Postcard of the Physics and Electrical Engineering Building. Printed on front: "Chemistry Bldg. M.A.C. No. 18." Text on back: "Late Physics (1925-1949), 1949-Library annex"

Not dated.

Repository Information:

Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, Conrad Hall, 888 Wilson Rd., Room 101, East Lansing, MI 48824, archives.msu.edu

Subjects:

Michigan State University -- Buildings -- Physics and Electrical Engineering

Resource Identifier:

A001148

Junagarh Fort (Rajasthani: जुनाग्द क़िला) is a fort in the city of Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. The fort was originally called Chintamani and was renamed Junagarh or "Old Fort" in the early 20th century when the ruling family moved to Lalgarh Palace outside the fort limits. It is one of the few major forts in Rajasthan which is not built on a hilltop. The modern city of Bikaner has developed around the fort.

The fort complex was built under the supervision of Karan Chand, the Prime Minister of Raja Rai Singh, the sixth ruler of Bikaner, who ruled from 1571 to 1611 AD. Construction of the walls and associated moat commenced in 1589 and was completed in 1594. It was built outside the original fort of the city, about 1.5 kilometres from the city centre. Some remnants of the old fort are preserved near the Lakshmi Narayan temple.

Historical records reveal that despite the repeated attacks by enemies to capture the fort, it was not taken, except for a lone one-day occupation by Kamran Mirza. Kamran was the second son of the Mughal Emperor Babur who attacked Bikaner in 1534, which was then ruled by Rao Jait Singh. In the battle, the Mughals were defeated by Rathors. Kamran then returned to Lahore.

The 5.28 hectares large fort precinct is studded with palaces, temples and pavilions. These buildings depict a composite culture, manifest in the mix of architectural styles.

GEOGRAPHY

Junagarh fort is located in the arid region of the Thar desert of Rajasthan bordered on the northwest by the Aravalli range, a range of mountains in western India. Part of the desert area is in Bikaner city, which is one of the three desert triangle cities; the other two cities are Jaisalmer and Jodhpur. The name of the place where Bikaner city with its forts was established was then known as Jungladesh.

HISTORY

Before the present Junagarh Fort was built, an old stone fort existed in the city. This fort was built in 1478 by Rao Bika who established the city of Bikaner in 1472. Rao Bika was the second son of Maharaja Rao Jodha of the Rathor clan, the founder of Jodhpur city. He conquered the large arid lands to the northern region of Rajasthan to set up his domain. As the second son of Jodha he had no chance of inheriting his father’s territory of Jodhpur or to the title of Maharaja. He, therefore, reconciled and decided to build his own kingdom at Bikaner at the place then called "Jungladesh". Bikaner, though a partly of the Thar Desert, was considered an oasis on the trade route between Central Asia and the Gujarat coast since it had adequate spring water sources. Bika’s name was thus tagged to the Bikaner city as well as to the then state of Bikaner (“the settlement of Bika”) that he established. The history of Bikaner and the fort within it thus start with Bika. It was only about 100 years later that Bikaner’s fortunes flourished under Raja Rai Singhji, the sixth ruler of Bikaner, who ruled from 1571 to 1611. During the Mughal Empire’s rule in the country, he accepted the suzerainty of the Mughals and held a high position of an army general in the court of Emperor Akbar and his son Emperor Jahangir. His successful war exploits by way of winning half of Mewar kingdom won him accolades and rewards from the Mughal emperors. He was gifted the jagirs (lands) of Gujarat and Burhanpur. With the large revenue earned from these jagirs, he built the Junagarh fort on a plain land, which has an average elevation of 230 m. The formal foundation ceremony for the fort was held on 17 February 1589 and the fort was completed on 17 January 1594. Raja Rai Singhji, was an expert in arts and architecture and the knowledge that he acquired during his several sojourns to several countries are amply reflected in the numerous monuments he built in the Junagarh fort. Thus the fort, a composite structure, became an outstanding example of architecture and a unique centre of art, amidst the Thar desert.

