History is all around... Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By Cache-meifucan on 18-Apr-02. Waypoint GC4E8D

Situated on a slope overlooking Rock and Squaw creeks in the Missouri River bluffs, the one-story brick school is a remnant of the defunct village of Rock Bluff. Established by Joseph Diven Patterson and built in 1870 as the Naomi Institute, the building was originally a two-story structure. The Naomi Institute was known as one of the leading educational institutions in the state and the first institution in the county to offer secondary-level education. The school served as the Naomi Institute for only two years, and in the fall of 1872, the building became known as the Rock Bluff School.
The town, which no longer exists, was sometimes known as Rock Bluffs, as on the monument in the photo.
Naomi Institute ** (added 1977 - Building - #77000825)
Also known as Rock Bluff School [or Rock Bluffs School]
3 mi. E of Murray, Murray
Historic Significance: Event
Area of Significance: Education
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899
Owner: Local Gov't [Cass County Historical Society]
Historic Function: Education
Historic Sub-function: School
Current Function: Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Museum

This is the Davie School in Davie, FL. Built in 1918, it was the first permanent school in Broward County. Today the school is used as a museum. See the image of the information sign for more information. Happy New Year!

Found with dshawk (see his post for pic) and geowkumom. Had great fun today while making fools of ourselves in Hanson, KY.

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This is our little downtown--the smallest historic district in the state of Kentucky. See dshawk post for pix.

Cotati Downtown Plaza
California Registered Historical Landmark No. 879

Cotati is a town very near and dear to us- Order drives by this plaque every day! Cotati is described as "The Hub of Sonoma County." It is an old town that used to be a large cattle and sheep ranch. Page's Station, a train stop along the route between Crescent City and San Francisco, was built in the late 1800s. By 1894, Page's Station became the Town of Cotati, complete with a general store, a post office, and a town center.

Text from the landmark:
"Cotati's hexagonal town plan, one of only two in the United States, was designed during the 1890s by Newton Smyth as an alternative to traditional grid land planning. The six-sided town plaza was designed for founder Thomas Page, and each of the surrounding streets was named after one of Page's sons. "Cotati" derives from "Kotati", a local Pomo Indian chieftan [sic]."

Thank you for the cache!

Not sure if this has been logged or not, so I'll try for it.
This the entrance to Fort Rodd Hill, unfortunately closed at the time I went to snap a shot, but open most other times. During the summer it is a popular tourist attraction, especiall for old war buffs, since it has been watching over esquimalt harbour (canadas largest west shore naval base) for many many years. Inside you can find the fort basically as it was in WW2, with other parts dating back much longer.
Also contained in this park is FIsgard lighthouse, one of canadas oldest.

Cayuga County Courthouse and Clerk's Office. 152--154 Genesee St., Auburn.

Architect, builder, or engineer: Hagaman,John I., Et al.
Architectural Style: Classical Revival, Greek Revival, Late Victorian

Built: 1836. 1836 replacing the original wood frame courthouse of 1809 on the same site.

Site of William Seward's 1846 famous insanity defense in People vs. Freeman.

Located in Monmouth IL. This is the birth place of Wyatt Earp. There is a museum at this location, with artifacts of his child hood and stories of his quest. There's not much to see here, but Monmouth is a town rich in history and well worth the visit
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Located at 18th Street and Cheyenne Avenue in Tulsa, OK.
As one of the most revered trees in the nation, the CREEK NATION COUNCIL OAK TREE, has stood for centuries as a symbol of the strong spirit of Tulsa's early settlers. As history tells, it was under this tree in 1836 that the Lochapokas of the Muscogee "Creek" Indians created a ceremonial fire using live coals carried from their Alabam homeland, and began their new life by establishing Tulsee Town.

Creek Council Tree Site (added 1976 - Site - #76001576)
Also known as Creek Council Oak
18th and Cheyenne Sts., Tulsa
Historic Significance: Event
Area of Significance: Native American
Period of Significance: 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899
Owner: Local Gov't
Historic Function: Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function: Ceremonial Site, Outdoor Recreation
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-function: Conservation Area

This is the post office in Lancaster, NY. Wow-I can't believe its on the registry! I don't live here, but I worked around the corner from here for years! I used to come in this building every day. Thank you for that website link...I was shocked at all the historically significant places that are so close that I have never been to...and the ones I have!

Coller, Julius A., House (added 1980 - Building - #80002168)
434 S. Lewis St., Shakopee

Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
Architectural Style: No Style Listed
Historic Person: Coller,Julius A.
Significant Year: 1900, 1887
Area of Significance: Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling2
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-function: Single Dwelling2

Spurwink Congregational Church (added 1970 - Building - #70000044), Also known as South Meetinghouse
Spurwink Ave., Cape Elizabeth
Period of Significance: 1800-1824, 1825-1849

Spurwink Church is now owned by the town of Cape Elizabeth. There aren't any regular worship services, but the place is a very popular wedding location. On a hill by the side of a salt marsh, there is a very peaceful cemetary behind it.

I don't really know anything about this house, except that it is on the National Register of Historical Places. What I *did* learn is how many places in my area that are on the list! Thank you very much for this cache - exploring some more of these place are now on my agenda

Watson House (added 2003 - Building - #03000486)
129 Outwater Dr., Lockport

Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Watson, Thomas
Architectural Style: Gothic Revival
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling2
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-function: Single Dwelling2

Roger Williams Park was designed by Horace Cleveland in 1878 and was largely developed by 1896.

Known as the "Jewel of Providence," the award-winning Roger Williams Park attracts more than 2 million visitors per year and has been cited by the national trust for Historic Preservation as one of America's premier historic urban parks.

