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Ashmore Estates is a historic building outside Ashmore, Illinois, United States. It was built in 1916 as the second almshouse on the property, part of the Coles County Poor Farm . This complex operated until 1959.
Ashmore is home to Ashmore Estates, which was originally the almshouse at the Coles County Poor Farm until it was abandoned in 1987. A gigantic statue of Abraham Lincoln stands in Ashmore. Originally erected in nearby Charleston as a visitor attraction in 1969, the 62-foot statue instead drew widespread ridicule for the cartoonish appearance of ...
Ashmore Township is one of twelve townships in Coles County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,158 and it contained 575 housing units. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,158 and it contained 575 housing units.
Coles County was organized by on December 25, 1830, from Clark and Edgar counties. It was named after Edward Coles, [3] the second governor of Illinois, from 1822 to 1826. The majority of the American settlers who founded Coles County were either from the six New England states, or were born in upstate New York to parents who had moved to that region from New England shortly after the American ...
At the heart of the estate is a large green park consisting of a children's play area and several sports facilities, including a skate park, multi-sports pitch, BMX track, and bowling green. The park is on the site of Ashmore Colliery and the play area had to be made safe in 2019 after a mine shaft was discovered. [11]
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Ashmore is a village and civil parish in the North Dorset district of Dorset, England, 20 miles (32 kilometres) southwest of Salisbury. The village is centred on a circular pond and has a church and several stone cottages and farms, many with thatched roofs.
Biltmore Estate is a historic house museum and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina, United States.The main residence, Biltmore House (or Biltmore Mansion), is a Châteauesque-style mansion built for George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895 [2] and is the largest privately owned house in the United States, at 178,926 sq ft (16,622.8 m 2) of floor space and 135,280 sq ft ...