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Seiberling Mansion, Kokomo Indiana

Seiberling Mansion, Kokomo Indiana

The construction site was part of an area previously used for various civic and social gatherings. During the country's centennial year, two distinguished Hoosiers made campaign speeches here: gubernatorial candidate Benjamin Harrison; and Governor Thomas A. Hendricks, the vice-presidential nominee. Although both were unsuccessful in that controversial election, they later became President and Vice-President, respectively, of the United States. Monroe Seiberling, the original owner of the mansion, was a Midwest industrialist from Ohio. Many of the enterprises he was associated with, prospered as a result of the natural gas boom within the famous Trenton Oil Field. The Diamond Plate Glass Company that he organized at Kokomo, was the first of its kind west of the Alleghany Mountains utilizing natural gas in

Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store, Baltimore Maryland

Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store, Baltimore Maryland

The Baltimore Montgomery Ward Warehouse and Retail Store is a large fireproof warehouse of the early 20^th Century. Among its distinctive characteristics are: extensive use of reinforced concrete as a fire safety measure, installation of large multi-paned windows to provide light and ventilation for the building, incorporation of a train shed into the building design for ease of shipping and handling materials, and the early stylistic combination of Commercial style architectural elements with Art Deco details. Designed by in-house company Engineer of Construction, W. H. McCaully, it is one of nine large warehouses built by Montgomery Wards in the United States. This was the seventh of nine large warehouses built by Montgomery Ward and Company throughout the United States in the

Southdown Plantation, Houma Louisiana

Southdown Plantation, Houma Louisiana

Large Former Sugar Cane Plantation is now a Museum

Southdown Plantation reflects a noteworthy part of the settlement and unique economic and social development of south Louisiana by Spanish, English, and American settlers in a basically French section of the United States from the eighteenth into the twentieth centuries. The history of Southdown is a microcosm of the agricultural, social, financial, scientific and industrial elements which have been associated with the sugar planters of Louisiana. More personally, it is the story of William J. Minor and his descendants in Louisiana. The land on which the present Southdown Plantation house stands first belonged to Jose Llano and Miguel Saturino. Two adjoining tracts were given to these two men as land grants from Charles IV, King of Spain, through Governor Gayoso de

Hopkins Covered Bridge, Enosburg Vermont

Hopkins Covered Bridge, Enosburg Vermont

The Hopkins Covered Bridge crosses the Trout River northwest of Montgomery village just inside the boundary of Enosburg township, the only covered wood bridge remaining in that town. Two brothers, Sheldon and Savannah Jewett of Montgomery, built the Hopkins Bridge in 1875. Upstream of the Hopkins Bridge in the same watershed and within the town of Montgomery are six other covered bridges also built by the Jewett brothers. The Jewetts used Town lattice trusses in all of the seven bridges. The bridges also share common architectural design and similar dimensions except for length (the Hopkins Bridge is the longest at 91 feet). Together the seven bridges in Enosburg and Montgomery constitute the most extensive surviving record of the work of any

Tally-Ho Plantation House, Bayou Goula Louisiana

Tally-Ho Plantation House, Bayou Goula Louisiana

Tally-Ho is a good representative example of a provincial Greek Revival raised plantation house. This can be seen in its simple transom doors, ear-molded mantels, its somewhat awkwardly proportioned 5-bay front galleries, and its crude Doric pillars with their simple molded capitals. It is the type of plantation house that would have been found in plantations of medium to small holdings. Once plentiful, many houses of this type have disappeared. Architectural evidence suggests that the house was built about 1840. Iberville Parish conveyance records show that at some time before 1835, the site was obtained by Jean Fleming, a free man of color. In 1835 he sold it Alvery Fisk, who in turn sold it to the firm of Tenant and

Holmes Creek Covered Bridge, Charlotte Vermont

Holmes Creek Covered Bridge, Charlotte Vermont

The Holmes Creek Covered Bridge is one of three covered wood bridges remaining in the town of Charlotte. The bridge is supported by simple laminated arch trusses, a structural system used only in two other covered bridges in Vermont. Standing at the shore of Lake Champlain across the mouth of Holmes Creek, the bridge has a unique lacustrine environment. The covered bridges of Vermont are among its most cherished and symbolic historic resources. About one hundred of the bridges still stand in the state, the highest concentration by area of covered bridges in the country. Bridge Description The Holmes Creek Covered Bridge is a single-span supported by two flanking timber laminated arch trusses. Each arch comprises five layers of planks bolted

