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I live near this old town. Dont know much about it other than there was a store, post office, blacksmith area. Located about 400 yards from the banks of the Huzzah.

We own a 1913 bungalow on Sussex Ave. the next block down from the Historic District. How would I go about adding my house to the Historic District of Tenino?

The Grace Episcopal Church was done by C. N. Otis

There is no C. H. Otis

The original "college edifice" later known as Van Renselaer Hall was done by C. N. Otis

There is no C. W. Otis

This church and the Episcopal Church in Galena Il were done by C. N. Otis

#1: My husband and I OWN this home and the google map shows the wrong location and home.

#2 The family name was Hathorne, not Hathorn and the Lieutenant's name was John, not Richard.

To read about C.C Hubbard and his work, see: CC Hubbard at www.willigl.blogspot.com

I took these two photos of the Stringfellow house in February 1983.

WHAT?! No picture of the pump? ;-)

Oh, wait. It was built in 1971. That explains everything. :-D

I was 13 yrs. old when the club burned down in 1977. I remember my class was in total shock monday. My parents were there 2 months before it went up in flames. I've been to the site many times and even went up to the property. Luckily, no one in my family was killed or injured that nite. I never went to the resturant, but i wish i could have had the chance to have dinner there. I hope that they don't build anything on the property, it's reserved for the deceased. thank u, Lesli

Have you ever read van Ravenswaay? Long before we came to some cutural cognizance that we were losing so much by destroying our past, he was at the vanguard of conservation--especially the old German culture in Missouri.

I don't know how old this original post is. It doesn't really matter. What counts is that when I lived in central Missouri, the DNR cared little about the Pelster site because any conservation funds dedicated to the efforts to save Pelster were siphoned off to maintain the department's commitment to the Deutschheim State Hisoric Site in Hermann. The best I know, Pelster-Panhorst is still rotting to the ground. A one of a kind structure that emulated centuries-old construction and, once lost, can never be faithfully reconstructed.

Lewis County has several roadside oddities so after doing a search I came up with the answer to your question Bill.

The viewers of Evening Magazine, a KING 5 show that airs out of Seattle, chose Yard Bird as the winner in that category for the Best Northwest Escapes 2011 edition. There are funding efforts to restore the bird as after 40 years sections of it have deteriorated. A benefit concert was held this past summer, June 25, 2011, featuring members of the Ventures and the Kingsmen. Lieutenant Governor, Brad Owen, who also plays in a band made an appearance as part of the back up.

As for what it ran up against? Other Northwest icons more than likely. If this were a Lewis County contest it would square off against the Centralia Art House, which the owner is in process of dismantling, or the Winlock Egg, and possibly the Gospodor Monuments.

In other news I have a Yard Bird refrigerator magnet.

:-D Definitely a landmark, but who voted? And what did it run against?

most haunted home/ property I've ever encountered. our farm neighbored this home/property. When property was sold, my husband was asked to do some carpentry wrk to cabin and adjoining house. house and cabin, infested with snakes and evil spirits, that literally ran him and his helper out of the house. unplugging his extension cords, slamming doors locking him out, curtains moving as if someone looking out windows , upstairs of cabin ice cold, during the summer. rock cellar infested with snakes as well as newer portion of homes balcony. old pictures in cabin remained w property of evil looking man . something evil is in that home. "warwick" on stone entrance to farm, but was torn down by new owner.

To bad the current owner has neglected this landmark for so long. It is falling apart and there seems to be no sign of any one trying to preserve this part of our history. The fences are rotting away. A power line between the tavern and a SCHOOL is down and just laying on the ground where a child could come across it. The owner should be ashamed to allow a structure like this to fall apart from her neglect!

Enjoyed the photograph of Welty's Mill Bridge, and the information provided

following the picture. During my younger days, I use to swim and fish near the

bridge, not knowing it was built by one of my ancestor's.

David Snively Stoner was my 2nd Great Grandfather.

