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Gleason House (other)
Gleason House may refer to: in the United States ''(by state then city or town)'' * William H. Gleason House, Melbourne, Florida, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Brevard County * F. C. Gleason House, Jerome, Idaho, listed on the NRHP in Jerome County * Belvidere (West Roxbury, Massachusetts), a former house in West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, home of Frederick Gleason *Bacon-Gleason-Blodgett Homestead, Bedford, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed in Middlesex County * Dr. Edward Francis Gleason House, Barnstable, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed in Barnstable County * James Gleason Cottage, Southbridge, Massachusetts, NRHP-listed in Worcester County * Lucius Gleason House, Liverpool, New York, NRHP-listed in Onondaga County * Round Rock Hill, Peekskill, New York, a home of Jackie Gleason * Edmund Gleason House, Valley View, Ohio, also known as ''Edmund Gleason Farm'', listed on the NRHP in Cuyahoga County * Abell-Gleason House, Charlottesville, Virg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William H
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name shoul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Register Of Historic Places Listings In Jerome County, Idaho
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jerome County, Idaho. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Jerome County, Idaho, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. There are 66 properties listed on the National Register in the county. More can be added; properties and districts nationwide are added to the Register weekly. Current listings See also * List of National Historic Landmarks in Idaho * National Register of Historic Places listings in Idaho References {{Jerome County, Idaho Jerome Jerome (; la, Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was a Christian pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belvidere (West Roxbury, Massachusetts)
Belvidere (from the Latin ''bellus'' + ''videre'', meaning "beautiful sight") may refer to: Places Australia * Belvidere, South Australia, a small town southeast of Strathalbyn * Belvidere Range, South Australia, a mountain range * Hundred of Belvidere, a district north of the Barossa Valley in South Australia * District Council of Belvidere, a former local government area governing the hundred United States * Belvidere, Idaho, a place in Valley County, Idaho * Belvidere Township, Boone County, Illinois ** Belvidere, Illinois, a city within the township * Belvidere, Kansas * Belvidere Township, Michigan * Belvidere Township, Minnesota ** Belvidere, Minnesota, a former post office in Belvidere Township * Belvidere (Natchez, Mississippi), on the NRHP * Belvidere, Nebraska * Belvidere, New Jersey ** Belvidere Historic District (Belvidere, New Jersey), on the NRHP * Belvidere, New York, a place in Allegany County, New York * Belvidere (Belmont, New York), on the NRHP * Bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Gleason
Frederick Gleason (c.1817 – November 6, 1896) was a publisher in Boston, Massachusetts, in the mid-nineteenth century. He is best known for establishing the popular illustrated weekly '' Gleason's Pictorial'', at the time an innovation in American publishing. He has been called "the father of illustrated journalism." Biography Born in Germany, Gleason moved to the United States in his youth. He began his career as a bookbinder, working from a second-floor office on Tremont Street in Boston. In the late 1840s Gleason published a string of short novels written by his "stable of hack authors" including Benjamin Barker and Maturin Murray Ballou, often published pseudonymously. Representative are works by the pseudonymous Harry Halyard, including ''The Doom of the Dolphin'' and ''Wharton the Whale-Killer!'' Each novel ran "exactly 100 pages long and reflect dthe emphasis on glib dialogue and fast-paced action characteristic of the emerging 'dime novel' tradition." Gleason beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bacon-Gleason-Blodgett Homestead
The Bacon-Gleason-Blodgett Homestead is a historic house at 118 Wilson Road in Bedford, Massachusetts. Built about 1740, it is the town's only surviving example of a brick-end colonial-period house, with long association to a nearby gristmill. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 14, 1977, and included in the Wilson Mill-Old Burlington Road District on August 18, 2003. Description and history The Bacon-Gleason-Blodgett Homestead is located in eastern Bedford, near the town line with Burlington. It is set at the southwest corner of Wilson Road and Old Burlington Road; the latter is an old alignment of the main east–west road, now Massachusetts Route 62 which runs a short way to the north. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a low-pitch hip roof and clapboarded exterior. Its two side walls are brick, each with two interior chimneys. The main facade is three bays wide, with paired sash windows flanking the center entrance on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gleason Cottage
