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Hartford & New Haven Railroad Freight Depot, Windsor Connecticut

Hartford & New Haven Railroad Freight Depot, Windsor Connecticut

The Hartford and Springfield Railroad began service through Windsor in December 1844. At that time, a depot was built on the site. In May 1847, the Hartford and Springfield Railroad merged with the Hartford and New Haven, retaining the latter name. The original depot was replaced with the current passenger building in 1871. It was during this period that the freight depot was built. An 1869 map shows a building on this site. It could be the current freight depot or the former depot that was razed for the current building. In 1872, the Hartford and New Haven Railroad merged with the New York and New Haven Railroad, forming the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. This merger created the

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Richmond Virginia

Manchester Cotton & Woolen Manufacturing Company, Richmond Virginia

Richmond's highly acclaimed tobacco, flour, and iron industries obscured the role cotton manufacturing played in the area during the nineteenth century. The country's largest flour mills shipped the staple to markets around the world while numerous tobacco factories processed the brown leaf for European and domestic buyers, each overshadowing the production of the cotton mills. The location of the city's two cotton mills along the southern bank of the James River in the suburb of Manchester further contributes to the absence of good historical documentation. Perhaps coverage of this industry would be more extensive if it had enjoyed greater prosperity. Nevertheless, the history of one company, the Manchester Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Company, does contribute to a better understanding of an

Menokin - Francis Lightfoot Lee House Ruins, Warsaw Virginia

Menokin - Francis Lightfoot Lee House Ruins, Warsaw Virginia

Menokin was the home, from 1769 to 1797, of Francis Lightfoot Lee, a signer of the Declaration of Independence for Virginia, planter, and politician. Francis Lightfoot Lee, the son of a wealthy planter, was born at the Lee family seat, Stratford, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, on October 14th, 1734. He did not attend college but received an excellent education at the hands of tutors. Leaving Stratford in early life, he settled on Coton in Loudoun County in the House of Burgesses from 1758 to 1769. In the spring of 1769 he married Rebecca Tayloe, the 17 year old daughter of John Tayloe of Mount Airy, Richmond County Virginia. Lee lived at Mount Airy with his bridge until his father-in-law completed Menokin,

Stratford Hall Mansion, Stratford Virginia

Stratford Hall Mansion, Stratford Virginia

This Plantation, built in 1725, was Birthplace of Robert E. Lee

Thomas Lee (1690-175l), for whom Stratford Hall was built, was a grandson of Richard Lee of Stratford-Langton, Essex, England, who came to Virginia and settled first in Gloucester County in 1644. As local Magistrate, member and President of the Governor's Council, and later acting Governor of the Colony, Thomas Lee, exerted considerable influence in the Virginia colony. He was married to Hannah Ludwell of Green Spring, and of his six sons, Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794) and Francis Lightfoot Lee (1734-1797) were both signers of the Declaration of Independence. Philip Ludwell Lee, who inherited Stratford Hall from his father in 1751 and who died in 1775 was a member of the House of Burgesses and a secretary of the Governor's Council. Stratford

Mount Airy Plantation, Warsaw Virginia

Mount Airy Plantation, Warsaw Virginia

This is a villa type of house, with a five-part plan; two story center block, flanking square dependencies, and connecting covered passages. The spreading symmetrical plan was perfect for the Southern plantations, and a number of them proliferated there. Mount Airy is also a rare example of stone masonry during the eighteenth century in Virginia. Although destroyed by fire in 1844, the magnificent interiors may have been executed by the exceptionally talented William Buckland, following his work at Gunston Hall before he moved to Annapolis. The intellectual appeal of the plan is balanced by the coloristic effects created in the elevation by the use of contrasting brown sandstone and a lighter colored local limestone. The exterior detailing is classical throughout, and

Rosewell Mansion Ruins, White Marsh Virginia

Rosewell Mansion Ruins, White Marsh Virginia

Begun by Mann Page about 1726 and the earliest and finest Georgian residence known to have been built in the English colonies. Rosewell marked a decisive turning point when the major design considerations in American architecture were changing from ones of simple function to those of pure form. The Palladian movement in vogue in Europe and England throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries found a patron in the wealthy planters and landowners of the Tidewater region, men whose idea of a proper social and cultural life was firmly rooted in the customs of the England they had left behind.

