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Clayton School, Clayton Washington

Clayton School, Clayton Washington

The 1915 Clayton School stands as one of the only physical reminders of the town's rich past as home to one of the Pacific Northwest's largest brick and terra-cotta manufacturing plants. Originally known as Allen's Siding (named after Mr. Allen who operated a sawmill near the railroad line), Clayton received its name after the discovery of abundant clay in the surrounding hills. The town was officially formed in 1889 when the Spokane Falls & Northern Railway railroad came through the area for a line from Spokane to Colville. Shortly after that in 1893 a brick manufacturing plant for the Washington Brick & Lime Company was built. The great fire of Spokane had leveled thirty-two blocks of the city in 1889 and

Kenosha Light Station, Kenosha Wisconsin

Kenosha Light Station, Kenosha Wisconsin

The town of Kenosha (or Southport, as it was originally known) was settled in a well planned manner. The growing opportunity in the West of the 1830s was much speculated upon in the East. One group of Hannibal, New York residents organized a corporation called the Western Emigration Company to find and settle a spot on the western shore of Lake Michigan. This place had to be a prime agricultural area, and it had to show the makings of a great harbor. The Western Emigration Company was determined that their new town become a commercial success, and in the mid-west of the 1830s that meant shipping. Once the settlers arrived at Southport, they realized that what at first seemed to be

Northport School, Northport Washington

Northport School, Northport Washington

The Northport School built in 1903 is significant for its historic associations with the development of Northport and early education in Stevens County. It is the oldest brick school building in existence in Stevens County. The simple style and solid construction of the building, combined with the ornate decoration of the once-existing bell tower testify to the growing prosperity and confidence of the wilderness boom town. The townsite of Northport was laid out in 1892 by the railroad magnate, D. C. Corbin and his associates. They chose the site, located on the Columbia River twenty miles south of the Canadian border, for the northern terminal of the Spokane Falls and Northern Railroad. The town boomed quickly due to the one thousand

Port Stanley School, Lopez Island Washington

Port Stanley School, Lopez Island Washington

The Port Stanley School, while modestly designed and suffering from neglect, remains the best-preserved example of early education on Lopez Island. Port Stanley, located at the northeast corner of Lopez Island, was one of three, very small rural community centers on the island. Each community consisted of a community hall, a post office, a general store, and a grammar school. Residents living on one part of the island rarely traveled to the other community areas of the island. The Port Stanley community was given its name, after the British explorer, Sir Henry Stanley, whose book, In Darkest Africa, was a sensation in the early 1890s. The area was developed by Frank P. Baum, attorney, newspaper owner/publisher, prohibitionist, and real estate promoter.

Wilkeson School, Wilkeson Washington

Wilkeson School, Wilkeson Washington

The Wilkeson School, constructed 1912-1913, functioned for many years as the educational center of this small and relatively isolated Mt. Rainier community. The town of Wilkeson, which dates from the 1880's, was founded upon the early development of local coal and sandstone industries. Although greatly reduced in population, present-day Wilkeson is in many ways physically and sociologically intact. The majority of its approximately 275 citizens are second and third-generation residents whose grandparents attended Wilkeson School and worked the local stone quarry and coal mines. The school building itself is an outspoken symbol of Wilkeson's former prosperity. Sturdy and imposing, the school was constructed of locally quarried Wilkeson sandstone. The building is certainly the most monumental and permanent of the town's structures,

Summit School, Seattle Washington

Summit School, Seattle Washington

Built in 1905, Summit School addressed the urban growth during the first decade of the 20^th century when Seattle's First Hill developed and its population and school enrollment dramatically increased. Constructed on the site of Old Grace Hospital, Summit School is the oldest extant school building built to serve the central city during this period of development. Summit School remains as an early vestige of the First Hill community which has evolved from a prestigious residential neighborhood to a densely populated neighborhood of hospitals and multiple-family dwellings. The unique design of Summit School was developed by James Stephen, the Official School Architect responsible for the Model School Plan of 1901 and the design of over fifty schools in Seattle School District

Rock Island Railroad Depot - Booneville, Booneville Arkansas

Rock Island Railroad Depot - Booneville, Booneville Arkansas

The Choctaw, Memphis and Gulf Railroad, which in 1904 became the Chicago, Rock Island and Southern Railroad (known as the Rock Island), was originally incorporated in 1899, after it bought the financially troubled Memphis and Little Rock Railroad. The new owners purchased the line with the intent of extending it westward from Little Rock to the Oklahoma border as soon as possible, thereby providing the most direct connection between the growing city of Little Rock and the newly-settled territory of Oklahoma (Oklahoma became a state on November 16^th, 1907). True to its intent, the railroad promptly constructed the new line extending to the Oklahoma border, and new railroad depots along with it. Booneville was the last large community on the line

