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Kingsland Architects
Kingsland + Architects Inc. is a Toronto based architectural firm formed by James Henry Craig (1888-1954) and Henry Harrison Madill (1889-1988). The firms work was founded in 1910 as Craig and Madill Architects that spanned from 1910 to mid 1950s with all located in Toronto, but both architects built buildings on their own during that time. The firm's work stopped from 1915 to 1918 when both served overseas during World War I and ended in 1954 with the death of Craig. From 1956, it became known as by the names of Craig, Madill, Abram and Ingleson Architects, Abram and Ingleson Architects, Abram, Nowski and McLaughlin Architects & Planners, Abram/Nowski, Architects and Planners, Nowski Partners Architects, and Nowski & Kingsland Partners Architects Inc. before adopting its present name in 2001. History James Henry Craig Craig was a fellow architecture student with Madill at the University of Toronto and worked his entire career with Madill after 1912, but had independent commissions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsland Bridge
Kingsland Bridge is a privately owned toll bridge, spanning the River Severn between Kingsland and Murivance in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, owned and operated by the Shrewsbury (Kingsland) Bridge Company. The toll point is located on the Murivance side and the cost for cars to cross is 30p by contactless credit and debit cards only. The bridge also has an honesty box for pedestrians with a suggested payment of 1p. It is a Grade II listed building. History A bill promoting the toll bridge was passed as the Shrewsbury (Kingsland) Bridge Act in 1873. The bridge was promoted by Henry Robertson, who was also M.P. for Shrewsbury and designed by the civil engineer John William Grover. It was constructed in 1883 by the Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company, which also built the Victoria Falls Bridge. The bridge spans 212 feet (64.6m) and comprises two metal arch ribs, from which the main bridge deck is hung. It cost £11,156 to build. In January 2025, the bridge's owner announced its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerald Kingsland
Gerald W. Kingsland (8 March 1930 – 20 March 2000) was a journalist, adventurer, and writer, born and raised in Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, England. After a stint in the British Army where he fought in combat during the Korean War in 1951, he became a successful journalist and publisher in England, then a wine grower in Italy. In 1980 he set out to become a modern Robinson Crusoe seeking a remote tropical island where he could be self-sufficient together with a female companion. He advertised in '' Time Out'' magazine in 1980 for a woman to share life with him on a deserted island. When Kingsland was 49, he met 24-year-old Lucy Irvine. They went to Tuin Island, in the Torres Strait between Australia and Papua New Guinea, uninhabited and lacking a dependable water supply, where they nearly perished, but were saved by Badu Islanders. Kingsland and Irvine wrote separate accounts of their adventure. His book, ''The Islander'', was published in 1984; Irvine's ''Castaway'' was publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrose Kingsland
Ambrose Cornelius Kingsland (May 24, 1804 – October 13, 1878) was a wealthy sperm oil merchant who served as the 71st mayor of New York City from 1851 to 1853. In 1851, he initiated the legislation that eventually led to the construction of Central Park. Early life Kingsland was born on May 24, 1804, in New York City. He was the son of Cornelius Kingsland (1768–1815) and Abigail (née Cock) Kingsland (1771–1854). His siblings included Daniel Cock Kingsland (b. 1798), Rebecca Kingsland Sutton (b. 1800), Jane Kingsland Rogers (b. 1802), Clara Ada Kingsland High (b. 1806). He was a member of the old New Jersey Kingsland family who had for nearly 200 years lived in and around Belleville, New Jersey. His maternal grandparents were Isaac Cock (1741–1811) and Charity (née Haight) Cock. His paternal grandparents were Stephen Kingsland and Jane (née Corson) Kingsland. He was the uncle of William M. Kingsland, who owned 1026 Fifth Avenue. Career A successful merchant, Kings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsland (Chimney Corner, Virginia)
Kingsland, also known as Richmond View, was a historic plantation house located at Chimney Corner, Chesterfield County, Virginia. It was built about 1805, and consisted of a -story, frame structure with a rear ell. The main section measured 20 feet by 40 feet and the rear ell extended 55 feet. The house featured a center chimney. Also on the property was a contributing smokehouse. an''Accompanying photo''/ref> It was moved and reconstructed in 1994. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... in 1975. References Plantation houses in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses completed in 1805 Houses in Chesterfield County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsland, Texas
Kingsland is a census-designated place (CDP) in Llano County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,030 at the 2010 census, up from 4,584 at the 2000 census. Texas Ranch to Market Road 1431 runs through the community. Geography Kingsland is located in eastern Llano County at the confluence of the Colorado and the Llano rivers, which combine to form Lake Lyndon B. Johnson. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 7.96%, are water. Demographics Kingsland was first listed as a census designated place in the 1980 U.S. Census. 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 7,028 people, 2,854 households, and 1,656 families residing in the CDP. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, 4,584 people, 2,103 households, and 1,343 families resided in the CDP. The population density was . There were 2,803 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.66% White, 0.13% Afr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsland Homestead
Kingsland Homestead is an 18th-century house located in Flushing, Queens, New York City. It is the home of the remains of The Weeping Beech, a landmark weeping beech tree, believed to have been planted in 1847. The homestead is also close to the 17th-century Bowne House, the location of the first Quaker meeting place in New Amsterdam. The homestead is operated by the Queens Historical Society, whose quarters are inside; the homestead is open to the public as a museum. The Kingsland Homestead is a member of the Historic House Trust, and is both a New York City designated landmark and a National Register of Historic Places listing. History Kingsland was built by Charles Doughty in approximately 1785 and the name "Kingsland" is believed to derive from Doughty's son-in-law, British sea captain Joseph King, who bought the home in 1801. Due to encroaching development from the proposed extension of the New York City Subway's Flushing Line in 1923, it was moved to the site of a st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsland, New Jersey
Kingsland is an unincorporated community located within Lyndhurst Township in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. and the site of Kingsland station. The Kingsland Avenue Bridge is nearby. History The Kingsland family possessed a large tract of land in the area known as Kingsland Manor. on what was known as New Barbadoes Neck. In 1872, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, also known as the DL&W or Lackawanna Railroad, was a U.S. Class 1 railroad that connected Buffalo, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey, and by ferry with New York City, a distance of . The railroad was ... established a railway through the township, and erected a depot in the settlement named "Kingsland" in honor of the family. A railroad shop was built, and houses erected for the railroad employees. Church services were held in the train depot. Kingsland had a post office. References Lyndhurst, New Jersey Unincorporated communiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsland, Indiana
Kingsland is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Wells County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s .... History A post office was established at Kingsland in 1884, and remained in operation until 1922. An old variant name of the community was called Parkinson. On September 21, 1910, an interurban rail crash occurred in Kingsland due to a failure to pull over. 41 passengers died, and safety protocols were strengthened thereafter. References Unincorporated communities in Wells County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area {{WellsCountyIN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsland, Georgia
Kingsland is a city in Camden County, Georgia, Camden County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. The population was 18,337 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, up from 15,946 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Camden County, Georgia, Kingsland, Georgia Micropolitan Statistical Area. As Kingsland is 3 miles from the Florida-Georgia border and 32 miles from Jacksonville, FL, Jacksonville, it is also a principal city of the Jacksonville—Kingsland—Palatka, Florida, Palatka, Florida—Georgia Combined statistical area, Combined Statistical Area. The Kingsland Commercial Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 17, 1994. It includes the area surrounding South Lee Street between King Street and William Street. It hosts an annual Catfish Festival on Labor Day weekend and is the location where the fan series Star Trek Continues was filmed. History Kingsland was platted in 1894 when the railroad was extended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsland, Arkansas
Kingsland, officially the City of Kingsland, is a small List of municipalities in Arkansas, city in Cleveland County, Arkansas, Cleveland County, south central Arkansas, United States. It is included in the Pine Bluff, Arkansas metropolitan statistical area, and had a population of 447 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 U.S. census. It is known as the birthplace of musician Johnny Cash. His parents had a cotton farm there. History In 1890, a two-story building was adapted for Kingsland's first public school. A new school was built in 1940 during the Great Depression as part of the Works Progress Administration projects initiated by the President Franklin D. Roosevelt administration. Country singer Johnny Cash was born in Kingsland in 1932 during the Great Depression to parents who were poor cotton farmers. The family moved when he was three. Cash returned to the town in March 1994, for the dedication of the new post office named in his honor. In May 2003, the 63-year-old m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsland, Shropshire
Kingsland is a suburb of the town Shrewsbury, Shropshire in the West Midlands of England. It lies adjacent to the town centre of Shrewsbury across the River Severn by the Kingsland Bridge, built 1881. The Kingsland fields from the Middle Ages were a fairground to where the trade guilds of Shrewsbury used to parade, each guild having an arbour there, on the Monday after the feast of Corpus Christi, which became known as the Shrewsbury Show. Thomas Anderson, a soldier in the Dragoons was executed, as a deserter and Jacobite sympathizer, near the Butchers' Arbour on Kingsland, on 11 December 1752. He was the last English martyr for the Stuart cause.Thomas Phillips, James Bowen, Charles Hulbert,(1837) ''The History and Antiquities of Shrewsbury: From Its First Foundation to the Present Time, Comprising a Recital of Occurrences and Remarkable Events, for Above Twelve Hundred Years'', Volume 1.p. 256 Horse racing used to be held on Kingsland's common land, otherwise used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
