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Wight And Wight
Wight and Wight, known also as Wight & Wight, was an architecture firm in Kansas City, Missouri consisting of the brothers Thomas Wight (September 17, 1874 – October 6, 1949) and William Wight (January 22, 1882 – October 29, 1947) who designed several landmark buildings in Missouri and Kansas. The brothers were born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and worked for McKim, Mead and White for 10 years. Thomas moved to Kansas City in 1904 and joined a firm with Edward T. Wilder. William joined the firm in 1911 and Wilder retired in 1916. The firm achieved its greatest in fame in the late 1920s and early 1930s creating large Neoclassical structures which have become Kansas City landmarks. Notable structures: *Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art *Kansas City City Hall * Kansas Governor's Mansion * Kansas City Livestock Exchange *Approaches to the Liberty Memorial * Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City *Clay County, Missouri Courthouse *Wyandotte County, Kansas Courthouse * Kansas City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Thinker or The Thinker may refer to: * ''The Thinker'', a bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin * '' The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton'', a 1900 oil painting by Thomas Eakins * Thinker (DC Comics), five fictional, telepathic supervillains * The Thinker (horse) (1978–1991), an Irish–British racehorse * ''Ulmus parvifolia'' 'The Thinker', a Chinese elm cultivar * '' Karditsa Thinker'', Neolithic clay figurine at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens * '' Thinker from Yehud'', Middle Bronze Age II Palestine clay figurine at the Israel Museum * '' The Thinker and the Sitting Woman'', ancient Neolithic figurine is believed to date back to the Hamangia culture See also * Mad Thinker Mad, mad, or MAD may refer to: Geography * Mad (village), a village in the Dunajská Streda District of Slovakia * Mád, a village in Hungary * Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, by IATA airport code * Mad River (other), several ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 value". A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property. The passage of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) in 1966 established the National Register and the process for adding properties to it. Of the more than one and a half million properties on the National Register, 95,000 are listed individually. The remainder are contributing resources within historic districts. For most of its history, the National Register has been administered by the National Park Service (NPS), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. Its goals are to help property owners and inte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyandotte County Courthouse
The Wyandotte County Courthouse, located at 710 N. 7th St. in Kansas City, Kansas, is a courthouse which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. It was designed in Classical Revival style by architects Wight and Wight Wight and Wight, known also as Wight & Wight, was an architecture firm in Kansas City, Missouri consisting of the brothers Thomas Wight (September 17, 1874 – October 6, 1949) and William Wight (January 22, 1882 – October 29, 1947) who d ..., and was built by contractor Godfrey Swensen. With References External links * Courthouses in Kansas National Register of Historic Places in Wyandotte County, Kansas Neoclassical architecture in Kansas {{Kansas-NRHP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pickwick Hotel, Office Building, Parking Garage And Bus Terminal
Pickwick may refer to: Arts *''The Pickwick Papers'', a novel by Charles Dickens ** Samuel Pickwick, its main character * ''Pickwick'' (operetta), 1889 one-act operetta by Edward Solomon and F. C. Burnand, based on part of the Dickens novel * ''Pickwick'' (musical), a theatre musical based on the Dickens novel * ''Pickwick'' (film), a 1969 British TV film, based on the musical * Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge, Illinois, United States *Pickwick, a fictional dodo in the novels about Thursday Next by Jasper Fforde Music *Pickwick (band), an American rock band *Pickwick Records, a record label, distributor and chain. Places *Pickwick, Minnesota, United States *Pickwick, Wiltshire, now part of Corsham, England *Pickwick Dam, Tennessee, an unincorporated community in the United States * Pickwick Island, an island near Antarctica *Pickwick Landing State Park, Tennessee, United States *Pickwick Landing Dam, Tennessee, United States *Pickwick Lake, Tennessee, United States Other us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkwood Building
The Kirkwood Building in Kansas City, Missouri is a building from 1920. It was 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 ... in 2001. It was designed by architects Wight and Wight in Early Commercial style. References Buildings and structures in Kansas City, Missouri Buildings designated early commercial in the National Register of Historic Places Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Commercial buildings completed in 1920 National Register of Historic Places in Kansas City, Missouri {{KansasCityMO-NRHP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberty, MO
Liberty is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Missouri, United States and is a suburb of Kansas City, located in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States Census the population was 30,167. Liberty is home to William Jewell College. History Liberty was settled in 1822, and shortly later became the county seat of Clay County. The city was named for the American concept of liberty. In 1830, David Rice Atchison established a law office in Liberty. He was joined three years later by colleague Alexander William Doniphan. The two argued cases defending the rights of Mormon settlers in Jackson County, served Northwest Missouri in Missouri's General Assembly, and labored for the addition of the Platte Purchase to Missouri's boundaries. In October 1838, the two were ordered by Governor Lilburn Boggs to arrest Mormon prophet Joseph Smith Jr. at the Far West settlement in Caldwell County. Immediately after the conclusion of the Mormon War, Smith and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Hughes Memorial Library
Frank Hughes Memorial Library is a historic library building located at Liberty, Clay County, Missouri. It was designed by the architectural firm Wight and Wight and built in 1940. It is a one-story, rectangular Classical Revival style brick building. It has a gable roof with a wide elaborate cornice. It features a flat-roofed portico feature a wide, simple wood entablature topped with a rooftop balustrade. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. It is located in the Jewell-Lightburne Historic District Jewell-Lightburne Historic District is a national historic district located at Liberty, Clay County, Missouri. It encompasses 236 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Liberty. The district developed between about 18 .... References Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Missouri Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Neoclassical ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas City, MO
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Missouri–Kansas state line and has a population of 2,392,035. Most of the city lies within Jackson County, with portions spilling into Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. Kansas City was founded in the 1830s as a port on the Missouri River at its confluence with the Kansas River coming in from the west. On June 1, 1850, the town of Kansas was incorporated; shortly after came the establishment of the Kansas Territory. Confusion between the two ensued, and the name Kansas City was assigned to distinguish them soon after. Sitting on Missouri's western boundary with Kansas, with Downtown near the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers, the city encompasses about , making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Name Catholic Church (Kansas City, Missouri)
The Holy Name Catholic Church in Kansas City, Missouri was a building from 1928. It was 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 ... in 2003. The building was demolished in 2011. Some of the exterior stone was used to repair the facade of St. Peter's church, also in Kansas City. References KansasCity HolyName KansasCity HolyName KansasCity HolyName KansasCity HolyName Roman Catholic churches in Kansas City, Missouri KansasCity HolyName KansasCity HolyName National Register of Historic Places in Kansas City, Missouri 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States {{Missouri-church-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulsa, OK
Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 1,023,988 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, with urban development extending into Osage, Rogers, and Wagoner counties. Tulsa was settled between 1828 and 1836 by the Lochapoka Band of Creek Native American tribe and most of Tulsa is still part of the territory of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Historically, a robust energy sector fueled Tulsa's economy; however, today the city has diversified and leading sectors include finance, aviation, telecommunications and technology. Two institutions of higher education within the city have sports teams at the NCAA Division I level: Oral Roberts University and the University of Tulsa. As well, the University of Oklahoma has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
