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Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot, Helena Arkansas

Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot, Helena Arkansas

Constructed in 1915, the Missouri-Pacific Depot in Helena is one of Arkansas's finest examples of the architecture which characterized that company's construction in the early days of the twentieth century. Of Craftsman design with Classical Revival influences, the depot was built on the site of an old Arkansas Midland Railway Company depot, and is the city's best representative of the railroad industry, which once rivaled river traffic to make Helena one of Arkansas's transportation centers. The city of Helena (population 9,000) has always been known as Arkansas' only port on the Mississippi River. Located fifty miles south of Memphis, the town grew before the Civil War as a shipping outlet for the products of the rich alluvial farms of the Arkansas'

Frisco Railroad Depot, Fayetteville Arkansas

Frisco Railroad Depot, Fayetteville Arkansas

The first passenger train arrived at Fayetteville on July 4^th, 1882. Its arrival marked an end to the geographical isolation of the Ozark region of Northwest Arkansas. The city of Fayetteville, the largest and most affluent population center in the region and location of the University of Arkansas since 1871, had outbid other towns for the railroad by raising $8,000 for promotion and another $2,500 for the construction of a depot. The first depot burned down in 1897, and the present structure was built soon after on the same site. The depot was totally remodeled and enlarged in 1925, as a result of pressure on the Frisco Line from the Fayetteville City Council. At the height of its use, the station

Pearson-Boyer Plantation, Sparta Georgia

Pearson-Boyer Plantation, Sparta Georgia

The history of the Pearson-Boyer Plantation begins with the arrival of the original owner/builder to the land and the county in the early 19^th century. Stephen Edward Pearson, Sr. (1774-1854) arrived in Hancock County, Georgia, between 1795 and 1805. The county had only recently (1793) been created from lands originally in Greene County. The arrival date is supported by early records and deeds. The development of land holdings in the Buffalo Creek area (referred to as the watery fork of Buffalo) came after the development of the northern half of present-day Hancock County. These early settlers of Buffalo Creek bought and sold properties until they acquired contiguous tracts to form their plantations. By 1850, Stephen Pearson, Sr., possessed 800 acres of

Lebanon Plantation and House, Savannah Georgia

Lebanon Plantation and House, Savannah Georgia

This Savannah GA Plantation Has Operated For Nearly Three Centuries

Lebanon Plantation has been a continuously operating plantation/farm complex for nearly 3 centuries and was the site of the development of the Savannah Satsuma orange. It is a plantation known to have been operational since the 1750s, but was also the site of a Federal troop headquarters during the Civil War, reflecting after the war in its own destruction and rebirth, and the South's revival. The land that comprises the core of Lebanon is a 500-acre tract which was granted to James Deveaux in 1756 and was allegedly named for the many cedar trees on the property. An additional 500 acres were granted to Phillip Delegal in 1758 and eventually became a part of the plantation. Both tracts changed hands several

Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad Depot, St. Joe Arkansas

Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad Depot, St. Joe Arkansas

The Searcy County community of St. Joe, incorporated in 1902 as a direct consequence of the arrival of the fledgling St. Louis and North Arkansas Railroad, can trace its origins as such to around 1870, the first documented instance of European settlement (local folklore claims a settlement date of 1860, but this cannot be documented). By 1871, St. Joe, located on one of the principle overland routes through the Ozark Mountains to southwestern Missouri, could boast of at least one store and a few other small businesses. Geologists visiting the area after the Civil War to search for both valuable minerals and natural springs soon discovered the rich zinc deposits surrounding St. Joe. Though some mining interests came to St. Joe

Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot, McGehee Arkansas

Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot, McGehee Arkansas

McGehee, named for the family of Colonel Abner McGehee (a famous local character around the turn of the century), owes virtually its entire existence as a discernible community to the decision by the Missouri-Pacific Railroad to locate its regional railroad shops here in 1905. Even the physical plan of the downtown reflects this, as the entire original commercial district was laid out along the railroad tracks running north-south through the town. Though other industrial and manufacturing concerns established themselves in McGehee thereafter, the Missouri-Pacific Railroad continued to be the largest local employer through the 1930s. The Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot in McGehee was constructed c. 1910 as part of the Missouri-Pacific Railroad's ambitious campaign to expand their network of rail lines all

