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0.8 mi (1.3 km). west of Jefferson on TX 49: Jefferson: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 6: Hodge-Taylor House: Hodge-Taylor House: March 21, 1997 : Approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) southwest of junction of US 59 and TX 49, W.
Golmont View House, Reading; Invercauld House, Black River; Magdala House, Black River; Three Munro College Buildings: Coke Farquharson Dining Room, Chapel, Pearman Calder Building; Magdala House & Mineral Spa; Balaclava railway station; Historic sites. Black River Historic District; Natural sites. Black River Spa; Lighthouses. Lover's Leap ...
Poplar Forest, note the octagonal design. One characteristic which typifies Jefferson's architecture is the use of the octagon and octagonal forms in his designs. Palladio never used octagons, but Jefferson employed them as a design motif—halving them, elongating them, and employing them in whole as with the dome of Monticello, or the entire house at Poplar Forest.
Waumbek House, late afternoon, early 20th century The historic district is located on Cottage Road and Starr King Road, on the southern flank of Mount Starr King north of U.S. Route 2 and just east of the village center of Jefferson.
The Magnolia Lane Plantation, also known as the Fortier Plantation, is a historic plantation located on the Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana along LA 541. The plantation was owned in 1784 by Edward Fortier, during the Spanish colonial period. After being purchased in 1867 the plantation changed its name. [2] [3] [4]
The house at Poplar Forest is made of brick and has an octagonal floor plan; it consists of a central square space and three sides made of elongated octagon rooms. There is an entry hall on the one side of the house, which is two smaller rooms divided by a short entry hall. There is a skylight in the central dining room.
Unbuilt America: Forgotten Architecture in the United States from Thomas Jefferson to the space age is a 1976 book by Alison Sky and Michelle Stone.The book describes and shows plans of buildings and monuments, that were planned but never built, throughout the first two centuries of the history of the United States.
Location of Jefferson County in Alabama. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an ...