now berthed in Portland, Maine. Built in 1931, she served as a pilot boat  in Portland Harbor until 1969, and was then converted into a schooner as part of the Maine "windjammer" tourist fleet. She is one of a very small number of early 20th-century purpose-built pilot boats that has survived major alteration, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. She moved to Rockport in 1969 and then to Belfast in 2015. She was purchased by the Portland Schooner Company in 2018.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>Timberwind is a two-masted wooden-hulled sailing vessel. She has a total length of 70 ft, a beam of 14 ft, and a draft of 10 ft. She has an oak frame, and is sheathed in yellow pine below the water line and oak above it. The deck planking is yellow pine. She is presently rigged as a schooner, although she has carried a number of different sail configurations in her service history, and the bowsprit used in the rig was added as part of the ship&#39;s conversion to tourist service. She is fitted with two marine engines located midships, and was originally fitted with crew living, sleeping, and dining quarters belowdecks.</p><br>
<p>The Portland Pilots Association was formed in the early 20th century as a method to organize the activities of the private harbor pilots who brought large ships into the Port of Portland. The associations first pilot boat, the Director, was commissioned and built in 1906. Due to increasing demand, a second boat was commissioned and built in 1931 entering service in December of that year. The Portland Pilot design is said to be based on that of the Director and a local fishing schooner. She served as a pilot boat until 1969, except for a period during World War II, when she was commandeered by the United States Coast Guard for patrol duty in the harbor&#39;s outer reaches. From 1969 to 1971 she underwent conversion for use as a tourist boat in Camden, and has served as a "windjammer" offering daily cruises to tourists.</p><br>
<p>The Schooner Timberwind is currently owned by Portland Schooner Company in Portland, Maine. The Timberwind offers day sales and private charters from May through October.</p><br>
<p>The Greenwood House, now the Gingerbread Apartments, is a historic house on Vermont Route 103 in Chester, Vermont. Built about 1850 and restyled about 1900, it is an architecturally distinctive blend of Greek Revival and Late Victorian styles. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Greenwood House stands on the north side of Vermont 103, just east of its crossing of the Middle Branch Williams River. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a front-facing gabled roof, clapboard siding, and granite foundation. The front facade is dominated by elaborate Victorian gingerbread styling, which adorns the gable and the wraparound porch, which has a two-story rounded projection at the right corner. The house&#39;s Greek Revival past is discernible in corner pilasters rising to an entablature below the pedimented gable. The interior of the house, despite alterations and conversion to apartments, retains a number of features from both its Greek Revival origin and its later Queen Anne redecoration.</p><br>
<p>The house is believed to have been built about 1850 by an unknown owner. At the time, it would have marked the southern end of Chester&#39;s village, and stood opposite the local district school, also a Greek Revival building. The house was acquired sometime after 1870 by the Haselton family, whose daughter Hattie married John Greenwood. The Greenwoods undertook a major renovation of the building in about 1900, adding the elaborate front porch and other features. The house and its carriage barn (which apparently dates to the Haselton ownership period, but also has some Greek Revival features) were converted into apartments in the late 1960s. The building is often featured in tourism-related articles featuring the town.</p><br>
<p>The Ingenio Azucarero Vives , also known as Hacienda Vives, is a historic sugar mill complex with ruins of windmill and a processing building, in Barrio Machete of Guayama, in southern Puerto Rico. Sugarcane was ground by the windmill and the extracted juice was further processed in the processing building, by slaves. A slave uprising occurred here in the early 1800s.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976,</p><br>
<p>It is believed to have been constructed by 1828.</p><br>
<p>In 1976, the site was found to be significant as the only example of early industrial architecture and the only windmill in Puerto Rico.</p><br>
<p>It was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record program, with photographs by Jack Boucher.</p><br>
<p>Modern photographs show that the complex has been restored.</p><br>
<p>The Starling Grange, now Starling Hall, is an historic former Grange hall at 2769 Main Street  in Fayette, Maine, US. Built in 1879, it has been a fixture of the community since then. The Grange chapter disbanded in 1987, and the building has since then been owned by the town. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The former Starling Grange hall is located in the cluster buildings making up the village of North Fayette in north central Fayette. It is set on the east side of SR 17 just south of its junction with Baldwin Hill Road. It is a long rectangular 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. It is set on a sloping lot, with its basement partially exposed. There is evidence that the basement was used for horse stalls. The front facade is symmetrical, with a projecting single-story entry vestibule topped by a hip roof. Sash windows are located on either side of the vestibule, and on the second floor, with decorative hoods. The ground floor interior is divided into a small meeting room, kitchen, and dining room, with a mudroom at the rear, while the upstairs is dominated by a large meeting hall with a raised stage and square proscenium.</p><br>
<p>The Starling Grange was organized in 1877, and the front portion of the present building was constructed in 1879. Due to large membership, the hall was enlarged in 1900 by widening and deepening; this alteration is visible in the post-and-beam framing of the original portion, and the balloon framing of the addition. The hall has served as a social and civic venue since its construction, and was adapted in 1953 to house the town library, which was established through the activities of the Grange chapter. The Grange was disbanded in 1987, and the building was deeded to the town. It has undergone rehabilitation, and is now maintained by a non-profit organization on behalf of the town.</p><br>
<p>The Berryville Commercial Historic District encompasses the commercial heart of the city of Berryville, Arkansas. Centered on the city&#39;s Public Square and radiating out along some of the flanking roads, the district encompasses commercial architecture spanning a century , as well as two municipal parks. Most of the buildings are one and two story commercial buildings from either the late 19th or early 20th century. The district, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016, includes the previously listed Carroll County Courthouse, Eastern District and Berryville Post Office.</p><br>
