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Hollar Hosiery Mills - Knit Sox Knitting Mills, Hickory North Carolina

Hollar Hosiery Mills - Knit Sox Knitting Mills, Hickory North Carolina

Socks were Manufactured here Until 1968, in 2011 it was Converted into Shopping

Hosiery production contributed significantly to the emergence of Hickory as one of the leading manufacturing cities in the Piedmont. In 1930, the city boasted seven hosiery mills. By the end of the decade, thirty-two hosiery plants operated in Hickory and employed roughly half of the city's industrial work force. Constructed ca. 1930 by Hollar Hosiery Mills, the mill grew and prospered with the rise of knit-hosiery manufacturing in Hickory. The operation was significantly expanded ca. 1940 by Knit-Sox Knitting Mills which added a yarn mill to the east side of the complex. Owned and operated by the Lavitt family of Hickory, Knit-Sox Knitting Mills was among the city's major hosiery companies, making women's and children's knitwear. The company enjoyed a national

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J.L. Hemphill House, Wilkesboro North Carolina

J.L. Hemphill House, Wilkesboro North Carolina

Historic Queen Anne Style Home Current Listed For Sale

J. L. (Jimmy) Hemphill built the Queen Anne style house at 203 N. Brook Street in 1899. He had come to Wilkesboro from Morganton and had married a Ferguson woman from Wilkes County. Hemphill operated a wholesale dry goods company in North Wilkesboro, although he was also apparently involved in the building trade. In addition to his house on Brook Street, local tradition relates that he built at least two other houses in Wilkesboro, the Queen Anne/Colonial Revival house at 406 Highland Street and later a Colonial Revival house on Corporation Street. He also remodeled a house in Roaring River. After Hemphill, the Brook Street house had several owners, including a Miller family and a Dr. Reeves, until it was purchased

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Alden and Thomasene Howell House, Waynesville North Carolina

Alden and Thomasene Howell House, Waynesville North Carolina

Shingle Style Home has been Fully Restored and is Currently For Sale

The Alden and Thomasene Howell House, built ca. 1905, is the best-preserved of three Shingle Style houses constructed as a family compound by the Woolseys, a wealthy Alabama family on a hill north of downtown Waynesville known as Woolsey Heights. Minthorne Woolsey, a cotton broker from Alabama who originally was a summer visitor to Waynesville, built a permanent home for himself and each of his two daughters in Woolsey Heights. Daughter Thomasene Woolsey married Alden Howell, of the wealthy and prominent Howell family who were involved in all aspects of the economic and social development of Waynesville. Like many western North Carolina towns, Waynesville, North Carolina remained as a small village through much of the nineteenth century. Once the railroad arrived

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Rosswood Plantation House, Lorman Mississippi

Rosswood Plantation House, Lorman Mississippi

Historic Greek Revival Mansion was part of a 1,300 acre Plantation

Rosswood is an eclectic Greek Revival mansion of handsome proportions. It is the only surviving example of a documented building designed and built by David Shroder, the architect of Windsor Plantation in adjoining Claiborne County. Now probably the most famous ruin in the United States, Windsor's Corinthian colonnade marks the site of Mississippi's most lavish residential essay in the Greek Revival style. Rosswood is signed and dated by the architect on the interior wall above the main entrance, D. Shroder Builder '57, and its construction wag carefully chronicled in a journal kept by Dr. Walter Wade, for whom the house was built. Research into the history of Rosswood substantiates the claim made in Goodspeed's Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, published

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Jefferson College, Washington Mississippi

Jefferson College, Washington Mississippi

Closed Since 1964, this College Campus is being Restored into Interpretive Center and Field School

Jefferson College, named in honor of President Thomas Jefferson, was incorporated by the Mississippi Territorial Legislature on May 13th, 1802. This was the first act of incorporation passed by the Legislature. The college was established on land donated by John Foster, James Foster, and Randal Gibson. Because of lack of funds, the college could not open its doors to students until January 1st, 1811. The school first operated in the frame buildings of Washington Academy, previously located on the campus site. Mississippi's first constitution was written and signed in the Old Methodist Church established by Lorenzo Dow on the Jefferson College campus, in the summer of 1817. Jefferson College is the birthplace of Mississippi's statehood. Distinguished members of the College's Board

