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A spring house, or springhouse, is a small building, usually of a single room, constructed over a spring.While the original purpose of a springhouse was to keep the spring water clean by excluding fallen leaves, animals, etc., the enclosing structure was also used for refrigeration before the advent of ice delivery and, later, electric refrigeration.
McMansion is a pejorative term for a large house in a suburban community, typically marketed to the upper middle class in developed countries. Architectural historian Virginia Savage McAlester, who gave a first description of the common features which define this building style, coined the more neutral term Millennium Mansion. [1]
One of the oldest mansions in Mississippi, the Springfield Mansion was built between 1786 and 1791. The original plantation had over [2] 3,000 acres (12 km 2) and was purchased by Thomas M. Green Jr., a wealthy Virginia planter, in 1784. Green had the house built to show off his wealth.
Nicole Kidman might still be blushing over some of the scenes she filmed in her new erotic thriller Babygirl, but the film's director said the actress never wavered about the sexual material ...
Hoda Kotb’s daughters Haley and Hope will unbox an equal amount of presents on Christmas morning. But in Jenna Bush Hager’s family, it’s a free-for-all.
Kingscote is a Gothic Revival mansion and house museum at Bowery Street and Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, designed by Richard Upjohn and built in 1839. As one of the first summer "cottages" constructed in Newport, it is now a National Historic Landmark.
A Washington, D.C. man has been arrested for threatening flight attendants on a United Airlines plane traveling from Houston to New Jersey. Kedus Yacob Damtew, 38, was charged with one count of ...
Nemours was created by Alfred I. du Pont in 1909–10 as a gift for his second wife, Alicia. It was named for the north-central French town of Nemours, which was affiliated with his great-great-grandfather, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours.