All posts tagged "Architecture"
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6.4K8Arts and LeisureFlashback Photos: John Calvin Stevens, Designer of Maine
John Calvin Stevens left an indelible mark on Maine by designing more than a thousand buildings in the state over his six-decade...
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5.9K4Arts and LeisureFlashback Photos: Ithiel Town Revives Greek Architecture and Covered Bridges
New England would look a lot different today if Ithiel Town hadn’t created covered truss bridges and Greek Revival architecture. He was...
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6.7KBusiness and LaborFlashback Photo: Samuel Russell Comes Home to Middletown
Samuel Russell founded the largest trading company in the old China trade, ran it for 12 years and then came home. And...
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4.6K2Business and LaborFlashback Photo: Charles Bulfinch, America’s First Architect
When Charles Bulfinch was a young man trying to find a career, his native Boston was not a city. It was ‘a...
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5.1K3Arts and LeisureFlashback Photo: Hearthstone Castle in Danbury, Conn.
Elias Starr Sanford built a castle in Danbury, Conn., for his new bride, Emma, who apparently didn’t like it much. Sanford was...
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4.7K1Arts and LeisureA Judge, A President, A Librarian and the Forbes Library
The town of Northampton, Mass., owes its extraordinary Forbes Library to an opinionated judge, a president of the United States and a...
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