Berkeley Plantation - Harrison Family Home, Charles City Virginia

Berkeley Plantation - Harrison Family Home, Charles City Virginia

Berkeley, erected in 1726, was the birthplace and life-long home of Benjamin Harrison V, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence for Virginia, planter, politician, and Governor of Virginia. Berkeley was also the birthplace of William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), soldier and President of the United States. Berkeley was built by its owner, Benjamin Harrison IV, in the early Georgian style in 1726. It was apparently the first Georgian mansion in Virginia to use the pedimented end gable, a gable roof with each end being treated as a pediment, complete with modillioned cornice and rake mold. Benedict Arnold, leading British troops in 1781, plundered the Berkeley plantation. The mansion was architecturally altered and its interior redecorated in the Adam style sometime during

Poplar Forest - Thomas Jefferson Retreat, Forest Virginia

Poplar Forest - Thomas Jefferson Retreat, Forest Virginia

Thomas Jefferson displayed throughout his life a fascination with unusual architectural shapes and volumes. In this he shared an interest with the professionally trained architects of his age. Both the oval rooms in the rotunda of the University of Virginia and octagons and semi-octagon incorporated into the final version of Monticello are fine examples of this. Between 1806 and 1819 Jefferson decided to build a retreat in the rural seclusion of Bedford County Virginia. He named his hermitage Poplar Forest, In its design he gave full reign to his fancy and planned a one story octagonal house over a raised basement. In plan the house has four perfectly symmetrical principal spaces in the shape of elongated octagons arranged around a large

Cyclorama Building, Buffalo New York

Cyclorama Building, Buffalo New York

This Building Displayed Panoramic Art Popular in the Late 1800s

The building was specifically constructed to house cycloramas, large panoramic paintings which represented a popular entertainment form in the latter half of the 1880's. Two paintings were displayed in Buffalo's Cyclorama, the View of Jerusalem on the Day of the Crucifixion and the Battle of Gettysburg. Both were exhibited for two year periods. According to newspaper accounts of the time, several thousand people paid admission when the Cyclorama building was opened to the public in September 1888 with the painting of Jerusalem. These accounts indicate the painting was completed in sections by a German artist, Karl Frosch, who spent several years in the Holy Land conducting research on his theme. The painting of Jerusalem may well be the cyclorama that has

Cambrian Hotel, Jackson Ohio

Cambrian Hotel, Jackson Ohio

Ground was broken for The Cambrian on the 8^th of September 1900. The cornerstone was laid on March 10th, 1901. The shop on Main Street opened as Stephenson and Foster Dry Goods Merchants on May 14^th 1902. On December 22^nd 1902 the Cambrian Hotel opened its doors without fanfare. The village of Jackson was established in 1817 as a salt boiling center at natural saline springs which had been used by the Indians before the white man arrived. Congress had set aside this six-mile square tract of land known as the Scioto Salt Reserve in 1796. Jackson was subsequently authorized out of this parcel. Industrial prosperity was brought about by the union of limestone, Hanging Rock iron ore and wood for

General Worth Hotel, Hudson New York

General Worth Hotel, Hudson New York

Built in one hundred days after a disastrous fire in 1836, the General Worth Hotel is an important architectural monument. It was patterned after the Tremont House, constructed in Boston in 1828-29 by architect Isaiah Rogers, which was the first modern urban hotel in America. The General Worth Hotel was one of the rare remaining examples of this type of prototype urban hotel. The first floor of the General Worth Hotel contained public rooms. On the upper floors were banks of rooms located along simple straight corridors. This interior arrangement was a form totally different from that of eighteenth century inns, which were basically residences adapted to public uses. The exterior of the General Worth Hotel was a fine example of

Hegeler Carus Mansion, La Salle Illinois

Hegeler Carus Mansion, La Salle Illinois

The Hegeler-Carus Mansion, constructed in 1874-76, is a seven level Second Empire style residence in La Salle, Illinois, approximately six blocks north of the Illinois and Michigan Canal, a National Heritage Corridor and National Historic Landmark district. Designed by noted Chicago architect W. W. Boyington for Edward and Camilla Hegeler, the fifty-seven-room mansion is located on three acres. Occupied by Hegeler descendants from its construction in 1876 until 2004, the mansion exhibits an exceptional degree of interior and exterior integrity. Original wall finishes, stenciling, fixtures, and furnishings are intact. The ground floor featured the office spaces, presses, and typeset of the nationally renowned Open Court Publishing Company, which was established by Hegeler and continued by his son-in-law Paul Carus. The company

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Glacier Washington

Nooksack Falls Hydroelectric Plant, Glacier Washington

Over 120 years Old, this Hydro Plant Continues to Produce Electricity Today

The Nooksack Falls powerhouse, containing a relatively small generating capacity of 1,500 kilowatts, is, nevertheless, one of the oldest operating hydroelectric facilities in the state of Washington. Completed in 1906 and designed to serve the electrical needs of Whatcom County, it provides power for the nearby small town of Glacier and its sparsely populated environs. Despite some modifications through the years, most notably the replacement of the original Francis turbine with a Pelton impulse wheel in 1910, and the replacement of the penstocks and relocation of the diversion dam in 1931, the plant and machinery remained largely unchanged until a fire in 1997 destroyed the generator. It was replaced in 2003 and the plant resumed operation. In the Eastern states, the

