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Downtown Modesto featuring the skyline of the DoubleTree Hotel (left; the city's tallest building) and the Brenden Theatres (right) on 9th street. Downtown Modesto attractions. Downtown Modesto is the principal administrative area and historic townsite of Modesto, California. Measuring a square mile, it is bordered by Needham and Downey Streets ...
The mansion was restored and opened to the public in 1983 and has since been open as a historical landmark with available tours. In 2011 the front of the mansion was damaged in a major fire and has since been restored to its original state. [4] It has been alleged that hauntings and strange occurrences have occurred at the site. [5]
An ornate 19th-century porte-cochère, at Waddesdon Manor A modern example at a hospital. A porte-cochère (/ ˌ p ɔːr t k oʊ ˈ ʃ ɛ r /; French: [pɔʁt.kɔ.ʃɛʁ]; lit. ' coach gateway '; [1] pl. porte-cochères – pl. portes-cochères) [2] is a doorway to a building or courtyard, "often very grand," through which vehicles can enter from the street [3] or a covered porch-like ...
Modesto (/ m ə ˈ d ɛ s t oʊ /; Spanish pronunciation:) is the county seat and largest city of Stanislaus County, California, United States.With a population of 218,069 according to 2022 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, [9] it is the 19th-most populous city in California.
Sometimes the planks were staggered or spaced apart to form keys for a coat of plaster. This method was recommended by Orson Squire Fowler for octagon houses in his book The Octagon House: A Home for All in 1848. [10] Fowler mentions he had seen this wall type being built in central New York state while traveling in 1842.
Sutter Health said Wednesday it will build a $380 million cancer center at Memorial Medical Center in Modesto. The major investment by the Sacramento-based nonprofit health system aims to meet the ...
Gross Income, Net Profits, Production, and price index in the Lumber Industry 1920 -1934 [57] Year Gross Income (In Millions Dollar) Net Profit (In Millions Dollar) Production (In Board feet) (In Millions) Wholesale Price Index (1926=100) 1920 3,312 N/A 35,000 N/A 1922 2,402 167 35,250 N/A 1924 2,835 132 39,500 99.3 1926 3,069 117 39,750 100.0 1928
Built in 1640, C. A. Nothnagle Log House, located in Swedesboro, New Jersey, is likely the oldest log cabin in the United States. A conjectural replica of the log cabin in which U.S. president Abraham Lincoln was born, now at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Mortonson–Van Leer Log Cabin in New Sweden Park in Swedesboro, New Jersey A replica log cabin at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania A log house ...