-Fezz

The Wolcott House Museum Site in Maumee, Ohio


Hull-Wolcott House (added 1970 - Building - #70000506)
Also known as Wolcott House Museum
1031 River Rd., Maumee

Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer: Wolcott,James A.
Architectural Style: Federal
Historic Person: Wolcott,James A.
Significant Year: 1827
Area of Significance: Commerce, Transportation, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance: 1825-1849
Owner: Local Gov't
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling2
Current Function: Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Museum

Kings Tavern the oldest structure on the Natchez Trace.


King's Tavern ** (added 1971 - Building - #71000444)
Also known as Bledsoe House
Adams County - 611 Jefferson St., Natchez
(3 acres, 1 building)
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
Architectural Style: No Style Listed
Area of Significance: Architecture, Communications
Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Hotel
Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use

Currently a nice place to eat.

U.S. Post Office Building, Selma Alabama
located at 908 Alabama Avenue, Selma Alabama
Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, Building #76000322
Currently the Federal Building, United States Courthouse.
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architect, Builder, Engineer: Taylor, James Knox
Period of Significance: 1900-1924

Thsi area is call Harmonie Park and is a happening place at lunch time in downtown Detroit, Michigan.

This is the Page-Walker Hotel built in 1868 in downtown Cary, NC. Today there was a wedding being held there. I didn't want to impose, but was still able to get a couple of good pictures.

A wonderful spot, just went sledding there this weekend. Very much an Olmstead feel to it, even if somewhat faded. Be sure to learn more by doing 'Along the Goffle (GCPWRH)', a wonderful multi with tidbits of history along the way!

Here is the Canal de St-Anne-De-Bellevue in the west island of Montreal in province of quebec.
Its frozen by now and the lock is closed but still a nice spot! 200 metres from my place!

Shea's Buffalo Theater **
(added 1975 - Building - #75001186)
Also known as The Buffalo Theater
646 Main St., Buffalo
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Rapp,C.W., Rapp,George
Architectural Style: No Style Listed
Area of Significance: Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture, Performing Arts
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Owner: Local Gov't
Historic Function: Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Theater
Current Function: Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Theater

Thanks for the cache!

1884 Cotton Exchange Building, Houston, Tx.884 Houston Cotton Exchange Building (added 1971 - Building - #71000938)
202 Travis St., Houston
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Heiner,Eugene
Architectural Style: Renaissance, Other, Romanesque
Area of Significance: Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function: Business
Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use

Henry Co. courthouse in New Castle, Indiana. Henry County Courthouse (added 1981 - Building - #81000013)
Courthouse Sq., New Castle. Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Hodgson,Isaac
Architectural Style: Second Empire, Italianate, Other
Area of Significance: Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1900-1924
Owner: Local Gov't
Historic Function: Government
Historic Sub-function: Courthouse
Current Function: Government
Current Sub-function: Courthouse
Info. found at http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/IN/Henry/state.html.

This is such a wonderful little R and R depot.

This historical site is located in Arcade New York and still functions as a tourist attraction and some light railroad commerce.

According to the website it was chartered on May 23rd, 1917.

For more info visit this link:
http://www.anarr.com/

TFTC!

Szuchie.

Found this historic placemark in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
The FossMobile!
This place is where the First Gazoline Car was built in Canada by Mr. Foss (1876-1968) This car was having a big max speed of 12 mph!
Thanks!

This is the home of George W Fairchild. Former master printer, editor and sole owner of Oneonta Herald. A very close friend of Harlow Bundy. Bundy started a company called Bundy Time Recording Company fore runner of IBM. George Fairchild backed him eventually becoming a director then the first President and CEO of the company. Also was a six term member of Congress representing the 34th district of NY.
The house is now The Masonic Temple in Oneonta, NY. at the corner of Grand and Main streets. The house has been open for tours in recent years.

Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library, E. Main St. in Waynesboro, PA. The library is situated beside the old market place, currently borough hall, which is also on the National Register.
The original brick house was built by a Mr. Bittinger in 1814. Before it was remodled for a library, the house had 16 rooms. Interior woodwork was supposedly done by Eli Horner. The porch was added after the Hamiltons bought the property. Stories persist that a false fireplace concealed a passage that led under the alley to the neighboring building to the west. Slaves were allegedly secreted there as part of the Underground Railroad movement.
Alexander Hamilton, not the history book figure, is said to have walked to Waynesboro from Chester County, where he was a wagon-maker and blacksmith until his home burned in 1817. Once in Waynesboro, he built a brick home and shop on Mechanic Street, (now Church Street), married his neighbor's daughter and invested in real estate. He bought the library building in 1841.
Hamilton's granddaughter, Jane Stover, married E. I. Yost. It is she who willed the property to the town to be used as a library. Although the bequest was made and accepted in 1943, financial and other concerns prevented the library from opening to the public until April 22, 1955.

This is the Milton Townhouse on White Mountain Highway in Milton, NH. The womans club has their annual bazzar in it.

Karl Stefan Memorial Airport Administration Building ** (added 2002 - Building - #02000767)
Also known as Norfolk Municipal Airport Administration Building
4100 S. 13th St., Norfolk
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Watson, E.B.
Architectural Style: Moderne
Area of Significance: Architecture, Transportation
Period of Significance: 1925-1949, 1950-1974
Owner: Local Gov't
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-function: Air-Related
Current Function: Transportation
Current Sub-function: Air-Related

Forgot to log this one last summer after visiting it on July 9th. Happened to see the registration plaque and remembered that it fit a locationless cache description.
History:
Merrimac's first permanent settler, Chester Mattson, obtained a territorial charter in 1848 to provide ferry service across the Wisconsin River at what is now the town of Merrimac. The State Legislature of 1851 authorized a road, subsequently to become State Trunk Hughway 113, to connect the settlements of Madison and Baraboo via Matt's ferry. Today, the Merrimac Ferry is the lone survivor of upwards of 500 ferries chartered by the territorial and state legislatures before the turn of the century.
The fee charged by early ferrymen for taking a team and wagon across the river was weel earned for their muscles provided a giid share of the ferry's power until a gasoline engine was added around 1900.
The ferry changed hands several times before Matt's Ferry Road was added to the state system in 1923 and Columbia and Sauk Counties took over its operation. The name Colsac is a phonetic derivation of the tow county names. The State of Wisconsin assumed responsibility for the maintenance and operation of the ferry in 1933, after which the service was provided without charge.

