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St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church, New York New York

St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church, New York New York

St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church was designed by the architecture firm of Tilton and Githens. The church is notable for its outstanding collection of stained glass windows designed by the Royal Bavarian Stained Glass Manufactory of Munich. Built in 1922-23 in the area west of midtown Manhattan known historically as Hell's Kitchen, the church is a key visual landmark of West 46^th Street and continues to serve the social and religious needs of the congregation and the surrounding community. The church on West 46^th Street was the first building actually erected by a congregation that had been in existence since 1850. Prior to this, the congregation had leased or purchased existing buildings. St. Luke's was founded by a congregation of German

Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland Ohio

Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland Ohio

Trinity Cathedral, built 1901-1907, was the last of the great downtown churches in Cleveland that have survived to this day. Its architect, Charles F. Schweinfurth, 1856-1919, is regarded as one of the city's most important practitioners over the years. One of many of his significant churches, institutional and residential projects, Trinity Cathedral is considered one of the architect's finest works. Trinity Cathedral occupies a major location in downtown Cleveland at the southeast corner of Euclid Avenue and East 22^nd St. in the developing academic area surrounding Cleveland State University. Of Cruciform plan, the building fronts on Euclid Avenue and extends to a parish house at the rear which in turn borders a small park located on the property. The building is

R. Brand and Company - Western Shoe Company, Toledo Ohio

An excellent example of late nineteenth-century Toledo commercial architecture stands at 120-124 St. Clair Street. Although the county courthouse records carry an 1877 date, it appears that the building was completed in 1874. R. Brand and Company, Wine and Liquor importers occupied the building for thirty-six years. Guido Marx, one-time mayor of Toledo, and Adolph Brand founded the firm in 1849. In 1910 another old Toledo firm purchased the building. The Western Shoe Company. General John Fuller and True M. Childs founded the firm in 1867 and it was incorporated as the Western Shoe Company in 1900. The company was one of the few wholesalers left in the field and maintained an excellent profit picture throughout the years. The late nineteenth

Hillsboro Covered Bridge, Hillsboro Kentucky

Hillsboro Covered Bridge, Hillsboro Kentucky

Known locally as Hillsboro-Grange City Covered Bridge, it is a multiple kingpost truss design. 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. The Hillsboro Covered Bridge stretches across Fox Creek in Fleming County adjacent to Kentucky Route 111, 13.6 miles outside of Flemingsburg. It is of the Multiple Kingpost truss design with a full top lateral system. Probably built in the late 1860s, it was

Alliance Clay Product Company - Alliance Pallet, Alliance Ohio

Alliance Clay Product Company - Alliance Pallet, Alliance Ohio

The Alliance Clay Product Company was an important brick manufacturer from 1906 to 1970 in the area considered for many years to be the brick producing capital of the world. Although located in Mahoning County, it is on the edge of the city of Alliance, just across the county line of Stark County, and has always been considered a part of the Stark County brick industry. The company was founded in 1906 by James B. Wilcox and a group of associates. Wilcox was a master brick mason and an expert at building Bessemer-type open-hearth furnaces. He soon saw the need for brick and clay products in the growing community of Alliance. The company prospered under his leadership and the production of

Brooklyn Bank Building - Farnsworth Building, Cleveland Ohio

Brooklyn Bank Building - Farnsworth Building, Cleveland Ohio

The Brooklyn Bank Building represents the work of a master, architect J. Milton Dyer, who could arguably be called the most innovative architect of the first decade of the century in Cleveland. Each building designed by Dyer was unique; he never repeated himself. The Brooklyn Bank Building was erected in 1904 to house the Brooklyn Savings and Loan Association, as well as offices for realtors, lawyers, and physicians. The first president was William Prescott and the secretary was Harry M. Farnsworth. Although there were several different presidents over the next two decades, Farnsworth remained as secretary and later a vice-president of the association. He also operated a realty office and an insurance agency in the building. In the twenties Farnsworth devoted

East Fork Covered Bridge - Trinity Covered Bridge, Fallsburg Kentucky

East Fork Covered Bridge - Trinity Covered Bridge, Fallsburg Kentucky

The East Fork Covered Bridge is one of two in Lawrence County. This bridge, built in 1924 by John and George Riffe, was the newest and shortest (42 feet) publicly-owned covered bridge still standing in Kentucky. It was demolished on July 10^th 1980. Back in 1924, B. V. Shortridge, Magistrate of Lawrence County, had an 11,000-acre tract along the East Fork of Little Sandy River, but with no easy means of access. His son-in-law, John Riffe, took the contract to build a bridge. Shortridge drew up plans for the structure and Riffe got his brother George to help. After the county poured concrete abutments, the brothers hauled in five big 40-feet oak beams for stringers, fashioned kingposts for trusswork, nailed on

