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Maylie's Restaurant, New Orleans Louisiana

Maylie's Restaurant, New Orleans Louisiana

Maylie's Restaurant was one of the early and significant restaurants in the city of New Orleans. Bernard Maylie and Hypolite Esparbe, businessmen and friends, operated a coffee stall in the Poydras Market beginning in the mid-nineteenth century to cater to the market's many merchants. The Poydras Market, a part of the public market system that flourished in nineteenth-century New Orleans, was established in 1837 on the former Gravier Plantation which was subdivided as Faubourg Ste. Marie (now Faubourg St. Mary) in order to provide for the city's expansion. The market soon became a social and business center for its merchants, Native American herb sellers, Italian fruit vendors, and Irish and German green grocers. Located on the Poydras Street neutral ground (median)

LeBeuf Plantation House, New Orleans Louisiana

LeBeuf Plantation House, New Orleans Louisiana

The land on which the LeBeuf Plantation House is located was part of a royal land grant to the Marigny family and originally was the site of a sugar plantation. In 1836 Prosper Marigny sold the property to Fucy Verret, an early settler of Algiers. Verret apparently built the home as a wedding present for his daughter Elmire when she married Martial LeBeuf, Jr., a doctor, in the late 1840s. In 1856 the estate was sold to the widow of Jacob Baker, nee Anna Maria Ott. She died in 1894 and left the property to a nephew she had reared, a riverboat captain named Luther Dock Ott. The Otts lived in the house until the government expropriated it in 1903. The

Jefferson Street Cemetery, Ellicottville New York

Jefferson Street Cemetery, Ellicottville New York

Settlement in the region began around the turn of the nineteenth century after the Holland Land Purchase was surveyed in 1798 and lands offered for sale to the public. The Village of Ellicottville was established in 1808 as the county seat and served in that capacity until 1868. In 1817, the death of a child required that a plot of land be designated as a burial ground and land along Jefferson Street on the edge of the village was set aside for that purpose. The cemetery follows the common early settlement burial ground pattern of rows running north to south with the interments oriented east to west. Several markers display period iconography and family monuments are scattered throughout the site. The

Bethlehem Silk Mill, Bethlehem Pennsylvania

Bethlehem Silk Mill, Bethlehem Pennsylvania

The Bethlehem Silk Mill in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania is a historic factory complex of seven interconnected buildings that, starting in 1886, evolved from a small commission throwing mill of two buildings to a large throwing and weaving facility with nine functionally related buildings by 1901. It was one of the largest and earliest silk mills in the Lehigh Valley throughout the early twentieth century. The history of the Company is 1886 to 1953, spanning seven decades from its initial date of construction to the year the Bethlehem Silk Company was dissolved under bankruptcy and the property was sold. The silk industry has a long-established tradition in the United States as one of the earliest and most prominent industries along the

People's Memorial Cemetery, Petersburg Virginia

People's Memorial Cemetery, Petersburg Virginia

People's Memorial Cemetery was established when William H. and Edith Williams deeded one acre of land to twenty-eight prominent members of the black community in 1840. This was the first black-owned cemetery in Petersburg's Hustings Court, and it became the largest Black cemetery in Petersburg. Burial practices had evolved as highly important in the African-American community, as they provided a chance for plantation-bound individuals to acknowledge a member of their own community. Handed-down African customs dictated that an individual's funeral was one of the most important events in his/her life, and the conversion to Christian funeral practices ensured that white owners usually condoned these funerals. African-Americans were influenced not only by Christian burial practices, but also by European cemetery design. In

Watterson School, Cleveland Ohio

Watterson School, Cleveland Ohio

The Watterson School, built in 1906-07, forms a classic five-part facade with an orientation toward the corner of Detroit Avenue and West 74^th Street. The entrance section is given unusual prominence through its form and architectural detailing. First, there is a broad terrace in front of the building executed in red brick with buff glazed terra cotta trim. There are three sets of doors instead of one and the centermost entrance is recessed in a treatment reminiscent of a Romanesque cathedral, with tympanum and a series of staggered recessed arches. A bracketed pediment above the main entrance recalls the Italianate styling of earlier Cleveland schools, except that the detailing here is terra cotta, not wood. The second-floor areas above the main

Fair Oaks House, Natchez Mississippi

Fair Oaks House, Natchez Mississippi

Since its construction in c. 1822, Fair Oaks has achieved local prominence as the residence of several important families of the fashionable Second Creek neighborhood six miles south of Natchez, Mississippi. Originally called Green Oak, the present house was almost certainly built by Henry W. Huntington and his wife, Helen Dunbar Huntington, on a portion of Sir William Dunbar's plantation, the Forest. Although the property was not transferred until 1825, the records of the Adams County Board of Road Commissioners mention Mr. Huntington's new house on August 8^th, 1822, and again on February 21^st, 1825. It seems clear that Huntington began construction of his residence on his father-in-law's property with the assurance that it would eventually become his. Financial reverses were

