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Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens is a decorative arts museum in Washington, D.C., United States. The former residence of businesswoman, socialite, philanthropist and collector Marjorie Merriweather Post , Hillwood is known for its large decorative arts collection that focuses heavily on the House of Romanov , including two Fabergé eggs .
The William Williams House is a historic house in Lebanon, Connecticut at the junction of Connecticut Routes 87 and 207, a National Historic Landmark.It is significant as the residence of Founding Father William Williams (1731–1811), who was a delegate from Connecticut Colony to the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. [3]
The site was criticized consistently in the local press for its lack of facility and the building's eyesore nature. Moderate attempts to keep the building in working order were undertaken and it lasted as use as a courthouse until the Lewis County Courthouse was completed in June 1927.
The Buttolph–Williams House is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story timber-frame structure, three bays wide and one deep, with a steeply pitched side-gable roof and a large central chimney. A 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story addition, with its own chimney, extends to the rear of the house. The main entrance, centered on the front facade, is unadorned.
In 1900, Margaret Gray Evans and her daughter Anne Evans moved into the house. The Byers–Evans house was built in 1883 by William Byers, the founder of the Rocky Mountain News and was sold to William Gray Evans in 1889. [4] It is an Italianate style house which had several additions made
High Museum of Art in Atlanta. This list of museums in Georgia contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Evans v. Hettich , 20 U.S. (7 Wheat.) 453 (1822), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a witness's testimony could not be objected to merely because the witness suffered from "fits of derangement", as long as the witness was sane when he testified.
The Williams–Linscott House was a historic First Period house at 357 William Street in Stoneham, Massachusetts.The oldest part of the house was said to date to c. 1712, but it is unclear to which part of the house this referred, on account of major alterations the house in the 18th and 19th centuries.