At the Parlor House Resturant located in the South Potomac St. Shopping Ctr.

on South Potomac Street in Waynesboro, Pa., that has a blown up picture of

the bridge, including the Mill in the background, which has been removed.

The name of the young man fishing in the creek by the bridge is Don Shade

who lived across the road from the bridge for a number of years

Enjoyed the photograph of Welty's Mill Bridge, and the information provided

following the picture. During my younger days, I use to swim and fish near the

bridge, not knowing it was built by one of my ancestor's.

David Snively Stoner was my 2nd Great Grandfather.

At the Parlor House Resturant located in the South Potomac St. Shopping Ctr.

on South Potomac Street in Waynesboro, Pa., that has a blown up picture of

the bridge, including the Mill in the background, which has been removed.

The name of the young man fishing in the creek by the bridge is Don Shade

who lived across the road from the bridge for a number of years

Currently houses the Inn at Carnall Hall and Ella's Restaurant

An incipient movement is slowly underway to raise funds for the roof at Lonaconing Silk Mill. It is hoped that whatever is collected will spur others into action as well transforming the landmark into a habitable place for businesses while preserving the machine area as future museum space. This month's efforts involve a charity raffle for hair falls and steampunk-ish goggles.

http://www.facebook.com/savethelonaconingsilkmill?sk=info

Those assholes!

This house's address is 332 Adams!

:-/

I am ashamed that these people call themselves Floridians. They take joy out of killing animals so that they can throw them at toilets. Don't spend money in this community.

I have such a fascination with Rosemary Lawn. My great-great grandparents, William and Eleanor (Bettinson) Dows purchased this place around the end of the 19th century. My great grandmother was their daughter, Ada Dows. She married my great grandfather Charles Wesley Griggs. They were the parents of my grandfather, Frank Roger Griggs. My dad, Frank Roger Griggs Jr vaguely remembers Rosemary Lawn from when he was a young boy. I've never been to Rosemary Lawn but hope to make a trip there soon. It looks beautiful from the photos I've seen.

we have been trying to upgrade information on this house since we bought it in 2006. It is no longer vacant and is being restored after a fire in 2004. also am interested in how to get a historical marker for the yard. any help would be appreciated.

We have come across a small mahogany drop leaf table with the following stamped on the bottom: Columbia Mantel Co., Louisville, KY #456 Mah 6132 and would like to know if you would have any information on it as to when it was manufactured. Thank you.

I didn't do anything to it, I just took the photo of the empty field. ;)

Actually, I went to the same school and had similar experiences, except mine was called East Granville School and it was in Wisconsin. It's long since been knocked down and the old playground is populated with houses.

As for the Daisy BB Gun - "YOU'LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT, KID!"

According to our local paper, the Opelika Observer, this mansion is currently in an alarming state of disrepair. Please click the link below and let your voice be heard if you'd like to see the home stand for many years to come

http://www.opelika.org/Default.asp?ID=1575&pg=Online+311+System

What did you do with my school? This was my first and happiest school close to where my dad built our new home in 1952 at 4411 Harrison Street(RR1). There was one teacher Miss White with five grades K-4th grade. I was born in 1947, so I attended school there for five years.

As students (About 35 of us)we cleaned the floors, chalk boards, stoked coal for the furnace and had an excellent education, as we would help teach the lower grades as you progressed. The school closed and we transferred to a brand new school, Central Elementary in 1957. In 1959 we moved to Colorado after my dad's job at Alcoa finished and then Viet Nam and the service and I never got back to see my old school house, and I still dream about that sophisticated and beautiful little girl, having just come back from France (her dad in the foreign service) where she and I spent a few weeks together in the spring after school with me protecting her from the monsters on the road until her parents came to pick-her up. We talked about the world etc. I was at the mature age of ten.

The last day of school she told me good-bye, (they are moving to Washington DC), her parents smiled at me as she got in the car and that was it. My first love. I wasn't smiling.

