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Alexander Theatre, Glendale California

Alexander Theatre, Glendale California

The City of Glendale consists of approximately 30 square miles located about 6 miles north of downtown Los Angeles, at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, wedged between the San Fernando Valley to the west and the San Gabriel Valley to the east. At the turn of the century, the business district was centered at Glendale Ave. and Third St. (now Wilson). The construction of an interurban railroad line connecting Glendale to Los Angeles was a catalyst for growth of a community of homes. A building boom in the 1920's is characterized by the first four-story business block at the corner of Brand Boulevard and Wilson Avenue By 1945 Glendale was almost entirely improved, with a commercial center at the

Wood Island Lighthouse, Biddeford Pool Maine

Wood Island Lighthouse, Biddeford Pool Maine

This Light Station has Active Since 1808 and Has a Haunted History

Wood Island Light Station was one of two lights established in 1808; the other being at West Quoddy Head in eastern Maine. Of the two, it is the only one that retains the original tower. Wood Island light was erected on a small shallow island at the mouth of the Saco River. This location was of particular significance due to the heavy maritime traffic in and around the commercial centers of Saco and Biddeford. Both of these communities had developed into important local trading centers during the eighteenth century, and their growth continued into the 1800s. Until the construction of Whaleback Light in 1829, the station at Wood Island was the southernmost of the principal aids to navigation in Maine. (West

Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, Minneapolis Minnesota

Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, Minneapolis Minnesota

The Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged is one of the few buildings designed by the Minneapolis architect Frederick G. Corser which is still extant and has not undergone substantial alteration. The Home is a good example of Corser's work because it is a well-proportioned building with simple detailing. The Little Sisters of the Poor, a religious order dedicated to serving the poor, came to Minneapolis in 1889 to build and support a home for the aged. A three-and-one-half-story yellow brick building with attached chapel was designed by Corser in 1895 and constructed on Broadway Avenue between Second and Third Streets, Northeast. The design reflects Corser's concern with building a functional and safe home for the elderly. Nonflammable

Winter Harbor Light Station, Winter Harbor Maine

Winter Harbor Light Station, Winter Harbor Maine

Winter Harbor Light Station was established in 1856 on Mark Island as a guide to nearby Winter and Mosquito harbors. The light station on Mark Island served in an important capacity as a primary navigational aid to the local fishing fleet as well as nearby maritime transportation routes. This latter point became increasingly significant in the late nineteenth century as the development of the summer tourist industry on Mount Desert Island increased the number of pleasure craft that plied the waterways in the area. This light was decommissioned in 1934 and sold to a private citizen. Site Description The Winter Harbor Light Station consists of a cylindrical brick tower connected to the one-story ell of the frame keeper's house through a

Knox County Poor Asylum, Vincennes Indiana

Knox County Poor Asylum, Vincennes Indiana

This Historic Home for the Poor in Indiana was Demolished 1/2024

The Knox County Poor Asylum (now known as the county home) was operated by the county until 1985, when the Knox County Association for Retarded Citizens leased the building as its offices. The association rehabilitated the former asylum and remodeled portions of the interior, installing new restrooms and storage rooms in the assembly rooms, converting the southeast end of the first floor to a lounge. In the basement, several storage rooms were created in the central spaces originally used as the kitchen and dining room. In 2015, the New Hope Center Corporation purchased the main asylum building and 2.83 acres from the Knox County Commissioners. In 1820 the Indiana General Assembly appointed commissioners in Knox County to purchase a county poor

Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, Bristol Maine

Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, Bristol Maine

One of the most dramatically located lights on the Maine coast, Pemaquid Point Light is an extremely important navigational mark between the entrance to Johns Bay and Muscongus Bay. In spite of its location, it has been the scene of a number of tragic shipwrecks owing to the long ledge which runs southwesterly from its base. In 1934 the keeper's house and surrounding land were given to the State and is now a state park with the dwelling having been converted into a lighthouse and maritime museum. Of passing interest is the fact that on what is now the location of the lighthouse, hundreds of people stood on September 5^th, 1813, to witness the epic single ship action between the British

Lancaster Watch Company, Lancaster Pennsylvania

Lancaster Watch Company, Lancaster Pennsylvania

Founded as the Adams and Perry Watch Company in 1874, the business was the first to mass-produce watches in Lancaster County. Soon after being reorganized in 1877, the company made the first American watch movements employing the double escapement mechanism. After the firm was incorporated as the Hamilton Watch Company in 1892, it became one of the country's leading manufacturers of timekeepers. Within the three generations following 1892, Hamilton Watch gained a national reputation for three innovations: the development of accurate watches for railroad conductors and inspectors; the production of chronometers in World War I and World Ward II; and the introduction of the world's first electric wristwatch. In 1893, the Hamilton Watch Company was marketing accurate watches for the use

