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Carnegie Hall (/kÉËrËneÉŞÉĄi/but more commonly /ËkÉËrnÉŞÉĄi/) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park.
Designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1891, it is one of the most prestigious venues in the world for both classical music and popular music. Carnegie Hall has its own artistic programming, development, and marketing departments, and presents about 250 performances each season. It is also rented out to performing groups. The hall has not had a resident company since 1962, when the New York Philharmonic moved to Lincoln Center's Philharmonic Hall (renamed Avery Fisher Hall in 1973 and David Geffen Hall in 2015).
Main Hall (Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage)
The Isaac Stern Auditorium seats 2,804 on five levels and was named after violinist Isaac Stern in 1997 to recognize his efforts to save the hall from demolition in the 1960s.The hall is enormously high, and visitors to the top balcony must climb 137 steps. All but the top level can be reached by elevator.
The main hall was home to the performances of the New York Philharmonic from 1892 until 1962. Known as the most prestigious concert stage in the U.S., almost all of the leading classical music and, more recently, popular music performers since 1891 have performed there. After years of heavy wear and tear, the hall was extensively renovated in 1986 (see below).
The Ronald O. Perelman Stage is 42 feet deep. The five levels of seating in the Stern Auditorium begin with the Parquet level, which has twenty-five full rows of thirty-eight seats and four partial rows at stage level, for a total of 1,021 seats. The First Tier and Second Tier consist of sixty-five boxes; the First Tier has 264 seats at eight seats per box and the Second Tier seats 238, with boxes ranging from six to eight seats each. Second from the top is the Dress Circle, seating 444 in six rows; the first two rows form an almost-complete semicircle. At the top, the balcony seats 837. Although seats with obstructed views exist throughout the auditorium, only the Dress Circle level has structural columns.
Zankel Hall, which seats 599, is named after Judy and Arthur Zankel. Originally called simply Recital Hall, this was the first auditorium to open to the public in April 1891. Following renovations made in 1896, it was renamed Carnegie Lyceum. It was leased to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1898, converted into a cinema, which opened as the Carnegie Hall Cinema in May 1961 with the film White Nights by Luchino Visconti and was reclaimed for use as an auditorium in 1997. The completely reconstructed Zankel Hall is flexible in design and can be reconfigured in several different arrangements to suit the needs of the performers. It opened in September 2003.
The 599 seats in Zankel Hall are arranged in two levels. The Parterre level seats a total of 463 and the Mezzanine level seats 136. Each level has a number of seats which are situated along the side walls, perpendicular to the stage. These seats are designated as boxes; there are 54 seats in six boxes on the Parterre level and 48 seats in four boxes on the Mezzanine level. The boxes on the Parterre level are raised above the level of the stage. Zankel Hall is accessible and its stage is 44 feet wide and 25 feet deepâthe stage occupies approximately one fifth of the performance space.
The Joan and Sanford I. Weill Recital Hall seats 268 and is named after Sanford I. Weill, a former chairman of the board, and his wife Joan. This auditorium, in use since the hall opened in 1891, was originally called Chamber Music Hall (later Carnegie Chamber Music Hall); the name was changed to Carnegie Recital Hall in the late 1940s, and finally became Joan and Sanford I. Weill Recital Hall in 1986.
The Weill Recital Hall is the smallest of the three performance spaces, with a total of 268 seats. The Orchestra level contains fourteen rows of fourteen seats, a total of 196, and the Balcony level contains 72 seats in five rows.
The building also contains the Carnegie Hall Archives, established in 1986, and the Rose Museum, which opened in 1991. Until 2009 studios above the Hall contained working spaces for artists in the performing and graphic arts including music, drama, dance, as well as architects, playwrights, literary agents, photographers and painters. The spaces were unusual in being purpose-designed for artistic work, with very high ceilings, skylights and large windows for natural light. In 2007 the Carnegie Hall Corporation announced plans to evict the 33 remaining studio residents, some of whom had been in the building since the 1950s, including celebrity portrait photographer Editta Sherman and fashion photographer Bill Cunningham. The organization's research showed that Andrew Carnegie had always considered the spaces as a source of income to support the hall and its activities. The space has been re-purposed for music education and corporate offices.
Carnegie Hall is one of the last large buildings in New York built entirely of masonry, without a steel frame; however, when several flights of studio spaces were added to the building near the turn of the 20th century, a steel framework was erected around segments of the building. The exterior is rendered in narrow Roman bricks of a mellow ochre hue, with details in terracotta and brownstone. The foyer avoids typical 19th century Baroque theatrical style with the Florentine Renaissance manner of Filippo Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel: white plaster and gray stone form a harmonious system of round-headed arched openings and Corinthian pilasters that support an unbroken cornice, with round-headed lunettes above it, under a vaulted ceiling. The famous white and gold auditorium interior is similarly restrained. The firm of Adler and Sullivan of Chicago, noted for the acoustics of their theaters, were hired as consultant architects though their contributions are not known.
History
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Andrew Carnegie, 1913
Carnegie Hall is named after Andrew Carnegie, who funded its construction. It was intended as a venue for the Oratorio Society of New York and the New York Symphony Society, on whose boards Carnegie served. Construction began in 1890, and was carried out by Isaac A. Hopper and Company. Although the building was in use from April 1891, the official opening night was May 5, with a concert conducted by maestro Walter Damrosch and great Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.Originally known simply as "Music Hall" (the words "Music Hall founded by Andrew Carnegie" still appear on the façade above the marquee), the hall was renamed Carnegie Hall in 1893 after board members of the Music Hall Company of New York (the hall's original governing body) persuaded Carnegie to allow the use of his name. Several alterations were made to the building between 1893 and 1896, including the addition of two towers of artists' studios, and alterations to the smaller auditorium on the building's lower level.
The hall was owned by the Carnegie family until 1925, when Carnegie's widow sold it to a real estate developer, Robert E. Simon. When Simon died in 1935, his son, Robert E. Simon, Jr., became owner. By the mid-1950s, changes in the music business prompted Simon to offer Carnegie Hall for sale to the New York Philharmonic, which booked a majority of the hall's concert dates each year. The orchestra declined, since it planned to move to Lincoln Center, then in the early stages of planning. At the time, it was widely believed that New York City could not support two major concert venues. Facing the loss of the hall's primary tenant, Simon was forced to offer the building for sale. A deal with a commercial developer fell through, and by 1960, with the New York Philharmonic on the move to Lincoln Center, the building was slated for demolition to make way for a commercial skyscraper. Under pressure from a group led by violinist Isaac Stern and many of the artist residents, special legislation was passed that allowed the City of New York to buy the site from Simon for $5 million (which he would use to establish Reston, VA), and in May 1960 the nonprofit Carnegie Hall Corporation was created to run the venue. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962.
Most of the greatest performers of classical music since the time Carnegie Hall was built have performed in the Main Hall, and its lobbies are adorned with signed portraits and memorabilia. The NBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Arturo Toscanini, frequently recorded in the Main Hall for RCA Victor. On November 14, 1943, the 25-year old Leonard Bernstein had his major conducting debut when he had to substitute for a suddenly ill Bruno Walter in a concert that was broadcast by CBS,making him instantly famous. In the fall of 1950, the orchestra's weekly broadcast concerts were moved there until the orchestra disbanded in 1954. Several of the concerts were televised by NBC, preserved on kinescopes, and have been released on home video.
Many legendary jazz and popular music performers have also given memorable performances at Carnegie Hall including Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Billie Holiday, Billy Eckstine, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Violetta Villas, Judy Garland, Harry Belafonte, Charles Aznavour, Ike & Tina Turner, Paul Robeson, Nina Simone, Shirley Bassey, James Gang and Stevie Ray Vaughan, all of whom made celebrated live recordings of their concerts there.
The hall has also been the site of many famous lectures, including the Tuskegee Institute Silver Anniversary Lecture by Booker T. Washington, and the last public lecture by Mark Twain, both in 1906.
Sissieretta Jones became the first African-American to sing at the Music Hall (renamed Carnegie Hall the following year), June 15, 1892.The Benny Goodman Orchestra gave a sold-out swing and jazz concert January 16, 1938. The bill also featured, among other guest performers, Count Basie and members of Duke Ellington's orchestra.
Rock and roll music first came to Carnegie Hall when Bill Haley & His Comets appeared in a variety benefit concert on May 6, 1955.Rock acts were not regularly booked at the Hall however, until February 12, 1964, when The Beatles performed two shows[23] during their historic first trip to the United States.Promoter Sid Bernstein convinced Carnegie officials that allowing a Beatles concert at the venue "would further international understanding" between the United States and Great Britain. "Led Zeppelin became the first hard rock act to play Carnegie Hall since the Rolling Stones tore the place up some five years ago." Two concerts were performed October 17, 1969.Since then numerous rock, blues, jazz and country performers have appeared at the hall every season. Jethro Tull released the tapes recorded on its presentation in a 1970 Benefit concert, in the 2010 re-release of the Stand Up album. Ike & Tina Turner performed a concert April 1, 1971, which resulted in their album What You Hear is What You Get. The Beach Boys played concerts in 1971 and 1972, and two songs from the show appeared on their Endless Harmony Soundtrack. Chicago recorded its 4-LP box set Chicago at Carnegie Hall in 1971.