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The Elms, Natchez Mississippi

The Elms, Natchez Mississippi

This Historic 1804 Mansion in MS is Currently Listed For Sale

The Elms is one of the oldest, most unusual, and most prominent suburban villas in Natchez, Mississippi. Although it began as a small vernacular residence, various additions and remodeling have resulted in a large structure containing many sophisticated architectural features. Because The Elms was not the product of a single, unified design, the house defies any useful stylistic label. The Elms was the residence of several figures important in the early history of Natchez. John Henderson (1755-1842), who began construction of The Elms in 1804, was a prominent Natchez merchant, auctioneer, and lawyer. A native of Scotland who migrated to the Natchez region in 1787, Henderson served as one of the first elders of Pine Ridge Presbyterian Church, thought to be

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Beckford Mansion, Princess Anne Maryland

Beckford Mansion, Princess Anne Maryland

This Large House on 10 Acres is over 200 Years Old

Situated on the crest of the slope rising from the eastern bank of the Manokin River, Beckford is a good example of late Georgian domestic architecture, especially noteworthy because its exterior and interior features have remained largely unchanged since its construction early in the nineteenth century. The interior is marked by particularly fine plaster work and carved moldings, ornamenting the two principal rooms of the mansion. In addition, Beckford's appearance gives support to the concept that new architectural styles spread rapidly in pre-industrial America. Located in one of the more remote areas of nineteenth century Maryland, the mansion utilized architectural elements which were just coming into favor in more populous areas of the state. The plaster panels at the belt course

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Hall School, St. Joseph Missouri

Hall School, St. Joseph Missouri

This Historic Elementary School Building has Been Converted into Apartments

Hall School, located at 2509 Duncan Street, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri. The two-story brick building was constructed in six phases, beginning in 1909 and ending in 2001. The Hall School incorporated the major tenets of the Progressive Era, specifically the emphasis on hygiene and sanitation, fireproof construction, and spaces designed to accommodate a specialized and diverse curriculum. Progressive Era reforms were incorporated in public schools as a way to systematically and holistically improve the lives of the general public by providing a healthier and more engaging experience while in school and laying the groundwork for healthier and more productive lives in adulthood. Trunk and Heim, a St. Joseph architecture firm, designed the original school building with bilateral symmetry and restrained

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John Groom Elementary School, South Hill Virginia

John Groom Elementary School, South Hill Virginia

This was the Only K-6 School for African Americans in the Area until Desegregation

The John Groom Elementary School served as the only public elementary school for the municipality's African American youth from 1950 until 1969. Initially referred to as South Hill Negro Elementary School, the Mecklenburg County School Board (MCSB) in June 1950 named the campus in memory of John Groom, whose $10,000 bequest had subsidized a portion of the auditorium/cafeteria's construction. In addition to its primary function, the facility served as a community meeting place. Upon the Mecklenburg County school system's fall 1969 integration, John Groom Elementary School became South Hill Primary School and housed first- through third-grade pupils. Fourth- through seventh-grade students attended South Hill Elementary School. John Groom Elementary School is the product of both legally required Jim Crow segregation and

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Greenwood School, Hot Springs Arkansas

Greenwood School, Hot Springs Arkansas

This School Building was Abandoned in 2009 and Demolished in 2020

The purchase of a five acre square plot of land along Greenwood Avenue for a new school building was authorized by the local school Board of Directors on April 22nd, 1929. This school would be one of two new schools built in the growing residential areas of southwest Hot Springs, Arkansas. Greenwood School and its sister school Rix School which was named after prominent local banker and business leader Charles N. Rix, were both designed to house elementary grades in neighborhood schools. In July of 1929, the purchase of the land along Greenwood Avenue was finalized for $5,000.00. Irven D. McDaniel, who had recently relocated to Hot Springs from Memphis, Tennessee, was selected as the architect and tasked with designing both