Karan Singh who ruled from 1631 to 1639, under the suzerainty of the Mughals, built the Karan Mahal palace. Later rulers added more floors and decorations to this Mahal. Anup Singh, who ruled from 1669–98, made substantial additions to the fort complex, with new palaces and the Zenana quarter (royal dwelling for females). He refurbished the Karan Mahal with a Diwan-i-Am (public audience hall) and called it the Anup Mahal. Gaj Singh who ruled from 1746 to 1787 refurbished the Chandra Mahal (the Moon palace). Following him, Surat Singh ruled from 1787 to 1828 and he lavishly decorated the audience hall (see picture in info box) with glass and lively paintwork. Dungar Singh who reigned from 1872 to 1887 built the Badal Mahal (the weather palace) named so in view of a painting of falling rain and clouds (a rare event in arid Bikaner). Ganga Singh who ruled from 1887 to 1943 built the Ganga Niwas Palace, which has towers at the entrance patio. This palace was designed by Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob.[10] Ganga Singh’s son Sadul Singh succeeded his father in 1943 but acceded to the Union of India in 1949. He died in 1950.

Bikaner came under the suzerainty of the British Raj under a treaty of paramountcy signed in 1818, where after the Maharajas of Bikaner invested heavily on refurbishing their Junagarh fort. However, during the 18th century, before this treaty was signed, there was internecine war between rulers of Bikaner and Jodhpur and also amongst other Thakur, which was put down by the British troops. It is reported that during the attack by Jodhpur army, of the two entrances to the fort (one in the east and the other in the west), the eastern entrance and the southern rampart were damaged; marks of cannonballs fired are seen on the southern façade of the fort.

Ganga Singh was the best-known king among the Rajasthan princes. A favourite of the British Raj, he earned the title of Knight Commander of the Star of India. He served as a member of the Imperial War Cabinet, represented the country at the Imperial First World War Conferences and the British Empire at the Versailles Peace Conference and was aware of the shift of fortunes in the World War II but died in 1943, before the war was won by the allies. His contribution to the building activity in Junagarh involved separate halls for public and private audience in the Ganga Mahal and a durbar hall for formal functions. The hall where he held his Golden Jubilee as a ruler of Bikaner is now a museum. He also got a new palace - north of Junagarh fort - designed and built by Swinton, the third of the new palaces built in Bikaner and named it Lalgarh Palace in the name of his father and shifted his residence from Junagarh fort to this palace in 1902. The royal family still lives in a special suite in the Lalbagh palace, which they have converted into a heritage hotel.

STRUCTURES

The structures built within the Junagarh fort are the palaces and temples, which are made of red sandstone (Dulmera) and marble. The palaces are described as picturesque with their assortment of courtyards, balconies, kiosks and windows. The fort, the temples and the palaces are preserved as museums and provide insight into the grandiose living style of the past Maharanas of Rajasthan. The fort is called “a paradox between medieval military architecture and beautiful interior decoration”.

OVERVIEW

The massive fort built in the plains of Bikaner has a rectangular (quadrangular) layout with a peripheral length of 986 m. The fort walls are 4.4 m wide and 12 m in height. It encompasses an area of 5.28 ha. It was surrounded by a moat which was 6.1–7.6 m deep with a base width of 4.6 m and top width of 9.1 m. However, the moat no longer exists. The fort is well fortified with 37 bastions (‘burj’ in local language) and seven gates (two are main gates) to counter enemy attacks. The fort was built as a “new stronghold” outside of the ruins of an old fort built by Rao Bika and on the periphery of the Bikaner city walls (1.5 kilometres from the city centre); the old fort was demolished a century after it was built.

