Central Steam Heat Plant Building

While the Central Steam Heat Plant building may have been designed by one of Spokane’s most recognized architectural firms, Cutter and Malmgren, as the NRHP nomination speculates, the evidence is underwhelming. What is known, is that the idea man behind ...

Central Manufacturing District

The factory building at 3636 S. Iron Street was once the home to S. A. Maxwell and Company, a manufacturer of window shades and other treatments. S. A. Maxwell’s business is one of hundreds of companies that once occupied space ...

Michigan Central Station

The Michigan Central Station served Detroit as the primary intercity passenger depot from its opening in 1914 until its abandonment in 1988. Constructed for the Michigan Central Railroad, this building replaced the city’s earlier depot following a fire in 1913. ...

Appleton Museum of Art of College of Central Florida

The Appleton Museum of Art specializes in 19th century painting, sculpture and decorative arts with collections spanning pre-Columbian, African and Asian artworks as well as Mediterranean antiquities.

Central Presbyterian Church

Central Presbyterian Church was constructed in 1885 as the congregation's second church. Central Presbyterian was organized in 1858 with 39 members from Atlanta's original Presbyterian congregation. The church was designed in the English Gothic style and has rough cut limestone ...

The University of Central Florida Public History Center

The 1902 Romanesque Revival Style brick building was designed by Architect W.G. Talley of Jacksonville. The two story rectangular brick façade is dominated by a massive three-story bell tower with an open belfry showing Romanesque arches on all four sides. ...

Illinois Central R. R.

"I am now free to make an engagement for the road; and if you think fit you may 'count me in,'" wrote Lincoln to Illinois Central Railroad attorney Mason Brayman in October 1853. In 1851, the Illinois Central Railroad charter ...

Grand Central Terminal

“Landmark of New York”

Completed in 1913 from plans of Warren & Wetmore and Reed & Stem on site of earlier depot built by Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1871. Statuary group over main entrance executed by Jules Coutan.

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Central Library

Erected in 1898 from the award-winning design of Ferry and Clas. Designated as a landmark of the City of Milwaukee 1969 by Milwaukee Landmarks Commission in recognition of its architectural and historical significance to the community.

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The Central Power Unit

Central power units were used to pump oil wells in the early days of the Kansas oilfields. One central power could pump as many as eighteen different wells, some up to half a mile away. In the 1950s producers began ...