Renovations and additions
The building was extensively renovated in 1986 and 2003, by James Polshek, who became better known through his post-modern planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. Polshek and his firm, Polshek Partnership, were involved since 1978 in four phases of the Hall's renovation and expansion including the creation of a Master Plan in 1980; the actual renovation of the main hall, the Stern Auditorium, and the creation of the Weill Recital Hall and Kaplan Rehearsal Space, all in 1986;[28] the creation of the Rose Museum, East Room and Club Room (later renamed Rohatyn Room and Shorin Club Room, respectively), all in 1991; and, most recently, the creation of Zankel Hall in 2003.
The renovation was not without controversy. Following completion of work on the main auditorium in 1986, there were complaints that the famous acoustics of the hall had been diminished.[29] Although officials involved in the renovation denied that there was any change, complaints persisted for the next nine years. In 1995, the cause of the problem was discovered to be a slab of concrete under the stage. The slab was subsequently removed.
In 1987â1989, a 60-floor office tower, named Carnegie Hall Tower, designed by CĂŠsar Pelli & Associates, was completed next to the hall on the same block. New backstage space and banquet spaces, contained within the tower, connect with the main Carnegie Hall building.
In June 2003, tentative plans were made for the Philharmonic to return to Carnegie Hall beginning in 2006, and for the orchestra to merge its business operations with those of the venue. However, the two groups abandoned these plans later in 2003.
In 2014, Carnegie Hall opened its Judith and Burton Resnick Education Wing, which houses 24 music rooms, one of which is large enough to hold an orchestra or a chorus. The $230 million project was funded with gifts from Joan and Sanford I. Weill and the Weill Family Fund, Judith and Burton Resnick, Lily Safra and other donors, as well as $52.2 million from the city, $11 million from the state and $56.5 million from bonds issued through the Trust for Cultural Resources of the City of New York.
The 2015â2016 Season celebrates a 125th Anniversary and the launch of an unprecedented commissioning project of at least 125 new works with 'Fifty for the Future" coming from Kronos (25 by female composers and 25 by male composers.)
Type : Photograph Medium : Print-black-and-white Description : A view of the exterior of the Baptist Chapel Tuthill Stairs Newcastle upon Tyne taken in 1879. The photograph is looking across the roofs of old buildings towards the chapel which is in a dilapidated state. Two children are standing outside a house in the background to the right.Churches Collection : Local Studies Printed Copy : If you would like a printed copy of this image please contact Newcastle Libraries www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt quoting Accession Number : 071373
North aisle, 1 of 2 north windows, by A L Moore and Son, 1916, in memory of Capt Thomas Villiers Tuthill Thacker Neville, 3rd Dragoon Guards, killed at Ypres on Ascension day, 1915 : detail
Train arriving at Tuthill, with driver Terry Todd and his shunter in the cab. All the Hawthorn loco crews were great blokes! 13/09/91
Seven Marines of Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, stand ready to fire three volleys to honor the fallen during a memorial service at Forward Operating Base Geronimo Jan. 19. The memorial service was for Lance Cpl. Mark. D. Juarez, 23, from San Antonio, and British reporter Rupert Hamer, 39, were killed Jan. 9 while Marines were conducting combat operations in Afghanistanâs Helmand province. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brian A. Tuthill)
Parents of my Great Great Grandmother, Josephine Matilda Hildreth Bell.
David Hildreth was born 07 OCT 1821 in Newton, Muskingum, OH, and died 23 MAY 1908 in Leesburg, Union, OH.
He married Eliza Ann Riley 19 MAR 1846, daughter of William Riley and Lucy Arnold. She was born 26 FEB 1828 in Falls, Muskingum, OH, and died 02 AUG 1917.
It has been noted in some online sources that Eliza's mother, Lucy, was Native American hailing from an area in Virginia or Kentucky, and married to an Irish immigrant, William Riley. Lucy was maybe Wyandot, maybe Shawnee. Eliza personally told her children and in-laws that there was an Indian connection through her Mother, but pinning down the facts has been difficult.
The Hildreths were farmers and lived in the same town as the Bell family, Leesburg, Ohio. They might have been neighbors, or friends from church. My Great Grandparents were Frank Bell and Josephine Hildreth.
More of their lineage can be traced, here: wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=ze...
Staff Sgt. David A. Schaefer, platoon sergeant, 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, touches the dog tags of Lance Cpl. Jacob A. Meinert before saying a silent prayer during a memorial ceremony at Forward Operating Base Spin Ghar Jan. 20. Meinert, 20, from Fort Atkinson, Wis., served in 3rd Platoon and was killed Jan. 10 while conducting combat operations in Afghanistanâs Helmand province. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brian A. Tuthill)
Bicester Heritage Sunday Scramble - 7th January 2018
"An original 2.0-litre 911 swb left-hand drive coupe sold in April 1965 by Brumos Porsche, Jacksonville, USA.
FIA documented, this beautifully presented racing 911 is eligible for numerous international historic GT racing series, as well as the highly competitive, award winning 911 2 Litre Cup series of which Sports Purpose is joint promoter.
Early 911s are commonly referred to as short-wheelbase (swb) cars. This was applied in hindsight as Porsche lengthened the wheelbase by 67mm in 1969.
As standard, pre-1966 911s are powered by a 130bhp 2.0-litre flat-six, this air-cooled engine being mated to a 901/00 five-speed manual transmission.
Power for this racing 911 is increased to around 200bhp, its detailed specification outlined in six pages of invoices amounting to a cost in excess of ÂŁ75,000.
The fully rebuilt five-speed 901 gearbox features race ratios, while a Tuthill Porsche limited-slip differential and racing exhaust system is also fitted.
The braking system is to FIA specifications, with solid discs, adjustable brake bias and a competition pedal box, the suspension comprising a bespoke EXE-tc adjustable damper set-up.
An original matching number, 1965, 2.0-litre coupe, chassis 301085 has been built as a pure competition car by acknowledged race and rally preparation experts Tuthill Porsche.
It is eligible for a number of classic GT race and rally series, including the 2.0L Cup that features grids exclusively comprising short-wheelbase 911s.
Campaigned in various historic racing series in 2016, 2017 and 2018 by the current owner and his driving partner Nigel Greensall, this 2.0-litre 911 swb has proven to be a consistent, reliable front-running car in every series it has entered.
Boasting an impressive race history it set the fastest racing lap for an FIA-approved 2.0-litre 911 around Spa in 2018, before taking a 2nd place overall in the 2L Cup race."
PRICE: ÂŁ249,950
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Built in 1924, this Art Deco and Classical Revival-style monument was built around the tomb of William Henry Harrison (1773-1841). Harrison was the ninth United States President, a General in the United States Army, and first governor of Indiana Territory. Harrison died in 1841, a month after being sworn in as president, after falling ill, in what remains the shortest presidency in the nationâs history. Harrison was the first president to die while in office, causing a constitutional crisis, as the specifics of presidential succession had not been made clear in the constitution. Harrison was many things during his life, but spent much of his adult life owning a farm North Bend, Ohio, a town founded by his father-in-law, John Cleves Symmes, and which his wife, Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison, was an early resident, which included the land where his tomb now stands.
The legacy of Harrison is a complicated and controversial one, as he was inconsistent and acted with great contradiction on one of the most significant issues of his lifetime - Slavery in the United States. Harrison was born in Virginia in 1773 to a wealthy slave-owning planter family, and inherited slaves when his mother died in 1793. Thereafter, despite selling the property and slaves he inherited to his brother, he still tried to legalize slavery in Indiana Territory between 1803 and 1810, claiming it would boost the economic development of the state, but was unsuccessful in these attempt. Despite slavery not being legal in Ohio or Indiana, Harrison continued to own slaves whom lived on property outside those two states, which are the same two states where he primarily resided during his adult life. In 1822, he told Ohio voters that he opposed slavery to get elected as a representative, and he later wrote a statement that suggests that he did not support slavery lasting indefinitely and wished for eventual abolition. However, as a politician, did not take a hard stance for or against slavery, often making the assertion that states should decide for themselves. He made few concrete actions that challenged the status quo of slavery existing as an institution within the United States. However, to keep this in context, the time, a politician wanting to get elected as President of the United States would not have succeeded if they had been too pro-slavery or too pro-abolition, and thus a neutral middle ground was the most pragmatic choice, especially as a Whig like Harrison. Being neutral was far from the best choice or most moral choice, which would have been a pro-abolition stance on the issue. In addition to his problematic relationship with slavery, Harrison also participated in wars against indigenous peoples in Indiana and Ohio, being a lieutenant during the Battle of Fallen Timbers of the Northwest Indian War in 1794, at what is today Maumee, Ohio, as well as being a general during Tecumsehâs War during the period between 1810 and 1813, defeating Tecumsehâs Confederacy, and destroying the indigenous village of Prophetstown near what is today Battle Ground, Indiana during the notable Battle of Tippecanoe, a victory that Harrison later played up with his catchy presidential campaign slogan, âTippecanoe and Tyler Too,â celebrating the slaughter and displacement of the indigenous people of the land conquered in favor of white settlement. Harrison would later defeat Tecumsehâs Confederacy at the Battle of the Thames in 1813, during the War of 1812, which resulted in the death of the confederacyâs leader, Tecumseh, and the signing of a peace treaty that ceded vast areas of land previously inhabited by indigenous peoples to white settlement.