<p>The Cayey Bridge, also known as Puente de Cayey, is an iron lateral lattice girder bridge in Puerto Rico that was built in 1891. It brings Puerto Rico Highway 15 over the Guamaní River. Despite its name, its actually closer to the city of Guayama and not Cayey.</p><br>
<p>It is an extremely rare example of such a bridge in the United States or its territories. Puerto Rico has the only bridges in the United States, or its territories, built with this technology.</p><br>
<p>The bridge was fabricated by the Belgian firm Nicrisse & Decluve. The girder bridge has two independent spans.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 and on the Puerto Rico Register of Historic Sites and Zones in 2000.</p><br>
<p>Puente de Cayey west half - Guayama Puerto Rico.jpgCayey Bridge</p><br>
<p>The Harrington House is a historic house at 88 North Road in Bethel, Vermont. Built in 1890–91, it is a fine example of high-style Queen Anne Victorian architecture, a relative rarity in the state. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Its most recent additions have included a restaurant, bed and breakfast inn.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Harrington House stands in a rural-residential area south of Bethel village, at the triangular junction of Vermont Route 107 and North Road. It is a rambling -story wood-frame structure, with the irregular and asymmetric massing typical of the Queen Anne period. Its most prominent exterior features are a three-story polygonal turret that projects from one corner, and its porches and port-cochere, which feature delicate turned woodwork. The exterior is clad partly in wooden clapboards and partly in wooden shingles, and has a variety of projecting bays and dormers in its roof. The interior also features high-quality period woodwork, including an especially elaborate main staircase, as well as eight fireplaces featuring polychrome tiles.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in 1889 for Edwin and Mary Harrington, both originally from Stockbridge. Harrington was a successful businessman who had had a successful career in Philadelphia. This house was built by a local contractor; its architect is not known. Edwin Harrington died in 1891; his wife expanded the number of buildings on the grounds, adding the carriage house and gazebo. After the Harrington ownership ended in 1910, the house was adaptively reused for commercial purposes, first as a medical sanitorium, and then as a bed and breakfast inn. It has most recently housed a restaurant.</p><br>
<p>The Goodwillie–Allen House  is a small American Craftsman-style bungalow located in Bend, Oregon. The house was constructed in 1904 by Arthur Goodwillie, the first mayor of Bend. Today, the building is owned by the City of Bend. It is the oldest structure inside the city limits of Bend, the oldest American craftsman style house in Deschutes County, Oregon, and the second oldest craftsman-style bungalow in Oregon. The Goodwillie–Allen House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.</p><br>
<h2>History</h2><br>
<p>Arthur L. Goodwillie was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1878. He moved to Bend in 1904 to explore business opportunities in Central Oregon. Goodwillie became a partner in the Pilot Butte Development Company, serving as the companys secretary. He was an investor in the towns first bank and its first telephone company. He helped organize Bends first water, power and light utilities. Goodwillie also helped establish the areas first school district, serving on its board of directors. In December 1904, Goodwillie was elected Bend&#39;s first mayor.</p><br>
<p>Shortly after arriving in Bend, Goodwillie married Grace Jones, a local school teacher. After their marriage, the Goodwillies built a new home overlooking the Deschutes River. It was a small bungalow constructed in the American craftsman style. They lived in the home from its completion in 1904 until late 1907, when they moved back to Chicago.</p><br>
<p>The Goodwillies sold the house to Herbert and Alice Allen, a young couple who had just arrived in Bend. Herbert Allen was a senior manager with the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company, a firm that operated a large sawmill in Bend. He was also active in a wide range of other private enterprises including the Central Oregon Irrigation Company and the Deschutes Irrigation and Power Company as well as many civic and public affairs organizations such as the Bend Commercial Club, the local chamber of commerce, and the Bend school district. The Allens lived in the bungalow from 1908 until Herbert&#39;s death in October 1929.</p><br>
<p>A local physician, Doctor Clyde Rademacher, and his wife Marjorie were the next owners of the house. The Rademachers bought the property from the Allens in 1937. Doctor Rademacher was a founder of the Bend Memorial Clinic, the community&#39;s first multi-specialty medical clinic. The Rademachers lived in the house until the 1980s when both the doctor and his wife died just a few years apart.</p><br>
<p>After the death of the Rademachers, the property sat vacant for several years. Eventually, the building was scheduled for demolition to create space for a parking lot. However, a community group was organized in 1993 to save the historic residence. The plan, called the Riverfront Connection Project, was to acquire the building and move it 50 ft south of its original site onto an adjacent tax lot. This was done successfully, without any damage to the structure. Once the building was on its new foundation, it was renovated for use as a fine art gallery and art education center.</p><br>
<p>Today, the bungalow is the oldest building in the city of Bend and the oldest American craftsman-style residence in Deschutes County. It is also the second oldest craftsman-style bungalow in the state of Oregon. Over the course of its existence, the house has been known by various names. Initially, it was known as the Goodwillie House, then the H. E. Allen House, later the Allen-Rademacher House, and finally the Goodwillie-Allen-Rademacher House. When the property was nominated for listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007, it was nominated as the Goodwillie-Allen House. However, it is most commonly known as the Goodwillie-Allen-Rademacher House to recognize the bungalow&#39;s three principal owners.</p><br>
<h2>Structure</h2><br>
<p>The Goodwillie–Allen House is a one-and-one-half-story American craftsman style bungalow. It was built in 1904 at a cost of $1,800. It was constructed with locally produced lumber and native stone. The main part of the house is 28 ft wide and 54 ft long with an extension on the east façade. The extension adds 12 ft to the length of the house on the southeast side and is half the width of the building. There is also a porch on the west façade that adds an additional 8 ft to the structures length. The house is an excellent example of an American craftsman style residence, highlighting many of the styles most notable features. For example, it has a low-pitch hip roof with dormers, deeply overhanging eaves with exposed rafters under the eaves, a large front porch tucked under an extension of the main roof, and numerous windows, many with art glass features.</p><br>