Elvis, Purple people eater, Witch Doctor were the focus of our musical attention while having a Mohawk Haircut or wearing a Davey Crockett Coon Skin Cap. Begging for A Daisy BB gun and not getting one and endless hours of sledding in the winter and romping in the fields hunting rabbits and pheasants with spears made out of horse weeds. What a Life!

Hi, I am the current owner of the "Wenzel" house. In the research I have found at the Hoyt Library in Saginaw, MI on my property, I have found that my home is NOT in any way affiliated with any members of the Wenzel family. In fact, my home was built by Henry Newton, possibably as early as the 1860s rather than 1874 and was sold to the WELZEL family in the late 1890s or early 1900s.

This was an incredibly fun hike. The old pumphouse is like a loop in time. The main pumps, pony pumps, tools...even a washdown hose...are all still there, 30 years after the pumphouse was shut down and abandoned. There are even spare lightbulbs on the shelves inside. Shining a flashlight through them revealed that the bulbs appear to have good elements inside. Real glass casement windows, with only 1 broken. It's pretty obvious that the old fellow doesn't get many visitors.

The Home has undergone another renovation in 2011 - new carpet, paint, woodwork, furniture - all on the first floor. See the website @ covingtonladieshome.com

I see that "Spring Bank" in Frederick MD has been assigned a tag of BANK. If this denotes that it might once have been a bank, this is in error. The bank refers to the bank of springs as do many Gr Britain houses although this house was named by Mr. George Houck, of German/Alsace Lorraine descent.

My husband and I were stewards of this wonderful edifice from 1980 to 2007. We have wonderful memories of Frederick and of one of it's most stunning examples of beautiful architecture.

But early in our stay there, we hosted a Chamber of Commerce card exchange meeting. Many young people came expecting to meet bank officials; they were somewhat disappointed to learn that we were a bed & breakfast inn instead.

http://www.visitstarrfamilyhome.com/index.aspx?page=18

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/parkguide/rgn_pw_005.phtml

Operated as a state park by the Texas Historical Commission

Are there any photographs or pictures available of this home?

The name of this tunnel is the "Charcoal Gap" Tunnel.

I would like to know if there is any material on the history of the slaves that build the Covington plantation/house.

Destroyed in 2010 to make way for Sutton Elementary addition.

This along with the General Administration Building in Olympia is one of those places added to the Historical Registry to mollify preservationists who decry the state not actively taking steps to save heritage and cultural sites. The state of Washington has no interest at all in keeping these buildings, in fact they are campaigning for their demolition so something else can be built at each location. Bureaucracy in action! But don't forget they care about landmarks enough to add them to a list though.

Bridge washed out in a flood recently after the land owner had spent an inordinate amount of money replacing the deck and restoring the bridge piers.

9/28/11 This property is currently for sale. Contact owner for more information. Current asking price is under $300k.

This building was demolished sometime during the 1980s or 1990s.

I had family from Heelstring, Arkansas. They supposedly helped settle the area. Thomas N Pyburn was the head of household. He was a farmer in Nelson Township in 1910.

Does anyone have a history of Heelstring, a list of families who lived there? Any help would be appreciated.

The pointer on the map is at the wrong corner. The Williams Cottage is on the corner of South Atlantic Ave and OCEAN.

Sadly this Drive-In was purchased by Bill Simpson of Simpson Racing Products to be used as property for Indianapolis Raceway Park. Then Simpson decided to re sell the Property instead.

I hate how something truly wonderful like the Drive In was destroyed all in the name of progress, then progress doesn't happen.

This entry, like all the original entries, was downloaded directly from the NRHP database, a government project. File the typo under the heading "Your tax dollars at work."

Notation on spelling--Weckbaugh Willbanks

Thank you for your comment. I really appreciate it. I just found this way to respond.

Don O'Brien

There is an Irony for the courthouse in Clarksville. It is NOT on the square. The square is 3 blocks south with just a statue in the center of the square. The courthouse is at 315 North Walnut Street, Clarksville, TX Until just a few years ago, the Courthouse was in an area that was primarily residential. Now there is a new jail and some comercial buildup in the area where the courthouse has sat for a hundred years.