Harrison primarily became the President of the United States during the 1840 election due to his neutrality on Slavery and his reputation as a victorious military commander whom conquered land for additional white settlement, which were both seen as politically expedient in the United States in the first half of the 19th Century. Harrison also served as the Clerk of Courts for Hamilton County, Ohio from 1836 to 1840, the third United States Minister to Gran Colombia, a diplomatic position, in 1829, a Senator representing the state of Ohio from 1825 to 1828, member of the Ohio State Senate representing Hamilton County from 1819 to 1821, member of the United States House of Representatives representing Ohioâs 1st District from 1816 to 1819, a delegate to the United States House of Representatives representing the Northwest Territory from 1799 to 1800, and as the second Secretary of the Northwest Territory from 1798 to 1799. His biggest legacies, however, are the treaties he signed with indigenous tribes that ceded large areas of the Midwest in the modern states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois to white settlement, turning the former Northwest Territory of the late 18th Century into the modern-day Midwest. Harrisonâs usage of novel and effective campaign tactics when running for president was precedent-setting, with many of those tactics still utilized today, and was the oldest person to be elected president, doing so at age 68, until Ronald Regan became president at age 69 in 1981. His son, John Scott Harrison, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1857, representing Ohio, and his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, was the 23rd President of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893.
The tomb sits atop a hill known as Mount Neo on the former Harrison family farm in North Bend, and was initially a simple rusticated stone vault partially buried in the hillside with a gated entrance. In 1871, John Scott Harrison sold all of the farm except the six acres surrounding the tomb, and offered it to the State of Ohio in exchange for the state taking on the maintenance of the tomb. However, the state was not very concerned with these obligations, and the site was severely neglected, with the tomb in disrepair and the surrounding area becoming overgrown. In 1919, the Ohio General Assembly, driven by the fervor of American Nationalism in the wake of World War I, finally allocated funding for the maintenance and repair of the tomb, with the newfound attention leading to the reconstruction and expansion of the tomb. By 1924, the tomb had been repaired, with a new limestone monolith pillar, Art Deco in character, being built in front of the tombâs entrance that bears several carved writings that list the various accomplishments and important positions held by Harrison, with his military positions and victories listed on the north side of the pillar and his political positions listed on the south side of the pillar. The sides of the pillar feature two pilasters, with two stars on the taller, wider pilaster and the dates 1773 and 1841 engraved at the top of the shorter and narrower pilaster, with the north and south facades of the pillar featuring arrow slit openings at the top, and the base of the monument featuring a wrought iron gate that serves as an entrance to the tomb, with an antechamber in the bottom of the pillar and the original tomb belong, which still features the original arched brick burial vaults, the rusticated stone walls, and the stone lintel over the entrance with the name âHarrisonâ emblazoned on it. South of the tomb is an elliptical stone terrace, enclosed by a stone balustrade on the south side and a stone bench to the north, centered on the pillar and tomb. To the west of the terrace is a stone walkway to the parking area on Cliff Road, which features an ornate cast iron flagpole on an octagonal concrete base in the middle of the walkway slightly east of the terrace, on which are displayed the flags of the United States of America and the State of Ohio, with a series of three stone steps with intermediate landings cascading down to the west of the flagpole, framed by Magnolia Trees. Next to Cliff Road is a set of steps leading up to a stadium-shaped lower terrace that is partially covered in grass with a stone walkway in the middle, at which are located two pillars with statues of eagles atop them which have his various accomplishments carved into their western faces, with stone benches running around the east side for he terrace and a stone wall with bushes running around the west side of the terrace. Additionally, a more modern asphalt path with no stairs runs to the north of the historic grand entrance walk, before looping around to the east side of the upper terrace at the tomb, allowing for access to the site for people with physical disabilities and to allow better pedestrian traffic circulation through the site. This modern path connects directly to both parking areas of the site, as well as the siteâs nature trail, located in the valley behind the hill.
The tomb was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and today is managed by the Harrison-Symmes Memorial Foundation, in partnership with the Ohio History Connection. The site does not appear to see a ton of visitation, as Harrison is not as significant of a historical figure as many other presidents from the early United States, but nonetheless, he did make some major contributions to history, both for better and for worse.
Built in 1924, this Art Deco and Classical Revival-style monument was built around the tomb of William Henry Harrison (1773-1841). Harrison was the ninth United States President, a General in the United States Army, and first governor of Indiana Territory. Harrison died in 1841, a month after being sworn in as president, after falling ill, in what remains the shortest presidency in the nationâs history. Harrison was the first president to die while in office, causing a constitutional crisis, as the specifics of presidential succession had not been made clear in the constitution. Harrison was many things during his life, but spent much of his adult life owning a farm North Bend, Ohio, a town founded by his father-in-law, John Cleves Symmes, and which his wife, Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison, was an early resident, which included the land where his tomb now stands.
The legacy of Harrison is a complicated and controversial one, as he was inconsistent and acted with great contradiction on one of the most significant issues of his lifetime - Slavery in the United States. Harrison was born in Virginia in 1773 to a wealthy slave-owning planter family, and inherited slaves when his mother died in 1793. Thereafter, despite selling the property and slaves he inherited to his brother, he still tried to legalize slavery in Indiana Territory between 1803 and 1810, claiming it would boost the economic development of the state, but was unsuccessful in these attempt. Despite slavery not being legal in Ohio or Indiana, Harrison continued to own slaves whom lived on property outside those two states, which are the same two states where he primarily resided during his adult life. In 1822, he told Ohio voters that he opposed slavery to get elected as a representative, and he later wrote a statement that suggests that he did not support slavery lasting indefinitely and wished for eventual abolition. However, as a politician, did not take a hard stance for or against slavery, often making the assertion that states should decide for themselves. He made few concrete actions that challenged the status quo of slavery existing as an institution within the United States. However, to keep this in context, the time, a politician wanting to get elected as President of the United States would not have succeeded if they had been too pro-slavery or too pro-abolition, and thus a neutral middle ground was the most pragmatic choice, especially as a Whig like Harrison. Being neutral was far from the best choice or most moral choice, which would have been a pro-abolition stance on the issue. In addition to his problematic relationship with slavery, Harrison also participated in wars against indigenous peoples in Indiana and Ohio, being a lieutenant during the Battle of Fallen Timbers of the Northwest Indian War in 1794, at what is today Maumee, Ohio, as well as being a general during Tecumsehâs War during the period between 1810 and 1813, defeating Tecumsehâs Confederacy, and destroying the indigenous village of Prophetstown near what is today Battle Ground, Indiana during the notable Battle of Tippecanoe, a victory that Harrison later played up with his catchy presidential campaign slogan, âTippecanoe and Tyler Too,â celebrating the slaughter and displacement of the indigenous people of the land conquered in favor of white settlement. Harrison would later defeat Tecumsehâs Confederacy at the Battle of the Thames in 1813, during the War of 1812, which resulted in the death of the confederacyâs leader, Tecumseh, and the signing of a peace treaty that ceded vast areas of land previously inhabited by indigenous peoples to white settlement.
Harrison primarily became the President of the United States during the 1840 election due to his neutrality on Slavery and his reputation as a victorious military commander whom conquered land for additional white settlement, which were both seen as politically expedient in the United States in the first half of the 19th Century. Harrison also served as the Clerk of Courts for Hamilton County, Ohio from 1836 to 1840, the third United States Minister to Gran Colombia, a diplomatic position, in 1829, a Senator representing the state of Ohio from 1825 to 1828, member of the Ohio State Senate representing Hamilton County from 1819 to 1821, member of the United States House of Representatives representing Ohioâs 1st District from 1816 to 1819, a delegate to the United States House of Representatives representing the Northwest Territory from 1799 to 1800, and as the second Secretary of the Northwest Territory from 1798 to 1799. His biggest legacies, however, are the treaties he signed with indigenous tribes that ceded large areas of the Midwest in the modern states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois to white settlement, turning the former Northwest Territory of the late 18th Century into the modern-day Midwest. Harrisonâs usage of novel and effective campaign tactics when running for president was precedent-setting, with many of those tactics still utilized today, and was the oldest person to be elected president, doing so at age 68, until Ronald Regan became president at age 69 in 1981. His son, John Scott Harrison, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1857, representing Ohio, and his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, was the 23rd President of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893.
