tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24741890135612366382024-03-13T18:57:01.836-04:00Tour America's HistoryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474189013561236638.post-10110903817707260922013-12-17T06:00:00.000-05:002014-02-02T13:58:06.313-05:00On Hiatus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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(Cross-posted in <b>21 Essays</b>…)<br />
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With apologies for the unexplained radio silence, I’ve been enjoying a temporary hiatus from both my blogs, <b>Tour America’s History</b> and <b><a href="http://21essays.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">21 Essays</a></b>.</div>
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During this dormant period, I’ve been devoting much of my free time to one more rewrite on <i>The Poem Beasts</i>, the young adult fantasy novel that my son and I wrote several years ago. A year ago, I published <a href="http://21essays.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Poem%20Beasts" target="_blank">several poems</a> from the novel on <b>21 Essays</b> where they’ve received a fair amount of attention and praise. My goal is to have the next draft of <i>The Poem Beasts</i> completed by the end of January 2014.</div>
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I hope to return to regular posting of a restructured <b>Tour America’s History</b> in March. At that time, I anticipate making some significant changes to the blog in order to accomplish the original goal: to cover more than 1,300 sites in six years. At the current rate of publication, it would be more like sixty years…</div>
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After <b>Tour America’s History </b>returns to steady production, I’ll turn my attention to reviving <b>21 Essays</b>.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474189013561236638.post-42145883100717650422013-08-15T06:00:00.000-04:002016-11-19T17:03:05.431-05:00State Library of Pennsylvania: General Assembly Collection<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After treatment: <i>The Statutes at Large</i>, a law book from the Pennsylvania<br />
General Assembly Collection at the State Library of Pennsylvania.<br />
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<b>State Library of <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:place></st1:state>:
General Assembly Collection<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Harrisburg</st1:city>,
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/bureau_of_state_library/8811" target="_blank">Bureau of State Library</a></div>
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<b>The Treasure:</b> The
Pennsylvania General Assembly Collection was the Independence Hall law library
readily available to the Founding Fathers when they were writing both the
Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.</div>
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<b>Accessibility:</b> The
State Library of Pennsylvania is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from
9:30 to 5 and the second Saturday of each month from 9:30 to 4:30. For
information on the rare collections of the State Library of Pennsylvania,
including the General Assembly Collection, check the contact information on the
<a href="http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/collections/8728/rare_collections_library/565860" target="_blank">Rare Collections Library</a> page.</div>
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<b>Background:</b> You’d
think it would be the most famous library in <st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place>. If embellished by a
few quasi-historical anecdotes, the Pennsylvania General Assembly Collection
might have had the potential to be the library equivalent of Betsy Ross’s flag,
the Liberty Bell, or <st1:city w:st="on">Boston</st1:city>’s <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Old</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">North</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Church</st1:placetype></st1:place>.</div>
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Instead, the Pennsylvania General Assembly Collection—the law
library at Independence Hall at the time when the Declaration of Independence
AND the U.S. Constitution were drafted and signed—became an inexplicable
casualty of historic memory. Somehow, it quietly slipped out of recorded
history after its move from <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city> to <st1:city w:st="on">Harrisburg</st1:city> in the early
years of the 19th century.</div>
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Yes, the resource library available to the Founding Fathers
as they debated and wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the U.S.
Constitution in 1787 was simply forgotten.</div>
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In the mid-1740s, Benjamin Franklin and Isaac Norris, II,
spearheaded the drive to establish the Pennsylvania General Assembly’s library
and make it one of the finest in the colonies. In his role as Clerk of the
Pennsylvania Assembly, <st1:city w:st="on">Franklin</st1:city> purchased the
core books of the Assembly library from William Strahan, a <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> bookseller. He selected these
books to serve as a practical law library for statesmen, covering the breadth
of English and international law. Franklin and Norris then chose to round
out the collection with additional volumes on philosophy, art, architecture,
and the natural sciences. Today, these 420 books offer remarkable insight
into the worldview of a Colonial statesman.</div>
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English law and philosophy forged the men who served in the
Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Second Continental Congress, and the
Constitutional Convention. The volumes of the General Assembly Collection—the
works of John Locke, the Statutes at Large, and the works of Coke, Puffendorf,
De Vatell, Grotius, and many of the other great European legal
authorities—represent the legal universe that gave shape and legal credibility
to the revolutionary documents of that time.</div>
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In summer 1776, the General Assembly Collection was
maintained in the Library and Committee Room of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Assembly</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Building</st1:placetype></st1:place>, now commonly
known as Independence Hall. Access to the Library and Committee Room was
through the back door of the main Assembly Chamber. The books were readily
available for reference. Appropriately, the library prominently contained
not just law, but the works of John Locke, whose influence permeates the
Declaration, inspiring the immortal phrase, “Life, <st1:city w:st="on">Liberty</st1:city> and the Pursuit of Happiness.”</div>
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Eleven years later, the Constitutional Convention met in
secret at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Assembly</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Building</st1:placetype></st1:place>
to draft a new set of laws to govern the young nation. Once again, the
General Assembly Collection served as a readily available resource library to
the assembled statesmen. Edmund Randolph wrote the first draft of the
Constitution, which was then rewritten by James Wilson of <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state>,
and polished by a committee of Alexander Hamilton of <st1:state w:st="on">New
York</st1:state>, William Samuel Johnson of <st1:state w:st="on">Connecticut</st1:state>,
Rufus King of <st1:state w:st="on">Massachusetts</st1:state>, James Madison of <st1:state w:st="on">Virginia</st1:state>, and Gouverneur Morris of <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state>.</div>
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For most of the past 200 years, the General Assembly
Collection has been sadly neglected, even narrowly escaping destruction by fire
in 1897. The volumes eventually became scattered among various historic
sites and among the general collection of the State Library of
Pennsylvania. In the 1950s and 1960s, leadership at both <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Independence</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">National</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Historical</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place>
and the State Library of Pennsylvania realized the importance of the collection
and began the task of re-establishing it as an intact colonial library. Between
1986 and 1991, Rare Books Librarian Barbara Deibler painstakingly gathered the
General Assembly Collection into one place again.</div>
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Today, the General Assembly Collection is the centerpiece of
a beautiful state-of-the-art Rare Book Room at the State Library
building. Funding from <i>Save
America’s Treasures</i> contributed to the conservation treatment of the
volumes, as conservators from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Conservation</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place> for Art and
Historic Artifacts addressed issues of rotted leather bindings, detached
boards, broken hinges, loss of covering materials, and overzealous oiling.</div>
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<b>Notes from the
Editor:</b> The above background information is adapted (with
permission!) from a newsletter article that I wrote in 2007 for my workplace, the
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Conservation</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place> for Art and Historic
