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Ordway Award
Ordway may refer to: Communities * Ordway, Colorado, a town * Ordway, South Dakota, an unincorporated community People * Ordway (surname), includes a list of notable people with the surname * Ordway Tead (1891–1973), American organizational theorist * William Ordway Partridge (1861–1930), American sculptor, teacher and author Structures * Jones Ordway House, a historic home located at Glens Falls, New York * Ordway Building, a skyscraper in Oakland, California * Ordway Hall (Boston) Ordway Hall (est.1852) was a theatre in Boston, Massachusetts located off Washington Street in the former Province House. John P. Ordway established and managed the hall, which specialized in " negro minstrelsy," particularly the Ordway Aeolians, ..., a former theatre in Boston, Massachusetts Other * Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, located in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota * Ordway Prize, an annual contemporary art award See also * {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordway, Colorado
Ordway is a Statutory Town in and the county seat of Crowley County, Colorado, United States, that is also the most populous community in the county. The population was 1,080 at the 2010 census. History A post office called Ordway has been in operation since 1890. The community was named after George N. Ordway, a Denver politician. Geography Ordway is located in south-central Crowley County at (38.219633, -103.757264). State Highway 96 runs along the southern edge of the town, leading west to Pueblo and east to Eads. Highway 71 runs along the eastern edge of the town and leads south to U.S. Route 50 near Rocky Ford and north to Interstate 70 at Limon. According to the United States Census Bureau, Ordway has a total area of , all of it land. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 1,248 people, 485 households, and 317 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 543 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordway, South Dakota
Ordway is an unincorporated community in Brown County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. History Ordway was platted in 1880. The community was named for Nehemiah G. Ordway Nehemiah George Ordway (November 10, 1828July 3, 1907) was an American politician who was a New Hampshire state senator and the seventh Governor of Dakota Territory. Ordway was regarded as one of Dakota Territory's most controversial governors. ..., seventh Governor of Dakota Territory, from June 1, 1880 until June 24, 1884. A post office was established in Ordway in 1881, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1944. References Unincorporated communities in Brown County, South Dakota Unincorporated communities in South Dakota {{SouthDakota-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordway (surname)
Ordway is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Ordway (1821–1897), American painter * Bill Ordway (1917–1999), American football player and coach * Elizabeth Ordway (1828–1897), American advocate for women's suffrage * Frederick I. Ordway III (1927–2014), American space scientist and author * Glenn Ordway (born 1951), American radio and television broadcaster * Jerry Ordway (born 1957), American comic book artist and writer * John Ordway (c.1775–c.1817), member of the Lewis and Clark expedition * John M. Ordway (born 1950), American diplomat * John P. Ordway (1824–1880), American doctor, composer, music entrepreneur, and politician * Jonathan Ordway (born 1978), American football player * Katharine Ordway (1899–1979), American philanthropist * Lester Ordway, American politician and college instructor from Maine * Lucius Pond Ordway (1862–1948), American businessman, 3M * Melissa Ordway (born 1983), American actress and model * Nancy Ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordway Tead
Ordway Tead (10 September 1891 – November 1973)MLW, "Tead, Ordway (1891–1973)," in: ''Encyclopedia of History of American Management,'' Morgen Witzel (ed.), 2005. p. 495. was an American organizational theorist, adjunct professor of industrial relations at Columbia University, chair of the New York Board of Higher Education, and first president of the Society for Advancement of Management (SAM) in 1936–37.''S.A.M. Advanced Management Journal,'' Volume 53, 1988. p. 40 Biography Tead was born in Sommerville, Massachusetts and attended Amherst College from where he obtained his AB 1912. In 1915 he married Clara Murohy, long term president of Briarcliff College. After his graduation he served as fellow of the Amherst College from 1912 to 1914. In 1915 he co-founded Valentine, Tead & Gregg, an industrial consultants' firm in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1917 he accepted a position in the Bureau of Industrial Research in New York City. Following the U.S.A.'s entry into the Fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ordway Partridge
