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Hartshill Castle [1] is a ruined castle in the village of Hartshill on the outskirts of Nuneaton, Warwickshire (grid reference). It is on Historic England 's Heritage at Risk Register due to erosion, structural problems and vandalism; [ 2 ] most notably when the castle was damaged by vandals in October 2016.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in Pennsylvania on the National Register of Historic Places.These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
The area has been settled since at least the Iron Age, just west of Hartshill are the remains of an Iron Age hill fort. [2] [3] The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book as Hardreshull, derived from the old English term meaning Heardred's Hill. [4] Near the centre of the village are the remains of Hartshill Castle, a medieval castle. [5]
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Fonthill Castle was the home of the archaeologist and tile maker Henry Chapman Mercer. Built between 1908 and 1912, it is an early example of poured-in-place concrete and features 44 rooms, over 200 windows, 18 fireplaces, 10 bathrooms and one powder room.
The Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building (known locally as the Castle [3] or Library Hall [4]) in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania is a building from 1890. It was listed on the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation in 1975, [5] National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]
Glencairn is a castle-like mansion in Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, that was home to the Pitcairn family for more than 40 years.Now the Glencairn Museum, it contains a collection of about 8,000 artworks, mostly religious in nature, from cultures such as ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, the Roman Empire and medieval Europe, as well as Islamic, Asian, and Native American works.
Grey Towers National Historic Site, also known as Gifford Pinchot House or The Pinchot Institute, is located just off US 6 west of Milford, Pennsylvania, in Milford Township. It is the ancestral summer home of Gifford Pinchot , first chief of the newly developed United States Forest Service (USFS) and twice elected governor of Pennsylvania .