Former Church Building in Augusta GA Fighting Demolition

Former Church Building in Augusta GA Fighting Demolition

The First Baptist Church of Augusta is one of many monumental buildings on Greene Street, a landscaped parkway through the historic downtown area. Designed by Atlanta-based architect Willis Franklin Denny, the building is the major Augusta example of Beaux-Arts Classicism, an architectural style which dominated monumental American architecture in the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries. A major feature of the building is its collection of stained glass windows, two of which bear the inscription Tiffany Studios, New York. The site has been the location of Augusta's First Baptist Church since 1820 and in 1845 was the birthplace of the Southern Baptist Convention. The origin of the church goes back even further to March 15^th, 1817, when 18 Augusta citizens organized

Hot Springs Railroad Roundhouse, Malvern Arkansas

Hot Springs Railroad Roundhouse, Malvern Arkansas

The Hot Springs Railroad Roundhouse is the last remaining railroad roundhouse in Arkansas. The roundhouse was used by the Hot Springs Railroad for servicing the railroad's locomotives from its construction in 1887 until 1904. Construction of the Hot Springs Railroad began in Malvern in April 1875 as the brainchild of Diamond Jo Reynolds, and trains began operating into Hot Springs one year later. Diamond Jo Reynolds, besides being the developer of the Hot Springs Railroad, was also the founder of the famed Diamond Jo Steamboat Line, and one of the most colorful rivermen on the Mississippi River. He was born in New York in 1819, but moved to Chicago by the 1850s. Characterized by his contemporaries as a born trader, Jo

Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot, Malvern Arkansas

Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot, Malvern Arkansas

The city of Malvern was little more than a small town until the arrival of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad in 1873 made it the transfer point for travelers going by coach to Hot Springs, twenty miles to the northwest; the arrival of the Diamond Jo Railroad to Hot Springs in 1875 only increased the traffic and activity in and around the town. Soon thereafter, the abundant local forests made Malvern a transportation center for the region's burgeoning timber industry, and several mills located nearby. By the turn of the century, Malvern also boasted one of the state's largest brick and tile manufacturing facilities, shipping an assortment of clay products by rail throughout the south and Midwest. The Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot

Walter H. French Junior High School, Lansing Michigan

Walter H. French Junior High School, Lansing Michigan

The Walter French Junior High School, with its polychromatic and ornamental Arts-and-Crafts-influenced design that features Tudor-inspired detailing, is one of the three largest and most architecturally significant public school buildings built before World War II standing in Lansing, the others being Eastern and Sexton High Schools. The building was designed by Lansing-based architect Judson N. Churchill, who had a general practice but who appears to have specialized in school architecture during the early twentieth century. The school is the largest of his known buildings, which included several in Lansing and others located across the southern part of Michigan. The Walter French Junior High School also made important contributions to the field of education in Lansing with the development of a progressive

Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot, Hot Springs Arkansas

Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot, Hot Springs Arkansas

The community that would become known as Hot Springs was established as early as 1820, though it was not until 1832 that the United States government declared the area a federal reservation. Ironically, this act had the effect of retarding investment within the valley of the hot springs due to the reluctance of potential investors to develop property of which they might be dispossessed. Therefore, small, wood construction bathhouses predominated until after the Civil War, when a number of forces combined to both make Hot Springs and its remarkable natural resources both more attractive and more accessible. Primary among these were the growing interest among the general populace in such waters for their therapeutic and medicinal value; the ability of certain

McKinley Elementary School, Wyandotte Michigan

McKinley Elementary School, Wyandotte Michigan

School Building in Wyandotte MI Closed in 2009

McKinley Elementary School was one of four elementary schools constructed during the district's 1923-1949 school building program so that no elementary school student would have to travel more than a half-mile. It was heralded as an excellent example of school design upon its construction and retains the design features popular in school buildings of that time. The building is executed in the Art Deco style, it retains nearly all of its original design details, including four floor mosaics designed by noted Michigan artist Gwen Frostic, whose father Fred Frostic, was superintendent of the district at the time. McKinley served as an elementary school for the district until its closure in 2009. The history of the Wyandotte Public School System mirrors the

Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot, Hope Arkansas

Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot, Hope Arkansas

The city of Hope, Arkansas was platted in 1873 by Chief Engineer Morley of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad (later the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad). The city was named for the daughter of Major Loughborough, a director of the C. & F. Railroad. The activity and settlement encouraged by the railroad proceeded rapidly enough for the city to become incorporated by 1875 and for the first municipal elections to be held that same year. Hope was later selected as the terminus for the Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad also, which only served to increase its importance as a southwest Arkansas commercial center. Goodspeeds records that by 1890 Hope could boast of a business district … nearly all built

Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot, Gurdon Arkansas

Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot, Gurdon Arkansas

The construction of the railroads played an instrumental part in the birth and growth of a lumbering industry in what had earlier been unreachable stands of timber, and hence in the growth of Gurdon also. The community now known as Gurdon started as a construction camp on the Cairo and Fulton Railroad (later the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern, and then the Missouri-Pacific), first completed in 1873. Soon thereafter the Iron Mountain Railway constructed a branch southeast to Camden leaving the main line from Gurdon, which only increased the activity and regional centrality of the town; by 1906 the Gurdon-Fort Smith Railroad connected Gurdon with the virgin forests of Montgomery County and the lumbering operations which were cutting throughout the

Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot, Camden Arkansas

Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot, Camden Arkansas

A Frenchman named Fabre was the first recorded European to settle the location that would become Camden (originally Ecore Fabre, or Fabre's Bluff). More permanent settlement occurred just before 1820, when more settlers came up the Ouachita River and landed here, just before the falls that rendered further travel more difficult. The community became the county seat in 1843, and was renamed Camden the following year by General Thomas Woodward for his hometown in Alabama. Camden's advantageous location on the Ouachita River, a major transportation route into the region, was only enhanced by the gradual introduction of such industries as a woolen mill in 1860. Camden continued to function as a major river port after the Civil War, and became a

St. Anthony Convent and Convent School, Syracuse New York

St. Anthony Convent and Convent School, Syracuse New York

Historic Sisters of St. Francis Convent in NY was Destroyed by Fire in March 2025

Throughout its history, the Syracuse motherhouse remained the home base for the Sisters of St. Francis of the Third Order, meaning that any woman wanting to join the community would spend the first two years of novitiate training in Syracuse at the motherhouse. Sisters received training in Syracuse before being sent out as nurses and teachers. As the community grew, missions were established beyond the confines of Court Street, and all missions, regardless of location, regarded the Syracuse motherhouse as their spiritual home. As the number of missions increased, so did the motherhouse with new buildings and additions. The campus and its growth was a reflection of the sisters and their focus on improving education for all, especially girls which led

Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot, Arkadelphia Arkansas

Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot, Arkadelphia Arkansas

The location that would later become the city of Arkadelphia was first settled for its abundant local salt deposits. Formally founded in 1839, Arkadelphia became the county seat four years later and by the mid-nineteenth century had developed into an important river port on the Ouachita River, connecting the area to the lower Mississippi River, New Orleans, and the world beyond. Its status as a major regional commercial and transportation center was heightened by the arrival of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad in 1873, thereby rendering the city one of the principal transportation hubs in southwestern Arkansas. The growth and prosperity of Arkadelphia combined with its accessibility to encourage two colleges to locate there by 1890: Ouachita College (now Ouachita Baptist

Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot, Walnut Ridge Arkansas

Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot, Walnut Ridge Arkansas

Walnut Ridge, like its neighbor city Hoxie (located just one-and-one-half miles to the southwest), owes its existence to the construction of the original Cairo and Fulton Railroad in 1871 (completed 1873). The city plan of Walnut Ridge reflects this influence, with its principal commercial thoroughfares largely paralleling the railroad tracks. The railroads (the St. Louis and San Francisco, a.k.a. Frisco, enters Hoxie from the southeast, then turns northeast to Walnut Ridge, and then turns northwest again) provided the traffic and commerce that kept Walnut Ridge alive throughout the early twentieth century, during the heyday of the railroads as America's principal means passenger and commercial transportation. The Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot in Walnut Ridge was constructed circa 1909 as part of the Missouri-Pacific

Mix Store and Post Office, New Roads Louisiana

Mix Store and Post Office, New Roads Louisiana

Thomas Mix was born in 1853 in Plaquemine, LA, and was raised in New Roads. He was not formally educated, but was very successful and became a land owner with farming operations, ran a cotton gin and saw mill, and operated the Mix Store and Post Office. His home, which he shared with his wife and ten children, stood to the right of the store, but was demolished in 1955. Today, the store remains the only reminder of the center of the community of Mix. The store was built in 1890 and several articles were written celebrating its construction. On January 25^th, 1890, the Pointe Coupee Banner wrote: Mr. Thos. Mix, after several years devotion to agriculture, is about to return

Missouri-Pacific Depot, Newport Arkansas

Missouri-Pacific Depot, Newport Arkansas

Newport was little more than a small town until the arrival of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad (later the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern, then the Missouri-Pacific) in 1873. Jacksonport, located approximately five miles to the northwest, had been the county seat by virtue of its location on the White River, which had been the principal transportation route through the region. With the railroad's arrival, however, and its decision to lay its tracks on a more direct route between Missouri and Little Rock, the significance of Jacksonport soon waned and Newport became the natural choice for the county seat. Newport, though not situated directly on the White River, was close enough to be accessible to it while also being a

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