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Wells House (North Adams, Massachusetts)

The Wells House is a historic house located in North Adams, Massachusetts. Built about 1840, it is a locally rare surviving example of a Greek Revival farmhouse. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Description and history The Wells House is located in the West End of North Adams, at the southwest corner of West Main Street (Massachusetts Route 2) and Notch Road. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, interior brick chimneys, and a clapboarded exterior. Its bays on three sides are articulated by two-story Doric pilasters, which rise to an entablature below the cornice. The gable ends on the sides are fully pedimented. The main facade is five bays wide, with the center entrance set in a recess with flanking sidelight windows and pilasters, and a transom window above. The house was built in about 1840 and is one of the city's oldest Greek Revival buildings. It was built for Orson Wells, who first settled in North Adams in the 1810s and established an acid production facility nearby. The Welles were also involved in textile production that developed in nearby Braytonville. They also owned much land in the area, even as it industrialized; around the turn of the 20th century, the family still owned 160 acres (65 ha) of farmland. This land was eventually developed, but the Wells house remained in the family until 1968. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Berkshire County, Massachusetts References
Wells State Park (Massachusetts)

Wells State Park is a public recreation area located off Route 49 in the town of Sturbridge, Massachusetts. The state park includes frontage on Walker Pond and the scenic metamorphic rock cliff face of Carpenter Rocks. Terrain is rugged with ledges interspersed between wetlands. Woodlands are of the oak-hickory forest and northern hardwood forest types with groves of eastern white pine. The park is managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. Activities and amenities The park offers 12 miles (19 km) of trails for hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, and cross-county skiing. A notable trail leads to the cliffs of Carpenter Rocks, named after John Carpenter, who built and operated a sawmill nearby. Vistas include the eastern section of Walker Pond and surrounding wooded valley. Walker Pond's 104 acres (42 ha) provide opportunities for boating and fishing. A 60-site campground includes a swimming beach for campground users. The park also offers restricted hunting and seasonal interpretive programs. References External links Wells State Park Department of Conservation and Recreation Wells State Park Trail Map Department of Conservation and Recreation
John Hancock Tower

La John Hancock Tower és un gratacel situat a Boston (Massachusetts, al nord-est dels Estats Units). Va ser construïda el 1976 sobre els plànols dels arquitectes Ieoh Ming Pei i Henry N. Cobb. La torre acull els despatxos de la companyia John Hancock Insurance. Amb els seus 241 metres d'altitud i 60 pisos, és l'edifici més alt de Boston. Vegeu també Llista d'edificis més alts de Boston Enllaços externs (anglès) Fotos de la John Hancock Tower per Mary Ann Sullivan (anglès) El gratacel perfecte (anglès) [https://web.archive.org/web/19980119014841/http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1996/criticism/works/CRIT-MAR3.html Arxivat 1998-01-19 a Wayback Machine. Article del Boston Globe]
John Hancock Tower

John Hancock Tower je nejvyšší mrakodrap ve městě Boston, ale i ve státě Massachusetts. Se svými 60 patry měří 241 m a nachází se na ulici Clarendon Street. Architektem je I. M. Pei. V budově se nachází kancelářské prostory. Výstavba probíhala v letech 1971 – 1976. Odkazy Související články Seznam nejvyšších budov podle států USA Externí odkazy Obrázky, zvuky či videa k tématu John Hancock Tower na Wikimedia Commons záznam v databázi Emporis záznam v databázi SkyscraperPage
John Hancock Tower

