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Mather
Mather may refer to: People * Mather (given name), a list of people with the given name * Mather (surname), a list of people with the surname Places * Mather, California (other) * Mather, Manitoba, Canada, a community * Mather, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Mather, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * 49700 Mather, an asteroid * Mather Air Force Base, east of Sacramento, California * Mathers Bridge, Merritt Island, Florida * Mather Gorge, on the border between Maryland and Virginia * Mount Mather (other) Other uses * Mather House (other) * Mather Stock Car Company, an American corporation that built railroad rolling stock * Mather Inn, a hotel in Ishpeming, Michigan * Mather Tower, Chicago, Illinois * The Mather School, oldest public elementary school in North America See also * Mathers Mathers is an English surname and may refer to: * Edward Peter Mathers (1850–1924), British journalist and newspaper proprietor * Edward Powys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mather Tower
Mather Tower (later Lincoln Tower, as designated on the Michigan–Wacker Historic District roster; now identified primarily by its address) is a Neo-Gothic, terra cotta-clad high-rise structure in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located at 75 East Wacker Drive in the downtown "loop" area, adjacent to the Chicago River. The -high building is sometimes called "The Inverted Spyglass" by Chicagoans due to its highly unusual design, an 18-story octagonal tower atop a more conventional 24-story rectangular "box." Briefly the tallest building in Chicago at the time of its completion in 1928, it remains the city's most slender high-rise structure at only at its base. The interior space within the upper octagonal spire contains the least square footage per floor of any Chicago skyscraper.The Mather TowerEssential American Architecture. Retrieved 2010-08-09. History It was designed by Herbert Hugh Riddle (1875–1939), the architect of the Chicago Theological Seminary,McBri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mather (given Name) (1828–1900), Canadian lawyer, judge, politician, and historian
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Mather is a given name. Notable people with the surname include: * Mather Byles Almon (1796–1871) Canadian banker, politician, and philanthropist * Mather Brown (1761–1831), portrait and historical painter * Mather Byles (1706–1788), clergyman in British North America * Mather Byles (loyalist) (1734/35–1814), clergyman, son of the above * Mather Byles DesBrisay Mather Byles DesBrisay (March 19, 1828 – April 8, 1900) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, politician, and historian in the Province of Nova Scotia whose collections form the DesBrisay Museum in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. A descendant of Captain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mather (surname)
Mather or Mathers is a Scottish surname, first documented in Kincardineshire, Scotland. and may refer to: People * Alonzo C. Mather (1848–1941), president of the Mather Stock Car Company * Barrie-Jon Mather (born 1973), Great Britain and England international rugby league and rugby union player * Barry Mather (1909–1982), Canadian journalist * Bruce Mather (born 1939), Canadian composer * Cameron Mather (born 1973), Scottish international rugby union player * Carol Mather (1919–2006), British Army officer and Conservative Member of Parliament * Cotton Mather (1663–1728), Puritan minister * David Mather (cricketer) (born 1975), English cricketer * Elizabeth Mather (1815-1882 ), American writer * Evan Mather (born 1970), film maker * Fred Mather (1833–1900), United States pisciculturist * Frederic Gregory Mather (1844–1925), United States journalist * Frank Jewett Mather (1868–1953), American art critic * George R. Mather, American four-star general * Hiram F. Math ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mather, California (other) , an unincorporated community in Tuolumne County
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Mather, California may refer to the following locations in the U.S. state of California: *Sacramento Mather Airport, an airport in Sacramento County with the Mather post office *Mather Air Force Base, a closed Air Force base on the site of Mather Airport *Mather, Sacramento County, California, a census-designated place *Mather, Tuolumne County, California Mather is an unincorporated community in Tuolumne County, California, United States. Mather is west of Tioga Pass. The community is named after Stephen Tyng Mather, who directed the National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mather, Manitoba
Mather (, CST) is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district in southwest Manitoba, Canada, and part of Cartwright – Roblin Municipality. The Mather area is known as Crocus Country. Businesses The area around Mather is primarily a farming community. Mather also has a Harms Seeds, Yake's Service, as well as a barbershop. Mixed farming is most common in the Mather area. Commonly harvested yields consist of wheat, barley, oats, canola, corn, soybeans and flax, as well as some sunflower and pea crops. Attractions ;The Rock and Memorial Wall "The Rock’" was moved by road on a metal skid to the centre of Mather as a commemorative marker. It was balanced on the skid with railway ties and due to the friction of the road and skid, enough heat was created to start the railway ties on fire. It is located next to the "Memorial Wall" which commemorates the 100th anniversary of the settlement of Mather. The brick wall displays over 550 family names of past and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mather, Pennsylvania
