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Princeton Cemetery, Princeton Arkansas

Princeton Cemetery, Princeton Arkansas

Princeton Cemetery is located southeast of the town of Princeton. Surveyed and plotted in 1846, Princeton was Dallas County's first seat of government. Extremely prominent among Dallas County's early towns, Princeton lost its economic and social prominence soon after the Civil War. Although the town remained the county seat until 1908, Princeton's most prominent period was the pre-Civil War era. The Cemetery contains the graves of Princeton's first settlers who played important roles in the formation of the county and the founding of and early development of the town. These individuals include Presley Watts, first Magistrate, Joseph Gray, surveyor of the town, George W. Mallett, sheriff in 1850, and Saine Allison Ramsay, skilled builder of the first courthouse. Other than the

Lyon Mountain Railroad Station, Lyon Mountain New York

Lyon Mountain Railroad Station, Lyon Mountain New York

The Lyon Mountain Railroad Station is a turn-of-the-century railroad station, typical of the type built by the Delaware and Hudson Railroad (D&H) during the early part of the 20^th Century. Built in 1903, it is a one-story, frame, hipped-roof building comprised of a passenger terminal in one end and a freight section with a loading platform in the other. The station is a testament to the late-19^th through early-20^th Century historic development of the area as it shifted from an industrial-based economy because of its wealth of iron ore, to a recreation/tourism-based economy because of its proximity to the Adirondacks and the popular Chateaugay Lake with its hotels, camps and seasonal homes. Since the area was not well suited to farming,

Maine Central School - J. Ralph Ingalls School, Maine New York

Maine Central School - J. Ralph Ingalls School, Maine New York

The J. Ralph Ingalls School, completed in 1940, is an outstanding example of Georgian Revival-style school architecture in Broome County and an important work by regionally prominent school architect Gordon Bain Cummings. Cummings, of the Binghamton firm Conrad and Cummings, executed the design under the guidance of Dr. Clement G. Bowers, a prominent local resident with a strong interest in historic architecture. The design that resulted from this collaboration made explicit historical references to well-known Colonial era monuments, both national and local. The Ingalls school (originally Maine Central School) design both incorporated features advocated by educators and produced the practical and economic building preferred by the rural school board. The building was a product of the school centralization movement, the major

Pumpkin Island Light Station, Sargentville Maine

Pumpkin Island Light Station, Sargentville Maine

Pumpkin Island Light Station, which was established in 1854, was constructed as a guide to the western entrance of Eggemoggin Reach, a narrow body of water that separates Little Dear Isle from the mainland. The light station on Pumpkin Island was an integral component of a six-unit system of primary navigational aids in East Penobscot Bay. All but two of these stations were built during the 1850s and after the organization of the Light House Board when a complete system of aids was being developed. Located at the western end of Eggemoggin Reach, the Pumpkin Island light provided a guide to this heavily trafficked waterway linking Blue Hill Bay to the east and Penobscot Bay to the west. A dry ledge

Albion Normal School Campus, Albion Idaho

Albion Normal School Campus, Albion Idaho

Both Normal Schools in Idaho, at Albion and Lewiston, in the north, were founded in the same year, 1893, by legislative act. The Albion Normal School opened in 1894 and served as a state institution until 1949. In that year the school was closed by the Idaho Legislature after a decade of legislative debate over retaining the Albion campus as a normal school. The legislators later rejected an attempt to reinstate the normal school, but the state continued to maintain the property until 1957, when the Church of Christ leased the campus for the Magic Valley Christian College, which opened the following year. The campus has had various uses since 1971 under the ownership of the City of Albion. Once established

Garfield School Building, Lewiston Idaho

Garfield School Building, Lewiston Idaho

Former Elementary School in Lewiston ID is now Apartments

In Lewiston, the school is the only extant example of school architecture from its period. It is representative of other Lewiston schools that have been lost, the Whitman, the Webster, and the circa 1909 Junior High School, for example, which also used colonial-inspired designs. The school was constructed in 1910 after a bond levy raised $10,860 for construction and $2,000 for the site. After closing, it was used for storage for many years, and has since been converted to apartments. The Garfield School is a two-story colonial revival-style building on a raised concrete basement story. It is distinguished by its use of two-story bowed bays on either side of a parapeted central bay. The red brick exterior is divided by massive,

Great Beds Light Station, South Amboy New Jersey

Great Beds Light Station, South Amboy New Jersey

Great Beds Light Station has been an important lighthouse and prominent offshore landmark in Raritan Bay since its establishment in 1880. It is one of the principal aids to navigation for vessels passing between the Atlantic Ocean and New Jersey ports in the Raritan Bay vicinity. It exemplifies two important achievements in offshore lighthouse architecture and engineering in the United States. These are the use of a cast iron caisson filled with concrete for the foundation, along with a prefabricated cast iron conical light tower for the superstructure. This lighthouse's foundation is unusual in that its lower part is cylindrical while its upper part is conical. This represents a design variant that differs from the cylindrical caisson foundation usually associated with