Sapp Plantation, Sardis Georgia

Sapp Plantation, Sardis Georgia

This was the largest Plantation in GA before the Civil War

The Sapp Plantation house is an exceptional example of early-nineteenth-century architecture. The Sapp family had one of the largest plantations in Burke County prior to the Civil War. The plantation produced corn, rather than cotton, the leading agricultural commodity. Being one of the early families to settle the area between Sardis and Alexander, the Sapp family was involved in the establishment of religious and educational institutions in the surrounding communities. Architecturally, the Sapp Plantation house is an example of a typical early-nineteenth-century Plantation Plain-type house. The two over two, central stair hall with rear additions is typical of the Plantation Plain structure. The mortise-and-tenon construction of the house is a common method of construction found in the early nineteenth century. The

John Frank Mathews Plantation, Prattsburg Georgia

John Frank Mathews Plantation, Prattsburg Georgia

The John Frank Mathews Plantation is a virtually untouched example of a main house on a late antebellum plantation. It is the often-found four-over-four with a central hall plan, Greek Revival-style structure. The original plans by James D. Cottingham still exist, the only ones known for a Georgia antebellum plantation house. The property has the remains of the industrial complex that once contained a cotton gin, grist mill, sawmill, planing mill, and dipping vat, if not more. Over 100 bales of cotton were produced here on the eve of the Civil War. It would have been one of the major plantations within the community of Prattsburg. The prototypical Georgia plantation, this property was one of the largest and most productive cotton

Henry Covered Bridge, Bennington Vermont

Henry Covered Bridge, Bennington Vermont

Perhaps the oldest covered bridge in Bennington County, the Henry Bridge probably dates from the decade 1830-40. After 1866, in an attempt to strengthen the bridge for heavy wagon loads of iron ore mined in the vicinity, two layers of lattice trusses were added to the original trusses. This added little more than weight to the bridge, however, and during the 20^th century the extra trusses were removed. The Henry Bridge and two other surviving covered bridges in Bennington township cross the same river within two miles of one another. Together they constitute an important resource of transport and engineering history in an area that possesses outstanding examples of other types of historic resources. The covered bridges of Vermont are among

Glen Mary House, Sparta Georgia

Glen Mary House, Sparta Georgia

Glen Mary, built in 1848, near Sparta, Georgia, is an exceptional Greek Revival mansion as a version of the raised cottage style. It was built by a prosperous Southern planter, Theophilus Jackson Smith before the Civil War, but after the War it was sold to General Ethan Allen Hitchcock in whose family the house still remains. Architecturally, Glen Mary is a one-of-a-kind High Greek Revival style house in Georgia. In terms of structural form, it is a raised cottage that has a prominent first floor or basement area with the main living area on the second level. Stylistically, however, Glen Mary is not a cottage but a formal, High Greek Revival style structure with a symmetrical four-room central hall plan, an

Rockby House, Sparta Georgia

Rockby House, Sparta Georgia

Rockby was built by Richard Malcolm Johnston, an eminent educator and writer on early Georgia education. It is believed that Mr. Johnston built Rockby shortly after 1854 when he purchased the land (602 acres) from Mr. Abner Cook for $5,000. Mr. Johnston was a native of Hancock County, having been born in 1822 on his father's plantation Oak Grove near Powelton. After graduating from Mercer University in 1841, Johnston taught at Mt. Zion Academy near Sparta, but in 1842 decided to study for the bar. He entered the law office of Mr. Henry Cummings in Augusta and was admitted to the bar later that year. He returned to Hancock County and for the next 15 years alternated teaching with a law

Hectorville Covered Bridge, Montgomery Center Vermont

Hectorville Covered Bridge, Montgomery Center Vermont

The Hectorville Covered Bridge crosses the South Branch of the Trout River near the hamlet from which it derives its name, south of Montgomery Center village. Five other covered wood bridges remain in the town of Montgomery, giving it the highest concentration of covered bridges by town in Vermont. Two brothers, Sheldon and Savannah Jewett of Montgomery, built all six of the bridges; the year of construction of the Hectorville Bridge is unknown. The Jewetts used Town lattice trusses in all of the bridges, which also share a common architectural design and similar dimensions (except for length). Together with another bridge constructed by the Jewett brothers across the Trout River in the adjoining town of Enosburg, the Montgomery bridges constitute the

John S. Jackson Plantation - Shoulderbone, White Plains Georgia

John S. Jackson Plantation - Shoulderbone, White Plains Georgia

The history of the John S. Jackson Plantation (Jackson Place) begins with the purchase of the property and the building of the existing house around 1856. This is the date of the marriage of John Swinney Jackson and his first wife, Artemesia Hall. John Swinney Jackson was born around 1827 to William Jackson and his wife Nancy Swinney. His parents had married in 1826 in Hancock County. He was living with his parents in 1850 in adjoining Greene County. Thus, he had deep roots in the area. The land on which the plantation was developed belonged to neither his parents, nor his wife's family. It is thus a good example of a farmer seeking to build his own future by securing