Artifacts. For this particular project, I assisted with the writing of the
original grant request. After funding was released, our team of book
conservators was honored to work on this truly important project.</div>
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I still think the General Assembly Collection is one of the
least appreciated of <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>’s
great treasures. Here’s my original conclusion to the newsletter article:</div>
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<span style="color: #7f6000;"><b>The General Assembly Collection has
the potential to offer unparalleled insight into the legal and philosophical
thought that sparked the American experiment. As the Collection becomes
better known to both scholars and historians, it may yield new understanding about
the currents that shaped the founding of a nation.</b></span></div>
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Note to scholars and historians: Get to work!</div>
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Photo courtesy of the State Library of Pennsylvania.</td></tr>
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<b>Other Recommended
Sites:</b> The <a href="http://www.statemuseumpa.org/" target="_blank">State Museum of Pennsylvania</a> is located just three
blocks from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Forum</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Building</st1:placetype></st1:place>. The collections
include over 4 million objects and its museum exhibitions cover all aspects of the
state’s history, including its pivotal role in the nation’s political history
and its industrial contributions, as well as outstanding Civil War exhibits.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Commandant's House at Fort Mifflin, built in the 1790s to serve as a citadel or 'fort within a fort' -- the place of last<br />
retreat. Save America's Treasures funding was used to stabilize the walls and install new rafters, roof, and cupola.<br />
Photo courtesy of Fort Mifflin on the Delaware.</td></tr>
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<b>Website:</b> <st1:place w:st="on"><a href="http://fortmifflin.us/" target="_blank"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Fort</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Mifflin</st1:placename></a></st1:place></div>
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<b>The Treasure: </b> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Fort</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Mifflin</st1:placename>
became known as the “Valiant Defender of the <st1:state w:st="on">Delaware</st1:state>”
because of the courageous stand made here by a relatively small force of <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state> militiamen in
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<b>Accessibility:</b> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Fort</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Mifflin</st1:placename></st1:place>
is <a href="http://fortmifflin.us/planning-your-trip/" target="_blank">open to the public</a> Wednesday through Sunday from 10 to 4 from March 1
through mid-December. Check the website for an <a href="http://fortmifflin.us/living-history/" target="_blank">extensive calendar</a> of
public living history events.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An 18th century Hessian map showing<br />
Mud Island and Fort Mercer in 1777.<br />
From the collection<br />
of the Marburg State Library.<br />
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<b>Background:</b> Once
located on <st1:placename w:st="on">Mud</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Island</st1:placetype>,
near the confluence of the <st1:state w:st="on">Delaware</st1:state> and the <st1:placename w:st="on">Schuylkill</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Rivers</st1:placetype>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Fort</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Mifflin</st1:placename></st1:place> is part of the mainland
today. <st1:street w:st="on">Hog Island Road</st1:street>
can take you to <st1:placetype w:st="on">Fort</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Mifflin</st1:placename>, but <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Hog</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Island</st1:placetype></st1:place>
is part of the mainland, too. Over the past two centuries, this portion of
the Delaware River has been filled in, primarily now serving as home to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">International</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Airport</st1:placetype></st1:place>. But
despite the presence of planes flying low overhead, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Fort</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Mifflin</st1:placename></st1:place>
exerts its own strong presence today, evoking the feel of military life in the
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">For its critical role in the Revolutionary War, Fort</st1:placetype>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Mifflin</st1:placename></st1:place> deserves its own
version of Rudyard Kipling’s “Charge of the Light Brigade.” Honoring heroism in
the face of certain defeat, Kipling’s poem even has appropriate imagery to
describe the siege of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Fort</st1:placetype>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Mifflin</st1:placename></st1:place>: “Cannon to right
of them, / Cannon to left of them, / Cannon behind them / Volley’d &
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When the British troops under General William Howe occupied <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city> in September
1777, the General’s attention focused upon George Washington and his Continental
Army located a short distance west of the city. Howe believed that he could
defeat <st1:state w:st="on">Washington</st1:state>
if he could provide his own troops with appropriate supplies. But the supplies
would have to be brought in by ships sailing up the Delaware River, passing Mud
Island—and its Mud Island Fort (named Fort Mifflin two decades later)—en route.</div>
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The <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state> militiamen
at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Fort</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Mifflin</st1:placename></st1:place> were determined to keep the
supplies from General Howe and his troops. They set up an underwater line of <i>chevaux-de-frise</i>, logs tipped with
fierce iron spikes, capable of ripping lethal gouges into the hulls of passing
ships. The British fought back with cannon bombardments of the Mud Island Fort,
but the rebels showed themselves capable of withstanding the punishment. At
night, they repaired any damage inflicted to the walls of the fort.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Revolutionary War reenactment at Fort Mifflin.<br />
Photo courtesy of Fort Mifflin on the Delaware.</td></tr>
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After a month-and-a-half-long stalemate, the British massed
their full strength against the fort. On November 15, 1777, they brought in more than
200 additional cannons, dramatically increasing the fury of the assault. Spectacularly
outnumbered, the fort on <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Mud</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Island</st1:placetype></st1:place> had about a tenth
that number of cannons with which to respond. By the end of a day of massive
bombardment, approximately 250 Colonial soldiers lay dead or wounded. That
night, the survivors set fire to the fort and retreated across the Delaware
River to their allies at <st1:placetype w:st="on">Fort</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Mercer</st1:placename> in Red Bank, <st1:state w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:state>.</div>
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By holding out for so long against the British, the militiamen
at the Mud Island Fort bought George Washington needed time to establish winter
quarters for his troops at <st1:place w:st="on">Valley Forge</st1:place>. The
fort itself, largely destroyed by fire and cannon, passed into legend as the
“Valiant Defender of the <st1:state w:st="on">Delaware</st1:state>.”</div>
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The fort was rebuilt in the 1790s, at which time it was officially
named after Thomas Mifflin. Its long-standing military history subsequently encompasses
service in the War of 1812, the Civil War, and World War II. Today, it
continues to serve as an active base for the United States Army Corps of
Engineers—making it the only currently active base that dates back to before
the signing of the Declaration of Independence.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Overhead view of Fort Mifflin.<br />
Photo courtesy of Fort Mifflin on the Delaware.</td></tr>
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for the history. Some come for the <a href="http://www.syfy.com/ghosthunters/episodes/season/s04/episode/e401/fort_mifflin" target="_blank">ghosts</a>.</div>
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<b>Other Recommended
Sites:</b> Across the river in <st1:state w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:state>,
you can visit <a href="http://www.co.gloucester.nj.us/depts/p/parks/parkgolf/redbank/" target="_blank">Red Bank Battlefield Park</a>, the site of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Fort</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Mercer, where the Pennsylvania militiamen retreated after the siege of Fort Mifflin</st1:placename></st1:place>.