According to Anthony Dillon on Bridgehunter.com the bridge is in storage to be moved to Benjamin Harrison State Park.

Thurmond Train Station

Sounds like a pre-drive in passion pit!

http://www.examiner.com/west-side-in-cincinnati/price-hill-s-historic-movie-theatres

Picture here circa 1912. Showed silent movies and featured "love seats", which, as you might imagine, were two-person seats.

Gary,

Thanks for bringing this oversight to my attention. I added the fort after we visited there in 2010 and thought it was worthy of posting here, but was not aware it was on the National Register. I've corrected that so the info now appears on the site.

Ruth

Theater?

It looks more like a Nash dealership.

This has NOT served as the County Courthouse ever since. It served as the county courthouse until the late 70's. It is now the Cherokee Supreme Courthouse.

This building has been demolished.

Gosh, Alan, your post was valuable just for seeing "Killer Apes" on the marquee, including posters in the windows.

I never heard of it, so I looked it up. It's a 1953 Johnny Weismuller movie with Tamba, the Chimp and a well-known cast with such notable names as Carol Thurston and Max Palmer. (Other than Weismuller, the only names I recognized in the credits were Nestor Paiva (character actor) and Ray "Crash" Corrigan, probably only because he was from Milwaukee.)

Anyway, if you took that pic in 1953, I don't feel like the oldest guy on the site anymore. ^__^

THe Dreamland was our neighborhood theater when I was a kid; JOOC, what makes it a landmark?

All the information for the original listings on this site were downloaded directly from the NPS and NRHP. You might wish to take up the error corrections with them - good luck with that. Photographs of extant NRHP locations, and posting of newer entries are made by volunteers, who hopefully have good resources available. However, as you already know, once an error is in a computer database, it is essentially there forever.

Please correct these errors:

Maria Sweek named her home, which she designed and had built, Willowbrook, not Meadowbrook. This error is the result of poor research and reporting to OHS done in the '50s by a member of the DAR, which as persisted to this day. I made a correction on Wikipedia several years ago and just found that yours is identical to what they had posted.

The structure is not brick, it is thoroughly wooden, as anyone looking at pictures on the web will clearly see! Only the chimneys are brick.

Hello, I owned Penniman Castle from the early 90's approx. 10 years. The foundation is not stone as stated on this site but poured concrete, like a modern house. The basement is also a full basement with the exception of the butlers pantry( between the dinning room and kitchen).The walls of the basement were also plastered. If you would like to know anything else about this very enigmatic house please feel free to E-mail me( construction,secret writings on the walls under the wallpapers, haughtings, etc.I restored the houses interior, and filled out the paper work for the national register status.Doug Kidder PhD. e-mail: 2thmaker69@gmail.com

I thought that you might want this black & white photo that was taken by me and my father on a vacation to my mother's home on Sweetpotato Road near MillCreek IL. It shows the depot before restoration. By looking at the placement of the chimneys, you can tell that it was taken from the same side of the building although the door was moved during restoration. Please reply if this has been of some use to you. Regards, Walter LeGrone

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Do not move in to these apt! Terrible management that lies to you that the apt has bed bugs, had to get rid of thousands of dollars of things due to bed bugs. Then trying to move out was told I was going to be sued because I was making a effort to move asap. This place if full of druggies and mentally ill people. Management comes into your apt t wherever they want, should of called the cops on them! They never fix anything. NIGHTMARE of a place to live at.

Neilton is one of nearly 4,000 post offices that the USPS has put on the chopping block. Baring is another.

http://landmarkhunter.com/108168-baring-washington/

Check for yourself and see if there are places listed here that may lose their post office.

http://about.usps.com/news/electronic-press-kits/expandedaccess/statelist.htm

Perhaps we can photograph/document before it is too late?

Owners of this house. Attached is a picture for your files.

