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Mount Clare (other)
Mount Clare may refer to: * Mount Clare (Maryland), historic house (1763) in Baltimore, Maryland, USA * Mount Clare (Roehampton), historic house (1773) in Roehampton, south west London * Mount Clare Shops, historic railroad complex founded by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad * Mount Clare Station, a former railroad station in Baltimore which is now part of the B&O Railroad Museum * Mount Clare, Illinois * Mount Clare, Nebraska * Mount Clare, West Virginia Mount Clare is an unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. Mount Clare is south of Clarksburg. Mount Clare has a post office with ZIP code 26408. History The community was named after Mount Clare Shops in Ba ... See also * Montclair (other) * Mont Clare (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Clare (Maryland)
Mount Clare, also known as Mount Clare Mansion and generally known today as the Mount Clare Museum House, is the oldest Colonial-era structure in the City of Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A. The Georgian style of architecture plantation house exhibits a somewhat altered five-part plan. It was built on a Carroll family plantation beginning in 1763 by barrister Charles Carroll the Barrister, (1723–1783), a descendant of the last Gaelic Lords of Éile in Ireland and a distant relative of the much better-known Charles Carroll of Carrollton, (1737–1832), longest living signer of the Declaration of Independence and the richest man in America in his later years, also the layer of the First Stone of the new Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, just a short distance away in 1828. The City of Baltimore purchased a large portion of the former estate in 1890 as its third large landscaped park. Mount Clare has been maintained by the National Society of Colonial Dames in Maryland, the local chapter o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Clare (Roehampton)
Mount Clare is a Grade I listed house built in 1772 in Minstead Gardens, Roehampton, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. The architect was Sir Robert Taylor, and the house was enlarged with a portico and other enrichments in 1780 by Placido Columbani. It was Grade I listed on 14 July 1955. The house was built for the politician George Clive and the gardens were landscaped by Lancelot "Capability" Brown. Notable residents Clive died in 1779. Subsequent residents have included: *1780–1804: Sir John Dick, British Consul at Leghorn, who died at the house on 2 December 1804 *1807–1819: the chemist Charles Hatchett FRS, who discovered the element niobium *1830–1832: Humphrey St John-Mildmay, sixth son of the third Baronet, and Member of Parliament for Southampton *1840–1846: Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Ogle, 2nd Baronet *1874–1908: Hugh Colin Smith, Governor of the Bank of England. Smith's stockbroker descendants lived in the house until 1945. Requisiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Clare Shops
The Mount Clare Shops is the oldest railroad manufacturing complex in the United States, located in Baltimore, Maryland.United States National Park Service. Washington, DC. Historic American Engineering Record (HAER). "Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: Mount Clare Shops." HAER No. MD-6A. 1984. It was founded by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) in 1829. Mt. Clare was the site of many inventions and innovations in railroad technology. It is now the site of the B&O Railroad Museum. The museum and Mt. Clare station were designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961. History The Mount Clare site was a portion of an estate owned by Charles Carroll (barrister), a distant cousin of Charles Carroll of Carrollton. (See Mount Clare (Maryland).) The initial operations of the B&O used horsecars, and the earliest facilities on the Mt. Clare site included a depot and stables for horses. This was one of the earliest passenger stations in the United States. Following the 1830 manufacture of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B&O Railroad Museum
The B&O Railroad Museum is a museum and historic railway station exhibiting historic railroad equipment in Baltimore, Maryland. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) company originally opened the museum on July 4, 1953, with the name of the Baltimore & Ohio Transportation Museum. It has been called one of the most significant collections of railroad treasures in the world and has the largest collection of 19th-century locomotives in the U.S. The museum is located in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's old Mount Clare Station and adjacent Railway roundhouse, roundhouse, and retains 40 acres of the B&O's sprawling Mount Clare Shops site, which is where, in 1829, the B&O began America's first railroad and is the oldest railroad manufacturing complex in the United States. Mount Clare is considered to be a birthplace of American railroading, as the site of the first regular railroad passenger service in the U.S., beginning on May 22, 1830. It was also to this site that the first telegra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Clare, Illinois
Mount Clare is a village in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. Its population was 311 at the 2020 census. Geography Mount Clare is located in southeastern Macoupin County at (39.099811, -89.821915). It is bordered to the east by the city of Benld, and Gillespie is to the north. Illinois Route 4 runs north-south through the east side of the village, while Illinois Route 138 leads southwest to Wilsonville. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mount Clare has a total area of , of which are land and , or 2.47%, are water. The village is drained by the headwaters of Big Branch, a south-flowing tributary of Cahokia Creek, which runs to the Mississippi River northeast of St. Louis. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 433 people, 135 households, and 91 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 144 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 97.46% White, 0.92% African American, 0.46% Native Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Clare, Nebraska
Mount Clare is an unincorporated community in Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States. History A post office was established at Mount Clare in 1889, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1945. The community was named for both its lofty elevation, and for Clare Adams, a railroad official. Mount Clare was located on the Missouri Pacific Railroad The Missouri Pacific Railroad , commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. In 1967, the railroad .... References Unincorporated communities in Nuckolls County, Nebraska Unincorporated communities in Nebraska {{NuckollsCountyNE-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Clare, West Virginia
Mount Clare is an unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. Mount Clare is south of Clarksburg. Mount Clare has a post office with ZIP code 26408. History The community was named after Mount Clare Shops in Baltimore. The Quiet Dell School is 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 .... References Unincorporated communities in Harrison County, West Virginia Unincorporated communities in West Virginia Coal towns in West Virginia {{HarrisonCountyWV-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montclair (other)
Montclair is a toponym which is French for ''clear mountain''. It may refer to: Places in the United States *Montclair, New Jersey **Montclair Art Museum **Montclair State University **Upper Montclair, New Jersey **Montclair Public Library * Montclair, California, a city in San Bernardino County * Montclair, Oakland, California, a neighborhood * Montclair, Indiana * Montclair, Lexington, Kentucky * Montclair (Quincy, Massachusetts), a neighborhood in Quincy * Montclair, Cumberland County, North Carolina * Montclair, Davidson County, North Carolina * Montclair, Fayetteville, North Carolina, a neighborhood * Montclair, Onslow County, North Carolina * Montclair, Scotland County, North Carolina * Montclair, Wilson County, North Carolina * Sunset Terrace/Montclair, Houston, a neighborhood in Houston, Texas * Montclair, Virginia Other uses *Mercury Montclair, a line of automobiles made by Ford Motor Company in the 1950s *Montclair bottled water, produced by Nestlé Waters North Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