At Red Bank, the 18th century James and Ann Whitall House is sometimes open for
tours (and the parkland along the <st1:state w:st="on">Delaware</st1:state>
is a wonderful place to fly a kite).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset at Fort Mifflin.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474189013561236638.post-39327232128591374372013-08-01T06:00:00.000-04:002016-11-23T20:47:54.950-05:00Johnstown Flood National Memorial<br />
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flourished in the decade preceding the Johnstown Flood. The South Fork Club owned <br />
the dam and reservoir that collapsed in May 1889 causing the catastrophic flood.<br />
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<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b>Johnstown</b></st1:place></st1:city><b> Flood National Memorial<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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South Fork, PA</div>
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.nps.gov/jofl/index.htm" target="_blank">Johnstown Flood National Memorial</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.friendsofjohnstownflood.org/" target="_blank">Friends of the Johnstown Flood National Memorial</a></div>
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<b>The Treasure: </b> Located
on the shore of a giant reservoir called <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Lake</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Conemaugh</st1:placename></st1:place>,
the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club was witness to unimaginable tragedy on
May 31, 1889, when the dam broke unleashing a catastrophic flood.</div>
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<b>Accessibility:</b> The
park grounds of the Johnstown Flood National Memorial are open daily from
sunrise to sunset, and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Visitor</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place> is open from 9 to
5. During current restabilization work, the interior of the South Fork Fishing
and Hunting Club will only be accessible on special tours.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A scene of the flood's aftermath.<br />
From the Robert N. Dennis Collection<br />
of Stereoscopic Views at the<br />
New York Public Library.<br />
Source: Wikimedia Commons</td></tr>
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<b>Background:</b> As
with modern instances of catastrophic tragedy, like the September 11 terrorist
attacks, the large story of the Johnstown Flood encompasses thousands of smaller
stories, each grounded in individual lives that were instantly and irrevocably
changed. When the dam collapsed, it unleashed 20 million tons of water that burst
through a series of small towns before smashing into the City of <st1:city w:st="on">Johnstown</st1:city>. In just under
an hour, the water swept down a narrow 14-mile path, picking up trees, remnants
of buildings, debris of all sorts, animals, and people, sometimes rising to a
height of 60 feet. In the words of one witness, it looked like “a huge hill
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The death toll exceeded 2,200. Photographs taken
later, during the rescue operations, depict the small villages of South Fork, Mineral
Point, East Conemaugh, and Woodvale and the city of <st1:city w:st="on">Johnstown</st1:city> smashed to pieces.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stereoscopic view showing the desolation in front of Johnstown's Stone Bridge.<br />
From the Robert N. Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views at the<br />
New York Public Library. Source: Wikimedia Commons.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Debris on Main Street in Johnstown.<br />
From the Robert N. Dennis Collection<br />
of Stereoscopic Views at the<br />
New York Public Library.<br />
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The South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club played a
controversial role in the flood. Unlike the working class environment of <st1:city w:st="on">Johnstown</st1:city>, the South Fork Club was a rustic
getaway location for some of the country’s wealthiest industrialists. Andrew
Mellon, Henry Frick, and Andrew Carnegie were among the members who enjoyed waterfront
access to the giant <st1:placename w:st="on">reservoir</st1:placename> called <st1:placetype w:st="on">Lake</st1:placetype> Conemaugh, up in a mountain summer resort 450
feet above <st1:city w:st="on">Johnstown</st1:city>.
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To their credit, leaders at the South Fork Fishing and
Hunting Club saw potential disaster unfolding in the torrential rain that
preceded the dam collapse. In the hours before the dam gave way, Club president
Elias Unger and resident engineer John Parke strove to save the dam and warn
people in danger’s way. But it was too little too late. Parke saw the water
break through: “(T)he fearful rushing waters opened the gap with such
increasing rapidity that soon after the entire lake leaped out… It took but
forty minutes to drain that three miles of water.”</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stereoscopic view of the nearly-emptied reservoir following the flood.<br />
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<b>Other Recommended Sites:</b> Another
site connected with profound national trauma is located less than an hour’s
drive from the Johnstown Flood National Memorial. <a href="http://www.nps.gov/flni/index.htm" target="_blank">Flight 93 National Memorial</a>
is located 37 miles south of the park. The site commemorates the heroic actions
of the passengers and crew that brought down United Airlines Flight 93,
crashing it into an empty field two miles north of Shanksville, Pennsylvania,
in order to foil the plans of terrorists on board.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wealthy members of the South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club would vacation in cottages along<br />
Lake Conemaugh. This cottage has been restored to reflect its appearance in the days before the flood.<br />
Photo courtesy of the Friends of the Johnstown Flood National Memorial.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stabilization work in progress at the South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club.<br />
Photo courtesy of the Friends of the Johnstown Flood National Memorial.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fallingwater.<br />
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<st1:street w:st="on">1491 Mill Run
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.fallingwater.org/" target="_blank">Fallingwater</a></div>
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<b>The Treasure:</b> A
Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece, Fallingwater is his iconic house
on the waterfall—a sublime embodiment of Wright’s belief in “organic
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<b>Accessibility:</b> <a href="http://www.fallingwater.org/82/tours-and-tickets" target="_blank">Advance ticket purchase</a> is essential for all tours at Fallingwater. From April through
November, the site is open daily (except Wednesday). Check the website for
limited hours in March and December. The house is closed for tours in January
and February, although Grounds Passes may be available, weather permitting.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First view of Fallingwater from the trail.<br />
Photo by Lisa Price, courtesy of<br />
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<b>Background:</b> Fallingwater
is nestled deep within a tranquil Appalachian <st1:city w:st="on">oak forest</st1:city>. The beauty of the wilderness is
enhanced by the Bear Run stream that cascades over ledges of <st1:city w:st="on">Pottsville</st1:city> sandstone, creating picturesque
waterfalls. As you approach, you can hear the falling water before you see the
house. Fallingwater is a multi-sensory experience.</div>
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The wealthy owner of Kaufmann’s Department Store in <st1:city w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:city>, Edgar Kaufmann (1885-1955) and his wife Liliane
(1889-1952) were attracted to this rustic getaway, located in the mountains
southeast of <st1:city w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:city>,
for its beauty and cool mountain air. In 1916, they altruistically fashioned
the property as a weekend retreat, first offering it to their female employees
and later extending the invitation to the men as well. At the Kaufmann’s summer
camp, the air was clean, the pace was relaxed, and there were opportunities for
hiking, swimming, fishing, and horseback riding.</div>
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In the 1930s, with the Great Depression severely decreasing
