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Transcontinential Terminus Train Depot, National City California

Transcontinential Terminus Train Depot, National City California

On June 15, 1868, Frank A. Kimball, a builder and contractor from New Hampshire met with Francois Pioche, the owner of Rancho de la Nacion. Kimball had moved west in 1861, first settling in San Francisco where he and his brothers enjoyed immense success in business. However, due to ill health, Frank had to seek warmer climates, and in 1868 he traveled to San Diego. While in San Diego, Kimball had the opportunity to view Rancho de la Nacion fronting on San Diego Bay. It was Kimball's belief that the rancho, with its miles of coastline and favorable climate, would be an ideal location for a new city. The rancho, an original Spanish land grant, had changed hands several times prior

North Philadelphia Railroad Train Station, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

North Philadelphia Railroad Train Station, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

At the turn of the century, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the largest railroad company in the country, challenged only by the New York Central. At one point, the Pennsylvania carried one out of every five passengers nationally. General freight accounted for much of the company's early business, but after the Civil War, revenue from passenger service increased to become a significant income source demanding more stations of increasingly high quality. Following the Civil War, established Philadelphia families came to firm control of the Railroad; one such leader was George B. Roberts (1833-1897), fifth president of the Pennsylvania. It was under his leadership that the Broad Street Station was constructed in 1881 and expanded in 1894. Commenced under his tenure was a

Broad Street Train Station, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Broad Street Train Station, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

The Broad Street station, once described as America's grandest railway terminal, was demolished in 1953.

Union Station - Bus Terminal, Atlantic City New Jersey

Union Station - Bus Terminal, Atlantic City New Jersey

Union Station was constructed as a result of the 1933 merger between the Pennsylvania Railroad controlled West Jersey & Seashore line and the Reading Railroad controlled Atlantic City Railroad. The merger was an attempt to control costs. The new line was called the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. The Pennsylvania Railroad had taken over control of the Camden & Atlantic Railroad in 1883. The Camden & Atlantic was the original railroad which was responsible for Atlantic City's very existence. A group of investors led by Dr. Jonathan Pitney, an Absecon physician, obtained a charter for a railroad from Camden to Absecon Island in 1852. The railroad began service and Atlantic City was incorporated in 1854. After the Pennsylvania Railroad took control, the Camden

Seaboard Airline Railway Station, West Palm Beach Florida

Seaboard Airline Railway Station, West Palm Beach Florida

Henry M. Flagler's Florida East Coast Railroad Line reached Palm Beach in 1894. The Seaboard Airline Railroad Line laid tracks to Palm Beach as late as 1921-1924. It was after 1921 that the Seaboard Airline tracks reached West Palm Beach. Reference to the Seaboard Airline Railroad Station appears in a book printed in 1926. S. Davis Warfield was president of Seaboard Air Line and in 1924 Warfield built a cross-state line which serviced West Palm Beach and Miami and Homestead in 1926,making a direct rail connection from one coast to the other, across the state. In 1938 the Atlantic Coast Line and the Seaboard Airline Railroad Line formed a network over Florida. Trains were air-conditioned, and streamlined, and power was generated

Southern Pacific Train Station Post Office, Sacramento California

Southern Pacific Train Station Post Office, Sacramento California

The Railway Post Office and Express Building was constructed by the Southern Pacific Transportation (formerly Railroad) Company. The Railway Express Building remained in the service of the American Railway Express Agency until the mid-1960s. At this time, a commercial enterprise, the Hang 'Em High pottery store leased the ground floor of the railway express building for the following two to three years. The second floor of the Railway Express Building was utilized by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company for Signal Department training classes until the mid-1980s. The one story Loading Dock section that extends to the east was leased to a furniture outlet store for several years. The Sacramento Police Department then used the Loading Dock area as a property room

William Gibbes House, Charleston South Carolina

William Gibbes House, Charleston South Carolina

The William Gibbes House, built sometime shortly after 1772, and redecorated in 1794, is one of the finest two-story frame residences in America. The grandeur of its classical Georgian elevation is rivalled by the elegance of its very sophisticated Adamesque interiors, featuring richly carved wooden elements, fireplaces and mantles, plaster ceilings, and a dramatic upper floor ballroom, all integrated into the well known Charleston double-house floor plan. The lots upon which the house stands were acquired in 1772, and sometime between then and 1779, the house was completed. The forceful heaviness of the Georgian exterior is typical in feeling of the houses of this style during this period. The contrast we find on the interior is remarkable then with its essentially

Reynolds-Morris House, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Reynolds-Morris House, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