William Ordway Partridge (April 11, 1861 – May 22, 1930) was an American sculptor, teacher and author. Among his best-known works are the Shakespeare Monument in Chicago, the equestrian statue of General Grant in Brooklyn, the ''Pietà'' at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan, and the ''Pocahontas'' statue in Jamestown, Virginia. Life and career He was born in Paris, the younger son of George Sidney Partridge, Jr. and Helen Derby Catlin."William Ordway Partridge," ''The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Volume 8'' (Boston: The Biographical Society, 1904). His father was the Paris representative for the New York City department store A.T. Stewart. His mother was a cousin of the painter George Catlin. His brother, Sidney Catlin Partridge, became a bishop of the Episcopal Church. Education Partridge's family returned to New York City in 1868, and enrolled him in Cheshire Academy in Connecticut, followed by Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn. He entered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jones Ordway House
Jones Ordway House is a historic home located at Glens Falls Glens Falls is a city in Warren County, New York, United States and is the central city of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,700 at the 2010 census. The name was given by Colonel Johannes Glen, the falls re ..., Warren County, New York. It was built about 1850 and is a -story, T-shaped brick vernacular residence. It was extensively remodeled in the 1880s in a picturesque Queen Anne style. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Warren County, New York References Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Houses completed in 1850 Houses in Warren County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, New York {{WarrenCountyNY-NRHP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordway Building
The Ordway Building (also known as One Kaiser Plaza) is a skyscraper located in downtown Oakland, California. The building lies close to Oakland's Lake Merritt and the tower contains 28 stories of office space. There are eight corner offices per floor, since the skyscraper has a H-shaped floor plan. Standing , the tower is the tallest skyscraper in the city and the entire Bay Area outside of San Francisco. The Ordway Building's main tenant is Kaiser Permanente, which has used the building as its national headquarters since completion in 1970. As of 2009, Kaiser was leasing space on 21 floors. Kaiser announced on August 6, 2009 that it had signed a new nine-year lease with landlord CIM Group. See also *List of tallest buildings in Oakland, California The U.S. city of Oakland, California is the site of more than 95 high-rises, the majority of which are located in its downtown district. In the city, there are 30 buildings taller than . The tallest building is the 28- st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordway Hall (Boston)
Ordway Hall (est.1852) was a theatre in Boston, Massachusetts located off Washington Street in the former Province House. John P. Ordway established and managed the hall, which specialized in " negro minstrelsy," particularly the Ordway Aeolians, his own troupe. History Ordway Hall opened February 9, 1852. "The Old Province House, in the rear of 165 and 171 Washington-street, has been neatly fitted up for a concert-room, under the name of Ordway Hall. At this comfortable and well-ventilated place of amusement, conducted on the best principles, the 'Aeolians,' under the management of J.P. Ordway, in the double capacity of 'citizens' and 'darkies' give nightly concerts which are well attended." "The whole building was changed in appearance, its interior having been remodeled for the purpose of accommodating a company of ... vocalists. ... The outside was covered with a coat of yellowish mastic." A travel guidebook of 1856 recommended the theatre: "The walls of this old house, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordway Center For The Performing Arts
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, hosts a variety of performing arts, such as touring Broadway musicals, orchestra, opera, and cultural performers, and produces local musicals. It is home to several local arts organizations, including the Minnesota Opera, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and The Schubert Club. The president and CEO, Christopher Harrington, has served since November 2021, and Producing Artistic Director Rod Kaats has been with the Ordway since February 2018. History In 1980, Saint Paul resident Sally Ordway Irvine (a 3M heiress and arts patron) dreamed of a European-style concert hall offering "everything from opera to the Russian circus." She contributed $7.5 million—a sum matched by other members of the Ordway family—toward the cost of the facility. Fifteen Twin Cities corporations and foundations were the principal funders of the $46 million complex, the most expensive privately funded arts facility ever built ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