use of the retreat by his employees, Kaufmann began to consider other uses for
the property. Dedicated to early principles of land conservation, he was
committed to keeping the primal Appalachian splendor of the land intact. But he
was open to new aesthetic ideas, too. His son, Edgar Kaufmann jr., introduced
his father to architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s revolutionary ideas. Wright’s
concept of “organic architecture,” harnessing local materials to create modern
buildings in harmony with the natural landscape, deeply appealed to Kaufmann. In
1934, he commissioned Wright to build his family a weekend vacation house showcasing
the view of a particularly beautiful thirty-foot waterfall.</div>
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Kaufman pictured his new house facing the waterfall, so Wright’s
proposal came as a surprise: he placed the house immediately above the falls, with
decks cantilevered from a rock ledge and the stream’s water perpetually falling
underneath the residence. In Wright’s vision, the house wouldn’t be a place for
viewing a beautiful scene—it would be an essential new component of the
beautiful scene. To their credit, the Kaufmanns thoughtfully considered and
then embraced Wright’s approach. Both in its interior and its exterior, Fallingwater was
conceived as a part of its environment.</div>
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When the main house was completed in 1937, Fallingwater was swiftly
promoted to fame by a January 1938 <i>Time</i>
cover story. Then 70 years old, Wright capitalized on his renewed fame with
vigor and imagination—there were more astonishing masterpieces in him,
including <st1:city w:st="on">New York City</st1:city>’s famous <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Guggenheim</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></st1:place>.</div>
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Reflecting on his work at Fallingwater,
Wright later said:</div>
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<span style="color: #7f6000;">“Fallingwater is a great blessing—one
of the great blessings to be experienced here on earth. I think nothing yet
ever equaled the coordination, sympathetic expression of the great principle of
repose where forest and steam and rock and all the elements of structure are
combined so quietly that really you listen not to any noise whatsoever although
the music of the stream is there. But you listen to Fallingwater the way you
listen to the quiet of the country…”</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interior view of the Hatch looking toward the west terrace.<br />
Photo by Robert P. Ruschak,<br />
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Editor:</b> Fallingwater was the grand conclusion
of my family’s <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city>
vacation a couple of years ago. First, we visited the Frank Lloyd Wright Home
and Studio in <st1:city w:st="on">Oak Park</st1:city>
and enjoyed their walking tour of Wright-designed buildings in the area, including <a href="http://touramericastreasures.blogspot.com/2013/02/unity-temple.html" target="_blank">Unity Temple</a>. Then on
our trip back to <st1:state w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:state>,
we spent a lovely day at Fallingwater.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The editor at Fallingwater. Photo by Lisa Price,<br />
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<b>Other Recommended
Sites:</b> There’s another acclaimed Frank Lloyd Wright building
less than seven miles from Fallingwater. One of the last residential homes to
be completed by Wright, <a href="http://kentuckknobs.com/" target="_blank">Kentuck Knob</a> complements Wright’s earlier work at
Fallingwater. Perched near the summit of a 2,050-foot mountain, it simultaneously
celebrates and blends into the landscape of <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state>’s
beautiful <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Laurel</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Highlands</st1:placename></st1:place>.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the living room at Fallingwater, looking south.<br />
Photo by Robert P. Ruschak, courtesy of Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moland House in Moland House Historic Park, Warwick Township.<br />
Photo courtesy of the Warwick Township Historical Society.</td></tr>
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://moland.org/" target="_blank">Moland House Historic Park</a></div>
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<b>The Treasure:</b> Moland
House served as the administrative headquarters for George Washington and other
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<b>Accessibility:</b> The
twelve-acre park is open during daylight hours year round. <a href="http://moland.org/directions-and-hours/" target="_blank">Guided tours</a> of
Moland House are available from 1 to 4 on the second Sunday of every month and
additionally on the fourth Sunday from 1 to 4 between April and October.</div>
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<b>Background:</b> The
Continental Army arrived in <st1:placename w:st="on">Warwick</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Township</st1:placetype>, at the intersection of York and Bristol
Roads in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Bucks</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></st1:place>, on August 10, 1777. There were
probably no more than 500 people living in the township at the time, but it was
a settled area with a church, a tavern, a mill, and ready access to fresh water
thanks to the Neshaminy Creek. The local residents, primarily Scotch-Irish, were
natural supporters of the struggle for independence.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Council-of-War Room at Moland House.<br />
Photo courtesy of the Warwick Township Historical Society.</td></tr>
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In one day, approximately 11,000 Continental and militia
soldiers arrived in town, swelling the population by more than 2,000%. The
troops came from <st1:city w:st="on">Morristown</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">New
Jersey</st1:state>, where they had been keeping tabs on the British troops in <st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state> under the
leadership of General William Howe. When Howe’s troops sailed south, Washington
and the Continental Army followed by land, unsure of where the British troops would
choose to strike next. They took a holding position north of <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city>, waiting to hear if an attack on
the city was imminent. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Warwick</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Township</st1:placetype></st1:place> was identified
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Washington and his staff moved into Moland House, almost
certainly the finest residence in the area. A substantial stone farmhouse,
Moland House was built by John Moland in the mid-1700s. John Moland was a
well-respected lawyer who appears to have worked in both <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city>
and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Bucks</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></st1:place>. He died in 1761, leaving a widow
and five children. While it would have been inconvenient to have her house at
the center of all the military activity, Catherine Moland probably appreciated
any reimbursements that <st1:state w:st="on">Washington</st1:state>
provided (records exist showing settled bills for food and furniture, as well
as a final cleaning of her kitchen).</div>
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The Neshaminy Encampment, as it is known, came between the
Crossing of the <st1:state w:st="on">Delaware</st1:state> and Battle of New
York in late 1776 and the looming Battle of Germantown in October (followed
by the famous winter encampment at <st1:place w:st="on">Valley Forge</st1:place>).
Nine days into the 13-day Neshaminy Encampment, the Marquis de Lafayette arrived on the
scene and joined the leaders of the Continental Army in their deliberations at Moland
House. According to legend (and no facts appear to contradict it), Betsy Ross’
“Stars and Stripes” flag may have been unfurled for the first time as the
troops left Warwick Township on August 23, heading down York Road toward
Philadelphia.</div>
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Today, the Warwick Township Historical Society manages the
historic home and surrounding park for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Warwick</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Township</st1:placetype></st1:place>.
