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Gallagher Mansion and Outbuilding, Baltimore Maryland

Gallagher Mansion and Outbuilding, Baltimore Maryland

The original Italianate core of this house was built between 1854 and 1857. This date is surmised on the evidence of contemporary maps as well as some decorative wood trim inside the house. The 1854 Fifteen Mile Radius map by A. E. Rogerson and L. P. Brown show no house in the approximate vicinity and position of the Gallagher Mansion, while the 1857 Taylor map of Baltimore City and County clearly shows a house in just the right spot, and labels it as belonging to Dr. Woods. Inside the house, the scroll-cut brackets on the ends of the steps and the wide heavy moldings around the doors and at the baseboards are typical of the period and tend to corroborate the

Frederick Douglass High School, Baltimore Maryland

Frederick Douglass High School, Baltimore Maryland

The old Frederick Douglass High School at 1601 North Calhoun Street was built in 1923-1924. It was the first public high school building in the city, and believed to be the first in the state of Maryland, specifically erected for blacks and was the only secondary school in the Baltimore area that could be attended by black students through the 1930s. In its provision of space for lower vocational training and classrooms for higher academic pursuit, the building's design embodied what was the prevailing philosophy toward black education of the period. The building is characterized by an elaborately decorated exterior, though somewhat plainer than the standard Baltimore school of the period, with a simple interior plan and decorative detailing. It remained

Virginia Trunk & Bag Company, Petersburg Virginia

Virginia Trunk & Bag Company, Petersburg Virginia

The Virginia Trunk & Bag Company was established in Petersburg in 1898. Its manufacturing complex was constructed and functioning as a large-scale facility by 1903. During part of the early twentieth century Petersburg claimed to be the leading trunk and valise manufacturing city in the world and the Virginia Trunk and Bag Co. facility was one of the largest trunk manufacturers in the city during that period. From 1916 until 1931 the site was also the headquarters for the American Hardware Company, which was the parent company for at least six different trunk makers in Petersburg, representing the majority of trunk manufacturing in Petersburg at that time. The Virginia Trunk & Bag Co. currently is the most intact and best preserved

Stockheughter Covered Bridge - Enochsburg Bridge, Batesville Indiana

Stockheughter Covered Bridge - Enochsburg Bridge, Batesville Indiana

Constructed in 1891, Stockheughter Covered Bridge is one of two covered bridges still standing in Franklin County and one of 22 Howe Truss bridges in Indiana. The bridge has been a connecting link between Enochsburg and historic Oldenburg, Hamburg, and Batesville. The other existing covered bridge in Franklin County is the Show Hill Covered Bridge (1895). William Howe invented the Howe Truss bridge design. In 1840 he received two patents for this design which improved on two earlier truss designs. It solved the length-to-height relationship problem allowing the span length to be increased by adding more sets to metal rods and angled wood beams. As a result, the height can remain constant no matter what the length of the span. Advancing

National Brewing Company, Baltimore Maryland

National Brewing Company, Baltimore Maryland

The National Brewing Company, a complex bounded on the north by Dillon Street, on the east by Haven Street, on the south by O'Donnell Street, and on the west by Conkling Street, is located immediately east of the Canton Historic District. Comprised of buildings constructed from 1885 to 1966, the site has been associated with the storage and production of beer since the mid-19^th century. The National Brewing Company complex was a part of the long evolution of a once major Baltimore industry that was closely linked with the city's dominant German population. The complex shows how the brewing industry evolved through the changing technologies that characterized both the pre-Prohibition and post-Prohibition eras. One of many local breweries before Prohibition, the

Willcox Hotel, Aiken South Carolina

Willcox Hotel, Aiken South Carolina

Formally Vacant Luxury Resort Hotel in SC Restored and Reopened

Around the turn of the century, Aiken became the first South Carolina town to gain national renown as a winter resort. Finding the mild climate of the town ideal for sports, wealthy northerners became regular winter residents, calling themselves Aiken's winter colony. At the heart of winter colony activities was Willcox's, an internationally known inn operated from 1898 to 1957 by members of the Willcox family. The building once occupied by Willcox's is regarded by Aikenites as a local landmark significant for its association with the town's heyday as a winter resort and with the many prominent individuals who sojourned there. Of Aiken's once-famous resort hostelries, only Willcox's is still standing. Accounts of why Frederick Sugden Willcox came to Aiken in

Eugene Covered Bridge, Eugene Indiana

Eugene Covered Bridge, Eugene Indiana

Eugene Covered Bridge is one of 57 remaining Burr Arch truss timber spans left in Indiana. At 180' in length, only one other Burr Arch bridge in the state is longer. It is one of four remaining covered bridges left in Vermillion County, all built by master carpenter J.J. Daniels. From 1873 until 1974, the bridge served a main road in agricultural northern Vermillion County. The Eugene Covered Bridge was built in 1873 to replace an unknown type of bridge at that location. The site was an important crossing, as three county roads merge nearby, then cross the Big Vermillion River. The bridge connected the largest town in Eugene Township, Eugene, to agricultural areas to the north. Later, the same crossing

