Colonial Times and Places
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Wow in large: View large on black
How can a country be free, when among others, this kind of mentality is still prevalent.
Happy Independence Day anyway.
So tired from work..
Just uploaded and would get back to your streams after some rest.
Sorry my friends.
"HELECHOS COLONIALES"
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GRACIAS A TODOS MIS AMABLES AMIGOS DE FLICKR. SUS COMENTARIOS, INVITACIONES Y FAVORITOS, SON MUY MOTIVANTES Y APRECIADOS.
Images and textures of my own.
Querétaro - México.
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Open-air museum Hagen, Westfalen, Germany. A romantic situated museum at the small stream Mäckingerbach" with a lot of ancient frame houses and workshops to visit. It offers interesting views of the interior of these buildings, most of the shops are still working showing old craftmanship.
Kolonial-und Gemischtwarenladen (ca. 1. Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts)- Freilichtmuseum Hagen des Landschaftsverbands Westfalen-Lippe. Im Tal des Mäckingerbaches idyllisch gelegen, bietet es Rundgänge durch zahlreiche original wiederaufgebaute Werkstätten und Fachwerkhäuser. In der Mitte an Mühlteichen gelegen befinden sich noch mehrere Mühlen und Schmieden.
The 900 block of N. McClean Street, on the east side of Bloomington's Franklin Square, has an interesting history in terms of Illinois politics. Of the four stately residences on this block, three were home to late 19th and early 20th century gubernatorial candidates: Joseph W. Fifer, who served one term as Illinois Governor from 1889 to 1893; Adlai Stevenson I, who served as Vice President of the United States under Grover Cleveland from 1893 to 1897, but then lost a close race for governor in 1908; and Frank H. Funk, who ran and lost as the Progressive "Bull Moose" Party candidate for Illinois Governor in 1912.
This post looks at the Queen Anne style Bates-Funk House which was built about 1891 for T. M. Dates, the superintendent of transportation for the Chicago and Alton Railroad Company. Frank H. Funk (1869-19, grandson of McLean County pioneer Isaac Funk, lived in the house from 1897 to 1924.
Frank Funk was born in Bloomington in 1869. He was a Yale graduate, managed over 2,000 acres of farmland, and also had an extensive political career. He was elected state senator to the Illinois General Assembly in 1909, and held that position until 1913. As previously noted, Funk ran for Illinois governor on the Bull Moose ticket in 1912 making him the third person living in the 900 block of N. McClean St. to be a party-nominated candidate for the Illinois governorship between 1888 and 1912. Frank Funk finished his political career as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representative from 1921 to 1927. Funk died in Bloomington at the age of 71 in 1940.
The Bates-Funk House is a contributing property in Bloomington's Franklin Square Historic District, which is located northwest of downtown Bloomington. The Square is named in honor of Franklin Price, who was the mayor of Bloomington Mayor in 1856 when land for the Square was gifted to the city.
Franklin Square was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and was designated a local historic district in 1979. The houses of Franklin Square were built in a variety of architectural styles from the mid 19th century through the early 20th century, including Georgian Revival, Italianate, Colonial, Queen Anne, and Richardsonian Romanesque.
Bloomington is the seat of McLean County. It is adjacent to Normal, and is the more populous of the two principal municipalities of the Bloomington-Normal metropolitan area. Bloomington is 135 miles (217 km) southwest of Chicago, and 162 miles (261 km) northeast of St. Louis. The estimated population of Bloomington in 2019 was 77,330, with a metro population of 191,067.
This colonial church is located at Paraty city, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.It was built in 18th century
Paraty city in Rio de Janeiro state is a colonial city founded by portugueses colonizers in sixteen century
This pier is in Colonial Beach Virginia and the photo was taken on a very wet, gray sort of day. Just like today as a matter of fact! Colonial Beach is a small town in what is called "the upper neck" of Virginia and used to be a very popular destination for the residents of Washington DC but now that has all shifted to the Maryland beaches like Ocean City and Rehobeth. This is a small sand beach on the Potomac River.
The Horton House on Jekyll Island was built in 1743. The colonists burned oyster shells(CaCO3) to make lime(CaO) and then mixed lime, water, sand, and oyster shells. This mixture was poured into forms where it hardened into "tabby".
Major William Horton also used his chemistry skills in his brewery right down the road where he brewed Georgia's first beer.
A bit of History:
Diego de Almagro founded Santiago de Quito on August 15, 1534, later to be renamed San Francisco de Quito on August 28, 1534.
The city was later moved to its present location and was refounded on 6 December 1534 by 204 settlers led by Sebastián de Benalcázar, who captured Rumiñahui and effectively ended any organized resistance.[6] Rumiñahui was then executed on January 10, 1535. On March 14, 1541, Quito was declared a city and on February 14, 1556, was given the title Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de San Francisco de Quito ("Very Noble and Loyal City of San Francisco of Quito"), starting at this point its urban evolution.
