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Garbose Building

The Garbose Building is a historic commercial building located at 4-12 Pleasant Street in Gardner, Massachusetts. Built in the mid-1880s, it was extensively restyled in the 1910s, and now stands as one of the city's finest examples of Colonial Revival architecture. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 12, 1983, and included in the West Gardner Square Historic District on December 30, 1985. Description and history The Garbose Building is prominently located in the commercial heart of downtown Gardner, at the southwest corner of Parker and Pleasant Streets in West Gardner Square. It is a three-story masonry structure, built with a wood frame and finished with red brick with marble trim. Its ground floor has three storefronts and the main building entrance facing Pleasant Street, each section separated from the other by a brick pilaster with marble capitals. A frieze band separates the first and second floors. Second-floor windows are three-part, with marble keystones and springers. Third-floor windows are set in recessed round-arch panels, with both the rectangular window opening and arch top having marble keystones. A decorative cornice is topped by a low parapet and flat roof. When built in the mid-1880s, the building was in the then-popular Second Empire style, with clapboarded exterior and mansarded tower at the corner. It was built by Guy Garland, and provided stores on the ground floor, offices on the second, and an auditorium on the third. The building went through a succession of names, taken from the succession of owners between its construction and the 1920s, when it was purchased by Abe and Samuel Garbose, who ran a clothing store as tenants. Its transformation from Second Empire to Colonial Revival styling took place during the ownership of the Ryan Brothers, sometime between 1907 and 1921. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts References
Garden Theater Block

The Garden Theater Block is a historic commercial block and theater at 353-367 Main Street in Greenfield, Massachusetts. The Colonial Revival block was completed in 1929, and is home to the city's largest theatrical performance venue. The theater is a unique example of an "atmospheric" garden theater, with artwork and mechanical systems designed to give its interior an outside appearance. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, and included in the Main Street Historic District in 1988. The theater is now known as the Greenfield Garden Cinemas. Description and history The Garden Theater Block is located on the south side of Main Street in downtown Greenfield, just east of Bank Row. It is a steel-framed structure, with a two-story front section finished in brick and stone with Colonial Revival styling. The facade is divided into seven sections, articulated by stone pilasters. The outer sections are all commercial storefronts, with recessed entrances flanked by display windows on the ground floor, and two sash windows on the upper level. The central bay houses the theater entrance, which is deeply recessed and sheltered by a large marquee. The windows above the marquee are topped by rounded blinds, and the bay is capped by a gable. The interior of the theater is richly decorated with garden-themed carpeting and murals of New England scenes by noted theater muralist Frederick Marshall. The ceiling includes lighting panels designed to simulate stars, some of which twinkle, and there is machinery for simulating the movement of clouds across the ceiling. The theater was built in 1928-29 to a design by Mowll & Rand of Boston for the Goldman family who owned a theater chain across western Massachusetts. It was at the time the third theater in Greenfield, and its largest. Although it was designed for both film and live performance, it only sporadically showed vaudeville productions before being dedicated entirely to films. The theater was operated by the Goldman family for 70 years, closing in 1999. The city thereafter took the property in a tax proceeding, but the Goldmans were able to recover it through further legal action. The theater was then divided into seven smaller theaters, and its murals were covered over. The Goldmans leased the theater operation out, and the lessees acquired the property in 2008, with further plans for rehabilitation. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Massachusetts References External links Theater web site
Gardner–Pingree House

The Gardner–Pingree House is a historic house museum at 128 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts. It is judged to be a masterpiece of Federal architecture by the noted Salem builder Samuel McIntire, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1972 for its architectural significance. It is owned by the Peabody Essex Museum as part of its architectural collection. Description The house is a three-story brick structure, rectangular in shape, with a three-story ell extending the rear. The brick is laid in Flemish bond, and the trim is white marble. The roof is surrounded by a low balustrade above a modillioned cornice, and is pierced by two interior brick chimneys. There are marble trim bands separating the floors, and the third floor windows are shortened. All windows have black shutters, and are topped by lintels with a keystone. The main entrance is sheltered by an elliptical portico supported by four Corinthian columns. The doorway is framed by sidelight windows and an elliptical fanlight, with pilasters rising to the base of the portico top. The house interior features lavishly carved woodwork in the public spaces on the first floor, including fireplace mantels, cornices, internal window shutters, and the stairway balustrades. History The house was built in 1804 by Samuel McIntire in a Federal style for John and Sarah (West) Gardner. John bought the lot from his father (John Gardner, Sr) whose cousin (John Gardner III) was the grandfather of John Lowell Gardner I. John and Sarah sold the house to her brother, Nathaniel West, to cover shipping losses related to events leading up to the War of 1812. The house was sold, in 1814, to Capt. Joseph White. David Pingree bought the house in 1834. In 1933 descendants of David Pingree gave the house to the Essex Institute, which merged with the Peabody Museum of Salem to form the Peabody Essex Museum. The house was the site of the notorious 1830 murder of Captain Joseph White, whose death prompted a famous trial prosecuted by Daniel Webster. The trial inspired Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne. The house was one of the filming locations for the 1979 Merchant Ivory film adaptation of Henry James' novel The Europeans. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and is a contributing property to both the Essex Institute Historic District and the Salem Common Historic District. See also List of historic houses in Massachusetts List of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Salem, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts References External links Peabody Essex Museum – Architecture & Design Collection Archived April 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Salem Web: Historic houses
Gardner High School