The tomb sits atop a hill known as Mount Neo on the former Harrison family farm in North Bend, and was initially a simple rusticated stone vault partially buried in the hillside with a gated entrance. In 1871, John Scott Harrison sold all of the farm except the six acres surrounding the tomb, and offered it to the State of Ohio in exchange for the state taking on the maintenance of the tomb. However, the state was not very concerned with these obligations, and the site was severely neglected, with the tomb in disrepair and the surrounding area becoming overgrown. In 1919, the Ohio General Assembly, driven by the fervor of American Nationalism in the wake of World War I, finally allocated funding for the maintenance and repair of the tomb, with the newfound attention leading to the reconstruction and expansion of the tomb. By 1924, the tomb had been repaired, with a new limestone monolith pillar, Art Deco in character, being built in front of the tombâs entrance that bears several carved writings that list the various accomplishments and important positions held by Harrison, with his military positions and victories listed on the north side of the pillar and his political positions listed on the south side of the pillar. The sides of the pillar feature two pilasters, with two stars on the taller, wider pilaster and the dates 1773 and 1841 engraved at the top of the shorter and narrower pilaster, with the north and south facades of the pillar featuring arrow slit openings at the top, and the base of the monument featuring a wrought iron gate that serves as an entrance to the tomb, with an antechamber in the bottom of the pillar and the original tomb belong, which still features the original arched brick burial vaults, the rusticated stone walls, and the stone lintel over the entrance with the name âHarrisonâ emblazoned on it. South of the tomb is an elliptical stone terrace, enclosed by a stone balustrade on the south side and a stone bench to the north, centered on the pillar and tomb. To the west of the terrace is a stone walkway to the parking area on Cliff Road, which features an ornate cast iron flagpole on an octagonal concrete base in the middle of the walkway slightly east of the terrace, on which are displayed the flags of the United States of America and the State of Ohio, with a series of three stone steps with intermediate landings cascading down to the west of the flagpole, framed by Magnolia Trees. Next to Cliff Road is a set of steps leading up to a stadium-shaped lower terrace that is partially covered in grass with a stone walkway in the middle, at which are located two pillars with statues of eagles atop them which have his various accomplishments carved into their western faces, with stone benches running around the east side for he terrace and a stone wall with bushes running around the west side of the terrace. Additionally, a more modern asphalt path with no stairs runs to the north of the historic grand entrance walk, before looping around to the east side of the upper terrace at the tomb, allowing for access to the site for people with physical disabilities and to allow better pedestrian traffic circulation through the site. This modern path connects directly to both parking areas of the site, as well as the siteâs nature trail, located in the valley behind the hill.
The tomb was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and today is managed by the Harrison-Symmes Memorial Foundation, in partnership with the Ohio History Connection. The site does not appear to see a ton of visitation, as Harrison is not as significant of a historical figure as many other presidents from the early United States, but nonetheless, he did make some major contributions to history, both for better and for worse.
Front Row L-R 1 Terry Flood R.I.P. Landen Rd, 2 John Murray, 3 Anto McCrossan, 4 Mick McStay, 5 Liam O Pray, 6 Thomas McHugh Kylemore Avenue, 7 Thomas Travers, 8 Anthony Kelly, 9 Christy Byrne.
Second Row L-R 1 Jimmy Keeler, 2Robert Garland, 3 Eddie Dunne, 4 Padraig Leahy, 5 John Brick, 6 Noel Gallagher, 7 James Kenny, 8 John O Brien, 9 Stephen Haugh, 10 James
Third Row L-R 1 David Tuthill, 2 Timmy Callery, 3 Graham Gerethy, 4 Philip Hanlon, 5 Thomas Travers, 6 Jim Poland, 7 ????????, 8 Brendan O Reilly, 9 John McCarty.
Fourth Row L-R 1 Bernard Dillon, 2 ????????, 3 John McCann, 4 Jim Body, 5 John Duffy, 6 David Doherty, 7 Gerry Daly. 8 Hugh Power Ballyfermot Parade, 9 Michael Bates Ballyfermot Parade.
Back Row L-R 1 Denis Brunt Ballyfermot Parade, Denis Egars, 4 Tommy Monaghan Ballyfermot Road, 5 Matt Long Ballyfermot Avenue, 6 Frank Flynn, 6 Paddy Carolin Ballyfermot Rd, Gerard Madden, Pat McGovern.
Dennis Ergers, Jimmy Reed , Mick Mc stay Ballyfermot Rd, David Docherty, Eddie Dunne, Bernard Dillion, Mick Mc Govern, Noel Mc Cann, Noel Body, John Power, Mick Bates, Anthony Mc Crossen, Christy Byrne , Thomas Daly, Robbie Garland, Aiden Ryan, John Murray ,Gerrard Madden, Jimmy Pollard, Frank Flynn, Paddy Carolin, Pat McGovern,
Description : The photograph shows the foot of the Tuthill Square where it joins the Close. Posters on the wall of the building are advertising the Tyne Regatta and excursions to Rothbury Ripon and Leeds. Printed Copy : If you would like a printed copy of this image please contact Newcastle Libraries www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt quoting Accession Number : 004214
Type : Photograph Medium : Print-black-and-white Description : A view of Tuthill Stairs Newcastle upon Tyne taken in 1883. The photograph shows the upper storeys of half-timbered houses on Tuthill Stairs. Collection : Local Studies Printed Copy : If you would like a printed copy of this image please contact Newcastle Libraries www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt quoting Accession Number : 008761
General view of the colliery waste disposal site, with the wagon tippler in the background. The haul road for the dump trucks that take the waste shale to the quarry is on the left of the pic. 1991
Collection: Cornell University Collection of Political Americana, Cornell University Library
Repository: Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214 Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Cornell University
Title: William Henry Harrison Tortoise Shell Bowl, ca. 1840
Political Party: Whig
Election Year: 1840
Date Made: ca. 1840
Measurement: Bowl: 12.5 x 12.5 in.; 31.75 x 31.75 cm
Classification: Decorative Arts
Persistent URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5zcx
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Carnegie Hall (/kÉËrËneÉŞÉĄi/but more commonly /ËkÉËrnÉŞÉĄi/) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park.
Designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1891, it is one of the most prestigious venues in the world for both classical music and popular music. Carnegie Hall has its own artistic programming, development, and marketing departments, and presents about 250 performances each season. It is also rented out to performing groups. The hall has not had a resident company since 1962, when the New York Philharmonic moved to Lincoln Center's Philharmonic Hall (renamed Avery Fisher Hall in 1973 and David Geffen Hall in 2015).
Main Hall (Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage)
The Isaac Stern Auditorium seats 2,804 on five levels and was named after violinist Isaac Stern in 1997 to recognize his efforts to save the hall from demolition in the 1960s.The hall is enormously high, and visitors to the top balcony must climb 137 steps. All but the top level can be reached by elevator.
The main hall was home to the performances of the New York Philharmonic from 1892 until 1962. Known as the most prestigious concert stage in the U.S., almost all of the leading classical music and, more recently, popular music performers since 1891 have performed there. After years of heavy wear and tear, the hall was extensively renovated in 1986 (see below).
The Ronald O. Perelman Stage is 42 feet deep. The five levels of seating in the Stern Auditorium begin with the Parquet level, which has twenty-five full rows of thirty-eight seats and four partial rows at stage level, for a total of 1,021 seats. The First Tier and Second Tier consist of sixty-five boxes; the First Tier has 264 seats at eight seats per box and the Second Tier seats 238, with boxes ranging from six to eight seats each. Second from the top is the Dress Circle, seating 444 in six rows; the first two rows form an almost-complete semicircle. At the top, the balcony seats 837. Although seats with obstructed views exist throughout the auditorium, only the Dress Circle level has structural columns.
Zankel Hall, which seats 599, is named after Judy and Arthur Zankel. Originally called simply Recital Hall, this was the first auditorium to open to the public in April 1891. Following renovations made in 1896, it was renamed Carnegie Lyceum. It was leased to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1898, converted into a cinema, which opened as the Carnegie Hall Cinema in May 1961 with the film White Nights by Luchino Visconti and was reclaimed for use as an auditorium in 1997. The completely reconstructed Zankel Hall is flexible in design and can be reconfigured in several different arrangements to suit the needs of the performers. It opened in September 2003.
The 599 seats in Zankel Hall are arranged in two levels. The Parterre level seats a total of 463 and the Mezzanine level seats 136. Each level has a number of seats which are situated along the side walls, perpendicular to the stage. These seats are designated as boxes; there are 54 seats in six boxes on the Parterre level and 48 seats in four boxes on the Mezzanine level. The boxes on the Parterre level are raised above the level of the stage. Zankel Hall is accessible and its stage is 44 feet wide and 25 feet deepâthe stage occupies approximately one fifth of the performance space.
The Joan and Sanford I. Weill Recital Hall seats 268 and is named after Sanford I. Weill, a former chairman of the board, and his wife Joan. This auditorium, in use since the hall opened in 1891, was originally called Chamber Music Hall (later Carnegie Chamber Music Hall); the name was changed to Carnegie Recital Hall in the late 1940s, and finally became Joan and Sanford I. Weill Recital Hall in 1986.
The Weill Recital Hall is the smallest of the three performance spaces, with a total of 268 seats. The Orchestra level contains fourteen rows of fourteen seats, a total of 196, and the Balcony level contains 72 seats in five rows.
The building also contains the Carnegie Hall Archives, established in 1986, and the Rose Museum, which opened in 1991. Until 2009 studios above the Hall contained working spaces for artists in the performing and graphic arts including music, drama, dance, as well as architects, playwrights, literary agents, photographers and painters. The spaces were unusual in being purpose-designed for artistic work, with very high ceilings, skylights and large windows for natural light. In 2007 the Carnegie Hall Corporation announced plans to evict the 33 remaining studio residents, some of whom had been in the building since the 1950s, including celebrity portrait photographer Editta Sherman and fashion photographer Bill Cunningham. The organization's research showed that Andrew Carnegie had always considered the spaces as a source of income to support the hall and its activities. The space has been re-purposed for music education and corporate offices.
Carnegie Hall is one of the last large buildings in New York built entirely of masonry, without a steel frame; however, when several flights of studio spaces were added to the building near the turn of the 20th century, a steel framework was erected around segments of the building. The exterior is rendered in narrow Roman bricks of a mellow ochre hue, with details in terracotta and brownstone. The foyer avoids typical 19th century Baroque theatrical style with the Florentine Renaissance manner of Filippo Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel: white plaster and gray stone form a harmonious system of round-headed arched openings and Corinthian pilasters that support an unbroken cornice, with round-headed lunettes above it, under a vaulted ceiling. The famous white and gold auditorium interior is similarly restrained. The firm of Adler and Sullivan of Chicago, noted for the acoustics of their theaters, were hired as consultant architects though their contributions are not known.
