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The Libby Museum, Wolfeboro New Hampshire

The Libby Museum, Wolfeboro New Hampshire

Opened in 1912, this is the Oldest Museum of Natural History in the State

The Libby, as it is called, is a museum of natural history with emphasis on the flora and fauna of New Hampshire. It contains collections and/or specimens of native animals, plants, minerals, fish, and birds. It attracts thousands of visitors (between 4,500 and 5,000 yearly) and also provides educational experiences to hundreds of youngsters in the summer and to school groups in the spring and fall. It has provided, with some minor exceptions, these types of services since its opening in 1912. Dr. Libby began planning for this museum in 1890, having collected and mounted a wide variety of specimens. He conceived the idea of a museum when his collection outgrew his space in which to house it. His dream was

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Ecker Hill Ski Jump, Synderville Utah

Ecker Hill Ski Jump, Synderville Utah

Built in 1928 and Closed in 1960, World Class Skiers Jumped Here

Developed in 1928, the Ecker Hill Ski Jump was one of the premier ski jumping hills in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s and was the first highly successful ski facility in Utah. National meets were held at Ecker Hill regularly during that period, and several world records were established at the hill. It was one of the handful of world-class ski jumps in the U.S. at that time. After hosting the national championships in 1949, Ecker Hill quickly declined in stature as longer, more carefully designed hills were constructed both in the U.S. and in Europe and as downhill skiing began to attract the majority of ski enthusiasts. Ecker Hill continued in ever decreasing use until closing down

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Abenaki Ski Area Wolfeboro, New Hampshire

Abenaki Ski Area Wolfeboro, New Hampshire

Established in 1936, this Local Ski Slop Feature a Rope Tow and Ice Arena

The Abenaki Outing Club was formed in 1936 during a key period of development in the ski industry in New Hampshire. The club created 2 trails in early 1936, and began a trend of periodic expansion and alterations by 1938. In 1940 the extant ski lodge was constructed. Additional ski-related features and events were added following the end of WW II through the 1970s. By the 1990s the ski area was open only sporadically, however in 2005 the Friends of Abenaki group was formed to help reinvigorate the ski area. The facility is currently a town-owned area. The development of the Abenaki Ski Area is representative of a trend in the history of the skiing industry in the State of New

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Nansen Ski Jump, Milan New Hampshire

Nansen Ski Jump, Milan New Hampshire

This Jump near Berlin, NH was Built by the First Ski Club in the US

The Nansen Ski Jump complex was constructed in 1936-1938 and featured a 171-foot-tall inrun tower that was the tallest of its kind in the world at the time. It immediately took its place among the premier ski jumping facilities in the country, hosting numerous national and international championships over the next four decades. Founded in 1872 by Norwegian immigrants who came to work in Berlin's lumber mills, the Nansen Ski Club (NSC) is acknowledged to be the oldest ski club in the country. It was a pioneer in the development of competitive amateur skiing in the United States and a major early contributor to promoting skiing as a recreational activity in New England. The National Youth Administration (NYA) was one of

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Camp Anawan - St. John's Seminary Camp, Meredith New Hampshire

Camp Anawan - St. John's Seminary Camp, Meredith New Hampshire

This was a Summer Camp for Girls until 1939

This cluster of cottages was originally associated with Camp Anawan, a girls' camp started by Jennie Fulton in 1911. Mrs. Fulton was a resident of Somerville, Massachusetts, but erected a summer house for her own use adjacent to the camp. In 1937 Camp Anawan was one of twelve childrens' summer camps in Meredith, whose many lakes and extensive shoreline on Lake Winnipesaukee made it an ideal spot for such recreational use. The camp continued in operation until 1939. After Mrs. Fulton closed the camp, she sold the property to William Henry O'Connell who used it to expand St. John's Seminary camp on the opposite side of Route 25. Mrs. Fulton continued to reside seasonally in her house for a few years,

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United Baptist Church of Lakeport, Laconia New Hampshire

