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Center Point Covered Bridge, Center Point West Virginia

Center Point Covered Bridge, Center Point West Virginia

The Center Point Covered Bridge is is one of only 17 Covered bridges remaining in West Virginia. It is the remnant of a unique and once flourishing engineering form, the American timbered covered bridge. Such bridges once carried a huge volume of the traffic in rural areas and small towns of America. It was the timber truss mode of covered bridges (such as Center Point's Long system of 4x panels) that gave rise to the all metal truss bridge that is also recognized as an American contribution to world engineering. The Center Point Covered Bridge is the only remaining covered bridge in Doddridge County. On July 13, 1888, the Doddridge County Court ordered that G.W. Ice be appointed a commissioner to

Twentieth Century Theater, Cincinnati Ohio

Twentieth Century Theater, Cincinnati Ohio

Constructed in 1941, the Twentieth Century Theatre was used for movie theatre purposes from its construction date until 1984 and for commercial purposes until 1986. Located within the Cincinnati community of Oakley, this building is found within the neighborhood business district. Oakley developed initially in response to speculative developers taking advantage of early twentieth-century improvements in transportation technology and the desire of many residents to migrate from the central city into the expanding suburbs. In time, this neighborhood emerged as a working-class residential area with small single-family homes and small apartment buildings located on dense, compact streetscapes. The local business district, Oakley Square, evolved to serve the needs of the local residents. Through time, the residential community grew and attracted several

Kenner High School, Kenner Louisiana

Kenner High School, Kenner Louisiana

Kenner High School was the first school to be built in the City of Kenner. It originally offered all grades, becoming a junior high in the late 1950s. Because the building is beneath the flight path of the nearby Lewis Armstrong International Airport, in 1993 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) bought the property as part of the 1990 FAA Noise Abatement Program. In February 1995, a land swap between the City of Kenner and the FAA saved the school from demolition. The municipal government now owns the building and plans to restore it for use as city offices. Located along the north bank of the Mississippi River, the City of Kenner stands on ground under cultivation as early as 1720. By

Dorr E. Felt Mansion, Laketown Michigan

Dorr E. Felt Mansion, Laketown Michigan

The Felt Mansion was the summer home of Chicago businessman Dorr Eugene Felt, inventor, entrepreneur, and statesman. Felt invented the Comptometer, the first multiple-column calculating machine, and established the Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Company to manufacture the product. He served as president of the highly successful company. It was a trend among wealthy Chicagoans in the early twentieth century to establish summer estates along Lake Michigan's east shore. Dorr Eugene Felt was born March 18, 1862, on a farm in Rockford County, Wisconsin, near the town of Beloit. After leaving school at the age of 14, Felt went to work in a machine shop in Beloit. At eighteen he moved to Chicago where he soon became foreman of a rolling mill.

Lisburn Plantation House, Ferriday Louisiana

Lisburn Plantation House, Ferriday Louisiana

Lisburn plantation house is an outstanding example of a Greek Revival raised plantation house in northeastern Louisiana. It is probably the largest example in the area. It has full front and rear galleries, which is a feature rare in the region. Most other period examples have only a front gallery, with possibly a kitchen wing in the back. False marbling is extensively used on the front facade and on the mantels. Lisburn plantation house was built in 1852 by Thomas McAllister, a young man who had inherited its original site from his mother. It is said that he built the home for his bride Harriet Hagaman, whom he married in 1853. For the remainder of the 1850s, McAllister operated a cotton

Vaiden High School, Vaiden Mississippi

Vaiden High School, Vaiden Mississippi

The history of the Vaiden School System began in the mid-1800s when Dr. Vaiden built a one-room school east of the Vaiden Cemetery for the education of white children. In 1875, Dr. and Mrs. Vaiden built a two-story brick school, the Vaiden Male and Female Academy, on Lot 158 in Vaiden. A few years later, in 1879, Dr. Vaiden deeded the one-room schoolhouse to the African-American citizens, and by 1881, the Rosenwald Foundation had enlarged the school to three rooms. The white children continued in the two-storied brick Vaiden Male and Female Academy building until the late thirties when the Town of Vaiden decided it was time for a new school. Mr. Rush Weir, who lived just west of the present

Goodall Building, Cincinnati Ohio

Goodall Building, Cincinnati Ohio

The building was constructed in 1893-94 and designed by the noted Cincinnati architect George W. Rapp. Originally designed to be a seven bay, symmetrical building occupying a prominent corner opposite City Hall, it was constructed as a four-bay asymmetrical building utilizing only half of the original design. The building was built for William Goodall, a dealer in monuments, marble, and granite, whose business was located nearby. He never occupied it, but rented it out for various commercial purposes including banking and offices. Through the years it has housed various commercial, residential, and light industrial activities. It has been vacant for a number of years and has some structural deterioration. The building was built across from the newly constructed City Hall, probably