Block Island North Light - Sandy Point Light, New Shoreham Rhode Island

Block Island North Light - Sandy Point Light, New Shoreham Rhode Island

Strategically located near the entrance of Long Island Sound and Narragansett Bay, Block Island has been the scene of perhaps a hundred recorded shipping disasters, and indeed of the supposed thousand wrecks along the southern New England coast during the last two centuries, nearly half, it has been said, have been at Block Island. This region is moreover noted for its fogs and treacherous tides, and Sandy Point itself (which continues several miles as a sand bar) was particularly dangerous; for here, quoting an account of 1884, the swift currents that sweep both shores meet, and struggle for supremacy, the bar in terrible combat being alternatively laid bare, and swept by seas towering 50 feet above its surface. North Light was

Mount Zion Covered Bridge, Mooresville Kentucky

Mount Zion Covered Bridge, Mooresville Kentucky

The Mount Zion Covered Bridge over the Beech Fork is the last of seven such structures standing at one time in Washington County. It is one of the longest multi-span bridges remaining in the state. The contractors were H. L. and William F. Barnes of Mount Washington; the original cost was $5,000. At the time the bridge was being built, the Springfield and Chaplin Turnpike had been surveyed and construction was underway. The bridge was an integral part of the Turnpike. In April 1871 the President of Springfield and Chaplin Turnpike Road Company, Joseph Grigsby, and the Company's directors came into Court to order the construction of a bridge over the Little Beech Fork at some point within one mile of

Sakonnet Light Station, Little Compton Rhode Island

Sakonnet Light Station, Little Compton Rhode Island

The impetus for the construction of Sakonnet Light Station came from a report filed by a Lighthouse Board inspector in March 1882 (perhaps in response to petitions from local residents or mariners, though no documentation to corroborate this has been discovered). The report stated that a light here would improve navigational safety, marking the mouth of the Sakonnet River as a harbor of refuge for coasting vessels during storms, and serving as an aid to navigation along a long, then-unlighted stretch of coastline. The Lighthouse Board's Committee on Location concurred, reporting that ...the interests of commerce and navigation require the establishment of a light at the locality in question... (i.e. at or near Sakonnet Point). The inspector's report recommended that the

Oldtown Covered Bridge, Oldtown Kentucky

Oldtown Covered Bridge, Oldtown Kentucky

This is One of Two Remaining Covered Bridges in Greenup County

One of the two covered bridges in Greenup County, Oldtown is about 9 miles south of Greenbo Lake State Park, with easy access by way of Kentucky Route 1. Local interest in the bridge is high with a 1970s restoration carried out by the Green-Thumb Men, a community service organization of men over 55 years old. Materials were supplied by the county government. 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

Plum Beach Lighthouse, North Kingston Rhode Island

Plum Beach Lighthouse, North Kingston Rhode Island

Established in 1899, Plum Beach Light is a well-known and distinctive landmark in the West Passage of Narragansett Bay. Placed offshore only 250 yards to the north of the Jamestown Bridge, the lighthouse is highly visible to the steady flow of motorists who use the bridge daily. The light is important as a navigational aid, built in response to a number of steamers that grounded on Plum Beach Shoal in trying to avoid Dutch Island while traveling up the Bay. It is one of four surviving caisson lighthouses in Rhode Island. In 1892 the annual report of the Lighthouse Board recommended the establishment of a lighthouse and fog signal north of Dutch Island to warn ships of Plum Beach Shoal. In

Point Judith Lighthouse, Narragansett Rhode Island

Point Judith Lighthouse, Narragansett Rhode Island

Established as the third lighthouse in Rhode Island, Point Judith light has served continually since 1810 as the primary navigational aid for all shipping entering Narragansett Bay, as well as an important mark for vessels on Block Island Sound. As such, it has played an important role in the state's maritime economy by assisting early coastal freighters, whaling and merchant ships, fishing vessels, passenger steamers, as well as modern cargo ships and oil tankers, to the major ports of Newport, Providence, and Fall River, and to the smaller towns along the bay. The light is also significant as the site of the first radio beacon to be established at a Rhode Island light. The site was acquired in 1809 and the

Cabin Creek Covered Bridge, Tollesboro Kentucky

Cabin Creek Covered Bridge, Tollesboro Kentucky

Cabin Creek is believed to have been named for a pioneer log cabin built by one of the first settlers of this region. About 75 yards from the creek and covered bridge, it forms a picturesque setting of backwoods Kentucky. 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. Many reasons have been offered to explain the construction of covered bridges in Kentucky during the 19^th