Marquette Hotel, St. Louis Missouri

Marquette Hotel, St. Louis Missouri

In the 1890 census, St. Louis, with a population of 451,770, regained fourth place among American cities. Boosters predicted one million inhabitants within decades. Often characterized as conservative in comparison to arch-rival Chicago, St. Louis civic leaders in the 1890s made optimistic decisions to locate both a new City Hall and a new Union Station west of the established downtown. Attempts to bring the Columbian Exposition to the city were not successful but the American Magazine declared in 1897: The trademark, 'Made in St. Louis,' is now almost as famous in America as 'Made in Germany' was at the Chicago World's Fair. St. Louis beer, shoes, meats, dry goods, stoves, chemicals, streetcars, millinery, tobacco products, clay products, art glass and a

Zubly Cemetery, Beech Island South Carolina

Zubly Cemetery, Beech Island South Carolina

New Windsor, near the banks of the Savannah River on the Georgia-South Carolina border in the backcountry, was settled in 1737 by the Zubly, Zellweger, Sturzenegger, Zuberbuhler, Zurcher, Meyer, Nagele, and other prominent Swiss families from Appenzell and Toggenburg. The township soon became an outpost for Indian traders such as George Galphin and Patrick Brown as well. The townships on the western Carolina frontier were laid out in order to promote trade with the Creeks, Chickasaws, and other tribes, and anchored by a series of forts or smaller outposts. Fort Moore, on the Savannah River across from Augusta, Georgia, had already been built here as early as 1715 on the site of an abandoned Indian town; it was occupied by South

Little Cumberland Island Lighthouse, St. Marys Georgia

Little Cumberland Island Lighthouse, St. Marys Georgia

Decommissioned Lighthouse in GA Is One of Five Remaining in the State Today

The Little Cumberland Island Lighthouse is located on the northern end of Little Cumberland Island which is separated by Christmas Creek from Cumberland Island (a/k/a Greater Cumberland Island). Today the lighthouse on Little Cumberland is the southernmost in Georgia. The Little Cumberland Island Lighthouse is one of five remaining in Georgia today. The others remain at Tybee Island, Cockspur Island, Sapelo Island, and St. Simons Island. They vary as to age, length of service, and size. All were built, as was this one, to protect a particular sea coast or harbor, guiding ships through bad weather and treacherous coasts. While there were also a few lighthouses on Georgia's coast which were totally deactivated and removed, such as the one that was

Cedar Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth Virginia

Cedar Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth Virginia

Until 1832 there were no public burial places in Portsmouth except for several churchyards. Many people had private plots in their gardens, but for sanitary reasons this type of burial was forbidden in 1832 by the Virginia General Assembly. The legislature authorized the town trustees to prohibit burials within the city limits. Cedar Grove was purchased in 1832, laid out, and sold in lots. When the cemetery was established, it was located outside the city limits. Cedar Grove Cemetery was annexed in 1894. Throughout the nineteenth century, death was an ever-present concern and reality. Cures for many diseases had not yet been discovered and the sight of a hearse was common. The cemetery was viewed as the resting place. The epitaphs

George W. Guthrie School, Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania

George W. Guthrie School, Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania

When the George W. Guthrie School first opened in September 1915, it was an innovation in the educational and architectural history of Wilkes-Barre, and a product of the prosperity the anthracite industry brought to the region. Being an extraordinarily elaborate building, it represented a major investment in education. It is located on a hill in the northern portion of the City, where it is a prominent landmark, clearly intended to be a highly visible monument to the community's commitment to public education. The building was intended to accommodate 1,225 pupils. Eighteen classrooms were expected to hold 900 students. The building's plan was not for creating classes of 50 students each, but for the planned inclusion of facilities for pupils with special

Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond Virginia

Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond Virginia

Originally named Mount Vernon Cemetery, Hollywood was first planned in 1847 when a group of Richmond business leaders formed a stock company to develop a rural decorated cemetery for their city. However, it was not until 1856 that the General Assembly approved the charter of the new company because so much friction had been engendered by adjoining property owners and others who feared adverse effects from the burying ground. By 1860 Hollywood Cemetery was secure in the Richmond scene and was fast becoming the principal and most fashionable burying spot of the city. The success of Hollywood is due, by a large measure, to its site and plan as laid out by John Notman of Philadelphia. Originally a design for the

Stegmaier Brewery, Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania

Stegmaier Brewery, Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania

The Stegmaier Brewery Complex has had a significant impact on industry in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The rapid growth of the brewery from its inception circa 1880 is readily seen in the rapid expansion of the buildings. After the brewery and storage house were built in 1894, the remaining structure additions were made over a five-year period from 1905 to 1910. In all, there appear to have been six definite additions. The brewery grew from a five-man operation in 1857 to a high in 1971 of 300 employees representing an annual payroll in excess of $1,300,000. Stegmaier Brewery was the largest brewery among the ones in Wyoming Valley and at one time, the firm was one of the largest independent breweries in the

The Briars House, Natchez Mississippi

The Briars House, Natchez Mississippi

Located on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River southwest of Natchez is The Briars, the most fully developed and sophisticated example of the long, low undercut architectural form indigenous to the lower Mississippi Valley. This regional idiom is characterized by a range of nearly square rooms placed between broad front and rear verandas which are invariably set into the building's volume. Usually considered vernacular, this form reached its most elegant architectural expression at The Briars. The residence was the setting, in 1845, of the marriage of Jefferson Davis and Varina Howell. On October 30^th, 1818, John Perkins (1781-1866) gained title to that tract of land about 1 mile below the old Spanish Fort Panmure in the city of Natchez containing 99

Guilford Center Presbyterian Church, Guilford Center New York

Guilford Center Presbyterian Church, Guilford Center New York

The Guilford Center Presbyterian Church was founded within a decade of Guilford Center's settlement and early members included many New Englanders who had recently emigrated to central New York. The building is the product of three building periods: its heavy timber frame and stone foundation survive from the original 1817 construction; the majority of the exterior design and tower reflect an 1855 expansion, and its facade and interior plan are the product of a c1896 redesign. As it exists today, the exterior of the church embodies elements of the Greek Revival style ubiquitous in central New York in the mid-nineteenth century. Typical characteristics include the rectangular form, broad gable roof, wide frieze, raking cornice and three-stage tower. Its facade and interior,

Patrick Calhoun Family Cemetery, Abbeville South Carolina

Patrick Calhoun Family Cemetery, Abbeville South Carolina

This cemetery contains the graves of Patrick Calhoun and members of his family, who settled in the Long Canes area of Abbeville County in the 1750s. Patrick Calhoun, early settler of backcountry South Carolina soon achieved a reputation as an Indian fighter. He entered politics and served in South Carolina's early assemblies. Realizing that the Charleston-based state legislature often served only the interests of the low-country planters, Calhoun became a spokesman for the rights of the backcountry settlers. He was influential in securing the right to vote for this region as well as promoting its representation in the legislature. He was also the father of John C. Calhoun, U.S. Senator and Vice-President of the United States (1824-1832). John C. Calhoun spent

Hotel Breakers at Cedar Point Amusement Park, Sandusky Ohio

Hotel Breakers at Cedar Point Amusement Park, Sandusky Ohio

Hotel Breakers is a large late Victorian Chateau-like resort hotel built in 1905, during the golden age of the resort hotel in America. It was designed by Wilm Knox and John H. Elliott, a noted architectural team of Cleveland. The Breakers is one of the few remaining major resort hotels from the turn-of-the-century age of the resort hotel in America. It was also the site of events of historic interest, including the perfecting of the forward pass and the terminus of a record-setting flight over water. The resort hotel has always, in one form or another, been a very popular recreational form in America. Many were built near natural and scenic wonders; sometimes, like the Breakers, they were also linked to

Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe Ohio

Grandview Cemetery, Chillicothe Ohio

Grandview Cemetery contains the graves of four important Ohio governors, a famous Civil War General, and pioneer founders of Ohio. Its monuments are of superior workmanship and detailing in the Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, Romanesque, and early twentieth century classical revival influences. Among those buried there are: General Nathaniel Massie (1763-1813), pioneer from Virginia, surveyor, and Revolutionary soldier, founder of Chillicothe; Thomas Worthington (1773-1827) pioneer from Virginia, U.S. Senator from Ohio 1802-1808, 6^th governor of Ohio, builder of Adena, the famous plantation and historic attraction in Chillicothe, close friend of Thomas Jefferson and Tecumseh, Henry Clay and Daniel Webster, father of the Ohio Erie Canal; Dr. Edward Tiffin (1766-1829) pioneer from Virginia, first governor of Ohio, U.S. Senator, General of the

Forest City Brewery, Cleveland Ohio

Forest City Brewery, Cleveland Ohio

At the turn of the century Cleveland had two dozen breweries, but only two or three remain, of which Forest City Brewery is the best preserved. Because of the large population of German and other middle and eastern European immigrant groups in the late nineteenth century, there was a large demand for beer, considered before prohibition to be a commonplace and healthful beverage. Brewers in Cleveland were generally either German or Czech. The Forest City Brewing Company opened in 1904. The business was formed by members of the Czech community. It flourished until the passage of the prohibition amendment and continued for another ten years as a bottling works and a soft drink and ice manufacturer. The Forest City Brewing Company

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