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Dey Mansion, Preakness New Jersey

Dey Mansion, Preakness New Jersey

Dirck Dey, the third generation of the family in America, settled in Preakness as early as 1707. He bought the land upon which this house stands on October 9, 1717. Dirck built the present house about 1740. However it is possible that he left the completion of the residence to his son Theunis. Dirck was a freeholder of Bergen County and a member of the New Jersey Assembly from 1748 - 1752. It is thought that the east wing of the house was the part built by Dirck Dey. He gave this building to his son Colonel Theunis Dey who added the west wing with the 12 foot hall. This place has also been called Bloomsburg Manor. There are several letters

Muscogee Manufacturing Company Mill, Columbus Georgia

Muscogee Manufacturing Company Mill, Columbus Georgia

In 1844 the Coweta Falls Factory, the first textile mill within the Columbus city limits, went into operation at the site of the present Muscogee Manufacturing Company. Major John H. Howard and Josephus Echols built the Coweta Falls mill on the northernmost of 37 water lots set aside for private developers by the city of Columbus. Water Lot 1 cost the developers $3,500; mill construction costs totalled $6,000. Contemporary newspapers described the mill as a 75 x 48 foot, five-story brick structure with, a tin roof. A mill bell in the belfry atop the roof called the hands to work. A dam, built by Howard and Echols just north of the mill, diverted water into a power canal which ran to

Cavalier Jouet Mansion - The Old Chateau Elizabeth New Jersey

Cavalier Jouet Mansion - The Old Chateau Elizabeth New Jersey

This is the sole remaining example of the Georgian mansion in New Jersey as fully developed with central unit and symmetrical flanking wings, a scheme frequently used in the great houses of Maryland and Virginia. Remarkable similarity of Its central unit with the Dey Mansion on Totovia Road, Lower Preakness, Passaic County, said to have been built about 1740-50 suggests the inspiration of its design and materials of construction from that well known house. It is obvious, incidentally, that the six-over-six lights in the windows of this unit of house here considered are replacements of nine-over-nine, which latter remain in the windows of the wings. Whether such repairs were necessary from damage done by anti-Loyalist patriots or others, we have been

Stone-Young Plantation, Burkville Alabama

Stone-Young Plantation, Burkville Alabama

The Stone-Young Plantation, located about seven miles from Montgomery is one of the finest examples of an old southern plantation home, (The slave quarters and minor buildings which were quite extensively and widely known were destroyed by fire in the late 1920s. The old mansion, oat kitchen and smoke house offer an outstanding example of work done during this period along the more pretentious line. The main house is of brick stuccoed, with markings imitating stone and two storied portico on the front, small one story wings at the rear with minor porches on the respective fronts. The house is magnificent in its proportions and an exceptionally fine example of the Greek Revival. The detail of the front entrance, with balcony

Whittier Mansion - California Historical Society Mansion, San Francisco

Whittier Mansion - California Historical Society Mansion, San Francisco

Built for William Franklin Whittier between 1894 and 1896, this massive Arizona sandstone building has passed through a number of interesting owners. Occupied as a residence until the early 1940's, it was sold to the German Reich in 1941 as a San Francisco consulate. Seized by the Alien Property Custodian (later transferred to the Attorney General of the United States) during World War II, it was auctioned in 195O to Mrs. Echo Leonetti. From her it passed to George and Jfery Barton, thence to Robert Wilhelm and Isabelle and Paul Dessez, and finally to the California Historical Society in 1956. Mortimer Adler's Institute of Philosophical Research occupied part of the building from 1952 to 1956. It is one of the few

Belmont Mansion, Nashville Tennessee

Belmont Mansion, Nashville Tennessee

Mrs J.A.S. Acklen was the wealthly widow of Isaac Franklin, who built Fairview. Belmont is not comparable with the house she evacuated for it was not to serve the same functions, not to live the pioneer life, but, on the contrary, was to become, and did, the center of social life in a flourishing and cultural city. Situated on the side of a large rectangular tract of land, all completely and formally landscaped, the enormous facade looks down on the succession of diminishing circles toward the conservatory and water tower which terminate the magnificent vista. The facade itself presents a formal composition, not unlike in silhouette that of Belle Meade, The Hermitage, Mercer Hall and others, in that it consists of

Fairview Mansion - Isaac Franklin Plantation, Gallatin Tennessee

Fairview Mansion - Isaac Franklin Plantation, Gallatin Tennessee

On turning off the main road into the approach to Fairview one is introduced to the grandeur of this magnificant estate by an inspiring avenue of walnut trees, and following this for a pout one half mile to the mansion he passes the family mausoleum, the granary and many lesser important buildings. Terminating this avenue is a grand vista of the mansion house composing itself beautifully on a slightly higher bit of ground, and giving it a commanding view of thousands of acres in all directions. It is this imposing position of the house that prompted the appropriate name Fairview. Standing back in order to take in the gigantic facade, made up of two distinct sections, as before mentioned in this

William H Brett Memorial Elementary School, Cleveland Ohio

William H Brett Memorial Elementary School, Cleveland Ohio

Between 1900 and 1920, Cleveland's population more than doubled, from 381,768 to 796,841, reflecting both territorial growth and the continuing influx of foreign and rural immigrants seeking work. In response to an acute shortage of classrooms to house Cleveland's schoolchildren, the Cleveland Board of Education embarked on what was then the largest building program in its history. During the period 1912 and 1920, the board placed in commission, or was in process of erecting, 50 new school buildings or additions to existing buildings providing 819 additional classrooms. In May 1918, declaring a case of urgent necessity, the Board of Education authorized Frank G. Hogen, director of schools, to prepare plans and specifications and secure proposals for the construction of an 18-room

Milford Elementary School, Cleveland Ohio

Milford Elementary School, Cleveland Ohio

Between 1900 and 1910, Cleveland's population almost doubled, from 381,768 to 560,663. Likewise, enrollment in the public schools saw a comparable increase, growing by 47 percent between the 1899-1900 and 1908-09 school years, from 57,288 to 84,227 pupils. Faced with a need for some 60 new classrooms a year to house the increase in school population, the Cleveland Board of Education engaged in a large-scale building program under the direction of architect Frank S. Barnum. Between 1895 and 1914, as superintendent of buildings for the school board, Barnum planned 86 new school buildings. Among these was Milford School on the city's West Side. In his annual report for the school year ended August 31^st, 1900, Superintendent Lewis H. Jones reported the

Dousman Hotel and Railroad Station, Prairie du Chien Wisconsin

Dousman Hotel and Railroad Station, Prairie du Chien Wisconsin

When its builder, The Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad, extended a line to Prairie du Chien's Lower Town in 1857, it marked the beginning of a prosperous relationship with steamboat, barge and packet companies that plied the river from St. Louis to St. Paul. In the mid-1860's, the railroad and river lines effected a major relocation of their activities north to Prairie du Chien's St. Feriole Island; the program included not only construction of railroads, shipping facilities, a warehouse and a grain elevator, but also construction of the Dousman Hotel. The hotel was strategically located on tracts near the steamboat landings, in order to serve both rail and river passengers. By including a depot, waiting room and ticket office on the hotel's

Barrackville Covered Bridge West Virginia

Barrackville Covered Bridge West Virginia

The Barrackville Covered Bridge across Buffalo Creek was built in 1853 as part of the Fairmont-Wheeling Turnpike, a branch of the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike authorized in 1823 by the Virginia Legislature and Board of Public Works. The route surveyed for the turnpike extended from Staunton to the mouth of the Little Kanawha River. The legislature hoped the access provided by such a road would encourage the commercial development of the already settled farming areas between the James River & Kanawha Turnpike in the south and the Northwestern Turnpike in the north. In 1848, the legislature authorized the construction of the Beverly-Fairmont Road, and in 1850, a northward extension from Fairmont to Wheeling. Under the direction of Col. Austin Merrill, this 71 1/2

Christian Hess House, Main Street Wheeling West Virginia

Christian Hess House, Main Street Wheeling West Virginia

Christian Hess was born in Germany in 1825. He learned there the trade of practical tailor and moved to the United States in 1845. After serving a year's apprenticeship in Cincinnati, he moved to Wheeling, where he engaged with Daniel Schrambra for the sum of ten dollars per month as a tailor. At the end of a year he formed a partnership with Chistian Hausenhauer. At the end of two years he was able to buy his partner out for $750.00. Shortly after that Hess was able to purchase a corner lot on Main and Fourteenth Streets, where he erected a fine three-story premises, 45 x 60 feet, the whole costing him, in those times, $12,200.00. Here he has remained ever

Grace Memorial Bridge - Old Cooper River Bridge, Charleston South Carolina

Grace Memorial Bridge - Old Cooper River Bridge, Charleston South Carolina

The John P. Grace Memorial Bridge, constructed in 1928-1929, carries U.S. Route 17 traffic southbound over Town Creek, Drum Island and the Cooper River between Charleston and Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. It is a two-lane structure, 1.9 miles in length, with a curb to curb width of 20' with the exception of an emergency pull-off section on Drum Island. The Grace Memorial Bridge, which was opened for traffic in 1929 and first operated as a toll bridge, became the property of South Carolina Department of Transportation in 1945. A companion bridge, the Silas N. Pearman Bridge, was built in 1966 directly south of the Grace Memorial Bridge, to handle increasing vehicular traffic volume across the Charleston Harbor and metropolitan area. Still

President Street Railroad Station, Baltimore Maryland

President Street Railroad Station, Baltimore Maryland

As of 1974, the President St. Station was one of the oldest large city railroad terminals still standing in the United States. The station quite possibly contains one of the earliest uses of the Howe truss for an arched roof in the United States. The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore (P,W & E) Railroad was formed in 1838 by the merger of three railroad companies; The Baltimore and port Deposit, The Wilmington and Susquehanna, and The Philadelphia and Delaware County Railroads. Before the merger, making the trip from Baltimore to Philadelphia required transferring from one line to another. With the incorporation of the P,W & B the the ride could be made all in one coach. The first years of the P,W