The newest ferry, named the Colsac III, was put into service in the spring of 2004 and can transport up to 15 automobiles and pickup trucks (as well as motocycles, bicycles and pedestrians) across the Wisconsin River in about 6-1/2 minutes. The Colsac III replaced the Colsac II that had a capacity of 12 autos and was slightly slower.

The ferry was listed (#74000330) on both the State of Wisconsin and National Register of Historical Places on 12/31/1974.

This is the Nemacolin Castle on Rt 40, Brownsville, PA. It is now a museum, open for tours. Enjoy the photos.

The most outstanding early structure in Brownsville and perhaps along the National Road in Pennsylvania is Jacob Bowman's old trading post at Redstone Old Fort, now known as Nemacolin Castle. There are three existing sections to the building: the original trading post, the 1800s addition, and the Italianate addition of the mid-1800s. Currently maintained and operated by the Brownsville Historical Society, it has been open to the public from Memorial Day through Labor Day since 1962.


Thanks for the hunt, that makes kill #158 for us.

TEAM COPYCAT
California, PA

The Royal Alexandra Theatre, 260 King St West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada was designated a national historic site because it is a nationally significant example of a theatre which was built specifically for the presentation of live theatrical performances.

The Royal Alexandra is an intimate but lavish version of a traditional 19th-century theatre built exclusively for live theatrical performances. Designed by noted Toronto architect John M. Lyle (1872-1945), who had worked in theatre design in New York, the Royal Alexandra was a direct importation of the small, lavish and more intimate type of theatre being built in New York. Its design allowed a relatively large number of seats in a deceptively small space. The Royal Alexandra was one of the last theatres of its type built in Canada and likely the best surviving example. Since its rescue and rejuvenation by Ed Mirvish in 1963, the Royal Alexandra has played a central role in the social and cultural life of Toronto. Its Beaux-Arts style continues to provide an elegant setting for theatrical and musical events.

Architect, builder, or engineeroric Significance: : John M. Lyle 1906-1907
Period of Significance: 1963
Owner: Private

This is why I love Geocaching! It takes you to places you haven't been and introduces you to new places. If it weren't for Geocaching I would not have stopped at The Hotel Colorado. It turns out we had a very nice time looking at the Christmas Decorations, we went inside and saw the Teddy Bear Christmas Tree. The Hotel Colorado is the birthplace of the Teddy Bear!! REad on for more cool facts!
The Hotel Colorado is located in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The Hotel Colorado was built in 1893 during an exciting time in the history of America’s west. Silver mining, transcontinental railway expansion, polo competitions, and the natural hot springs spa, each played a part in enticing the wealthy to the rugged mountain town. It is modeled after the sixteenth century Italian Renaissance Castle Villa de Medici, Hotel Colorado's redstone walls mirror the natural beauty of the surrounding red canyons. It was the area’s first electrically lit hotel and it boasted myriads of water features, including a courtyard fountain spraying skyward one hundred and eighty-feet.
• Society’s elite enjoyed Hotel Colorado polo events and miracle cures from the healing hotsprings pool.
• Once the temporary U.S. White House, Hotel Colorado hosted presidents and nobility.
• Theodore Roosevelt’s early twentieth century bear hunt produced the legendary birthplace of the Teddy Bear.
• Serving a variety of needs, the Hotel became home to a Naval Hospital and a school.
• Legends surrounding the Hotel ghosts create speculation of supernatural phenomena.
It is nestled in the heart of the Rocky Mountains.
The following is from the National Register of Historical Places:
Hotel Colorado ** (added 1977 - Building - #77000376)
526 Pine St., Glenwood Springs
Historic Significance: Event, Person
Historic Person: Devereaux,William
Significant Year: 1893
Area of Significance: Community Planning And Development, Other
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Health Care
Historic Sub-function: Resort
Current Function: Commerce/Trade

N 35° 02.404 W 094° 37.850

Twyman Park in Poteau, Oklahoma in on the register. It was built by the WPA. This is an ornate stone swimming pool area.

The Ash Street School located in Manchester NH. This building was build around 1850.
TFTC MrGolf

Villa Katherine Castle in Quincy, IL. Have driven past it many times, finaly decided to stop by and snag this cache.

Villa Kathrine
532 Gardner Expressway
Quincy, IL 62301
Open: Sunday 1 - 5 PM, Monday - Saturday 9 AM - 5 PM
Admission: Free
A Moorish Castle listed in National Register of Historic Places

Just south of Warsaw on the Mississippi there stands a Moorish castle. Inside, ornate wooden lattice work twists shadows up the walls of a narrow stairway. Railings, doors, windows, ceilings, all are beautifully carved. It is as if you stepped into a rich merchant's home in northern Africa but there is no furniture. George Metz, rich playboy and world traveler of the late 1800s, built the castle for his sweetheart who died before its completion.

Rumor also has it that Metz buried his pet dog Bingo with a big cache of gold somewhere on the property. Numerous attempts to exhume Bingo prove fruitless.
Found the info online.

Team Pitfall

This historic marker is located at a railway museum that marks the spot of a town known briefly as "Pinacate."
In the early days, Pinacate was the base camp for area gold miners. Apparently some struck it rich but the gold didn't last as long as other more celebrated mines. Posting pictures of the historical marker and the little geo-rangers who flanked it! An authentic building is preserved behind the marker and originated from the miner's camp. Pictures of this are here too, including a geocacher who didn't make it!

Yosemite National Park California Centenial plaque. A wonderful place.

This is an old house in Round Rock, TX. The picture of the sign tells all about it. It's cool that this was the boyhood home of a Texas Ranger.

