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Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
Newark Castle in 2013, overlooking the River Trent Newark Castle and Bridge circa 1812, before it was restored by Anthony Salvin. Newark Castle, in Newark-on-Trent in the English county of Nottinghamshire, was founded in the mid 12th century by Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln. Originally a timber castle, it was rebuilt in stone towards the end of ...
1903 – Iroquois Theater fire, Chicago, Illinois, on December 30, at least 600 died. 1904 – January fire in the Turin National University Library, Turin, Italy, resulted in serious damage to the Manuscripts Department. 1904 – Great Fire of Toronto, April 19 fire that destroyed a large section of Downtown Toronto, Canada.
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Chicago: Illinois: circa 1870 (blueprints were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871) West Park Zoological Gardens (now Washington Park) Milwaukee: Wisconsin [8] Whitman Town Park: Whitman: Massachusetts: circa 1875 Willow Brook Cemetery: Westport: Connecticut: circa 1881 Woodburn Circle, West Virginia University: Morgantown: West Virginia
Newark-on-Trent (/ ˌ nj uː ər k-/) [1] or Newark [2] is a market town and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire, England. [3] It is on the River Trent, and was historically a major inland port. [4] The A1 road bypasses the town on the line of the ancient Great North Road.
Remember the medieval-style castle complete with a moat and drawbridge that went up for sale in Oakland Township back in 2022? Well, it's still for sale. And the price recently dropped by $200,000.
The Historic Michigan Boulevard District is a historic district in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States encompassing Michigan Avenue between 11th (1100 south in the street numbering system) or Roosevelt Road (1200 south), depending on the source, and Randolph Streets (150 north) and named after the nearby Lake Michigan.