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Calvary Episcopal Church, Homer New York

Calvary Episcopal Church, Homer New York

This church is the oldest public structure in the Village of Homer still in use. The church membership does not hold title to the land on which the church stands. This land, the Village Green, is owned by the First Religious Society of Homer, Inc. which granted the Episcopal Society permission to erect their church upon it. Born in Homer, Andrew D. White, co-founder and first president of Cornell University, was baptised in this church June 7, 1835. During its existence, the Calvary Church has been in three dioceses: first, the Diocese of New York, then the Diocese of Western New York (formed 1838), and in 1868, the Diocese of Central New York, thus reflecting the settlement across the State. On

Jedediah Barber House, Homer New York

Jedediah Barber House, Homer New York

Jedediah Barber was a pioneer merchant banker who established the Great Western store on Homer's Main Street in 1811. This venture grew into a very extensive and lucrative business, enabling him to exert a considerable influence on the physical and cultural development of the community. Governor Clinton was a long time friend and frequent visitor of Barber's and he had Clinton Street along which lay 100 acres of his land named for him. Samuel Woodworth, President of Oberlin College, was also a friend of Barber, as was Andrew D. White, President of Cornell University, whose father had been in Mr. Barber's employ. Commodore Vanderbilt, President of the New York Central Railroad, was a friend who visited Mr. Barber in Homer. Numerous

Lehigh Valley Railroad Station, Cortland New York

Lehigh Valley Railroad Station, Cortland New York

The formal opening on Tuesday, April 4, 1911 was celebrated with gifts of postcard pictures of the station and a lengthy article in the Cortland Standard, the local paper. The following description appeared in the Cortland Standard on March 29^th, 1911 -- The passenger station is 155 feet long and 50 feet wide, including the pavilions or projecting roofs over the platforms and is two stories high. It is constructed of brown vit rified rockfaced brick for the base course extending up to the window sills, where there is a belt course of hunmel stone, brown-stone trimmings. From the belt course to the roof, including the second story, the walls are composed of hollow tiles with cement stucco finish. The brackets,

Samuel Gilbert Hathaway House (Hathaway Hall), Solon New York

Samuel Gilbert Hathaway House (Hathaway Hall), Solon New York

Samuel Gilbert Hathaway (originally Hatheway) came to this area in 1808 at age 28. In 1810, he was made Justice of the Peace. From 1814-1818, he was a State senator and in 1832, became a United States congressman. In 1823, he had been commissioned a Major General. Two Presidents, Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, are known to have visited the mansion. There is a family cemetery on the hill back of the Hall, originally walled with the same stone as that used for the house. Central hall plan, two stories, plus attic, plus a wooden kitchen wing at the rear. Native stone walls 18 thick, planked inside with rough pieces of sawed timber, later plastered. Four chimneys; attic beams 12 x

Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad Grossing Guard House, Cortland New York

Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad Grossing Guard House, Cortland New York

Owned by the Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad until the merger on October 17^th, 1960 with Erie Lackawanna Railroad Company. The guard house was originally built in about 1860, it was elevated in 1950. There is some conflicting information on the dates however.

Col. John Kingman House, Cincinnatus New York

Col. John Kingman House, Cincinnatus New York

Three houses were built by Colonel John Kingman on the same site. First, a log cabin, second a modest frame house, and finally the present house. This third house was built as a two family residence, although from the exterior it looks like a single family house. Colonel Kingman occupied the south side and his son, John Kingman, Jr., the north side. First settlement of Cincinnatus, one of the Military Tracts, was in 1795 under the auspices of John Kingman, a native of Massachusetts, who was born in Wethersfield, October 3, 1770. With three or four men from Lennox, Massachusetts, he came to Cincinnatus at the age of 25 and settled on Lot 19, cleared the land and built a log

Samuel Wilbor House, Old Chatham New York

Samuel Wilbor House, Old Chatham New York

Samuel Wilbor was a descendant of Samuel Wildboar one of the early settlers of Rhode Island. He moved to Chatham and between 1810 and 1820 built the two story main portion of the house. The rear wing and the story-and-a-half extension to the east were added by his grandson, who was the grandfather of the present owner (in 1936), Mrs. Ernest M. Smith,(Katharine Wilbor). Mr. Frederick M. Wilbor, the great-great grandson of the original builder, is still living (in 1936) in a house built nearby in 1807 by Edward Wilbor. All the hand-carving inside the house is said to have been done by a Mr. Lay, whose handiwork was well known in the vicinity during the early 19^th Century.