John Hancock Tower, chiamato anche 200 Clarendon Street o The Hancock, è un grattacielo situato a Boston, negli Stati Uniti. Descrizione L'edificio fu progettata da Henry N. Cobb dello studio IM Pei & Partners e fu completato nel 1976. Nel 1977, l'American Institute of Architects ha assegnato allo studio che l'ha progettato il National Honor Award e nel 2011 ha vinto il premio Twenty-five Year Award. Con 62 piani e un'altezza di 240 m, è dal 1976 l'edificio più alto di Boston e del New England. Quando fu inaugurato, la John Hancock Insurance era il principale inquilino dell'edificio, ma la società annunciò nel 2004 che alcuni uffici si sarebbero trasferiti in una nuova struttura al 601 Congress Street, nel quartiere Fort Point. La torre fu originariamente chiamata con il nome della compagnia assicurativa che la occupava. Note Voci correlate Grattacieli più alti di Boston Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su John Hancock Tower Collegamenti esterni John Hancock Tower, su archINFORM. (EN) John Hancock Tower, su Structurae. (EN) John Hancock Tower, su Skyscraper Center.
Башня Джона Хэнкока

Башня Джона Хэнкока (англ. John Hancock Tower, Hancock Place) — 60-этажное здание высотой 241 м, построенное в 1968—1976 годах по проекту Йо Мин Пея и Генри Кобба (заказчик — John Hancock Insurance). Это самое высокое здание Бостона и Новой Англии, входящее в одноимённый комплекс зданий — Хэнкок-Плейс, в просторечии «Хэнкок». В 2011 году здание получило Четвертьвековую награду Американского института архитектуры. Открытие здания планировалось на 1971 год, однако из-за многочисленных просчётов в проекте состоялось только в 1976 году. В частности, из-за недопустимо высокой амплитуды колебаний здания потребовалось установить демпферы колебаний (два противовеса по 300 тонн). В 1972—1973 годах здание начало буквально осыпаться — стеклопакеты срывались вниз десятками. Некоторое время, пока изготавливали новый комплект стёкол, здание стояло зашитым в фанеру; в итоге пришлось заменить все фасады. Корень проблемы оказался в рамках, изолирующих стёкла в стеклопакетах, и в способе спая рамки со стёклами. Прочные материалы, прекрасно работавшие в относительно небольших стеклопакетах, оказались непригодными для больших панелей башни Джона Хэнкока: разницы в коэффициентах теплового расширения приводили к накоплению микротрещин по периметру рамки; под нагрузкой от ветра стеклопакет рано или поздно рассыпа́лся. Несмотря на всё это, в 1977 году авторы проекта были удостоены почётной премии Американского института архитекторов. Башня Джона Хэнкока — первый в США полностью остеклённый небоскрёб, имеющий в плане форму не прямоугольника, а параллелограмма. В 2006 году национальное Агентство по защите окружающей среды отметило здание призом Energy Star: по стобалльной шкале эффективности потребления энергии башня Джона Хэнкока набрала 79 баллов. В культуре В документальном сериале «Жизнь после людей» башня Джона Хэнкока разрушается из-за разлома элементов каркаса. «Фанерный дворец» послужил прообразом сюжета романа Роберта Бёрна «Небоскрёб». См. также Список самых высоких зданий Бостона Центр Джона Хэнкока Ссылки John Hancock Tower на emporis.com (англ.) When Bad Things Happen to Good Buildings (англ.)
West Bridgewater Middle-Senior High School

West Bridgewater Middle-Senior High School is a junior-senior high school located at 155 West Center St. in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts, United States. The school serves roughly 600 students in grades 7–12. The school's mascot is the wildcat, and the school's colors are maroon and white. Athletics The football team won the Division 6B State Championship in 1991. The football team won the Division 4 State Championship in 2006. Furthermore, the Wildcats' football team were also State Finalists in 1992, 1993, 1999 and 2007. The girls cross country team has won the Mayflower League Championship for 16 years straight and the boys have won for 8 years straight (as of 2022). In 2017, freshman Colleen O'Toole became the first female quarterback in Massachusetts history ever to play in a high school varsity game. History The town of West Bridgewater completed the construction of a new high school in 2015 to address the existing building's many deficiencies, which caused the school's accreditation to be placed on "warning status" in 2009 by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). The new school opened in September 2015, and is two stories tall, and has a greater capacity than the previous facility. There is a "heritage committee" run by students who work to discover various means of preserving the history and the culture of the school. References
West Chop Light