Northwestern Knitting Company Factory - Munsingwear Plant, Minneapolis Minnesota

Northwestern Knitting Company Factory - Munsingwear Plant, Minneapolis Minnesota

The Northwestern Knitting Company was incorporated in 1887 for the purpose of carrying on a general business in the manufacture and sale of all kinds of knitted fabrics. After spending three years in rented quarters in the Minneapolis wholesale district, the firm moved its operations to the corner of Lyndale Avenue North and Third Avenue North, where it constructed a new factory building. Over the next quarter of a century, the company gradually expanded its facilities until, by 1915, its plant covered the entire square block bounded by Lyndale Avenue North, Third Avenue North, Aldrich Avenue North, and Glenwood Avenue. During this period, Northwestern Knitting Company became one of the nation's largest manufacturers of underwear. Since it marketed its products under

Hewitt Public School, Hewitt Minnesota

Hewitt Public School, Hewitt Minnesota

The Hewitt Public School served the community of Hewitt, Minnesota, as its only educational institution from 1911 to 1952. The school provided space for instruction to children, grades kindergarten through high school, teaching the fundamentals that enabled them to take a productive place in the community as they grew into adulthood. It also became the host for a growing array of social services, such as public health programs and agricultural extension training, typically fulfilling changing public policy objectives on the state and federal level. In 1952 the local school district consolidated with eleven other area districts to form District #51. At that time, high school classes moved to nearby Bertha, Minnesota. The area around present-day Hewitt was settled in 1869, when

Staten Island Lighthouse - Range Rear Light, Richmond New York

Staten Island Lighthouse - Range Rear Light, Richmond New York

Staten Island Light was built from 1909 to 1912 and has a distinctive architectural design not replicated in any other United States lighthouse. This particular structure is unusual for its time because most American lighthouses dating from the late nineteenth to early twentieth century were built of prefabricated cast iron or steel components following standardized plans or designs. This property was built to provide for safe maritime transport to and from the Port of New York. This lighthouse is one of two that form a range line marking the center fairway of the entrance to Ambrose Channel, the main shipping lane between the Atlantic Ocean and New York Harbor. Despite the subdivision of the original light station property, in which the

Northern Pacific Railway Depot and Freight house, Staples Minnesota

Northern Pacific Railway Depot and Freight house, Staples Minnesota

The Northern Pacific Depot and freight house in Staples, Minnesota were built in 1902. The railway dominated the development and the economy from 1889 until well into the twentieth century. Located on the main line of the Northern Pacific line, the Staples depot is an extremely well-preserved example of the type of work produced by staff architects of the railway. In 1889 the Northern Pacific rerouted its main line to run between Little Falls and Staples, where it relocated its division headquarters. Prior to this date, the community of Staples Mill was only a hamlet whose economy centered around a lumber mill. The railway replaced the mill as the center of the town's economy, and brought in many people to work

Chicago Great Western Depot, Red Wing Minnesota

Chicago Great Western Depot, Red Wing Minnesota

The Chicago Great Western Railroad Depot is one of two substantial Red Wing depots representing the important rail transportation system of the area. The first railroad reached Red Wing in 1870, when the St. Paul and Chicago (later the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific) completed trackage from St. Paul. (This line later provided connections to Chicago via Winona. Its 1905 depot remains in use as an Amtrack station.) In subsequent years, several lines traversed the county and provided local connections between the earlier major lines. The Chicago Great Western acquired two of these lines, the Minnesota Central and the Duluth, Red Wing, and Southern, shortly after the turn of the century, and constructed the two-story brick depot for their divisional

Robbins Reef Light Station, Bayonne New Jersey

Robbins Reef Light Station, Bayonne New Jersey

Robbins Reef is a dangerous, offshore, submerged ledge located near the intersection of two important shipping channels. It lies near the western side of Upper New York Bay's main north-south channel a short distance northeast of the mouth of the Kill Van Kull, the waterway separating Bayonne, New Jersey, from Staten Island. This locality has been the scene of substantial maritime traffic since the eighteenth century. Several shipwrecks occurred at Robbins Reef before 1839 when a lighthouse was first erected there. Others occurred later in the nineteenth century even after the ledge was marked. The existing light tower was built in 1883 during the nineteenth century's post-Civil War period of tremendous economic development. During this period, maritime commerce in the United