The fort with seven gates contains several palaces, pavilions and many temples of Hindu and Jain religions - the earliest dated to the 16th century. A major feature of the fort is the stone carving done in red and gold coloured sandstones. The interiors of the palaces are decorated and painted in traditional Rajasthani style. The Junagarh palaces have a large number of rooms, as every king built his own separate set of rooms, not wanting to live in his predecessors’ rooms. These structures were considered as “at par with those of Louis’s France or of Imperial Russia”. Several types of architectural style are discerned in the fort complex and hence it is called a true depiction of composite culture. The earliest style is of Rajput architecture, defined by Gujarati and Mughal architectural influence reflecting the association with Mughal rulers, the second type is of semi-western architecture reflecting British influence, and finally the revivalists Rajput architecture that evolved particularly during the rule of Maharaja Ganga Singh. Only the most representative of all these architectural styles are on display for visitors. Thus, the unique monuments on display in the Junagarh Fort represent sixteen successive generations of the rulers of Bikaner, starting from the end of the 16th century.

GATES

While the main entry gate was Karan Pol or Parole, facing east, the current gate of entry is called Suraj Pol (meaning the Sun gate), 'pol' also colloquially spelt prol, built in gold coloured or yellow sandstone, unlike the other gates and buildings built in red sandstone. It is the east facing gate permitting the rising Sun’s rays to fall on the gate, which is considered a good omen. The doors of this gate are strengthened with iron spikes and studs to prevent ramming by elephants during an attack. At the entrance to the gate, two red stone statues of elephants with mahouts stand as sentinels. The gate was also the location for announcing the arrival and departure of royalty by musicians playing the trumpet from a gallery in the gate. The other gates are Karan Pol, Daulat Pol, Chand Pol (a double gate) and Fateh Pol; these provided access to various monuments in the fort. The Karan Pol gate is also braced with iron spikes to prevent battering of the gate by elephants. To the right of this gate is Daulat Pol. Forty-one hand imprints are seen on the Daulat Pol gate wall, in red colour, of the wives of the Maharajas of Bikaner, who committed sati (self immolation) on the funeral pyres of their husbands who died in battle.

Between the main gate and the palace, there is a quadrangle, and then another gate called the Tripolia gate (triple gateway) before accessing the royal chambers. Next to this gate is a small temple called the Har Mandir, where the Royal family used to offer worship. In the quadrangle, which houses a large pavilion with a water pool built in Carrara Italian marble. The Karan Mahal, where public audience was held in the Diwan-i-Am by Karan Singh (1631–39) and his successors till the 20th century, can also be seen in the same quadrangle.

TEMPLES

Har Mandir temple was the royal chapel - private temple of the royal family. The royal family celebrated the Hindu festival of Dussera and Gangaur here, apart from celebrating other family functions such as birthdays and marriages. In the Dussera celebrations, weapons and horses were worshipped here. The main deities worshipped in this temple are the Hindu deities Lakshmi Narayan, a combined representation of god Vishnu and his consort Lakshmi.

The Ratan Behari temple located near the Junagarh Fort, was built in 1846 by the 18th ruler of Bikaner. It was built in Indo-Mughal architectural style using white marble. The Hindu god Krishna is deified in this temple.

PALACES

Karan mahal (Public Audience Hall) was built by Karan Singh in c.1680 to mark his victory over the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. It is considered as one of the most exquisite palaces built with gardens, which displays the aesthetic sensibilities of the royalty of Rajasthan. It has stained glass windows and intricately carved balconies built in stone and wood fluted columns. Later Rajas, Anup Singh and Surat Singh, also added lot of glitter to this palace with inlaid polychrome glass, intricate mirror patterns, and red and gold paint. In the coronation chamber, there is a shored up alcove, which was used as a throne.

Phool Mahal ("Flower Palace") is the oldest part of the palace and was built by king Raja Rai Singh of Bikaner, who ruled between 1571-1668.

Anup Mahal is a multi-storey structure, which functioned as the administrative headquarters of the kingdom. It has ornate wooden ceilings with inlaid mirrors, Italian tiles, and fine lattice windows and balconies. It has some gold leaf paintings. It is considered as one of the “grandest construction”.

Chandra Mahal has the most luxurious room in the palace, which houses gold plated deities and paintings inlaid with precious stones. In the royal bedroom, mirrors have been strategically placed so that the Maharaja could see from his bed, any intruder entering his room.