<p>The front (west) façade has a wide porch with heavy lava stone walls surrounding the porch area. The porch is covered by an extension of the main hip roof. The porch roof is supported by three stone columns. The front door has a large leaded-glass panel and is set to one side of the building&#39;s center line. Next to the door are three large picture windows that look out across Drake Park at the Deschutes River. The windows are separated by wide mullions and topped with a single matching header. All three windows feature lead glass detailing in a diamond-obelisk design. Above and set back from the porch roof extension is a large second-floor dormer with a hip roof which caps the west façade.</p><br>
<p>The south elevation is dominated by a side porch covered by an open lattice beam pergola which runs the entire length of the building. The front of the side porch is bordered by a lava stone wall that matches the front porch. The lattice beams are supported by seven lava stone columns. Starting near the southwestern corner, there are double casement windows bordered by wood-molding frames. The windows are separated by wide mullions with a header sill above. Next to the window group, there is a single wooden door that has been sealed closed. Then there is group of six bay windows. The main side entrance is a wooden door with a large glass panel insert. The door is flanked on both sides by five-pane sidelight windows in wooden frames. East of the entrance are three casement windows with diamond-obelisk art glass in wooden frames. A second floor dormer is centered in the middle of the south façade.</p><br>
<p>At the rear of the building (east façade) is the extended section of the house along the south side. The extension is half the width of the building. There are two small square windows on the main part of the building and a sealed wooden door on the north side of the extension. There is a small shed dormer in the center of the roof. Next to the rear dormer is a chimney. A small garden area is located between the rear of the building and the public sidewalk.</p><br>
<p>First-floor windows run along the northwest side of the building. All the windows feature leaded glass with diamond-obelisk patterns. The windows are separated by wide mullions and topped with matching headers. In the middle of the façade are three single casement windows about 1.5 ft apart, all with matching window frames. At the northeast corner, there is an alcove area created by the south side extension. On the second floor, there is a large dormer with a hip roof that matches the dormer on the south side of the building.</p><br>
<h2>Interior</h2><br>
<p>The interior of the Goodwillie–Allen House reflects American craftsman design concepts. It has 2,471 ft2 of interior space with 1,792 ft2 on the first floor and 779 ft2 on the second floor.</p><br>
<p>Most of the first floor has 9.5 ft ceilings. The living room runs the entire width of the west side (front) of the building. The living room is spacious and bright, with large windows on three sides. The rooms main feature is a massive lava stone fireplace in the center of the room, facing the front picture windows. The fireplace features "a high mantel and a low hearth". The mantel is a single thick piece of smooth stone projecting out from the chimney. This fireplace is Deschutes Countys oldest known example of native volcanic tuff stone used as residential building material.</p><br>
<p>Originally, the main dining room was east of the living room on the south side of the building with a bedroom on the north side, opposite the dining room. Today, the dining room is still in its original place, but the front bedroom and another room in the rear have been removed to create a completely open floor plan along the north side of the building. Originally, the kitchen was on the south side of the building next to the dining room, with the side door providing access to the south side porch area. Today, the kitchen has been converted into a foyer for the south side entrance. The small modern kitchen and bathrooms are now in the rear of the building. In these rear rooms the ceiling drops to 8 ft. The stairway to the second floor and several small stage rooms are located in the center of the building toward the rear.</p><br>
<p>The second floor has a cruciform floor plan under a 7 ft vaulted ceiling. Today, the second floor provides space for three small offices with stairway access, a restroom, and storage area under the shed dormer at the rear of the building. The dormer windows on the west, south, and north sides of the building provide natural light to the office spaces, although the western and southern offices are in separate rooms. There are built-in shelves and storage cabinets throughout the second floor area, typical of the American craftsman style architecture.</p><br>
<p>The building has an unfinished basement with approximately 5 ft of clearance. The basement is used for general storage. It is accessed through a hatch in the front porch deck.</p><br>
<p>West LaSalle Avenue Historic District is a national historic district located at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. It encompasses 33 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of South Bend. It developed between about 1870 and 1930, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Queen Anne, Late Gothic Revival, and Beaux-Arts style architecture and works by architects Austin & Shambleau. Notable buildings include the St. Peter&#39;s Church , Frank Eby House , Lydia Klinger House , Woodworth House , Woolman House , Goetz House , Studebaker House , Kuppler House , and the Gunderman House .</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.</p><br>
<p>Marquette School is a historic school building located in South Bend, Indiana. It was designed by Austin & Shambleau and built in 1936–1937 with funds provided by the Public Works Administration. It is a two-story, Art Deco style brick building with additions constructed in 1948 and 1953. The school houses an auditorium, gymnasium, and classrooms. It remained in use as a school until 2010.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.</p><br>
<p>Robert A. Grant Federal Building and USA Courthouse, also known as the Federal Building, is a historic post office and courthouse building located at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. It was designed by architect Austin and Shambleau and built in 1932–1933. It is a four-story, Art Deco / Art Moderne style building faced with Indiana limestone and Vermont granite. It housed a post office until 1973.</p><br>
<h2>Architectural description</h2><br>
<p>The Robert A. Grant Federal Building and USA Courthouse is located on the southeast corner of the intersection of Main and Jefferson Streets in downtown South Bend, Indiana. The rectangular lot is bordered by Main Street on the west, Jefferson Street on the north, and city alleys on the east and south. Nearly the entire site is covered by the building. The building, with a full basement, three floors, and a mezzanine, has two primary elevations on the north and west. The building is designed in the Art Moderne or Art Deco style. The primary elevations have low relief and consist of pilasters alternating with bays of vertical strips of windows. The intercolumnar rhythm is flanked by slightly projecting corner pavilions. Entrances are located within these pavilions at either end of the west facade. The main block of the building is terminated by a continuous carved cornice. Above the cornice line is another floor set back from the face of the building.</p><br>
<p>The exterior walls are constructed with brick masonry faced with Indiana limestone and Vermont granite veneer, except for the third floor interior lightwells which have brick cladding. The primary elevations feature decorative elements of cast bronze. The original doors and windows have been replaced with new aluminum units. The building is covered with flat roof surfaces with the exception of the roof over the third floor courtroom which is a hopped and covered with standing seam copper.</p><br>
<p>The primary elevations of the building face west and north. The elevations have gray granite base and are clad with a smooth limestone veneer. The elevations are divided into ten bays of vertical window fenestrations set between nearly solid, slightly projecting pavilions at the ends. The buildings two main entrances, identical to each other, are located in the end pavilions on the west elevation. Oversized carved stone surrounds with modified egg-and-dart motifs contain pairs of replacement aluminum entrance doors set into bronze frames which include ornate transom windows. Above the entrance doors are glazed transoms with bronze grilles. The portions of the elevations between the end pavilions consist of Doric pilasters separating vertical groups of windows. The vertical window bands consist of replacement aluminum triple casement sash with trisected transoms set in the original bronze frames. To create the vertical banding effect, bronze spandrels with varying designs (grains, flowers, abstracts) were placed at the floor levels. The spandrels over the entrance doorways feature a spread eagle motif. A cornice, composed of a modified Doric order entablature with guttae details sits atop the two-story pilasters and contains the incised letters "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" on the west elevation. The third floor of the building sits back slightly from the west and north faces of the building, and are divided into twelve bays of fenestration with the same replacement aluminum triple casement sash with trisected transoms. A simplified cornice with abstract carvings top the elevation. Bronze letters reading "ROBERT A. GRANT FEDERAL BUILDING AND UNITED STATES COURTHOUSE" are attached to the limestone adjacent to each entrance. The buildings cornerstone with incised lettering is adjacent to the north entrance.</p><br>
<p>The details and materials of the end pavilion wrap around to the east and south elevations. The remainder of these elevations, though clad with the same granite and matching limestone, are much simpler in appearance and are devoid of the decorative carved details. Window openings contain either single or paired casement sash with corresponding transoms. Several door and window openings have been infilled with metal louvers of limestone blocks. The main feature of the east elevation is the raised loading dock platform with its projecting canopy. An overhead garage door, also located on the east elevation, provides access to the basement parking court.</p><br>
<p>The building features two highly significant interior spaces: a two-story, barrel-vaulted postal lobby trimmed in marble and polished brass on the first floor, and a two-story courtroom trimmed with walnut paneling on the third floor. Most of the remainder of the interior spaces have been substantially renovated over the years.</p><br>
<h3>Construction history and space inventory</h3><br>
<h3>Construction history</h3><br>
<h3>Significance</h3><br>
<p>During the first quarter of the 20th Century, South Bend, Indiana&#39;s businesses and population were increasing at an unexpectedly rapid rate and the 1898 USA Post Office, though extensively remodeled in 1909, could not keep up. In April 1930, President Herbert Hoover transmitted an approved list of public building projects to Congress including $1,000,000 to construct a new post office in South Bend, Indiana. At the end of June, 1930, the Second Deficiency Bill, calling for $66,211,884 in expenditures succeeded in acquiring the lot adjacent to the existing USA Post Office, increasing the site to an adequate size.</p><br>
<p>The United States Department of the Treasury, Office of the Supervising Architect was making an effort to award design work to local architects and contractors whenever possible. Several South Bend architectural firms submitted schematic designs to the Treasury Department. In December 1930, the design contract was awarded to the local architectural firm of Austin & Shambleau. Ennis R. Austin had worked for the Treasury Department as the Superintendent of Construction for six years prior to the establishment of the firm. In this position, he had supervised the construction of all post offices and federal court buildings in a three-state area. The government provided minimal guidelines, including the functions to be located in the building, allowing the architect a free hand on the design. The general layout and design was developed by N. Roy Shambleau.</p><br>
<p>The building style, sometimes referred to as "Starved Classicism," was just beginning to evolve. Prior to this era, most federal buildings were Neoclassical in design. However, the Modernist movement was gaining strength in federal architecture with ideas of more universal spaces, the flat facade, and the lack of ornamentation. This resulted in a block-form building with fluted pilasters alternating with shallow windows creating virtually flat facades. The internal space often became more open, flexible and interchangeable. The ornamentation - a symbolic classical motif - became more abstract and pared-down.</p><br>
<p>The construction documents were completed by the end of June, 1931. The documents were sent out for bid during July and three bids were received. The low bidder was James I. Barnes and Company of Logansport, Indiana with a bid of $685,000. The contract was awarded in the middle of August and the Notice to Proceed was issued the beginning of September 1931. Demolition of the existing building began in September 1931 and was completed by the end of October. The excavation was begun that fall, but the foundations were not poured until the spring of 1932. By April, the granite base was in place and the brick work had begun. The corner was laid by Postmaster John N. Hunter on May 12, 1932. The new USA Post Office and Courthouse was ready for occupancy the first week in March 1933, a week before completion was scheduled.</p><br>
<p>The building served its original purpose for fifty years. Then in 1983, the USA Postal Service moved from the building into a new facility. An extensive renovation project ensued, converting the former postal service area for use by the federal courts and offices. An additional District Court expansion project is scheduled for 1997.</p><br>
<p>On July 12, 1985, the building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Downtown South Bend Historic Multiple Resources Area. The building was cited as having significance in the area of architecture and government/politics. On October 23, 1992, the building was renamed for Judge Robert A. Grant.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.</p><br>
<p>The American Brewing Company Plant, owned by the American Brewing Company, is a historic brewery complex at 431 Harris Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island that operated between 1892 and 1922. It is a well-preserved example of a state of the art late 19th century brewery building, its original functions still discernible in its layout. It was only used as a brewery until 1922, when it was shut down by Prohibition; it has served as a warehouse and storage facility for most of the time since. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The American Brewing Company Plant is located in Providence&#39;s Federal Hill neighborhood at the northeast corner of Harris Avenue and Eagle Street. The principal building of the plant is a three-story brick structure with stone trim. Decorative features include round-arched windows set in recessed panels, a rusticated stone stringcourse between the first and second floors, and brick piers with corbelling separating some of the windows at the upper levels. This building was designed by Adam Wagner, a well-known designer of breweries, and was built in 1892. Also on the property are a c. 1900 ice house, a 1911 boiler house, and several modern garages. The order of operations of large-scale beer brewing are still evident in the interior of the building (mostly used now as a warehouse), from fermentation, to storage and settling, to bottling.</p><br>
<p>The brewery was founded in 1892 by James Hanley, an Irish immigrant, and featured state of the art facilities of the period, including the installation of two industrial-scale climate control systems needed to control temperatures for the lagering of beer. It is the only industrial-scale brewery of the period to survive in the state, and is one of only a few surviving designs of Adam Wagner. The brewery was operated only until 1922, when it closed as a consequence of Prohibition. In 1936, the property was adapted for use as a warehouse and storage facility, in which use it continued until 2005.</p><br>
<p>Lawyer and politician John F. Collins worked at the brewery as a young man just out of college in the 1890s. Ironically, Collins was responsible for prosecuting Prohibition cases during his time as special assistant to the United States Attorney for Rhode Island from 1921–23. Collins also served as Mayor of Providence 1939—1941.</p><br>
<p>Northern Indiana Gas and Electric Company Building, also known as the Roma Building, was a historic office building located at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. It was built in 1915, and was a three-story, brick building sheathed in pink terra cotta. It featured a projecting cornice with brackets and modillions.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, and delisted in 2012.</p><br>
<p>The Union Meeting House is a historic church at 2875 Sennebec Road in Appleton, Maine. Built in 1848, it is a fine local example of Greek Revival architecture. It has served a variety of congregations, and housed the town library for a time. It is now owned by the local historical society. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Union Meeting House stands atop a rise on the northeast side of Sennebec Road in Appletons village center, next to the town offices and roughly opposite the public library. It is a modest single-story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof, clapboard siding, and a granite foundation. The front facade is symmetrical with a pair of entrances, each flanked by pilasters and topped by corniced entablatures. A pair of narrow and tall stained-glass windows are set in similar framing between the entrances, as are sash windows directly above them. The facades corners are pilastered, and there is a lancet-shaped louver near the peak of the gable. A tower rises from the gabled roof, with a square first stage, a six-sided louvered belfry as a second stage, and a six-sided steeple above.</p><br>
<p>The meeting house was built in 1848 by a union of non-Baptist congregations, as a place of worship that was not shared with the Baptists, who had built a church in 1845. Construction was funded by the sale of pews, and denominations that used the building over the years included Unitarians and Quakers. It fell out of using about 1920 and was maintained until 1970 by the Appleton Memorial Association. For 28 years, the balcony housed the local public library. In 1971 the town claimed the property on a tax lien and gave it to the local historical society, which now uses it as its museum and headquarters.</p><br>
<p>Lora B. Pearson School, also known as Colescott School and School No. 4, is a historic school building located at Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana. It was built in 1939, and is a three-story, rectangular, Art Deco style reinforced concrete building faced in brick and limestone. Funding for the school was provided in part by the Public Works Administration. The school closed in 2000 and was converted to senior apartments.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.</p><br>
<p>Liberty Township Schoolhouse No. 2 is a historic one-room school building located in Liberty Township, Shelby County, Indiana. It was built in 1875, and is a one-story, rectangular, Italianate style brick building. It has a steep gable-front roof and features heavy scroll brackets, a scalloped frieze, and oculus vent. Also on the property is a contributing water pump. It remained in use as a school until about 1919.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.</p><br>
<p>Middletown Bridge, also known as Shelby County Bridge #149, is a historic stone arch bridge located in Liberty Township, Shelby County, Indiana. It was built in 1903, and is a four-arch bridge constructed of Indiana limestone. It measures 140.8 feet long and 20 feet wide, including the parapet walls. The bridge was torn down by the county in the summer of 2018.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.</p><br>
<p>St. George Lutheran Church is a historic Lutheran church located in Jackson Township, Shelby County, Indiana.</p><br>
<p>The congregation was established by Abraham Miller in 1838, meeting at first in George Warner&#39;s farmhouse. The first dedicated church was completed in 1844 on the current site. In 1867, the members sold the frame church to a Baptist group and pledged $5000 to build the current structure.</p><br>
<h2>Architecture</h2><br>