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot, Council Bluffs Iowa

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot, Council Bluffs Iowa

The 1899 Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad passenger depot in Council Bluffs is the last extant passenger depot in a town that once had eight such depots. Council Bluffs was assured its status as a major railroad gateway to the West when, in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln decided the transcontinental railroad would cross the Missouri River at this site. Thereafter, most of the trans-Iowa railroads funneled their lines through the town for the river crossing and connections west. During the peak years of the 1890s, no fewer than 15 railroad lines operated 90 trains a day through town. In early 1899, the Rock Island undertook to tear down its old depot in Council Bluffs and erect a new one on

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Depot, Marseilles Illinois

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Depot, Marseilles Illinois

The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Depot, built in 1917, provided passenger, freight, and baggage service for Marseille's citizens, businesses, manufacturing companies, and travelers. It is located near the center of the 99 miles of track of the Rock Island & LaSalle Railroad, which would become the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. This section parallels the I & M Canal from Chicago to Peru. This railroad's success brought canal passenger service to an end just as U.S. Route 6 and Interstate 80 drew off the railroad's passengers. The depot, with its well-maintained and carefully preserved facade, recalls the high water mark of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad. The city of Marseilles is located just five miles south

Rock Island Depot and Freight House, Peoria Illinois

Rock Island Depot and Freight House, Peoria Illinois

The Rock Island Depot in Peoria is the last remaining structure signifying the importance of the railroad in Peoria's history. The opening of the Rock Island Depot in 1900 was attended by throngs of populous. Peoria had been a true rail transportation center rivaled only by Chicago in the Midwest previous to the 1880's depression. Railroads touched the lives of most Peoria citizenry as it was the only transportation link of consequence until expressways and air travel were established after World War II. Familiar classical details were assembled to create a form identifiable as a Midwestern train station, using the classical arched windows below an Italianate bracketed overhang and the long, low profile which predates the Prairie Style of architecture. Site

Gilbert Clock Company Factory, Winchester Connecticut

Gilbert Clock Company Factory, Winchester Connecticut

The Gilbert Clock Factory is historically significant as a relatively rare artifact of one of Connecticut's most important 19th-century industries, the production of low-cost clocks, and as an industrial complex that played a large role in the history of the locality. Once a possession only for the rich, clocks in the 19^th century became so inexpensive that nearly every family could afford one. Connecticut entrepreneurs developed innovative clock-production techniques that made mass-produced clocks possible, and consequently, Connecticut became the center of the clock industry for all of America. Of the many businesses which were started, that of William L. Gilbert became one of the largest and most successful in the country. Dating from 1871, the present factory complex reflects the period

New Haven Clock Company Factory, New Haven Connecticut

New Haven Clock Company Factory, New Haven Connecticut

The New Haven Clock Company Factory is associated with one of Connecticut's most important industries, the manufacture of stylish yet inexpensive clocks that appealed to a broad market of middle-class consumers. Along with E. Ingraham, Seth Thomas, Waterbury Clock, and at most a handful of other firms that achieved an industrial scale of clockmaking, the New Haven Clock Company enjoyed a major share of the national and even international markets for clocks. In 1866 the complex was rebuilt following a fire that destroyed an earlier clock factory on the site. In 1956 production ceased at the plant. The New Haven Clock Company meets Criterion A at the state level for its role in the growth of clock-making as a primary industry

Rock Island Depot, Lonoke Arkansas

Rock Island Depot, Lonoke Arkansas

The Rock Island Depot served this central Arkansas agricultural community for seventy-two years. For most of these years it has been the commercial and economic center of activity for Lonoke and Lonoke County. Constructed in 1912 at a cost of $26,000, the building replaced an earlier depot that had been constructed in 1899 to serve traffic along this Memphis to Little Rock line. Cotton, rice, flour, soybeans, timber, and other commodities were shipped on the Rock Island line from the Lonoke depot. The city of Lonoke is one whose history is directly related to railroad transportation. The original Memphis to Little Rock Railroad went through Brownsville which was located a few miles north of the present town of Lonoke. Federal troops

Rock Island Depot, Hazen Arkansas

Rock Island Depot, Hazen Arkansas

The Rock Island Depot in Hazen, Arkansas, was constructed in 1915. The city of Hazen, located in Prairie County about fifty miles east of Little Rock, originated as a stop on the line of the first railroad in Arkansas, the Memphis and Little Rock. Beginning operation in 1853, this line was an important factor in troop and supply movements during the Civil War, and communities such as Lonoke, Carlisle, and Hazen grew up around fueling stations. Increased competition among rail lines in the late nineteenth century proved unfortunate, however, for the Memphis and Little Rock. The company had never been a financial success, due chiefly to frequent flooding which interfered with traffic over the eastern forty miles, and in 1900 the

Buffalo Milk Company Building, Buffalo New York

Buffalo Milk Company Building, Buffalo New York

Located at 885 Niagara Street in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, the Buffalo Milk Company, which reformed as Queen City Dairy in 1909, built and used the building for the pasteurization and distribution of milk at the turn of the twentieth-century. It was the first large-scale milk company to do so in Buffalo. The building was designed by local architect Sydney Woodruff and was constructed primarily between 1903 and 1905, with two small additions made in 1910. The Buffalo Milk Company Building represents a shift in industrial design from haphazard expansions typical of early nineteenth-century factories towards comprehensive planning in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The building is an excellent example of a consolidated works, a building type that

Rock Island Depot, Carlisle Arkansas

Rock Island Depot, Carlisle Arkansas

The Carlisle Rock Island Depot, constructed c. 1920, is an outstanding example of the Tudor Revival architectural style, which became popular during the 1920s in Arkansas for various types of buildings. Rock Island Railroad provided the only direct passenger and cargo service between Little Rock, Arkansas and Memphis, Tennessee after 1899. It supported the growth and development of the rice farming town of Carlisle. The town of Carlisle was founded on August 1^st, 1872, when Samuel McCormick and his wife, L. J. McCormick, made and entered into a bill of assurance wherein as co-owners they laid off into lots and blocks the northwest quarter of Section 22, Township 2 North, Range 7 West of the 5^th principal meridian, and made a

Palmyra Methodist Episcopal Church, Palmyra Iowa

Palmyra Methodist Episcopal Church, Palmyra Iowa

The church, standing near the Palmyra country school, has been an educative force since it was first organized October 29^th, 1853; one of the oldest churches in this area. In 1869 a great religious revival swept the township. Needing more room, the present 1870 building was erected to seat 500 persons, making it one of the largest congregations in Warren County at that time. The social and humanitarian values of this church are cited as extremely important to this community by older citizens, especially. The church served as a meeting ground for community ideas. The Palmyra Church congregation dates to 1853, and the present structure to 1867-70; these dates represent the earliest Methodist congregation in Warren County and the oldest religious

Monarch Knitting Company Factory, Buffalo New York

Monarch Knitting Company Factory, Buffalo New York

The Monarch Knitting Company Factory was a small-scale textile mill in Buffalo using semi-mill construction, a framing method used for non-excessive floor loads that used heavy timber posts and beams spaced at their greatest distance per load and allowed manufacturers to maximize the space between support columns. It also contains important secondary spaces for cleaning and coloring wool, including a one-and-a-half-story dye house designed to foster airflow and steam ventilation. The Monarch Knitting Company, a Canadian textile firm that specialized in knit sweaters, built the factory as their Buffalo branch in 1912-13, and occupied the building until 1923. During this time, the company steadily expanded the factory with additions in 1916 and 1918. The firm used the factory to dye wool,

Bethany Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kimballton Iowa

Bethany Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church, Kimballton Iowa

The Bethany Church was first organized in 1890 before the Danish Lutheran Church split into two synods. Following that split, some of the original congregation left to establish a Grundtvigian congregation in Kimballton, while others remained and followed the pietistic synod. This congregation and that in Elk Horn were among the earliest Danish Lutheran churches in the area, and were the primary churches directly affected by the split. While the property was built four years after the actual split, it replaced the original church which had been built before the split and was struck by lightning and burned in 1898. The schism in the Lutheran Church was to influence not only the religious direction of the Danish settlement area's development, but

Model Tobacco Factory, Richmond Virginia

Model Tobacco Factory, Richmond Virginia

Tobacco had been an important part of Virginia's and Richmond's history since the seventeenth century. With English colonist John Rolfe's successful cultivation of a strain of tobacco that was more palatable to Europeans than previous renditions, it became the major export of the Virginia colony. Much of this tobacco was consumed by drinking the smoke from a pipe. The pipes' fragility eventually led to its decline so that by the nineteenth-century pipes were being replaced by cigars and cigarettes as preferred methods of intake, though eventually more hardy pipes also would be created. Additionally, chewing tobacco, which was made by mixing molasses with tobacco leaves, became an important form of consumption in the United States. As the cigarette became more popular

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