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The house was built for Peter S Decherd, [1] a lawyer from Virginia who eventually founded Decherd, Tennessee. [2] Its construction began in 1830 on a two story plantation. [ 1 ] In the 1860s, it was acquired by Albert S. Marks , who served as the Governor of Tennessee from 1879 to 1881. [ 2 ]
The Massanetta Springs Historic District is a retreat in Rockingham County, Virginia, administered by the Presbyterian Synod of the Mid-Atlantic, and chiefly associated with the Massanetta Springs Summer Bible Conference Encampment. The district includes the Hotel (1910), Hudson Auditorium (1922) and Camp Massanetta (1955–56). A Methodist ...
The company produced over 250 documentaries and won three Emmy's. [5] In 1988, more than 150 LGBTQ individuals attended The War Conference to promote human rights. The purpose of this conference was to increase support from legislators and civil rights organizations. [5] In 2014, the Airlie Hotel opened to the public for the first time in its ...
Decherd is located at (35.215767, -86.079183 [ 9 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 4.7 square miles (12 km 2 ), of which 4.7 square miles (12 km 2 ) is land and 0.21% is water which is part of Tims Ford Lake .
The house was built in 1912 for Jonathan L. Haynes Jr, a merchant. [2] It was built on the site of a former house-turned-school, Terrill College later known as Franklin County High School. [2] Haynes was a co-founder and director of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company, and a vice president of the First National Bank of Franklin County. [2]
Sirmai-Peterson House [17] Thousand Oaks: California: 1984-86: Winton Guest House: Owatonna: Minnesota: 1987: Moved in 2009 to its current location at the University of St. Thomas Gainey Conference Center. [18] [19] Yale Psychiatric Institute [20] Yale University, New Haven: Connecticut: 1989: In collaboration with Allan Dehar Associates of New ...
On September 17, 1886, Harriman bought at auction the 7,863-acre (31.82 km 2) Peter Parrott family estate for $52,500, which was named Arden by the Parrott family after Mrs. Parrott's maiden name. Over the next several years, he purchased an additional 20,000 acres (81 km 2 ), almost forty different parcels of land, and built forty miles (64 km ...
The Belmont Estate, now Belmont Manor and Historic Park, [4] is a former plantation located at Elkridge, Howard County, Maryland, United States.Founded in the 1730s and known in the Colonial period as "Moore's Morning Choice", [5] it was one of the earliest forced-labor farms in Howard County, Maryland.