The house was built in 1786 by John Reynolds, a brickmaker, and William Reynolds, a physician, on a plot of ground which was far on the outskirts of the developed city. All other major townhouses of the period were located around Second and Third Streets in the finer residential section. It is likely that John Reynolds was architect and builder of the house. Later in the economic slump which followed the Revolutionary War, he overextended himself in real estate speculation and lost his house in 1796 to Ann Dunkin at a sheriff's sale. In 1817 the house was resold to Luke Wistar Morris, son of Captain Samuel Morris, founder of Philadelphia First City Troop. He was a brewer and his house

John Brown House, Providence Rhode Island

John Brown House, Providence Rhode Island

John Brown was the youngest of three sons of a wealthy prominent Providence family of merchants. In 1771 he left the family firm, probably as a result of his interest in the slave trade, which was strongly opposed by his older brother Moses, a Quaker. One of his ships, the General Washington, was the first Rhode Island vessel to the East Indies and one of the first American ships to sail on Chinese waters. Brown was an ardent patriot, and was deeply implicated in the Gaspee affair of 1772, a harbinger of the American Revolution. Brown ships supplied gunpowder and war materials for American forces and after the war he was one of the major proponents for bringing a reluctant Rhode

Cliveden - Chew House, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Cliveden - Chew House, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

The Chew House was built in 1763-64 by Benjamin Chew, then Attorney General of Pennsylvania, at Cliveden, his country estate. With the outbreak of the Revolution, Chew, whose patriotism was doubted, was relieved of his political duties, and was paroled to New Jersey. Thus on October 4, 1777, it was not Chew, but Colonel Musgrave and six companies of British infantry who were occupying Cliveden. This outpost was a full mile in advance of the main British line which Howe had positioned in Germantown to defend Philadelphia from Washington's forces which were encamped on Skippack Creek to the northwest. Washington began his attack on the night of March 3 in a march on Germantown. His forces were divided into two columns,

Stenton Mansion - James Logan Home, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Stenton Mansion - James Logan Home, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

James Logan, one of the founders of the American scientific school, is relatively unknown today. Perhaps because he wrote little, perhaps because Benjamin Franklin's image is so dominant, the Nation has shown little interest in a man who erudition and work almost equalled the sagacity and achievements of Franklin. Logan was a kind of universal man in the Renaissance tradition - statesman, writer, scientist, philosopher, says a biographer; and as a scientist he demands consideration in any study of American science. Born in the north of Ireland in 1674, Logan arrived in Philadelphia in 1699 as William Penn's secretary. Logan, during the next fifty years, occupied a key position in the affairs of Pennsylvania, contributing much to the rapid and successful

Schuyler Mansion, Albany New York

Schuyler Mansion, Albany New York

The Schuyler Mansion is a fine example of the fully developed Georgian mansion as it appeared in the American colonies. It served for over 40 years as the home of General Philip Schuyler, who played an important political and military role in the affairs of his colony and of the new nation. Schuyler evidently began planning the house in 1760. Construction was underway by March 1761, when Schuyler sailed for England, leaving a friend to supervise the ongoing work. In England he purchased wallpapers, window glass, and fabrics for the house. Schuyler returned from England in 1762, and appears to have supervised the interior finishings, not completed until 1764. When completed, the mansion is believed to have been the first full-scale

Blendon Estate, Owings Mills Maryland

Blendon Estate, Owings Mills Maryland

The Blendon Estate is the northernmost portion of the Caves Estate operated by the Carroll family during the 18^th and 19^th century. The land was first acquired by Dr. Charles Carroll in the 1730's and 1750's. By the time that the original wing of the tenant house and the hank barn on the Blendon section of the estate were constructed in the 19^th century, the Caves property had grown to 2,500 acres. Under the ownership of John Henry Carroll (1803-56) and his son John Nicholas Carroll (1847-1926), the Caves was a grain and livestock farm, consisting of multiple fields extending on both sides of what is now Park Heights Avenue and Caves Road. On sloping land such as is found surrounding

Whitehall House, Annapolis Maryland

Whitehall House, Annapolis Maryland

Constructed in 1765 for Horatio Sharpe, Governor of Maryland, Whitehall is one of America's foremost Georgian structures. Hugh Morrison called it one of the most interesting and important houses of the eighteenth century. Overlooking the Chesapeake and enhanced on the land side by a series of ha-ha's, Whitehall has a giant two-story pedimented entrance portico supported by four fluted columns with Corinthian capitals. When Sharpe sailed to England in 1773 and never returned, the property passed to his secretary, John Ridout. Ridout married Mary Ogle, daughter of Governor Samuel Ogle. She was the woman for whom Sharpe was said to have built Whitehall, but never married. Ridout descendants farmed the land until 1895 when Mrs. John P. Story of Washington, D.C.,