This is the Iowa City Court house. It is located in downtown Iowa City, Ia. Its period of significance was 1900-1924. It was added to the registry in 1975, building #75000692.

This is the old New Hope High School on state route 608 in New Hope, VA. It appears to be vacant. I tried to do some research on it but was unable to find much. It was built in the 1920s. My daughter is the little pink object in the photo; the other photo is of the Virginia Historic Landmark plaque.

The University of Arizona (established in 1890) currently has a total of 21 structures and 2 features on the National Register of Historic Places.

This is the University Library (now known as the Arizona State Museum, North), which is my favorite building on campus.

Although the National Register lists Periods of Significances as 1900 – 1924 (see below) the ground breaking was held on January 17, 1924. Staff moved into the facility in 1925 even though it was not completed until 1927.

From the National Register of Historic Places website:

Old Library Building (added 1979 - Building - #79000422)
Also known as Arizona State Museum, Building #26, University of Arizona
University of Arizona campus, Tucson

Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Lyman & Place, Lutrell, Estelle
Architectural Style: Renaissance
Area of Significance: Education, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Owner: State
Historic Function: Education
Historic Sub-function: College
Current Function: Education, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: College, Museum

Fort Whipple Historic District consists of 36 buildings and structures. Listed May 5, 1999. The Fort was established May 8, 1864. The Fort is located at Prescott, AZ. See the pics for more info.

Jefferson County Courthouse in Charles Town, WV, where abolitionist John Brown was tried for treason and murder just before the outbreak of the American Civil War. He took over the Federal Armory in nearby Harpers Ferry, WV. He was found guilty and executed four blocks from the courthouse.

Jefferson County Courthouse *** (added 1973 - Building - #73001910)
N. George and E. Washington Sts., Charles Town
Historic Significance: Event
Area of Significance: Social History
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1900-1924
Owner: Local Gov't
Historic Function: Government
Historic Sub-function: Courthouse
Current Function: Government
Current Sub-function: Courthouse

MASSACHUSETTS - Hampden County
1767 Milestones ** (added 1971 - District - #71000084)
Between Boston and Springfield along Old Post Rd.

Historic Significance: Event
Area of Significance: Transportation
Period of Significance: 1700-1749, 1750-1799
Owner: Private , State
Historic Function: Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Monument/Marker
Current Function: Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Monument/Marker

The marker is in reference to Washington’s trip through Palmer Ma, along what is now Route 20, to Boston to take the reigns as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, and reads:

"This tablet marks the George Washington Memorial Highway at Palmer, 1732-1932."

Next to it is another marker which was placed in 1996 by the Palmer Historical Commission and is a replica of the Post Road Marker and marks 84 miles from Boston.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=42.160674+-72.351849&t=h&hl=en

IBC Marker 48 is one of the land based International Boundary Commission markers used to define the US/Canada border along the St Clair River between Michigan and Ontario

THIS CONCRETE MARKER WAS ERRECTED IN 1911, AND IS one of the many used by surveyers to determine the sexact boundary between the U.S and CANADA. The ST.Clair river was orriginally designated as a boundary line by treaty 1783. The first detailed survey from ST.Regis on the ST.Lawerence to lake of the woods was carries out under the terms of treaty of Ghent 1814. It was directed by a british commissioner John Ogilvy. A more precise delineation of the whole international boundary was ratified at Washington on January 11,1909

INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION CONCRETE REFERENCE MONUMENT NO. 48, ON EAST SIDE OF RIVER ROAD by the SHELL plant

FORT COOPER STATE PARK

Spring-fed, 160-acre Lake Holathlikaha lured battle-weary volunteers to its banks in 1836, where they built and defended a frontier fort. The fort was named for major Mark Anthony Cooper, commander of five companies of the First Georgia Battalion of Volunteers during the Second Seminole War. In April, 1836, Cooper's duty was to protect the sick and wounded left behind during Gen. Winfield Scott's long march to present-day Tampa.

For 16 days, Cooper and about 360 men watched and waited, drinking from the waters of the lake and scanning the woods that rimmed its eastern shore. There were several skirmishes with the Seminoles, but the volunteers held their own. On April 18th, Scott returned with supplies and reinforcements, leading the men of Fort Cooper from their frontier sanctuary into new adventures.

The 710 acres that would become Fort Cooper State Park were acquired in 1970, and the Park opened in 1977, six years after excavations had confirmed Fort Coooper's shape and size - roughly square and nearly 200 feet long on each side.

There is a re-enactment held at the Park each Spring. Also, each December the Park offers its "Nights of Lights". Thousands of lights are strung throughout the Park and visitors drive through to enjoy the sight. This year the Nights are 12//16 & 12/17.

Also note that there are four caches hidden within the Park at this time, and the Park management welcomes geocachers.

Fort Cooper (added 1972 - Site - #72000304)
Address Restricted, Inverness
Historic Significance: Event, Information Potential
Area of Significance: Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military
Cultural Affiliation: American
Period of Significance: 1825-1849
Owner: State
Historic Function: Defense
Historic Sub-function: Battle Site, Fortification
Current Function: Landscape, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function: Underwater

Found Milwaukee's Oldest Tavern while on vacation. The ambience is very cool. It is now known as the Landmark 1850, but was once known as New Coeln House. The info is as follows:

New Coeln House (added 1988 - Building - #88000083)
5905 S. Howell Ave., Milwaukee
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
Architectural Style: Italianate
Area of Significance: Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function: Restaurant
Current Function: Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function: Restaurant

In my excitement in the dark and after sampling a few of the 80 beer available on tap, I remembered only to get a picture of the plaque, the one with the GPS is fuzzy, but have got one from a website of the building. Hope that works.

