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Riegel Hospital, Trion Georgia

Riegel Hospital, Trion Georgia

The town of Trion developed as a mill village surrounding the Trion Manufacturing Company cotton mill. The company, established in 1845, employed the majority of the residents in the area and provided services for its employees as well as the community at large, including providing a hospital for medical care. Riegel Hospital was constructed in 1934 by the Trion Company to enhance the welfare of the company's employees and the greater community, including the African-American community in a segregated section of the building until the mid-1960s. This section consisted of two rooms with three beds and was accessed by a separate rear entrance in the northwest corner on the first floor, but was remodeled later for a dentist's office. Named in

Salt Creek Covered Bridge, Norwich Ohio

Salt Creek Covered Bridge, Norwich Ohio

Salt Creek Bridge is the only surviving pure Warren truss covered bridge in the United States. Although the Warren truss, patented in 1848, was originally designed as a timber/iron truss, it did not become popular in American until after 1860 with its development in an all-metal version. By the late nineteenth century, it was one of the two most popular truss types for metal bridges, the Pratt truss being the other. The Salt Creek Covered Bridge spans Salt Creek ten miles east of Zanesville in Muskingum County, Ohio. The bridge is built on the now rare Warren truss plan said to have been invented by Russell Warren of Rhode Island in the 1850's. No patent was ever issued to Mr. Warren

Millpond Plantation, Thomasville Georgia

Millpond Plantation, Thomasville Georgia

It was the home of two of Thomas County's pioneer families and of some of the nation's leading financiers, industrialists, and philanthropists. Its architecture represents a style unique to the area. The landscaping was done by a leading landscape architect of the period, and the buildings were designed by a noted architectural firm. Its 20th-century owners were leaders in the arts, industry, economics, and social service enterprises in the United States. The plantation itself has been a center for agriculture, conservation of natural resources and wildlife preservation. Millpond Plantation, near Thomasville, Georgia, originated circa 1825, just as Thomas County was being settled following the Land Lottery of 1820. On February 21^st, 1825, Thomas Clark Wyche (1801-1870) purchased the first Millpond lot

Huffman Covered Bridge, Middleburg Ohio

Huffman Covered Bridge, Middleburg Ohio

The Huffman Bridge was built in 1914 to replace another bridge on the same site that washed out in the 1913 flood. For many years, this was the only road in this township. It was the road from Marietta to Barnesville, via Carlisle, Middleburg and Salem. The road later became SR 564 and in 1928 or 1929, it was relocated, by-passing the Huffman Bridge. The 1876 Noble County Atlas shows that a William Neptune owned the land where the covered bridge is located, and it later became the property of Christian Huffman, an early settler in this area who came here from Germany. Both the Neptune and Huffman families owned much land in Jefferson Township and it was from this pioneer

Au Sable Light Station, Grand Marais Michigan

Au Sable Light Station, Grand Marais Michigan

The Light Station at Au Sable built in 1873, began its operations on August 19, 1874. Originally the Light Station was called the Big Sable Light Station, then on June 10, 1910, it was changed to Au Sable Light Station. It was, built on the south shore of Lake Superior to assist in the safety of shipping. This was an important site for vessels that followed the shore of Lake Superior. An increase in the volume of shipping on the southern shore of Lake Superior led to the building of the Au Sable Light Station. It was built to help meet the demand for safe navigation. The discoveries of copper and iron ore in Michigan's Upper Peninsula in the 1840s made

Architects Building, Detroit Michigan

Architects Building, Detroit Michigan

The Architects Building was erected in 1924 and is significant for its original purpose of bringing architectural professionals and trades under one roof, for the several significant architects who originally occupied it, most notably Richard H. Marr and Marcus R. Burrowes, and for the architectural character of both the exterior and interior of the building. Its associations with the building arts ended sometime after 1940, the last year it could be documented that Marr and Burrowes kept offices in the building. Detroit's phenomenally rapid growth in the second decade of the twentieth century was due to industrial expansion most marked by the automobile industry. The population of Detroit rose 113 percent from 1910 through 1920, according to the United States Census

Bowman Mill Covered Bridge, New Reading Ohio

Bowman Mill Covered Bridge, New Reading Ohio

The Bowman Mill Covered Bridge crosses Rush Creek at what was once a busy milling center in the 19^th century. According to the record books of the Southern Ohio Covered Bridge Association, this is known as the Bowman Mill Bridge, but it is also referred to as the Rush Creek or Readington Bridge. The name Bowman comes from the family who operated the grist and saw mills on the banks of Rush Creek just to the north of the covered bridge. The 1875 Perry County Atlas shows that the land around the bridge site was owned by Peter Whitmer and that the Bowmans lived to the north in section 12. There was also a cider mill to the west of the