Harmony Hall - Battersea, Friendly Maryland

Harmony Hall - Battersea, Friendly Maryland

Harmony Hall represents what remains of an 18th-century house situated at the backwaters of Broad Creek in Prince George's County, Maryland, on a gentle slope that leads down to tidewater a few hundred feet distant. The briok building which stands today, was the central portion of the house as it stood in the latter half of the 18^th century, and was, no doubt, the original house as first built. Wings, however, were added on the north and south at an early date but by 1900 there was nothing left of the wings except portions of the stone foundations partly buried in the earth. The tract or land on which Harmony Hall is situated was patented on October 27, 1662 under the

Republic Iron and Steel Company Youngstown Works, Ohio

Republic Iron and Steel Company Youngstown Works, Ohio

The Republic Iron and Steel Company was established in 1899 through a consolidation of various rolling mills and blast furnace plants primarily in the central and southern states. Capitalized at over $55 million, the company was one of the largest organizations to emerge at the end of the 19^th century. It included thirty-six bar-forged iron plants, five blast furnaces, and numerous mining concerns (Lake Superior ores, Connellsville coke, and Alabama coal). Many of the facilities, however, were outmoded, and Republic moved to acquire new facilities while consolidating existing facilities to maximize production efficiency (this often involved shifting machinery between plants). Of particular concern to Republic was the enhancement of its steel making capabilities to supply their finishing mills. In its first

Pleasant Prospect - Isaac Duckett House, Woodmore Maryland

Pleasant Prospect - Isaac Duckett House, Woodmore Maryland

Pleasant Prospect reflects the wealth and elegance of the upper class of planters in Prince George's County during the late 18^th and early 19^th century. The house was unusually large and well appointed for its time, with a large hall or passage, formal parlor, separate dining room and a library in the main block of the first floor. The 1839 inventory of the personal estate of John Contee gives indications as to the use of the rooms. The parlor is referred to as the drawing room in the inventory. This is another term for the best parlor where guests were received. Contee*s inventory lists all the common accoutrements of the early 19th-century middle-to-uppermiddle class parlor including; drawing room carpet, large mahogany

Seaboard Airline Railroad Freight Depot, Columbus Georgia

Seaboard Airline Railroad Freight Depot, Columbus Georgia

In 1902 the Seaboard Airline Railway leased the freight line, running down Front Avenue in Columbus, from the Columbus Railroad Company, The latter company was primarily involved in operating streetcar lines within the city and in retailing electric power, and had not been very active in the railroad freight business. The industries, cotton warehouses, and other commercial operations along Front Avenue were eager for Seaboard to acquire those tracks, since that railroad would provide competition to the Central of Georgia Railroad, the primary carrier out of Columbus-. The Columbus Railroad Company also owned the Alabama Warehouse and hoped to sell that building to the Seaboard Airline Railway for them to use as a freight depot. Seaboard built its own depot, however,

Poplar Hill - His Lordships Kindness, Rosaryville Maryland

Poplar Hill - His Lordships Kindness, Rosaryville Maryland

His Lordship's Kindness is one of the finest of a number of Georgian plantation houses built by Prince George's County's wealthy planter and merchant class during the late 18^th century. Only His Lordship's Kindness and Montpelier, however, incorporates the five-part plan, pavilion front and other elaborate and distinctive features of the Palladian-influenced, late-Georgian design. The main block displays the symmetry and detailing of classic Georgian architecture. The hyphenated wings, a palladian ideal, formulate the five-part plan. The five-part plan is rarely seen in Georgian architecture prior to the American Revolution. Thus, His Lordship's Kindness is one of a few, high-style, five-part plan Georgian homes built by an elite class in Maryland and Virginia during the late 18^th century. The interior room

Bradbury Building, Los Angeles California

Bradbury Building, Los Angeles California

The Bradbury Building, built in 1893, is a fine example of a multistory structure designed around an inner glazed court, with splendid art nouveau iron work in open stairways, open elevator cages and balcony rails. It is a lineal descendant of Labrouste's 1858 Bibliotheque Nationale and Eiffel's 1876 Bon Marche' department store, with their exposed iron stairways which were a part of the architectural design, and their glazed roofs. The building is a mecca for architectural students, and because of its dramatic force it is frequently used as a set for motion picture and television films. In the early 1890s, Louis Bradbury, who had made a fortune in mining in Mexico and was a resident of Los Angeles, decided that he

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Abandoned Malls of America: Crumbling Commerce Left Behind

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