West Chop Light is a lighthouse station located at the entrance of Vineyard Haven Harbor in Tisbury, Massachusetts, on the northern tip of West Chop, a few miles from the village of Vineyard Haven. The first 25-foot (7.6 m) rubblestone lighthouse and dwelling were built on the bluffs of West Chop in 1817. Following constant erosion, the lighthouse was moved back in 1830, and again in 1846. The first lightkeeper was pilot James Shaw West who tended the light for thirty years, from 1818 to 1848. His pay was $350 a year. Subsequent lightkeepers were Charles West, 1849–1868; his son Charles P. West, 1869-c1909; George F. Dolby (1909–1919); James Yates (1919-?); and Octave Ponsart (1946–1956) Sam Fuller has also been mentioned as a lightkeeper. The present 45-foot (14 m) tall brick tower and dwelling were built in 1891. In 1976 West Chop Light became the last Martha's Vineyard lighthouse to be automated, but the original Fresnel lens is still in operation. The former lightkeeper's dwellings are now vacant but remains property of the U.S. Coast Guard and off limits to the public. The West Chop Light Station has been on the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places since 1987. First lightkeeper Captain James Shaw West (1777–1859), the first lightkeeper, was born December 11, 1777, in Tisbury, Massachusetts, the eldest son of Captain Jeruel West and Deborah Shaw of Frog Alley, Tisbury. He was married to Charlotte Hammond (1781–1849) of Falmouth, Massachusetts. West was listed in the records first as a "mariner" and later as a "pilot." He and his wife first lived in the area of the "Neck" of West Chop which is now Hatch Road. Shortly after the erection of the first West Chop Light in 1817, they sold this property and presumably moved into the lightkeeper's dwelling adjacent to the lighthouse. (In 1842, they purchased a 30-acre (12 ha) lot known as the "Point Lot" which surrounded the lighthouse property.) West was the lightkeeper of the West Chop Light for thirty years. During his term as lightkeeper, West oversaw the installation of new lamps in 1829, and in 1846 the lighthouse was rebuilt and moved away from the eroding bluffs, and a new dwelling built. (The old dwelling was given to his youngest son Gustavus and moved to Music Street, West Tisbury.) In late 1847, West bought a home across the street from the Methodist Church in Holmes Hole and the following year retired from his position as lightkeeper and moved to their new home in town. West was about sixty years old upon his retirement. His wife Charlotte died the following year, in 1849. Later records call West variously a "mariner" and a "gentleman." "James Shaw West" was listed as a licensed inn-holder in Holmes Hole and ran the "County House," but it is unclear whether this was lightkeeper James or his eldest son, James Junior. In 1859 James Senior died of "palsy" at the age of 81. His children included Captain Abner West (co-inventor of the Holmes & West Harpoon) and Captain David Porter West (1814–1886) (a whaling captain and a scholar of Japan in the 1850s.) See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Dukes County, Massachusetts Notes
Phare de West Chop

