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Oakland Plantation, Beech Island South Carolina

Oakland Plantation, Beech Island South Carolina

Oakland represents a prime example of a rural nineteenth-century South Carolina farmhouse, the Carolina I-House. Both interior and exterior details and style showcase the excellent craftsmanship and talent of largely slave labor. The qualities of early nineteenth-century materials attest to its survival into this century. The home remains true to its original plan and is one of a few examples of its type in Aiken County. Oakland's architectural origins lie in its symmetrical and balanced style. Due to its central hall two-over-two floor plan with gable-end chimneys, a one-story gallery on the facade, and a shed room on the rear elevation, it can be classified as a Carolina I-House. A weatherboard exterior and nine-over-nine windows, most of which are original, also

Fort Kent Railroad Station, Fort Kent Maine

Fort Kent Railroad Station, Fort Kent Maine

Fort Kent's former railroad station is the most significant and intact building associated with the community's turn-of-the-century economic development in its position at the northern terminus of the Fish River Railroad and later the Fish River Branch of the Bangor and Aroostook Railway. Opened on December 15^th, 1902, the station served in its original capacity until 1979 when it was retired. Architecturally, the building is similar to other railroad stations built by the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad which employ the gable on hip form with minor variations. Penetrating the northern Maine wilderness, the Fish River Branch of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad provided an important transportation link for Fort Kent's lumber and agricultural industries. In addition, this rail line made fishing

Emery School, Biddeford Maine

Emery School, Biddeford Maine

The Emery School building was erected in 1912 as a union school, replacing four nearby public grammar schools that were consolidated into a single building in an effort to more efficiently educate a rapidly growing population of school-age residents. Little is known about the earliest education of children in Biddeford except that the first mention in town records of a schoolmaster occurred in 1731. In the mid-eighteenth century, the town was required by state law to maintain a grammar school if there were greater than 100 resident families, as was the case in Biddeford. By 1770 there were four schools serving Biddeford, with sessions likely held in private homes. The first schoolhouse in Biddeford was erected at the town center near

White Oak Creek Covered Bridge, Alvaton Georgia

White Oak Creek Covered Bridge, Alvaton Georgia

The White Oak Creek Covered Bridge, one of Georgia's 22 remaining covered bridges, is of the Long truss type. Built c. 1880, it is attributed to Georgia's most famous bridge builder, Horace King. The Long truss design for bridge construction was introduced in 1830 by Colonel Stephen H. Long, better known in Georgia for his work in surveying the route for the state-owned Western and Atlantic Railroad running between Atlanta and Chattanooga. It is thus understandable that this bridge construction type was first designed for railroad use. The actual builder of White Oak Creek Covered Bridge was probably Horace King, a slave born in 1807 in South Carolina. He was given his freedom in 1848, but continued to work for his

Bucksport Railroad Station, Bucksport Maine

Bucksport Railroad Station, Bucksport Maine

This building is a survival of the typical small town railway station which sprang up in the latter third of the nineteenth century as railroad development mushroomed to include more and more relatively small communities with subordinate branches. The earliest rail lines in Maine connected only the larger towns on the coastal route from Boston to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. By the 1870's, however, more and more smaller towns which, like Bucksport, were centers of maritime activity were tied into the main routes. In 1851 the Northeast American and European Railway Company was chartered and put forward the grand scheme of shortening the sea voyage from New York to Europe by transporting passengers by rail from that city to the

Children's Hospital, Portland Maine

Children's Hospital, Portland Maine

Erected in 1909 as an institutional building in a neighborhood of federal-style homes, the Portland Children's Hospital is notable both for its architecture and for its contribution to the health and welfare of Maine and the state and the nation. The Victoria Morse-Libby Mansion and the McLellan-Sweat Mansion are within sight of the Children's Hospital property. The recognition of the treatment of children as a specialized branch of medicine was a relatively new concept at the beginning of the 20^th Century. Its roots reached back to the foundling hospitals (really orphanages) which began to be established in Europe in the fourteenth century and the outpatient dispensaries, the first of which to offer care to children was established in London in 1786.