Church of the Holy Cross, Troy New York

Church of the Holy Cross, Troy New York

The Church of the Holy Cross was founded by Mary Warren in the early 1840's. Under the direction of Mary Warren's son, Nathan B. Warren, the church nave was built from designs by Alexander Jackson Davis in 1844. The chancel addition, by Richard Upjohn, was completed in late 1848 and dedicated in January, 1849. In 1846, the Church of the Holy Cross instituted the first full choral service in an Episcopal church in the United States. In the full choral service, the psalter, creed and responses of the English Cathedral Service are chanted by the choir while the officiant intones his part. In 1863, the Mary Warren Free Institute was built adjoining the church to the south in order to further

Ferris Mansion, Bronx New York

Ferris Mansion, Bronx New York

This house was Howe's Headquarters after the British landing at Throgg's Neck in October, 1776

This picturesque stone and shingle dwelling of per-Revolutionary times is located on Throgg's Neck, Bronx, near where Westchester Creek empties into the East River. It is reputed to be the oldest house in the Bronx, having been built in 1687 by Josiah Hunts son of Thomas Hunt, the patenteer of Hunt's Point. It is said that the Ferris Mansion in the Westchester Country Club Grounds was used as Howe's Headquarters after the British landing at Throgg's Neck in October, 1776. Marks on the stairs are said to have been made by one of their officer's horses. The house was saved from destruction by the British Fleet thru the heroism of the mistress who calmly walked up and down the veranda. The

Fordham Manor Reformed Church, Bronx New York

Fordham Manor Reformed Church, Bronx New York

This edifice is the. third in succession which its congregation has occupied in the same neighborhood. The western part of the Borough of The Bronx was included in Westchester County until 1874, and the eastern part until 1895. The Manor grant was given to Jan Arcer (John Archer) by Governor Lovelace under date of November 15,1671. Fordham Manor was bounded on the west oy the Harlem River, on the east by the Bronx River, on the north by a line running nearly due east from Spuyten Duyvil, and on the south by a line running nearly due east from the present High Bridge. It was settled by the Dutch from Harlem, who came across the Harlem River from Manhattan Island. They

Varian House, Bronx New York

Varian House, Bronx New York

The Isaac Varian homestead, also known as the Valentine House, at Van Cortlandt Avenue and the old Woodlawn Road (now Bainhridge Avenue), was erected in 1775-6, while an old wing, now destroyed, dated back to 1770. Stephen Jenkins makes reference to the house in his Story of the Bronx, 1912, page 357, as follows: To the west of the reservoir [the small oval reservoir situated between Mosholu Parkway and Gun Hill Road], at Van Cortlandt Street and Woodlawn Road [now Bainbridge Ave], still stands the old Valentine House of Heath's attack, which was for many years the homestead of the Varian family. The old farm was cut up into building lots in April, 1905. The present (1934) owner, Mr. William F.

Messiah Home for Children (Salvation Army School for Officers' Training), Bronx New York

Messiah Home for Children (Salvation Army School for Officers' Training), Bronx New York

This building is a fine example of. the Jacobean Revival style. It was designed by Charles Brigham, F.A.I.A., and constructed between 1905 and 1908. Built through donated funds, this building served as the second home for The Messiah Home for Children, which provided place for young children who were orphans or dependent on working mothers.

Watervliet Arsenal Cast-iron Storehouse, Watervliet New York

Watervliet Arsenal Cast-iron Storehouse, Watervliet New York

May well be the only remaining all-iron building still used for its original purpose. It is also an early example of prefabricated construction, all its parts having been constructed by Architectural Iron Works in New York and shipped up the Hudson to be erected on the site. In 1813 the United States and Britain were engaged in military skirmishes that later historians document as the War of 1812. One of the problem spots to the Americans was the area around present-day Troy, New York. Expecting an attack from the north at Lake Champlain, or from the west at Niagara Falls, the U.S. Army Ordnance Department (that department of the Army which purchases, manufactures and repairs weapons and ammunition) decided to locate

Rensselaer & Saratoga Railroad Green Island Shops, Green Island New York

Rensselaer & Saratoga Railroad Green Island Shops, Green Island New York

Green Island is located at the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson Rivers due west of the city of Troy. It was connected both to Troy and to more islands at the north of Waterford by bridges constructed in 1835 by the Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad Company. LeGrand B- Cannon, who owned much of Green Island, was active in the management of the R&S. In December 1868, the railroad purchased more than 21 acres of the north central portion of the island from Cannon as a site for extensive locomotive repair and car-building and repair shops. Begun in 1871, according to the builder's stone on the south face of the main building, the Rensselaer & Saratoga's Green Island Shops were completed