Le phare de West Chop (en anglais : West Chop Light) est un phare actif situé à l'entrée du port de Vineyard Haven, à Tisbury dans le Comté de Dukes (État du Massachusetts). Il est inscrit au Registre national des lieux historiques depuis le 15 juin 1987 . Histoire Le premier phare et sa demeure en pierre ont été construits sur les falaises de West Chop (en) en 1817, au nord de l'île de Martha's Vineyard. Après une érosion constante, le phare a été déplacé en 1830 puis en 1846. Le phare actuel et l'habitation de gardien ont été construites en 1891. La station est bien conservée et comprend aussi le bâtiment en bois de signalisation de brouillard (1881) et le bâtiment de carburant (1895). En 1976, le phare de West Chop est devenu le dernier phare de l'île à être automatisé, mais la lentille de Fresnel d'origine est toujours en service. Les logements de l'ancien gardien de phare sont maintenant vacants mais restent la propriété de la garde côtière américaine. Le site est accessible au public mais la tour ne se visite pas. Description Le phare est une tour cylindrique en brique, avec une galerie circulaire et une lanterne de 16 m de haut, près d'une maison de gardien en bois. La tour est peinte en blanc et la lanterne est noire. Son feu à occultations émet, à une hauteur focale de 25,5 m, un éclat blanc par période de 4 secondes. Sa portée est de 14 milles nautiques (environ 26 km) pour le feu blanc et un feu à secteurs rouge couvrant les hauts-fonds dangereux d'une portée de 10 milles nautiques (environ 19 km) pour le feu rouge. Il est aussi équipé d'une corne de brume radiocommandée émettant un blast par période de 30 secondes. Identifiant : ARLHS : USA-877 ; USCG : 1-13775 - Amirauté : J0450 . Voir aussi Notes et références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « West Chop Light » (voir la liste des auteurs). Lien connexe Liste des phares du Massachusetts Liens externes Ressource relative à l'architecture : Registre national des lieux historiques (en) Massachusetts Lighthouses (en) Lighthouses of the United States : Northern Massachusetts (en) Lighthouses of the United States : Southeastern Massachusetts (en) Massachusetts - ARLHS World List of Lights (WLOL) (en) Massachusetts - Online list of lights (en) West Chop Light - Lightphotos.net Portail des phares Portail du Registre national des lieux historiques Portail de l’océan Atlantique Portail du Massachusetts
West Dennis Graded School

The West Dennis Graded School is a historic school building at 67 School Street in Dennis, Massachusetts. The two story Greek Revival building was built in 1867, and is the only one of five schools built by the town in that period to survive. In the 1920s the building also served as a polling place and a site for town meetings. It was converted for use as a community center in the 1950s. The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. The building is now owned by the Dennis Historical Society and open to the public on Friday afternoons in the summer. Description and history The West Dennis Graded School is set at the southwest corner of School and Pond Streets, a short way south of the main village area of West Dennis. It is a two-story wood frame structure, rectangular in shape, with a side gable roof, brick foundation, wooden clapboards on two sides, and wooden shingles finishing the other sides. The front facade, facing School Street, is symmetrically arranged, with a hip-roofed single-story porch extending across its width, supported by six Tuscan columns. The first floor bays are not evenly spaced, with two entrances, each flanked on its outer side by a sash window, set away from the center, while the upper floor has four evenly spaced sash windows. The building's corners have slightly projecting cornerboards, rising to a two-part entablature below the roof. The roof is capped at the center by a square cupola with an open belfry whose top is supported by eight square columns. When built in 1867, the school housed four classrooms, two on the west side of each level, with stairwells, coatrooms, and other facilities on the east side. On the second floor this plan is still in place, with wainscoted plaster walls, blackboards, and original door and window surrounds. On the first floor, the wall between the two classrooms was removed in the 1920s to accommodate town meetings, and a suspended acoustic tile ceiling was added in the 1970s. The cupola is a reconstruction of the original, also made in the 1970s, and houses a bell originally hanging in the South Dennis Graded School. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Barnstable County, Massachusetts References External links 1867 West Dennis Graded School House - Dennis Historical Society
West Parish Burying Ground