Umpqua River Light House, Winchester Bay Oregon

Umpqua River Light House, Winchester Bay Oregon

The mouth of the Umpqua River was among the first four sites selected for lighthouses in the Oregon Territory. Other designated sites, as stated in a letter dated 01 October 1851 from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Secretary of the Interior, were Cape Disappointment, New Dungeness, and Cape Flattery. All three of these sites now fall within the borders of the State of Washington. Construction of the first lighthouse, which was built near the river's entrance, was commenced in 1856, and the light exhibition in the fall of the following year. In 1863, river freshets undermined the foundations of this structure and it collapsed, causing a total loss. It was not until 1888 that Congress appropriated money for a

Delta Covered Bridge, Delta Iowa

Delta Covered Bridge, Delta Iowa

An arsonist set fire to the center of bridge on Wednesday September 3^rd, 2003, and the bridge was destroyed. The county had just been approved for a $150,000 grant to improve the bridge and move it back to its original location. The arsonist struck exactly 1 year after the Cedar Bridge in Madison County was destroyed by arson. Not only is this the last remaining covered bridge in Keokuk County, the Delta Covered Bridge is one of the few such bridges remaining in Iowa. The Burr Arch Truss construction of this bridge is rather unique, and is the only one of its kind built in Iowa. This was a common type of bridge but few remain, probably due to the failure

Hempstead School, St. Louis Missouri

Hempstead School, St. Louis Missouri

Hempstead School, located at 5872 Minerva Avenue, in St. Louis, Missouri was designed by Ittner in 1906; opened in 1907 and remained in use as a public elementary school under the direction of the St. Louis Board of Education until July of 2003. In 1903 the St. Louis Board of Education bought a lot at the corner of Minerva Avenue and Hamilton Boulevard for $13,150.00. In 1905, Governor Joseph Folk signed compulsory education into law, and forced the public school system to expand its facilities for the education of an additional 2,629 students. To compensate for the influx of students the new law added to the Cabanne neighborhood district, William B. Ittner, Commissioner of School Buildings, was given a budget of

Roseman Covered Bridge - Oak Grove Bridge, Winterset Iowa

Roseman Covered Bridge - Oak Grove Bridge, Winterset Iowa

In 1877, the Madison County Board of Supervisors voted to build a bridge near this site on Middle River, but for reasons unknown, five years passed before any action was taken in the matter. County crews erected this bridge under the supervision of Harvey P. Jones in 1883. The bridge carried traffic for nearly a century, until it was bypassed in 1981. It was rehabilitated in 1992 for $152,515. In 1995, the bridge featured prominently in the movie adaptation of Robert James Waller's novel, The Bridges of Madison County. According to local legend, a county jail escapee who mysteriously eluded capture here in 1892 haunts Roseman Bridge. Harvey P. Jones (b. 1825) emigrated from Ohio to Madison County, Iowa, in 1845.

Barnum Hotel - Hotel Grand, Medford Oregon

Barnum Hotel - Hotel Grand, Medford Oregon

The Hotel Grand is one of two first-class hotels left standing of the five structures that were in existence in 1930 in Medford, Oregon. Originally named the Barnum Hotel upon its construction in 1914-1915, the building was used continually for residential purposes until 1980 when the organization responsible for the hotel ceased operations. Known as the Hotel Grand since 1927, the building is situated directly east of the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot on North Front Street. As the sole example of hotel architecture created individually by southern Oregon architect Frank Chamberlain Clark, the Hotel Grand possesses all original elements of design on the exterior and has experienced very little alteration there. The setting of the structure, in the core of the

Imes Covered Bridge - Wilkins Mill Bridge, Saint Charles Iowa

Imes Covered Bridge - Wilkins Mill Bridge, Saint Charles Iowa

The Imes Bridge is one of two in the Winterset region built by J.P. Clark. It is also the oldest covered bridge in the area. Between 1868 and 1884, Madison County erected nineteen wooden covered bridges. Over time, all but five of these structures were lost to floods, fires, progress, or willful destruction. In 1933, the Madison County Historical Society began campaigning to preserve the county's ten surviving covered bridges, but they faced strong opposition from progress-minded citizens and local farmers, who desired modern open spans. Controversy continued for nearly two decades, and during that time, several more covered bridges were lost. In 1950, the Madison County Board of Supervisors finally agreed to maintain the county's seven surviving covered bridges as

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