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Elliott–Carnegie Library
Elliott–Carnegie Library is a historic Carnegie library building located in Hickory, North Carolina, Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. It was built in 1922, and is a small, one-story brick veneer structure in the Georgian Revival architecture, Georgian Revival / Colonial Revival architecture, Colonial Revival style. It was the last public library in North Carolina to receive a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Foundation that funded 2,507 such facilities worldwide. In the 1950s, it was converted for use as radio station WHKY (AM), WHKY by the Catawba Valley Broadcasting Company. It later housed an advertising and public relations firm. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. References Hickory, North Carolina Carnegie libraries in North Carolina Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Library buildings completed in 1922 Georgian Revival architecture in North Carolina Colonial Reviv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hickory, North Carolina
Hickory is a city located primarily in Catawba County, with formal boundaries extending into Burke and Caldwell counties. The city lies in the U.S. state of North Carolina. At the time of the 2020 census, Hickory's population was 43,490. Hickory is the principal city of the Hickory–Lenoir–Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area, in which the metro population at the 2020 census was 365,276. Hickory is located approximately northwest of Charlotte, North Carolina. History The origin of Hickory's name stems from a tavern made of logs beneath a hickory tree during the 1850s. The spot was known as "Hickory Tavern." In 1870, Hickory Tavern was established as a town. Three years later in 1873, the name was changed to the Town of Hickory, and in 1889 to the City of Hickory. The first train operated in the area of Hickory Tavern in 1859. The first lot was sold to Henry Link for $45.00 in 1858. His house is now known as "The 1859 Cafe", a restaurant (closed in 2011). The community ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catawba County, North Carolina
Catawba County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 160,610. Its county seat is Newton, and its largest city is Hickory. The county is part of the Hickory–Lenoir– Morganton, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Catawba County formed in 1842 from Lincoln County, was named after the Catawba River. The word "catawba" is rooted in the Choctaw sound ''kat'a pa'', loosely translated as "to divide or separate, to break." However, scholars are fairly certain that this word was imposed from outside. The Native Americans who once inhabited the region known as the Catawba people, were considered one of the most powerful Southeastern Siouan-speaking tribes in the Carolina Piedmont. They now live along the border of North Carolina, near the city of Rock Hill, South Carolina. Scots-Irish and German colonial immigrants first settled in the Catawba River valley in the mid-18th century. An official history of the Scots-Irish an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgian Revival Architecture
*Colonial Revival architecture in the United States — ''primarily reviving the British Colonial period style''. ::*''See also: Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in the United States, and Dutch Colonial Revival architecture in the United States Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ....'' {{- Revival architecture in the United States Colonial Revival architecture Architecture in the United States by period or style ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colonial Revival Architecture
The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the architectural traditions of their colonial past. Fairly small numbers of Colonial Revival homes were built c. 1880–1910, a period when Queen Anne-style architecture was dominant in the United States. From 1910–1930, the Colonial Revival movement was ascendant, with about 40% of U.S. homes built during this period in the Colonial Revival style. In the immediate post-war period (c. 1950s–early 1960s), Colonial Revival homes continued to be constructed, but in simplified form. In the present-day, many New Traditional homes draw from Colonial Revival styles. While the dominant influences in Colonial Revival style are Georgian and Federal architecture, Colonial Revival homes also draw, to a lesser extent, from the Dutch Colonial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnegie Corporation Of New York
The Carnegie Corporation of New York is a philanthropic fund established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to support education programs across the United States, and later the world. Carnegie Corporation has endowed or otherwise helped to establish institutions that include the United States National Research Council, what was then the Russian Research Center at Harvard University (now known as the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies), the Carnegie libraries and the Children's Television Workshop. It also for many years generously funded Carnegie's other philanthropic organizations, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (CFAT), and the Carnegie Institution for Science (CIS). According to the OECD, Carnegie Corporation of New York's financing for 2019 development increased by 27% to US$24 million. History Founding and early years By 1911 Andrew Carnegie had endowed five organizations in the US and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WHKY (AM)
WHKY (1290 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Hickory, North Carolina. The station is owned by Long Communications, LLC, and broadcasts a news/talk/sports format. The radio studios and offices are on Main Avenue SE in Hickory. By day, WHKY is powered at 50,000 watts, the maximum for AM stations. But to protect other stations on AM 1290, it greatly reduces power at night to 1,000 watts. It uses a directional antenna at all times. The transmitter is on Tate Boulevard SE at 20th Street SE in Hickory. Programming is also heard on FM translator W272DU at 102.3 MHz Programming WHKY begins each weekday with a two-hour talk and information show, "First Talk," hosted by Hal Row. The rest of the weekday schedule comes mostly from nationally syndicated conservative talk shows: Mike Gallagher, The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, Dave Ramsey, Fox Sports Radio and ''Coast to Coast AM with George Noory''. Weekends feature Kim Komando, '' Somewhere in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