Gardner High School is a public high school in Gardner, Massachusetts. History Gardner High School was established in 1872, with the first graduating class being the Class of 1876. In 1897, a school building was designed by the architecture firm Barker & Nourse and was located at 130 Elm Street. In 1978, Walt Dubzinski, Class of 1937, was named principal of Gardner High. From 1946 to 1966, Dubzinski served as the school football coach, and was named assistant principal in 1966. In 1943, Norman Rockwell donated his painting titled Willie Gillis in Convoy to Gardner High School. The work of art was auctioned off by Sotheby's in 2014 to benefit the school. Athletics Home of the Wildcats, Gardner High School athletic teams sport the colors of orange and black. The school offers athletic teams in a variety of sports, including: baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, ice hockey, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, and track and field. Notable alumni Samantha Arsenault, Olympic swimmer Red Blanchard, radio personality Jacques Cesaire (1998), professional football player Karl Dean (1974), politician Walt Dubzinski (1937), professional football player Mark Gearan (1974), director of the Peace Corps Hadassah Lieberman (1966), wife of Joe Lieberman Bob Menne (1960–2023), professional golfer Frank Morze (1951), professional football player Mark Pieloch (1975), business executive Peter Roberts (1962), inventor Robert D. Wetmore, politician Jonathan Zlotnik (2008), politician See also List of high schools in Massachusetts References External links Official website
Gardner J. Kingman House

The Gardner J. Kingman House is a historic house located at 309 Main Street in Brockton, Massachusetts. Description and history Built in 1886 to a design by the locally prominent architect Wesley Lyng Minor, this three story house was the first brick residence built in the city, and is one of its finest. It has Queen Anne styling, with a variety of projections, decorations, and gables, including its main front gable, which has a large terra cotta floral-patterned panel. The building was commissioned by Gardner Kingman, a businessman prominent in civic affairs and in the city's dominant shoe industry; it has served as a funeral home for many years. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 25, 1977. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts References External links MacKinnon Funeral Homes
Gay Head Light

p4 Das Gay Head Light ist ein Leuchtturm bei Aquinnah auf der Insel Martha’s Vineyard im Bundesstaat Massachusetts der Vereinigten Staaten. Das heutige Bauwerk wurde 1856 in Betrieb genommen und 1987 im Rahmen der Multiple Property Submission Lighthouses of Massachusetts MPS in das National Register of Historic Places eingetragen. Geschichte Am 18. November 1799 wurde der erste Leuchtturm an diesem Standort nahe Aquinnah (bis 1997 Gay Head) in Betrieb genommen, um als Navigationshilfe für den Schiffsverkehr im Vineyard Sound zu dienen. Dort befindet sich unter Wasser ein natürliches Hindernis namens Devil’s Bridge (deutsch Teufelsbrücke), das die Durchfahrt tückisch macht. Dieser erste Turm war im Grundriss achteckig und 47 ft (14,3 m) hoch. Er war von Beginn an sehr wichtig für die Sicherheit der Seeschifffahrt in diesem Bereich und wurde daher als einer der ersten Leuchttürme mit einer Fresnel-Linse 1. Ordnung ausgestattet. Das Bauwerk wurde am 15. Juni 1987 mit der Nummer 87001464 in das National Register of Historic Places eingetragen. Aufgrund fortwährender Erosion der Küste war der Leuchtturm stark bedroht und wurde im Frühjahr 2015 im Rahmen einer aufwendigen Aktion weiter ins Landesinnere versetzt. Architektur Das heutige Bauwerk ist als Rundturm ausgeführt und 51 ft (15,5 m) hoch. Es besteht aus Ziegeln und Sandstein. Technik Der Leuchtturm sendet alle 7,3 Sekunden im Wechsel (alternierend) einen weißen bzw. roten Lichtstrahl aus, der bis zu 24 sm (44,4 km) (weiß) bzw. 20 sm (37 km) (rot) zu sehen ist. Bei einer Fehlfunktion des Hauptlichts sendet der Turm alle 6 Sekunden einen weißen Lichtblitz (Kennung Fl W 6s). Das Leuchtfeuer wird jedoch im Bereich von 342 Grad bis 359 Grad von der Insel Nomans Land verdeckt. Die bis 1952 installierte Fresnel-Linse ist heute im Museum der Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society in Edgartown ausgestellt. Siehe auch Liste der Einträge im National Register of Historic Places im Dukes County Weblinks Einzelnachweise
Gen. George Godfrey House

