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The Century House Historical Society (CHHS) acquired the 19 acres (7.7 ha) around the eponymous 1809 building where Jacob Lowe Snyder lived at the time of the canal's construction. It was chartered provisionally in 1992 and fully in 2000. [6] It runs the property as a museum devoted to both the house and the American natural cement industry. [5]
The district encompasses four contributing buildings in a residential section of Gary. The buildings were designed by D. F. Creighton and built by the United States Sheet & Tin Plate Co. They were built starting in 1910 and are examples of the Edison Concept Houses that were designed, patented, and promoted by inventor Thomas Edison.
Fonthill Castle was the home of the archaeologist and tile maker Henry Chapman Mercer. Built between 1908 and 1912, it is an early example of poured-in-place concrete and features 44 rooms, over 200 windows, 18 fireplaces, 10 bathrooms and one powder room.
1919 Pre-cast concrete houses, Troyes. 1919 Monol Hou1934 Apartment block, Esplanade des Invalides, Paris. 1935 Bata works at Hellocourt, Lorraine.ses (no site agreed). 1919 Distillery, near Lyons. 1920 Citrohan House (1st version) (No site agreed). 1921 Garage, Lille. 1922 Citrohan House (2nd version) (no site agreed) (exhibition model built).
The house is constructed entirely of unreinforced cast-in-place concrete and it is one of the oldest and largest structures in the state using this building method. [4] This process was developed and patented by doctor and chemist John Park, who had moved to Seguin in 1846. But he soon had imitators and competitors, contractors like Joshua Young.
The first tenants moved into the North Tower in December 1970 and into the South Tower in January 1972. Four other low-level buildings were constructed as part of the World Trade Center in the early 1970s, and the complex was mostly complete by 1973. A seventh building, 7 World Trade Center, was opened in 1987.
In 2014, it was considered the world's most expensive private residence, costing between US$1 and 2 billion to build. [2] As of 2023, it was valued at $4.6 billion, [7] as average annual growth rate of prices on homes in Mumbai from 2010 to 2020 was 11.2%. [12] Prices in Mumbai increased by 100% [13] in 2006, 19% [14] in 2012.
Cement City Historic District is a historic district in Donora, Pennsylvania. The district includes 80 Prairie School concrete residences built in 1916–17. The homes served as housing for employees of the American Steel and Wire Company .