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New Hope Farm Polygonal Barn, Mission Hill South Dakota

New Hope Farm Polygonal Barn, Mission Hill South Dakota

Before Yankton County was permanently settled, many Native Americans made it their home. Explorers and traders also passed through the area, eager to learn about the land west of the Mississippi River. By 1859, Yankton County had become home to many pioneers in the Dakota Territory. Mission Hill, a small community in Yankton County, was formed in the 1890s when a missionary, Reverend Nichols settled the area. The town site included businesses such as a sawmill, garage, grocery store, fire department, town hall, post office and multiple churches. Round and Polygonal Barns in South Dakota are termed very rare. Approximately 40 barns of this type were constructed in South Dakota. Less than 30 identified barns remain. Construction dates in South Dakota

J. Whitney Goff Round Barn - Hodne Round Barn, Winfred South Dakota

J. Whitney Goff Round Barn - Hodne Round Barn, Winfred South Dakota

The J. Whitney Goff Round Barn, located in Lake County South Dakota, near Winfred, was constructed in the Final Period Southeastern South Dakota Hollow Clay Tile Round Barn phase. The barns from this phase of construction appear in McCook, Lake, Minnehaha and Lincoln Counties. All of the barns are located around the Sioux Falls area. These barns are truly round barns built of hollow clay tile with round interior silos. The majority of barns from this phase have two-pitch self-supporting gambrel roofs. These barns were built as specialized livestock shelters for cattle feeding and dairying. The J. Whitney Goff Round Barn was constructed in ca. 1915 by the Johnston Brothers firm. The Johnston Brothers Clay Works of Fort Dodge, Iowa was

Central High School, Columbus Ohio

Central High School, Columbus Ohio

Central High School in Columbus Ohio sits on a prime 17.87 acre site across the Scioto River from Columbus' civic center. The building site and style are directly responsive to the recommendations of the 1908 Columbus Plan. Outstanding architectural features of Central High School include the monumental columned entrance facing the river, the sunken courtyards, classical detailing throughout, and a well-preserved interior. Interior details include original naturally-finished woodwork, narrow strip floors, slate chalkboards flanked by enclosed bookcases, and dais in classrooms; wooden display cases and decorative tiles behind drinking fountains in hallways; plaster mouldings and ornament, iron grillwork and railings, and extensive skylights. Rooms of note are the large auditorium and library. Central High School was the first structure built along

Jefferson School, Clifton Forge Virginia

Jefferson School, Clifton Forge Virginia

Completed in 1926 and expanded in 1952, the Jefferson School provided primary and secondary school education for African-American students in the Clifton Forge community from 1926 until 1965. As the fourth school constructed to serve these students, it stands as a testament to the community's continued commitment to quality education for all of its citizens regardless of color, against the backdrop of the town's growth, due to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad's demand for labor. An active alumni association continues to keep the memories made at the school alive. Philanthropic interests such as the Peabody Fund, the John F. Slater Fund, the General Education Board, the Julius Rosenwald Foundation and the Jeanes Fund were all active during this period in Virginia.

Idlewild - Downman House Ruins, Fredericksburg Virginia

Idlewild - Downman House Ruins, Fredericksburg Virginia

The ruins of Idlewild, once an impressive Gothic Revival dwelling, still stands on a prominent hilltop in the City of Fredericksburg. Constructed by builder James Tongue for William Yates Downman and his wife Mary, Idlewild was the center of a 222-acre farm under cultivation by slaves during the Civil War. In April 2003, a fire destroyed much of the interior of the dwelling as well as the slate roof, but the walls remain intact, including the English basement. The now ruinous site is still a prominent landmark in the City of Fredericksburg. Three brick domestic outbuildings with slate roofs, believed to have been constructed in the same period as the dwelling, remain intact and their construction reveals the prosperity of the

Humpback Bridge, Covington Virginia

Humpback Bridge, Covington Virginia

Built in 1835 as part of the James River and Kanawha Valley Turnpike, Humpback Bridge is the oldest remaining covered bridge in Virginia and the only one of its type in the country. The bridge is both a skillful engineering feat and an example of fine craftmanship. Its unique design and picturesque appearance make it a significant state as well as national landmark. Humpback Bridge is constructed of hand-hewn oak timbers put together with locust pins rather than nails. The bridge's one-hundred-foot span has no middle support, and the center floor and roof are eight feet higher than the ends of the bridge giving it its characteristic humped appearance. The ends of the bridge are supported on a high stone foundation

