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Floral Hall (Morrow County Fairgrounds)
Floral Hall can refer to: ;In the United Kingdom * Royal Opera House, Paul Hamlyn Hall, the former Covent Garden floral hall in London, England * Hornsea Floral Hall, Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire * Floral Hall, Scarborough, Floral Hall, former theatre in Scarborough, North Yorkshire * Belfast_Zoo#Floral_Hall, Floral Hall, a former events venue in the grounds of Belfast Zoo. ;In the United States * Floral Hall (Harlan, Iowa), List of RHPs in Iowa, listed on the NRHP in Iowa * Floral Hall (Tipton, Iowa), List of RHPs in Iowa, listed on the NRHP in Iowa * Floral Hall (Portland, Indiana), List of RHPs in Indiana, listed on the NRHP in Indiana * Floral Hall (Lexington, Kentucky), listed on the NRHP in Kentucky * Floral Hall (Bowling Green, Ohio), listed on the NRHP in Ohio * Floral Hall (Mount Gilead, Ohio), List of RHPs in Ohio, listed on the NRHP in Ohio * Floral Hall (Everett, Washington), List of RHPs in Washington, listed on the NRHP in Washington {{disambiguation Architectur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal Opera, The Royal Ballet, and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. The first theatre on the site, the Theatre Royal (1732), served primarily as a playhouse for the first hundred years of its history. In 1734, the first ballet was presented. A year later, the first season of operas, by George Frideric Handel, began. Many of his operas and oratorios were specifically written for Covent Garden and had their premieres there. The current building is the third theatre on the site, following disastrous fires in 1808 and 1856 to previous buildings. The façade, foyer, and auditorium date from 1858, but almost every other element of the present complex dates from an extensive reconstruction in the 1990s. The main auditorium seats 2,256 people, mak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hornsea Floral Hall
Hornsea is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The settlement dates to at least the early medieval period. The town was expanded in the Victorian era with the coming of the Hull and Hornsea Railway in 1864. In the First World War the Mere was briefly the site of RNAS Hornsea Mere, a seaplane base. During the Second World War the town and beach was heavily fortified against invasion. The civil parish encompasses Hornsea town; the natural lake, Hornsea Mere; as well as the lost or deserted villages of ''Hornsea Beck'', ''Northorpe'' and ''Southorpe''. Structures of note in the parish include the medieval parish church of St Nicholas, Bettison's Folly, Hornsea Mere and the sea front promenade. The economy includes a mix of tourism and small manufacturing. Most notably, Hornsea Pottery was established in Hornsea in 1949 and closed in 2000. Modern Hornsea still functions as a coastal resort, and has large caravan sites to the north and south. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floral Hall, Scarborough
The Floral Hall was an entertainment venue in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It was demolished in 1989 and replaced by the Scarborough Bowls Centre. References External links Floral Hall: An Introduction , Stories From ScarboroughFloral Hall , Flickr Theatres in Scarborough, North Yorkshire Demolished buildings and structures in North Yorkshire Demolished theatres in the United Kingdom Buildings and structures demolished in 1989 {{Yorkshire-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Scarborough () is a seaside town in the Borough of Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. Scarborough is located on the North Sea coastline. Historic counties of England, Historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town lies between 10 and 230 feet (3–70 m) above sea level, from the harbour rising steeply north and west towards limestone cliffs. The older part of the town lies around the harbour and is protected by a rocky headland. With a population of 61,749, Scarborough is the largest seaside resort, holiday resort on the Yorkshire Coast and largest seaside town in North Yorkshire. The town has fishing and service industries, including a growing digital and creative economy, as well as being a tourist destination. Residents of the town are known as Scarborians. History Origins The town was reportedly founded around 966 AD as by Thorgils Skarthi, a Viking raider, though there is no archaeological evidence to support these claims, made during the 1960s, as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast Zoo
Belfast Zoological Gardens (also known as ''Bellevue Zoo'') is a zoo in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is in a relatively secluded location on the northeastern slope of Cavehill, overlooking Belfast's Antrim Road. Belfast Zoo is one of the top fee-paying visitor attractions in Northern Ireland, receiving more than 300,000 visitors a year. Located in north Belfast, the zoo's site is home to more than 1,200 animals and 140 species. The majority of the animals in Belfast Zoo are in danger in their natural habitat. The zoo carries out important conservation work and takes part in over 90 European and international breeding programmes which help to ensure the survival of many species under threat. The zoo is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA), the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA), and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA). Helena Raquel History The story of Belfast Zoo begins with the city's public transport sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floral Hall (Harlan, Iowa)
