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The Hillforest Mansion, also known as the Thomas Gaff House, is located at 213 Fifth Street, in Aurora, Indiana. Built in 1855 on a bluff above the Ohio River , it is one of the finest surviving examples of an Italian Renaissance estate house, and a rare well-preserved example of the work of architect Isaiah Rogers .
After Gerry moved to a new home, the Gaff house was leased to Dwight F. Davis, President Calvin Coolidge's Secretary of War and founder of the Davis Cup. [2] The government of Greece leased the house in 1929 for use as an embassy. In 1944, the Gaff house was sold to Colombia by Carey D. Langhorne, Thomas T
The tornado became violent along County Road 2380, where a home was obliterated at EF4 strength; the foundation of the home was visible. [4] At this location, it was determined that the tornado retained 180 mph (290 km/h)-peak wind speeds. [4] A well-constructed home was swept clean off of its crawl space, and its debris was blown to the northeast.
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Gaff rig [1] is a sailing rig (configuration of sails, mast and stays) in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its peak and, usually, its entire head by a spar (pole) called the gaff.
A planned History Center on the Civil War and its aftermath will make a central element an immersive exhibit on the 1898 Wilmington Massacre. A center official says the dramatic experience could ...
Frank Smiley and his family had lived in the 1940s cottage since 2011. The Palisades fire destroyed their house, forcing them to move to Marina del Rey.
Halyards (and edges) on a gaff rigged sail. In sailing, the peak halyard (or peak for short) is a line that raises the end of a gaff, which is further from the mast, [1] [2] as opposed to the throat halyard that raises the end, which is nearer to the mast. Such rigging was normal in classic gaff-rigged schooners and in other ships with fore-and ...