Ganga Mahal was built in the 20th century by Ganga Singh who reigned for 56 years from 1887 to 1943, has a large durbar hall known as the Ganga Singh Hall that houses the Museum. The museum has exhibits of war weaponry and also a World War I aeroplane (biplane), which is stated to be well maintained.

Badal Mahal (The weather palace) is part of the Anup Mahal extensions. It has paintings of Shekhawati Dundlod chiefs paying respects to the Maharaja of Bikaner in different types of turbans. Photos of people standing on nails, wood, swords and saws are also depicted here – a display of faith and endurance. The walls in this palace depict fresco paintings of the Hindu god Krishna and his consort Radha amidst the rain clouds.

Bikaneri Havelies located both within and outside the fort in the Bikaner city’s by lanes are also of unique architectural style in home architecture. Aldous Huxley who visited these havelis reportedly said “They are the pride of Bikaner.”

FORT MUSEUM

The museum within the fort called the Junagarh Fort Museum was established in 1961 by Maharaja Dr.Karni Singhji under the control of "Maharaja Rai Singhji Trust". The Museum exhibits Sanskrit and Persian manuscripts, miniature paintings, jewels, royal costumes, farmans (royal orders), portrait galleries, costumes, headgear and dresses of gods’ idols, enamelware, silver, palanquins, howdahs and war drums. The museum also displays armoury that consists of one of the assorted collection of post medieval arms.

MAHARAJA RAI SINGHJI TRUST

Maharaja Rai Singhji Trust has been set up by the 'Royal family of Bikaner' with the basic objective to showcase the fort with professional inputs in various areas and to improve the experience for visitors. Another objective is to promote education and research scholarships, cultural activities, setting up of libraries and integration with other such trusts.

WIKIPEDIA

Jordan Ontario

Warsaw's mixture of architectural styles reflects the turbulent history of the city and country. During the Second World War, Warsaw was razed to the ground by bombing raids and planned destruction.[39] After liberation, rebuilding began as in other cities of the communist-ruled PRL. Most of the historical buildings were thoroughly reconstructed. However, some of the buildings from the 19th century that had been preserved in reasonably reconstructible form were nonetheless eradicated in the 1950s and 1960s (e.g. Leopold Kronenberg Palace).[51] Mass residential blocks were erected, with basic design typical of Eastern bloc countries.

Public spaces attract heavy investment, so that the city has gained entirely new squares, parks and monuments. Warsaw's current urban landscape is one of modern and contemporary architecture.[52]

© 2018 Tony Worrall

Detroit Michigan

May Day at Audley End

Roll up, roll up and see May Day fun as it used to be!

Enjoy our Victorian side shows and brass band, and marvel at our incredible displays of Victorian falconry. Then watch as your little ones learn circus skills or take part in a play. All of which, coupled with the spectacular house and grounds at Audley End, is sure to make this a day out to remember for all the family!

Enjoy a great day out at one of England’s grandest stately homes; Audley End House.

The doors of our restored historic stables recently opened, complete with resident horses and a Victorian groom. Our stables experience includes an exhibition where you can find out about the workers who lived on the estate in the 1880s, the tack house and the Audley End fire engine. Try our dressing up clothes in the stables and meet our horses, Duke and Jack, too.

Children can let loose in our fun themed play area next to our Cart Yard Café which is always very popular with visitors.

Audley End House itself is a magnificent house, built to entertain royalty, and includes a Victorian Service Wing complete with kitchen, laundries and a dairy.

With beautiful grounds to explore, including an impressive formal garden and the working Organic Kitchen Garden, there’s so much to see and do at Audley End House.

Originally adapted from a medieval Benedictine monastery, the house and gardens at Audley End were amongst the largest and most opulent in Jacobean England. Today Audley End is set in a tranquil landscape with stunning views across the unspoilt Essex countryside. Visitors can enjoy the painstakingly restored parterre with its eye-catching bedding scheme and a walled kitchen garden run entirely on organic principles. It's possible to see elements of English gardening on a grand scale at Audley End carried out by the most influential designers of the day such as Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown.

