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John J. Lucy Home

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Missoula, Montana.
The Tudor style as it evolved from medieval England to twentieth-century America is well expressed in this charming one-story home. Hollow tile faced with smooth brick, gables with decorative brackets, and a gabled and round . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Frank A. Roberts Home

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Missoula, Montana.
The Craftsman style evolved as the architectural expression of simplicity and domestic harmony, merging nature with the built environment. Its popularity in the early 1900s eased the transition from Victorian fussiness to . . .

(Agriculture • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

315 Daly

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Missoula, Montana.
The Craftsman style created such local fervor that in 1911 the Missoulian Publishing Company hosted a local contest offering a Craftsman bungalow style home as the grand prize. That home stands today just outside the . . .

(Architecture) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John M. Keith House

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Missoula, Montana.
The prestigious architectural firm of Link and Haire designed this handsome residence, which reflects the Midwestern taste of its first owner, John M. Keith. Son of a farmer from New Brunswick, Canada, Keith came to Missoula . . .

(Architecture • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

John R. Toole House

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Missoula, Montana.
Full-length Doric columns make a bold architectural statement, drawing the eye to this imposing neoclassical style home. Butte architect J. F. Everett drew upon the style popularized following the 1893 Chicago World’s . . .

(Architecture • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Davis Library Building

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Davis, California.
This historic Davis Library Building was moved in 1988 from its original site at 117 F Street, where the library served Davis from 1911 to 1968. It was the first Yolo County Public Library Branch.

(Education) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Welcome to Oberlin Heritage Center

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Oberlin, Ohio.
This fence is made from railings that graced the Morgan Street Bridge from circa 1880 to 2008. Oberlin Heritage Center volunteers devoted many hours to salvage, repair and installed them here for all to enjoy.

(Bridges & Viaducts) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Qumran Cave 1 / מערת 1

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, Palestinian Territories.
In 1947, three Bedouin shepherds discovered eight clay jars in this cave. One jar contained three scrolls: the complete Isaiah Scroll (written in popular version), the Community Rule (the rule book of the Qumran Sect), and . . .

(Churches & Religion • Notable Places) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

French 24-Pounder

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San Francisco, California.
Cast in bronze in 1754 for the French Army, this gun was used by the Spanish and captured by American Forces in Cuba during the Spanish-American War Emplaced on this site July 1973 by order of Col. John L. Fellows Jr. . . .

(War, Spanish-American) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Boats and Music

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Albany, New York.
The Lakehouse that appears in these images is very different than the building that stands in front of you. The existing Lakehouse, designed by J. Russell White, was built of brick and terra cotta in 1929. It replaced the . . .

(Architecture • Entertainment • Man-Made Features • Parks & Recreational Areas) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Parading and Promenading

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Albany, New York.
This straight path, sometimes known as the "Knox Street Mall", is the only portion of Washington Park that follows the pattern of the surrounding urban grid. It marks the west side of what was known as Middle or Washington . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Origins of the Albany Tulip Festival

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Albany, New York.
In 1947, residents of Albany collected 300 tons of donated food, clothing, medical supplies, household goods and building materials to help rebuild Nijmegen, The Netherlands, which had been devastated by bombing and fighting . . .

(Charity & Public Work • Entertainment • Parks & Recreational Areas • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Albany Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

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Albany, New York.
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Commission of the City of Albany, New York Mayors Charles H. Gaus • Henry F. Snyder • James B. McEwan Commissioner of Public Works Wallace Greenalch Commissioners * John S. McEwan * John L. . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Home of California

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Yountville, California.
On Oct. 25, 1882, the Veterans Home of California Association purchased 910 Acres in Yountville for $17,750. On this site the first building was erected. Opened April 1, 1884 for Civil and Mexican War veterans. By July 1, . . .

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The Adobe Houses of Victor Castro

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El Cerrito, California.
Four hundred feet west of this plaque Victor Ramon Castro 1817 - 1900 built three adobe dwellings, the south one in late 1830's the main one or west one in 1840's the north in late 1840's They with later additions were . . .

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

140 University Avenue

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Missoula, Montana.
Advertised as “The Choice Residence Section of Missoula,” the Hammond Addition attracted successful businessmen like David J. Haviland, who could afford the exclusivity the neighborhood offered. Lots in the Hammond Addition . . .

(Architecture • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Greenhood Residence

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Missoula, Montana.
Changing architectural tastes are central to the story of this elegant home, built for Henry and Leah Greenhood. A successful liquor wholesaler and real estate developer, Henry was one of Missoula’s early Jewish residents, . . .

(Architecture • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Charles C. Brothers Residence

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Missoula, Montana.
Two wings at right angles with a two-story section at the juncture form a very unusual floor plan in this unique eclectic residence, built circa 1927 for Charles and Ida Brothers. Inspired by the Prairie style, . . .

(Architecture • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

521 University Avenue

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Missoula, Montana.
Deed records show that the Northern Pacific Railroad sold this property to the South Missoula Land Company in 1889. Company shareholder A. B. Hammond subsequently platted the Hammond Addition. Buyers of his lots signed an . . .

(Architecture • Industry & Commerce • Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

University of Montana World War (I) Memorial

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Missoula, Montana.
In Honor of the Faculty, Alumni, and Undergraduates of the State University of Montana Who Served in the World War and in Memory of These Who Gave Their Lives in Service Ian G. Anderson • Virgil Bostwick • Lester Brennan • . . .

(War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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