Bloomington House, Louisa Virginia

Bloomington House, Louisa Virginia

Bloomington, an antebellum farmhouse in Louisa County, Virginia, is linked to the Johnson family, one of the earliest and most politically prominent families during the colonization of the county. It is one of the oldest dwellings in central Louisa County. Bloomington is composed of three distinctive architectural blocks: an original two-room, split-log dwelling (ca. 1790); a two-story, three-bay main block with steeply-pitched gable roof (ca. 1832); and a one-story, gable-roofed addition (ca. 1900) off the main block. The evolution of the country residence known as Bloomington is intertwined with the history of Louisa County. Louisa County was first settled in the early 1700s by families moving north and west from present-day Hanover and New Kent Counties. Louisa County was officially established

Birdwood Plantation, Charlottesville Virginia

Birdwood Plantation, Charlottesville Virginia

Birdwood is a unique dwelling built between 1819 and 1830 as the plantation home of William Garth, one of the most successful planters of antebellum Albemarle County, Virginia. The house exhibits many of the characteristics common to buildings at the University of Virginia and other early nineteenth-century houses in the area known to have been built by Thomas Jefferson's builders. The immediate grounds surrounding the mansion contain four structures that are unusual compared to similar Jeffersonian properties in the county, including a brick smokehouse, and an office with a basement icehouse. The house is also significant for its Colonial Revival additions undertaken by Charles Edgar and Hollis Rinehart, both prominent citizens of Charlottesville. This work included the extension of the house,

Assateague Lighthouse, Chincoteague Virginia

Assateague Lighthouse, Chincoteague Virginia

Congress appropriated funds in 1831 for the erection of a lighthouse in the area of Chincoteague Island. The present site was then chosen, and a structure was completed and lit by January 1833. The tower was soon found to be too low and the light too weak to effectively warn ships of the dangerous shoals. As a result, Congress appropriated money for the replacement of the lighthouse in 1859. Construction began the following year, but work ceased with the coming of the War Between the States. Work was resumed after the war, the interior stair and light mechanism being imported from France, and the new structure was lighted on October 1, 1867. The lighthouse continues to be maintained as a nautical

Truxton Train Depot, Truxton New York

Truxton Train Depot, Truxton New York

The Town of Truxton's former Lehigh Valley Railroad Depot was built in 1872, in form the building is a typical long rectangle divided into freight and passenger sections, and features a characteristic three-sided bay window for observing the on-coming train on the track side, and a gabled roof supported by prominent decorative brackets. The building is sheathed in board and batten cladding, and trimmed with simple, slightly arched door and window casings. On the interior is an unfinished freight portion and passenger waiting room with beaded board walls and ceilings and paneled doors. The Truxton Depot aided in the development and prosperity of Truxton as an important farming community that reputedly shipped out by rail 80,000 pounds of cheese processed in

Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Lighthouse, Lackawanna New York

Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Lighthouse, Lackawanna New York

Established in 1903, the Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light marks the southern entry from Lake Erie to the port of Buffalo. This aid to navigation has been an important guide for commercial shipping and recreational watercraft for more than a century. The property has been unmanned since 1962, and its lighthouse and fog signal no longer operate. The existing aid to navigation is a modern-day board and automated beacon with a solar array atop an 11-foot tall steel pole. The Great Lakes region includes Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior, their connecting waters, and the St. Lawrence River. It is one of the largest concentrations of fresh water on earth. The system has a total shoreline of about 11,000 statute

Lorain Harbor Lighthouse, Lorain Ohio

Lorain Harbor Lighthouse, Lorain Ohio

The Lorain Lighthouse is an interesting and quite unique example of a type of structure that is fast vanishing from America. It has been a prominent landmark in Lorain harbor since its construction and is visible from the shore as well as from Lake Erie. Its rather isolated setting imparts a picturesque, yet Very isolated atmosphere that is commonly associated with lighthouses. In addition, the lighthouse has a strong connection with the development of Lorain, since it was the extensive harbor improvements, of which this lighthouse was a part, that enabled Lorain to meet the needs of its new heavy industry at the turn of the century. The lighthouse was erected in 1909 at a cost of $19,800 by the Light

Johnson Road Covered Bridge, Petersburg Ohio

Johnson Road Covered Bridge, Petersburg Ohio

The Johnson Road Covered Bridge is an example of a distinctive wooden truss type developed by an important and prolific Ohio bridge builder, Robert W. Smith. Smith invented and patented two Smith trusses in the late 1860s and built these bridges throughout the state and the Midwest in the 1870s. He continually adapted and improved his truss design as he built them, and four different variations have been identified. The Johnson Bridge was built upon Smith's 1869 patent (#97,714), and is the only structure of this type known to currently exist in the state, and is thus a comparatively rare example of 19th-century wooden bridge technology. Robert Smith was born in Miami County in 1833, the son of a cabinet maker.