Street Manual Training School, Minter Alabama

Street Manual Training School, Minter Alabama

The Street Manual Training School was a part of a successful nationally-supported vocational training school for blacks in the early and mid-twentieth century. The school reflects the lasting impact that Booker T. Washington's program of industrial education developed at the Tuskegee Institute had on the education of black youth. This educational program was part of a larger philosophy toward how blacks could improve their social and economic position in the Jim Crow-era South. The residential and academic sections of the campus attest to the importance of personal as well as academic development in the plans of founder Emmanuel M. Brown. Booker T. Washington's educational philosophy and the Tuskegee Institute served as models for the Street Manual Training School's emphasis on practical

Bell Telephone Company Building, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Bell Telephone Company Building, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

The Bell Telephone Company Building at Nineteenth and Arch Streets was constructed in 1925 on the western edge of the new downtown. Telephone exchanges had been built in the old city, but with the move of Philadelphia's City Hall to Broad and Market Streets at the end of the nineteenth century, later exchanges were built west of Broad Street. The Bell Telephone Building at 1827-35 Arch Street is part of that sequence, being built to handle the significant increase in business stimulated by the completion of the long-distance lines to the West Coast. Constructed in 1925, it housed the company's central switching facilities and offices. With the construction of a new central switching facility at 24^th and Lombard Streets in 1970

Brownsville Covered Bridge, Brownsville Indiana

Brownsville Covered Bridge, Brownsville Indiana

The Brownsville Covered Wagon Bridge, spanning Eagle Creek in the Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, was moved to its present location in 1974. Prior to its move to Indianapolis, the bridge spanned the east fork of the Whitewater River at the western edge of Brownsville, Indiana. Erected by Adam Mason in 1837-1840, the bridge employs the truss system patented by Colonel Stephen H. Long, one of the earliest truss systems based upon mathematical calculations. The Brownsville Covered Bridge, built in 1837-1B40, by Adam Mason over the East Fork of the Whitewater River at the West edge of the town of Brownsville, was the oldest covered wooden bridge in Indiana still remaining on its original site. The only other older extant Indiana

Franklin School, St. Louis Missouri

Franklin School, St. Louis Missouri

Franklin School building at 814 N. 19^th Street is a direct descendent of the original Franklin School in St. Louis; it also served the same general area. Named for American statesman and philosopher Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), the first school to open with this name did so in 1857 at the corner of 17^th and Christy, just one block to the southeast. During renovations to this building in 1874, a temporary facility at 19^th and Christy (on an adjacent block) retained the name Franklin School. From 1876 until 1910, Franklin Elementary School returned to its original site; it moved in 1911 to the new facility at 814 N. 19^th Street. A change in Franklin's name occurred in 1923, with a shift to

Jack Rabbit Candy Company Building, St. Louis Missouri

Jack Rabbit Candy Company Building, St. Louis Missouri

Constructed in 1909-11, the Jack Rabbit Candy Company Building is located at 1928-30 Martin Luther King, St. Louis, Missouri. Although, built to house a furniture business and auction house, the most successful tenant was the Jack Rabbit Candy Company which specialized in confectionery manufacturing in St. Louis from 1918 until 1952. The company continued to grow and prosper even through many waves of economic misfortune in St. Louis and the nation. By 1941, they were one of only two candy companies in St. Louis that produced their confectionery specialties. The early history of the building includes two successful furniture and warehouse businesses (Stoecker and Price and E.H. Langan Furniture) and briefly an auction house (Mound City Auction). It was designed by

Adams Mill Covered Bridge - Carroll County Bridge 39, Cutler Indiana

Adams Mill Covered Bridge - Carroll County Bridge 39, Cutler Indiana

Adams Mill Covered Bridge is one of only two covered bridges in Carroll County, and the only bridge in Indiana that combines a Howe truss with a Burr arch. Adams Mill Bridge is significant because of its introduction of a Burr arch into an existing Howe truss bridge. Most covered bridges in the state built after 1880 were of the Howe truss type, as it was easy to assemble and could be shipped prefabricated. This truss substituted iron rods for wooden posts as tension members, thus eliminating one set of heavy timbers and providing a means of easy adjustment by turnbuckles on the ends of the iron rods. At the turn of the century, county commissioners decided that the bridge was

