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Surrounded by moss-draped live oaks and ornamental gardens, the Wesley House is now a place of tranquility. A hundred years ago the site was the hub of the Wesley Lumber Company, operating from 1890 until after World War I. Company holdings included a sawmill, planner mill and dry kiln with a dock to facilitate loading barges in Tucker Bayou for shipping lumber.
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In 1881, Tennessee native George L. Porter (1854-1928) wed Roxie Brooks (1863-1927), daughter of early Hill County official Cincinattus Ney Brooks. George was a merchant in nearby Peoria (6 mi. W) and later served as an officer in Sturgis National and Citizens National banks in Hillsboro. The Porters were community leaders and active members of Hillsboro's First Baptist Church. In 1901, Roxie's brother O.D. Brooks constructed this Queen Anne style house, selling it to the couple that same year. It features a wrapped porch, Tuscan columns, decorative shingling, and a massed plan with hipped roof and cross gables. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2004
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On July 18, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was first proclaimed from this balcony, to the jubilant citizens of Boston.
In 1976, Queen Elizabeth II visits the city and addresses Bostonians from the Old State House balcony.
In 1960, Boston National Historic Sites Commission declares Old State House the most important public building built in America prior to the Declaration of Independence.
"when elements are questioned / they may collide / and may fall apart / dependent upon / the timeframe"
"Als elementen kritisch worden bekeken / kunnen deze samenvallen / of uiteen vallen / afhankelijk van het tijdsbestek."
Collage 24x32 cm, (c) Drager Meurtant, 2017
HDR image.
National Trust property.
I really enjoyed my visit here.
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Little Moreton Hall, also known as Old Moreton Hall, is a moated half-timbered manor house in Cheshire, England.[The earliest parts of the house were built for the prosperous Cheshire landowner William Moreton in about 1504â08, and the remainder was constructed in stages by successive generations of the family until about 1610. The building is highly irregular, with three asymmetrical ranges forming a small, rectangular cobbled courtyard. A National Trust guidebook describes Little Moreton Hall as being "lifted straight from a fairy story, a gingerbread house".] The house's top-heavy appearance, "like a stranded Noah's Ark", is due to the Long Gallery that runs the length of the south range's upper floor.
The house remained in the possession of the Moreton family for almost 450 years, until ownership was transferred to the National Trust in 1938. Little Moreton Hall and its sandstone bridge across the moat are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and the ground on which Little Moreton Hall stands is protected as a Scheduled Monument.] The house has been fully restored and is open to the public .
At its greatest extent, in the mid-16th century, the Little Moreton Hall estate occupied an area of 1,360 acres (550 ha) and contained a cornmill, orchards, gardens, and an iron bloomery with water-powered hammers. The gardens lay abandoned until their 20th-century re-creation. As there were no surviving records of the layout of the original knot garden it was replanted according to a pattern published in the 17th century.
Historic Parkland Hospital in the foreground where JFK was declared to have died of a gunshot wound to the head.
Windows of the ruined, former Scheibler factory. The historic weaving mill, built in 1898-1899, was then one of the most powerful and modern weaving mills in Poland. Now it is waiting for revitalization. ĆĂłdĆș, Poand
Edinburgh Castle is a historic castle in Edinburgh, Scotland. It stands on Castle Rock, which has been occupied by humans since at least the Iron Age. There has been a royal castle on the rock since the reign of Malcolm III in the 11th century, and the castle continued to be a royal residence until 1633. From the 15th century, the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as a military garrison. Its importance as a part of Scotland's national heritage was recognised increasingly from the early 19th century onwards, and various restoration programmes have been carried out over the past century and a half.
Edinburgh Castle has played a prominent role in Scottish history, and has served variously as a royal residence, an arsenal, a treasury, a national archive, a mint, a prison, a military fortress, and the home of the Honours of Scotland â the Scottish regalia. As one of the most important strongholds in the Kingdom of Scotland, the castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite rising of 1745. Research undertaken in 2014 identified 26 sieges in its 1,100-year history, giving it a claim to having been "the most besieged place in Great Britain and one of the most attacked in the world". Few of the present buildings pre-date the Lang Siege of 1573, when the medieval defences were largely destroyed by artillery bombardment. The most notable exceptions are St Margaret's Chapel from the early 12th century, which is regarded as the oldest building in Edinburgh, the Royal Palace, and the early 16th-century Great Hall. The castle is the site of the Scottish National War Memorial and the National War Museum. The British Army is still responsible for some parts of the castle, although its presence is now largely ceremonial and administrative. The castle is the regimental headquarters of the Royal Regiment of Scotland and the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards and houses their regimental museums, along with that of the Royal Scots.
