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The French forts in Canada were located from the Atlantic Ocean to as far west as the confluence of the North and South Saskatchewan rivers, and as far north as James Bay. Built between the 1640s and the 1750s, a few were captured from rival British fur trading companies like Hudson's Bay Company.
Fort Kyk-Over-Al is older (built in 1616) but no longer fits the definition of a building. French Guiana Prefecture Building: Cayenne French Guiana: 1749–1752 Monastery: Oldest extant building in French Guiana. Currently serves as the seat of the Prefect of French Guiana. [68] Court House: St. John's Antigua and Barbuda: 1750 Courthouse
Most buildings constructed during the French colonial period utilized a heavy timber frame of logs installed vertically on a sill, poteaux-sur-sol, or into the earth, poteaux-en-terre. An infill of lime mortar or clay mixed with small stones ( pierrotage ) or a mixture of mud, moss, and animal hair ( bousillage ) was used to pack between the logs.
This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. C. French forts in Canada (43 P) F. ... Pages in category "French forts in North America"
2. St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans. A church has stood in the center of Louisiana's French Quarter’s historic Jackson Square since 1727. The current cathedral, largely restored in the mid-1800s ...
The chapel building of Trinity Church, an Episcopal parish in lower Manhattan, is a 1766 building long noted for its Late Georgian church architecture. It will remain forever linked to the 9/11 ...
French Florida in 1562, by N. Bellin, 18th century Floride françoise ("French Florida"), by Pierre du Val, 17th century. Charlesfort was established when a French expedition, organized by Huguenot leader Admiral Gaspard de Coligny and led by the Norman navigator Jean Ribault, landed at the site on the May River in May 1562, before moving north to Port Royal Sound.
While at Cedar Grove, Cole painted many pieces of the Catskill Mountains, as well as his famous series The Voyage of Life. [97] Thomas Stone: Maryland: 328.25 acres (1.3284 km 2) Thomas Stone, member of the Maryland Senate and signer of the Declaration of Independence, lived in this house from 1770 until his death in 1787. Stone was buried on ...