Madam Fredin's Eden Park School & Houses, Cincinnati Ohio

Madam Fredin's Eden Park School & Houses, Cincinnati Ohio

938-946 Morris was constructed over several years as Madam Fredin's Eden Park School as they found it necessary to make more space for their students. Madam Fredin and her husband, August Fredin the French Consul in Cincinnati, contributed to the educational and cultural life in Cincinnati. Madam Fredin conducted a private school for girls in this city. It was one of six private girls schools at that time and the only one where pupils were permitted to stay with the family with French strictly spoken in the family. The courses were designed for the primary, preparatory and collegiate levels with the pupils being fitted to pass the Harvard Examinations for women. Many of the best families in Cincinnati sent their daughters

Boston Store, Erie Pennsylvania

Boston Store, Erie Pennsylvania

The Boston Store grew out of the Erie Dry Goods Company, founded in 1885 by Elisha H. Mack. In that year Mack purchased a bankrupt dry goods store on Peach Street, and named it after the city of Boston, then perceived to be a center of fashion and culture. In 1886 Mack moved the Boston Store to the 700 block of State Street after acquiring a narrow three-story building there. This latter location was nearer the center of Erie's commercial district. The Boston Store gradually expanded, purchasing neighboring properties and incorporating the acquired two and three-story buildings into the store. More departments and services were added as the store expanded. Between 1886 and 1930 the Boston Store acquired perhaps as many

Bird Octagonal Mule Barn Birdland Farm, Cropper Kentucky

Bird Octagonal Mule Barn Birdland Farm, Cropper Kentucky

Henry Bird was a son of Philemon Bird, owner of the property across from this site. Philemon Bird gave each of his children 100 acres, and Henry acquired this site. The present dwelling on this site was constructed in 1896. The mule barn was built in 1880, or possibly earlier. He sold mules to the army and down south. The barn housed up to forty mules at any one time. There was a narrow aisle, and a central round trough so that each mule could be fed at the same time from one piece. Their heads came together. The farm was inherited by Tate Bird, youngest of Henry's seven children, who operated a dairy farm and added to the barn. Originally

Maple Grove, Poughkeepsie New York

Maple Grove, Poughkeepsie New York

This 1850 Mansion was Built by a Wealthy NYC Banker and now Sits Vacant

Maple Grove was built in 1850 as the centerpiece of a 35-acre rural estate, with a long entrance drive flanked by an allee of trees, vistas toward the Hudson River, and a full complement of outbuildings that harmonized with the main residence. Maple Grove was one of a number of country estates that were developed in the 19^th century along both sides of the main road leading south from the city of Poughkeepsie, including the famed Matthew Vassar estate, Springside, and Locust Grove, the property of inventor Samuel F. B. Morse. Maple Grove was originally developed for New York City merchant Charles Macy, and in 1870 it became the country seat of the Adolphus Hamilton family, who owned it until the

Locust Grove - Samuel Morse House, Poughkeepsie New York

Locust Grove - Samuel Morse House, Poughkeepsie New York

Although it was not until May 24, 1844, that Samuel Finley Breese Morse telegraphed his famous message What hath God wrought! from Washington to Baltimore, he had been working on a long-range telegraph since 1832 and had acquired his patent in 1837. Despite the claims of various other inventors, Morse's patent has been upheld, and he is universally credited as the father of the telegraph. Morse purchased Locust Grove in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1847. He had been a wanderer for years, yet he returned to Locust Grove summer after summer, adding sections to the original house and making it very much his own home. Locust Grove has remained substantially unchanged since Morse's occupancy, and has undergone restoration for use as

Tacony Plantation House, Vidalia Louisiana

Tacony Plantation House, Vidalia Louisiana

Tacony Plantation was the home of planter Alfred Vidal Davis and is the only remaining antebellum plantation house in the Vidalia area. It is also the last remaining brick building in Concordia Parish. It is not known precisely when the house was built. Architectural evidence suggests a date of about 1850. The tract on which the house stands was originally claimed by Ann B. Walker. There is no document conveying the land from Ann B. Walker to someone else, but a partition agreement from 1829 between the heirs of Stephen Minor states that Minor had obtained the tract from Ann B. Walker at some point during his lifetime. As a result of the partition, Minor's son obtained the land. His name

Merit Underwear Company, Shoemakersville Pennsylvania

Merit Underwear Company, Shoemakersville Pennsylvania

The Village of Shoemakersville developed along a transportation route, the Schuylkill River, as settlers (mostly of German extraction) moved inland from Philadelphia in the 18^th century. In 1766, Thomas Wright and George and Henry Shoemaker purchased land which now comprises Shoemakersville. Early development hinged around transportation along the river and later the Schuylkill Canal. A number of early residents were boatmen on the canal. As development in the region continued, coal mining was taking place north of Shoemakersville, and runoff from the mines was polluting the river with pieces of coal and coal dust. This pollution reached the point where it became profitable to extract the coal from the river. This was the start of Shoemakersville's industrial activities. As the area