Lewiston Depot, Lewiston Idaho

Lewiston Depot, Lewiston Idaho

Lewiston's first train arrived from Spokane on September 20^th, 1898, but the town was at the end of a Northern Pacific branch line for several years before a big permanent depot was built. A Clearwater Valley railroad war between Northern Pacific and Union Pacific was finally resolved with a unique cooperative venture: the Camas Prairie Railroad. A new station was designed in 1908 in the office of Northern Pacific's engineering department. The lot, across from the Nez Perce County Courthouse, had been purchased in 1906; an old flour mill was razed to permit construction of the depot. In 1909 the station was completed and Camas Prairie Railroad took over its parent lines' operations from Riparia, Washington, to Grangeville, Idaho. This is

John Greenleaf Whittier School No. 33, Indianapolis Indiana

John Greenleaf Whittier School No. 33, Indianapolis Indiana

Whittier School was one of the first public schools built in the new residential additions developed northeast of Indianapolis in the late nineteenth century, and as such pre-dates much of the residential area surrounding it. From its construction in 1890, it enjoyed a close relationship with the noted high-grade suburb immediately to its south, Woodruff Place. The town of Woodruff Place was a suburban community without its own school system, and residents paid tuition for their children to attend Whittier School. Later, working-class arrivals in the surrounding neighborhood joined them. Also nearby is the U. S. Arsenal. According to the Historical Sketch of Whittier School, the parents of Whittier School were in the vanguard of those working to save the old

Madden School, Bedford Indiana

Madden School, Bedford Indiana

Madden School in Bedford, Indiana was built in 1923. The public school system in Bedford began in 1871. It was in response to state law adopted in 1867 that allowed towns to set up their own school systems. The state also acted in 1897 to make school compulsory for children between the ages of eight and 14. This law was changed to extend the requirement to 15 and 16-year-olds too in 1913. At the same time compulsory education laws swelled the student body, and economic expansion in the limestone industry caused rapid population increases in Bedford, especially in the areas near the stone mills. The industry was labor intensive, and to house those workers modest houses filled the surrounding areas. The

Squirrel Point Light Station, Phippsburg Maine

Squirrel Point Light Station, Phippsburg Maine

The Squirrel Point Light Station is located on Arrowsic Island and the east bank of the Kennebec River. It was one of four river light stations constructed in 1898 as part of an integral system of navigational aids. Federal recognition of the need for a system of navigational aids along the important Kennebec River waterway was expressed in the 1892 edition of the Annual Report of the Light-House Board. The Board proposed to establish four light stations including this one at Squirrel Point. In 1895 Congress authorized a $17,000 appropriation for this project, and the station was put into service three years later. The station was automated in 1982. Site Description Squirrel Point is an intact complex of five detached buildings.

Lakeville High School, Lakeville Indiana

Lakeville High School, Lakeville Indiana

Lakeville High School in Lakeville Indiana was completed in 1931 and is the most intact consolidated high school in St. Joseph County. Prior to the 1890s, most of Indiana's public schools operated under the district school system. Although authorized under the acts which established the Old Northwest Territory in 1785-7, it was an act by the Indiana Legislature in 1824 which organized the district school system. The district system created a number of small schools in each township of established counties. Trustees administered the schools of a township, and reported to a county examiner, who in turn reported to the State Superintendent of Public Education. The system was highly decentralized, and well suited to an era of high rural populations and

New Palestine School, New Palestine Indiana

New Palestine School, New Palestine Indiana

New Palestine grew along the Brookville Road, an early transportation route in the state, about 20 miles east of Indianapolis. The first settlers arrived in the late 1820s, and, by about 1830, a subscription school was established. In 1852, a state law was passed that gave townships, as well as incorporated cities and towns, the power to levy taxes for the purpose of providing free schools. In 1858, the state supreme court declared unconstitutional the sections of the law that permitted local taxation, severely impeding the development of schools in the state. As a result of this action, many schools closed. A number of common schools, including the one in New Palestine, continued to operate, financed either by subscription, or local

Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Depot, Blue Mountain Arkansas

Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Depot, Blue Mountain Arkansas

The Rock Island Depot at Blue Mountain was built at the end of the 19^th century. When the railroad was built through west Arkansas, it played a big role in the development of Blue Mountain as well as other small communities. Blue Mountain originally had four passenger trains each day, along with freight and Express service and Western Union service. From the time of its construction until the 1930s, the Blue Mountain Depot was used as a collection point for shipping and receiving produce for the community and surrounding area. Poultry, eggs, cream, strawberries, peaches, apples, and livestock were handled, as well as some cotton and lumber. Many carloads of flour, feed, and other necessities were brought in by train for