The Gen. George Godfrey House is a historic colonial American house located at 125 County Street in Taunton, Massachusetts. Description and history The Federal style house was built in 1780 for George Godfrey, who served as a brigadier general during the Revolutionary War. At that time, the house was one of three documented houses of the Georgian and Federal periods in Taunton that exhibited true double-pile plans and early stylistic details. However, the house has since been covered with vinyl siding and much of its original wood trim has been lost. It is currently occupied by Nightingale Visiting Nurses. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1984. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Taunton, Massachusetts References
Gen. Gideon Foster House

The Gen. Gideon Foster House is a historic house in Peabody, Massachusetts. The two story Federal style wood-frame house was built in the early 1800s at a location on Main Street. The house was bought in 1815 by Gideon Foster, a local veteran of the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. The house was later owned by Eben Sutton, a local textile manufacturer, who sold the house so that it could be moved to make way for a larger house on the same lot. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and included in the Washington Street Historic District in 1985. It is the current home of the Peabody Historical Society, which acquired the property in 1916. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts References External links Peabody Historical Society
Gen. Samuel Chandler House

The Gen. Samuel Chandler House is a historic house at 9 Goodwin Road in Lexington, Massachusetts. The two story wood-frame house was built in 1846 to a design by architect Isaac Melvin. The Italianate style house features a bracketed shallow-pitch roof, and a three-story campanile-style tower with a steeply pitched pyramidal roof and three-part round-arch windows with balconies at its top level. A hip-roof porch with arch-forming brackets extends along one side. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Massachusetts References
Gen. Sylvanus Thayer House

The Gen. Sylvanus Thayer House, also known as the Sylvanus Thayer Birthplace, is an historic house at 786 Washington Street in Braintree, Massachusetts. It is operated by the Braintree Historical Society as the Thayer House Museum, which is open year-round. The 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house was built in 1720 by Nathaniel Thayer and was subsequently expanded in the 1760s and again in the 19th century. General Sylvanus Thayer, known as the "father of West Point," was born in the house in 1785 and resided there until 1793. In 1958, the parcel of land on which the house sat was purchased by the Walworth Steel Company; rather than tearing the old house down, it was dismantled and moved approximately one mile down Washington Street to its present location. Roughly 60% of the timbers in the house are original, while the others have been replaced during restoration with materials appropriate to the late 18th century. The house is furnished to represent a middle-class agricultural household, like the Thayer family, in 1785–1793. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The Braintree Historical Society constructed a reproduction post-and-beam dairy barn to complement the Thayer House Museum in that same year. Both contain exhibit galleries and are open to the public. A cannon that was a gift from the United States Military Academy at West Point, is on the front lawn of the House. The cannon and carriage have been completely restored. Both wheels were reconstructed by a wheelwright and a blacksmith, one for the wood and one for the iron tires, working together in Colonial Williamsburg, using only tools and techniques consistent with the period. The wheels were reinstalled and the cannon was rededicated in a formal commemoration ceremony on the front lawn of the Thayer House with the Williamsburg craftsmen present, on June 21, 2015. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Norfolk County, Massachusetts References
General Israel Putnam House

The General Israel Putnam House in Danvers, Massachusetts, United States, is a historic First Period house recorded in the National Register of Historic Places. The house is also sometimes known as the Thomas Putnam House after Lt. Thomas Putnam (1615–1686), who built the home circa 1648. His grandson, Israel Putnam, the famous general of the American Revolution, was born in the house. Lt. Thomas Putnam was the father of Sgt. Thomas Putnam Jr., (Israel's half-uncle), a notorious figure in the Salem witch trials. The Putnam House is now owned by the Emerson Family, the same owners of Putnam Pantry. Description The house was built on 100 acres (40 ha) of farmland owned by Lt. Thomas Putnam, and occupied by the Putnam family for over three centuries. In 1692, Joseph Putnam, the resident of the house at that time, spoke out against the hysteria of the Salem witch trials. His son, Major General Israel Putnam, commander of the colonial troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill, was born in the house on January 7, 1718. In 1991, the Putnam family descendants gave the property to the Danvers Historical Society. The original house has been augmented by repeated additions. Today, it consists of an irregular 2½ story frame structure, with clapboards and with a pitch roof over one part of the house and gambrel roof over another. It is located at 431 Maple Street, behind Putnam Pantry, a candy and ice cream shop opened by the family on U.S. Route 1. Gallery See also First Period houses in Massachusetts (1620–1659) List of historic houses in Massachusetts List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts References External links Putnam House (Danvers Historical Society, historic houses)
General Pierce Bridge