Odd Fellows Hall - Cathedral Place, Baltimore Maryland

Odd Fellows Hall - Cathedral Place, Baltimore Maryland

The Odd Fellows Hall, completed in 1891 is a predominantly Romanesque structure, with an impressive display of brick masonry, which is not characteristic of the style. Anchoring the sloping northwest corner of Cathedral and Saratoga Streets, the building is an important visual landmark in downtown Baltimore. It is also significant as the second hall built specifically for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Baltimore. The Odd Fellows were founded in Baltimore in 1819. Today the building, re-named Cathedral Place, represents a careful adaptive reuse effort with the retention of important architectural elements, yet modernization of the structure's interior to meet city codes and provide modern office space. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows was founded under the leadership of Thomas

Stevens School, York Pennsylvania

Stevens School, York Pennsylvania

The six-classroom Stevens School building was erected in 1889-90 at a contracted cost of $15,985, or approximately $2665 per classroom. This makes Stevens the second most expensive primary school (per room) to be erected in York before the turn of the century, the most expensive being the Central School of 1896 at $2962 per room. Even these budgets, however, were not liberal. Stevens was erected in the beginning stage of a school building binge in York that lasted until the 1920s. Between 1888 and 1920, due to a 140% increase in population, sixteen elementary schools were erected in York, in addition to the twenty-five-room high school, which included a sizeable auditorium. Elementary schools such as Stevens were generally without facilities for

Brubaker Covered Bridge, Gratis Ohio

Brubaker Covered Bridge, Gratis Ohio

The Brubaker Covered Bridge was built in 1887 by Evrett S. Sherman, who utilized the Childs truss method of construction developed and patented in 1846 by Horace Childs. Ohio has the only known covered bridges of this type in the nation and seven of the eight remaining are in Preble County. Sherman was a native of New Hampshire who lived in Eaton, Ohio, during the last decades of the 19^th Century. A disastrous storm in 1886 washed out a number of bridges and started Sherman on a 10-year period in which he erected 15 bridges in Preble County. By standardizing his truss members he was able to pre-fabricate much of his materials in his bridge yard on North Maple Street in

Pet Plaza, St. Louis Missouri

Pet Plaza, St. Louis Missouri

Completed in 1969 as the world headquarters for Pet, Inc., the building was designed to reflect a fresh, assertive image for a company that had expanded far beyond its original product, evaporated milk. Theodore R. Gamble, president and later chairman of the highly diversified company, hired Memphis architect Alfred L. Aydelott for the demanding project. A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Aydelott tackled the challenging site overlooking a depressed freeway at the southern end of the Gateway Arch grounds by designing a sculpted concrete tower capped by a distinctive crowning executive and conference room level with a signature elevator tower prominently exposed on the west facade. Constructed during a period when many companies opted to relocate to the suburbs,

Christman Covered Bridge, Eaton Ohio

Christman Covered Bridge, Eaton Ohio

The Christman Bridge was built in 1895 by master bridge-builder Evrett S. Sherman who came to Preble County, Ohio in 1886 from Delaware County, Ohio. It was in Delaware County in 1874, where Mr. Sherman first built a Childs truss covered bridge. This bridge, the Chambers Road Bridge, is the last such span in Delaware County. Like the inventor of the Childs truss, Horace Childs, Mr. Sherman was a native of New Hampshire and that could be the reason he knew of the Childs truss. Mr. Sherman was the only one to ever use this truss type. He came to Ohio following the Civil War and was active in bridge-building in Delaware and Madison Counties. He came to Preble County in

Grafton School, Grafton Ohio

Grafton School, Grafton Ohio

History of Grafton Village Grafton Village is, today, a community of approximately 2300 residents. Located in the wooded plains and river valleys of north-central Ohio, specifically, along the western branch of the Black River, it was settled in 1817 by Jonathan and Grindall Rawson. Like many of the area's earliest settlers, the Rawson brothers migrated here from the western part of Massachusetts. Throughout the mid 19^th and into the early 20^th centuries, Grafton's prosperity and development centered greatly on the stone quarry industry, the surrounding agricultural economy specifically grain, and the railroad as a means of transportation and shipping. In 1846, a major railroad company, the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad, chose Grafton Village as the site for one of its

Geeting Covered Bridge, Lewisburg Ohio

Geeting Covered Bridge, Lewisburg Ohio

The Geeting Covered Bridge was built in 1894 by Evrett S. Sherman, who utilized the Childs-truss method of construction developed and patented in 1846 by Horace Childs. Ohio has the only known covered bridges of this type in the nation and seven of the eight still remaining are in Preble County. Sherman was a native of New Hampshire who lived in Eaton, Ohio, during the last decades of the 19^th Century. A disastrous storm in 1886 washed out several bridges and started Sherman on a 10-year period in which he erected 15 bridges in Preble County. By standardizing his truss members he was able to pre-fabricate much of his materials in his bridge yard on North Maple Street in Eaton during

