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Calhan Rock Island Railroad Depot, Calhan Colorado

Calhan Rock Island Railroad Depot, Calhan Colorado

Manifest Destiny fueled the drive to settle the American West and unite the East and West coasts in the 19^th century and the railroad played a major role in these goals. As the push was being made to complete the first transcontinental line, short lines or feeder railroads branched off from the mainlines and brought settlers and homesteaders to lands not yet occupied by Anglo-Europeans. In the early 1880s, the Rock Island Railroad [RI] was interested in expanding its line westward for connection with the proposed Colorado Midland [Midland] that was to run out of Colorado Springs to the mining communities. The Chicago, Kansas, and Nebraska Railway (CK&N) was incorporated in 1885 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the RI to construct

DuPont-Guest Estate - White Eagle, Brookville New York

DuPont-Guest Estate - White Eagle, Brookville New York

The DuPont-Guest Estate was intended as a summer home for Alfred I. DuPont, a prominent American businessman from an important gunpowder manufacturing business that traced its roots to the late-eighteenth century. DuPont commissioned the house in 1916. An important American businessman of the early twentieth century, DuPont was a player in the larger group of American industrialists of the time, many of whom commissioned their own mansions along the Long Island north shore patterned after the grand estates of European royalty. The estate later became the home of Mrs. Frederick F. E. Guest from 1923-1959. Mrs. Guest was from the prominent Phipps family, well-known for its industrialists and politicians, some of whom also had houses built in the Westbury area. DuPont

Barton Elementary School, West Bend Wisconsin

Barton Elementary School, West Bend Wisconsin

The Barton Elementary School was originally built as the primary public elementary school for the small village of Barton (which was annexed by West Bend in 1961), the building's growth and continued physical expansion between 1924 and 1969 exemplify the development and evolution of the modern graded school in the former village of Barton and the city of West Bend. The building continued to be expanded, even after municipal annexation. While many new school buildings were constructed in West Bend during the post-World War II period, these new schools were built to augment, not replace, existing functional schools such as Barton. The continued expansion and modernization of early-twentieth-century school buildings was a critical piece of the Washington County school board's approach

Brandywine Shoal Light Station, Cape May Point New Jersey

Brandywine Shoal Light Station, Cape May Point New Jersey

Brandywine Shoal Light Station marks a hazardous shoal just inside the Delaware Bay's entrance, and is the first offshore lighthouse that mariners encounter upon entering the Bay from seaward. The light on Brandywine Shoal has aided navigation along the Delaware Bay's principal shipping channel since the middle nineteenth century, and the existing lighthouse has been a prominent landmark since its completion in 1914. The structure standing today is unusual in United States light station engineering. It was the first offshore light in the country where both the caisson-type foundation pier and superstructure are made of reinforced concrete. Most lights of that type have a cast iron caisson. This structure's concrete pier and tower were built more quickly, cost less money, and

Ambler's Texaco Gas Station, Dwight Illinois

Ambler's Texaco Gas Station, Dwight Illinois

Ambler's Texaco Gas Station was built in 1933 as a gasoline station providing oil, gasoline, and vehicle repair services to motorists along Route 66 as well as to the citizens of the Dwight area. It became Becker's Marathon Gas Station in 1971 and stayed open for another 26 years. The town of Dwight is located in Livingston County, 30 miles west of Kankakee in an agricultural and bituminous coal mining area. Dwight was founded in 1854 and named for Henry Dwight of New York, the principal financial backer in the building of the Chicago and Mississippi River Railroad. James C. Spencer, a native of New York State, came to Illinois in 1852 to work as an engineer on the construction of

Java Depot, Java South Dakota

Java Depot, Java South Dakota

The Java Depot is a combination depot plan constructed by the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway. Combination depots commonly used in small towns or as a short-term building are extremely hard to find in their original location. The city of Java owes its existence to the railroad. The Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway extended their service to the Missouri River. Workers laying rails dubbed the new town Java in honor of the coffee served in the town. James C. Corson, agent for the Milwaukee Land Company, sold town lots from his home in October 1900. Building began immediately after the sale of the land. By the end of 1900, the town had 24 buildings with at least three more

WJBK-TV Studios Building, Detroit Michigan

WJBK-TV Studios Building, Detroit Michigan

The former WJBK-TV Studios Building in Detroit, Michigan, housed pioneering Detroit television station WJBK when it was constructed in 1956 by the Storer Broadcasting Company. The Storer Broadcasting Company was an early national television network based in Toledo, Ohio. It is Detroit's only building designed by John L. Volk, a noted architect from Palm Beach, Florida, who planned over 2,000 buildings in his career. The WJBK-TV studio building is the only intact example of a 1950s television studio left in the city. The former WJBK-TV Studios Building was constructed in 1956 by the Storer Broadcasting Company, an early national television network based in Toledo, Ohio. Television began in Detroit with the first station in Michigan signing on on March 4^th, 1947.