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Denver Colorado

S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company, Denver Colorado

The significance of the Shattuck site arises from its role in processing various metals since 1918. At various periods of time, molybdenum compounds, radium, uranium compounds, and rhenium were produced at the site. From about 1934 to the early 1940s, Shattuck was one of only two companies in the U.S. that produced radium salts; although, collectively both companies produced only a small percentage of the radium used in the U.S. during that period. The S. W. Shattuck Chemical Company plant on South Bannock Street in Denver stands as an example of the changing nature of Colorado's mineral processing industry during the twentieth century. Over more than six decades (1918-1984) that the plant processed minerals, the types and markets for the finished

Sound Democrat Mill, Silverton Colorado

Sound Democrat Mill, Silverton Colorado

The Sound Democrat Mill is a seven stamp, five concentration table, ore-processing mill built in 1905- 1906, and remodeled in 1909. It is a typical amalgamation and concentration stamp mill built to treat gold and silver-lead ores. Located in an isolated valley at 12,000 feet in the San Juan Mountains, it is the last standing stamp mill in the productive Eureka district, and one of the most complete stamp mills remaining in Colorado. On July 28, 1905, the Silverton Miner announced a sale of great importance to this county. William G. White had sold the Sound Democrat to J. B. Ezell of Pine Bluff, Arkansas and J. W. Walker. The new owners had sent a crew to open the mine and

Union Pacific Railroad Warehouse, Denver Colorado

Union Pacific Railroad Warehouse, Denver Colorado

Denver was founded on the dreams of gold discovery, but Denver's early settlers realized that the establishment of railroad traffic was the key to a stable prosperity for the city. When the Union Pacific Railroad chose to bypass Denver and go through Cheyenne, Wyoming, on its transcontinental route, Denver businessmen organized and raised funds to bring the Kansas Pacific into Denver. At the same time, John Evans, Colorado's second territorial governor, convinced Congress to agree to a 900,000 acre land grant for the Union Pacific on the condition that it would connect the Kansas Pacific and the Union Pacific. Thus, the first Union Pacific train arrived from Cheyenne In June 1870, and the first Kansas Pacific train arrived from Kansas two

Lace House, Black Hawk Colorado

Lace House, Black Hawk Colorado

One of the few Remaining Structures in the City Dating from the 1860s

The Lace House is part of the Central City-Black Hawk National Historic District and is considered Colorado's premier example of Carpenter Gothic architecture. Fully restored, it is also one of the few structures in Black Hawk remaining from the 1860s. The Lace House has both received lavish attention and suffered benign neglect during its history. It was built in 1863 as a wedding gift from Lucien K. Smith to his wife, Mary Germain, according to local folklore. Smith was the secretary of a company that built and managed a toll road from Black Hawk to Denver. His father, Nelson Smith, and uncle, Ebeneser Smith, realizing the profit potential of a passable road to Denver, decided to take advantage of new territorial

Empire Building, Denver Colorado

Empire Building, Denver Colorado

Located at 430 Sixteenth Street in downtown Denver, the Empire Building was constructed in 1906-07 by real estate developers Julius Myers, Horace Bennett, and Jerome Riche. The building was designed by Frank E. Edbrooke, one of Denver's most prominent and prolific architects, whose works include the city's Brown Palace Hotel, Masonic Temple, and Denver Dry Goods Store. In his 1973 book. Historic Denver 1858-1893, architectural historian Richard Brettell wrote that Edbrooke was almost singlehandedly responsible for the architectural maturity of Denver's downtown in the late 1880s and 1890s. The Empire Building, a six-story, brick, steel frame, commercial building with Neo-classical ornament,_is representative of the mature designs of the later portion of the architect's career. The building also represents the low-rise office

Moffat Station, Denver Colorado

Moffat Station, Denver Colorado

The Moffat Station was the Denver terminus of the Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railroad. David Moffat, an early Denver pioneer and businessman, formed the railroad in 1902, vowing to build the first railroad directly west from Denver to Salt Lake City, Utah. Although Moffat never achieved that goal, his railroad did link much of northwestern Colorado to Denver. Moffat Station is one of only two railroad stations remaining in Denver. It represents the work of Denver architect Edwin Moorman and provides an example of predominantly Georgian Revival architecture, combining other styles popular at the turn of the century.

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