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Howard Park Public School (P.S.) 218, Baltimore Maryland

Howard Park Public School (P.S.) 218, Baltimore Maryland

Built in 1908 in the northwestern Baltimore neighborhood of Howard Park, P.S. 218 is an excellent example of the classic American neighborhood school building in several ways. In 1908, the school was constructed to educate the founding families of what was then a suburban Baltimore County community. This simple facility mirrored the national trends in educational architecture as a two-story brick building with large, open classrooms with ample natural light. As the Howard Park community grew, the building was enlarged in 1913 to include a total of eleven classrooms to accommodate a rapidly growing school population. In 1918, the school was annexed to Baltimore City, transferring jurisdiction to the City school board. In response to the larger number of school students

Teegarden-Centennial Covered Bridge, Salem Ohio

Teegarden-Centennial Covered Bridge, Salem Ohio

Of the 3,850 identified timber truss canal, railroad and vehicular bridges known to have been built in Ohio, as of the year 2000, less than 4 percent, or 135 bridges are extant, and of these, only 61 are still in service. Columbiana County holds the distinction of once having the most covered bridges in the state, an estimated 150 spans. The Teegarden-Centennial Covered Bridge is one of five covered bridges remaining in Columbiana County, and is one of only two on its original site. Americans began building covered bridges after the Revolutionary War. Early builders were mostly farmers who were also skilled woodsmen. They built the covered bridges similar to their barns, simple, yet strong with heavy timbers. Using basic hand

Stephen A. Gerrard Mansion, Cincinnati Ohio

Stephen A. Gerrard Mansion, Cincinnati Ohio

The home was built for Stephen A. Gerrard, who began as a pushcart vendor in Cincinnati, and eventually built an empire by shipping cantaloupes in refrigerated cars from Colorado where they were grown, to markets in the Midwest and East. To celebrate his success, Gerrard built this grand Tudor Revival mansion in prestigious Avondale in 1915. Used principally for large landmark houses before 1920, limestone cladding entirely comprises the walls. Various groupings of tall narrow windows and bays punctuate the walls which are topped with a multi-gable steeply pitched slate roof. Decorative elements include delicate stone hoodmolds with dripstones, tudor arches (above doors and window groupings), crenellation, and a stone beltcourse. The roofline is accented with two stone gargoyles and several

Glamorgan Mansion, Alliance Ohio

Glamorgan Mansion, Alliance Ohio

Glamorgan is a remarkable example of the great eclectic houses of the late nineteenth-century industrialists. It was built by Colonel William H. Morgan, Sr., president of the Morgan Engineering Company, in 1903-1908, and designed by Cleveland architects Paul Searles and Willard Hirsh. Morgan Engineering was a large pioneer in Ohio industry. Founder Thomas R. Morgan invented the overhead traveling crane. In the Spanish-American War and World War I, much of the company's production was devoted to gun mounts for the U. S. Army Ordnance. W. H. Morgan, son of the founder, was known as an engineer, inventor, and a lover of the arts. According to Robert Hopkins, The great marble mansion is the product of a keen and versatile mind which

Central School, Amherst Ohio

Central School, Amherst Ohio

The early growth of Amherst was due to the discovery and mining of sandstone. Amherst, at the time this school was constructed, had become one of the world's leading suppliers of structural sandstone. In 1909 Ohio ranked first in the nation in the production of sandstone, quarrying 20% of the nation's total output. The Amherst quarries were the most important locality for quarrying Berea sandstone in Ohio. The stone used in the school was quarried near Amherst and cut in the local cut-stone plant. The building is an expressive example of early 20th-century school architecture distinguished by a crenelated parapet, a four-story central projecting bell tower, segmental-arched entrances and rough-faced lintels and sills. Central School is the only sandstone school of

Helmick Covered Bridge, Helmick Ohio

Helmick Covered Bridge, Helmick Ohio

The Helmick Bridge was built in 1863 by John Shrake of Newark, Ohio. According to county records, Mr. Shrake built both superstructure and abutments for $2,107.15. However, on one of the stones of the north abutment is the name, F. A. Victor, 1863. A Frederick Victor is known to have done masonry work on bridges in the vicinity, so despite the county records, it would seem that Mr. Shrake had some help building this bridge. John Shrake was a well-known builder of covered bridges in Coshocton, Licking, and Tuscarawas Counties. The bridge takes its name from the all-but-forgotten hamlet of Helmick. There was once a sawmill, post office, and general store there. Helmick is still on the state maps, although there

Swiss Steam Laundry Building, Baltimore Maryland

Swiss Steam Laundry Building, Baltimore Maryland

As Baltimore City grew into a major metropolitan area in the late nineteenth century, the structure of its downtown area changed from a homogenous nature to a central business district with distinctive centers of finance, government, retailing, and industry. Industries that were closely related to shipping and major financial institutions were generally located near the waterfront on the eastern portion of the downtown area. A small government center grew up in the vicinity of the Battle Monument and City Hall. The major retailing and department stores located near Lexington Market the major marketplace for the city. Other industries, most notably the clothing industry located just west of the harbor, but near the major railroad terminal in the city. The greatest concentration

Chambers Road Covered Bridge, Olive Green Ohio

Chambers Road Covered Bridge, Olive Green Ohio

The Chambers Road Bridge was built in 1874 by master bridge-builder Evrett S. Sherman, who came here from New Hampshire. Mr. Sherman worked with other builders on several of the Delaware County covered bridges that we know of, but the Chambers Road Bridge seems to have been done on his own. This is the first known example of the Childs truss. We do not know why Mr. Sherman favored this truss type, but he may have known of it or its inventor in New England. Twelve years later, Mr. Sherman left Delaware County for Preble County, Ohio where he built 15 Childs truss covered bridges. The Chambers Road Covered Bridge is the last covered bridge in Delaware County and the first

Huntington High School, Huntington West Virginia

Huntington High School, Huntington West Virginia

The building was designed by Versus T. Ritter who was a local architect in Huntington, WV. He also designed the Huntington City Hall Building in 1914 and the Huntington National Bank Building in 1914. Both of these buildings are still standing. All three of these buildings are excellent examples of the Neo-Classical Revival style of architecture which was popular after the turn of the century in the period of 1910 to 1920 in Huntington. By 1887, the Cabell County School System established a three-grade high school in the prayer meeting room of the old Congregational Church, located on the southeast corner of Fifth Avenue and Ninth Street in the Downtown. The school was later moved to the Council Chambers of City

Sprague Building, Tacoma Washington

Sprague Building, Tacoma Washington

General Sprague, with his experience in the wholesale and retail grocery and commission business on the Great Lakes some 40 years earlier, understood the storage and transportation needs of the warehouse businesses growing in Tacoma. He had first-hand knowledge of sailing and steam shipping of goods as well. Finally, his 13 years with the Northern Pacific Railroad enabled him to anticipate Tacoma's opportunity to become the wholesale merchandising center of the Pacific Northwest. Conditions and timing were right; rail and water transportation were in place; and new customers of the Northern Pacific Railroad's Cascade Line were ready for Tacoma's goods. In the Sprague Building, the General and his architects built a structure that was representative of Tacoma wholesale warehouses for the

Hizey Covered Bridge, Pickerington Ohio

Hizey Covered Bridge, Pickerington Ohio

The Hizey Covered Bridge is one of a fast-vanishing breed in Fairfield County which was once the home of more covered bridges than any other county in the state. Liberty Township, where the Hizey Bridge stands, had 14 of these roofed crossings in the 1950s and today the number has dwindled to 5. There were once 5 covered bridges over Poplar Creek in this immediate area, 3 of which were on Poplar Creek Road and today only the Hizey Bridge remains. Fire took out 2 of these bridges. The Hizey Bridge has so far escaped some of this vandalism which has made covered bridge maintenance such a problem in Fairfield County. The Hizey Bridge was built in 1891 by James W.

Charles Gerard Conn Mansion, Elkhart Indiana

Charles Gerard Conn Mansion, Elkhart Indiana

C.G. Conn became internationally famous, and independently wealthy, for inventing a variety of improvements to musical instruments, the most significant being soft rubber mouthpieces greatly assisting the musician and his ability to play. His instruments were praised and played by famous friends and associates, such as John Phillip Sousa, Hi Henry, Jules Levy, and Alessandro Liberati, as well as the everyday man. He helped build the City of Elkhart, his factory employing 300 workers by 1880. Conn served as the first Democratic mayor of Elkhart, founded the Elkhart Truth newspaper, serving as its editor, purchased the troubled Washington D.C. Times, and served terms in both the Indiana State Legislature and the U.S. Congress. Conn's greatest achievement, however, was the improvements he

Rock Mill Covered Bridge, Rock Mill Ohio

Rock Mill Covered Bridge, Rock Mill Ohio

Rock Mill Bridge was built in 1901 by Jacob R. Brandt for $575. The contract was signed in December 1900. This bridge replaced an earlier covered structure built in 1849. This was Brandt's last new bridge In Fairfield County although he did do a few more repair Jobs before his death in 1911. The Rock Mill Covered Bridge takes its name from the historic old Rock Mill nearby. Rock Mill and Covered Bridge are one of only two such mill and covered bridge combinations left here in Ohio, where once they were so numerous. The first mill was built here on the headwaters of the Hocking River in 1799. The present mill was built in 1824 and ceased operations in 1905.

