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Wesley Lyng Minor
Wesley Lyng Minor (1851–1935) was an American architect in Massachusetts. Life and career Minor was born in Franklin, Louisiana on January 8, 1851, but moved to New Bedford, Massachusetts with his family at the age of seven. They later moved to Marion, Massachusetts, Marion and Middleborough, Massachusetts, Middleborough. He began studying architecture with a retired carpenter who taught at the Pierce Academy. Three years later, he moved to Boston, where he worked for William Robert Ware, William R. Ware. After a few months he moved to Philadelphia, where he worked for John McArthur Jr. A year later he went to New York City and worked for Richard Morris Hunt. In Brockton, he was a contemporary of Waldo V. Howard. In 1878, Minor established himself as an architect in Charleston, South Carolina. He also worked at Topeka, Denver, and Catlettsburg, Kentucky, Catlettsburg, never remaining long in any one place. Around 1880, he moved back to New Bedford. In 1882, he formed a par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin, Louisiana
Franklin is a small city in and the parish seat of St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 7,660 at the 2010 census. The city is located on Bayou Teche, southeast of the cities of Lafayette, () and New Iberia () and ) northwest of Morgan City. It is part of the Morgan City Micropolitan Statistical Area and the larger Lafayette-Acadiana combined statistical area. History Franklin, named for Benjamin Franklin, was founded in 1808 as the "Carlin's Settlement" by French-born pioneer Joseph Carlin and his family. It became the parish seat in 1811 and the town was incorporated in 1820. Though early settlers included French, Acadian, German, Danish and Irish, the town's culture and architecture is heavily influenced by the unusually large numbers of English that chose to settle there after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Numerous large sugar plantations arose in the area, and with the development of steam-boating, Franklin became an interior sugar port. With ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |