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Parker, Thomas And Rice
Parker, Thomas and Rice and Parker & Thomas were architectural firms formed in the early 20th century by partners J. Harleston Parker, Douglas H. Thomas, and Arthur W. Rice. A number of their works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, including: ;as Parker & Thomas * Alex Brown Building (1901), 135 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Maryland (Parker & Thomas), NRHP-listed *Belvedere Hotel (1903), 1 E. Chase St., Baltimore, Maryland (Parker & Thomas), NRHP-listed *Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Building (1904-06), 2 North Charles Street. Baltimore, Maryland, with Herbert D. Hale and Henry G. Morse. Now the Hotel Monaco Baltimore. * Rosenfeld Building (1905), 32-42 S. Paca St., Baltimore, Maryland (Parker & Thomas), NRHP-listed *Stone House Hill House (1905), mansion of Frederick Lothrop Ames, Jr., later part of Stonehill College * Fenway Studios (1905-06), 30 Ipswich St., Boston, Massachusetts (Parker & Thomas), NRHP-listed * U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur W
Arthur is a common male given name of Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more widely believed, is that the name is derived from the Roman clan '' Artorius'' who lived in Roman Britain for centuries. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest datable attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text ''Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th to 6th-century Briton general who fought against the invading Saxons, and who later gave rise to the famous King Arthur of medieval legend and literature. A possible earlier mention of the same man is to be found in the epic Welsh poem ''Y Gododdin'' by Aneirin, which some scholars assign to the late 6th century, though this is still a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Post Office And Court House (Huntington, West Virginia)
The United States Post Office and Court House in Huntington, West Virginia, Huntington, West Virginia is a federal building housing the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. It was built in 1907 and expanded in 1907, and again in 1937. The original construction was the result of the Tarsney Act of 1893. The federal courthouse is part of a group of significant civic structures in the center of Huntington that includes the Cabell County Courthouse, the Huntington City Hall and the Carnegie Public Library (Huntington, West Virginia), Carnegie Public Library. The original design was by Parker and Thomas of Boston and Baltimore. The post office has since been moved to another location. In 1980, the United States Congress passed legislation renaming the building the Sidney L. Christie Federal Building, in honor of District Court judge Sidney Lee Christie.H.R.1298 -- A bill to designate the United States Post Office and Federal Building in Huntington, Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highlands, North Carolina
Highlands is an incorporation (municipal government), incorporated town in Macon County, North Carolina, Macon County in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located on a plateau in the southern Appalachian Mountains, within the Nantahala National Forest, it lies mostly in southeastern Macon County and slightly in southwestern Jackson County, North Carolina, Jackson County, in the Highlands and Cashiers Townships, respectively. The permanent population was 1,014 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. History Highlands was founded in 1875 after its two founders, Samuel Truman Kelsey and Clinton Carter Hutchinson, drew lines from Chicago to Savannah, Georgia, Savannah and from New Orleans to New York City. They felt that the place where these lines met would eventually become a great trading center and commercial crossroads. Highlands was named for its lofty elevation. In the 1930s the town became a golfing mecca when Bobby Jones (golfer), Bobby Jones of Atlanta and some of h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Presbyterian Church (Highlands, North Carolina)
The First Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 471 Main Street in Highlands, North Carolina. The single story wood-frame church was built in 1883–85, and occupies a prominent site in downtown Highlands, surrounded by a period picket fence. It is the oldest church in the city, and was built by Marion Wright, a local master builder. It is stylistically a vernacular interpretation of Italianate architecture, which is most prominent in its belfry tower, which features a flared roof with extended bracketed eaves. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in Macon County, North Carolina References Presbyterian churches in North Carolina Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Italianate architecture in North Carolina Churches completed in 1885 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States Churches in Macon County, North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building
The United Shoe Machinery Corporation Building is a historic office building at 160 Federal Street in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts. The steel-frame skyscraper has 24 stories and a penthouse, and was built in 1929–1930 to a design by George W. Fuller and Parker, Thomas & Rice for the United Shoe Machinery Corporation. It is one of Boston's finest Art Deco buildings, including an elaborately decorated lobby. It was built for the United Shoe Machinery Corporation, which at the time controlled 98% of the nation's shoe machinery business. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and in 1983 it was designated a Boston Landmark with rare interior (lobby) as well as exterior protection by the Boston Landmarks Commission. See also * National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts __NOTOC__ Boston, Massachusetts is home to many listings on the National Register of Historic Places. This list encompass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Framingham, Massachusetts