<p>Completed in 1867, the current church is a one-story, rectangular, Greek Revival style building of local brick. It has a gable-front roof and features round-arched openings. The roof is topped by a square bell tower with a steeply pitched hipped roof; the bell was cast at the Buckeye Foundry in Cincinnati. The church&#39;s stained and etched glass windows were imported from Germany.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>Morristown station is a historic train station located at Morristown, Shelby County, Indiana. It was built in 1867–1868 by the Junction Railroad, and is a simple one-story, rectangular, building of pinned beam construction. It has a gable roof that extends to shelter a loading platform for 30 ft. The building served as both a grain elevator and train depot. It was moved to its present site in 1976 to prevent it from demolition.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as the Junction Railroad Depot.</p><br>
<p>Frankville School, also known as the Frankville Museum, is a historic structure located in the unincorporated community of Frankville, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1872 by W.H. Hopper, replacing an older building from the mid-1850s. It is a two-story, stone vernacular structure, capped with a gable roof. The stone is rock-faced ashlar limestone. The stones on the front facade are carefully dressed compared with those on the other elevations. The lintels and window sills are blocks of rock-faced stone, except for those on the front. On the front, carefully dressed stone voussoirs and keystones are used for the round arches for the main entrance and the window above. High school classes were added in the 1920s. In 1958 the school was reduced to kindergarten and 7th and 8th grades. It closed in 1962. The following year the Winneshiek County Historical Society acquired the building and operated a museum in it. It remains in the community&#39;s park.</p><br>
<p>The buildings relative uniqueness is derived from its stone construction. The vast majority of Iowas 19th-century schoolhouses were of frame or log constriction, followed by brick. By 1874 at the peak of schoolhouse construction only 268 were stone, compared to 8,000 frame structures and about 650 that were brick. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>Cooper-Alley House, also known as the George Alley Residence, is a historic home located in Noble Township, Shelby County, Indiana. It was built in 1863–1864, and is a two-story, rectangular, brick farmhouse with Greek Revival and Italianate style design elements. It has a gable roof and sits on a stone foundation. A one-story rear addition was built in the late-19th century.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>John Hamilton House, also known as the Hamilton House, is a historic home located at Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana. It was built in 1853, and is a -story, rectangular, Italianate style brick dwelling. It has a slate roof and sits on a limestone block foundation. The front facade features segmental arched windows, and two two-story projecting polygonal bays flanking a semi-circular one-story porch supported by Doric order columns added about 1910.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is located in the West Side Historic District.</p><br>
<p>Porter Pool Bathhouse is a historic bathhouse located at Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana. It was built in 1930, and is a -story, rectangular, Art Deco style brick building.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
<p>Upon closure of Porter Pool, the property and building has since been repurposed as the Shelby County Tourism and Visitors Bureau Welcome Center and the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce.</p><br>
<p>Shelbyville Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana. The district encompasses 149 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing objects in the central business district of Shelbyville. It developed between about 1822 and the 1930s, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Second Empire, Beaux-Arts, Classical Revival, and Art Deco style architecture. Notable contributing resources include the Shelbyville Central Schools Administrative Offices , Carnegie Library , First Baptist Church , St. Joseph Catholic Church and School , Civic Center , Melton Jewelry Store , Blessing-Deprez Building , Knights of Pythias , Cherry Building , I.O.O.F. Building , Old High School Building , and a statue of Charles Major .</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.</p><br>
<p>The Hartness House is a historic house at 30 Orchard Street in Springfield, Vermont. Built in 1904, it is one Vermont&#39;s relatively small number of high-style Shingle style houses. It was built for James Hartness, owner of a local machine factory and later Governor of Vermont. The house, now a small hotel, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<h2>Description and history</h2><br>
<p>The Hartness House is located on the northeastern outskirts of central Springfield, at the northern end of Orchard Street. The original main portion of the house is a T-shaped -story gable-roofed wood-frame structure, its main facade facing to the south. The facade is busy with a variety of projections and cross gables of various sizes, with its ground floor exterior finished in fieldstone, and the upper levels clad in wooden shingles. Windows come in a variety of sizes and styles, many of them featuring diamond lights and other forms of tracery. The front-facing gables have decorative blocks at the peak and midway down the side, while the end gables have exposed rafter ends. A series of additions and ells have been added, primarily to the rear, providing additional facilities for its current hotel functions.</p><br>
<p>The house was built in 1904 for James Hartness, then the president of the Jones and Lamson Machine Company, a prominent local manufacturer. Hartness was then at the height of his business success, which was later crowned by his election as Governor of Vermont in 1921–22. Hartness was one of the nation&#39;s first licensed aircraft pilots, and hosted his friend and aviator Charles Lindbergh in this house.</p><br>
<p>West Side Historic District is a national historic district located at Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana. The district encompasses 373 contributing buildings and 4 contributing structures in a predominantly residential section of Shelbyville. It developed between about 1853 and the 1939, and includes notable examples of Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and Stick Style / Eastlake movement style architecture. Located in the district is the separately listed John Hamilton House. Other notable buildings include the Peter Metzger House, Joseph Acre House, Earl Karmire House, Charles Davis House, Charles Birely House, Harry Whitcomb House, First Christian Church , C.H. Campbell House, George McConnell House, First Presbyterian Church , John Randall House , Alfred Major House, Frank C Sheldon House, and Edward Thurston House.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.</p><br>
<p>Shelby County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana. It was built in 1936–1937, and is a two- to three-story, rectangular, Art Deco style limestone building. The building features a recessed five bay central section with two-story, fluted Doric order pilasters and bas relief panels. Also on the property is a contributing 1931 statue of an American Civil War soldier. The building&#39;s construction was funded in part by the Public Works Administration.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.</p><br>