History
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Andrew Carnegie, 1913
Carnegie Hall is named after Andrew Carnegie, who funded its construction. It was intended as a venue for the Oratorio Society of New York and the New York Symphony Society, on whose boards Carnegie served. Construction began in 1890, and was carried out by Isaac A. Hopper and Company. Although the building was in use from April 1891, the official opening night was May 5, with a concert conducted by maestro Walter Damrosch and great Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.Originally known simply as "Music Hall" (the words "Music Hall founded by Andrew Carnegie" still appear on the façade above the marquee), the hall was renamed Carnegie Hall in 1893 after board members of the Music Hall Company of New York (the hall's original governing body) persuaded Carnegie to allow the use of his name. Several alterations were made to the building between 1893 and 1896, including the addition of two towers of artists' studios, and alterations to the smaller auditorium on the building's lower level.
The hall was owned by the Carnegie family until 1925, when Carnegie's widow sold it to a real estate developer, Robert E. Simon. When Simon died in 1935, his son, Robert E. Simon, Jr., became owner. By the mid-1950s, changes in the music business prompted Simon to offer Carnegie Hall for sale to the New York Philharmonic, which booked a majority of the hall's concert dates each year. The orchestra declined, since it planned to move to Lincoln Center, then in the early stages of planning. At the time, it was widely believed that New York City could not support two major concert venues. Facing the loss of the hall's primary tenant, Simon was forced to offer the building for sale. A deal with a commercial developer fell through, and by 1960, with the New York Philharmonic on the move to Lincoln Center, the building was slated for demolition to make way for a commercial skyscraper. Under pressure from a group led by violinist Isaac Stern and many of the artist residents, special legislation was passed that allowed the City of New York to buy the site from Simon for $5 million (which he would use to establish Reston, VA), and in May 1960 the nonprofit Carnegie Hall Corporation was created to run the venue. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1962.
Most of the greatest performers of classical music since the time Carnegie Hall was built have performed in the Main Hall, and its lobbies are adorned with signed portraits and memorabilia. The NBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Arturo Toscanini, frequently recorded in the Main Hall for RCA Victor. On November 14, 1943, the 25-year old Leonard Bernstein had his major conducting debut when he had to substitute for a suddenly ill Bruno Walter in a concert that was broadcast by CBS,making him instantly famous. In the fall of 1950, the orchestra's weekly broadcast concerts were moved there until the orchestra disbanded in 1954. Several of the concerts were televised by NBC, preserved on kinescopes, and have been released on home video.
Many legendary jazz and popular music performers have also given memorable performances at Carnegie Hall including Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Billie Holiday, Billy Eckstine, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Violetta Villas, Judy Garland, Harry Belafonte, Charles Aznavour, Ike & Tina Turner, Paul Robeson, Nina Simone, Shirley Bassey, James Gang and Stevie Ray Vaughan, all of whom made celebrated live recordings of their concerts there.
The hall has also been the site of many famous lectures, including the Tuskegee Institute Silver Anniversary Lecture by Booker T. Washington, and the last public lecture by Mark Twain, both in 1906.
Sissieretta Jones became the first African-American to sing at the Music Hall (renamed Carnegie Hall the following year), June 15, 1892.The Benny Goodman Orchestra gave a sold-out swing and jazz concert January 16, 1938. The bill also featured, among other guest performers, Count Basie and members of Duke Ellington's orchestra.
Rock and roll music first came to Carnegie Hall when Bill Haley & His Comets appeared in a variety benefit concert on May 6, 1955.Rock acts were not regularly booked at the Hall however, until February 12, 1964, when The Beatles performed two shows[23] during their historic first trip to the United States.Promoter Sid Bernstein convinced Carnegie officials that allowing a Beatles concert at the venue "would further international understanding" between the United States and Great Britain. "Led Zeppelin became the first hard rock act to play Carnegie Hall since the Rolling Stones tore the place up some five years ago." Two concerts were performed October 17, 1969.Since then numerous rock, blues, jazz and country performers have appeared at the hall every season. Jethro Tull released the tapes recorded on its presentation in a 1970 Benefit concert, in the 2010 re-release of the Stand Up album. Ike & Tina Turner performed a concert April 1, 1971, which resulted in their album What You Hear is What You Get. The Beach Boys played concerts in 1971 and 1972, and two songs from the show appeared on their Endless Harmony Soundtrack. Chicago recorded its 4-LP box set Chicago at Carnegie Hall in 1971.
Renovations and additions
The building was extensively renovated in 1986 and 2003, by James Polshek, who became better known through his post-modern planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. Polshek and his firm, Polshek Partnership, were involved since 1978 in four phases of the Hall's renovation and expansion including the creation of a Master Plan in 1980; the actual renovation of the main hall, the Stern Auditorium, and the creation of the Weill Recital Hall and Kaplan Rehearsal Space, all in 1986;[28] the creation of the Rose Museum, East Room and Club Room (later renamed Rohatyn Room and Shorin Club Room, respectively), all in 1991; and, most recently, the creation of Zankel Hall in 2003.
The renovation was not without controversy. Following completion of work on the main auditorium in 1986, there were complaints that the famous acoustics of the hall had been diminished.[29] Although officials involved in the renovation denied that there was any change, complaints persisted for the next nine years. In 1995, the cause of the problem was discovered to be a slab of concrete under the stage. The slab was subsequently removed.
In 1987â1989, a 60-floor office tower, named Carnegie Hall Tower, designed by CĂŠsar Pelli & Associates, was completed next to the hall on the same block. New backstage space and banquet spaces, contained within the tower, connect with the main Carnegie Hall building.
In June 2003, tentative plans were made for the Philharmonic to return to Carnegie Hall beginning in 2006, and for the orchestra to merge its business operations with those of the venue. However, the two groups abandoned these plans later in 2003.
In 2014, Carnegie Hall opened its Judith and Burton Resnick Education Wing, which houses 24 music rooms, one of which is large enough to hold an orchestra or a chorus. The $230 million project was funded with gifts from Joan and Sanford I. Weill and the Weill Family Fund, Judith and Burton Resnick, Lily Safra and other donors, as well as $52.2 million from the city, $11 million from the state and $56.5 million from bonds issued through the Trust for Cultural Resources of the City of New York.
The 2015â2016 Season celebrates a 125th Anniversary and the launch of an unprecedented commissioning project of at least 125 new works with 'Fifty for the Future" coming from Kronos (25 by female composers and 25 by male composers.)
The Commercial House and Burnett House Hotel 1878-1888.
Conrad Arnoldy began construction of the Commercial House Hotel in November of 1878. About Three months later it opened its doors to guests which usually numbered over 30 each day. By March 1879, construction began on a the south addition which almost doubled its size and was finished by the time a baby girl made it's appearance in the Arnoldy family. This new addition contained a large dining hall with sleeping rooms on the second floor and a complete cellar below. In contrast to the original gabled structure on the north, the new addition had a square front, flat tin roof and featured faux grained woodwork. A porch across the front unmistakably tied the two buildings together and a large "Commercial Hotel." sign was conspicuously placed atop the roof. In all, the hotel contained 25 sleeping room upstairs and 6 or 8 large rooms below. It was billed as the best Dollar-A-Day hotel in town. The dining hall was run as a saloon and featured billiards and Anhauser Beer on tap for 5 cents a glass. This lively room was constantly being re-arranged to suit its clientele; a reed organ was purchased, a landscape scene painted on the wall, a performance platform constructed, decorative screens of various materials installed, and the bar migrated from the rear of the room to the front. The saloon was run by Snyder and Frank Crossen until the latter sold out.
The hotel was rented for a short time by S. R. Edelblute before Arnoldy sold it to William Q. Bartlett and George G. Bartlett September 23, 1880. Unfortunately six months later, on March 31, 1881, William died at age 26 and was laid to rest in Prairie Grove Cemetery. Charles M. VanPatten and Billy M. Smith took charge of the hotel and braced for the changes to come with the implementation of Prohibition on May 1, 1881. George eventually bought out Williams' half of the partnership from his wife, Barbara, in Illinois for $1,400.00 and took back control of the business.
The Free Press newspaper was located directly opposite the hotel in a frame building. On a slow news day, Stephen DeYoung makes the following observation about the hotel:
"The first thing that generally meets
our gaze is the golden lettered sign of the
top cornices of the Commercial House on
which is announced, "Deutch Heimath."
Now it has always been a dark and unfathom-
able mystery to us what "Deutche Heimath"
ment to plain United States language. Maybe
it means that the hash dished up there is
guaranteed to contain no peculiar looking
ingredients, or perhaps it assures the weary
traveler that the bed bugs have poor appe-
tites and are perfectly docile. Be that as it
may, it certainly means nothing that could
be converted into a news item..."
In April of 1882, J. S. Johnston of Beloit rented the hotel. Among the changes he made was to add a soda fountain and to employ Charlie Witham as clerk, who on the occasion, made merry use of his violin. Other staff positions were not as easily filled. A want ad for "two good girls" to do general housecleaning work at $2.50 a week went unanswered for months.