This is a picture in front of the Hopi House in Grand Canyon Village. They are having their 100 year aniversary this year

Grand Canyon Village Historic District (added 1975 - District - #75000343)
Also known as Grand Canyon Village;See Also:74000334;74000336;74000337;750
AZ 64, Grand Canyon

Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer: Kolb,Ellsworth & Emery, Colter, Mary E.J.,et al.
Architectural Style: Other, Pueblo
Area of Significance: Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Politics/Government, Commerce, Transportation, Conservation
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Owner: Private , Federal
Historic Function: Domestic, Government, Landscape
Historic Sub-function: Business, Camp, Government Office, Hotel, Park, Single Dwelling2
Current Function: Domestic, Government, Landscape
Current Sub-function: Business, Camp, Government Office, Hotel, Park, Single Dwelling2

This is the Newman Block in downtown Durango CO. It is still in use for mainly retail shops.
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
Architectural Style: Other, Romanesque
Historic Person: Newman,Charles
Significant Year: 1891
Area of Significance: Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function: Financial Institution, Specialty Store
Current Function: Commerce/Trade

The Oliver H. Hovda House is located in Absarokee, MT. Eleven days before the Crow Indian Reservation territory was formally opened to settlement here (October 15, 1893), Sever Simonson and his family claimed squatters rights here in the valley located between the Stillwater and the Rosebud Rivers. Oliver Hovda his 25 year old nephew soon joined him and they established a trading post that was soon to become the Absarokee Cooperative Trading Cmpany. Hovda also buildt a saloon, livery stable, hotel and blacksmith shop. He became the first postmaster in Absarokee and took Belle Wilson for his wife in 1903. The home you see was commissioned in 1903 and finished in 1904.
It's period of significance 1904-1941. The home is currently a restaurant, hostel, and trade store specializing in hand woven rugs and goods from Kurgestan. It was placed on the Historic Record in 2003. Horseman and Jitterbug205

FLORAL CITY, FL - THE AVENUE OF THE OAKS

I live in Floral City and we take great pride in our Avenue of the Oaks, aka Floral City Historic District. Coords are for the Secret Garden which contains a cool brick labyrinth. The best times to visit are the first weekend in December, when we hold our Heritage Days celebration, and in February for the Strawberry Festival.
On the Saturday of Heritage Days (this year it's 12/03/05), many of the old homes in the historic district are open for touring.

Floral City Historic District (added 1993 - District - #93001357)
Also known as 8CI788
Roughly, Orange Ave. from S. Old Floral City Rd. to S. Annie Terr. and S. Aroostook Way from Orange to Lake Tsala Apopka, Floral City
Historic Significance: Event
Area of Significance: Community Planning And Development, Exploration/Settlement
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Owner: Private , Local Gov't
Historic Function: Domestic, Religion, Social
Historic Sub-function: Hotel, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling2
Current Function: Domestic, Religion, Social
Current Sub-function: Meeting Hall, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling2



[This entry was edited by Jersey Girl & Bruno on Thursday, November 10, 2005 at 7:31:20 AM.]

CITRUS COUNTY COURTHOUSE - INVERNESS, FL - "THE KING WAS HERE"

Citrus County, FL was founded in 1887. Shortly after, the original settlement, called Tompkinsville, was renamed Inverness meaning "at the mouth of the river" because of its relation to Lake Tsala Apopka. In 1891, Inverness was elected as the county seat. The first courthouse in Inverness was a rented wooden building. Several years later, a wooden Victorian-style courthouse was constructed
and remained until 1912. It was then that the Board of County Commissioners moved the Victorian building out of the area and built the "new" courthouse, now known as the "Old Citrus County Courthouse", for $55,885.

In 1961, Elvis Presley made a movie in Citrus County called "Follow That Dream". Major scenes were filmed in the old courthouse as well as other locations around the county.

Today Inverness' Old Courthouse is a beautiful building that houses a gallery that offers changing exhibits. My favorite was last Spring's exhibit of The Highwaymen http://highwaymenartwork.com/about_the_highwaymen.html.


Citrus County Courthouse, Old (added 1992 - Building - #92000340)
Also known as 8 Ci 161
1 Courthouse Sq., Inverness
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Biggers,Willis R., Read--Parker Construction
Architectural Style: Classical Revival, Mission/Spanish Revival, Other
Area of Significance: Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Owner: Local Gov't
Historic Function: Government
Historic Sub-function: Courthouse
Current Function: Government, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Courthouse, Government Office, Museum

Menlo Park, CA. We go by this old gatehouse all the time, but never stopped to explore. Tonight, we explored the house and grounds just after sunset. This cache is a great idea! Thanks.


The Barron-Latham-Hopkins Gate Lodge, or the Gatehouse, is the oldest existing structure in Menlo Park and the last surviving gatehouse in the state of California. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 and is important as a last remnant of the fabulous country estates that were built in the area during the 1860s.

The Gatehouse was built in 1864 by William Eustace Barron who was a leading capitalist during California’s formative days. It was the entrance to a 280 acre estate that extended from the Caltrain Railroad tracks to Middlefield Road and from Ravenswood Avenue to the San Francisquito Creek. There were several outbuildings on the estate that supported a 40 room mansion.

In March of 1996, the Junior League of Palo Alto•Mid Peninsula, along with the City of Menlo Park, undertook an historic renovation of the Gatehouse that was completed that August when the League became sole tenant of a wonderful and historic old building.

The above info is from the website of The Junior League of Palo Alto-MidPeninsula: http://www.jlweb.org/paloalto/npo.jsp?pg=about7


From www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com:
Barron--Latham--Hopkins Gate Lodge (added 1986 - Building - #86001951)
Also known as Gate House
555 Ravenswood Ave., Menlo Park

Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
Architectural Style: No Style Listed
Area of Significance: Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924
Owner: Local Gov't
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling2
Current Function: Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Museum

Quebec City, Canada

Des Braves Park is where the famous battle of 1760 was fought (pitching Lévis against Murray). On this site one can observe: the monument dedicated to the Braves of 1760.

