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It is used as a courthouse by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. [2] The courthouse was renamed in 1994 to honor state representative and district judge Sam B. Hall Jr. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1]
Steep landforms shape and constrain much of Wellington city. Notable hills in and around Wellington include: Mount Victoria – 196 m. Mt Vic is a popular walk for tourists and Wellingtonians alike, as from the summit one can see most of Wellington. There are numerous mountain bike and walking tracks on the hill. Mount Albert [76] – 178 m ...
62 Majoribanks Street, Mt Victoria: 3647: Friends Meeting House: Historic Place Category 2: 7 Moncrieff St, Mt Victoria: 3648: Bus Tunnel: Historic Place Category 2: Pirie St, Mt Victoria: 3649: Seatoun Tunnel: Historic Place Category 2: Ferry Street and Broadway, Seatoun: 3650: Gazebo [Relocated] Historic Place Category 2: Formerly 59 Falkirk ...
Houston, the largest city in Texas, is the site of 58 completed skyscrapers over 427 feet (130 m), 50 of which stand taller than 492 feet (150 m). [1] [2] [3] The tallest building in the city is the JPMorgan Chase Tower, which rises 1,002 feet (305 m) in Downtown Houston and was completed in 1982.
Type: Gardens: Location: Houston, TX: Coordinates: Created: 2014: Operated by: Hermann Park Conservancy: Status: Open year-round, except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day [1]: Plants: 650 azaleas, 490 trees of over 50 species, 55,000 perennial bulbs, 760 hedge shrubs & 4.5-acre (1.8 ha) of grass [1]
The Mount Victoria Lookout is situated within the Town Belt, and offers panoramic views of the greater Wellington area. [7] Not far to its east is the Mount Victoria Radio Tower , which was Wellington's main radio and television mast from 1927 until 1965, when the larger and more powerful Mount Kaukau transmitter opened.
The park also has facilities for tennis, softball, swimming, track, croquet, volleyball, skating, cycling, and a running course (2.93 miles (4.72 km)). Very popular with Houston joggers, the running course is the Seymour Lieberman Exercise Trail, a crushed granite pathway that sees almost 3 million visits annually. [4]
On the inner wall of the Banquet Hall is a mural by John Drawbridge 42 metres (138 ft) long and 4.8 metres (16 ft) high portraying the atmosphere and sky of New Zealand. [16] The foyer contains a textile wall hanging Forest in the Sun by Joan Calvert and Guy Ngan which was commissioned for the building.