Steele's Covered Bridge, Dawsonville Georgia

Steele's Covered Bridge, Dawsonville Georgia

Steele's Covered Bridge was constructed in 1897 under the supervision of Jack Chumley who was then the Dawson County overseer of the road that crossed over this bridge. The bridge was named for Wash Steele who owned the land upstream from the bridge. Lumber for this bridge was cut on Steele's land and Jack Chumley's land, downstream from the bridge. The lumber was sawn by Jack Chumley at his mill nearby and his sons, William and Joe Chumley, hauled the timbers to the bridge site by wagon. John Henry Chumley, a boy of 11 years at the time and a brother of William and Joe Chumley, recalled vividly the construction of this bridge. At the age of 88, he remembered clearly

Cape Elizabeth Light House - Two Lights, Cape Elizabeth Maine

Cape Elizabeth Light House - Two Lights, Cape Elizabeth Maine

The location of this lighted beacon is one of the most important along the northeast coast of the United States. Not only does it mark the entrance to Portland Harbor but it is also a key landmark in coastal navigation. These twin towers also represent an era when the use of double lights for ranging purposes was adopted in several locations. As early as 1811, a 50 ft. rubblestone and lime mortar tower was erected on the site of the present east light by Gen. Henry Dearborn of Revolutionary War fame. In the second decade of the 19^th century, a rapid growth in shipping occurred, and in the spring of 1827, the Federal Government approved the erection of twin 65 ft.

Berwick High School, Berwick Maine

Berwick High School, Berwick Maine

Berwick's educational system has been evolving throughout the town's history, from one-room scattered district schools to today's regional schools that accommodate students from multiple communities. During this time the system developed in terms of how children were educated, where they were educated, what they studied, and how they studied. The Berwick High School represents a stage in this evolution; a period in which school buildings had become relatively sophisticated, and in which several courses of study were offered. Between the opening of the school in 1928 and its closing in 2001, it was central to the town's educational system as its only public high school. The closing of the school marked the end of an era for truly local high school

Beals and Torrey Shoe Company, Watertown Wisconsin

Beals and Torrey Shoe Company, Watertown Wisconsin

The Beals and Torrey Shoe Co. factory is one of the two buildings remaining that housed the leading manufacturing concern in Watertown for over 40 years. The building is associated with a period of innovation and rapid growth of a company which by 1917 had become the leading industrial plant in Watertown. In that year it employed 100 people and disbursed the largest payroll in the city, a position which the shoe factory held through 1954. The Beals Torrey Shoe Co. began in 1867 when two young Civil War soldiers, Ezra Beals and I. G. Mann, stopped over in Milwaukee on their way home to Massachusetts. They were impressed by the rapidly growing town and decided to establish a full-line shoe

Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge, Woodbury Georgia

Red Oak Creek Covered Bridge, Woodbury Georgia

The Red Oak Covered Bridge, possibly the oldest covered bridge in Georgia, is of the Town lattice type and is thought to have been built by Horace King in 1840. Still in use, the Red Oak Covered Bridge is an outstanding reminder of the age when there were over 250 covered bridges in Georgia. This lattice bridge type, designed by Ithiel Town of New Haven, Connecticut, was patented in 1820. Town realized the need for a covered bridge truss which could be quickly built by a good carpenter. It has been described as the first truly American design and consisted of a web of light planks fastened together with wooden pins or trunnels at each intersection. An average of 5,536 hand-drilled

Bradley Knitting Company - Borg Complex, Delavan Wisconsin

Bradley Knitting Company - Borg Complex, Delavan Wisconsin

The Bradley Knitting Company in Delavan, Wisconsin, was an industrial site consisting of eight buildings constructed between 1903 and 1955. The shape and design of the earliest building set the pattern for the five major components that followed. It played a role in transforming the village of Delavan from a retail distribution center to a small industrial city. For many years the company was by far the town's largest employer. The founders of the company were important in the development of the town both before and after the establishment of the Bradley Knitting Company. The complex was demolished in 2003. The history of Delavan begins in 1836, when Henry and Samuel Phoenix arrived from upper New York state, looking for a

Louisville and Nashville Depot, Milton Florida

Louisville and Nashville Depot, Milton Florida

The L & N Depot in Milton, Florida (Santa Rosa County), is typical of the combination freight and passenger stations that were constructed by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad to serve small communities. It is typical of stations that provided an important communication and economic link with the rest of the region. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad purchased the site of the depot in 1891 from the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad Company. The depot, the community's second, was constructed in 1909. The depot's plan follows the Standard L & N Engineer's Office outline for a Special Combination Station, with little deviation from the suggested appearance. The cost for a station like this was $3800-4200, without platforms. The last regular passenger train

Pool's Mill Covered Bridge, Cumming Georgia

Pool's Mill Covered Bridge, Cumming Georgia

The Pool's Mill Covered Bridge was constructed in 1900-01 to replace an earlier bridge which was washed away by a flash flood on Settendown Creek. B. L. Fowler, who was then operating the nearby mill for Dr. M. L. Pool, the owner, contracted with John Wofford, a local millwright, to build a Town Lattice bridge at the site. The lumber for the bridge was of heart poplar and sawn on the premises by Fowler. Wofford planned to use 2 x 6 inch planks for the framing but made a mistake in boring the holes for the pins. As a result, Wofford left the job and the contract was turned over to Bud Gentry. Gentry increased the size of the planks to

