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It encompasses 455 buildings, 8 structures, and 7 objects in a predominantly residential section of Springfield. It developed between about 1871 and 1952, and includes representative examples of Late Victorian , Colonial Revival , and Bungalow / American Craftsman architecture, including the separately listed Bentley House and Stone Chapel .
Developed during Springfield's industrial growth of the 1850s to the 1920s, the South Fountain Avenue Historic District encompasses about 15 square blocks south of downtown Springfield, across the street from South High School. Among its prominent early residents were Oliver S. Kelly, [1] William N. Whiteley, and Francis Bookwalter. [2]
The Black Thursday bushfires were a devastating series of fires that swept the Port Phillip District (now the state of Victoria) in Australia, on 6 February 1851, burning up 5 million hectares (12 million acres; 50,000 square kilometres; 19,000 square miles), or about a quarter of the state's area.
A series of fires across the state, the most severe of which was the Port Huron fire. The combined Michigan fires killed over 200 people and burned about 1.2 million acres. Occurred on the same day as the Great Chicago Fire and the Peshtigo Fire. The Great Michigan Fire: 8 October 1871 Wisconsin 1,500–2,500/? Deadliest wildfire in world history.
US 60 west / Route 413 south – Marionville: west end of US 60 / Route 413 overlap: 8.654: 13.927: US 60 east / Route 413 north (Northeast Elm Street) – Republic: east end of US 60 / Route 413 overlap: Nixa: 24.477: 39.392: US 160 / Route 13 – Springfield, Highlandville: Ozark: 29.227: 47.036: US 65 – Springfield, Branson
I-49 north / US 71 north / Route 2 west – Kansas City, Freeman: Northern terminus of I-49/US 71/Route 2 overlap; Route 7 north follows exit 159: Pleasant Hill: 160.992: 259.092: Route 58: Interchange: Jackson 166.498: 267.953: Route 150 west – Greenwood: Southern terminus of Route 150 overlap 166.998: 268.757: Route 150 east – Lone Jack
The road from St. Louis to Springfield to Ft. Smith was known as Telegraph Road or Wire Road, later Old Wire Road. 28 August 1860: Line from St. Joseph, Missouri, constructed by W.H. Stebbins, reaches Brownville, Nebraska, and communications commence the next day. [95] 29 August 1860: Line reaches St. Paul, Minnesota. [90] [96]
The community location was west of Springfield on U.S. Route 266, adjacent to Interstate 44. [2] History. Variant names were "Dorchester" and "Hazeltine Station". [1]