At a time when meals at the hotel cost 25 cents, the Free Press Editor made another amusing observation that can only be attributed to this establishment:
"There is a sign in large black letters
hanging up conspicuously in the office of
one of our popular hotels,* which strikes
the gaze of the hungry wayfarer as the most
conspicuous object in the room, and if he is
hungry and has not the wherewithal to pay
for a square meal, he will very naturally
turn back and not try to bilk that landlord.
The sign reads "This is Pay Day and don't
you forget it!" Fearful and ominous
words! suggestive of pistols and coffins."
On September 9, 1884, William and his wife Ellen M. Bartlett sell the Commercial House to Soltan V. Brownell and his wife Caroline. They change the name of the hotel to The Burnett House and add a stone kitchen to the rear of the structure. The Public Record provides the following description:
"Among other improvements it is as well
to note that Cawker now boasts of another
first class hotel. The old Commercial
House, having been bought by S. V. Brown-
ell, has undergone a complete transformation
the whole interior having been entirely re-
modeled. In the north end is a spacious
office, writing and reading room and wash
room; the ladies' parlor occupies the front of
the south end, back of which is a large din-
ing room, and still back of the latter, a large
stone kitchen just built. On the second
floor are seventeen bedrooms, all neatly and
handsomely furnished with new furniture
from the store of Geo. Tuthill. Outside
stairs from the second story in the rear, make
it convenient so that access to that floor is
had from either end of the building. The
house ins now open for guests and a private
bus is at their disposal. J. W. Travis is gen-
eral superintendent. Mr. Brownell is a life
long hotel man and knows how to keep a
first class house."
The Hotel changed hands one last time on April 24, 1886 to Newton and Louisa Thayer. Tragedy strikes on the evening of December 26, 1888 when fire breaks out and the building burns to the ground:
"About half past eight Wednesday ev-
ening, the startling alarm of the fire hurried
the Cawker people to their doors and
windows and as the thick black column
of smoke burst from the roof, the cry
"The Burnett House is on fire" rang
through the city while the people hur-
riedly gathered at the scene of fiery de-
struction. The lower floors of the ho-
tel were quickly cleared of all the mov-
able furniture and everything saved
that could be. The people then turned
their attention to the other buildings
in danger, a small one on the left and
the massive Whitney House to the
right. By hard and willing work, the
boys saved them both. The Whitney
House being a three story building
with dormer windows at the top which
afforded several inaccessible nooks and
corners that the fire captured and burned
most tenaciously, and was only subdued
by the untiring efforts of the men who
worked hard and well to save the prop-
erty of their fellow citizens.
The loss on the Burnett is estimated
at $6,000; insurance, $4,500. The Whit-
ney was injured about $500, but no insur-
ance.
The Burnett was erected ten years
ago, and was owned by M. Thayer. The
Whitney is owned by Kelley & Thorp.
Card of Thanks
We desire to publicly express our
thanks to the whole community for the
almost superhuman efforts made in
saving the Whitney House from destruc-
tion by the late fire. Language fails to
express our full degree of gratitude, but
we acknowledge ourselves under obliga-
tion it will take a long time to repay.
Very Respectfully
KELLY & THORP.
The Cawker City Hesperian Historical Society
All Rights Reserved
Please support our newspaper database project.
cawkercitymuseum@yahoo.com
Carnegie Hall, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, was built by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and today is one of the most reknown classical and popular music venues in the country. Originally intended as a venue for the Oratorio Society of New York and the New York Symphony Society, on whose boards Carnegie served. Although the building was in use from April 1891, the official opening night was on May 5, with a concert conducted by maestro Walter Damrosch and composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Originally known simply as "Music Hall", it was renamed Carnegie Hall in 1893.
Carnegie Hall contains three distinct, separate concert halls: the 2,804-seat, five-level Main Hall, which was named for violinist Isaac Stern in 1997; the 599-seat Recital Hall, or Zankel Hall, formerly known as the Carnegie Lyceum; and the 268-seat Chamber Music Hall, or Weill Recital Hall.
Designed in Italian Renaissance style by William Tuthill with construction carried out by Isaac A. Hopper and Company, it is one of the last large buildings in New York made built entirely of masonry, without a steel frame. The exterior is rendered in narrow Roman bricks of a mellow ochre hue, with details in terracotta and brownstone. The foyer avoids contemporary Baroque theatrics with a high-minded exercise in the Florentine Renaissance manner of Filippo Brunelleschi's Pazzi Chapel: white plaster and gray stone form a harmonious system of round-headed arched openings and Corinthian pilasters that support an unbroken cornice, with round-headed lunettes above it, under a vaulted ceiling. The famous white and gold interior is similarly restrained.
The hall was owned by the Carnegie family until 1925, when Carnegie's widow sold it to real estate developer, Robert E. Simon. When Simon died in 1935, his son, Robert E. Simon Jr. took over. By 1960, with the New York Philharmonic on the move to Lincoln Center, the building was slated for demolition to make way for a commercial skyscraper. Under pressure from a group led by violinist Isaac Stern and many of the artist residents, special legislation was passed that allowed the city of New York to buy the site from Simon for $5 million, and in May of 1960 the nonprofit Carnegie Hall Corporation was created to run the venue. Carnegie Hall was extensively renovated in 1983 and 2003 by James Polshek.
Carnegie Hall was designated a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1967.
National Register #66000535 (1966)
Number:
163423
Date created:
1902
Extent:
1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 7.5 x 9.75 in.
Back row: 1) L. Gosman, B. Richardson, Miss Lawler, L. Jack, E. Dick, R. Adamson;
Middle row: M. Brogden, M. Brent, G. Rising, E. Carson, M. Harrell, S. Merrill, F. Manson, M. Hoyt, M. Carey, H. McDonald, A. Goodsill, E. Baker;
Front row: F. Tuthill, C. Gaddis, L. Riggs, L. Bryden, Miss Nutting, Miss Ross, L. Bidle, M. Jamme, M. Boyer, L. Granjean, E. La Motte;
Tight center front: A. Whitman, B. Baker
Rights:
Photograph is subject to copyright restrictions. Contact the Alan Mason Chesney Medical Archives for reproduction permissions.
Subjects:
Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Nursing--People
Adamson, Ruth
Baker, Bessie
Rand, Elizabeth Baker
Cator, Mabel Virginia Bent
Biddle, Lydia
Lewis, M. Eleanor Boyer
Brogden, Margaret Smith
Bryden, Lucy A.
Baetjer, Mary Carey
Wilder, Edith Carson
Dick, Eliza M.
Gaddis, Carrie
Slemons, Anna Goodsill
Gosman, Lida H.
Grandjean, Laura
Harrell, Maud
Hoyt, Margaret Bliss
Jack, Louisa
Jamme, Marie
LaMotte, Ellen N.
Macdonald, Helen Ross
Burnham, Florence Manson
Winne Jr, Sarah Foster Merrill
Richardson, Bessie M.
Follis, Louisa Riggs
Rising, Grace B.
Boyer, Florence Tuthill
Taylor, Alice Witman
Lawler, Elsie M.
Nutting, M. Adelaide (Mary Adelaide), 1858-1948
Ross, Georgina
Nursing students--Maryland--Baltimore--1900-1910
Nurses--Maryland--Baltimore--1900-1910
Graduation ceremonies--Maryland--Baltimore--1900-1910
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Notes: Photographer unknown.
Type : Photograph Medium : Print-black-and-white Description : A view of Tuthill Stairs Newcastle upon Tyne taken in 1886. The photograph shows a house near the foot of Tuthill Stairs. A group of four men and one woman are standing to the right of the stone arch on the ground floor of the house. A bare-footed boy is standing to the left of the arch. Collection : Local Studies Printed Copy : If you would like a printed copy of this image please contact Newcastle Libraries www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt quoting Accession Number : 003836
Type : Photograph Medium : Print-black-and-white Description : A view of Tuthill Stairs Newcastle upon Tyne taken in 1885. The black-and-white photograph shows the roofs and part of the top storeys of half-timbered houses on Tuthill Stairs. The old Mansion House can be seen in the background.The photograph has been taken from Tuthill Stairs looking south towards the River Tyne. The timber-framed building in the foreground is on the west side of Tuthill Stairs. The Mansion House was built in 1691 and remained in use until 1865. It was then used as a timber warehouse until it was destroyed by fire in 1895. Collection : Local Studies Printed Copy : If you would like a printed copy of this image please contact Newcastle Libraries www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt quoting Accession Number : 052611
Monument to the north of the east window in the south Peamore / Lady Chapel;
"This monument is erected to the memorye of Grace wife of William Tothill of the Middle Temple esq who havinge issue Henry died the 24 day of Februarye 1623 in the 18th yere of her age and lieth buried in this ile she being the daughter of Henry Tothill of Peamount then sherife of Devon and Mary his wife"
"If Grace coulde length of dayes thee give,
Or Vertue coulde have made thee live,
If Goodnesse coulde thee heere have kept,
Or tears of friendes which for thee wept,
Then had'st thou lived amongst us heere,
To whom thy vertues made thee deere.
But thou a Sainte did'st Heaven aspire,
Whilst heere on earthe wee thee admire.
Then rest deere Corps in Mantle Clay,
Till Christ thee raise the latter day.
