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Carter Hall Plantation House, Millwood Virginia

Carter Hall Plantation House, Millwood Virginia

Carter Hall's stately architecture, beautiful grounds, and historical associations epitomize the popular image of a Virginia plantation. The impressive mansion was erected between 1792 and 1800 for Nathaniel Burwell (1750-1814) on a 5808-acre tract inherited from his father, Carter Burwell. Nathaniel Burwell was born and raised on his family's plantation, Carter's Grove in James City County, and later became Lieutenant Colonel of the James City Militia. Like many Tidewater Virginia planters he was attracted to the fertile lands of the lower Shenandoah Valley, and decided to re-establish his seat on his Valley landholdings. His new house, built in what was then Frederick County, vied in grandeur with the colonial houses of Tidewater. Colonel Burwell was much involved with the commercial, social,

Bog Covered Bridge - Cilleyville Bridge, Andover New Hampshire

Bog Covered Bridge - Cilleyville Bridge, Andover New Hampshire

Built in 1887 by local carpenter Prentice C. Atwood, the Bog Bridge served as a highway bridge until 1957, when it was bypassed by a new state highway. Although now used as a pedestrian bridge, little changed since its construction, save for the necessary replacement of its roof in 1982. The bridge's two Town trusses, which seem to have survived intact, are representative of those used in the state's fourteen Town through truss highway bridges. The only major difference is the omission of the upper secondary chord, an omission common to the five shortest Town truss bridges. Today, the bridge is better known as the Cilleyville Bridge, the name commonly used in covered bridge books and lists. That name is historically

Woolworth Building, New York City New York

Woolworth Building, New York City New York

The Woolworth Building stands today as a monument, not only to Frank W. Woolworth, who commissioned it, but to Cass Gilbert, who designed it. Gilbert won the acclaim of the city with this building, completed in 1913, for his use of Gothic forms and detail, which at the time seemed well adapted to the soaring verticality of the skyscraper. From 1913 until 1930 it reigned as the world's tallest building and remains today a monument to Woolworth and American enterprise as well as an important step in the development of the skyscraper, a truly American contribution to architecture. Frank W. Woolworth, who originated the variety chain-store, dreamed of erecting a Woolworth Building long before one was built. When completed in 1913,

Greenfield Plantation, Somer North Carolina

Greenfield Plantation, Somer North Carolina

Greenfield is a distinctively coastal plantation house, with a double porch under an extension of the main roof. Believed to have been built around 1752, the house retains much of its Georgian interior fabric, combined with Greek Revival style remodeling. Probably built for Levi Creecy and remaining in his family until 1851, Greenfield was one of several notable plantations owned in the mid-nineteenth century by Edward Wood, a descendant of Levi Creecy and a successful planter and businessman, in whose family the plantation remains. For more than a century the plantation was known as Fordice's because the original grantee was George Fordice, who secured his patent on January 1^st, 1694. The house, however, probably dates from about 1752. In October 1750,

Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge, Plainfield New Hampshire

Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge, Plainfield New Hampshire

Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge is an example of the multiple Kingpost truss type covered bridge. It was built and designed by James F. Tasker (1826-1903) of Cornish, New Hampshire. Tasker was paid $528 for the work on this bridge in October 1877. James Tasker is believed to have built the following bridges:
Kenyon Bridge, Cornish, NH
Blow-Me-Down Bridge, Cornish, NH
Dingleton Bridge, Cornish, NH
Meriden Bridge, Cornish, NH
Cornish-Windsor Bridge (with Bela Fletcher)
Stoughton Bridge, Windsor County, VT
Salmond's, Windsor County, VT
The National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges, World Guide to Covered Bridges number for the Blow-Me-Down Covered Bridge is 29-10-10; the New Hampshire Department of Public Works and Highways Number

Bocage Plantation House, Darrow Louisiana

Bocage Plantation House, Darrow Louisiana

The property on which Bocage stands is associated with the Bringiers, an old Louisiana family. The house is generally believed to have been built by Emanuel Marius Pons Bringier as a wedding gift for his fourteen-year-old daughter, Francoise, who married Christophe Colomb on January 24^th, 1801. However, no architectural evidence supporting the existence of an early 1800s house has survived. The Bocage tradition also suggests that the 1801 house was remodeled in the Greek Revival style around 1840 by the renowned nineteenth-century architect James Dakin. Circumstantial evidence suggests that the Dakin connection may be true. Primary sources exist proving that Dakin did work for the Bringier family, and the in antis treatment of the rear gallery is a clearly recognized characteristic

Audubon Plantation House, Baton Rouge Louisiana

Audubon Plantation House, Baton Rouge Louisiana

The origin of Audubon is obscure. Attempts to establish a chain of title from before the late nineteenth century have thus far not been successful. The plantation is identified as Audubon in the Statement of the Sugar Crop for 1892. At that time it was owned by Octavius Bullion and the house was rented to a Dixon family. An 1890s photograph reveals that the house was in poor condition. For much of the twentieth century Audubon remained a rural rent house. Audubon is a rare and important example of a Greek Revival plantation house within the parishes of Ascension and East Baton Rouge. Audubon was originally in Ascension Parish, but the land was subsequently annexed into East Baton Rouge Parish. These