Clarksville High School, Clarksville Tennessee

Clarksville High School, Clarksville Tennessee

Located on Greenwood Avenue in Clarksville, Tennessee, the Clarksville High School complex was Clarksville's major city school for over sixty years and it remains as one of the largest assemblages of buildings in the city. In the late 19^th century Clarksville citizens discussed the need for providing public education for the community. To meet this need Howell School, the city's first high school, was established in 1873 and served as the public school for several decades. By the early 1900s Howell School was becoming overcrowded and the elementary and high school grades required separation. City officials agreed that a new public high school building was necessary and on September 26^th, 1906, the Mayor and Aldermen adopted a resolution calling for the

Rockingham Hotel, Portsmouth New Hampshire

Rockingham Hotel, Portsmouth New Hampshire

The Rockingham Hotel was one of the finest small hotels of late nineteenth-century New England. Hailed at its opening in 1886 as a building which in richness of decorations and palatial appointment...has few rivals, and no superiors, in New England, the Rockingham was designed by a little-known Boston architect, Jabez H. Sears. The building stands on the site of the 1785 house of Woodbury Langdon, and its architecture reflects stylistic and symbolic allusions to its colonial predecessor. Despite its complex design and sumptuous detailing, the hotel was built: as one of New England's first large-scale compositions in the colonial revival style. The Woodbury Langdon House, constructed on this site in 1785, was one of the first American dwellings in the Adamesque

Rosemary Hall - Jackson House, North Augusta South Carolina

Rosemary Hall - Jackson House, North Augusta South Carolina

An example of Greek revival architecture, Rosemary Hall was built for James Urquhart Jackson, founder of North Augusta and influential leader in the growth and development of the town during the first decades of its existence. The house stands today as a North Augusta landmark. Rosemary Hall is a well-preserved example of a turn-of-the-century Greek revival home, reflecting the increasing popularity of this domestic style after the Columbian Exposition of 1893. Befitting Mr. Jackson's prominence in the community, the structure has elaborate architectural details, including rosemary pine paneling throughout the interior. There have been very few alterations to this structure since its completion. As president of the North Augusta Hotel Company, Mr. Jackson was influential in the construction of the Hampton

Rocks Plantation, Eutawville South Carolina

Rocks Plantation, Eutawville South Carolina

The Rocks Plantation was built between 1803 and 1805 by Peter Gaillard, who recorded its construction in detail in his letter book. Originally one of several plantations of its type in St. John's Parish, it is one of the few that were not inundated by the Santee-Cooper project in the 1940s. The Rocks is also recognized as having been the home of two South Carolina families who pioneered in the state's agricultural development. Today it continues to be recognized as a local landmark, the surrounding lands being operated as the Rocks Pond Campground. Captain Peter Gaillard, a Revolutionary War veteran, purchased the Rocks ca. 1795. Gatllard's prosperous agricultural livelihood, based on the cultivation of indigo, had been undermined by the Revolution.

Old Textile Hall, Greenville South Carolina

Old Textile Hall, Greenville South Carolina

Located in the western section of the central business district in Greenville, South Carolina, Old Textile Hall was built in 1917 for the Southern Textile Exposition, Inc. The building was the first exposition facility for textile machinery and products in the Southeast, and used as Greenville's early civic auditorium. Expositions were held on a regular basis in Old Textile Hall from 1917 until 1962 and played a pivotal role in the promotion and growth of the textile industry in the upstate region to a position of national and eventual world leadership. The location of a textile exposition in Greenville was the result of a coordinated major effort by local members of the Southern Textile Association, area civic and textile leaders, and

Harshman Covered Bridge, Fairhaven Ohio

Harshman Covered Bridge, Fairhaven Ohio

The Harshman Covered Bridge was built in 1894 by Evrett S. Sherman who came to Preble County, Ohio in the wake of the great storm of 1886. Mr. Sherman came here from Delaware County, Ohio, where he had lived and worked as a bridge builder since coming to Ohio after the Civil War. Like Horace Childs who patented the Childs truss, Mr. Sherman was a native of New Hampshire, which may account for his use of this hitherto little-known truss type. Mr. Sherman first built a Childs truss bridge in Delaware County, Ohio, and is still standing today. Mr. Sherman is said to have taken a model of the Childs truss bridge with him to meet with the Preble County officials

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