They host frequent special events and annual reenactments of the Neshaminy
Encampment, as well as guided tours of the historic house.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As seen here, Moland House fell on hard times in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s.<br />
In 1996, Warwick Township received ownership of the abandoned house. The<br />
following year, they entered into a management agreement with the Warwick<br />
Township Historical Society to restore, maintain, and operate the property.<br />
Photo courtesy of the Warwick Township Historical Society.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In 2002, <i>Save America's Treasures</i> contributed funding to<br />
support the restoration of the historic Moland House.<br />
Photo courtesy of the Warwick Township Historical Society.</td></tr>
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Sites:</b> In nearby Warminster, you can visit <a href="http://www.craven-hall.org/" target="_blank">Historic Craven Hall</a>,
a stately Federal/Greek Revival Home. The grounds of Craven Hall also host the <a href="http://www.craven-hall.org/fitch-steamboat-museum/" target="_blank"><st1:placename w:st="on">John</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Fitch</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Steamboat</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></a>
which celebrates Fitch’s invention of the first commercial steamboat, which made
its maiden trips on the <st1:place w:st="on">Delaware River</st1:place> in the
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">George Washington's office during the Neshaminy Encampment at Moland House.<br />
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<st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Visitor</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>
preserves approximately 300,000 artifacts and 700,000 archival documents that
bear witness to the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg, and a
century-and-a-half of reflections and commemorations. </div>
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<b>Accessibility:</b> The
park is open daily from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. from April through October and from 6
a.m. to 7 p.m. from November through March. The Museum and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Visitor</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place> is open daily from 8 to 6 from
April through October and 8 to 5 from November through March.</div>
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<b>Background:</b> “Now
we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation
so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great
battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as
a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation
might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.”<br />
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Abraham Lincoln</div>
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The Gettysburg Address</div>
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delivered on November 19, 1863</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ranger program at Devil's Den.<br />
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<st1:city w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:city> went on to say that
the ground of <st1:city w:st="on">Gettysburg</st1:city>
was hallowed not by his words but by the men who fought here. Strolling through
the nearly 6,000-acre park today, perhaps on one of the informative <a href="http://www.nps.gov/gett/planyourvisit/interpretation.htm" target="_blank">ranger guided programs</a>, it can sometimes be difficult to imagine war visiting this now-bucolic landscape of fields, pastures, orchards, and woodlots. People
come here to reflect upon a turning point in the country’s history, a nation’s destiny pivoting upon the single
bloodiest battle ever fought on American soil. With Confederate troops under the leadership
of General Robert E. Lee and Army of the <st1:place w:st="on">Potomac</st1:place>
troops under General George Meade, more than 160,000 men clashed here. Nearly a
third of them—51,000—died here.</div>
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While the scope of the Battle of Gettysburg can best be
appreciated by walking the park grounds, hundreds of individual stories are
evoked by the artifacts displayed at the <st1:placename w:st="on">Gettysburg</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">National</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Military</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Park</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype>
and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Visitor</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>. These artifacts offer a tangible
link to the lives of the soldiers. Each piece has a story to tell. Someone wore this
uniform, played this bugle, read this letter, drank from this cup, and shot
this gun. Robert E. Lee sat at this camp desk. A soldier carried this
pocket-size <i>Manual of the Christian Soldier</i>, and he died when a bullet passed
clean through it. You can see the bullet hole.</div>
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For many years, <st1:city w:st="on">Gettysburg</st1:city>’s
visitor center was located on Cemetery Ridge, the famous site of Pickett’s
Charge, a last-gasp Confederate infantry assault on the third day of battle. With the donation of 50 acres neighboring
the park in 2000, the Gettysburg Foundation and the National Park Service were
able to build a new center, enabling them to return the original Cemetery Ridge
site to park land, more appropriate for interpretation and commemoration. In
2008, the new Museum and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Visitor</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place> opened, with
nearly double the amount of museum exhibition space than previously available.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Brown's cell door.<br />
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Gettysburg National<br />
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<i>Save America’s
Treasures</i> funding contributed to the conservation and rehousing of
many of the artifacts now displayed in the exhibition areas. It is one of the
country’s great Civil War collections. The core of it dates back to a
collection that began all the way back in 1863 when 16-year-old John Rosensteel
began picking up interesting items, instituting a family tradition of
collecting Gettysburg artifacts. Later bequeathed to the National Park Service,
the George Rosensteel Collection continues to be the center piece of the
museum.</div>
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The exhibits at the Museum and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Visitor</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>
interpret the Battle of Gettysburg from many perspectives, including the
origins of the conflict. A door from the <st1:place w:st="on">Harpers Ferry</st1:place>
prison cell where John Brown served time during his trial is among the most
popular artifacts. It is a potent reminder of the many tensions that once enflamed the country, as incident after incident led
inexorably to civil war.</div>
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<b>Notes from the
Editor:</b> This blog entry posted on July 3, 2013, as we commemorate the 150th anniversary
of the third and final day of the Battle of Gettysburg.</div>
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<b>Other Recommended
Sites:</b> From the Museum and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Visitor</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>,
shuttle buses are available to the neighboring <a href="http://www.nps.gov/eise/index.htm" target="_blank">Eisenhower National Historic Site</a>, the home and farm of General and President Dwight D. Eisenhower.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Temporary entrenchments erected by Federal troops on Gettysburg's<br />
Little Round Top, with Big Round Top in the distance.<br />
Photographed in July 1863 by Timothy H. O'Sullivan,<br />
from <a href="http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2012647707/" target="_blank">Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division</a>.</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474189013561236638.post-73693857440154752912013-06-25T07:41:00.000-04:002014-02-02T14:06:18.960-05:00Pennsylvania State Archives: Civil War Muster Rolls<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Project Conservator Lindsay Bergen pieces together<br />
the Muster Out Roll of Co. K of the 71st Regiment.<br />
Photo courtesy of the Pennsylvania State Archives.</td></tr>
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<st1:street w:st="on">North Third and Forster Streets</st1:street></div>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Harrisburg</st1:city>,
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/military_records/3186/civil_war/388406" target="_blank">Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission: Civil War Records at the Pennsylvania State Archives</a></div>
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<b>The Treasure: </b> A
wealth of important historical information is preserved on the Pennsylvania Civil
War Muster Out Rolls, which record key details on approximately 362,000
soldiers from the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Commonwealth</st1:placetype>
of <st1:placename w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:placename></st1:place> who
served in the Civil War.</div>
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<b>Accessibility: </b>Information
on how to research the Civil War documents at the Pennsylvania State Archives
is available at the web page <a href="http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/military_records/3186/civil_war/388406" target="_blank">Civil War Records at the Pennsylvania State Archives</a>. The Civil War Muster Rolls are being scanned by Ancestry.com and are
anticipated to be accessible online by late summer 2013.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Archivist Rich Saylor in the archives<br />
tower stack area with the 135 cartons<br />
of Muster Out Rolls before treatment.<br />
Photo courtesy of the<br />
Pennsylvania State Archives.</td></tr>
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<b>Background:</b> As
the Civil War came to a close in 1865, the Pennsylvania Adjutant General’s Office
confronted a flood of paper from the field. The Adjutant General’s Office had
responsibility for much of the paperwork of war, covering Muster In Rolls
(documenting the entry of soldiers into service), Alphabetical Rolls, Lists of
Deserters, and Muster Out Rolls (documenting the status of soldiers at the
completion of their service). These were the state’s databases, prepared and
organized by hand. Many of the Muster Out Rolls date from the war’s end, as
companies moved through the business of disbanding.</div>
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Ultimately, the Pennsylvania Adjutant General’s Office
collected over 2,500 muster-out rolls, recording the exit status of
approximately 362,000 soldiers. Only <st1:placename w:st="on">New York</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype> contributed more Union soldiers
to the war effort than <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state>.
A number of Pennsylvanians became prominent leaders in the cause. Noted generals from <st1:place w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:place>
include George Meade, George B. McClellan, Winfred Scott Hancock, John Fulton
Reynolds, John F. Hartranft, and John W. Geary. But the Muster Out Rolls are
egalitarian—they studiously document the status of the legendary Civil War
heroes alongside the common soldiers and even the deserters.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A typical muster roll, before treatment: Note the damage<br />
on the folds that were mended with pressure-sensitive tapes.<br />
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As the companies disbanded, the field clerks gathered the
information, including the status of company members who were missing or dead.
The Adjutant General’s Office provided the oversize forms—unfolding to more
than three feet in width and two feet in height. Under the pre-printed
masthead, the officers and clerks would fill in the information on the ruled
lines. The status of dozens of soldiers could be recorded on each document.