Thy years were fewe - thy glasse being runn,
When death did ende - thy lyfe begunn."
Grace lies in alabaster, her elbow resting on a pillow, her hand supporting her head. She wears a ruff, mantle open at the front showing the tight-fitting bodice, and long full skirt. Beneath her figure are the lines:â
"Speake statue tell her story, Its Grace inherits Glory."
Grace Tothill (1605-1623), was the youngest of the co-heiress two daughters of Henry Tothill (1640) of Peamore, Exminster, Sheriff of Devon in 1623 & Mary 1646 === sole heiress of Nicholas Sparke of Sowton, co. Devon. (Henry Tothill 1561 - 1640 her father was High Sheriff of county Devon in 1623 and 1624. and was the, eldest son and heir of Geoffry Tothill of Peamore He was buried here 22 December 1640. " Here lyeth the bodye of Henry Tothill of Peamore, Esquire, who died the 9th day of Dec. 1640 Anno aged 78. Mary the only wife of the aforesaid Henry, Sole daughter and heire of Nicholas Sparke, Gent., lyeth also here.".
She was the grand daughter of Geoffry Tothill, recorder of
Exeter, & Joane daughter of Robert Dillon of Chymwell
Devon, by Isabell daughter of William Fortescue of Prudestone,
Her co-heiress sister was Joan Northleigh whose son eventually Henry inherited +++
She m (her cousin) William 1645 son of John Tothill 1636 & Anne Wood 1635 ***
He was admitted to the Middle Temple on 4 March 1612 ;
He inherited Peamore from his father-in-law Henry Tothill, who also appointed him executor of his will.
Child - Grace dying soon after his birth
1. Henry Tothill, eldest son and heir, baptized 15 April 1623 at Exminster. matriculated 4 June 1641, Exeter College, Oxford, aged 18 years ; buried 29 October 1642 at Exminster unmarried
Husband William m2 on 19 December 1626 at Exeter, Elizabeth 1647, daughter of Sir George Southcote of Dartmouth Castle & Shilliugford, Devon, 4th son of Thomas Southcote of Shillingford.
Children
2 George, baptized 2 December 1627 at Exminster ; died
30 May 1629 ; buried* at Exminster.
3 John, mentioned in his father's will of 27 June 1643 ;
dsp 1647 so the property went to the Northleighs. +++
4 Elizabeth m 22 July 1658 at Yarnscomb, Christopher Wood of North Devon.
5 Anne m 14 July 1663 at Yarnscomb, John son of John Hale of Borings-Leigh in the parish of West Alvington.
Husband William died 26 April 1645, and was buried at Exminster. Will dated 27 April 1643; proved 16 May 1645 at Exeter by his widow Elizabeth. executrix of her husband's will and guardian of his children. His widow Elizabeth died 12th December 1647 & is buried here
Above is a lozenge with the arms of Tothill, and below this
lozenge is the Tothill coat differenced witli a label below a crescent (denoting the eldest son of a second son), impaling Tothill.
In Devonshire the Tuthills possessed considerable landed property at Peamore, Exeter, Bagtor, Sowton otherwise Little Durnsford, Plymouth, etc. The estate of Peamore or Peimount, which William le Speke possessed under Edward 11., in the
minority of Thomas FitzRalph, afterwards in the possession of the Cobham family, but on the attainder of the Duke of Suffolk it fell to the Crown and was purchased by Jeffrey Tothill. It was held by him and his descendants until Henry Northleigh +++ inherited it through his mother Joan Tothill, daughter and coheir of Henry, son of Jeffrey Tothill.
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The Tothills filled various stations of honour and trust, the records shewing that William Tothill was Bailiff of Exeter in 1528, again in 1548, High Sheriff of Exeter in 1549, and Mayor in 1552. Jeffrey Tothill was Recorder of Exeter in 1563, which he held to the date of his death ; also during this time he represented the City of Exeter in Parliament.
Richard Tothill, in the reign of Elizabeth, attained considerable eminence as a Printer and Stationer in London, where he resided at the "Hand and Star" in Fleet Street.
=== Her parents are also buried here and have a memorial beneath the south window of the chancel; a coffin shaped stone with the inscription:â Here lyeth the Body of Henry Tothill of Peamore Esq: who dyed the 9th day of December Ano 1640, ĂŚtatis suĂŚ 78. Mary the only wife of ye aforesaid Henry and sole Daughter and Heire of Nicholas Sparke, Gent: lieth also here".
*** William's parents lie near the parclose doorway under a stone inscribed "Here lye the bodyes of John Tothill and Anne his wife who departed this life, shee ye 24th of June 1635 and hee ye 9th of June 1636 and by their desires interr'd together".
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St. John's College De La Salle, Ballyfermot 1975 photo by Terry O'Neill
In this photo: Raymond O'Neill, Gerard O'Donnell, Liam Pakenham, John O'Meara, Henry Dent, Mick Doyle, Michael Reid, st jones, David Tuthill, Sean Murphy, Gerry McEvoy, Michael McDaid, Steve Curtis, Mick McGarry, Billy Maguire, Sean Farrell, Cathal, Gerard McClelland, Ciaran Craig, Gerry Keane, Michael Noonan, Eamon O'Loughlin, Brendan McHugh, Cheung Seng Foo, Liam Tighe (photos), Sean Purcell
L - R G Tuthill, J Somers, Da Mooney, P Leniston, P Melia, K Walsh, Dan Ryan and P Lovett
No Covering on the floor and the clock says half past two. The lads were doing the holy hour. You were locked inside till 3pm. Then the holy hour was over and the door would be opened up for the day
Type : Photograph Medium : Print-black-and-white Description : The photograph is taken from the bottom of the stairs at the close looking up. Collection : Local Studies Printed Copy : If you would like a printed copy of this image please contact Newcastle Libraries www.newcastle.gov.uk/tlt quoting Accession Number : 015421
nrhp # 86001499-Charles C. Carpenter was an Eastern banker with money to invest, he headed for Dakota in 1888. Better known as âC.C.â he soon put his money to work. He invested along with other early Dakotans in the Sioux Falls Stock Yards built in south Sioux Falls by Richard Pettigrew. Frances Carpenter, C.C.âs wife, was a sister to Artemus Gale and Helen McKennan, early Sioux Falls pioneers.
After C.C.âs death, Frances Carpenter built the Carpenter Hotel on South Phillips Avenue. She built it to be fire proof, an important factor since other hotels in Sioux Falls had experienced devastating fires. The hotel, costing $250,000, was the first masonry hotel built in South Dakota. October 25, 1912, a grand opening was held for the brand new Carpenter Hotel in downtown Sioux Falls, South Dakota. When the hotel opened, it boasted 150 rooms, 80 with private bath and a high class cafĂŠ. Dodge and Crocker from Minneapolis were the proprietors.
Facts:
In the early years, farmers taking their livestock to the yards would drop off wives downtown where they could get lunch, shop and even see a movie at one of the 6 downtown theatres.
The very first Stewart Beauty salon called âGordonâsâ opened on the second floor.
Several well known Sioux Falls patrons made their homes, on the 5th and 6th floors of the building, including: the Tuthills, the Shrivers and the owners of the Argus Leader, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Day.
When KSOO began broadcasting in 1926, its studio was located on the 6th floor.
When the Sioux Falls air base was built in 1942, the population of the city doubled to almost 80,000.
During WWII, five railroads brought in troop trains of GIâs for 6 weeks of radio training and the hotel became home away from home for the men stationed here.
During the war, the basement billiard hall was converted into a dormitory. Individual cubicles were built and cost $0.50 a night.
Well known guests included: Bob Hope, Prince Olaf and the Queen of Norway, Alfred and Lynn Fontanne, Lillian Gish, Katherine Graham, Benny Goodman, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Bob Chesterfield and Tex Beneke.
The Carpenter was owned for a time by the Sheraton Companies and once was called The Sherwyn.
In the 1970â˛s the hotel rooms were converted into dormitory rooms for the Nettleton College, but ended around 1982.
The Carpenter was placed on the National Register of Historic Places August 13, 1986.
In 1992 the vacant Carpenter Building was nearly torn down, but the cost to do so was too expensive.
The summer of 1994, David Dyke, local businessman, purchased The Carpenter. He replaced the roof, more than 80 windows and removed tons of rubbish. The upper floors had been vacant since 1982 and the main floor since 1991. The city of Sioux Falls then partnered with Dyke to replace the front windows and restore the facade. Since 1994, Mr. Dyke has worked to restore the entire building into the gem it is today.
In March of 2015, the Scherschligt Family purchased the Carpenter. They are continuing Mr. Dykeâs vision of downtown restoration and betterment.
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Entrance to Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Ave, New York, New York. Designed by architect William Burnet Tuthill and built by philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1891, it is one of the most prestigious venues in the world for both classical music and popular music. Carnegie Hall has its own artistic programming, development, and marketing departments, and presents about 250 performances each season. It is also rented out to performing groups. Carnegie Hall has 3,671 seats, divided among three auditoriums.
The grist mill in Tuthilltown. Located in Gardener, NY this old mill was the centerpoint of the area for generations. It has since been repurposed as the restaurant of the Tuthill Distillery. A NY state historical marker plate has been placed in the garden at the restaurant's door giving a brief history of the mill
Leeward Community College celebrated spring 2019 commencement on Friday, May 10, 2018 at Tuthill Courtyard.
For even more photos, go to the Leeward CC 2019 commencement ceremony album at:
Built in 1924, this Art Deco and Classical Revival-style monument was built around the tomb of William Henry Harrison (1773-1841). Harrison was the ninth United States President, a General in the United States Army, and first governor of Indiana Territory. Harrison died in 1841, a month after being sworn in as president, after falling ill, in what remains the shortest presidency in the nationâs history. Harrison was the first president to die while in office, causing a constitutional crisis, as the specifics of presidential succession had not been made clear in the constitution. Harrison was many things during his life, but spent much of his adult life owning a farm North Bend, Ohio, a town founded by his father-in-law, John Cleves Symmes, and which his wife, Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison, was an early resident, which included the land where his tomb now stands.
The legacy of Harrison is a complicated and controversial one, as he was inconsistent and acted with great contradiction on one of the most significant issues of his lifetime - Slavery in the United States. Harrison was born in Virginia in 1773 to a wealthy slave-owning planter family, and inherited slaves when his mother died in 1793. Thereafter, despite selling the property and slaves he inherited to his brother, he still tried to legalize slavery in Indiana Territory between 1803 and 1810, claiming it would boost the economic development of the state, but was unsuccessful in these attempt. Despite slavery not being legal in Ohio or Indiana, Harrison continued to own slaves whom lived on property outside those two states, which are the same two states where he primarily resided during his adult life. In 1822, he told Ohio voters that he opposed slavery to get elected as a representative, and he later wrote a statement that suggests that he did not support slavery lasting indefinitely and wished for eventual abolition. However, as a politician, did not take a hard stance for or against slavery, often making the assertion that states should decide for themselves. He made few concrete actions that challenged the status quo of slavery existing as an institution within the United States. However, to keep this in context, the time, a politician wanting to get elected as President of the United States would not have succeeded if they had been too pro-slavery or too pro-abolition, and thus a neutral middle ground was the most pragmatic choice, especially as a Whig like Harrison. Being neutral was far from the best choice or most moral choice, which would have been a pro-abolition stance on the issue. In addition to his problematic relationship with slavery, Harrison also participated in wars against indigenous peoples in Indiana and Ohio, being a lieutenant during the Battle of Fallen Timbers of the Northwest Indian War in 1794, at what is today Maumee, Ohio, as well as being a general during Tecumsehâs War during the period between 1810 and 1813, defeating Tecumsehâs Confederacy, and destroying the indigenous village of Prophetstown near what is today Battle Ground, Indiana during the notable Battle of Tippecanoe, a victory that Harrison later played up with his catchy presidential campaign slogan, âTippecanoe and Tyler Too,â celebrating the slaughter and displacement of the indigenous people of the land conquered in favor of white settlement. Harrison would later defeat Tecumsehâs Confederacy at the Battle of the Thames in 1813, during the War of 1812, which resulted in the death of the confederacyâs leader, Tecumseh, and the signing of a peace treaty that ceded vast areas of land previously inhabited by indigenous peoples to white settlement.
Harrison primarily became the President of the United States during the 1840 election due to his neutrality on Slavery and his reputation as a victorious military commander whom conquered land for additional white settlement, which were both seen as politically expedient in the United States in the first half of the 19th Century. Harrison also served as the Clerk of Courts for Hamilton County, Ohio from 1836 to 1840, the third United States Minister to Gran Colombia, a diplomatic position, in 1829, a Senator representing the state of Ohio from 1825 to 1828, member of the Ohio State Senate representing Hamilton County from 1819 to 1821, member of the United States House of Representatives representing Ohioâs 1st District from 1816 to 1819, a delegate to the United States House of Representatives representing the Northwest Territory from 1799 to 1800, and as the second Secretary of the Northwest Territory from 1798 to 1799. His biggest legacies, however, are the treaties he signed with indigenous tribes that ceded large areas of the Midwest in the modern states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois to white settlement, turning the former Northwest Territory of the late 18th Century into the modern-day Midwest. Harrisonâs usage of novel and effective campaign tactics when running for president was precedent-setting, with many of those tactics still utilized today, and was the oldest person to be elected president, doing so at age 68, until Ronald Regan became president at age 69 in 1981. His son, John Scott Harrison, was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1853 to 1857, representing Ohio, and his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, was the 23rd President of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893.
The tomb sits atop a hill known as Mount Neo on the former Harrison family farm in North Bend, and was initially a simple rusticated stone vault partially buried in the hillside with a gated entrance. In 1871, John Scott Harrison sold all of the farm except the six acres surrounding the tomb, and offered it to the State of Ohio in exchange for the state taking on the maintenance of the tomb. However, the state was not very concerned with these obligations, and the site was severely neglected, with the tomb in disrepair and the surrounding area becoming overgrown. In 1919, the Ohio General Assembly, driven by the fervor of American Nationalism in the wake of World War I, finally allocated funding for the maintenance and repair of the tomb, with the newfound attention leading to the reconstruction and expansion of the tomb. By 1924, the tomb had been repaired, with a new limestone monolith pillar, Art Deco in character, being built in front of the tombâs entrance that bears several carved writings that list the various accomplishments and important positions held by Harrison, with his military positions and victories listed on the north side of the pillar and his political positions listed on the south side of the pillar. The sides of the pillar feature two pilasters, with two stars on the taller, wider pilaster and the dates 1773 and 1841 engraved at the top of the shorter and narrower pilaster, with the north and south facades of the pillar featuring arrow slit openings at the top, and the base of the monument featuring a wrought iron gate that serves as an entrance to the tomb, with an antechamber in the bottom of the pillar and the original tomb belong, which still features the original arched brick burial vaults, the rusticated stone walls, and the stone lintel over the entrance with the name âHarrisonâ emblazoned on it. South of the tomb is an elliptical stone terrace, enclosed by a stone balustrade on the south side and a stone bench to the north, centered on the pillar and tomb. To the west of the terrace is a stone walkway to the parking area on Cliff Road, which features an ornate cast iron flagpole on an octagonal concrete base in the middle of the walkway slightly east of the terrace, on which are displayed the flags of the United States of America and the State of Ohio, with a series of three stone steps with intermediate landings cascading down to the west of the flagpole, framed by Magnolia Trees. Next to Cliff Road is a set of steps leading up to a stadium-shaped lower terrace that is partially covered in grass with a stone walkway in the middle, at which are located two pillars with statues of eagles atop them which have his various accomplishments carved into their western faces, with stone benches running around the east side for he terrace and a stone wall with bushes running around the west side of the terrace. Additionally, a more modern asphalt path with no stairs runs to the north of the historic grand entrance walk, before looping around to the east side of the upper terrace at the tomb, allowing for access to the site for people with physical disabilities and to allow better pedestrian traffic circulation through the site. This modern path connects directly to both parking areas of the site, as well as the siteâs nature trail, located in the valley behind the hill.
The tomb was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and today is managed by the Harrison-Symmes Memorial Foundation, in partnership with the Ohio History Connection. The site does not appear to see a ton of visitation, as Harrison is not as significant of a historical figure as many other presidents from the early United States, but nonetheless, he did make some major contributions to history, both for better and for worse.
Helen wife / widow of Francis Houghton 1629 son of Sir Robert Houghton 1548- 1623 who bought the "demeans and park" from the Sheltons.
Sir Robert was the 3rd son of John Houghton of Gunthorpe 1584 by Agnes daughter of Robert Playford of Brinton
He was Serjeant at Law and one of the justices of the Kings Bench. At his death at his chambers in Serjeantsâ Inn on 6 Feb. 1624 he also held the manors of Leffley, Threxton, Buxhall, Brettenham (from the Felton family) and Heacham.
Sir Robert m Mary daughter of rich lawyer Robert Richers 1588 of Wrotham and Elizabeth Cartwright flic.kr/p/dYvNfq daughter of Edmund Cartwright of Ossington by Agnes daughter of Thomas Cranmer www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8510161707/ , She was the widow of Reginald Peckham d1551 buried at Ossington www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/8513250144/
Children - 2 sons & 3 daughters
1. Francis his heir 1593-April 13th 1629 m Helen ........... leaving a minor son & heir Robert aged 3- 6 years +++
2. John dsp
His widow Mary Rychers erected the monument - Heraldry - Richers arg 3 annulets azure / Houghton 3 azure 2 barrulets arg between 3 helmets or
++ Robert Houghton in his will of 1660 directing his executors Robert Houghton and John Tuthill, to sell first his estates in Sussex and then those in Suffolk to pay his debts, which were numerous. He died leaving an infant heir Charles Houghton, and his father's creditors obtained a decree in Chancery for sale of Leffey Manor and the others in Suffolk. A Bill was afterwards introduced in Parliament, and against this Sir George Pretyman and wife Elizabeth widow of Robert Houghton and mother of heir Charles, presented 2 petitions, saying the Bill would deprive Elizabeth of her dower and ruin her son Charles . The Committee said the parties should desist from any further prosecution
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An Afghan National Army soldier fires a rocket-propelled grenade at Taliban insurgents from Marjeh firing on their position Feb. 9 at the âFive Pointsâ intersection. A group of ANA soldiers joined the Marines of Charlie Co. as they conducted a helicopter-borne assault earlier that morning to seize the key intersection of roads linking the northern area of the insurgent stronghold of Marjeh with the rest of Helmand province. (Official Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brian A. Tuthill)