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Vale High School, Vale South Dakota

Vale High School, Vale South Dakota

Vale, a pioneering community in the east end of Butte County, acquired a post office in 1883. After the coming of the railroad and an important irrigation project of 1909, Vale became a thriving agricultural town. Stephen Berry was hired to design a school for the growing community and it was built in 1914 by Guy Kingsbury of Vale. A two-year curriculum was offered in the structure until 1927 when it became a four-year accredited high school. Shortly after this time, a gymnasium was constructed to the west of the older building. Hundreds of school and public events went on in the school during its heyday. It continued to serve the area as an operating high school until August 26, 1967.

Idora Park, Youngstown Ohio

Idora Park, Youngstown Ohio

Abandoned Amusement park in Ohio

The Park & Falls Street Railway Company opened for business as a major streetcar line in the City of Youngstown in 1897. Owned and operated by the P & O Power & Light Company, this trolley line soon became a major means of transportation up and down the rapidly industrializing Mahoning Valley in the late 1890s. The lands of Lemuel T. & Susanna B. Foster at the southwestern edge of town, situated atop the eastern edge of Mill Creek Valley near historic Lanterman Falls, were developed into an amusement park. These grounds opened on Decoration Day 1899 as Terminal Park, so named because it was at the end of the company's trolley car line. The following year, the owners of the

Marting Hotel, Ironton Ohio

Marting Hotel, Ironton Ohio

Marting Hotel was the first major hotel within the city limits. Rooming houses preceded the new hotel and the earlier hotels in the region that were of residential and wood frame construction. To this day, the Marting Hotel is the only remaining downtown hotel from this era. The hotel had, until recently, served the community's transient population. The Marting Hotel had been conveniently located two blocks from the railroad depot and steamship docks on the Ohio River. From the early to mid-1800s and continuing into the 1940s, this port on the Ohio River served as a strong trade and industrial stop. Ironton had once been dubbed as Little Chicago because it served as an overnight railroad stop on the Chicago to

Marlow Theater, Ironton Ohio

Marlow Theater, Ironton Ohio

The Marlow Theatre Building is an imposing early twentieth-century four-story commercial building situated on a corner parcel with an attached theater in the central business district of Ironton. The Marlow Theatre opened in 1920 and was constructed adjacent to the Marting Hotel. The name for the Marlow Theatre is commonly known to have been a contraction of the Marting and Lowry family names. Dr. A.C. Lowry was Henry Marting's business partner and son-in-law. Col. Henry A. Marting was an important name within Ironton and had been instrumental in starting several businesses and owned three iron furnaces in the early 20^th century. Col. Marting was influential in the completion of the Marting Hotel after that project had languished for years under other

Pennsylvania Railroad Station - Baker Street Station, Fort Wayne Indiana

Pennsylvania Railroad Station - Baker Street Station, Fort Wayne Indiana

The Pennsylvania Railroad Station, or Baker Street Station, is the most prominent remaining structure built in Fort Wayne by the Pennsylvania Railroad, a railroad that made a significant contribution to the development of the city as a major rail and industrial center. The Pennsylvania Station was built during the era in which the transportation of passengers and freight was dominated by the railroads, and it served as the city's primary connection to the national rail system until the end of the passenger era in Fort Wayne. The Fort Wayne Pennsylvania Railroad Station was built on West Baker Street in 1913-1914, while construction of an adjacent rail elevation was underway. When the Pennsylvania Station opened to the public on March 23^rd, 1914,

Ceylon Covered Bridge, Geneva Indiana

Ceylon Covered Bridge, Geneva Indiana

Two large natural watercourses each traverse Adams County in a northwesterly direction, the Wabash River in the southern quarter and the St. Mary's River in the northern three-quarters. These rivers are parts of different watersheds: Waters from the Wabash ultimately exit the continent through the Gulf of Mexico, while those of the St. Mary's leave through the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The Wabash, the river of primary interest here, wound and wove especially crookedly and sluggishly across the county. Although in decline as routes of transportation by the time of the U.S. Civil War, both rivers still helped to move some goods across the county and region. Among the important early roadways in Adams County, at least a pair associated with

Conimicut Lighthouse, Warwick Rhode Island

Conimicut Lighthouse, Warwick Rhode Island

Established in 1868 off Conimicut Point at the entrance to the Providence River, Conimicut Light is an important navigational aid for ships en route to Providence and was the first light in Narragansett Bay to be built offshore. Prior to its construction, only unlighted day markers and buoys warned ships of offshore reefs or shoals within the Bay. The present tower, which dates from 1883, is of prefabricated cast-iron construction, and is one of four surviving caisson-type lighthouses in the state. It has the unique distinction of being the last lighthouse in the country to be converted from kerosene to an electric lamp. Although a light had been established at Nayatt Point on the east side of the entrance to the

Castle Hill Lighthouse, Newport Rhode Island

Castle Hill Lighthouse, Newport Rhode Island

One of Only a Few Light Towers Designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque Style

Built in 1890, Castle Hill Light is the only lighthouse in Rhode Island, and one of perhaps only a few others in the country, to be designed in the Richardson Romanesque Style. Although the plans for the tower are unsigned, they may have been drawn by H. H. Richardson himself, as a similar unexecuted design for the light is attributed to him. Located on the entrance to Narragansett Bay's East Passage, the light serves to guide ships en route to Newport Harbor as well as those traveling further up the Bay. As early as 1869, the annual report of the Lighthouse Board cited a need for a lighthouse and fog signal at Castle Hill to guide ships through the entrance of

Burrington Covered Bridge, Lyndon Vermont

Burrington Covered Bridge, Lyndon Vermont

The Burrington covered bridge is one of five covered wood bridges remaining in the town of Lyndon. In 1965, a new bridge better suited to current traffic was built immediately upstream of the Burrington bridge, which then was closed to vehicles. The Town of Lyndon plans to maintain the bridge, however, in recognition of its historic and architectural value. The Burrington bridge displays marked architectural similarity to the four other bridges in Lyndon and a bridge in the adjoining town of Danville. Generally, the bridges have open upper walls, extended eaves, projecting gable ends, and portals framed either with diagonal upper corners or arches, each complemented by similar forms under the eaves. These characteristics identify the most distinctive regional design among

Scottown Covered Bridge, Scottown Ohio

Scottown Covered Bridge, Scottown Ohio

The Scottown Covered Bridge was built in 1874 and takes its name from the crossroads community of Scottown one-half mile to the west. The bridge is situated over scenic Indian Guyan Creek just south off SR 217 in eastern Lawrence County. This old bridge is of an unusual type of construction, but we must call it an adaptation of the basic multiple kingpost. It was not at all unusual for builders of these wooden truss bridges to experiment with several different combinations of timber arrangements and then to come up with something which defies accurate description. The marks of the old hand-adze can still be seen on some of the timbers of this bridge. Over the years this bridge has been

Mt. Healthy Public School - Grace Hunt School, Mount Healthy Ohio

Mt. Healthy Public School - Grace Hunt School, Mount Healthy Ohio

The Mt. Healthy Public School, now known as Grace E. Hunt School, is located at the top of a hill in the small community of Mt. Healthy approximately 10 miles north of Cincinnati. The earliest school in this community dated back to the initial settlement of the area in the first decades of the 1800's. A succession of school buildings were built during the nineteenth century to serve the growing population in Mt. Healthy, known as Mt. Pleasant during that century. By 1860, the fifth school structure was being erected on the present site of the Mt. Healthy Public School. In 1892, a two-year high school course was organized in Mt. Healthy and was housed in the 1860 school building, which

Edward and Louise Moore Estate, Mentor Ohio

Edward and Louise Moore Estate, Mentor Ohio

The Edward W. and Louise C. Moore Estate (Mooreland), built in 1897-1900 and enlarged in 1906-1907, was the residence of Edward W. Moore, a prominent Cleveland capitalist, most noted for his significance in the establishment of electric railway and interurban lines which facilitated the growth and development of Cleveland suburbs and surrounding communities. The Moore Estate is an excellent intact example of the early pretentious summer residences in Lake County, which spawned the development of the area as a summer community for wealthy Clevelanders during the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries. The Moore Estate is an excellent example of Neo-Classical architecture, representing the work of Arthur N. Oviatt and J. Milton Dyer, important local architects. Edward W. Moore (1864-1928) was

Gordon Hotel, Lafayette Louisiana

Gordon Hotel, Lafayette Louisiana

In September, 1890, several Lafayette business leaders met to organize a Board of Trade for the purpose of developing new businesses in the community. The Board of Trade found little support in the community at this time for such a group. However, the idea of an association to promote the commercial interest of Lafayette lingered on. In November 1890, a committee of merchants met and established a Blue Law Association to strictly enforce the Sunday Law which forbade business operations on Sunday. Over the next few years, this Blue Law Association became much more than its name implied. In essence, it became the town's first Chamber of Commerce. The civic spirit and cooperation exhibited in organizations such as the Board of