The castle, in the care of Historic Environment Scotland, is Scotland's most (and the United Kingdom's second most) visited paid tourist attraction, with over 2.2 million visitors in 2019 and over 70 percent of leisure visitors to Edinburgh visiting the castle. As the backdrop to the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo during the annual Edinburgh Festival, the castle has become a recognisable symbol of Edinburgh in particular and of Scotland as a whole.
Monticello, Arkansas. Built in 1906, the Allen House is located along North Main Street and features gothic-style architecture and wrought-iron fencing. The house was planned by local businessman Joe Lee Allen to be the most impressive house the town had ever seen. Unfortunately in December 1948 the family experienced a grave tragedy â their daughter, Ladell, consumed mercury cyanide-laced punch in the houseâs master suite. Out of grief, her mother sealed off the room and it would not be entered by anyone for nearly four decades. During its time as an apartment building in the 1950s, tenants would report eerie occurrences, including hazy figures appearing in photographs, furniture being unexplainably rearranged and several reports of a lady sitting in a turret window. The Allen House is now open for historic guided tours by appointment and opens its doors the last two days of October for special Halloween tours.
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Beautiful historic house in Edgecombe county. Couldn't pass this up!
The Rainbow Works August 2013 Texture Challenge
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I caught this shot in Skagway Alaska, early one morning. Notice there is only one person out and about, other than Doc and I. Well that is what it look's like up here this summer, amid the pandemic.
Not one single cruise ship will be sailing to Alaska this summer, and driving through Canada is also on a "needs" basis. (For instance if you are an Alaskan returning home - or your job has you relocating to Alaska.) If you do qualify to drive through Canada - there will be no stopping to "sight see" along the way - if caught you will pay a very stiff fine. Also, you must not leave the Alaska Highway for any reason other than an emergency.
Whitehorse is just two short miles from the Alaska Highway, and you can't even stop there. All goods and services that you may need along the way as you make your way north, must be procured on the highway itself. Plus you are given a time crunch to go through each province. Needless to say it has had a crippling affect on all businesses in the Yukon and Alaska. Hopefully things will return to normal next year.
This is historic Creek Street which from 1903 to 1954 was Ketchikanâs red light district. In modern times it of course caters to tourists with shops and restaurants. The boardwalk and buildings are on stilts due to the uneven terrain and the tide which fills the surrounding area with water during high tide.
Beautiful historic buildings in Ghent, Belgium in the light of the setting sun
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The 2300 block of Chapline Street has been an integral part of Wheeling's urban streetscape for over one hundred years.
Left: 2319 Chapline: This is one of the most elegant and richly detailed houses on Chapline Street. Designed by Edgar Wells for Dr. Gregor Ackermann in 1888, this house manifests a proliferation of architectural detail. The use of elaborate decorative embellishments affirmed the success and prominence of Dr. Ackermann in the Wheeling community.
Middle: 2315-2313 Chapline St. The Klieves Homes. Constructed in 1885. The Klieves brothers, Theodore and Bernard, were partners in the building and construction firm of Klieves Kraft and Company. Their success and capabilities as builders in Wheeling are apparent in their houses on Chapline Street. Their houses were designed to be identical, although today the Theodore Klieves house is missing some of the original decorative detail with which both houses were designed.
Right: 1868; This residence was built for Henry Schmulback, a leading Wheeling industrialist and president of the Schmulbach Brewing Company. This is a highly personalized building which features a brewery motif with hops decorating the trim. The initials H.S. have been etched into the glass windows of the double front door.
The view from the lower deck of the Luis I Bridge of the historic district of Ribeira and the Episcopal Palace. The towers of the bridge it replaced (Ponte pĂȘnsil D. Maria II) can be seen on the right.
In Houston, Alabama. Circa 1868, the jail is the oldest such structures in the state and the second oldest in the country.
I love historic cemeteries ... ours is a beautiful one. The storm really did a nature pruning on it, so it will take years to come back. I just loved this shot, even though I don't know this person. The death date was the same year my mother was born. I was actually chasing a Northern Flicker beauty (see other photos in this album) when I took this.