Floral Hall is a historic building located at the Shelby County Fairgrounds in Harlan, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The cross-shaped, frame structure is the oldest building on the fairgrounds, and one of the oldest, relatively unaltered, county fair exhibition buildings in Iowa. with It is composed of four identical sections organized around a -square central section, which is capped with a square cupola. Both the building and the cupola are capped with a gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ... roof. The exhibition hall was built by the Shelby County Agricultural Society, who organized the agricultural fair in 1869. They bought the present fairgrounds in 1879, and this building was built sometime betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of RHPs In Iowa
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floral Hall (Tipton, Iowa)
Floral Hall is a historic building located at the Cedar County Fairgrounds in Tipton, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. The facility was built for use as a floral display area, and has maintained that use. with It was built in 1899 and replaced a previous Floral Hall that had occupied the same location. The directors of the Tipton Fair Association determined that its construction would cost approximately $1,000. H.L. Dean, the superintendent of construction, held to that figure. However, while the building was being built it was decided to install a hard-pine floor, which added $250 to its cost. Floral Hall is an octagon-shaped structure with a large matching cupola In architecture, a cupola () is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome. The word derives, via Italian, from ... on top. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floral Hall (Portland, Indiana)
Floral Hall, also known as The Round House, is a historic building located on the Jay County Fairgrounds in Wayne Township, Jay County, Indiana. It was built in 1891, and is a -story, octagonal frame building with vertical board siding with battens. Each side measures approximately 33 feet long. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1983. References Octagonal buildings in the United States Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Buildings and structures completed in 1891 Buildings and structures in Jay County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Jay County, Indiana {{JayCountyIN-NRHP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of RHPs In Indiana
__NOTOC__ This is a list of properties and districts in Indiana that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are over 1,900 in total. Of these, 39 are National Historic Landmarks. Each of Indiana's 92 counties has at least two listings. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in an online map by clicking on "Map of all coordinates". : Current listings by county The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of March 13, 2009 and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. There are frequent additions to the listings and occasional delistings and the counts here are approximate and not official. New entries are added to the official Register on a weekly basis. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floral Hall (Lexington, Kentucky)
Floral Hall, also known as Standardbred Stable of Memories, is an octagonal building designed by John McMurtry in Lexington, Kentucky. It was built in 1882 as an exhibition hall for floral displays on the fairgrounds of the Kentucky Agricultural & Mechanical Association. with It is notable for its architecture and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1977. References National Register of Historic Places in Lexington, Kentucky Event venues established in 1882 Event venues on the National Register of Historic Places in Kentucky Octagonal buildings in the United States 1882 establishments in Kentucky Floral industry {{FayetteCountyKY-NRHP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floral Hall (Bowling Green, Ohio)
The Floral Hall is a historic community building in the city of Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. Constructed in the 1880s for one of two competing county fairs, it is typical of exhibition buildings from the period. Although no longer used for the county fair, it has been named a historic site. History Background The first Wood County fair was held in 1851 in Bowling Green, although the next five years saw it held also at Perrysburg and Portageville, due partially to dissension among the sponsoring Agricultural Society members and partially to the presence of diseases such as cholera and ague in the different grounds. The board purchased land at Tontogany for permanent fair grounds after the end of the Civil War,''Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio: Its Past and Present''. Chicago: Beers, 1897. but Bowling Green still retained the memory of holding the county fair. This state of affairs ultimately induced the formation of a separate W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