Interlake Public School, Seattle Washington

Interlake Public School, Seattle Washington

The design of Interlake School was the work of James Stephens, an architect who made a significant contribution to public school building programs throughout the State of Washington. This school is an essentially unaltered example of the Model School Plan adopted by the Seattle School Board as rapid expansion and increased school enrollments occurred in the city generally, and the Wallingford neighborhood specifically. The Interlake Public School, which is now located adjacent to an active commercial thoroughfare, has strong associations with the earliest establishment of the surrounding neighborhood. During the February 8^th, 1904 meeting of the Seattle School Board, plans for the construction of Interlake School were presented by school architect James Stephens and approved by the Board. Board minutes do

Bay View Brewery, Seattle Washington

Bay View Brewery, Seattle Washington

The growth and success of the Bay View Brewery facilitated Andrew Hemrich's political and commercial prominence; the incorporation of the Seattle Brewing and Malting Company; and the creation of the regionally iconic Rainier Beer brand. From founding in 1883 through construction of the last addition in 1962 before Sick's death, the brewery underwent several name changes: 1883-1884: Hemrich and Company's Brewery
1885: name changes to Bay View Brewery, because of site overlooking Elliott Bay
1891: brewery incorporated as the Bay View Brewing Company and continued as such through 1892
1893-1918: Seattle Brewing and Malting Company Brewery, Bay View Branch
1919-1932: Bay View Milling Company
1933-1935: Century Brewing Association, Inc.
1936-1962: Seattle Brewing and Malting Company and Rainier Brewery
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Race Rock Light Station, Fishers Island New York

Race Rock Light Station, Fishers Island New York

Located off the western end of Fishers Island in Suffolk County, New York, the Race Rock Light Station has been an active aid to navigation since 1879 and was one of the last offshore light stations in the eastern United States to have a solid masonry base constructed for support. Engineer, artist and author Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915) was a prominent late nineteenth century civil engineer in the United States whose company was responsible for several important public works in addition to the Race Rock Lighthouse. These other properties include the Block Island breakwater, the Staten Island sea wall, and the foundation for the Statue of Liberty. This property is located at the Race, a narrows between Fishers Island and northeastern

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Station, Menominee Michigan

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Station, Menominee Michigan

The Milwaukee Road depot at Menominee is associated with one of the major rail lines serving the city and the Upper Peninsula between 1860 and 1938, the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. It also notes the brief existence of railroad passenger service in Menominee during the twilight of its logging era. In 1857 the Michigan legislature granted thousands of Upper Peninsula land to railroad companies for acquisition and future rail development. Authorized by the Congressional Land Act of 1856, the grants created several Upper Peninsula rail systems, which by the 1870s laid track near and through the region's mining and timber heartlands. The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific, recipient of 34,227 acres in land grants, was one such

Bonita Springs School, Bonita Springs Florida

Bonita Springs School, Bonita Springs Florida

Located in southernmost Lee County on the banks of the Imperial River, the rural village of Bonita Springs grew into a thriving small town during the Florida Land Boom of the 1920s. Originally known as Survey, the community was the site of several substantial citrus groves when much of the land was purchased by a group of investors led by J. Henry Ragsdale in 1912. Ragsdale renamed the village Bonita Springs in honor of his daughter's name and because of the location there of a fresh water spring. The event that sparked intensive settlement of the community was the construction of the Fort Myers Southern Railroad through the community in 1923. Bonita Springs became popular as a health resort after the

Queen Anne High School, Seattle Washington

Queen Anne High School, Seattle Washington

Completed in 1909, Queen Anne High School, located crest of Queen Anne Hill, was among the first high schools constructed in the city and an outstanding example of the work of prominent school architect James Stephens (whose model school plan of 1901 had been adopted statewide). Stephens designed an imposing structure, distinguished by its classical style and innovations in fireproofing, heating and ventilating systems, and classroom facilities. Enlarged in 1929, and again in 1955, the high school continued to serve as the focal point for public education in Queen Anne and a dominant feature of the hill. A sparsely settled area in the 1880's, just recently logged, and connected to Seattle only by a crude wagon road, Queen Anne Town was

Owls Head Light Station, Owls Head Maine

Owls Head Light Station, Owls Head Maine

The lighthouse at Owl's Head designates the entrance to Rockland Harbor, Maine. The ships that were guided to safe harbor by the light carried the goods, raw material and people that assisted in the development of coastal villages to modern towns and cities of today. Ships and boats were the main mode of transportation, and the sea, rivers and streams were the only roads. The following history of the Owls Head Light consists of extracts from The Lighthouses of New England written by Edgar Rowe Snow. At the entrance to the attractive seaport of Rockland, Maine is a high, wave-swept promontory, visible to all who sail up or down Penobscot Bay. Pine trees and grassy terraces vie with each other for

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