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Grasmere Estate, Rhinebeck New York

Grasmere Estate, Rhinebeck New York

This is one of the Early Estates of the Hudson River Valley

Grasmere is a distinguished example of estate architecture in the town of Rhinebeck and associated with several of the area's most prominent families including the Montgomerys and Livingstons during the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth centuries, the Crosbys during the late nineteenth to the early twentieth centuries and the Timpsons during the mid-twentieth century. Originating as a Federal period country seat, the original section of the present manor house was built by Peter R. Livingston on the ruins of Janet Livingston and General Richard Montgomery's country seat, a Georgian-inspired mansion erected ca. 1775 and destroyed by fire in 1823. Livingston's 1824 mansion, a formal and elegant two-story, five-bay center-hall Federal style brick building with restrained, classically inspired detailing, not only

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Heer's Department Store, Springfield Missouri

Heer's Department Store, Springfield Missouri

Once the Largest Store in the Area, this Building is now Luxury Apartments

The Heer's Department Store, at 138 Park Central West (originally College Street) in Springfield, Missouri, housed one of Springfield's largest and most prominent department stores for 80 years. The Heer's Company, which was founded by Charles H. Heer in 1869, operated in Springfield for more than a century. The current Heer's Department Store building was built for Charles Heer's son, F. X. Heer, who headed the company from 1886 to 1940. The Heer's Store played a dominant role in retail activity on the square well into modern times; the building was expanded in 1951 and continued to house the Heer's Store until 1995. The Heer's Department Store, which was often described as the largest department store in all of southwest Missouri,

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Gratiot School, St. Louis Missouri

Gratiot School, St. Louis Missouri

Serving as a School for over 100 Years, This Building Has Been Converted to Apartments

Gratiot School, located at 1615 Hampton Avenue, St. Louis City, Missouri, was constructed in 1882 to replace the older Cheltenham School, which was originally located approximately ¼ mile to the northwest on what is today the 1300 block of Graham Street. The building is an example of early school house design in St. Louis and illustrates the manner in which the St. Louis Public School Board constructed small, but easily expandable schools in areas of the city that were still developing and poised for growth. These smaller schools that were constructed in rural contexts were usually replaced, or in some cases completely absorbed into larger buildings as surrounding neighborhoods matured and population grew. The early schools that predate the building boom

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Seabrook-Wilson House, Middletown New Jersey

Seabrook-Wilson House, Middletown New Jersey

Also Known as Spy House, this old Tavern is Home to as Many as 22 Ghosts

On June 10th, 1696, Thomas Whitlock, an original patentee of Monmouth County, sold to Daniel Seabrook, his wife's son, his property at Shoal Harbor consisting of 202 acres. In 1717 the farm Daniel Seabrook had purchased was in the possession of James Seabrook, his son. In 1730, James sold his property to Daniel Seabrook for 800 pounds. This Daniel was James' son. Records show that when Daniel died in 175Q he left his plantation at Shoal Harbor to his two sons. This is the first definite record of the house being there. The land and home remained in the Seabrook family through the nineteenth century. Various members of the family, including Thomas, were involved in the Revolutionary: War. Thomas was elected

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Bowers Mansion, Washoe Valley Nevada

Bowers Mansion, Washoe Valley Nevada

1863 Home Built by Wealthy Silver Miner Is Said to Be Haunted by His Ghost

The builders of Bowers Mansion, Lemuel S. Sandy Bowers and his wife, Eilley, were two of the first to become wealthy from their mining interests in Nevada, and the mansion was the fulfillment of Eilley's dreams of prestige and respectability. The mansion was built upon a piece of property some 56 acres in size, located north of Franktown in Washoe Valley. The land had originally belonged to Eilley and a previous husband, Alex Cowan, who purchased it in 1856, and farmed there for about a year before he returned to Utah with other Mormon settlers in the area. Eilley secured a divorce and moved to Gold Canyon where she ran a boarding house and later acquired the mining claim which, together