Rock Island Depot, Sioux Falls South Dakota

Rock Island Depot, Sioux Falls South Dakota

Constructed in 1885, the Rock Island Station represents the beginnings and the end of the railroad passenger services in the city of Sioux Falls. It served the area until it was vacated in June 1970. In February 1886, the city residents voted to issue bonds aiding the attempt to bring the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railroad Company into the community. On October 26^th, 1886, the road was completed that day, citizens witnessed the arrival of the first train. The following afternoon, the first passenger train arrived, to spark what would be over 80 years in passenger services. This transportation link served to aid Sioux Falls' growth. By 1890, Sioux Falls was the leading commercial center in South Dakota. The station

Sears, Roebuck and Company Catalog Distribution Center and Retail Store, Memphis Tennessee

Sears, Roebuck and Company Catalog Distribution Center and Retail Store, Memphis Tennessee

The Sears Roebuck & Company Catalog Distribution Center and Retail Store (Sears Crosstown or Crosstown) was built in 1927, part of an important phase in the development of one of America's major retailers, during which Sears dramatically changed the way it served customers. By 1967 the complex was at its peak, with over 2,000 employees. Around 1958, the importance of the Sears Crosstown store was starting to be eclipsed as a retail center by Sears' newer store at Laurelwood on Perkins Extended at Poplar Avenue. Construction of the garage in 1964 was an effort to retain the Crosstown store's importance for retail sales. The Crosstown store was shifted in focus to the sale of surplus goods in early 1983; the retail

Seguin Island Light Station, Georgetown Maine

Seguin Island Light Station, Georgetown Maine

Seguin Island Light Station is the second oldest on the Coast of Maine, construction having started in 1790, five years after the completion of Portland Head Light. The original wooden tower was completed in 1797 at a cost of $6,300. This was replaced in 1820 by a stone tower costing $2,500. In 1857, the present granite structure was erected at a cost of $35,000. Replacement of the first two towers was probably necessitated, or at least hastened, by the damp climate of Seguin Island, which has experienced as many as 2734 hours of fog in one year, making it the foggiest light station in the U.S. The tower is only 53 feet high. However, because of the headland on which the

Pittsburgh Brass Manufacturing Company Building, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh Brass Manufacturing Company Building, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

The Pittsburgh Brass Manufacturing Company Building was an independent specialty metal manufacturer in Pittsburgh. Categorized as a brass founder and finisher, the company manufactured bronze, brass, and aluminum products and was one of the largest brass manufacturing concerns in the Pittsburgh area. At this property, the company manufactured products for industrial clients, including those from the iron and steel industry. The company also manufactured ornamental metal work and developed new products, such as the frost-proof water closet, a product with which they cornered the market, and the patented bronze roto-flex ball pipe joint, a non-leaking flexible joint with applications in numerous industries. The company vacated the building and moved to Irwin, PA in 1968. The company was founded in 1899 by

Marion PCC & St. Louis Railroad Depot, Marion Indiana

Marion PCC & St. Louis Railroad Depot, Marion Indiana

The Marion PCC & St. Louis Railroad Depot, 1895, has features of the Romanesque Revival and Queen Anne styles in its masonry construction and wood details of its eaves and cross gable walls. The Marion PCC & St. Louis Depot is the oldest of the two intact rail passenger depots in Marion. The Marion PCC & St. Louis Railroad Depot is a good example of the response burgeoning railroad companies made to small cities for growing passenger travel on railroads. The depot was constructed at the height of the passenger industry as a demonstration of the railroad's commitment to the City of Marion for exceptional, modern facilities. The construction of the depot was followed closely by the city's business community who

Doubling Point Light Station, Bath Maine

Doubling Point Light Station, Bath Maine

The Doubling Point Light Station is situated on the west side of Arrowsic Island in the Kennebec River. Northernmost of the four-station system erected in 1898 on this important river. In 1892, the Annual Report of the Light-House Board carried a lengthy statement of the need for light and fog signals in the Kennebec River. Gateway to the important harbor at Bath and the upriver communities of Gardiner, Hallowell and the state capitol at Augusta, the Kennebec River carried the traffic of 3,137 vessels in 1891 excluding daily passenger steamers. Based on these statistics the Light-House Board requested appropriations for lights at Doubling Point, Squirrel Point, Perkins Island, and a set of range lights. It was not until 1895, however, that