The Embassy of Sierra Leone located at 1701 19th Street, N.W., in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Built in 1917 to the designs of noted architect Jules Henri de Sibour, the 21-room, Beaux-Arts style former private residence is designated as a contributing property to the Dupont Circle Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Former occupants include Senator, Secretary of State, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Frank B. Kellogg, Assistant Secretary of State Joseph P. Cotton, philanthropist and diplomat Myron C. Taylor, and the United Nations Club.

Note: This is one of my older photos I originally uploaded to Wikimedia Commons.

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A splendid summer day in Helsinki !

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Jugendzentrum EPPLE HAUS e.V.

Karlstr. 13 - 72007 Tübingen

Zukünftige Schwerpunkte des Hauses: Es soll Jugendmedien-Zentrum des Kreises werden (Schwerpunkt: Jugendkultur und Musikwerkstatt), angegliedert daran ein „Jugendcafé“.

www.epplehaus.de/EPPLEHAUS/einstieg.htm

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Graffiti, Einzahl Graffito, steht als Sammelbegriff für thematisch und gestalterisch unterschiedliche sichtbare Elemente, zum Beispiel Bilder, Schriftzüge oder sonstige Zeichen, die von Personen mittels verschiedener Techniken auf Oberflächen oder durch Veränderung dieser im privaten und öffentlichen Raum erstellt wurden. Die Graffiti entstehen zumeist anonym und ohne entsprechende Genehmigungen.

Graffitis* sind hier erlaubt und werden wie eine "newspaper wall" verwendet.

*Der Singular ist im Deutschen wenig gebräuchlich und es wird auch von einem Graffiti (und nicht von einem Graffito) gesprochen. In der Folge wird in der Umgangssprache auch der analog gebildete Plural Graffitis häufiger verwendet

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Graffiti (singular: graffito; the plural is used as a mass noun) is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property. Graffiti is any type of public markings that may appear in the forms of simple written words to elaborate wall paintings. Graffiti has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire.

The term graffiti referred to the inscriptions, figure drawings, etc., found on the walls of ancient sepulchers or ruins, as in the Catacombs of Rome or at Pompeii.

Parkstad, Park Hoogveld Heerlen, 2004-2006, INeX architecten. Bijzondere woning in bouwplan Park hoogveld is deze dakterraswoning (thema 4).

Dit woonhuis maakt deel uit van een verkavelingplan “Hoogveld” ontworpen door West 8 Urban Design gelegen in een glooiend landschap aan de rand van Heerlen.

In het stedenbouwkundige ontwerp van het totale ontwikkelingsgebied zijn enkele kavels aangewezen als bijzondere ontwerplocaties, kavels waarbij iets extra’s meegegeven is. Bv. een dakterras of een koepeldak.

De onderhavige kavel was een kavel waarbij een dakterras aan de straatzijde is gevraagd.

Met een kavelbreedte van 23.5 meter is gekozen om de 1100m3 woning in de diepte van het perceel te ontwikkelen, waarbij de ruimteoriëntatie op de voor- zij- en achtertuin is gericht.

Om op de smalle voorgevel een al te dominant aanwezige garagepoort te voorkomen, is de toegang tot de dubbele garage in de zijgevel gelegd.

Door nu de garage en de entree half onder het maaiveld te laten zakken ontstaat er op 1.50 meter hoogte een dakterras, uitkijkend boven de voortuin. Juist door het gecreëerde hoogteverschil is de privacy van het terras gewaarborgd. Grenzend aan het terras liggen op gelijk niveau de eetkamer en de keuken, ruimtelijk gescheiden door de open wenteltrap.

Beide ruimten kijken bovenop de lager gelegen woonkamer die aansluit op het buitenterras in de zijgevel op maaiveldniveau.

De berging in het souterrain is zowel van binnenuit als ook vanuit de tuin ontsloten.