Oxon Hill Manor, Oxon Hill Maryland

Oxon Hill Manor, Oxon Hill Maryland

The site is a part of the Addison family estate established in 1685. John Hanson, first President of the United States in Congress Assembled under the Articles of Confederation, died in the Addison house (the site of which is nearby but outside the present Oxon Hill Manor property limits) and is believed by some to have been buried in the vicinity. Sumner Welles, Under Secretary of State in the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt, entertained Roosevelt and other persons of prominence at his mansion during the 1930s and 1940s (although a reported Roosevelt-Churchill meeting at the estate in 1942 appears not to have occurred). Oxon Hill Manor is a large, wellbuilt, and lavishly equipped neo-Georgian country house by Jules Henri de

Bala Theater - Egyptian Theater, Bala Cynwyd Pennsylvania

Bala Theater - Egyptian Theater, Bala Cynwyd Pennsylvania

Patrick J. Lawler commissioned Paul J. Henon of Hoffman-Henon Company, established in Philadelphia in 1921, to design the Egyptian (later the Bala) Theatre on the land of the former M.A. Lawler estate in 1926. Henon produced a number of Catholic church designs in his early practice, yet both Hoffman and Henon concentrated on theaters and movie houses for most of their careers. They designed such notable examples as the Mastbaum Theatre in Philadelphia, the Century Theatre in Baltimore and the Stanley in Atlantic City, New Jersey. William H. Hoffman died in 1925, though Henon continued to use the name Hoffman-Henon Co. until 1930. Throughout most of Hoffman-Henon's operation, Daniel T. Henon, Paul's brother, headed the engineering department. The theater opened as

Death of the Fox Inn, Mount Royal New Jersey

Death of the Fox Inn, Mount Royal New Jersey

The land upon which this tavern stands was granted to John Clarke in 1681 by Willian Penn, Gawen Lawry, Nicholas Lucas, and Edward Eylling. This John Clarke was a London Brewer, His son, also John, gentleman of Mackney County, Middlesex, England, conveyed the land to Benjamin Alford, a merchant of Boston. The next record we havo belongs to the year 1760 when George Emlen conveyed by indenture a tract of land to Isaac Comron. Richard Price, the high sheriff, conveyed by indenture In 1765 to John Comron a son of Isaac. In 1774 by indenture Thomas Denny, high sheriff, conveyed the tract to William Eldridge, and in 1739 Eldridge conveyed to one Daniel Smith, We know also, from the Scrap Book

Great Captain Island Lighthouse, Greenwich Connecticut

Great Captain Island Lighthouse, Greenwich Connecticut

In the years just before and after the Civil War, the Lighthouse Board, the agency established in 1852 to oversee the nation's navigational aids, undertook a program to modernize the lighthouse system. Many of the existing lighthouses were in poor structural condition, with inadequate lights and poorly trained keepers. The Board replaced the mirrored lamps found in nearly all its lighthouses with modern Fresnel lenses, issued detailed standards for operating the lights, and began replacing the worst structures with substantial new buildings. The first light at Great Captain Island, which had been built in 1830, was plagued by deteriorating mortar and cracked walls almost from the start, so it was a priority for replacement by the late 1860s. Because several other

B & O Railroad Queen City Hotel and Station, Cumberland Maryland

B & O Railroad Queen City Hotel and Station, Cumberland Maryland

The Queen City Hotel was one of five combination station-hotels built by the Baltimore & Ohio during the 1870s. It was designed by Thomas N. Heskett of the railroad's road department, was Italianate in style, and was opened for the accommodation and entertainment of passengers in 1872. Though no longer used as a hotel after the demise of rail passenger ridership following World War II, the Queen City was one of the last remaining grand, railroad hotels in the United States in 1972 when it was demolished. The station-hotel was highly ornamented. The most notable features were the wooden cupola centered over the main entry and the floral, cast-iron trelliswork that supported the roof of a broad porch that extended across

Lyndhurst Mansion - Jay Gould Estate, Tarrytown New York

Lyndhurst Mansion - Jay Gould Estate, Tarrytown New York

With its Original Furniture, it's Open as a House-Museum by the National Trust

Lyndhurst (Jay Gould Estate) was designed by Alexander Jackson Davis in 1838 for General William Paulding, former mayor of New York City. The villa was the first in a series of designs by Davis in the style which came to be called Hudson River Gothic. In collaboration with Andrew Jackson Downing, prominent horticulturist, landscape designer, and chief exponent of the picturesque Gothic style for country houses in the 19^th century, Davis provided the illustrations for the rural architecture chapter of Downing's 1941 book, A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, and included sketches of Paulding Manor. The house was first named Knoll, although critics quickly dubbed it Paulding's Folly because of its unusual design that includes fanciful turrets

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Abandoned America: Dismantling The Dream

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