Mather is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Morgan Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The community is located northwest of the borough of Jefferson, near Pennsylvania Route 188 Pennsylvania Route 188 (PA 188) is a long east-west state highway in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The western terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 19 (US 19) and PA 21 in Morrisville. The eastern terminus is at PA 88 in the Jefferson .... It is northeast of Waynesburg, the Greene County seat. According to the 2010 census, the population of Mather was 737. Demographics References External links * Census-designated places in Greene County, Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Pennsylvania {{GreeneCountyPA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mather, Wisconsin
Mather is an unincorporated community in the town of Kingston in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located on Wisconsin Highway 173 (WIS 173) northeast of Tomah. Mather has a post office with ZIP code 54641. History The Wisconsin Valley Railroad (later the Milwaukee Road The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMStP&P), often referred to as the "Milwaukee Road" , was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States, Midwest and Pacific Northwest, Northwest of the United States fr ...) once passed through Mather on its route from Tomah to northern Wisconsin. The Tomah to Babcock portion was abandoned in stages in the 1920s and 1930s, and WIS 173 was built on the right-of-way. A short-lived branch line also ran northwest from Mather to serve logging interests and several tiny communities in eastern Jackson County, and was abandoned by 1900. Images File:MatherWisconsinSignWIS173.jpg, Sign on WIS 173 File:MatherWi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
49700 Mather
__NOTOC__ Year 497 ( CDXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Anastasius without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1250 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 497 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Emperor Anastasius I gives formal recognition to the Ostrogoth king Theodoric the Great, as his representative (viceroy) in Italy. He sends the imperial standard to Ravenna. Theodoric respects the agreement and allows Roman citizens within the Ostrogothic Kingdom to be subject to Roman law. * Isaurian War: Anastasius I regains control of the Isauria region (Asia Minor) and has the rebel leaders executed. He pacifies the mountain strongholds of the Isaurians, ending the revolt that they began upon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mather Air Force Base
Mather Air Force Base (Mather AFB) was a United States Air Force Base, which was closed in 1993 pursuant to a post-Cold War BRAC decision. It was located east of Sacramento, on the south side of U.S. Route 50 in Sacramento County, California. Mather Field was one of 32 Air Service training camps established after the United States entry into World War I in April 1917. The Mather AFB land has various post-military uses including Sacramento Mather Airport, established in 1995. Some of the land was included in the City of Rancho Cordova, when it was incorporated in 2003. History Mather Air Force Base was named after Second Lieutenant Carl Spencer Mather, a 25-year-old army pilot killed in a mid-air collision while training at Ellington Field, Texas on 30 January 1918. Mather learned to fly in 1914 at the Curtiss Flying School in Hammondsport, New York, and became an instructor there at the age of 20. He enlisted as an aviation cadet in August 1917 and as a licensed pilot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathers Bridge
Mathers Bridge is a low-level swing bridge located on the southern tip of Merritt Island, Florida, Merritt Island, Florida, crossing the Banana River at the end of County Road 3 (Brevard County, Florida), County Road 3. History The bridge was built in 1927 by John Mathers in order to connect Merritt Island to what is now Indian Harbour Beach, Florida, Indian Harbour Beach, and was moved to its present location in 1952. It was constructed by the Austin Brothers Bridge Company. The bridge and the control house were rehabilitated in 2007. During the summer of 2022, the bridge was closed indefinitely due to corrosion. See also * * * References Bridges in Brevard County, Florida Bridges completed in 1927 Swing bridges in the United States Road bridges in Florida Indian River Lagoon Bridges over the Banana River 1927 establishments in Florida {{Florida-bridge-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mather Gorge
Mather Gorge is a river gorge south and just downriver of Great Falls in the state of Maryland bordering Virginia. The Maryland land side of the gorge is Bear Island, part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, and the Virginia side is part of Great Falls Park. Both parks are National Park Service sites. The gorge is named after Stephen Mather, the first director of the National Park Service. The gorge is cut by the Potomac River and is, for the most part, lined on both sides by cliffs. Towards the southern end of the gorge, the cliffs become tree-lined bluffs as the gorge widens out into the wider and larger Potomac Gorge. At Little Falls, the Potomac River crosses the Fall Line as it leaves the Appalachian Piedmont and enters the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Hiking is a common activity with many trails along and near the gorge. On the Maryland side, in the C&O Canal National Historical Park, Section A of the Billy Goat Trail follows the gorge—from below ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Mather (other)
Mount Mather can refer to * Mount Mather (Alaska) in the Alaska Range * Mount Mather (Antarctica) The Prince Charles Mountains are a major group of mountains in Mac. Robertson Land in Antarctica, including the Athos Range, the Porthos Range, and the Aramis Range. The highest peak is Mount Menzies, with a height of . Other prominent peaks a ... in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica * Mount Mather (British Columbia), a peak in British Columbia {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