De verdieping is eenvoudig van plattegrond en meervoudig indeelbaar tot 3 slaapkamers. In de huidige opzet is er gekozen voor 2 ruime slaapkamers en een werkkamer aan de voorgevel.

Het dakterras is binnen de bouwmassa gehouden door het hoofddak over het terras door te trekken.

De gekozen materialisering waarbij het hoofdvolume uit isolatiestucwerk bestaat vergroot niet alleen de abstractie van de woning, maar zorgt ook dat zonder al te veel overtollige details de onderzijde van de terrasoverkapping in de bouwmassa kan worden opgenomen.

Here is my department store street scene.

It's 4 storeys tall and the interior is fully furnished.

The ground floor is a food hall. The 1st floor is furniture and home wares. The second floor is ladies wear and the top floor is a restaurant.

The exterior design is inspired by a department store in my hometown of Newcastle Upon-Tyne. There is a picture at the back of the set for reference. Since that picture was taken the building has undertaken some expansion and looks different but I loved the high windows and expansiveness of this building and wanted to keep that in my creation. The ground floor is my own creation. With my habit of creating a new vehicle for every new model I chose to make a tram this time round. It was not a tram found in that area at the time. It's loosely based on the balloon trams from Blackpool(UK) in the late 1930's. It's not meant as an exact replica I just loved the streamlined design.

En los alrededores del edificio más mítico de la Gran Manzana.

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Empire State Building, New York City, junio de 2013

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durham cathedral

The title is pretty self-explanatory...

Gotta VIEW IT BIG

D90+Tokina 11-16 @ 11mm on Gorillapod

HDR from 3 RAWs (-2, 0, +2 ) centered on

1.6s, f/7.1, ISO 200

Merged with Photomatix

Improved with Photoshop & Noiseware

The method was inspired by this great tutorial from Stuck in Customs

On another note, my photostream reached 10k views yesterday. Thanks!

View of new York high-rise buildings on a cruise to the shores of New England on board Caribbean Princess visiting the following cities:

New York city and the Statue of Liberty, New York;

Halifax, Saint John and Carlton Martello Tower, Canada; Bar Harbor ME; Boston, and Faneuil Hall, MA; Newport, Rhode Island.

Downieville is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Sierra County, California, United States. Downieville is on the North Fork of the Yuba River, at an elevation of 2,966 feet (904 m). The 2010 United States census reported Downieville's population was 282.

Downieville was founded in late 1849 during the California Gold Rush, in the Northern Mines area. It was first known as "The Forks" for its geographical location at the confluence of the Downie River and North Fork of the Yuba River.

It was soon renamed after Major William Downie (1820-1893), the town's founder. Downie was a Scotsman who had led an expedition of nine miners, seven of them African American men, up the North Fork of the Yuba River in the Autumn of 1849. At the present site of the town they struck rich gold, built a log cabin, and settled in to wait out the winter. He became the town's first mayor. Major Downie's travels are documented in his 1893 autobiography, "Hunting for Gold." By latter 1850 Downieville already had 15 hotels, 4 bakeries, 4 butcher shops, and numerous saloons.

In 1853 Downieville was vying to become the new state capital of California, along with fifteen other California communities to replace Vallejo. However, the capital was moved to Benicia for a year, and then in 1854 to Sacramento, its location ever since.

The Northern Mines area of the gold rush had a number of mining camps with colorful names, such as Brandy City (originally known as Strychnine City), Whiskey Diggins, Poverty Hill, Poker Flat, and Camptonville. Many of these camps disappeared after the gold rush, or are ghost towns. Downieville had reached a peak population of over 5,000 people in 1851, but by 1865 had significantly declined. It survived due to its status as the county seat of government in Sierra County, and from its geographic location between Sacramento Valley and Tahoe region/Nevada destinations.

Downieville is surrounded by the Yuba River District of the Tahoe National Forest. Popular outdoor recreation activities include fishing, mountain biking, back country "jeeping" and motorcycling, kayaking, hiking and nature walks, gold panning, and sites of the California Gold Rush. Fishing includes planted rainbow trout and German brown trout in the North Fork of the Yuba River.

