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The most common form of brickwork on colonial American public buildings during the mid to late eighteenth century was Flemish bond, in which each layer of bricks consisted of two stretchers laid parallel to each other and the wall, alternated with one header, laid perpendicular to the wall and the other bricks. This would have created a strong ...
The Spanish used the courtroom from 1799 to 1803, and from 1803 to 1812, it was used by the Louisiana territorial superior court. After the American Civil War, it was the home of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1868 to 1910. The Sala Capitular was the site of several landmark court cases, including Plessy v. Ferguson. In 1911 the Cabildo ...
Originally a residence, then tavern with other uses. Oldest frame house still standing in Pennsylvania. Famous as the site of the 1778 Newtown Skirmish during which Loyalists killed 5 and captured 16 to acquire cloth being manufactured for use by General George Washington's troops at Valley Forge. Now a private residence. [citation needed]
Most courts featured a strict order of precedence, often involving imperial, royal and noble ranks, orders of chivalry, and nobility. Some courts even featured court uniforms. One of the major markers of a court is ceremony. Most monarchal courts included ceremonies concerning the investiture or coronation of the monarch and audiences with the ...
A noble house is an aristocratic family or kinship group, either currently or historically of national or international significance [clarification needed], and usually associated with one or more hereditary titles, the most senior of which will be held by the "Head of the House" or patriarch.
Peace Palace European Court of Human Rights. Courthouses of courts having international scope include: Peace Palace, in The Hague, Netherlands, seat of International Court of Justice of the United Nations; European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France; Future permanent premises of the International Criminal Court, The Hague
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor in Europe. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals with manorial tenants and great banquets.
American Museum of Natural History in New York City, façade on West 77th Street, built 1874–c. 1920s; Armory of the First Corps of Cadets, or Park Plaza Castle, Boston, Massachusetts, built 1897; Atalaya Castle, former home near Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Bacon's Castle, Surry County ...