In 1563, Quito became the seat of a Real Audiencia (administrative district) of Spain and became part of the Viceroyalty of Peru, until 1717 after the Audiencia was part of a newly created Viceroyalty of Nueva Granada. Its administration on both Viceroyalties remained to Quito. (see Real Audiencia de Quito)
As with other places colonized by the Spanish, the colonizers promptly established Roman Catholicism in Quito. The first church (El Belén) was in fact built even before the city had been officially founded. In January 1535, the San Francisco Convent was constructed, the first of about 20 churches and convents built during the colonial period. The Spanish converted the indigenous population to Christianity.
During the Union Occupation of Savannah during the Civil War by Sherman and his troops, the Colonial Park Cemetery was used as a campground. The Union troops removed the headstones and those that were unable to be returned to their rightful place were placed along the wall.
Up the Colonies -- Down the British!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!
Our day to crow against our dear friends the Brits! So happy we have a "special relationship!"
Here's one from the Colonial Creek Campground in North Cascades National Park, Washington. There are a couple of walk-in sites that are right next to this creek and others in the trees along the Diablo Lake shore. Pretty nice.
During the Colonial Period, pilgrims would build sturdy houses out of logs and wood. Contact with American natives allowe-
Confound it, wrong Colonial Period!
During the Second Colonial Period, FTL starships finally allowed slow-but-in-your-lifetime transport to other planets. One of the first promising worlds to be colonized was Luther 372, (though the Hyndyuna natives, unbeknownst to humanity at the time, called it Oumoros) a vibrant, toxic planet. However, the global temperature was ideal and the atmosphere and oceans were very similar to Earth's. Very little terraforming was necessary and the first colonists, living in prefabricated house units, were able to supply their homes with air, water, and electricity with an Omnigenerator that converted the acidic dominant liquid on the planet into water, oxygen, and hydrogen. The oxygen was mixed with preexisting gases in the atmosphere to create the ideal mixture necessary for humans and the hydrogen underwent nuclear fusion, providing energy. Thus the stage was set for the beginning of the Human-Hyndyuna War over Oumoros.
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Thoughts, once again enumerated.
1.) Obviously the building's color scheme is based off of Bart De Dobbelaer's brilliant Hex series! Hope you don't mind, Bart, but I could think of anything better. :P
2.) This build really DOES fit in my lightbox! The pictures still have glare all over, but they are much improved from yesterday's. :)
3.) Yeah, I'm late. But not too late. :)
4.) As soon as I post it on Eurobricks I'll post the link here. This whole operation has been rather shoddy. :P
EDIT: Here it is! Have a peek. ;D
5.) Wish me luck! :D
6.) And please C&C, it's always appreciated. ;)
7.) Can't believe I forgot: For the Eurobricks Home Sweet Home Contest. :D
8.) I'm going to forgo my college education and buy all of Bricklink's flex tubing instead. THEN WE WILL MARRY
Plaza de Armas
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument
St. Augustine Florida
Number 2 in a series of the Castillo
3 Image Autostitch
Although the interior walls around the central plaza inside the Castillo resemble that of a prison they are in reality a chapel, barracks and storage areas. The large doorway in the center of the courtyard is the chapel, the door on the far left was the British barracks during their occupation of the fort from 1763 to 1784. The image is a little offset because I thought the chapel door was the center of the far wall which it was not.
The oldest masonry fort and 21st oldest man made structure in the Continental United States the construction of Castillo de San Marcos began in 1672 and was completed in 1695. Considered to be the best preserved example of a Spanish colonial fortification the United States the fort sits along the waterfront near the downtown of the nations oldest surviving European settlement St. Augustine.
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Colonial Williamsburg is the only place that takes you back in time to the dawn of America. This isn't just a place where things once happened. They're happening, right now, here in the 18th century. We're the place where the idea of our country is being born; the place where the ideals we stand for as Americans are being defined. We are the 18th century "live," filled with the stories of the women, men, and children—free and enslaved—whose values and visions gave us a new world. (ColonialWilliamsburg.com)
Stanley Park is a non-profit privately owned park including an arboretum and botanical garden, located in Westfield, Massachusetts. It is open to the public daily without charge from May to November.
Stanley Park features multiple natural walking and biking trails throughout the woods and along the Little River, as well as leading to a variety of ponds, gardens, and wildlife sanctuary. Along with experiencing nature, Stanley Park features operating mills, a meetinghouse, blacksmith shop, Asian tea house, and dinosaur tracks. The park also is an excellent choice for recreation, with many playing fields, cross country course, a playground, and pavilions.
Frank Stanley Beveridge founded Stanley Park in 1949, on 25 acres of land at 400 Western Ave, Westfield. After he died in 1956, the foundation still honors his contributions to the community.
Frank S. Beveridge was born in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1879, and he moved to western Massachusetts in 1900 to attend Mount Hermon School in Northfield. After graduating, he traveled to New York where he married and began a family. At this time, Beveridge was very successful in his work and began Stanley Home Products in Westfield, Massachusetts. popular for their Stanley Home Parties attracting housekeepers looking for quality cleaning supplies. Stanley Home Products is still around to this very day (although its ownership has since changed hands). Frank Stanley also founded the Frank Stanley Beveridge Foundation in 1947, to both perform charitable works and to further his legacy.
Stanley Park is considered an excellent place for people of all ages and the water park is also a home for enjoyment of the kids. Anyone can visit the park and enjoy the scenic beauty of Stanley Park.
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