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Harkness Memorial State Park is a historic preservation area with botanical garden and recreational features located on Long Island Sound in the town of Waterford, Connecticut. The state park 's 304 acres (123 ha) center around Eolia , a 42-room Renaissance Revival mansion with formal gardens and greenhouses .
Varner–Hogg Plantation State Historic Site†⁕⁑ More images: 1702 N. 13th St. West Columbia: Brazoria: THC Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site: More images: 23400 Park Road 12: Washington: Washington
The commission approved $1.5 million for upgrades to utilities and the pavilion at Rocky Neck State Park in East Lyme. Waterford's Harkness Memorial State Park will receive $750,000 for ...
Harkness Memorial State Park, a 230-acre park and mansion in Waterford, Connecticut; Harkness rating system, a chess rating system used from 1950 to 1960. Harkness table, a style of teaching; Harkness Tower, a Gothic structure at Yale University; Rosa 'Anne Harkness', a rose variety; Harkness, Victoria, a western suburb of Melbourne, in the ...
Mary Emma Stillman Harkness (July 4, 1874 – June 6, 1950) [1] was an American philanthropist. The wife of Edward Harkness , she participated in his philanthropy and also gave independently to various institutions, particularly for women's education, continuing to do so after his death in 1940.
Honey Creek State Natural Area is a nature preserve of almost 2300 acres in western Comal County, Texas, United States. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department acquired part of the natural area from the Nature Conservancy in 1985 [1] and the rest from a private individual in 1988. Honey Creek opened in 1985 with access by guided tour only. [2]
On 17 March 1948, Texas began her journey to her new anchorage along the busy Houston Ship Channel near the San Jacinto Monument, at San Jacinto State Park, arriving on 20 April, where she was turned over to the State of Texas the next day to serve as a permanent memorial. [8] Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 April 1948. [9]
Seminole Canyon State Park and Historic Site is a state park in the U.S. state of Texas. It is located off U.S. Route 90, east of the Pecos River High Bridge, 9 miles (14 km) west of Comstock in Val Verde County. The park is conducive to camping, biking, bird watching, back packing and archeological study.