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The First National Bank of Bristol (1905), US Post Office-Shelby Street Station (1900), and Paramount Theatre and Office Building (1929-1930) are separately listed. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, and was slightly increased in size in 2017. [1]
The Solar Hill Historic District encompasses an architecturally significant early 20th century residential neighborhood near the center of Bristol, Virginia.The district covers an area of about 27 acres (11 ha), bounded on the north by the Norfolk and Southern Railroad and Scott Street, on the west by West Street, on the east by Johnson Street, and on the south by Cumberland Street.
St George's is a former church in Great George Street, off Park Street, on the lower slopes of Brandon Hill in Bristol, England. Since 1999 it has been used as a music venue known as St George's Bristol. It was built in the 1820s by Sir Robert Smirke. It is a Grade II* listed building. [1]
On 1 April 1898 the parish was abolished and merged with Bristol. [4] In 1891 the parish had a population of 36,718. [5] Troopers' Hill chimney is a local landmark. St George was a mining area from the early 19th century (coal and fireclay) until 1904 when the last fireclay mines were abandoned. [6]
From the early 18th century, Crew's Hole was an industrial area that included oil refineries and a tar works site at the bottom of Troopers Hill. [ 1 ] The tar works was established by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1843 to provide creosote to be used as a preservative for railway sleepers and by 1863 had passed into the ownership of Brunel's ...
By Michael Erman (Reuters) -Bristol Myers Squibb said on Monday it will pay $800 million up front and up to $8.4 billion to Sichuan Biokin Pharmaceutical to develop and commercialize one of the ...
St George Central is an electoral ward in Bristol, England, covering parts of the St George neighbourhood in the east of the city. It is represented by two members on Bristol City Council , which as of 2024 [update] are Abi Finch and Cara Lavan of the Green Party of England and Wales .
Broom Hill, [2] sometimes spelled Broomhill and not to be confused with Broomhill near Fishponds in Frome Vale ward, is an area in Bristol to the north of Brislington. The area is adjacent to the River Avon and crossed by the Great Western Railway , and some sidings, just east of Bristol Temple Meads station .