The General Pierce Bridge is a steel truss road bridge over the Connecticut River between Greenfield, Massachusetts and Montague, Massachusetts carrying Montague City Road. In summer 2021, the bridge was closed to vehicle traffic while undergoing major repairs but remained open for foot traffic. Originally expected to fully reopen in summer 2024, repairs had been completed ahead of schedule and the bridge completely reopened by the end of February 2023. Previous structures The current bridge was preceded at that location by two bridges destroyed in the Flood of 1936. Upstream was the wooden double-decked covered bridge known as the Montague City Bridge, and carried rail traffic on top, with other traffic below. It was built in 1866, and was over 860 feet (260 m) long, with 5 spans. Next was the trolley bridge, which was a metal through-truss. When the Flood of 1936 came, the trolley bridge was knocked off its piers and sunk into the river, where it remains. The covered rail bridge floated down the river, where it knocked two spans off the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Bridge (now known as the Canalside Rail Trail Bridge), then proceeded down the river to destroy the Sunderland Bridge. See also List of crossings of the Connecticut River External links and references 5. https://www.constructionequipmentguide.com/northern-construction-service-to-preserve-renovate-restore-general-pierce-bridge/53398 By Joe R. Parzych AN FREELANCE PHOTOJOURNALIST of Joe R. Parzych Photography etc./ https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-parzych-04362515b
George A. Waldo House

The George A. Waldo House is a historic house in Methuen, Massachusetts. Built in 1825 and altered somewhat around 1900 by local philanthropist Edward Searles, it is one of Methuen's finest examples of Federal period architecture. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and is currently occupied by the Methuen Family Funeral Home. Description and history The Waldo House is set on the north side of Lawrence Street, a short way east of Methuen's central business district, and abutting the former estate of Edward Searles to the north. It is a large 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, whose main block is five bays wide, and is topped by a hip roof with a distinctive monitor section. The central bay has an early 20th-century Colonial Revival 2+1⁄2-story projection, with a gabled top and a flat-roofed balconeyed portico supported by Ionic columns. A number of additions, also early 20th century additions, extend to the main block's side and rear. At the western edge of the property there are two massive stone columns of the Corinthian order, which are topped by urns. The main block of the house was built about 1825 by George A. Waldo, who was apparently in the shoemaking business, and involved in the development of Methuen's central business district. In 1872, the house is listed as being owned by John Low, a local druggist. Mrs. Mary Low sold the house in 1888 to Edward Searles, retaining a lifetime occupancy. In the early 20th century, when Searles was developing his large estate on the property to the north, he made significant additions to this house and property, which included creation of a small park whose entry was marked by the two large columns, which he had transported from New York City. The house became a funeral home in the 1960s. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Methuen, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts References External links Pollard Funeral Home
George D. Birkhoff House

Als George D. Birkhoff House ist das ehemalige Wohnhaus des amerikanischen Mathematikers George David Birkhoff im National Register of Historic Places mit dem Status einer National Historic Landmark eingetragen. Das dreistöckige Gebäude wurde mutmaßlich im 19. Jahrhundert vollständig aus Holz errichtet und befindet sich in Cambridge im Bundesstaat Massachusetts der Vereinigten Staaten. Birkhoff lebte dort von 1920 bis 1928. Der zunächst an der Princeton University und ab 1912 an der Harvard University lehrende Birkhoff war einer bekanntesten Mathematiker seiner Zeit und erhielt nahezu alle wissenschaftlichen Auszeichnungen, die einem Wissenschaftler dieser Disziplin zuteilwerden konnten, darunter der Newcomb Cleveland Prize und der Bôcher Memorial Prize. Mit dem nach ihm benannten George-David-Birkhoff-Preis werden bis heute Arbeiten in der angewandten Mathematik ausgezeichnet. Siehe auch Birkhoff-Theorem Liste der Einträge im National Register of Historic Places in Cambridge (Massachusetts) Liste der National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts Literatur James Sheire: NRHP Nomination Form. (PDF) United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, März 1975, abgerufen am 30. März 2022 (englisch). Einzelnachweise