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The property includes two 19th-century residences, two small barns, a well house and privy, as well as the site of a combined blacksmith shop and threshing machine works. The house where inventor George Westinghouse was born, built circa 1825, is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, rectangular frame residence in a vernacular Greek Revival style. [2]
Elevation view of the Panthéon, Paris principal façade Floor plans of the Putnam House. A house plan [1] is a set of construction or working drawings (sometimes called blueprints) that define all the construction specifications of a residential house such as the dimensions, materials, layouts, installation methods and techniques.
The house was built about 1865, and is a two-story, three-bay, front-gabled, red brick dwelling on a stone foundation. The house measures approximately 35 feet wide and 30 feet deep and has a central-passage plan. Also on the property is a contributing board-and-batten barn dated to about 1865. [2]: 5
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George Westinghouse Jones House, also known by the Welsh name of Caermarthen, is a historic home located in the Town of Niskayuna in Schenectady County, New York. It was built about 1900 and designed by the architectural firm of Rutan & Russell. It is a rambling, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story gable-roofed frame residence in the Shingle Style.
The Westinghouse Air Brake Company General Office Building (known locally as the Castle [3] or Library Hall [4]) in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania is a building from 1890. It was listed on the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation in 1975, [5] National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]
The earliest description of an oast dates from 1574. It was a small building of 18 feet (5.49 m) by 9 feet (2.74 m) in plan, with walls 9 feet (2.74 m) high. The central furnace was some 6 feet (1.83 m) long, 2 feet 6 inches (760 mm) high and 13 inches (330 mm) internal width.
Westinghouse bought the house from Harriet in 1901 at a cost of $150,000. [30] [31] After the sale, Harriet had all of her furniture and other valuables moved from the mansion to her new residence on K Street. [32] In 1903 Westinghouse had a passenger elevator installed in the house. [11]