The Des Braves monument, dedicated to the French soldiers killed at the battle of Sainte-Foy on April 28, 1760, is public property. This national monument was executed by Charles Baillargé. Measuring 75 feet in height (22 metres), it consists of a fluted cast-iron column. At the very top stands a ten-foot high statue of Pellone, the Roman war goddess.

You can learn more here: http://www.ccbn-nbc.gc.ca/_en/histoire.php

This is the Cannon Ball House also known as Judge Asa Holts House. It is located at 856 Mulberry Street Macon, GA.

Mission St. Louis is listed on the National Historic Sites of Canada as St. Louis Mission. However, locals prefer the French designation since it was a French outpost in the 1600's. It is the site where Jesuit Fathers Brebeuf and Lalement were captured on March 16, 1649 by the Iroquois to be martyred later the same day at nearby St. Ignace. Nearby are the Martyrs Shrine and the reconstruction of Ste. Marie Among the Hurons(both visited by Pope John Paul II in 1984). Mission St. Louis is very hard to find since the signage does not correctly point to the entrance roadway.
JDandDD

Marvin Methodist Episcopal Church, South (added 2000 - Building - #00001385)
Also known as Marvin United Methodist Church
300 W. Erwin St., Tyler
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Baker, Matison P., et.al.
Architectural Style: Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance: Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949, 1950-1974
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Religion
Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure
Current Function: Religion
Current Sub-function: Religious Structure

This is a beautiful old church located in downtown Tyler, TX.

This is the Mt. DeChantal Visitation Acadomy located on Mt De Chantal Drive Next to Wheeling Jesuit College. This school used to be a female finishing school of the First Class. It still is !!The school and grounds are in excellent Shape.The Girls are pretty nice too.

Town Hall in Naples, New York. A beautiful building and home of the World's Greatest Grape Pie contest every September at the Grape Festival.

THIS IS THE USS KOBE STEEL COMPANY GENERAL OFFICES BUILDING THAT IS NOW VACANT AND PRIVATE OWED. THE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1895, ITS ORIGINAL NAME WAS THE JOHNSON STEEL STREET RAILWAY COMPANY GENERAL OFFICE BUILDING. THE BUILDING WAS ADDED TO THE HISTORIC REGISTER IN 1992. THE HISTORIC PLACE # IS 92000887 AND THE PLAQUE IS LOCATED IN THE REAR OF THE BUILDING. THE BUILDING IS LOCATED IN LORAIN OHIO AT 1807 E 28TH ST. THE STEEL MILL BENIND THE OFFICE BUILDING IS STILL FUNCTIONAL TODAY.

This is the Erland Lee (museum) Home located on Ridge Road in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada. The home was built by Loyalist immigrant Erland Lee in 1808 and then became the home of the first Women's Institute and is still operational as a museum.

This is the Scranton Public Library; located on the list of National Historic Places for its stereotypical Gothic architecture; the building right across the street, a part of Lackawanna College, is also part of the National Register of Historical Places for the same reasons.

- JD

Sinclair Service Station (added 1996 - Building - #96001486)
3501 E. 11th St., Tulsa
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style: Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance: Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Transportation
Historic Sub-function: Road-Related, Specialty Store
Current Function: Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function: Specialty Store

This historic place is now the business of Rossi Brothers Door and Window located in Tulsa, OK

This is the Pennsylvania National WW II memorial site dedicated in 1963 to the men and women who lost their lives in the Koreans and WWII wars. A really nice museum is also located on this site. It is just east of STate College PA on rte 322 business. Was here visiting my daughter. Go State.

The J.D. DeFine building is on the corner of Market and Canal STreet in Navarre, Ohio. The building use to be a private home with a grocery store on the front and a bar in the back side. J. D. Define lived to be 100 years old and still had some grocerys for sale. It was auctioned off and a nursing home chain bought it. It is now used for meeting rooms in the grocery store and bar. The rest of the private residents is used for out of town guest. It is furnished with beautiful antiques. It also can be used for local or private parties. We had my Mother's 80th birthday party there this year. I was by myslef so I held up my GPS in corner of picture.

This church is one of the oldest Baptist Churches in Knoxville. It is sandwiched in between the City-County Government Building and a Bank of America highrise. There is not much room for expansion and they have had to build more parking back behind the church. The building extends quite a bit back behind, but I gather that was addied in later years to accomodate growth.

You can't really make it out in the picture, but there is a satellite dish/receiver attached to the bell tower of the steeple. It was just knid of odd to see that kind of thing on a church steeple.

Guess they really do have a hotline to God

First Baptist Church
510 Main Ave., Knoxville
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Dougherty & Gardner, Worsham Bros.
Architectural Style: Classical Revival, Other
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Religion
Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure
Current Function: Religion
Current Sub-function: Religious Structure

This Courthouse is still in use. It houses the County Clerk's Office where you get you license tags renewed and a few other clerk type offices. It has been completely restored.

One odd thing though... they have installed a drive up window where you can renew your car tags around back without haaing to go inside. (parking is at a premium down here) The drive up to the window is so small, the only thing you can drive in there is a small car. I guess that back alley was originally made to fit horse and buggies.

Knox County Courthouse
Main Ave. and Gay St., Knoxville
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Stephenson & Getaz
Architectural Style: No Style Listed
Area of Significance: Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1875-1899
Owner: Local Gov't
Historic Function: Government
Historic Sub-function: Courthouse
Current Function: Government
Current Sub-function: Courthouse

Up until the late 1970's this hotel still operated as a upscale hotel. In the 1980's it fell into disrepair and was seemingly abandoned for almost 15 years.

It has been completely restored now and I think it houses some offices. I don think it has reverted back to a hotel.

This place has a lot of history associated with it. One thing that most people may not know is supposedly Hank Willliams died here in his car. He and his driver had stopped in Knoxville to do a show. Hank was said to have "fell asleep" in the car while his driver was inside the hotel getting ready for them to leave for the next show. His driver said he thought Hank was asleep , and it was late, so he just got in the car and drove to the next show location up in West Virginia. Hank never stired all the way there. When the driver got the WV, he tried to wake Hank but he was dead.