Greenfield High School, Greenfield Indiana

Greenfield High School, Greenfield Indiana

Riley School was Greenfield, Indiana's, high school from 1896 until 1926, and an elementary school from 1926 until 1981. Its massing and careful detailing make it one of Indiana's most architecturally significant school buildings, and certainly the best known example in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The school is a major architectural presence in the community and has served an important role as a center of community education and activity since its construction. The discovery of natural gas brought financial benefits and population growth to Greenfield in the late nineteenth century. When the decision to build a new high school was made in early 1895, Greenfield was in an extensive building boom, with a number of public and commercial structures ultimately constructed

Latah School - Union High School, Latah Washington

Latah School - Union High School, Latah Washington

Built in 1908 and 1920 respectively, the Latah School and its attached gymnasium is one of the oldest, largest, and best preserved rural brick schoolhouses in the Palouse farming region in southeastern Spokane County. From 1908 to 1958, the schoolhouse symbolized Latah's commitment to education and community development, serving as the area's primary educational structure. Associated with the evolution of public education in Spokane County, the two-story, brick masonry Latah School reflects early 20th-century building practices advocated for schools, including fire-resistant building materials and a preferred schoolhouse design for graded classrooms. Besides providing public education to children and students from Latah and surrounding communities, the Latah School served as a meeting place for political, religious, benevolent, and other civic and social

Perkins Island Light Station, Georgetown Maine

Perkins Island Light Station, Georgetown Maine

Occupying a bold rock ledge on the west side of Perkins Island, the Perkins Island Light Station is the southernmost of the four stations erected in 1898 along the Kennebec River. The Perkins Island Light Station, like its sister lights, was built in response to the need for Federally operated and maintained aids to navigation along this important commercial waterway. In its Annual Report of 1892, the Lighthouse Board described the nature and amount of traffic on the Kennebec and requested funding for the construction of four stations. Congressional action was delayed on the request until 1895 when $17,000 was appropriated for the undertaking. In 1898 the system was completed and placed in operation. The station was automated in 1959 and

Cambern Dutch Shop Windmill, Spokane Washington

Cambern Dutch Shop Windmill, Spokane Washington

Built by a local bakery and dairy, the shop was one in a chain of at least nine similar retail outlets located at prominent sites in Spokane's residential neighborhoods. The windmill design by architect Charles Wood was a bold advertisement for the firm's line of Dutch Main products, whimsically enlisting architecture in the cause of commercial promotion. It is the best preserved of the Cambern windmills and one of the finest examples of novelty architecture in Spokane. The windmill shop was a reflection of the expansion of the wholesale bakery and dairy established in Spokane in 1924 by the Cambern brothers. J. Robert and Cecil M. Cambern were raised on their family's wheat and dairy farm north of Spokane near Colbert,

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, Pescadero California

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, Pescadero California

The first rays from the Pigeon Point Lighthouse flashed over the Pacific Ocean on 15 November 1872. The same lens remains intact in its lantern. The lighthouse has required no structural modifications, and it has sustained no damage from earthquakes or storms. Pigeon Point Lighthouse has been in continual service for more than a century, serving the purpose for which it was erected, to carry a light for warning or guiding ships. None of the first lights built on the Pacific Coast are functioning in their original conditions. Eight small lighthouses built in the 1850's were created to serve the major harbors. Most of them have been demolished or severely reconstructed, some have been transformed into museums. In the 1870's the

Diablo Hydroelectric Power Plant, Newhalem Washington

Diablo Hydroelectric Power Plant, Newhalem Washington

The Diablo Hydroelectric Power Plant is an example of hydroelectrical technology from the 1930s, and an important component of the Seattle municipal power system. Situated in a rugged wilderness that demanded an elaborate transportation network across steep terrain, the construction of the facility was a major engineering feat. When completed, it was a landmark among hydroelectric plants: the penstocks were reported to be of unprecedented size; the 90,000 hp turbines were hailed as largest in existence; the concrete dam was the highest ever built. In 1927, work finally began on the second phase of the massive Skagit River power development of the Seattle City Light system. The capacity of the 60,000 KVA Gorge Powerhouse seemed enormous when it was completed in

Book Title The Atlas of Abandoned Places: A Journey Through The World's Forgotten Wonders

The Atlas of Abandoned Places: A Journey Through The World's Forgotten Wonders

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Abandoned Palaces (Abandoned Places)

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Abandoned Train Stations (Abandoned Places)

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