The West Parish Burying Ground, also known as the River Street Burying Ground or River Street Cemetery, is a cemetery located at River and Cherry streets in West Newton, Massachusetts, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Established in 1777, the cemetery is owned and maintained by the City of Newton; the Second Church in Newton, its original owner, was known as the West Parish. Description and history The cemetery occupies a roughly rectangular plot about 1.6 acres (0.65 ha) in size at the northwest corner of River and Cherry Streets, just north of the village center of West Newton. The street sides of the property are bounded by a low fieldstone wall, which is topped by a distinctive wrought iron cross-link fence. The entrance, on River Street, is marked by dressed granite posts, and is secured by a chain-link gate. There is no paved interior circulation lane, but a rectilinear grid of pathways is discernible in the landscape. The cemetery is divided into a combination of family plots and single plots, with headstones generally oriented facing west. When surveyed in 2004, there were 170 grave markers, down from about 200 at the turn of the 20th century. Newton was first settled in 1660, was incorporated as a town in 1688, and as a city in 1873. Its first parish meetinghouse, with accompanying East Parish Burying Ground, were located in what is now Newton Corner. By the mid-18th century the population in western Newton had grown to the point of meriting a separate parish. The Second Church in Newton was established in 1778, and this burying ground was formally established in 1781. Its earliest burials, however, took place in 1777, with at least five members of the Fuller family, who gave the land, interred there. The Fuller family is buried in one of several tomb mounds that dot the landscape. Use of the cemetery declined significantly after the large Newton Cemetery was established in 1855 (in the then-popular rural cemetery style), and its last recorded burial was in 1891. The cemetery was transferred from the parish to the city in the 1880s. The city made a detailed record of the cemetery, including its burials, layout, and landscaping, in 1901. The cemetery is owned today by the City of Newton. Historic Newton manages the preservation of the graves and tombs of Newton's City-owned historic burying grounds. The burying grounds are not open to the public. Notable grave sites Rev. William Greenough, died November 10, 1831, first pastor of the Second Church in Newton. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton, Massachusetts East Parish Burying Ground References External links Media related to West Parish Burying Ground (Newton, Massachusetts) at Wikimedia Commons Interment.net list of inscriptions for River Street Cemetery Interment list for West Parish Burying ground from Find a Grave Historic Newton Homepage Archived March 29, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
West Somerville Branch Library

The West Somerville Branch Library is an active library in a historic building at 40 College Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts, just outside Davis Square. It is an example of Classical Revival architecture, built in 1909 with funding support from Andrew Carnegie, and was the city's first branch library. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. Architecture and history The West Somerville Branch Library is located on the west side of College Avenue, opposite Morrison Avenue, on the north side of Davis Square. It is a 1+1⁄2-story granite structure, with elaborate Classical Revival styling. The main facade, facing roughly southeast, is three bays wide, with a center projection housing the entrance, which is set in a round-arch opening flanked by fluted Ionic columns and broad square pilasters. The entry columns support a gabled pediment with a modillioned cornice. The building's corners are quoined, and it is capped by a shallow-pitch hip roof with a modillioned cornice. On each side of the building is a projecting round bay. The building was designed by McLean & Wright of Boston, and was built in 1906–09 with funding from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and the city. It is the city's best example of Classical Revival architecture, also exhibiting Beaux Arts details that were then in fashion. It was the first branch library in Somerville. The library opened in 1909, and is now part of the Minuteman Library Network system. In the 21st century, it was closed for substantial repairs and to make the building comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act; the project ceremonially broke ground in April 2019, and the library reopened to the public in July 2021. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Somerville, Massachusetts Central Library (Somerville, Massachusetts) References External links Branch Hours Library Website
West Stockbridge Grange No. 246

West Stockbridge Grange No. 246 is a historic grange hall at 5 Swamp Road in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The Greek Revival building was constructed in 1838 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. This early Grange Hall was originally built as the Methodist Church in the Village of West Stockbridge in 1838. Located on Swamp Road the property is bordered by the Williams River. A handsome example of Greek Revival architecture, which still retains its original 36 over 36 sashes with glazed gothic arches, the church closed in 1910. The building remained vacant for a number of years. In 1918 the building was purchased by the West Stockbridge/Alford Grange and underwent extensive renovations to the interior making it one of the "best Grange Halls of its day in Western Massachusetts." These improvements included electricity, wainscoting the walls and vaulted ceiling, the installation of some of the original church pews on sidewall platforms, and the addition of rock maple flooring. The choir was also enclosed and glazed pocket doors with early stained glass decals were installed. A dramatic theatrical stage was constructed at the back of the large open meeting room with a spectacular hand-painted theater curtain which remains there today. The building was dedicated by members of that Grange on August 1, 1919, and the lofty 17’ ceiling, gothic windows, moldings, and wainscoting remain intact from this time period. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Berkshire County, Massachusetts References