Johnson, Andrew, Hotel
912 S. Gay St., Knoxville
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Baumann & Baumann
Architectural Style: Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other
Area of Significance: Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Hotel
Current Function: Commerce/Trade

This property is on the National Register of historic places located in Lucas, Kansas. The creator of this concrete made of limestone collection was Samuel Perry Dinsmoor, a retired schoolteacher, Civil War vetern, farmer and Populist politician. Gripped by a deep desire to create at age 64, he started builing the Garden of Eden as a residence in 1905. His house is made of limestone cut to look like logs. His sculputure garden surrounds it. He opened his home as a tourist attraction in 1908, even as his vision of bibical and modern man was being molded out of 113 tons (2,273 sacks) of concrete. He continued building up until his death in 1933. Dinsmoor had prepared for his death by building a 40-foot-high limestone mausoleum in one corner of his garden. When he died, he was embalmed and put on display. Even after 60 yrs. you can look through his glass-sided coffin and see the moldering creator of this heavenly splendor

Oxford Court House MISSISSIPPI - Lafayette County - Historic Districts

Oxford Courthouse Square Historic District **
(added 1980 - Lafayette County - #80002257)
S. Lamar Blvd., Jackson and Van Buren Aves., Oxford
(300 acres, 46 buildings)

Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
Architectural Style: Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Art Deco
Historic Person: Faulkner,William
Area of Significance: Community Planning And Development, Literature, Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Owner: Private , Local Gov't

Nice cache for the way home from work. This is a really nice building and from what I could find the Asbbury United Methodist Church organized in the 1700's. I had a lot of fun finding this one, but not bad. Thanks for the cache.
Truckie45

Name: Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital
Building #: 78001690
Date Added: 1978
Dates of “Period of Significanceâ€: 1925-1949
Address: 211 S. 4th Street, Hamilton, Ravalli County, Montana
Lat/Long:
The Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital was listed in 1978. It’s period of significance is 1925-1949. It is located in Hamilton, Montana on South 4th Street. The hospital is now located at 1200 Westwood Drive in Hamilton. The old building on 4th Street is now used as the Ravalli County Administrative Center. The architectural style is Colonial Revival. The “Area of Significance†is architecture and social history.

This is the old/new American Seating building in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Its located on the westside of Grand Rapids at 8th & Broadway. Recently has been renovated & it now hosts many condos & offices. Also you can see a nightclub to the right "The Level" (formerly known as "the stack" & "the boss")Found this one on the American History website.

Lake Oswego Odd Fellows Hall
(added 1979 - Building - #79002042)
Durham and Church Sts., Lake Oswego, Oregon
The Hall was dedicated on November 26, 1890. The International Order of Odd Fellows has an interesting history going back to the mid-eighteenth century; see their web site at www.ioof.org for information about the Order including theories on how they arrived at their name. The Hall is the sole remaining example of the Italianate style in Lake Oswego's public buildings. In 1990, the structure was carefully restored and the interior remodeled into apartments, and these are occupied today.

Florissant School, Added to the National Historic Register in 1900, #90001503, Architect was Eli Ashby and W.P. Allen. Period of Significance was 1875-1899. This was the town's one room schoolhouse. Florissant, Teller County, Colorado

This is the historic Elsonore Thearter in downtown Salem, OR. It recently underwent a massive restoration and is now regularly the host to live entertainment.

Park of the Canals is a city historical park. The canals are the ancient Hohokam Indian canals that brought water from the Salt River to their fields. I chose this place because of my past as an archaeologist. On my first dig, I had to excavate a canal. Although I love excavation, canals are miserable things to excavate.

rode down the road after completing Barber Pole. I also did the SuperFUN! Doh! right across the street! Appeared as if to be snowing at one point? white flakes?

found this one on the main street going through town. Now used as the local womens club.

Have been here many times and just realized it is a historic building. . The building is the Basin Republic-Rustler Building located at 409 W. C St. in Basin, WY. It was added in 1976. The significance has varied and the period of significance is from 1850-1924. Our weekly newspaper is still published here.

Santillane ** (added 1974 - Building - #74002107)
W of U.S. 220, Fincastle
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
Architectural Style: Greek Revival
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1825-1849
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling2
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-function: Single Dwelling2

I love horses and this farm has wonderful stables. It was up for sale a while back but it looks like it is still being used as a home with horse stables in use. Stopped by after running the annual Fincastle Run 5K with my 4,6 and 7 year old. What a beautiful day. 1BuzyMom with Anastasia, Audrey and Aimee

Since prehistoric times this route has served indian hunting and war parties as they traveled the north country and the northern region of New-York. French, english and american army often engaged in a deadly struggle for the control of this state.

Christian Record Building (added 1986 - Building - #86003384)
Also known as Union Bank and Trust Company Offices
3705 S. Forty-eighth St., Lincoln, NE, USA

Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Lorenz,Felix A.
Architectural Style: Art Deco
Area of Significance: Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function: Organizational
Current Function: Commerce/Trade
Current Sub-function: Financial Institution

As the information mentions, this used to be the former Christian Record Building (my best guess is possibly used by the Seventh Day Adventist college across the street). And, as the information says, it is currently owned by Union Bank and Trust, a local banking firm.

This Site located at 51 N. Maple St, is the Lemon Bay Woman's Club, the first building on Old Englewood to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places. (10-31-2002) It was organized in 1918 as the "Lemon Bay Mother's Club", which was used until 1924. It is still in active use.
In Sign Pic # 1, the sign on the tree reserves that spot on the lawn for the "Speaker" at the various social events.
Read the signs ... lots of interesting stuff!!

Thanks,

Tom and Chickie

This is the old Fryer Hotel in Deweyville Utah. It is now a private home. Its registered # is 880003792. This hotel was in operation 1900-1924 period.