Notes provide tantalizing information, now deeply valued by today’s historians
and genealogists: “prisoner at
Andersonville,” “wounded at Chancellorsville,” “recovering in hospital,”
“deserted,” “lost,” or “died at <st1:place w:st="on">Antietam</st1:place>.”</div>
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For the first half-century of their existence, the Muster
Out Rolls were valued primarily for very practical reasons, such as verifying
pensions and veteran’s claims. Subsequently, historians and genealogists
continued the high level of demand. Time after time, the documents were unfolded
then refolded, becoming blemished with dirt and grime. Losses started to occur
along the weakening folds. Well-meaning office workers applied highly acidic
pressure-sensitive tapes to hold the sheets together. Historians and genealogists loved the
accurate and color detail in the documents, but the paper itself was literally falling
apart.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Conservator Joan Irving at the Conservation Center for<br />
Art and Historic Artifacts with State Archivist David Haury<br />
and an artillery regiment Muster Out Roll.<br />
Photo courtesy of the Pennsylvania State Archives.</td></tr>
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<b>Notes from the
Editor: </b>With funding from <i>Save America’s Treasures</i> and the
Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Pennsylvania Muster Out Rolls have received
state-of-the-art treatment and rehousing. More than 1,000 of the documents—the
ones judged to be in the worst condition—came for treatment to the <a href="http://www.ccaha.org/" target="_blank"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Conservation</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place> for Art and Historic Artifacts</a> (CCAHA)
where I work. For more than five years, our conservators and technicians had
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The treatment required surface cleaning, washing, mending,
flattening, lining, and encapsulating. All the old acidic mending tapes had to
be removed, sometimes loosening fragments of paper that had to be refitted
into the document like in a jigsaw puzzle. In 2009, CCAHA Book Technician
Valeria Kremser (now Book Conservation Technician at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:placename></st1:place>)
produced an informative short video, <a href="http://vimeo.com/40401544" target="_blank">The Pennsylvania Civil War Muster Roll Project</a>. The time-lapse section offers a nice insight into the challenging work
of piecing the documents back together. Multiply this one treatment by more
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Above: Before treatment image of a folded Muster Roll.<br />
Below: After treatment image of the same Muster Roll, now unfolded.<br />
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and the neighboring <a href="http://www.statemuseumpa.org/" target="_blank"><st1:placetype w:st="on">State</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum of Pennsylvania</st1:placetype></a>,
and then take a guided tour of the historic <st1:place w:st="on"><a href="http://www.pacapitol.com/tours.html" target="_blank">State Capitol Building</a></st1:place> itself. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The museum area at the Bulgarian Macedonian National Educational and<br />
Cultural Center showing the archival-quality cabinets, featuring Bulgarian-style<br />
embellishments, built by renowned Japanese woodworking artist Tadao Arimoto.<br />
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<b>The Treasure: </b> A
large collection of artifacts illuminates the fascinating culture that
Bulgarian and Macedonian immigrants brought with them as they settled into a new life in America<st1:place w:st="on"></st1:place>. </div>
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Bulgarian Macedonian National Educational and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Cultural</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>
is open Tuesdays through Thursdays from 10 to 1, Saturdays from 9 to noon, and
other hours by appointment. There’s a
busy schedule of special events most months.
Check the <a href="http://www.bmnecc.org/eventscalendar.aspx" target="_blank">calendar</a> for what’s going on.</div>
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<b>Background:</b> First,
some basic geography: Roughly the size of <st1:state w:st="on">Virginia</st1:state>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Bulgaria</st1:country-region> is located is
southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea to the east, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Romania</st1:country-region> to the north, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Greece</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on">Turkey</st1:country-region> to the south, and
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Serbia</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on">Macedonia</st1:country-region> to
the west. Considerably smaller, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Macedonia</st1:country-region>
is approximately the size of <st1:state w:st="on">Vermont</st1:state> and is an
entirely landlocked country, surrounded by <st1:city w:st="on">Kosovo</st1:city>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Serbia</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Bulgaria</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Greece</st1:country-region>,
and <st1:country-region w:st="on">Albania</st1:country-region>.
From 1944 until its independence in 1991, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Macedonia</st1:country-region>
was the southernmost republic within <st1:country-region w:st="on">Yugoslavia</st1:country-region>. Nestled on the Balkan
Peninsula, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Bulgaria</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on">Macedonia</st1:country-region> have
maintained a rich cultural heritage in the face of frequent foreign
occupations.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">BMNECC Chairwoman Emerita Patricia<br />
Penka French standing in front of the<br />
78-year-old Bulgarian Cultural Center. The<br />
building's facade was refurbished in 2005<br />
thanks to a grant from the Pittsburgh<br />
History and Landmarks Foundation.<br />
Photo courtesy of the BMNECC.</td></tr>
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In the early years of the 20th century, many
Bulgarians and Macedonians left their homelands to find new opportunities in <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>. It was
a time of relative freedom in both countries—between the time of the Turkish
Ottoman rule that ended in 1878 and the rise of the Iron Curtain after World
War II, but economic conditions prompted many to try their luck abroad. They
came to the American heartland looking for steady work, responding to the
demand for labor in the factories and mines.</div>
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The thriving steel mills of <st1:city w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:city> attracted many immigrants. The new
arrivals brought their culture and customs with them, adapting as best they
could to their new home. In 1930, a group of citizens founded the
Bulgaro-Macedonian Beneficial Association in West Homestead, located southeast
of <st1:city w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:city>, across the <st1:place w:st="on">Monongahela
River</st1:place>. Like many immigrant organizations, the Association was
formed to help immigrant families succeed in the new American environment.</div>
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Fifty years later, with the decline of the steel industry in
1980s, the Association began to look for a way to stay relevant. In 1995, they officially
dissolved the original organization and founded a new one—the Bulgarian
Macedonian National Educational and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Cultural</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>. The new focus was
on celebrating and preserving a unique immigrant culture with strong ties to
its Balkan homelands.</div>
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At the Bulgarian Macedonian National Educational and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Cultural</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>, you’ll find music, dance, and a
Soup Sega! kitchen that specializes in ethnic Bulgarian specialties. The <i>Save America’s Treasures</i> grant
contributed to the retrofitting of a new exhibit space where the historic artifacts—textiles
and costumes, artwork, icons, photographs, films, audio recordings, musical
instruments, jewelry, and metal work—could be displayed in attractive
archival-quality cabinets. Looking outward for new ways to share their
heritage, the <st1:placename w:st="on">Cultural</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype> has recently led initiatives such as <i><a href="http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/opera/" target="_blank">Opera from Bulgaria—an Audio Encyclopedia Project</a></i>, providing access to a rich tradition of Bulgarian opera and opera
singers for the benefit of classical music fans and researchers.</div>
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Sites:</b> The main museum of the <a href="http://www.riversofsteel.com/" target="_blank">Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area</a> is located in the neighboring borough of <st1:city w:st="on">Homestead</st1:city>. Here you can learn about the steel
business that once supported so many of the immigrant families.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks to the <i>Save America's Treasures</i> grant, the BMNECC was able<br />
to create a full-service technology center, as well as support for the <br />
cleaning, repairing, and rehousing over 200 historic films in their collection.<br />
Photo courtesy of the BMNECC.</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474189013561236638.post-85654186251280335032013-06-14T06:00:00.000-04:002014-02-02T14:07:19.943-05:00Atmosphere and Environment XII<br />
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18,000-pound masterpiece of modern sculpture.</div>
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<b>Background:</b> There
are two great sculptures in highly visible positions outside the west entrance