Harpole Covered Railroad Bridge, Colfax Washington

Harpole Covered Railroad Bridge, Colfax Washington

The Manning-Rye Covered Bridge crosses the Palouse River outside of Colfax. It was constructed about 1918 by the Spokane and Inland Empire Railroad, an expansive interurban electric railroad line scheme that extended from the Palouse to Spokane. In contrast to most railroads, the electric railways could provide a frequent, rapid service with numerous stops. Because it was most feasible to construct the electric railroads in well developed areas, the promoters focused on areas like the Palouse, rather than on areas that had no railroad service at all. By the summer of 1907, the electric line to Colfax was completed. Presumably, the Manning-Rye Covered Bridge replaced the original structure constructed over the Palouse River in 1907. The timber housing protects a single

Shoreham Covered Railroad Bridge, Shoreham Vermont

Shoreham Covered Railroad Bridge, Shoreham Vermont

Some of the earliest railroad bridges were timber structures because wood was abundant, cheap, and easy to work with. In 1830, Lewis Wernwag built the first wood railroad bridge in the United States for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad over the Monocacy River in Maryland. Within a short time, wood bridges were commonplace on America's growing network of railroads. Presumably hundreds of covered railroad bridges were built in the nineteenth century. In 1841, one English traveler noted, The timber bridges of America are justly celebrated for their magnitude and strength. By their means the railways of America have spread widely and extended rapidly. By the late nineteenth century, most railroad bridges were being built of iron or steel. In 1957, there

Contoocook Covered Railroad Bridge, Hopkinton New Hampshire

Contoocook Covered Railroad Bridge, Hopkinton New Hampshire

Some of the earliest railroad bridges were timber structures because wood was abundant, cheap, and easy to work with. In 1830, Lewis Wernwag built the first wood railroad bridge in the United States for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad over the Monocacy River in Maryland. Within a short time, wood bridges were commonplace on America's growing network of railroads. Presumably, hundreds of covered railroad bridges were built in the nineteenth century. In 1841, one English traveler noted, The timber bridges of America are justly celebrated for their magnitude and strength. By their means the railways of America have spread widely and extended rapidly. By the late nineteenth century, most railroad bridges were being built of iron or steel. The Boston &

Sulphite Covered Railroad Bridge, Franklin New Hampshire

Sulphite Covered Railroad Bridge, Franklin New Hampshire

The Sulphite Railroad Bridge, sometimes referred to as the upside-down covered bridge, is a rare example of a deck-type covered bridge having its truss structure below the floor, or deck. This Pratt truss bridge was used to transport sulfur ore to a nearby pulp and paper factory. The Boston and Maine Railroad built it and operated it until 1973. In 1828, Kendall O. and James L. Peabody and Jeremiah F. Daniell established a paper mill near the confluence of the Pemigewasset and the Winnipesaukee (Winnipisogee) rivers, at a site now known as Franklin Falls. In 1854, Daniell bought out the partnership and together with his son, Warren F. Daniell, formed J.F. Daniell & Son. In 1864, Warren bought his father's interest

Clark's Covered Railroad Bridge, Lincoln New Hampshire

Clark's Covered Railroad Bridge, Lincoln New Hampshire

One of only two railroad Howe truss covered bridges remaining in the country, Clark's Bridge is the only one that still carries rolling stock. The covered bridge that would later be known as Clark's Bridge was an important link in the Barre Branch Railroad. The granite quarries attracted railroads to the Barre, Vermont, vicinity. While Barre granite was used in the construction of the state capital at Montpelier between 1832 and 1837, railroads made it possible to transport larger blocks and higher volumes nationally. The Central Vermont Railroad built a spur line in 1876 and the Barre Branch arrived in 1889. Both of these branches crossed the North Branch of the Winooski River just a short distance upstream from its confluence

Taftsville Covered Bridge, Taftsville Vermont

Taftsville Covered Bridge, Taftsville Vermont

Taftsville, Vermont, is named for the first settler of the village, Stephen Taft, who arrived from Massachusetts around 1793, although there seems to have been agricultural settlement in the vicinity earlier. He soon built a power dam on the Ottauquechee River, and a factory on the south riverbank to make axes, scythes, and other edge tools necessary in this period of expanding agriculture. His brother Daniel Taft arrived as an apprentice in 1794, and later set up his own business. Meanwhile, Stephen Taft built a sawmill on the north riverbank. Later came a plow and stove factory, a gristmill, a shingle mill, a chair factory, a brickyard, a blacksmith shop, a tannery, and a slaughterhouse. Such a busy settlement needed a

Ben Thresher's Mill, Barnet Vermont

Ben Thresher's Mill, Barnet Vermont

In 1836, a dam was first built here and a saw mill operated on this site from 1836 until 1855. The site was idle from 1855 until 1872. The mill was constructed in 1872 as a Dye & Print Works. A Wagon & Woodworking Shop was established here in 1893 and the Blacksmith Shop was added in 1895. A Boomer & Boschert hydraulic cider press installed was installed in 1915. Ben Thresher began working at the mill in 1941 and acquired the mill in 1947. Ben Thresher's Mill is located on the Stevens River in Barnet Center, Vermont. The history of the site is recorded in the growth of rural industries and communities in Caledonia County. In the late 18^th and

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