With respect to the late Johnny Carson, I suppose this means that Ladybird Johnson was actually Karnack, the Magnificent.

(You probably have to be over 50, or at least over 40, to get that joke.)

Doctor Livingston, I presume?

Anyone have any information on the family of George Walker who bought this farm in 1720; was he buried on this farm?? was anyone buried on this farm?? His son George Walker Jr had the property 1748-1794. any information on son George and his family???

Any idea about the parents of the first George Walker??

Reach me at lwthroop@aol.com

This theater is operated by TRAHC Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council as a working theater for live performances and activities. It was painstakingly restored in the 1980's and is the crown-jewel of Texarkana arts and history.

http://www.trahc.org/perot-theatre

Currently Home to Texarkana Museum Systems and the Texarkana Historical Museum .

http://www.texarkanamuseums.org/

My wife managed the "Ace of Clubs House" museum in the early nineties. It had a colorful history and was enjoyable. I spent several days leading tours when she was short of docents and she and I hosted the Christmas tours in period costume and character.

Home of Claudia Taylor (Ladybird) Johnson

The post office actually moved out of the historic building over to a (MODERN?) building over on Travis Street in the sixties or seventies. They STILL do hold federal court in the historic federal building.

Lived here for eight years. Been gone about the same.

They did a great job on their restoration. Of all the historic courthouses in Texas I saw BEFORE their renovations, the one in Clarksville was the worst. Between the general poor condition and the indiscriminate modifications it was a horror. Now it is really nice and so I am told functional as well.

I lived less than two blocks south of here for several years right after the old courthouse burned. I haven't been back for several years. Is the marker still on the ground (the center of the county) over north west of the jail, where the courthouse stood? I am guessing the chain link fences are all gone. There was talk 20 years ago about making the jail a historical center, but governments in Bowie county don't have much time for that. There was hushed applause when the courthouse (mysteriously) burned and the county netted a fairly large insurance settlement.

I have 2 old Wadham metal signs. They're about 4' x 6' or bigger. Any idea on their value or who might like them?

Bio & Obituary of Tom Berry, builder of Berry Hotel,McHenry Co, ND.

http://www.pendroysurnamehistory.com/tomberry.html

The General Service Administration occasionally auctions or gives away historic lighthouses to suitable stewards, nonprofits, community groups, preservation societies, etc. The Conneaut Harbor West Breakwater Light in Ohio is up for bid until July 20th. Others are listed below.

http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/286133

I am looking for people who were living in morse mill area during the late 40's early 50's, especially familar with highway ee going back toward hyw 30, i am trying to locate some photo of the old rock tavern that burned circa 54. Thanks....

And you think YOU have a crummy job!

I happened to be passing through Watertown today, and I stopped at the gas station across the street from this magnificent church. I was surprised to see the scaffolding. I started to imagine what it must be like to climb these ladders to perform whatever work it is that these folks are doing. Um, no, thanks. It might be a great view from up there, but I think I'll stay on the ground.

BTW, there was a major storm that came through here this morning, it was really bad about 20 miles south of here, so that is why there is no one on the scaffold.

Diamond & Diamond Attorneys-at-Law have owned The Lawton House since the early 1990s.

A historic Mississippi River St Louis riverboat, the SS Admiral has been sold for scrap and is currently being stripped and gutted. The SS Admiral used to be a excursion/tourist riverboat that cruised the Mississippi River, and later was turned into a stationary casino at St Louis, MO. My mom has memories of her and my grandparents taking a tourist trip on the SS Admiral when she was a child.

Here's a news article on the SS Admiral from the Belleville News Democrat.

http://www.bnd.com/2011/06/30/1768931/ss-admiral-finds-new-life-as-scrap.html

PHOTOS AND TEXT BY STEVE NAGY - News-Democrat

Workers are stripping down the SS Admiral, reducing and recycling what was once the world's largest inland entertainment vessel.

They are on the second of the top two levels. A crew of about six workers with Gateway Marine Services is removing the level that formerly held the boat's galley, buffet and poker room when it was the President Casino.

"The boat's being recycled," said Gateway Marine Services spokesman Bill Kline.

He said the job must be done carefully.

"Old boats tend to be like an archeological dig. ... The materials are in layers, so you have to be very conscious of flammable material. So, you can't just break out the torches and go at it."

Workers are using saws and other tools to pick the Admiral apart, in addition to using cutting torches, Kline said.

The work beneath the Martin Luther King Bridge will take about a month. Then the boat will be ready to go to Alton or Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis for completion of the salvage work.

"Alton is preferable, since the access is a little better and the river conditions don't change as much because of the proximity to the Alton Locks and Dam," Kline said.

River conditions might dictate which location is feasible. "When the river gets down below flood stage, we'll be able to move the boat," Kline said.

The hull of the boat was built in 1907 for use as a railroad ferry to shuttle rail cars across the Mississippi River in Vicksburg, Miss. It was first named the Albatross.

It was later converted and put into passenger service in 1940 by the Streckfus family in St. Louis. It was used for Mississippi River excursions until 1979. Its propulsion system was removed and the boat was moored because of deterioration of the boat's hull.

The Admiral was put back in service in 1987 and was used as a floating entertainment venue by Six Flags, but didn't sail. That venture later failed, but in 1994 President Casinos bought the vessel and converted it into a riverboat casino. It was permanently moored just north of the Gateway Arch, but the casino closed for good in 2010 was sold for scrap.

Nice pic, Jim!

What a beautiful theater! Thanks for adding the photos, Donald.

Have some pictures that I will post as soon as I get approved

Check the satellite imaging. The pool may be the one in the NE corner of the estate. It would appear that there was more land to it at one time but they sold some for the small subdivision now on the West and North.

I can't find any mention of a pool, but my childhood memories are about spending Sat. mornings in the Weckbaugh pool, which was opened to neighborhood children, before it was cleaned in the afternoons. Can someone verify this?

This is an absolutely wonderful house. Beautiful details, a lovely curved staircase in the entryway, and surrounded by undeveloped land, much as it was 200 years ago.

This is now located at the Burritt Museum in Huntsville.

http://www.burrittonthemountain.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33&Itemid=126

http://landmarkhunter.com/138466-william-burritt-mansion/

Anyway to change the county to Madison?

This property has been a fully functioning & licensed Inn for the past 29 years, known as Shellmont Inn. We are the second owners since purchasing it from the Nicolson family in 1982. Our web address is http://shellmont.com.

My Grandfather worked there from 1911 until 1973, 62 years. He was 90 years when he retired. I have photos of him there in the early 20's or possibly earlier. He got up at 5 am made his breakfast walked to the bus stop rode the bus to downtown Memphis. Walked to work and did the same in the afternoon rain or shine, sleet or snow. He was as slim at 90 as he was at 28 when he started there. They were good enough to let him work through the depression. He had 7 children. With only a 2nd grade education he was able to provide for his family and survive. He talked about seeing horse drawn fire trucks coming down Front st, and see in Mr Crump walking around the city campaigning for mayor. Sadly we didn't record enough of what he remembered.

This home is still well maintained by a farming family. The home was built by my ancestor, Samuel Lewis who came to Ohio in the mid-1800's.

This power plant was converted into a Barnes and Noble, making it an interesting adaptive reuse.

Photos I posted over at bridgehunter. My friends and I went over to it because we were bored.

Trina, you might want to check the genaeology sites. Some of them have listings of old church cemeteries and are specific to states and counties.

Yes, I've seen more than a few of them. The theater in Ewing, Virginia was one that I recently stumbled upon while feuding with my GPS on the way home from a Kentucky high school football game. Yeah, a KENTUCKY high school game, and the GPS takes me southeast to get home to Northern Kentucky. The GPS and I were not on speaking terms once I hit I-75. ;-)

Who can I call to find where a certain is person was laid to rest here?