The town is a popular destination and central hub for mountain biking trails and events.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downieville,_California

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Paris

Sigma dp2 Quattro

С. Серафимов, М. Фельгер, С. Кравец, Здание Госпрома, Харьков, Украйна. 1925-1928 гг

I cannot believe the price of hotel rooms in Belfast. Last year I was able to get a room for three nights in May at the Ramada Encore for Euro 252 this year they are looking for Euro 406 for the same dates [ and don’t forget that Sterling has dropped against the Euro by about 15% ]. The asking price at the Malmaison is Euro 374. I should mention that these are the prices if your booking can be cancelled or changed free of charge. In 2015 the Ramada charged me Euro 175.50 for three nights.

Malmaison Hotel Belfast is a hotel within a listed building in the city of Belfast. It is on the corner of Victoria Street and Marlborough Street.

It is built in what were two seed warehouses from the 1860s, retaining some original features including iron pillars and beams and carved stone gargoyles. It has 64 rooms, in bordello style, two rock’n’roll theme suites, and a bar and brasserie. It caters for meetings and conferences for up to 22 people. Before becoming the Malmaison it was The McCausland Hotel.

Marylebone Warwick Balfour (MWB) bought the Malmaison boutique hotel group in 2000. In 2004 it bought the McCausland Hotel in Belfast, and reopened it as the Irish Malmaison in December that year.

A home located at 7927 Main Street in Middletown, Virginia. The building is designated as a contributing property to the Middletown Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2003.

From the Middletown Historic District's NRHP nomination form:

"ca 1820-1830; ca 1880-1910; tax records give date as 1850. Folk Victorian, 2 story, log with

weatherboard cladding and composition shingle, gable roof. Rear well with 2 story integral enclosed porches. Folk Victorian porch, with compound columns, brackets in eaves and cornice and unusual sawn balustrade. Board-and-batten garage on stone foundation with pyramidal roof is a contributing resource."

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Date: June 29, 1961

Photographer: Building Inspector, Works Department

Format: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 8.25 x 10.8 cm (3.25 x 4.25 inches)

Retrieval Code: Halifax Works Department photograph, 102-39-1-911.1

Tallest Building in the World - 2015

Charles Barry and A.W.N. Pugin, Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament), 1840-70, London

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Antique shop, Shrewsbury

This is the The Walker Memorial Hall on Ampton Road in Edgbaston.

The hall is for Edgbaston Old Church.

At 17a Ampton Road.

Grade II listed.

Walker Hall 17a, Birmingham

AMPTON ROAD

1.

5104

Edgbaston B15

No 17A

(Walker Ball)

SP 0585 SE 45/9

II GV

2.

Circa 1840-50 former school of modest size. One storey red brick with burnt

header diaper work. Slight Jacobean Gothic details. Main hall has gabled

break; entrance link to crosswing hall. Gables with saddlestones and kneelers.

Three and 4 light with diamond leaded lattice casements with hollow chamfered

sandstone mullions. Gable end roofs with scalloped tiles.

Listing NGR: SP0566885048

The Walker Memorial Hall was the parish school. Low Tudor ranges of 1847 etc.

From Pevsner Architectural Guides: Birmingham by Andy Foster

Edgbaston Old Church - Walker Memorial Hall

The Walker Hall, situated in Ampton Road (B15 2UJ), a few minutes’ walk from the church, was built in 1847 as a Church of England Elementary School. It functioned as a ‘British Restaurant’ during the period of the Second World War, providing lunchtime meals for those working within the parish. The building and its land were leased to the parish in 1951, and thanks to a generous bequest from the estate of Isabel Frances Walker, whose name it now bears, it was subsequently renovated for use as a church hall.

In recent years the Walker Hall has been substantially restored, and its meeting rooms and facilities are in great demand for church events and other public and private functions. It has both a substantial kitchen, and its own car park.