Framingham () is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. Incorporated in 1700, it is located in Middlesex County and the MetroWest subregion of the Greater Boston metropolitan area. The city proper covers with a population of 72,362 in 2020, making it the 14th most populous municipality in Massachusetts. Residents voted in favor of adopting a charter to transition from a representative town meeting system to a mayor–council government in April 2017, and the municipality transitioned to city status on January 1, 2018. History Framingham, sited on the ancient trail known as the Old Connecticut Path, was first settled by a European when John Stone settled on the west bank of the Sudbury River in 1647. Native American leader Tantamous lived in the Nobscot Hill area of Framingham prior to King Philip's War in 1676. In 1660, Thomas Danforth, an official of the Bay Colony, formerly of Framlingham, Suffolk, received a grant of land at "Danforth's Farms" an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raceland (estate)
Raceland was a 220-acre estate in Framingham, Massachusetts, owned by John R. Macomber. The estate contained Macomber's residence, stables, dog kennels, as well as a horse track, steeplechase course, and golf course. Original building Raceland was built in 1925. It was designed by the firm of Parker, Thomas & Rice. The original structure was a 150 feet long wooden frame building with a slate roof. Macomber's residence was located on one end of the building and the stable was located at the other. There was also a half mile track, a 7/8ths of a mile steeplechase course, and an enclosed area for spectators. Beginning in 1927, Macomber opened Raceland to the public free of charge for one day of the annual horse meet. By 1930 the meet attracted 29,200 spectators. On August 1, 1930, a fire that started in the hayloft resulted in $200,000 worth of damage as well as the death of Macomber's favorite dog. The only thing left of the buildings were the foundations. Second structure During t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltimore Gas And Electric Company Building
The Baltimore Gas and Electric Company Building is a historic office building located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is the former headquarters of the old Consolidated Gas, Light and Electric Power Company of Baltimore City, which was a merger at the turn of the 20th century of the former century old Gas Light Company of Baltimore with several other formerly competing gas and electric power companies which had risen in the late 19th century, to form a single metropolitan wide unified utility system. In 1955, the old cumbersome Consolidated title was jettisoned and the utility rebranded as the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BG&E). History and Construction A 21-story skyscraper designed by the Boston and Baltimore-based architectural firm of Parker, Thomas and Rice, and was constructed in 1916. Standing at it was tied with the Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower from 1916 to 1923 as the tallest building in Baltimore. It was constructed with a structural steel skeleton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churchville, Maryland
Churchville is an unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland, United States, situated between the county seat, Bel Air, and Aberdeen, where Aberdeen Proving Ground is located. Population The population of the area is 2,818. History and Lower Cross Roads Because it links Bel Air and Aberdeen (and indirectly, the only other incorporated town in Harford County, Havre de Grace), Churchville was once known in colonial times as Lower Cross Roads. The town has agricultural origins and is known for its many picturesque churches, particularly Churchville Presbyterian Church, at the center of town and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. Churchville was once home to the Archers, a prominent family in Maryland and United States history. Their home, Medical Hall, still stands in Churchville, and several of the Archer family are buried in the cemetery at Churchville Presbyterian Church. Churchville is home to the champion Little-leaf Linden of Maryland, which made its debut on the lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finney Houses Historic District
Finney Houses Historic District is a national historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ... near Churchville, Maryland, Churchville, Harford County, Maryland, Harford County, Maryland, United States. It stretches along both sides of Glenville Road in central Harford County, Maryland. The district takes in four houses and their outbuildings erected by members of the locally important Finney family between 1821 and 1906. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. References External links *, including photo dated 1979, at Maryland Historical TrustBoundary Map of the Finney Houses Historic District, Harford County at Maryland Historical Trust Historic districts in Harford County, Maryland Historic districts on the National Regis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntington, West Virginia
Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is the county seat of Cabell County, and the largest city in the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area, sometimes referred to as the Tri-State Area. A historic and bustling city of commerce and heavy industry, Huntington has benefited from its location on the Ohio River at the mouth of the Guyandotte River. It is home to the Port of Huntington Tri-State, the second-busiest inland port in the United States. As of the 2020 census, its metro area is the largest in West Virginia, spanning seven counties across three states and having a population of 359,862. Huntington is the second-largest city in West Virginia, with a population of 46,842 at the 2020 census. Both the city and metropolitan area declined in population from the 2010 census, a trend that has been ongoing for six decades as Huntington has lost over 40,000 residents in that time frame. Surrounded by extensive natural resources, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