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Bellevue - The Longfellow House, Pascagoula Mississippi

Bellevue - The Longfellow House, Pascagoula Mississippi

Antebellum Gulf Coast Home with a History of Hauntings

Bellevue, also known as The Longfellow House, was built by local carpenters and craftsmen about 1850. It is one of the most prominent surviving Greek Revival houses of the antebellum period on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and the most significant Greek Revival building in Jackson County. The house is an example of a traditional form called a raised cottage that was widely adopted for substantial houses in coastal areas of the Deep South during the antebellum period. This form is characterized by a lower story of brick construction, above which is an upper story of wood frame construction containing the main living area of the house. These raised cottages characteristically had wide central hallways with one or two large square rooms

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Hager House, Hagerstown Maryland

Hager House, Hagerstown Maryland

13 Ghosts Haunt this Nearly 300 Year Old Stone House

Hager House has been well-restored and retains much of its original woodwork and hardware. This is one of the earliest stone houses in Washington County. Built circa 1740 by Jonathan Hager, one of the first settlers in Washington County, Maryland. A native of Westphalia in Germany, he came to Philadelphia in 1736. He stayed in Pennsylvania for a short time and then pushed on to western Maryland. In December 1739, he received his first patent from Lord Baltimore for two hundred acres which he called Hager's Fancy or Hager's Choice. Before building his house, Hager lived in one of two log houses which stood on the property when he acquired it. These houses are thought to be two of the oldest

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Loudoun House, Lexington Kentucky

Loudoun House, Lexington Kentucky

Now an Art Gallery, this Gothic Revival Mansion is Haunted by a Women in White

Loudoun House is one of the largest and finest examples of Gothic Revival architecture in Kentucky, if not in the South Loudoun House was probably the first use of hollow bricks to provide insulation space in Kentucky. The house displays the architectural facet of the entire Romantic Movement which bloomed in the 1850's. The house represents the design work of a nationally famous architect of the period. Alexander Jackson Davis' designs were circulated in a portfolio of 1837 called Rural Residences, Cottages, Farmhouses, Villas, and Village Churches. Published with a View to the improvement of American Country Architecture. Davis also conceived many of the illustrations used in books written by A.J. Downing, the Hudson River author whose work was most influential

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Mount Lookout - McPike House, Alton Illinois

Mount Lookout - McPike House, Alton Illinois

Known as the McPike House, it is Known as the Most Haunted in IL

The McPike House is a fine example of the Second Empire Italianate style. It was designed for Henry Guest McPike, who played a very important role in the early beginnings of the City of Alton, by architect Lucas Pfeiffenberger. Pfeiffenberger also played an important role, not only as a prominent regional architect, but also as another of Alton's Leading citizens. In Alton, the highest ground was commonly sought out first by industrial and commercial magnates for building their splendid baronial palaces of the post-Civil War days. In 1871, after three years of construction, the McPike House was completed in Mount Lookout Park, a 15-acre estate of trees and rare shrubs, vineyards, orchards, fruits and flowers. Situated of one of Alton's high

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Standrod House, Pocatello Idaho

Standrod House, Pocatello Idaho

12 Room French Renaissance Haunted Home Restored

The Standrod house is one of the finest examples of the French Renaissance Revival in the state, and one of the most impressive private mansions built here in the nineteenth century. Drew W. Standrod came to Idaho from Kentucky, and was elected district attorney as an Independent Anti-Mormon in 1886. While serving his second term, he became a member of the Idaho Constitutional Convention in 1889. Then he was elected district judge in 1890, a post he held until 1889. Later he served on Idaho's state public utilities commission in 1913-1914. He had extensive interests in eleven banks, and had become a bank president two years before his mansion was built. Restoring landmark: New owner bringing historic Pocatello mansion back to

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