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Young Round Barn, Greene New York

Young Round Barn, Greene New York

The Young barn, built between 1914 and 1916, is historically and architecturally significant as one of the best examples in New York State of a fully developed round barn with a central silo. Bearing marked similarity to published barn designs from Wisconsin and Illinois between 1890 and 1910, the Young barn incorporates innovative features including a center silo with a silage chute, a radial stanchion layout, a stud wall system, a large entrance bay which could accommodate modern farm machinery, and two circular hay fork tracks hung from the roof rafters. The barn is noteworthy for its distinctive exterior appearance resulting from its pressed iron sheathing, decorative splayed lintels above all openings, its double-hipped main roof, repeated by a double-hipped cupola

Bates Round Barn, Greene New York

Bates Round Barn, Greene New York

The Bates round barn, constructed in 1928, is one of the most complex and innovative central plan dairy barns in New York State. The Bates round barn is the dominant element of Brookhaven Farm and is located east of and immediately adjacent to Route 12 several miles south of the village of Greene. The barn is located on 177 acres of flat farmland extending south of the barn to the Chenango River, some 2000 feet. The barn is situated on a short but steep slope which falls sharply to the south-east from Route 12. The farmhouse associated with the barn now stands on the northwest side of Route 12, although prior to the realignment of the road, both structures were east

Jenkins School, Jenkins Kentucky

Jenkins School, Jenkins Kentucky

Jenkins School was the largest and finest school to be produced as part of the efforts by Consolidated Coal Company to develop Jenkins, a coal camp, in the coal rich mountains of eastern Kentucky. As coal companies looked to begin mining the coal found in the remote parts of eastern Kentucky, they could see the benefit of providing amenities to their workers. This led some coal corporations to develop coal towns with one or more of the following amenities: churches, schools, stores, a bakery, butcher, entertainment venues, dormitories, bathhouses, a hospital, and hotels. Jenkins was considered one of the crown jewels of coal towns, Consolidation Coal Company would bring politicians and visitors from all around the United States and abroad to

Plaza Hotel, Columbus Ohio

Plaza Hotel, Columbus Ohio

The East Long Street area, directly east of what is now considered downtown Columbus, was developed during the late 19^th and early 20^th century as the city moved eastward. It was a densely developed commercial/residential street. This building is one of the few survivors from that initial period of growth which retains most of its original architectural integrity and appearance. Although the storefront has been altered, this building retains the decorative details typical of the late 19^th century Italianate style. The most outstanding features of the building are the carved stone lintels on the second and third story windows on the main facade and the bracketed metal cornice with central gable. The fenestration pattern on the Hamilton Street (west) elevation presents

Marion County Telephone Company Building, Marion Ohio

Marion County Telephone Company Building, Marion Ohio

Built in 1916, this was the first building in Marion built specifically to house telephone operating equipment and company offices (Marion County Telephone Company). As such, it served the local community initially, then the county, the region, and ultimately the state as a telephone communications center for approximately 60 years. Following earlier surveys, the village of Marion was platted in 1822 by Eber Baker and Alexander Holmes. It was named after the county of Marion, which was formed in 1820, but remained under the jurisdiction of Delaware County until 1823. The county was reconfigured again in 1848 into its present size. Marion has been the county seat since its founding. Beginning in the 1870s Marion started to develop as a manufacturing

Mill Road Bowstring Bridge, Bladensburg Ohio

Mill Road Bowstring Bridge, Bladensburg Ohio

This bridge is a rare example of a metal bowstring arch-truss bridge, a type that represents an import, segment of engineering history, that was constructed by a leading bridge company with patented parts by a national iron fabricator. The bowstring arch-truss was first patented by the famous bridge engineer Squire Whipple in 1841. The Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, fabricators of this bridge, was formed in 1866 by David Hammond, who patented a number of designs in the 1860's and 70's. Job Abbott was the vice-president and chief engineer and Michael Adler was the general superintendent. Under their leadership, the Wrought Iron Bridge Company became one of the leading and widest ranging metal bridge fabrication firms in the nation. They

McCormick Manufacturing Company Building, Dayton Ohio

McCormick Manufacturing Company Building, Dayton Ohio

The McCormick Manufacturing Company was founded in 1910 by Francis J. McCormick who also operated the Dayton Supply Company that was located across the street from this building at 439 E. First Street. The original location for the plumbing supply business was approximately several blocks to the east on First Street. The company used this building as a location to manufacture a variety of plumbing supplies that included water heaters and water sprayers. The plumbing supply business did not survive past Mr. McCormick's death in 1917. Thus, the use of this building for plumbing related activities lasted only four years. In 1917, the McCormick Laboratories and McCormick Manufacturing Company moved into the building. These businesses were established by several of Francis

Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Depot, Lodi Ohio

Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Depot, Lodi Ohio

The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Depot was constructed in 1882; one year after the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad came to Lodi. 1909 is the date of the construction drawings produced by the Toledo Division of the W. & L.E. R.R. for the upgrading of the station's architectural significance and size for continued use as a freight, mail and passenger station. After passenger service was discontinued on July 17^th 1938 the depot was of little use and eventually became the Maintenance of Way office for the Norfolk & Western track crews. During the 1909 upgrade and expansion of the depot, the original 1882 building was moved 13 away from the track, on its original site, to allow construction of an

Dayton Motor Car Company, Dayton Ohio

Dayton Motor Car Company, Dayton Ohio

The Dayton Motor Car Company was Dayton's largest farming implement company between 1875 and 1900. The success of this company helped Dayton rank as one of the top three cities in the state in the 1890s for the production of farm machinery. The company became more important in 1904 when it was reorganized into the city's first automobile manufacturing company. Because the agricultural implement companies had a ready supply of materials such as metals, wood, glass and paint; assembly lines with skilled woodworkers, machinists, repairmen and painters; and a smooth organized management with ample experience and capital, it was not difficult to convert farm machinery companies into automobile manufacturing firms. The company produced complete models until 1912, when it was sold.

Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall, Ironton Ohio

Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall, Ironton Ohio

Memorial Hall was built by The Grand Army of the Republic's Post No. 165, reported to be the largest post in the Nation, within one of the most historically powerful civic organizations at that time. This building housed the meetings and activities of this fraternal organization of veterans, which provided services for veterans after the civil war and served as a model for future organizations for veterans. The G.A.R. was an influential lobbying group in national and state politics and succeeded in ensuring Republican domination in the House of Representatives, The Senate, and office of the President after the Civil War for nearly sixty years. In local history, Memorial Hall held a unique position within the community by housing the extensive

Boys Club Building, Battle Creek Michigan

Boys Club Building, Battle Creek Michigan

The confluence of the Battle Creek and Kalamazoo rivers was an early first destination for settlers in south-central Michigan, where waterways were a chief avenue of transport throughout the eighteenth century. In Battle Creek, located at the confluence, these rivers were also essential to the commercial and industrial development of the city, which was settled in 1831. Entrepreneur Sands McCamly built a millrace between the two rivers in 1835, and was soon able to provide a goodly amount of machinery with water power. Powered by the abundant local water power, mills sprung up throughout the town, producing woolen goods, flour, and wood supplies. Access to outside markets was an important factor in Battle Creek's growing economy. Located on the Territorial Road,

Sears Mail-Order Warehouse and Retail Store, Minneapolis Minnesota

Sears Mail-Order Warehouse and Retail Store, Minneapolis Minnesota

Sears, Roebuck and Company became the world's largest retailer by the 1960s. When Sears built its Minneapolis facility, however, the company was just diversifying into retailing after establishing a successful mail-order operation. The intersection of Lake Street and Chicago Avenue was a radical choice for the location of a large retail store in the 1920s. Major department stores were traditionally downtown, while corridors such as Lake and Chicago generally offered groceries, drug stores, laundries, and other convenience goods and services. General Wood's insistence that Sears locate where land was less expensive, permitting acquisition of property for parking as well as a store, was remarkably forward-thinking for the time. Sears was an early prototype for today's big box retailers like Wal-Mart, K-Mart,

Nottoway Plantation House, White Castle Louisiana

Nottoway Plantation House, White Castle Louisiana

Exploring Nottoway Mansion Prior to Devastating Fire Destroying Structure

Nottoway is nationally significant in the area of architecture. Partially this is owing to its size. With 64 rooms, seven interior staircases, and five galleries, it is certainly one of the largest extant antebellum plantation houses in the South. In addition, plantation houses were a building type which was dominated largely by Greek Revival architecture. Nottoway is unusual, being an essentially Italianate plantation house. Its quality in this respect can be seen in the striking asymmetrical composition, monumental galleries, Renaissance Revival details, and fine carved interior woodwork. Nottoway was built in 1858 by John Hampden Randolph, whose father Judge Peter Randolph had come south from Virginia around 1820. John Hampden Randolph began acquiring land in the area of the house site