Winyah Indigo School, Georgetown South Carolina

Winyah Indigo School, Georgetown South Carolina

Winyah Indigo (Graded) School evolved from the Winyah Indigo Society School, established for the good of the community, ca. 1753, by the Winyah Indigo Society. Though not chartered by King George III until 1757, the Society was formed as a Convivial Club in 1740 by the indigo and rice planters of the Georgetown area as a forum for talking over the latest news from London and hold(ing) high discourse over the growth and prosperity of the Indigo plant... With initiation fees and mandatory annual contributions, the Society established an Independent Charity School for the Poor, a so-called free school, one of the first such schools in the United States. After 1857, this school operated in the Winyah Indigo Society Hall on

Buckeye Furnace Covered Bridge, Wellston Ohio

Buckeye Furnace Covered Bridge, Wellston Ohio

Buckeye Furnace Covered Bridge is in a remote section of eastern Jackson County on a township road just southwest of old Buckeye Iron Furnace. The name of the bridge comes from the furnace which was built some 20 years before the bridge. Like all Jackson County covered bridges of which there is any record, this bridge is a Smith truss. This truss plan enjoyed great popularity here in Ohio, the home of its inventor, and many of our largest and finest covered bridges were Smith trusses. The Buckeye Furnace Covered Bridge was built in 1872, probably using pre-fabricated trusses erected by local labor. This bridge is historically important because it is the last such span left near an old iron furnace.

Stately Oaks - Orr House, Jonesboro Georgia

Stately Oaks - Orr House, Jonesboro Georgia

The house is a simple but well-proportioned country house done in the Greek Revival style. From the provincial quality of the details, it appears to have been built, as well as designed, by a capable but untrained carpenter=builder about the year 1840. These carpenter-builders worked from books on architecture published in the early part of the 19^th century by trained architects in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. The mass of the house is pleasing and the plan is basically good, being typical of the majority of the rural Greek Revival houses throughout Georgia. It has a symmetrical plan consisting of two rooms on each side of a central hall. The first and second-floor plans are basically identical. The house, when properly

Byer Covered Bridge, Byer Ohio

Byer Covered Bridge, Byer Ohio

The Village of Byer and its covered bridge lie on the banks of Pigeon Creek within the Wayne National Forest and bounded on the west and southeast by the Richland State Forest. This was part of the old Hanging Rock Iron Region and just about 3 miles northeast of Byer are the remains of old Richland Iron Furnace. This is also an area of colorful place names such as Buttermilk Hollow, Log Pile Hollow, Skunk Hollow, and Tick Ridge. Prior to Civil War days, the village of Byer was known as Ellsworth and the name was changed to Byers in honor of the Byers Family who owned much land in town. Over the years, the name has been simplified to Byer.

Avery Point Lighthouse, Groton Connecticut

Avery Point Lighthouse, Groton Connecticut

The lighthouse was built in 1943, shortly after the Coast Guard had opened its Avery Point training center. Prior to this, the Coast Guard had conducted technical training at Fort Trumbull, on the New London side, for cooks, electricians, radio maintainers, and pharmacist's mates, but by 1940 the facility had become inadequate. The Coast Guard wanted to find suitable quarters in the vicinity of New London, where the service had its academy, not only for the expansion of the Fort Trumbull-based programs but also to consolidate other technical training, such as that for gunner's mates, machinists, and radio operators. The plan was for the State of Connecticut to purchase the 70-acre Branford House estate from the heirs of Morton F. Plant

Helmick Mill Covered Bridge, Malta Ohio

Helmick Mill Covered Bridge, Malta Ohio

Of the 3,850 identified timber truss canal, railroad and vehicular bridges known to have been built in Ohio, less than 4 percent, or 135 bridges are extant, and of these only 61 are still in service. The Helmick Covered Bridge, one of five covered bridges remaining in Morgan County and one of only three on its original site, exemplifies the multiple kingpost truss covered bridge in Ohio. By far the most common of all wooden truss designs in Ohio, the multiple kingpost became known across the state as the Buckingham truss, so named after Catherinus Buckingham, bridge builder and Adjutant General of Ohio. His Y Bridge at Zanesville (1832) was so widely admired that the truss became known as a Buckingham

Five Mile Point Lighthouse, New Haven Connecticut

Five Mile Point Lighthouse, New Haven Connecticut

In 1789, the newly constituted United States government assumed responsibility for aids to navigation, the first provision for federal public works. There was no clear delineation of responsibility for lighthouses in the federal government until the Treasury Department's Fifth Auditor's Office was given control in 1820; it remained there until 1851. The number of lighthouses increased from just a handful in 1789 to 55 in 1820 (including the original Five Mile Point Lighthouse of 1805), 210 in 1838, and 325 in 1845, when the second Five Mile Point Lighthouse was placed in service. During this period virtually all the lighthouses were of the landfall variety, marking the entrances to busy ports. Most of the appropriations for new lighthouses responded to lobbying

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