Bement Covered Bridge, Bradford New Hampshire

Bement Covered Bridge, Bradford New Hampshire

The Bement Bridge is the third bridge to occupy its site. The first bridge was constructed in 1790; it was originally to have been paid for by thirty pounds of the penny tax, which was a tax of one penny per acre of land in Bradford to be used for bridge and road construction. Instead, the inhabitants voted at a town meeting in 1790 to construct the bridge themselves. This bridge apparently stood until 1818 when it was voted to build a new bridge near Samuel Bement's In 1854 the town voted to rebuild Bement Bridge and authorized the selectmen to borrow money for this purpose. According to a sign posted at the north portal of the bridge, $500 was spent

Woolworth Estate - Winfield Hall, Glen Cove New York

Woolworth Estate - Winfield Hall, Glen Cove New York

Former Estate owned by founder of the chain of Five and Ten Cent Stores

The Woolworth Estate represents the opulent, elegant, Gold Coast era of Long Island's North Shore. The main house, Winfield Hall, was designed in 1916 by C.P.H. Gilbert for Frank Winfield Woolworth, It is one of the most significant surviving structures by C.P.H. Gilbert, a highly regarded Beaux-Arts architect based in New York. Winfield Hall, together with the Woolworth Building in New York City, reflect the taste and the achievements of one of America's most legendary entrepreneurs, Franklin Winfield Woolworth, developer of the famous chain of Five and Ten Cent Stores. During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the country houses built for American millionaires were usually stylistically unpretentious. Designed mainly for summer use, the rambling structures were usually built of

Bedell Covered Bridge, Haverhill New Hampshire

Bedell Covered Bridge, Haverhill New Hampshire

The Bedell Covered Bridge, which has a length (at floor level) of 382 feet divided into two equal spans, ranks among the longest covered wood bridges remaining in the United States. The Bedell Bridge has two of the longest clear spans supported by Burr arch trusses in the country. Although reinforced by laminated arches added in 1929, the original trusses with single-timber arches are still intact. However, owing to a lack of maintenance, the trusses had deteriorated seriously. In 1974, work was begun to rehabilitate the structure. The Bedell Bridge is the fifth bridge on its site across the Connecticut River, the earlier bridges having been built in 1805, circa 1821, 1851, and 1863 (the first covered bridge). The present bridge

Lima Township School, Howe Indiana

Lima Township School, Howe Indiana

The Lima School is of interest for its high-style Victorian-era architecture, and as the first commissioned township high school in Indiana. According to a 1982 article in the South Bend Tribune, it was also the second oldest operating school in Indiana. The monumental brick building, constructed in 1874-75, is an eclectic mix of styles, with the Victorian Gothic predominating. The Lima School is one of the finest and least altered examples of this style in the state. Its exterior bears resemblance to the East College at DePauw University in Greencastle, which was built at approximately the same time. The possibility of building the structure was first considered at an 1874 meeting, when John B. Howe stated that he would give $2,500

Elwood Passenger and Freight Depot, Elwood Indiana

Elwood Passenger and Freight Depot, Elwood Indiana

The Elwood Passenger Depot is significant for its Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and as one of a vanishing breed of small-town railroad depots. The depot was constructed in 1894 and was on a line that primarily served passenger traffic between Chicago and Cincinnati. The architectural pretensions of the structure are unusual for a depot in a town this small, and contribute to its great noticeability. The building, though deteriorated, still presents an imposing vista from the end of B Street, and is somewhat isolated from surrounding structures. The building was in continuous use until April 1971 and was officially retired from service in August 1975. Original architectural drawings are located at the division offices of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company in

Ashuelot Covered Bridge, Ashuelot New Hampshire

Ashuelot Covered Bridge, Ashuelot New Hampshire

Winchester New Hampshire, is a large and sparsely-populated township measuring approximately six by eight miles. The township includes two principal villages, Winchester and Ashuelot. Both villages grew in response to water power afforded by the Ashuelot River, considered one of the most important manufacturing streams in the state after the Civil War. By 1864, when the bridge was constructed, the villages of Ashuelot and Winchester supported woolen mills, manufactories of wooden products, machine shops, and stores, all connected to other Connecticut Valley towns in New Hamsphire and Vermont, and ultimately to Boston, by the Ashuelot and Cheshire Railroads. The Ashuelot Railroad, incorporated in 1844, completed in 1851 and eventually absorbed into the Boston & Maine system, passed within yards of the