John Gridley House at 205 E. Seneca Tnpk. County of Onondaga, Syracuse, NY 13205.
Gridley, John, House (added 1977 - Building - #77000969)
205 E. Seneca Tnpk., Syracuse
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
Architectural Style: Federal
Area of Significance: Exploration/Settlement, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1800-1824
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling2
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-function: Single Dwelling2

I have chosen Fillius Park. They just don't build parks like this anymore.

Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Benedict, Jules Jacques Benoit
Architectural Style: Other
Area of Significance: Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Community Planning And Development, Conservation
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Owner: Local Gov't
Historic Function: Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Outdoor Recreation, Park
Current Function: Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Outdoor Recreation, Park

Known as Sky City, Acoma Pueblo was strategically built on top of a 357-foot sandstone mesa many hundreds of years ago for effective defense against raiders. Spanish conquerors learned of this defensive stronghold when they entered New Mexico in the 1500s. Acomans claim that their 70-acre village is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the U.S.

Acoma was nearly destroyed when Gov. Juan de Oñate and 70 of his men retaliated for the killing of 13 Spanish soldiers by the Acomas when they tried to take grain from the pueblo storehouses in 1598. As a restitution of peace, the San Estéban del Rey Mission was built in 1629 and completed in 1640 under the guidance of Friar Juan Ramírez. Both the mission and the pueblo have been designated as Registered National Historical Landmarks.

Today, fewer than 50 Acomans live in Sky City year-round and the remaining residents live in nearby villages. Only on feast days do all the Acomans gather on the mesatop. Census 2000 figures indicate a total of 2,802 Acoma villagers.

St Sava Serbian Orthodox Church
724 North Main Street, Jackson, California

Stegmaier Brewery ** (added 1979 - Building - #79002292)
Roughly bounded by Coal, Welles, Market, Lincoln and Baltimore Sts., Wilkes-Barre

Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Wagner & Caper, Frey,McCormich & French
Architectural Style: Romanesque
Area of Significance: Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function: Manufacturing Facility
Current Function: Office Building

Luther Store (added 1978 - Building - #78000438)
W of Swansea at 160 Old Warren Rd., Swansea
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Luther,Mace
Architectural Style: No Style Listed
Area of Significance: Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1800-1824
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function: Department Store
Current Function: Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Museum

this museum is open during the summer, usually only on Sunday afternoon.

Independence, Oregon.

It was pouring rain and my GPS claimed only 138 foot accuracy (!!) but when I checked the coordinates with lostoutdoors.com they were fine.

Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Church (added 1987 - Building - #87000040)
Also known as Methodist Episcopal Church, South
330 Monmouth St., Independence

Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
Architectural Style: No Style Listed
Area of Significance: Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance: 1850-1874, 1900-1924
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Religion
Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure
Current Function: Religion
Current Sub-function: Religious Structure

This is an in-use apartment building in Golden CO. Here are the details:

Barnes--Peery House (added 2001 - Building - #01001105)
Also known as 5JF711
622 Water St., Golden
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style: Italianate
Area of Significance: Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1850-1874
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling2
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-function: Multiple Dwelling

Millington, Michigan
My work "hometown". This building, originally a bank, is now the Millington-Arbela Historical Society Museum (a noble use). Here's what I found:
The former Millington Bank Building is a one-story commercial building with split fieldstone walls and a flat roof which slopes gently toward the rear. The building faces east on State Street in Millington's small central business district. It has ground dimensions of twenty-four feet in width by thirty feet in depth. Broad, arched openings capped with cut fieldstone voussoirs enfold the recessed entryway, on the south, and a tripartite window with double-hung-sash center section, on the north. A simple cornice supported by evenly spaced brackets extends across the facade below a low parapet. The building's front walls below the cornice display a suggestion of coursed ashlar construction, while the austere side and rear walls exhibit a construction of uncoursed rubble masonry. The interior was and is a single room. A brick vault against the north wall toward the rear remains in place. Most of the historic interior finish has been lost during successive remodelings, but the pressed-metal ceiling remains intact beneath the modern dropped ceiling. The building has been recently acquired by the Millington-Arbela Historical Society and will be refurbished, with surviving historic features restored, to house the society's museum.
The Millington Bank Building is a landmark in the Millington area because of its distinctive split-fieldstone-wall construction. The building served as the home of the community's first banks from the 1890s to the early 1930s.
Period of Significance 1898-1934

TFTC! So nice to have history so close!

This cool spot is Causland Park in Anacortes, Washington. Constructed between 1919 and 1921, this park was designed by John Baptiste LePage, a French-Canadian architect. The park is surrounded by walls made of multi-coloured pieces of rock collected from local quarries in free-flowing serpentine designs.

Shankle, Seaborn M., House (added 1979 - Building - #79000732) 125 Cherry St, Commerce
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
Architectural Style: Italianate, Other
Historic Person: Shankle,Seaborn M.
Significant Year: 1875, 1845
Area of Significance: Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling2
Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use


House actually at 174 Cherry Street, Commerce, Georgia. No address at 125.

Currently a domestic residence.

i neglected to get a pic of gps at site, will do that next weekend.....

#1194
We found Prospect Point at the northern end of Stanley Park in Vancouver. The plaque tells the story of the steamship 'Beaver'.
"Here, on 26th July, 1888, the steamer 'Beaver' was wrecked. This historic vessel was built for the Hudson Bay Company at Blackwall, England, in 1835, sailed for this coast immediatly and was the pioneer steamship of the Pacific Ocean. The story of the 'Beaver' is the story of the barly development of the western coast of Canada."
More info about the 'Beaver': http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=1946
There is also another plaque for the 'Beaver' at the coastline and a lighthouse named Prospect Point.

Generator & Kiki
Berlin, Germany

Found this while looking for part of a multicache. This old station is still in very good condition and the lawn was being cut as we were there.