United Baptist Church of Lakeport, Laconia New Hampshire

A Church has Been on this Site Since 1852 Under the Same Congregation

The United Baptist Church is actually the second church on its site. The earlier church was built in 1852-53 for the Lake Village Free Will Baptist Church. By 1890, the congregation had outgrown the building. So, an addition was planned and begun to enlarge the church. But on December 15th, 1890, a fire starting in the addition, then under construction, destroyed the entire building. The next day, the Proprietors of the Free Will Baptist Meeting House (the pew owners) voted to rebuild the church and established committees to raise funds and to obtain plans and specifications for a new building. The soliciting of funds began before the ruins were done smoking. At a subsequent meeting on January 5th, the Proprietors voted

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St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Providence Rhode Island

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Providence Rhode Island

This is the second oldest Church Building in RI

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church is a good example, and an early one in Rhode Island, along with the Episcopalian Grace and St. Stephen's Churches, of the prevalent mid-19th-Century practice of studiously adapting designs for ecclesiastical structures in this country from early (Pointed) English Gothic examples. So, the building shows its careful derivation outside and inside from the straightforward patterns d the larger parish churches in England's provincial sections. Its architect, Patrick C. Keeley (1816-1896), had grown up in the United Kingdom, was scarcely an untrained person, and he knew what he was about when embarking upon this Providence commission. Born in Kilkenny, Ireland, Keeley was the son of an architect; he worked with his father and probably had some opportunities

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Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence Rhode Island

Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Providence Rhode Island

This Church has One of the Largest Mechanical Organs in North America

Still monumental and conspicuous, even among numerous recent high-rise buildings, the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul must have been even more so when first built near the low 18th- and 18th-Century domestic structures of old Weybosset Hill. And this display of size and grandeur was surely intentional, to signify the slowly-built but increasingly widespread importance of the Roman Catholic faith in Rhode Island and the dignity of its episcopal seat in Providence. There had been an earlier and small church structure on the site, which had been promoted to Cathedral in 1817, when Providence became an independent diocese, having previously been one jointly with Hartford, Connecticut. This small building probably was sufficient for local Catholic needs during its thirty years

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St. James Episcopal Church, Laconia New Hampshire

St. James Episcopal Church, Laconia New Hampshire

This 1964 Building now Serves as the Boys & Girls Club of the Lakes Region

St James was built in 1964 on land purchased by the Wain family, who's Bungalow House was moved to another location an the lot and used as the parish rectory. The church was designed by Hanover architect Frank J. Barrett two years after he left Granger Associates to open his own practice. The church's gable ends were decorated with stained glass windows designed by Barrett and Orin Skinner, one of which used glass from the stained glass windows in the congregation's previous church. Sold in 2013, the congregation removed the stained glass windows for future use. The gabled ends of the building were given a new fenestration that is substantially different from the original design. St. James Episcopal Church built their

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Christ Episcopal Church and Cemetery, Cambridge Maryland

Christ Episcopal Church and Cemetery, Cambridge Maryland

This Parish was Established in 1692 and Remains Active

Christ Episcopal Church, built between 1883 and 1884, is significant for two reasons. As an example of late Victorian Gothic Revival architecture, Christ Church is unsurpassed elsewhere in Cambridge or Dorchester County. Designed by the prominent nineteenth century Baltimore architect Charles Cassell, Christ Church reflects both the architectural sophistication of its clergy and congregation and the preference of the Episcopal Church in general for the Gothic style. In addition, Christ Church, the parish church for Great Choptank Parish, has played an important role in the history of Cambridge and Dorchester County. Its parishioners have included five governors of Maryland, a state Attorney General, an Ambassador to the Netherlands, local judges and lawyers and several U. S. Congressmen. These men, along with

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Weirs Highlands Camp and Cottages, Laconia New Hampshire