Palace Hotel, Ukiah California

Palace Hotel, Ukiah California

The settlement of Ukiah began in 1856 when Samuel Lowry built for himself a log cabin in the land inhabited by those Pomo Indians who called themselves Yokayo, The Valley People. In 1859, Ukiah became the county seat for Mendocino, but it was not until the 1890s that Ukiah experienced its first major growth spurt as a consequence of the coming of the railroad. The intimate connection between the town and the hotel dates back to 1891 when the present Palace was built to replace the original hotel, which fell victim to one of Ukiah's numerous late 19th-century fires. One institution with its roots in the very early days is the present Palace Hotel. The Palace was considered to be Ukiah's

L. Grief and Bro Inc. Manufactory, Baltimore Maryland

L. Grief and Bro Inc. Manufactory, Baltimore Maryland

Built in ca. 1914-1915, the L. Greif & Bro. Inc. Manufactory at North Milton and Ashland avenues is an important example of the significant role the needle trade and particularly men's clothing manufacturing played in Baltimore's early 20th-century industrial and cultural history. L. Greif & Bros., Inc. was, for a time, the country's second-largest men's clothing company. Baltimore was one of the five major ports that received passenger ships during the 19^th and 20^th centuries (along with Boston, New Orleans, New York and Philadelphia) and may have been the second-leading port of immigrant entry into the United States during the 1800s. Of the thousands of immigrants to arrive in Baltimore, Irish (over a third) and German (over half) immigrants made up

Union Covered Bridge, Paris Missouri

Union Covered Bridge, Paris Missouri

The Union Covered Bridge is one of only four surviving covered bridges in Missouri. It is the only surviving example of the Burr Arch truss in Missouri. The Union Covered Bridge spans the Elk Fork of the Salt River on the old Paris to Fayette Road in Monroe County. It was named after the Union Church once located nearby. In the early days of bridge construction in Monroe County, citizens could petition the county court for a bridge. The county road commissioner was then ordered to choose the bridge site, estimate the cost, and supervise the construction. The commissioner advertised for bids and listed requirements for bridge completion. In the case of the Elk Fork bridge, the bridge needed to have

Salisbury Southern Railroad Passenger Depot, Salisbury North Carolina

Salisbury Southern Railroad Passenger Depot, Salisbury North Carolina

The Salisbury Southern Railroad Passenger Depot, designed by Frank P. Milburn and built in 1907-1908, is an impressive and well-preserved example of the Spanish Mission style popular in the early twentieth century. An important reminder of the vital role of the railroad in the development of the town of Salisbury, it is one of the few remaining examples of the eclectic Milburn's many public buildings in North Carolina, and one of the most ambitious railroad depots surviving in the state. The Salisbury Southern Railroad Passenger Depot is one of the relatively few extant public buildings designed by Frank Pierce Milburn, a leading southern architect of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Milburn was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on December

Southern Railway Spencer Shops, Spencer North Carolina

Southern Railway Spencer Shops, Spencer North Carolina

Beginning in 1896 and throughout its life, the Spencer Shops, one of the largest railroad shops in the country, played an important role in the economic life of North Carolina as indeed the shop's owner, Southern Railway, continues to do. Despite destruction of portions of the complex Spencer, with its surviving buildings; the large Back Shop, other shops, offices, and vast roundhouse; provides a seldom viewed example of the creation, sustenance, and decline of a single-industry town in the New South; the site is perhaps the single most important example of heavy industry and transportation history in the state. The first railroads in North Carolina were built in the eastern part of the state. Both the Wilmington and Weldon and the

Sandy Creek Covered Bridge, Hillsboro Missouri

Sandy Creek Covered Bridge, Hillsboro Missouri

The Sandy Creek Covered Bridge is one of only four surviving covered bridges in Missouri. The erection of Sandy Creek (Covered) Bridge was but a small part of a county-wide building program begun in Jefferson County following the Civil War. Located on the Old Lemay Ferry Road and spanning Sandy Creek, the bridge was a vital link in the new Jefferson County road system. Many county citizens voiced their demands for improved roads, particularly the fruit and produce growers of northern Jefferson County who had to transport their goods to the St. Louis market often over impassable mud roads. In 1867, a proposition was approved by county voters calling for the construction of two new roads at a cost of $150,000.

Walter McCanless House, Salisbury North Carolina

Walter McCanless House, Salisbury North Carolina

The 1929 Walter McCanless House is Rowan County's finest Italian Renaissance Revival house. Built on a large property in the Club Development subdivision of Salisbury, it was one of the first homes constructed adjacent to the golf course of the Country Club of Salisbury in the late 1920's. During this time construction of new housing was at an all-time high for Salisbury, and new neighborhoods were springing up in several suburbs. Walter Franklin McCanless was the son of Napoleon Bonaparte McCanless, a well-known local builder and developer. Walter McCanless earned his own reputation as a builder and also a textile mill developer, both locally as well as in Davidson, N.C., and Georgia. The Walter McCanless House was designed by Wilson, North

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