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Meanwhile, Fairfield's wooden buildings were highly susceptible to fire, especially because the community had survived into the 1880s without suffering any substantial blazes. [ 1 ] : 185 As a result, county officials began to fear the destruction of the old building by fire, so they ordered the construction of a new fireproof hall of records ...
Edwin Wallace Neff was born January 28, 1895, to Edwin Neff and Nannie McNally, daughter of Chicago printing tycoon Andrew McNally (Rand-McNally Corporation). [2] Since Andrew McNally moved to Altadena, California, in 1887, and founded Rancho La Mirada, La Mirada, California, would be Neff's birthplace.
Fairfield is a city in and the county seat of Wayne County, Illinois, United States, [3] and the location of Frontier Community College. The population was 4,883 at the 2020 census . History
Also in 1925, Florida began to pass laws further regulating real estate; with salesmen being required to have licenses and offices which as a result led to a boom in demand for office space. [ 16 ] Then, on January 10, 1926, the Prinz Valdemar , a 241-foot, steel-hulled schooner , sank in the mouth of the turning basin of Miami harbor and ...
It connects Knight's Key (part of the city of Marathon, Florida) in the Middle Keys to Little Duck Key in the Lower Keys. Among the longest bridges in existence when it was built, it is part of the Overseas Highway in the Keys, which is part of the 2,369-mile (3,813 km) U.S. Route 1. [1] [2] There are two bridges in this location.
The Sol Wurtzel House at 10539 Bellagio Road is a house designed by Wallace Neff for the film producer Sol M. Wurtzel and his wife, Marian. It is situated on Bellagio Road, in Bel Air, Los Angeles. [1] Neff received the commission in 1930 and the house was completed in 1932. [2] [3] It was set over a 1.5 acre site, and was 9,000 sq ft in size ...
One person stopped and peered through the Fudge Factory’s glass window. Then another. And another. They stopped to see Peter Vrinios carry on a family tradition that began 125 years ago.
Conch Key, Florida (1973) Conch Key is an island and unincorporated community in Monroe County, Florida, United States, located in the middle Florida Keys. U.S. 1 (the Overseas Highway) crosses the key at approximately mile markers 62–63, between Long and Duck Keys. It is part of the census-designated place of Duck Key.