Eldean Covered Bridge, Troy Ohio

Eldean Covered Bridge, Troy Ohio

The Eldean Bridge is the last covered bridge in Miami County. It was built in the summer of 1860 by James and William Hamilton who had a stone quarry near Piqua. They received $1,337.68 for building the pier and abutments and $2,632,00 for the superstructure and another $75.00 later, making the total cost of the bridge $4,044.68. The name Eldean comes from Eldean Station on the branch of the B & O Railroad that runs between Troy and Piqua. The 1875 and 1883 Miami County Atlases show the Allen and Wheelers Mills near the bridge site. As well as being the last covered bridge in Miami County and one of only four covered bridges still spanning the Great Miami River, the

James Norwood Round Barn, Ashton South Dakota

James Norwood Round Barn, Ashton South Dakota

James Norwood, born in 1867 in Leday, Wisconsin, came to South Dakota from Ponca, Nebraska to Ft. Pierre in 1878. He may have gotten the idea to build his round barn from the many that appear in his native state. There are few buildings like this in the state, but they seem to have been constructed for dairy cattle. Norweve had milk cattle and sold dairy products to a creamery in Ashton from 1895 until the 1930s. Prior to settling down as a farmer he had been involved in range work, from 1889-1895, including working for one of the state's most notable cowboys Scotty Phillips. At age 14 he began working in the freighting business (1882-1889) carrying loads from Ft. Pierre

Vida Shaw Bridge, Loreauville Louisiana

Vida Shaw Bridge, Loreauville Louisiana

The 1940 Vida Shaw Bridge is the result of an effort by Iberia Parish to build two bridges over Bayou Teche; one at this location, and one at Morbihan. The swing bridge replaced a timber bridge in that location. The bridges were designed by Thomas J. Jones and constructed by Daniel Jeffrey and Sons, Inc. The Parish released an advertisement for bids on June 29, 1938, and the winning bid was submitted by Daniel Jeffrey and Sons, Inc. for the total cost of $31,560.00. The contract between Parish and the contractor was then signed and executed on July 21, 1938. The State of Louisiana has been the home to a large number of moveable bridges, especially swing-span bridges, because of the

Clinton High School 1938 building, Clinton Louisiana

Clinton High School 1938 building, Clinton Louisiana

Although Clinton traces its establishment to 1824, settlement in the region occurred as early as the 1790s when the area which would become East and West Feliciana parishes was ruled by Spain. During that decade, Lewis Yarbrough and a group of Anglo-Americans from Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia cleared land and built homes along Pretty Creek, a tributary of the Comite River. Clinton's founding can be traced to the division of Feliciana Parish into East and West Feliciana by act of the Louisiana Legislature in 1824. Commissioners appointed to select a location for East Feliciana's parish seat chose a site on high land owned by Lewis Yarbrough slightly east of Pretty Creek. Citizens Susan Bostwick and James Holmes purchased land from

Clinton High School 1903 building, Clinton Louisiana

Clinton High School 1903 building, Clinton Louisiana

The opening of the 1903 Clinton High School was a milestone in the history of public education in the East Feliciana Parish town of Clinton. The building remained the focus of public education in the community until a larger brick building replaced it in 1938. Although Clinton traces its establishment to 1824, settlement in the region occurred as early as the 1790s when the area which would become East and West Feliciana parishes was ruled by Spain. During that decade, Lewis Yarbrough and a group of Anglo-Americans from Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia cleared land and built homes along Pretty Creek, a tributary of the Comite River. Clinton's founding can be traced to the division of Feliciana Parish into East and

Chicago Telephone Company Kedzie Exchange - Roetgen School, Chicago Illinois

Chicago Telephone Company Kedzie Exchange - Roetgen School, Chicago Illinois

Designed by the Chicago architects Irving K. Pond (1857-1939) and Allen B. Pond (1858-1929) and constructed in 1906-1907, with major additions designed in 1913, 1928, and 1948 by Holabird & Roche, the Classical Revival style Kedzie Exchange of the Chicago Telephone Company is a representative example of the neighborhood telephone exchanges built in Chicago at the turn of the twentieth century. Hiring, training, and retaining thousands of skilled switchboard operators proved central to the Chicago Telephone Company's efforts to build its business. Pond & Pond responded to this need by designing a novel workplace that they thought would be especially attractive to the largely female workforce. When architectural critic Russell Sturgis attacked the decorative character of one of Pond & Pond's

Noble Hill School, Cassville Georgia

Noble Hill School, Cassville Georgia

Nobel Hill School is one of two Rosenwald Schools in Bartow County for black children, and was established in 1923 and continued to operate until 1955. The school was a part of the public school system in Georgia, and it was established to improve the quality of education for black children. The Rosenwald Schools were partially funded by the state, local citizens and the Rosenwald Fund, initiated by Julius Rosenwald (1862-1932), a wealthy Chicago merchant who was chairman of the Board of Sears, Roebuck, and Company. The purpose of the Rosenwald school plan was to provide quality elementary education to black children in grades one through seven that included both traditional curriculum and industrial arts. The first Rosenwald School was constructed

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