Weirs Highlands Camp and Cottages, Laconia New Hampshire

Small Cabin Resort was for Summer Vacationers to Lake Winnipesaukee

The complex of 15 buildings bounded by Endicott Street, Tower Read, and including part of Warner Ave in Laconia reveal an eighty five year effort to tap into the tourist market that blossoms every summer in the Weirs Beach area of Lake Winnipesaukee. Hidden behind five additions and heavily renovated at the interior, the c. 1850 house of Cynthia Wilcomb served two families who worked in the Weirs during its budding as a tourist destination. Later, Minnie and Caleb Avery built a filling station, ice cream shop, and small cabins (10 remain) to serve a new type of tourist arriving in The Weirs by automobile. The accommodations expanded over time to provide greater emphasis on retail and accommodations, which in turn

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Hathaway House, Laconia New Hampshire

Hathaway House, Laconia New Hampshire

This Historic Home was Unfortunately Demolished in 2014

Built in 1872 for Samuel C. Clark, prominent local citizen, the Hathaway House is an Italianate style house with elaborate, high-style detailing. Clark was a local lawyer and politician who helped develop the Lakeport region of Laconia. From 1957 to 1999, the house became a retail establishment, with minimal changes to the exterior of the building. Dating from 1872, the Italianate dwelling was constructed as the home for Samuel C. Clark (1832-1897). The building was located on the site of the home of Clark's parents, which Clark purchased in 1871 in order to build his home. A beam in the attic notes the construction date of July 19th, 1872, and is signed by L.P. Preston of Rumney. At the time, Clark

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Tetley-Sakansky Mill, Laconia New Hampshire

Tetley-Sakansky Mill, Laconia New Hampshire

First used to Manufacture Boxes, this Building Later Became a Hosiery Mill

The Tetley-Sakansky Mill was erected in 1890 for the Tetley Box Company, an important industry headquartered in downtown Laconia. The mill initially stood on the east side of the river, but was moved, apparently shortly after it was built, to its present site under the direction of mover John Page. The site to which it was relocated had, as late as 1887, a blacksmith shop on it. Edmund Tetley was an Englishman who entered the employ of Frank P. Holt in the box business in 1873 and purchased the business ca. 1880. Boxes were an important sideline of the hosiery business in the Laconia region, and much of Tetley's production was hosiery and shoe boxes. His shop in Laconia was described

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St. John's on the Lake Chapel Bear Island, Meredith New Hampshire

St. John's on the Lake Chapel Bear Island, Meredith New Hampshire

This Island Church on Lake Winnipesaukee was built in 1927 for Summer Services

St. John's Chapel-on-the-Lake was built in 1927 with an 1898 observation tower incorporated into its design. It was used as an Episcopalian summer chapel on Bear Island in Lake Winnipesaukee until 1976. St. John's-on-the-Lake Chapel has an unusual history. The building, or at least its tower, began as an observation tower built in the summer of 1898 for Ellery Channing Mansfield on the heights of Bear Island in Lake Winnipesaukee. The tower was described by the Meredith News as a room ten feet square on top of some spruce timbers thirty feet high, with the room being surrounded by a piazza. The proposal to turn this observatory into an Episcopalian summer chapel was begun as a project of Rev. Kenneth Ripley

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Laconia State School, Laconia New Hampshire

Laconia State School, Laconia New Hampshire

Served as Home for Disabled Children until 1991, then as a Prison until 2009

The Laconia State School has been called by several names throughout its history. From its establishment in 1901 through 1924, the institution was known as the New Hampshire School for the Feeble-Minded. From 1924 to 1969, and in current colloquial use, the institution was known as Laconia State School. From 1969 to 1988, it was Laconia State School and Training Center. From 1988-1991, it was Laconia Developmental Services. After 1994, it was no longer used as an institution for people with developmental disabilities but rather as a prison; in this incarnation, it was known as the Lakes Region Facility. The school was the only state facility for young people with developmental disabilities from its founding in 1903 to its closure in

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Union Station, Kansas City Missouri