<p>Highlandville School, also known as Highlandville Village School, is a historic structure located in the unincorporated community of Highlandville, Iowa, United States. It was built in 1911, replacing a 1904 building that was destroyed in a fire. The frame building follows a broad T-plan. The top of the T is a two-room rectangular section capped with a hip roof. A single-room, central projecting gable-front with a belfry forms the Ts upright. The front section was used an entryway/coatroom, while the two-room back section housed the classrooms. The frame structure rests on a limestone basement. An entrance ramp replaces the original entrance steps. Two privies, which share the historic designation, are located to the north of the main building. The school was operated independently until 1960, and it closed in 1964. It stands as a reminder of the state of Iowas determination to educate its citizens, particularly in the rural areas. It is also a unique rural two-room schoolhouse in Winneshiek County. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.</p><br>
<p>Locust School is a historic building located north of Decorah, Iowa, United States. Built in 1854, the one-room schoolhouse is composed of rubble ashlar limestone and capped with a gable roof. The lintels and window sills are also stone. A belfry with round-arch openings is located above the main entrance. The school was established just after the village of Locust was surveyed and settlement had begun. It remained in operation with all elementary grades until 1950, when it was reduced to specific grades. It was closed in 1960. The Winneshiek County Historical Society acquired the building and operates a museum in it. It was one of the first school buildings constructed in Winneshiek County. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.</p><br>
<p>St. Boniface Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church at Fulda in Harrison Township, Spencer County, Indiana. Built from 1861 to 1865, it is a one-story, Romanesque Revival style brick church with a semi-circular apse, on a sandstone block foundation, and measures 55 x 139 feet . It has a 150 foot tall entrance tower with spire.</p><br>
<p>The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>Deutsch Evangelische St. Paul&#39;s Kirche is a historic Evangelical Protestant church located at Santa Claus, Spencer County, Indiana. It was built in 1880, and is a one-story, wood-frame building sheathed in clapboard siding. It sits on a sandstone block foundation and has a gable roof. It features a square bell tower with steeple measuring 70 feet tall. The building was moved to Santa Claus Park in 2012.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and delisted in 2012.</p><br>
<p>Steyer Opera House is a historic building located in Decorah, Iowa, United States. The three-story, brick commercial block was designed by F.G. Brant of Dubuque. Its original owner and namesake was Joseph Steyer, who emigrated from Luxembourg in 1852 and settled in Decorah in 1865. The building was built in 1870 and an additional three bays were added to the east side in 1875. The first floor houses retail space, the second floor historically housed apartments, and the auditorium is on the third floor. The walls and ceiling are covered with tin that is pressed in a variety of decorative patterns. Doorways flank the proscenium. They are framed by paneled pilasters and capped with a broad architrave. The balcony that rings the main floor on three sides of the auditorium was part of the 1875 renovation of the building. It is now part of the neighboring Hotel Winneshiek. The building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.</p><br>
<p>Steuben County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Angola, Steuben County, Indiana. It was built in 1867–1868, and is a two-story, rectangular, brick building with Greek Revival, Italianate, and Romanesque Revival style design influences. It features a gable roof with bracketed eaves and topped by an octagonal domed cupola with a square base and captain&#39;s walk.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.</p><br>
<p>Steuben County Jail is a historic jail located at Angola, Steuben County, Indiana. It was built in 1877, and is a -story, brick and concrete building with Second Empire style design elements. It consists of an irregular main section with a rectangular prison wing at the rear. A porch was enclosed in 1961 and wing added in 1971. The main section is topped by a slate mansard roof and has an elaborate tower with a pyramidal roof and elaborate cupola.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.</p><br>
<p>Pleasant Lake, also known as the New York Central Railroad Depot, is a historic train station located at Pleasant Lake, Steuben Township, Steuben County, Indiana. It was built in 1882 by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, and is a one-story, rectangular, Gothic Revival style frame building. It has a gable roof and is clad in board and batten siding.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001 as the Pleasant Lake Depot.</p><br>
<p>Collins School, also known as Jamestown Township District #3 School, is a historic one-room school building located in Jamestown Township, Steuben County, Indiana. It was built in 1877, and is a one-story, rectangular, Italianate style brick building. It has a steep gable roof topped by a square-plan belfry containing the original bell. It remained in use as a school until in 1943. It was restored in 1966–1967.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.</p><br>
<p>Ossian Opera House, later known as the Knights of Columbus Hall, then “Wild Woods Event Center” and currently “Christ Our Redeemer Community Church”, is a historic building located in Ossian, Iowa, United States. The opera house "movement" was active in Iowa from about 1870 to 1930. Numerous auditoriums and halls were built in towns large and small. Ossian is somewhat unusual for a small town in that its opera house was a single-use type of building, rather a mixed-use facility. The frame building with a gable roof was built in 1893 by the Ossian Hall Company. It features a three-part facade, with a central frontispiece that is flanked by side wings. The hall could seat 350 people. The local Knights of Columbus council, a Catholic fraternal organization, acquired the building in 1956, and renovated the building for their clubhouse. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.</p><br>
<p>Enos Michael House, also known as the Michael-Sullins House, is a historic home located</p><br>
<p>in Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana. It was built in 1848, and is a -story, rectangular, five bay, Greek Revival style frame dwelling. It sits on a cut stone foundation and has a side gable roof. A rear addition was built about 1920. It features a recently added one-bay, central entrance portico.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.</p><br>
<p>Fawn River State Fish Hatchery, also known as the Orland Fish Hatchery, is a historic hatchery located at Orland and Millgrove Township, Steuben County, Indiana. It was developed between 1935 and 1937 by the Works Progress Administration, and dedicated in 1942. Contributing resources include the entrance arch, fieldstone bridge, eight rearing ponds, the property manager&#39;s residence, the Colonial Revival style hatchery building, a dam impounding the supply pond, four small pools, and six large rearing ponds.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.</p><br>
<p>Fox Lake is a national historic district located in Pleasant Township, Steuben County, Indiana. The district encompasses 27 contributing buildings associated with the Fox Lake Resort vacation community. It developed between 1928 and 1950 as a vacation resort for middle class African-Americans. The cottages are primarily one-story, frame dwellings with gable roofs and concrete block foundations.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
<p>Angola Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Angola, Steuben County, Indiana. The district encompasses 49 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing objects in the central business district of Angola. It developed between about 1861 and the 1960, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Romanesque Revival, Beaux-Arts, Classical Revival, Late Gothic Revival, and Art Deco style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Steuben County Courthouse and Steuben County Jail. Other notable buildings include the Angola City Hall, Angola Police and Fire Department Building , First Congregational United Church of Christ , United Methodist Church of Angola , Patterson Block , Jackson Block , Croxton Opera House , Angola Masonic Building , Armory Building , and First National Bank .</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.</p><br>
<p>Sullivan County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Sullivan, Sullivan County, Indiana. It was built between 1926 and 1928, and is a three-story, nearly square, steel frame and concrete, Beaux-Arts style building faced in limestone. All four faces are nearly identical and feature a traditional Corinthian order composite cornice. The central of each facade has a rounded arch parapet with clock. The building is nearly identical to the Vermillion County Courthouse.</p><br>
<p>It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.</p><br>
<p>The Wenzil Taylor Building is a historic building located in Spillville, Iowa, United States. Wenzil Taylor had this building constructed in 1871 for use as a general merchandise store. It is located in the town&#39;s original commercial district, and it is the last remaining commercial</p><br>
<p>structure from that era.</p><br>
<p>The two-story structure has side and rear walls of rubble limestone with a brick facade. The decorative elements of the Italianate style building features brick arches with dressed limestone keystones, recessed brick panels, and brick pilasters. The bracketed cornice on the top is a recreation added during the building&#39;s restoration in the 1980s.</p><br>
<p>It continued to house a merchandise store for most of its history, and was used as a residence before it was abandoned. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. After its restoration in the 1980s, it became a restaurant and inn.</p><br>
<p>The Burr Oak House/Masters Hotel, also known as the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum and Park, is a historic building located in Burr Oak, Iowa, United States. The 1½-story frame structure was built in 1856, and features a full width front porch and a raised basement. Its significance is derived from three elements of its history. First, it is one of the few pre-1860 buildings that was built specifically as a hotel that remains in Iowa. Second, it served as a hotel in a small Iowa town for a significant period of time, enduring changing economic times and tastes. The hotel started as a log structure that was built in 1851, and after this building was built five years later, remained in business until 1878 with different owners and names. At that time it became a dry goods and general store, and served that purpose into the early 1890s when Dr. W.H. Emmons used it as a residence and office. Around 1896 a two-story addition, no longer extant, was built onto the south side and it was made exclusively into a house.</p><br>
<p>The third significant element of the former hotel is its association with author Laura Ingalls Wilder, who lived here as a child from 1876 to 1877. It is the only known extant building occupied by the Ingalls&#39; family in Burr Oak. Her father Charles ran the hotel, and worked in a saw mill. The family moved into the grocery store next door, before leaving town in 1878. The building was in a dilapidated state when it was bought in 1973 by Laura Ingalls Wilder Park, Inc. They restored the building and turned it into a museum. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.</p><br>
<p>The Burr Oak Savings Bank, across the street from the hotel, serves as the visitors&#39; center for the museum.</p><br>
<p>Burr Oak Savings Bank – also known as the Burr Oak Post Office – is an historic building located in Burr Oak, Iowa, United States. The free-standing, single-story, brick structure was built in 1910 in the Italianate style. Its primary decorative feature is a panel with corbeled brickwork in a dentil-like pattern, and the bracketed tin cornice above it. In 1931 it suffered a robbery, being the first robbery in Winneshiek County. That same year – as well as in 1941, 1955 and 1967 – the building underwent expansions. After the bank closed, the building was used as a barber shop and the post office, which closed in 1981. In 2014 it became the Visitors Center for the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum and Park. It is the only building that remains on Burr Oak&#39;s main street from a period of economic expansion in early 20th-century Iowa, based on agricultural production and land values. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.</p><br>
<p>Painter-Bernatz Mill, also known as the Old Stone Mill, is a historic building located in Decorah, Iowa, United States. The original part of the mill was constructed by William Painter in 1851, and it was expanded to its present size in the next year or two. A mill race was constructed from a dam on the Upper Iowa River, and it was routed beneath the building to power the turbine. It was the first of at least 15 mills that used this river as its source of power. The lower two floors are composed of native limestone. The original hip roof was removed sometime between 1874 and 1890 and the present gable roof was built giving the mill a large loft. Diesel power replaced water power in 1947. The building continued to operate as a mill until 1964. It became a part of the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in 1971, and houses exhibits on agriculture and industry. It is also a site in the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area. The former mill is the oldest building in Decorah. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.</p><br>