Catawba Rosenwald School - Liberty Hill School, Catawba South Carolina

Catawba Rosenwald School - Liberty Hill School, Catawba South Carolina

The Catawba School was built in 1924-25 to serve the African-American community in southeastern York County, South Carolina. It was known as the Catawba School on official lists of Rosenwald schools, but is generally known as the Liberty Hill School locally because of its association with Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church nearby. It was one of twenty schools built in York County with funds from the Rosenwald program between 1917 and 1932. Of these schools, only two, the Catawba Rosenwald School and the Carroll Rosenwald School, are known to be extant. The Catawba School was built with the assistance of the Julius Rosenwald Fund. This program provided matching funds to local communities and school districts to build schools for African-American students

Cuckolds Light Station, Southport Maine

Cuckolds Light Station, Southport Maine

The Cuckolds Island Light Station marks the entrance to Boothbay Harbor from the ocean. The station first served as a fog signal station in 1892, but, in 1907, a light tower was added. All of the station structures except the fog signal building and light tower built upon it have been destroyed. Still, the fog signal structure is unique because of its granite pier construction built to protect the station from storm waves and its later modification to a light tower. The light and fog signal at the station continue as active aids to navigation. Boothbay Harbor was a busy fishing port in the 19^th and early 20^th century. The barren rock upon which the Cuckold station is located was first

Caswell County Training School, Yanceyville North Carolina

Caswell County Training School, Yanceyville North Carolina

Caswell County Training School (CCTS) comprising a 1949 auditorium/cafeteria wing, a 1951 main block, and a 1960 gymnasium, is the product of a statewide mid-twentieth-century campus improvement and consolidation campaign. At the time of its completion, CCTS, which then served first- through eleventh-grade African American youth, was the county's largest and best-equipped educational facility. The 1949-1951 building replaced the nearby one-story, weatherboarded, 1924 Yanceyville School, which became known as Caswell County Training School in 1934 upon attaining high school accreditation from the State Department of Public Instruction. Funding for the new school complex was insufficient, so the Caswell County Board of Education elected to first construct the 1949 auditorium and basement cafeteria, which would become the school's rear wing upon completion

Point Reyes Light Station, Point Reyes California

Point Reyes Light Station, Point Reyes California

The Point Reyes Light Station was established to warn mariners of local hazards and also to provide an important landmark in setting bearings for San Francisco harbor. Protruding far beyond the rest of the coastline and often shrouded in heavy fog, Point Reyes figures as a dangerous spot on Pacific maritime coastal routes. Congress authorized funds for a lighthouse at Point Reyes as early as 1854. Disputes with local landowners, however, delayed construction until 1870. In the interim, seven major shipwrecks occurred at the point. The construction of the light station proved to be a monumental civil engineering feat. Work began with wagons carrying materials over two miles of steep hills from the landing to the top of the headland. Two

Charles Carroll Public School, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Charles Carroll Public School, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

On March 23^rd, 1846, the current site of the Charles Carroll Public School was purchased by the Philadelphia School Review Board from Joseph J. Ball and his wife for $7,527.93. The rectangular lot extended from Salmon Street on the east to Edgemont Street to the west, which was an unusually large plot of land for a school during this period. The 3-story, brick building, that was subsequently constructed on the site, faced Salmon Street and contained six classrooms with an open playground to the west. Known as the Richmond School until 1848, the building was renamed after founding father Charles Carroll, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. By the early 1920s, a comprehensive school building survey determined that this building

Point Bonita Light Station, Sausalito California

Point Bonita Light Station, Sausalito California

The Point Bonita Light Station contains an intact lighthouse tower (in this case with intact lens as well) and an associated fog-signal building. The tower and fog-signal building, clustered together at the end of the rocky point, give a cohesiveness to the station site. This is heightened by the building's separation from the main access path by a pedestrian suspension bridge. This bridge, existing in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge, gives an element of grace and whimsy to the lighthouse site. Point Bonita is the only lighthouse in the United States (perhaps the world) approached by a suspension bridge. The Point Bonita Lighthouse was established in 1855 to mark the northern entrance to San Francisco Bay and to warn

Roland E. Cook Elementary School, Vinton Virginia

Roland E. Cook Elementary School, Vinton Virginia

Built in 1915 and expanded in 1924, Roland E. Cook Elementary School was an early consolidated school for white students in Roanoke County. The movement to establish consolidated schools began in response to Progressive Era concerns about the quality of life and education in rural areas. Reformers envisioned that one-room schoolhouses would be consolidated into one central location, which would serve as a center of community life. These new consolidated schools would have multiple rooms to allow for the separate instruction of students grouped by class and age. Most Virginia public schools built between 1900 and 1940 are examples of consolidated schools. The design of Roland E. Cook Elementary School is consistent with other consolidated schools built in western Virginia counties

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Abandoned Train Stations (Abandoned Places)

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