Crescent Plantation, Tallulah Louisiana

Crescent Plantation, Tallulah Louisiana

Crescent Plantation is an example of Greek Revival plantation architecture. It is one of the few surviving pre-Civil War plantation residences in Madison Parish, Although 1860 census records suggest that such houses may have once been common in the parish, only three surviving Greek Revival plantation residences have been identified. In 1860, the parish is recorded as having 99 large slaveholdings (50 or more slaves). Of these 99, the average size of a slaveholding was 89.6. With an absentee ownership of 40%, 61 of these slaveholdings would have involved families who resided in Madison Parish. Given these Statistics, it would be logical to estimate that as many as 50 to 75 plantation houses may have stood in the parish just prior

Walnut Grove Plantation, Cheneyville Louisiana

Walnut Grove Plantation, Cheneyville Louisiana

Walnut Grove plantation house is located one-fifth of a mile southwest of Bayou Rapides and approximately two miles southeast of the town of Cheneyville. The land is flat and the bayou ultimately meanders around 3 sides of the house. At one time there was an extensive formal garden in front. Although most of the plant material is gone, five parallel brick paths were recently exposed in the front yard. The house itself is a 2 story, 5 bay, hip roofed brick plantation house with a modified central hall plan. Originally the lower hall was open to the air. The upper hall has a side corridor which branches off at a right angle and terminates in a graceful fanlight-side light door combination

Destrehan Plantation, Destrehan Louisiana

Destrehan Plantation, Destrehan Louisiana

In 1787 Antoine Robert Robin de Logny began construction of a new house on his 28-arpent front plantation. The contractor de Logny selected was Charles, a Free Person of Color. He was assisted by six African-Americans, at least three of whom were from the Robin de Logny plantation slave force. On April 22, 1790 Charles put his mark on an affirmation that the house was completed and he had been paid as contracted. On December 11, 1792, Pierre Robin de Logny, son of Antoine Robert Robin de Logny, purchased the plantation, with 56 slaves, at a public auction. On April 12, 1802, he sold the plantation to Jean Noel Destrehan, his brother-in-law. The house assumed its present size (i.e., a two-story

Charleston Hotel, Lake Charles Louisiana

Charleston Hotel, Lake Charles Louisiana

When Charleston Hotel was built in 1929, it was widely heralded as the city's first skyscraper. As such it represented a coming of age for the Lake Charles commercial downtown area. With its construction Lake Charles joined Shreveport as one of the two cities in western Louisiana which were sufficiently developed to have skyscrapers. Since its construction the Charleston has stood towering as a visual landmark in the very center of the downtown area. The Charleston Hotel played an important role in the social history of Lake Charles. During its heyday the hotel was the focus of social activity in the city. The formal opening on March 4^th, 1929 was the most important social event of the year for Lake Charles.

Harmony Mills, Cohoes New York

Harmony Mills, Cohoes New York

Cotton Fabric Was Made at This Huge NY Textile Mill until 1932

From the late 1860s through the 1880s, the Harmony Mills Company was one of the largest American producers of cotton fabric for printed calicoes and fine cotton muslins. The mill complex is largely intact, with a full range of mill buildings, housing, and the power canal system. The buildings are unusually elaborate industrial buildings, with the principal mill buildings all being completed in the Second Empire style. The Harmony Mills district in Cohoes, New York has been described as one of the finest examples of a large-scale textile mill complex outside of New England. The mills were owned from 1850-1910 by Thomas Garner & Company of New York City, which also owned eight mills and two printworks in upstate New York

Caneadea Bridge - East Hill Road Bridge, Caneadea New York

Caneadea Bridge - East Hill Road Bridge, Caneadea New York

Built in 1903 by the Groton Iron Bridge Company of Groton, Tompkins County, New York, this single-span, single-lane camelback, Parker truss structure is a rare bridge type constructed during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in New York. Associated with a period of expanding rural economies and the systematic improvement of public roads and bridges by local government, the Caneadea Bridge is one of only two surviving camelback trusses in New York State. The name Caneadea was derived from the Seneca word Guyeado meaning where the heavens rest upon the earth. The area today remains as a connection to the rich history of Native American lifestyle and culture. Historically, the Seneca Nation of Native Americans used the uncultivated land for

Omaha Station - Rice Lake Depot, Rice Lake Wisconsin

Omaha Station - Rice Lake Depot, Rice Lake Wisconsin

The village of Rice Lake was platted in 1875 by Knapp, Stout & Co., an important lumbering company that operated in tracts of timber in the vicinity of Rice Lake. The company's workers had originally established a dam on the Red Cedar River in 1864 to create a supply of spring floodwaters for sending the company's logs downstream from the company's pineries in Barron and Dunn counties. When the dam was found to provide a suitable source of power to operate a gristmill and sawmill at the site a decade later, Knapp, Stout & Co. moved their headquarters here and platted the village. Knapp, Stout & Co. employed 1,300 men in their camps at the peak of their logging operations. The

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