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The James J. Hill House in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, was built by railroad magnate James J. Hill. The house, completed in 1891, is near the eastern end of Summit Avenue near the Cathedral of Saint Paul. The house, for its time, was very large and was the "showcase of St. Paul" until James J. Hill's death in 1916. [1]
Jim and Gloria Austin are the owners of the museum, where 95% of the items have been donated from people’s attics, garages and stores or were found by someone sifting through the junk inside a barn.
[6] Clemson University has operated Fort Hill as a house museum as stipulated in the will. The house is all that remains of what was once an extensive plantation estate. [7] The home was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960. [1] [3] Fort Hill was closed for a two-year restoration project and was reopened in the spring of 2003.
Buildings which remain part of the property include the Pope-Riddle House itself (a large 33,000-square-foot (3,100 m 2) mansion built in the Colonial Revival style and once described as "a great new house on a hilltop" by novelist and occasional guest Henry James); an 18th-century farm house; a carriage garage with an Arts and Crafts theater ...
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The Bachman-Wilson house is an example of Wright's invention of Usonian architecture. Wright built many of his houses around the notion of comfortable, low-cost living that fits the needs of its residents, as well as building a structure to match its environment. [3]
Emilio and Gloria Estefan in a family album photo with their daughter Emily Marie on her first Christmas in 1994. The photo is one of many from the Estefans’ family album to appear in the CD ...
Dr Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher James AO (1937-2011) was an Australian sculptural artist, educator, linguist and elder of the Thainakuith people in Weipa, in the Western Cape York area of far north Queensland. She was the last fluent speaker of the Thainakuith language and became a pillar of cultural knowledge in her community.