Union Station, Kansas City Missouri

Closed in the 1980s, the Station Has Been Restored as a Multi-Purpose Facility

Designed and executed during the grand phase of American railroad architecture (1890-1914), Kansas City's Union Station was, at the time of its construction, the third largest train station in the United States. A monumental public building, designed in the Beaux-Arts tradition by noted Chicago architect, Jarvis Hunt, Kansas City's Union Station epitomized both the City Beautiful movement and the urban design ideals set forth for Kansas City by famed Landscape architect and planner, George E. Kessler. The new station was impressive, a bold T-shape design that clearly defined intended circulation patterns for arriving and departing passengers, and placed an expansive waiting room over the tracks. Union Station was a catalyst for Kansas City, sparking not only industrial and commercial growth, but

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Crunden-Martin Manufacturing Company, St. Louis Missouri

Crunden-Martin Manufacturing Company, St. Louis Missouri

Closed since 1990, Plans to Restore the Complex were Dashed by a Massive Fire on 11/28/25

The Crunden-Martin Manufacturing Company, located just south of downtown St. Louis, is a group of seven buildings, designed from 1904 to 1920 by prominent St. Louis firms Mauran, Russell & Garden (and successor, Crowell) and Tom P. Barnett & Company, and became the final home of the Crunden-Martin Woodenware Company (later Crunden-Martin Mfg. Company). Crunden-Martin steadily developed into one of the more important and successful woodenware, willow wear and metal-goods industries of the city between 1891 and 1990; second only to the Samuel Cupples Woodenware Company. By 1924, Crunden-Martin was the only woodenware firm represented in the Merchant's Exchange of St. Louis. During WW I, Crunden-Martin manufactured helmets, stoves, buckets and five-gallon gasoline jerry cans for the U.S. military; the company

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Taylor House - Woodlawn, Jackson Louisiana

Taylor House - Woodlawn, Jackson Louisiana

This 1850 Greek Revival Home Has Been Part of a Medical Complex since 1912

According to Taylor family tradition, the house was built by James Warren Taylor for his bride Mary Pipes of Clinton, Louisiana. Cotton and livestock were the plantation's major products. The family owned the house from its construction until 1912, when Taylor heirs sold it and its accompanying one thousand acres of land to the State of Louisiana. The property served as the East Feliciana Hospital for the Insane for many years and is now the Villa Feliciana Chronic Disease Hospital and Rehabilitation Center. The house was once used as offices and staff apartments but currently stands vacant. Despite its proximity to the French Creole region of Louisiana, East Feliciana was settled primarily by Anglo-Americans from the eastern United States. These settlers

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Renfro Mill, Mount Airy North Carolina

Renfro Mill, Mount Airy North Carolina

Original Home of the Nations Largest Sock Maker, it has been Converted into Condos

Renfro Mill, initially the R. Roberts Leaf Tobacco House-is an excellent example of the form of building typically used by the tobacco industry in Piedmont North Carolina for both factories and leaf houses during the late nineteenth century. These buildings, becoming increasingly rare, tend to be three to five story rectangular brick structures with stepped parapet gable ends, segmental-arched windows, and often decorative brickwork on the facade. When small tobacco companies failed during the first two decades of the twentieth century because they could not compete with the big tobacco conglomerates, many of their buildings were taken over by other burgeoning industries. These buildings offered both good space and quality construction. In 1921 Renfro Mill, a new sock-making company, took over

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Wilkes Hosiery Mills, North Wilkesboro North Carolina

Wilkes Hosiery Mills, North Wilkesboro North Carolina

Socks were Knit at this Mill until 1957, it was Converted into Loft Condos in 2010

P. Ward Eshelman (1883-1962), a High Point businessman, arrived in North Wilkesboro in 1918 to start a hosiery mill. North Wilkesboro, incorporated 1891, had been established on the north side of the Yadkin River specifically to serve as the western terminus of the Northwestern North Carolina Railroad, from which point it could tap the vast timber and agricultural resources of the upper Yadkin River valley. The new town developed rapidly and soon became the region's principal shipping point, the area's center of commerce, and home to numerous industries, especially those that produced tanned leather, lumber, furniture, and other products that depended on the natural resources of the nearby mountain forests. Despite all this, local promoters encouraged the establishment of more industries,

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