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Its main lodge built in 1927, it was the centerpiece of an extensive rustic retreat on the Spruce Point peninsula southeast of downtown Boothbay Harbor. The lodge is one of the state's finest examples of rustic Adirondack architecture, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. [1] In 2016, the lodge was listed for sale.
Oak Hall is a historic residential estate located on Louisiana Highway 29, about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Bunkie in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. The historic property comprises five Arts and Crafts-style buildings: a main house, a "Delco house", a servant's house, a gazebo with arbor, and a garage. It also includes a bridge. [2] [3]
Ronnie Johns, a member of the Louisiana State Senate from Sulphur in Calcasieu Parish, grew up in Bunkie and graduated from Bunkie High School in 1967. Seymour Weiss, former owner and longtime manager of the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans, close confidant of Huey Pierce Long, Jr., prominent New Orleans civic leader, who was born in Bunkie in ...
Built in 1640, C. A. Nothnagle Log House, located in Swedesboro, New Jersey, is likely the oldest log cabin in the United States. A conjectural replica of the log cabin in which U.S. president Abraham Lincoln was born, now at the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace Mortonson–Van Leer Log Cabin in New Sweden Park in Swedesboro, New Jersey A replica log cabin at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania A log house ...
A bunkie board is thin mattress support originally intended for a bunk bed. It was invented in the early 20th century to provide a thinner platform support than box-springs , and more uniform support than slats.
Heywood Brothers was established in 1826, Wakefield Company in 1855. [6] Both firms produced wicker and rattan furniture, and as these products became increasingly popular towards the end of the century, they became serious rivals. [7]
Bunkie may refer to: Bunkie, Louisiana, a city in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States Bunkie station, an historic train station in Bunkie, Louisiana; Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen (1912–1998), a prominent automobile executive; Bunkie Blackburn (1936–2006), NASCAR racecar driver; Bunkie board, mattress support for a bunk bed
3 Personal life. 4 Death. 5 Awards and honors. 6 Sources. 7 References. ... Semon Emil "Bunkie" Knudsen (October 2, 1912 – July 6, 1998) was an American automobile ...