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The Town Square Complex is a three-building mixed use development in Downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. The complex contains the 27-story Bremer Tower , the 25-story UBS Plaza , and the 16-story DoubleTree by Hilton St. Paul Downtown hotel. [ 2 ]
The Central Troy Historic District is an irregularly shaped, 96-acre (39 ha) area of downtown Troy, New York, United States.It has been described as "one of the most perfectly preserved 19th-century downtowns in the [country]" [3] with nearly 700 properties in a variety of architectural styles from the early 19th to mid-20th centuries.
The Colquitt Town Square Historic District in Colquitt, Georgia is a 16-acre (6.5 ha) historic district that included 35 contributing buildings when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [1] The district includes the historic courthouse square and buildings on all four sides of it. [2] Miller County Courthouse
The American Craftsman style was a 20th century American offshoot of the British Arts and Crafts movement, [1] which began as early as the 1860s. [2]A successor of other 19th century movements, such as the Gothic Revival and the Aesthetic Movement, [2] the British Arts and Crafts movement was a reaction against the deteriorating quality of goods during the Industrial Revolution, and the ...
Building Image Dates Location City, state Description; 1: American River Grange Hall No. 172: 1882 built 1996 NRHP-listed near Rancho Cordova, California: Greek Revival architecture [2] 2: Pilot Hill Grange Hall No. 1: 1889 built
[5] [6] He kept riding, and ultimately, the 22-year-old claimed 160 acres (0.65 km 2) north of the town square. [5] He was then followed by others, including Albert Hammer, Ben F. Clampitt, and William Coyle. [5] 300 squatters also soon occupied the land, calling it Jonesville, and platted the site as a separate town. [5]
A town square (or public square, urban square, or simply square), also called a plaza or piazza, is an open public space commonly found in the heart of a traditional town, and which is used for community gatherings. A square in a city may be called a city square. Related concepts are the civic center, the market square and the village green.
Two important civic buildings, the town hall, and the First Church of Christ, were built in 1837 and 1847, during this period of prosperity, but many older buildings including several First Period houses from the 17th century, also survive in the area. Most of the properties in the district were built after American independence and before 1850.