Eudora Plantation House, Quitman Georgia

Eudora Plantation House, Quitman Georgia

Eudora Plantation in Brooks County today, was, before 1859, located amongst a substantial family land holding in Lowndes County. Eudora, a stately columned plantation house, was supposedly built during the period between 1835 and 1848 by Major Frances Jones for his bride, Rachel Spain. However, the house may not have been finished by Jones, and no records are available to verify a building date or that the house even existed on that lot at that time. Rachel Spain was the widow of Levi Spain and the mother of John W. Spain when she married Jones around 1842. The Joneses, as far as existing records can determine, never lived in the unfinished house. Records indicate Frances Jones was paying taxes on the

Hammond Covered Bridge, Pittsford Vermont

Hammond Covered Bridge, Pittsford Vermont

One of four covered wood bridges surviving in the town of Pittsford, the Hammond Bridge no longer carries vehicular traffic owing to realignment of the highway and construction of a new bridge slightly to the south. In 1961, the Vermont Division of Historic Sites acquired the bridge with the intent of preserving it as an outstanding example of the once-numerous covered bridges in the Otter Creek valley of western Vermont. Relieved of its traffic and maintained in excellent condition, the Hammond Bridge should serve for many decades to represent the abilities of Asa Nourse (who built it in 1842), Nicholas Powers, and the other master bridge builders of Central Western Vermont. The covered bridges of Vermont are among its most cherished

Montgomery Ward Company Complex, Chicago Illinois

Montgomery Ward Company Complex, Chicago Illinois

According to distinguished historian Daniel J. Boorstin Montgomery Ward proved the success of the mail order idea. In addition to demonstrating the feasibility of a new method of retailing, says company historian Frank B. Latham, Ward also profoundly influenced … living conditions. For the first time, many rural Americans had access to a greater variety of material goods and at lower prices to boot. In fact, according to eminent historian Allan Nevins, within a few years after Montgomery Ward and Company was established in 1872, it was boasting--and justly--that it had saved the consumer millions merely by forcing local dealers to sell their wares at fair prices. The secret of Ward's success, says Boorstin, was not a secret at all, but

Hall Covered Bridge - Osgood Bridge, Bellows Falls Vermont

Hall Covered Bridge - Osgood Bridge, Bellows Falls Vermont

At one time seventeen covered highway and railroad bridges stood in the town of Rockingham. The Hall Covered Bridge is one of three original to the town that survives. Of the three, the Hall bridge remains closest to its original structural condition, lacking the reinforcement that has been added to the other bridges. All three bridges are the work of Sanford Granger, the most prominent bridge builder in northern Windham County, and date from the period 1867-71. Vermont's covered bridges are among the state's most cherished and symbolic historic resources. About one hundred bridges still stand in the state, the greatest concentration by area of covered bridges in the country. Bridge Description The Hall Covered Bridge consists of a single span

Roundtop Filling Station, Sherwood Arkansas

Roundtop Filling Station, Sherwood Arkansas

The town of Sherwood was incorporated in 1948. Before that date it was a small, largely rural community to the north of Little Rock. The City of Sherwood annexed the area where the Roundtop Filling Station sits in 1975. The property was given to the City of Sherwood by the heirs of the last private owner, George Brown. In the 1920s, Gay Oil Company held a filling station design competition and the architect John Parks Almand won the competition with a mushroom-shaped design. Almand's design was a whimsical structure designed for small city lots and provided a distinctive visual element. While a significant departure from the Almand design, the Roundtop Filling Station draws an architectural reference to the station designs of

Grist Mill Covered Bridge, Cambridge Vermont

Grist Mill Covered Bridge, Cambridge Vermont

The Grist Mill Covered Bridge is one of nine covered bridges remaining in Vermont which are supported by timber Burr arch trusses. The bridge, which takes its name from the large grist mill that once stood near it, has been allowed to deteriorate; however, it has not yet been reinforced by any of the various devices added to other covered bridges in the state. The Grist Mill Bridge is one of three covered bridges remaining in the town of Cambridge. The covered bridges of Vermont are among its most cherished and symbolic historic resources. About one hundred of the bridges still stand in the state, the highest concentration by area of covered bridges in the United States. Bridge Description The Grist

Land's End Plantation, Scott Arkansas

Land's End Plantation, Scott Arkansas

Land's End Plantation is an early twentieth-century working plantation. This plantation is owned and operated by the grandson of James Robert Alexander, who began Land's End Plantation in 1882. The centerpiece of the plantation is a two-and-one-half story Tudor Revival style house designed by distinguished Arkansas architect John Parks Almand in 1925 and completed in 1927. A two-story ancillary building in the same style is situated to the rear of the main house. In addition to the house and ancillary there are twenty-three outbuildings historically used in conducting the business of the plantation, and a line of pecan trees leading to the entrance of Land's End Plantation. Land's End Plantation encompasses approximately 5,000 acres of rich farmland near Scott, Arkansas, some

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