Wilson Junior High School, Muncie Indiana

Wilson Junior High School, Muncie Indiana

The construction of the Wilson Junior High School building reflects theories of school design prevalent in the early 20th-century. These theories appear in several publications of the era that concern themselves with the architecture of public school buildings. Recommendations focus on health and safety issues. Stairways were to be constructed of slow-burning materials capable of resisting high temperatures and flames. They needed to employ sturdy balustrades of closed construction that would prevent the unnecessary failure of the stairway if children were to press against the balustrades in an emergency situation. The sturdy and fire-resistant terrazzo and concrete staircases of the Wilson Junior High School put these recommendations into practice. Wide corridors with glazed brick wainscoting, such as those of the Wilson

Irvine Grade School, Irvine Kentucky

Irvine Grade School, Irvine Kentucky

Irvine Elementary School was established during a period of extraordinary growth. Fueled by the development of railroad transportation and the extraction of oil reserves, Irvine was settled by throngs of workers looking for social and economic opportunity. This new working class settled in the city of Irvine and began to raise families. Demands soon arose for adequate public educational facilities. The first public grade school in the city of Irvine, deemed the Irvine Public School, was founded in 1897. This structure was a one-story frame building with two classroom spaces. Entrance to the school was accessed through a lobby on which was superimposed a one-and-a-half story frame cupola. The population of Irvine continued to grow and in 1910 the Irvine Public

Lincoln School, Paducah Kentucky

Lincoln School, Paducah Kentucky

Lincoln School is the most significant building in Paducah constructed for the public education of the city's African American youth. Consisting of three buildings erected in 1894, 1921, and 1938, respectively, Lincoln School was developed to meet the demand for high-quality educational facilities for African Americans, for whom it represented for over 65 years the means to a better life. The first educational institution in Paducah was established in 1829. This was a private school conducted in the home of a local minister. Early private schools included the Paducah Male University and the Paducah Female Academy. These schools were funded by a special lottery authorized by the Kentucky State Legislature. The town's first public schools were established in 1864 when two

State Theatre, Elizabethtown Kentucky

State Theatre, Elizabethtown Kentucky

Constructed in 1942, the State Theater is one of many movie theatres in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; however, it is a significant reminder of entertainment in Elizabethtown and Hardin County in the mid-20^th century. This theatre is the only remaining structure constructed solely for the purposes of showing motion pictures, and it is one of two structures in Elizabethtown-Hardin County which exhibit the Art Deco style of architecture. It is a product of the demand and needs for entertainment during World War II, and it reflects local, state, and national trends in theatre construction and Art Deco style of architecture. The growth and development of the motion picture industry occurred in the early 20^th century and affected the types of establishments

Alma Depot, Alma Georgia

Alma Depot, Alma Georgia

The location of present-day Alma was first a stop on a logging railroad where it crossed Big Hurricane Creek. When the McLaughlin, Deen and Company turpentine business started around 1899, Alma was named and became a post office. The town was incorporated in 1904 but not laid out until 1906. The depot, completed that same year, was outside the original town plan. In 1910 the town population was 458 but after Bacon County was created in 1914, Alma became the county seat and its population rose to 1,061 by the 1920 Census. These first decades of the town's growth saw business and residential structures constructed along either side of the railroad, around the depot. The original rail line through what is

Beattyville Grade School - WBKY Radio Station, Beattyville Kentucky

Beattyville Grade School - WBKY Radio Station, Beattyville Kentucky

The Beattyville Grade School was built in 1926. The school housed not only students until its closure in 1967, but also housed the first public educational radio station in the United States, WBKY, aimed at rural communities from 1940-1941. This parcel of land prior to 1920 served as the site for the Ninaweb Inn, which was known as the finest lodging establishment of Beattyville. According to local documentation, the Ninaweb was sold on November 26^th, 1907 by Mary P. Lyon and her husband F.G. Lyon to Sam Darch for the sum of $10,000. On August 27^th, 1920 the Ninaweb Inn was sold by J.F. Sutton and William Goocey, Executors of the last will and testament of Samuel Darch to A. B.

Book Title Abandoned Industrial Places: Factories, laboratories, mills and mines that the world left behind (Abandoned Places)

Abandoned Industrial Places: Factories, laboratories, mills and mines that the world left behind (Abandoned Places)

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Abandoned: Hauntingly Beautiful Deserted Theme Parks

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Abandoned Palaces (Abandoned Places)

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Abandoned Train Stations (Abandoned Places)

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