Cedar Bend Plantation, Natchez Louisiana

Cedar Bend Plantation, Natchez Louisiana

1850s French Creole plantation house in Natchez LA

Natchitoches Parish is well known as a center of Creole architecture in Louisiana. It was a very early area of French settlement in the state, and hence had time to develop a significant Creole building stock. In addition, it has retained a fair number of examples, partly because it was bypassed by development in the mid-nineteenth century. Creole architecture is noted as a very important historical context in the Louisiana Comprehensive Plan because it is the primary factor that makes Louisiana's patrimony fundamentally different from other southern states. Cedar Bend is important because it helps establish the significance of Natchitoches Parish as a center of the Creole style. The main house is a typical example, being a large bousillage structure with

Union Park Hotel, Chicago Illinois

Union Park Hotel, Chicago Illinois

Chicago first developed as a pivotal point for maritime traffic as well as the crossroads of railroad routes. Its lake port location with ready access to canal, river, and rail gave the merchants and manufacturers who established operations in the City a great advantage. In the 1870s Chicago gained regional power within the national economy, surpassing longer-established rivals such as St. Louis and Cincinnati. By the 1890s, Chicago was America's second city, rivaled only by New York. As the national center of passenger and freight rail traffic, a major center of manufacturing, commodities sales and shipping, and retail commerce the City's downtown expanded rapidly and its population grew exponentially. During the 1920s, the decade of the greatest residential hotel construction in

Kilgore Mill Covered Bridge and Mill Site, Bethlehem Georgia

Kilgore Mill Covered Bridge and Mill Site, Bethlehem Georgia

The Kilgore's Mill Covered Bridge was constructed in 1894 by D. J. Thompson for the sum of $256.00. Approval of the construction was given by the Commissioners of Walton County on October 6^th, 1894. This bridge of 1894 was constructed to replace an older bridge at the same location. Adjoining land was first granted to Isiah Sanders by lottery on July 25^th, 1822, and he subsequently established a mill nearby on the Apalachee River. In 1823 the land was deeded to Joseph James who in 1833 deeded the land to Willis Kilgore, Sr. The land remained in the Kilgore family for over 75 years and the Kilgores built a sawmill and grist mill nearby powered by a dam on the Apalachee

Browns Head Light Station, Vinalhaven Maine

Browns Head Light Station, Vinalhaven Maine

The light tower at Browns Head is one of the earliest designs, having been built during the year 1832 on order from President Andrew Jackson. It is the type of station in common use in the days before the Civil War. There was much shipping on Penobscot Bay when the light was erected and it became a key navigational aid, particularly as a guide to the entrance of the much-used Fox Islands Thoroughfare. The keeper's house dates from 1857 when the station was rehabilitated but the tower is original. This lighthouse has long been a mecca for summer visitors sailing their small boats on the Bay and Thoroughfare. Site Description Browns Head Light Station, dating from 1832, is a well-preserved lighthouse

Boon Island Light Station, York Maine

Boon Island Light Station, York Maine

The Boon Island Light Station towers above this small rock island located approximately six miles off the Maine coast. It contains the tallest light tower in Maine and is the southernmost of the seacoast lights. Boon Island Light Station was established during the War of 1812 and is the seventh oldest station in Maine. In the 1850s, when a comprehensive classification of lights was instituted, Boon Island was ranked as a primary seacoast station, one of only six such lights in Maine in 1861. Widely spaced along the coast, these stations were crucial navigational aid in the major shipping lanes linking Maine to Europe and other United States ports. In 1978 this station was automated by the Coast Guard, and many

Howard's Covered Bridge, Smithsonia Georgia

Howard's Covered Bridge, Smithsonia Georgia

Big Clouds Creek Covered Bridge was constructed in 1904-05 under the supervision of Mr. Hunt using county convict labor. Hunt had learned how to construct a Town Lattice bridge from Washington King, the builder of several covered bridges in Georgia and the son of Horace King, a former slave, who also built many covered bridges in Georgia. Rudolph T. Tucker, who lived within 200 yards of this bridge for some 88 years, recalled vividly the day it was completed March 5^th, 1905. This was four days after his 20^th birthday. All of the lumber used in constructing this bridge is heart pine and was obtained in South Georgia. It was shipped by rail to Smithsonia and from there carried by wagon

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