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Simonet's Furniture and Carpet Company Building

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Minnesota, Washington County, Stillwater


This property has been
listed as a
Contributing Member
of the District

by the United States
Department of the Interior

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

Domestic Service Buildings-Behind the Big House

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Maryland, Baltimore County, Towson

At Hampton’s height, hundreds of workers labored to make this a self-sufficient and profitable estate. Slaves and servants who worked in the mansion carried out their daily chores in this yard and also had living quarters in this area (see octagonal foundation nearby). In the early 19ths century, there were more outbuildings than you see now, including a carpenter’s shed and smokehouse. In the 1850s, a gas works was built nearby. Servants heated coal to make gas, which was fed through pipes to the mansion. The Ridgelys used gas lighting until electricity was installed in 1929.

(Inscriptions under the photo of the buildings reading left to right)
Garage, 1910-This garage was for cars, which replaced carriages in the early 1900s; Shed; Storage Shed; Privies-These multi-seat outhouses were sanitary facilities. In back are trap doors for cleaning.

(Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A Romance with Nature: The Falling Garden

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Maryland, Baltimore County, Towson

The jewel of Hampton’s cultural landscape and the focus of Ridgely family horticultural pursuits for 150 years is the Falling Garden. Constructed under Charles Ridgely “The Builder” in the 1780s, the Falling Garden was one of the largest earthmoving projects in America. The terraces were planted with geometric gardens called parterres from the French meaning “on the ground.” Originally laid out by 1810, they are attributed to William Booth, a renowned designer of the period.

In the mid-19th century, Eliza Ridgely, third Mistress of Hampton, transformed the Falling Garden. Her gardening legacy remains apparent, with the creation of the Victorian Carpet Bedding displayed in Parterre II, in the plantings of many trees throughout the site, and in the construction of a number of outbuildings including several greenhouses. Professional gardeners supervised the planting and maintenance with workers, paid or enslaved, supplying the labor. The parterre designs you see before you are the same layout as those documented in plans and photographs in the late 19th century.

(Inscription in the lower right)
Parterre I, shown in this 1879 photograph, retained its original geometric configuration through seven generations of the Ridgely family. The other parterres changed following the influences of gardening trends of the day.

(Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Oranges in January

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Maryland, Baltimore County, Towson

Orangery, originally constructed ca. 1830s. Destroyed by fire 1926, reconstructed 1976. It was not possible to grow fresh oranges and lemons’ outside in Maryland, as delicate fruit trees could not survive the winter. The Ridgely family, however, enjoyed the luxury of having fruit on their table all winter long. To protect their treasured citrus plants, they built a specialized greenhouse called an orangery.

Designed to resemble a Greek temple, the building was heated by the sun through the glass panels on the south and east sides and by a hypocaust furnace. In summer, the potted citrus trees were placed around the garden paths. (Inscription beside the drawing in the upper right) The orangery was heated by a hypocaust, a heating system first used by the ancient Romans. A wood-burning furnace at one end produced heat, which ran through flues under the floor of the building and radiated around the room’s perimeter.

It has been truly said of Hampton that it expresses more grandeur than any other place in America…The formal terraces of exquisitely kept grass, the long rows of superb lemon and orange trees with the adjacent orangerie and the foreign air of the house, quite disturb one’s ideas of republican American.
Henry W. Sergent in A.J. Downing’s A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, 1859.

(Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Captain Charles Ridgely

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Maryland, Baltimore County, Towson
Builder of Hampton and owner
Northampton Iron Works. Supplier
to American Revolutionary Forces.

(Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Corn Culture

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Maryland, Baltimore County, Towson

Mule Barn, constructed 1855, Corncrib, ca. 1845, destroyed by fire, 1989.

There were lots of mouths to feed on a large plantation like Hampton and this made corn an all-important crop. Hard or “dent “corn was used as feed for livestock and ground into cornmeal for slaves as well as for the Ridgelys’ pantry. Most importantly, corn was sold for profit. The cornfields here once extended for thousands of acres. The ears were husked and stored in the corncrib to dry.

You can tell how large the corncrib was based on the size of the foundation before you---it held thousands of ears. Once dry, the corn would be shelled and taken to the mill for grinding. Plowing the cornfields was backbreaking labor. Slaves and tenant farmers used mules, housed in the barn seen nearby, to pull plows. These sure-footed workhorses were the “tractors” of the 19th century.

Corn is justly regarded as the national crop of the United States. Its money value is double that of hay, threefold that of wheat, and fourfold that of cotton.
Report, Commissioner of Agriculture, Washington, 1862.

(Inscription in the lower right)
A view of the corncrib and corn shocks from the Farm Road, ca. 1897. The mule barn and corncrib were located near the cornfields to make planting, harvesting, and processing easier. At harvest time, slaves from nearby plantations came to help husk corn and haul ears to the crib. Husking parties were festive events, with competitions, music, and storytelling.

(African Americans • Agriculture • Colonial Era) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cobblestone School

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New York, Niagara County, Hartland
Town of Hartland District 10.
Built 1845. The earliest cobble-
stone school in Niagara County.
Used for over 100 years. On
State and National Register.