The James Gleason Cottage is a historic house at 31 Sayles Street in Southbridge, Massachusetts. Built about 1830 for a local businessman, it is a regionally rare example of vernacular Gothic Revival architecture. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Description and history The James Gleason Cottage is located in Southbridge's Globe Village area, on the east side of Sayles Street near Ash Street. The house is a modest -story wood-frame structure with a steeply pitched gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. The main facade is three bays wide in the Greek Revival style, with corner pilasters and a pilastered entry in the left bay. A single-story porch extends across the front and right side, with bracketed square posts and turned balustrade. The front gable features a large recessed porch, its top consisting of an open Gothic arch. The right side has a gabled wall dormer projecting from the roof, and an ell extends to the rear. The house i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucius Gleason House
The Lucius Gleason House, also known as Liverpool Village Hall and as the Gleason Mansion, is a historic home located at Liverpool, Onondaga County, New York. It was built about 1860, and is a large two-story, Italianate style, stuccoed brick dwelling. It has a telescoping plan with a two-story, hip roofed main block; followed by a smaller two-story, gable roofed wing; and a -story gabled appendage. ''Note:'' This includes an''Accompanying photographs''/ref> The Gleason Mansion is now home to the Liverpool Village Museum and Historian's office. Operated by the Liverpool Historical Association, the museum features changing exhibits about local history. 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 1990. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Round Rock Hill
Round or rounds may refer to: Mathematics and science * The contour of a closed curve or surface with no sharp corners, such as an ellipse, circle, rounded rectangle, cant, or sphere * Rounding, the shortening of a number to reduce the number of significant figures it contains * Round number, a number that ends with one or more zeroes * Roundness (geology), the smoothness of clastic particles * Roundedness, rounding of lips when pronouncing vowels * Labialization, rounding of lips when pronouncing consonants Music * Round (music), a type of musical composition * ''Rounds'' (album), a 2003 album by Four Tet Places * The Round, a defunct theatre in the Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle upon Tyne, England * Round Point, a point on the north coast of King George Island, South Shetland Islands * Grand Rounds Scenic Byway, a parkway system in Minneapolis * Rounds Mountain, a peak in the Taconic Mountains, United States * Round Mountain (other), several places * Round Valley (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Gleason
John Herbert Gleason (February 26, 1916June 24, 1987) was an American actor, comedian, writer, composer, and conductor known affectionately as "The Great One." Developing a style and characters from growing up in Brooklyn, New York, he was known for his brash visual and verbal comedy, exemplified by his city-bus-driver character Ralph Kramden in the television series ''The Honeymooners''. He also developed ''The Jackie Gleason Show,'' which maintained high ratings from the mid 1950s through 1970. After originating in New York City, filming moved to Miami Beach, Florida, in 1964 after Gleason took up permanent residence there. Among his notable film roles were Minnesota Fats in 1961's ''The Hustler'' (co-starring with Paul Newman) and Buford T. Justice in the ''Smokey and the Bandit'' series from 1977 to 1983 (co-starring Burt Reynolds). Gleason enjoyed a prominent secondary music career during the 1950s and 1960s, producing a series of best-selling "mood music" albums. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Gleason House
The Edmund Gleason Farm is a historic district in Valley View, Ohio, United States. The core house was built in 1851 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 along with another building, on a property. The historic designation was expanded in 1993 to add including a dairy barn. In the twentieth century, the property became part of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.Owen, Lorrie K., ed. ''Dictionary of Ohio Historic Places''. Vol. 1. St. Clair Shores: Somerset, 1999, 226-227. Gleason's house is a sandstone structure built into a hillside near the main line of the Ohio and Erie Canal. Its plan is that of a simple rectangle, divided into two bays on the ends and five on the front and rear, with the main entrance in the middle bay of the facade. The ends rise to gables, and elements such as gable returns and an undecorated frieze produce a Greek Revival appearance. The original structure was modified circa 1880, when a shed-roofed wooden porch wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hotel Gleason/Albemarle Hotel, Imperial Cafe
Hotel Gleason/Albemarle Hotel, Imperial Cafe is a historic hotel and commercial building located at Charlottesville, Virginia. It was built in 1896, and has a three-bay, three-story pressed-brick facade raised above the ground-floor recessed loggia in the Late Victorian style. The loggia is supported on four Corinthian order columns. The hotel closed in 1976. an''Accompanying photo''/ref> 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 External links Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Victorian architecture in Virginia Hotel buildings completed in 1896 Buildings and structures in Charlottesville, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Charlott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