Middle Bay Light, Mobile Alabama

Middle Bay Light, Mobile Alabama

The Mobile Bay Light is one of Alabama's few navigational landmarks and is by far the most interesting. The one-and-a-half-story hexagonal light is unusual in that it was constructed as both a residence and a light. Reputedly constructed as a replica of the Hooper's Strait Light off the Maryland Coast, it is thought to be one of only a few remaining lights of this type. On March 3^rd, 1883 an Act was approved appropriating $19,000 to mark the recently completed Mobile ship channel. Under this appropriation, the Mobile Bay Light station was established in December of 1885. At that time the light exhibited a fixed white light varied by a red flash every 30 seconds. In 1905 the light was rebuilt

Lee's Creek Covered Bridge, Dover Kentucky

Lee's Creek Covered Bridge, Dover Kentucky

The Lee's Creek Covered Bridge, built in 1845, is probably the oldest covered bridge in Kentucky. It has had two complete restorations, the first by the Bowers of Flemingsburg in 1928. The last restoration was in 1966 after a tornado struck the area. Restoration was carried out by the Kentucky Department of Highways at a cost of $16,000 dollars. Originally a toll bridge, it still serves the community of Dover without the tollgate. At one time Kentucky had hundreds of covered bridges spanning her rivers. Just prior to World War II, sixty-five were still standing. By 1952, the numbers had shrunk to thirty-nine. Now only sixteen remain. These sixteen, which represent a variety of structural types, are concentrated in the central

Wellston J.C. Penney Building, St. Louis Missouri

Wellston J.C. Penney Building, St. Louis Missouri

The Wellston J.C. Penney Building is located at 5930 Dr. Martin Luther King Drive (formerly Easton Avenue) in St. Louis, Missouri. As the only surviving post-World War II, stand-alone Modern department store building in St. Louis City, this three-story brick, white stucco, and reinforced concrete structure remains unique among older, traditionally styled buildings in the once-vibrant Wellston commercial district. Significant as William P. McMahon & Sons's only-known International Style design in St. Louis City. One of four J.C. Penney stores in St. Louis at the time of its construction in 1948, the building reflects the company's re-commitment to decentralized, neighborhood-based retailing in the City of St. Louis, a focus the company achieved decades before downtown department stores opened neighborhood branch locations.

Yatesville Covered Bridge, Fallsburg Kentucky

Yatesville Covered Bridge, Fallsburg Kentucky

One of two covered bridges in Lawrence County, Yatesville is the older of the pair, dating from 1907. It is located in the center of one of the flatter sides of meandering Blaine Creek, near Spankem Branch. Like many bridges built after the 1880s, it utilizes William Howe's popular truss design. The steel rods were easily shipped and truss timbers could be prefabricated, making possible a quick assembly. At one time Kentucky had hundreds of covered bridges spanning her rivers. Just prior to World War II, sixty-five were still standing. By 1952, the numbers had shrunk to thirty-nine. Now only sixteen remain. These sixteen, which represent a variety of structural types, are concentrated in the central and northeast sections of the

Ringos Mill Covered Bridge, Flemingsburg Kentucky

Ringos Mill Covered Bridge, Flemingsburg Kentucky

Ringos Mill Covered Bridge, as well as the surrounding community, developed in the mid-1800s as a result of the Ringos grist mill operation on Fox Creek. About 86 feet long, it is another example of the early agricultural economy. The bridge itself is in need of proper repair as incorrect measures have already caused costly damage. At one time Kentucky had hundreds of covered bridges spanning her rivers. Just prior to World War II, sixty-five were still standing. By 1952, the numbers had shrunk to thirty-nine. Now only sixteen remain. These sixteen, which represent a variety of structural types, are concentrated in the central and northeast sections of the state in the small communities or rural areas of the state. Thirteen

St. Mary's Church, Albany New York

St. Mary's Church, Albany New York

St. Mary's Church in downtown Albany was built in 1867 after a design by the architects Charles C. Nichols and Frederick Brown, and is the third church building for this parish, the oldest parish in the city. Built at the time of a great influx of immigration from Europe to the New World, the existence of this building reflects the growth and strength of the Roman Catholic Church in Albany during the mid-nineteenth century. Significant for its striking Italian Romanesque Revival exterior, the Church, with its tall bell tower topped by the trumpeting Angel of Judgment has been a visual landmark in Albany for many years. Situated amidst an eclectic grouping of buildings of other architectural styles as well as vacant

Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis Indiana

Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis Indiana

The parish of Christ Church, in the town of Indianapolis, Township of Center, County of Marion, was organized on July 13, 1837, and on May 7, 1938, built one of five churches to be located on the Circle. The first service was held on Sunday morning, the 18^th of November 1838. The present church was designed by William Tinsley, architect, who had previously won recognition for his plan for Northwestern Christian University, Indianapolis, Indiana, the Center Hall at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, and Ascension Hall of Kenyon College at Gambier, Ohio. Christ Church, at Indianapolis, is considered his finest ecclesiastical building in America. The cornerstone for the present church was laid on the 24^th day of June 1857, and the final

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