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Charles Gilbert Gates (May 26, 1876 – October 29, 1913) of Minneapolis, Minnesota was the owner of the first home in the United States where air conditioning was installed in 1914. [1] He was the son of John Warne Gates , also known as "Bet-a-Million" Gates.
Portrait of Horatio Gates is a portrait painting by the American artist Gilbert Stuart.It depicts the British-American soldier Horatio Gates. [1]Born in England and a career soldier in the British Army, Gates settled in America and served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
After the war, Gates returned to Traveller's Rest. [2] In 1790, he sold the home, freed his slaves and moved to New York City. [4] Gates employed John Ariss for interior woodwork, at a time when Ariss was working on nearby projects for the Washington family. Gates added to the original four-bay structure ashlar masonry, appending a three-bay ...
Horatio Gates was born on July 26, 1727, in Maldon, in the English county of Essex.His parents (of record) were Robert and Dorothea Gates. Evidence suggests that Dorothea was the granddaughter of John Hubbock Sr. (died 1692) postmaster at Fulham, and the daughter of John Hubbock Jr., listed in 1687 sources as a vintner.
The Pythian Home of Missouri, also known as Pythian Castle, in Springfield, Missouri, was built in 1913 by the Knights of Pythias and later owned by the U.S. military. [1] German and Italian prisoners-of-war were assigned here during World War II for medical treatment and as laborers.
Johnson faced charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault, home invasion, arson and kidnapping after allegedly abducting his ex-girlfriend, breaking into a house and attacking the homeowner, according to Fox 8. Johnson cause of death was hanging, according to Fox 8. Jail or Agency: Erie County Jail; State: Pennsylvania
The capture of Sedalia occurred during the American Civil War when a Confederate force captured the Union garrison of Sedalia, Missouri, on October 15, 1864.Confederate Major General Sterling Price, who was a former Governor of Missouri and had commanded the Missouri State Guard in the early days of the war, had launched an invasion into the state of Missouri on August 29.
The Truman Home (earlier known as the Gates–Wallace home), 219 North Delaware Street, Independence, Missouri, was the home of Harry S. Truman from the time of his marriage to Bess Wallace on June 28, 1919, until his death on December 26, 1972. Bess Truman's maternal grandfather, George Porterfield Gates, built the house between the years 1867 ...