First Street School, DeRidder Louisiana

First Street School, DeRidder Louisiana

Although it has never undergone an official name change, the school has been known by three titles over the years. Beauregard Parish School Board minutes refer to it as the DeRidder Grammar School for the first year of its existence. However, the minutes also show that it was called First Street School throughout the 1940s. Later it became known as DeRidder Elementary School. The land upon which the school stands has been used for educational purposes since 1906. In that year the Ludington, Wells & Van Schaick Company (a lumber concern) donated the site to Calcasieu Parish, of which DeRidder was at that time a part. The current building is the third school to be constructed on the site and was

Muller's Department Store, Lake Charles Louisiana

Muller's Department Store, Lake Charles Louisiana

The mercantile establishment that opened in its new three-story, 45,000-square-foot home in 1913 was founded in 1882 by a young window, Julie Muller. In 1870, at the age of sixteen, Julie Kaufman left her home in France to join her brother in Labadieville, Louisiana. She soon married, only to lose her husband in the yellow fever epidemic of 1878. Her brother was also deceased and she was left to care for herself and two small children. Her first mercantile endeavor was in New Orleans, where she opened a millinery shop. Soon she moved to Lake Charles, where in 1882 she established a mercantile business in a small one-story frame building with commercial space in the front and living quarters at the

Rayville High School, Rayville Louisiana

Rayville High School, Rayville Louisiana

The Rayville High School (1930) is a three-story brick neo-classical building with cast concrete details located on the edge of the town's old central business district. The site includes separate buildings for the gym and superintendent's office. The otherwise basically plain building culminates in a neo-classical three bay central section that projects slightly. Its lower story is cast concrete as are the decorative details. The bays are defined by prominent Ionic pilasters. The central opening on the second story is a handsome round arch window with the muntins forming a tracery pattern. The use of a tower, in this case crowning the central section, is certainly not typical of the neo-classical style. Instead, it reminds one of the towers found above

Laura Plantation, Vacherie Louisiana

Laura Plantation, Vacherie Louisiana

Large Creole Plantation Complex in Louisiana Open for Tours

The land on which Laura stands was originally owned by Andre Neau, who obtained it in a French royal land grant in 1755. The plantation became the property of the Dupare family in the late 1700s. The main house appears to have been built around 1820. The plantation was divided between two family members in 1876. The house continued in the hands of Dupare heirs until 1891. In that year Dupare descendant Laura Locoul sold the property to A. Florian Waguespack. However, a condition of the sale was that the plantation and house should continue to be called Laura. The house was passed down through the succeeding generations of the Waguespack family until 1980, when the final Waguespack residents moved out.

Mineola Hotel, Fox Lake Illinois

Mineola Hotel, Fox Lake Illinois

In 1883, Thomas Parker purchased the tract of land on Fox Lake known as Mineola Woods. Parker purchased this land for the Union Club of Chicago, Inc. for the purpose as stated in their by-laws; to provide recreation and social intercourse among their members. The Union Club built a small Clubhouse. In 1888, the Mineola Club, Inc. of Chicago purchased all the holdings of the Union Club and built the north half of the present building. Christen Knowles, a carpenter-contractor, Charles O'Boyle and Robert McNeil were the builders of the first section of the Mineola Hotel. All of the lumber and materials used in the construction of the Hotel was transported across the lake in steamboats. The Hotel served as a

Durand High School, Durand Michigan

Durand High School, Durand Michigan

This Former School Building has Been Converted into 40 Senior Apartments

Replacing a school that burned in 1919, the Durand High School (later renamed Arthur Lucas Junior High School) was constructed in 1920 and was designed by the Detroit architecture firm of Van Leyen, Schilling, Keough and Reynolds. Its design and history reflect the statewide trends in education at the time of its construction. The school was the center of education and a community gathering place from 1920 through 1965. Durand was originally named Vernon Center. Its first settlers came to the area in about 1832. The area's long association with the railroad began in 1856 when the Detroit & Milwaukee (later the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee) Railroad opened a twenty-eight-mile line between Fenton, Vernon Center, Corunna, and Owosso. The town's

Belmont Hotel, Belmont New York

Belmont Hotel, Belmont New York

The Belmont Hotel, built in 1890, was Belmont's chief hostelry at the end of the nineteenth century and for much of the twentieth century. Located immediately adjacent to the Allegany County Courthouse and other county offices, the hotel played an important role in the county's social, business, and political affairs. Designed by Enoch A. Curtis of Fredonia, New York, in partnership with William Archer, the hotel reflects the influences of the then-popular Queen Anne and Commercial Romanesque styles. The cast iron storefronts and arcaded loggia leading to the hotel lobby are particularly fine examples of architectural cast iron in Allegany County. The lot on which the Belmont Hotel was built has been important geographically since the time of the Seneca Indians.

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