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Iranistan was a Moorish Revival mansion in Bridgeport, Connecticut commissioned by P. T. Barnum in It was designed by Bohemian-American architect Leopold Eidlitz.At this "beautiful country seat" [1] Barnum played host to such famous contemporaries as the Hutchinson Family Singers, [2] Matthew Arnold, George Armstrong Custer, Horace Greeley, and Mark Twain. [3]
The Barnum Museum is a museum at 820 Main Street in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. It has an extensive collection related to P. T. Barnum and the history of Bridgeport. The building in which it is housed was built with funding from Barnum, and initiallly housed the Barnum Institute of Science and History .
In May 1883, Capen persuaded Barnum to give the money under the agreement that the transaction be kept under secrecy and that once his identity be disclosed the building would 'forever be called the Barnum Museum of Natural History.' [1] The building was built to accompany his museum in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The building was designed by ...
Barnum was born in Bethel, Connecticut, the son of innkeeper, tailor and storekeeper Philo Barnum (1778–1826) and Philo's second wife, Irene Taylor.Barnum's maternal grandfather Phineas Taylor was a Whig, legislator, landowner, justice of the peace, and lottery schemer who had a great influence upon him.
The architect pointed to features including the home’s walls: fire-rated for one hour, meaning a fire could be adjacent to the wall for that length of time without igniting. The roof was made of ...
Barnum's American Museum was a dime museum located at the corner of Broadway, Park Row, and Ann Street in what is now the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City, from 1841 to 1865. The museum was owned by famous showman P. T. Barnum , who purchased Scudder's American Museum in 1841.
The idea that any publicity is good publicity helps explain why former President Donald Trump was the one to tell the world that he’s a target of another criminal investigation. His legal ...
I spent two days in Toulouse, which Lonely Planet dubbed the top city to visit in 2025.. Nicknamed the "Pink City," Toulouse is home to several universities and iconic sites.