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Wing And Mahurin
Wing & Mahurin was an architectural firm of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Its principal partners were John F. Wing (1852-1947) and Marshall S. Mahurin (1857-1939), who were partners until 1907. Together with Guy M. Mahurin (1877-1941) they worked also as Mahurin & Mahurin. A number of its works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Works by these architects include (with attribution): *Allen County Orphans' Home, Fort Wayne, Indiana *John H. Bass Mansion, aka "Brookside," Fort Wayne, Indiana (Wing & Mahurin), NRHP-listed *Beech Grove Cemetery, 1400 W. Kilgore Ave. Muncie, IN (Mahurin, Marshall S., et al.), NRHP-listed *Hon. R. C. Bell Residence, Fort Wayne, Indiana *Dr. D. S. Brown Residence, Fort Wayne, Indiana * Carnegie Library (Muncie, Indiana) (Wing & Mahurin) *Central Fire Station, Fort Wayne, Indiana * Defiance Public Library, 320 Fort St. Defiance, Ohio (Mahurin,M.S.), NRHP-listed * Charles Dugan House, 420 W. Monroe St. Decatur, Indiana (Wing & Mahurin), N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Hall Ft W IN 1
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