(Education) Includes location, directions, 9 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Sloopers

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New York, Orleans County, Kendall
S/N
The Sloopers
First Norwegian Settlement
in America in modern times
Made by Cleng Peerson and
50 immigrants from the
sloop "Restoration", 1825

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Peerson Home

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New York, Orleans County, Kendall
On this site, Cleng Peerson
agent for the first Norwegians
in America who settled in
Kendall in 1825, built log
home, cellar wall remains

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dunleavy Hall

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New York, Niagara County, Lewiston

Dunleavy Hall is named for its primary benefactors, Francis J. Dunleavy, Class of '41, and his wife Albina. The modern structure, distinctive in contrast to the stately 19th- and 20th-century buildings that dominate the campus, was built at a cost of $2.5 million and dedicated in 1972. Dunleavy Hall was the home of the College of Nursing until the college closed in December 2002. The building contains classrooms, faculty offices and the administrative offices of the College of Arts and Sciences. During its 56-year history (1946-2002), a total of 3,439 Bachelor's degrees were awarded by the College of Nursing.

(Education) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

O'Shea Hall (1967), Seton Hall (1970)

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New York, Niagara County, Lewiston
O'Shea Hall (1967)One of the two largest residence halls on campus, O'Shea Hall was completed in 1967. The eight-story structure has a capacity of 400 students. Administrative offices are located in the basement and on the ground floor. It is named for Bishop John A. O'Shea, C.M. (1887-1967), an alumnus who was serving on the NU faculty when he volunteered for missionary work in China. He began his 31-year ministry in China in 1921. At the age of 40, he was named coadjutor bishop of Kanchow, assuming full responsibility for the diocese 18 years later. Despite chaotic times, he never fled his diocese and was eventually taken captive by the Communists in 1952. On the verge of death, he was released from prison seven months later and returned to the United States, where he regained his health and lived for another 17 years.

Seton Hall (1970)Opened in 1970, Seton Hall was the first women's residence on campus. The eight-story structure, which has a capacity of 400, also houses administrative and faculty offices. It is named for Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821), foundress of the Daughters of Charity in America. She was canonized a saint in 1975. The office of career development is in the lower level.

(Education) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Spirited Entertainment

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Maryland, Montgomery County, Silver Spring

Silver Spring's First Movie Theater,
the 500-seat SECO (Suburban Electric Company), which opened on November 7, 1927 with the silent film "Fireman Save My Child," was located at 8242-8244 Georgia Avenue. The theater, renamed Roth's Silver Spring in 1953, closed on May 31, 1991. with a 99¢ screening of the 1990 comedy "Home Alone." Next door sat the Cissel Building which orginally housed an automobile showroom on the first floor and several businesses on the second. Last occupied by the Silver Spring Restaurant, a fire circa 1972, destroyed the structure.

Located across Bonifant Street was the Silver Spring Liquor Dispensary at 8400 Georgia Avenue. Here a crowd of 1,500 gathered late on Dec. 6. 1933 to celebrate the repeal of Prohibition, initiated in 1920 to prohibit "the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors" in the U.S. (the policy had been in effect in Montgomery County since 1880). In 1946 a second story was added to the structure and it was named the Kessinger Building. Guardian Federal Savings and Loan Association became the primary tenant of the building in 1953 and it was renamed the Guardian Building. Razed in the late 1970s for the widening of Bonifant Street a portion of the buildings vertically stacked quoins remain as part of the building next door.

(Sidebar) Sparkling Spring to Community

Welcome to Historic Silver Spring. Georgia Avenue, one of our two original main streets, was constructed in the early 19th century as the Seventh Street Turnpike, a dirt road connection Washington City to Brookeville, Md. A village named Sligo, established in the 1830s by Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Workers from County Sligo, Ireland, was located at the corner of Georgia and Colesville Road, our other main street.

A mica-flecked spring discovered in 1840 by U.S. presidential advisor Francis Preston Blair while riding his horse Selim, inspired the name of Blair's estate Silver Spring, constructed near the Spring's site.

Silver Spring's original Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station, built in 1878, formed the nucleus from which today's community radiated. The majority of these early-to-mid 20th century buildings still grace Georgia Avenue and Colesville Road and their many side streets. Explore the area and discover the fascinating history of the pioneering entrepreneurs, businesses, and institutions that developed our vibrant and diverse community.
Learn more about Historic Downtown Silver Spring at www.sshistory.org

(Entertainment • Notable Places) Includes location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Northern States Power Company Division Offices

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Minnesota, Washington County, Stillwater


This property has been
listed as a
Contributing Member
of the District

by the United States
Department of the Interior

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

St. Croix Lumber Mills / Stillwater Manufacturing Company

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Minnesota, Washington County, Stillwater


This property has been
listed as a
Contributing Member
of the District

by the United States
Department of the Interior

(Horticulture & Forestry • Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Connolly Shoe Company Building

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Minnesota, Washington County, Stillwater


This property has been
listed as a
Contributing Member
of the District

by the United States
Department of the Interior

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

226 East Myrtle Street

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Minnesota, Washington County, Stillwater


This property has been
listed as a
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of the District

by the United States
Department of the Interior

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

114 North Main Street

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Minnesota, Washington County, Stillwater


This property has been
listed as a
Contributing Member
of the District

by the United States
Department of the Interior

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Veterans Memorial

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Wisconsin, Trempealeau County, near Eleva
In Memory of Those Who
Served Our Country
Donated by
Eleva Broiler Festival Club


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

Chisago Hotel

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Minnesota, Chisago County, Taylors Falls


Stephen A. Douglas
"Little Giant"
spoke from this hotel balcony
1854

(Man-Made Features • Politics • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Town House School

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Minnesota, Chisago County, Taylors Falls


Minnesota's
Oldest Existing
Public School House

(Education • Man-Made Features • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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