(that’s the side overlooking the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Schuylkill</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">River</st1:placetype></st1:place>—not the more iconic side with the
<i>Rocky </i>steps) of the <a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/" target="_blank">Philadelphia Museum of Art</a>. As you approach the west museum entrance, <i><a href="http://associationforpublicart.org/interactive-art-map/social-consciousness" target="_blank">Social Consciousness</a></i>, a 1954 bronze sculpture by Jacob Epstein, is
to your left. And to the right is our <i>Save
America’s Treasures</i> piece: <i>Atmosphere and Environment XII </i>by the
acclaimed American sculptor, Louise Nevelson (1899-1988).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deinstallation of <i>Atmosphere and</i><br />
<i>Environment XII</i> in 2005.<br />
Photo by Joe Mikuliak, courtesy of<br />
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Although labeled XII by Nevelson, this particular sculpture
is really the third in a series of four that runs from X through XIII. Each
subtly different, the four sculptures were created late in Nevelson’s career, at
a time when she was experimenting with monumental size and new materials like
Cor-Ten, a recently developed weathering steel. The first, <i>Atmosphere and Environment X</i>, was conceived in 1969 as a commission for <st1:placename w:st="on">Princeton</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>, followed by <i>XI</i> for <st1:placename w:st="on">Yale</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype>, then <i>XII</i>
which was constructed in 1970 and purchased by <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city>’s
Fairmount Park Art Association (now the Association for Public Art) in 1972,
and finally <i>XIII</i> for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Scottsdale</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Arizona</st1:state></st1:place>.</div>
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“Environments” is a term that Nevelson frequently used to
refer to her famous collages. In the
1950s and 1960s, she constructed a wide variety of collages from wood and found
objects, creating intricate arrangements and then painting them a solid color—first
entirely black, then all white, with a brief “baroque” period of gold. </div>
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While the word “Environment” in the <i>Atmosphere and Environment</i> series refered back to her earlier works,
“Atmosphere” added something new to Nevelson’s art. “The landscape is the
atmosphere that fills the spaces of the steel environment,” she explained. “The
two together are the sculpture.” Unlike her earlier collages, this new series
of massive outdoor sculptures was created to interact with the changing world
around it—in her words, the atmosphere. The large scale of the works may have
been partly inspired by her interest in Mayan ruins and theater sets.</div>
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Like many modern artists, Nevelson embraced transience with
her <i>Atmosphere and Environment</i>
series. The atmosphere—the scenery viewed both behind and through the sculpture—would
inevitably change over time. The appearance of the steel would change as well,
as it developed a distinctive rust patina. But Nevelson would probably not have
predicted that the very structure of the sculpture would quickly become threatened
by “corrosion jacking,” with the buildup of corrosion materials actually moving
the sculpture’s box-shaped elements apart.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Before treatment" image showing<br />
corrosion jacking on the box elements.<br />
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Association for Public Art.</td></tr>
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Funding from <i>Save
America’s Treasures</i>, the Getty Foundation, and The Locks Foundation was
raised to address the problem of the corrosion jacking. Working with the Association
for Public Art, the Conservation Department of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
developed innovative treatment approaches to restore the disfigured box
elements. It was a five-year process, including the challenging deinstallation
of the sculpture in 2005, followed by months of detailed restoration work, and
climaxing with a rededication service on the Art Museum steps in May 2007.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Objects conservator Sara Creange working on the project.<br />
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<b>Other Recommended
Sites:</b> The west entrance side of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
is a bucolic setting, with a terraced landscape that slopes down to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Schuylkill</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">River</st1:placetype></st1:place> and the historic
Fairmount Water Works. The Philadelphia Museum of Art recently installed the <a href="http://www.philamuseum.org/sculpturegarden/" target="_blank">Anne d’Harnoncourt Sculpture Garden</a> on the west grounds, featuring works by Isamu Noguchi, Sol LeWitt,
Claes Oldenburg, Ellsworth Kelly, and others. <i><a href="http://associationforpublicart.org/interactive-art-map/iroquois" target="_blank">Iroquois</a></i>, a monumental sculpture by Mark di Suvero is located
nearby, just around the corner on the <st1:street w:st="on">Benjamin
Franklin Parkway</st1:street>.</div>
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<st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city>
can also boast another major work by Louise Nevelson. On the other side of <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city>’s <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">City</st1:placetype></st1:place>, Nevelson’s <i><a href="http://associationforpublicart.org/interactive-art-map/bicentennial-dawn" target="_blank">Bicentennial Dawn</a></i> is located in the interior
of the James A. Byrne Federal Courthouse on <st1:street w:st="on">601 Market Street</st1:street>.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Conservators who worked on <i>Atmosphere and<br />Environment XII</i> at the rededication service in 2007.<br />
Photo by Joe Mikuliak,<br />
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Visit our <a href="http://touramericastreasures.blogspot.com/2013/03/destination-pennsylvania.html" target="_blank">Tour Destination: <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state></a> page to see the entire tour of the state’s <i>Save America’s Treasures</i> sites.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The restored Sommer's Bridge in Delaware Canal State Park.<br />
Photo courtesy of Delaware Canal State Park.</td></tr>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><b>Delaware</b></st1:placename><b> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Canal</st1:placetype>
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The park is located along the historic canal and towpath</div>
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paralleling the Delaware River on the <st1:place w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:place> side</div>
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from <st1:city w:st="on">Easton</st1:city> to <st1:place w:st="on">Bristol</st1:place>.</div>
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Sommer’s Bridge spans the canal</div>
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in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Lower</st1:placename>
<st1:placename w:st="on">Makefield</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Township</st1:placetype></st1:place></div>
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approximately a half mile south of I-95.</div>
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<b>Website:</b> <st1:place w:st="on"><a href="http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/findapark/delawarecanal/" target="_blank"><st1:placename w:st="on">Delaware</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Canal</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">State Park</st1:placetype></a></st1:place></div>
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<b>The Treasure: </b> The
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Delaware</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Canal</st1:placetype></st1:place> is a national treasure and the
restored bridges that cross it, like the Sommer’s Bridge, add to its
authenticity.</div>
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<b>Background:</b> Two
years after <st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state>’s <st1:place w:st="on">Erie
Canal</st1:place> opened to lots of fanfare in 1825, the Pennsylvania State
Senate passed a bill to dig a canal of its own. There were solid economic
reasons for states to invest in canals. As the most cost-efficient commercial transportation
systems then available, canals were good for business. Large deposits of
anthracite coal had been discovered in northeastern <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state>
and there were huge markets for the coal in cities like <st1:city w:st="on">Newark</st1:city>,
<st1:state w:st="on">New York</st1:state> City, and <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city>. To get the coal to <st1:city w:st="on">Newark</st1:city> and <st1:city w:st="on">New York City</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:state> dug the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Morris</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Canal</st1:placename></st1:place>.
And in <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state>, the <st1:placename w:st="on">Delaware</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Canal</st1:placetype> was constructed to transport the
coal to the state’s largest city, mutually benefitting the economies of
northeastern <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state> and the growing
industries of <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city>.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from Sommer's Bridge.<br />
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The digging commenced in October 1827. Nearly five years
later, the 60-mile-long canal celebrated the delivery of its first shipment of
coal, with a loaded barge traversing the distance from <st1:city w:st="on">Easton</st1:city>
to <st1:city w:st="on">Bristol</st1:city>.
During its first forty years, the <st1:placename w:st="on">Delaware</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Canal</st1:placetype> more than justified its $1.43
million expense, fueling the growth of industry in eastern <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state>. The engineering required was
impressive: the canal utilized 23 lift
locks to control water flow, along with an array of aqueducts, waste gates,
dams, and overflows. But in practice, it didn’t look particularly
sophisticated. Slow but steady, teams of mules trudged along the towpath,
pulling barges loaded with up to 90 tons of coal. </div>
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The heyday of the American canals lasted only a few decades. As
new railroad lines were built in the middle of the 19th century, the
important role of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Delaware</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Canal</st1:placetype></st1:place> slowly diminished. The
last commercial barge descended down the canal in 1931. Appreciative of the
historic importance and beauty of the canal and towpath, local citizens have
consistently fought for its preservation over the years, from its initial
establishment as Theodore Roosevelt State Park in 1940 through today’s maintenance
of Delaware Canal State Park by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sign posted during the restoration.<br />
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<i>Save America’s
Treasures</i> funding was used to preserve one of the original bridges built to
span the canal. Dating back to 1831, Sommer’s Bridge
is located just 15 miles from the terminus of the canal at <st1:city w:st="on">Bristol</st1:city>,
close to <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city>.
In the early days, over one hundred small camelback bridges of this type
crossed the canal. Today, only six remain. Thanks to the <i>Save America’s Treasures</i> funding, Sommer’s Bridge was the fourth of
these surviving historic bridges to be restored.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sommer's Bridge during restoration.<br />
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Sites:</b> A hike along the towpath takes you past one historic site after another,
with opportunities for stopovers at several delightful small towns. For iconic national history, <st1:place w:st="on"><a href="http://www.ushistory.org/washingtoncrossing/" target="_blank">Washington Crossing Historic Park</a></st1:place> is located just three
miles north of Sommer’s Bridge. Small towns like Yardley, <st1:city w:st="on">New
Hope</st1:city>, Lumberville, Erwinna, and Upper Black Eddy cater to tourist
crowds who come to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Bucks</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></st1:place> for the scenic
riverfront, the antique shops, the bed and breakfast inns, and many fine
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delaware Canal State Park. Photo by Bradford Van Arnum.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474189013561236638.post-110791139437770712013-05-28T06:00:00.000-04:002014-02-02T14:08:24.835-05:00Cliveden<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cliveden: The Chew House.<br />
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<st1:street w:st="on">6401 Germantown
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.cliveden.org/" target="_blank">Cliveden</a></div>
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<b>The Treasure: </b> Dating
back nearly 250 years, this handsome Georgian estate encompasses a wealth of
stories that illuminate centuries of American history, including a critical
role in the Battle of Germantown during the American Revolution. </div>
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<b>Accessibility:</b> Cliveden
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<b>Background:</b> As
<st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city>’s
Centennial Exposition approached in 1876, the country’s understanding of historic preservation began to change. Previously, preservation
was mainly associated with holding onto the family hand-me-downs and treasured items associated
with the great men of history. The Centennial Exposition provided impetus for
new movements that celebrated American origins through the systematic
preservation of our material past. Directly involved with planning the
Centennial Exposition, Samuel Chew III became so associated with a commitment
to preservation that he earned the nickname “Centennial” Sam.</div>
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The American heritage of “Centennial” Sam Chew was broad and
deep. In 1876, he could trace his American ancestry back more than 250 years to
the 1622 arrival of John Chew in <st1:city w:st="on">Jamestown</st1:city>.
A century and a half later, his ancestor Benjamin Chew built Cliveden to serve
as the family’s summer retreat, safely distant from the frequent yellow fever
epidemics that broke out during <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city>’s
hottest months. During the Revolutionary War, Cliveden stood at the center of
the important Battle of Germantown, an event that led to <st1:state w:st="on">Washington</st1:state>’s
iconic winter at <st1:place w:st="on">Valley Forge</st1:place>.</div>
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“Centennial” Sam and his wife Mary placed a new emphasis on
recovering and saving the historic artifacts of the Chew family, from the
buildings to the furniture to the paper documents. Part of their effort was
family pride but it was also based in the new national interest in claiming and
understanding our American identity. Their work was continued by other Chew
family members, eventually leading to the decision to transfer ownership of the
historic house, 5.5 acres of surrounding parkland, and a collection of artifacts to the
National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1972. Ten years later, the Chew
family papers were given to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.</div>
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Thanks to this far-sighted approach to preserving a family’s
heritage, Cliveden has become a window onto the past for the public and researchers alike, providing insight into life
within a wealthy and influential family, the key role of the house during the
Battle of Germantown, and the day-to-day lives of the generations of African
slaves and Irish servants who worked on the property. The Chew papers at the
Historical Society of Pennsylvania offer an unusual level of detail concerning
the family’s slaves, indentured servants, and the paid staff, with records that
supply important genealogical information and letters describing the working
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Through the grant, an enormous<br />
amount of equipment was installed in<br />
the cellar. Image courtesy of Cliveden,<br />
a National Trust Historic Site<br />
Philadelphia, PA.</td></tr>
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The building itself is a classic example of Philadelphia
Georgian architecture—stately and symmetrical. The <i>Save America’s Treasures</i> grant was used to install a new climate
management system to ensure the long-term preservation of the interior and its
collections. To complement this work, drainage and plumbing projects were implemented
to reduce water infiltration into the building. With a little help from 21st century technology, the long-standing commitment to preservation at Cliveden continues.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The air handler intalled as part of the new climate<br />
management system. Image courtesy of Cliveden,<br />
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Sites:</b> Scroll down the <a href="http://www.freedomsbackyard.com/" target="_blank">Historic Germantown</a> website to the map of
historic sites located either along <st1:street w:st="on">Germantown
Avenue</st1:street> or in the immediate neighborhood. There’s
Wyck, Johnson House, Stenton, and many more. Historic <st1:city w:st="on">Germantown</st1:city> proposes visiting them all with
their <a href="http://www.freedomsbackyard.com/plan-your-visit/hg-passport/" target="_blank">HG Passport</a>!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">New ductwork was run through Cliveden using the closets to hide<br />
the modern climate management system.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474189013561236638.post-6650437187937214862013-05-17T06:00:00.000-04:002014-02-02T14:08:54.926-05:00Brookville Historic District<br />
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<b>The Treasure: </b> The
restored houses and businesses of Brookville Historic District are a welcome
reminder of the picturesque hospitality of 19th century small-town <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state>.</div>
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<b>Background:</b> Small
rural towns may look like they’ll last forever but in reality they inexorably
change. Maps are dotted with boom towns that dwindle to ghost towns. And,
conversely, tiny communities suddenly spring up like mushrooms overnight. In
either case, the nature of the town—the way it looks and the way it is
experienced—often changes altogether. Towns have a hard time holding onto their
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Victorian details on the facade of a building on Main Street.</td></tr>
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Located in the rural northwest portion of <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state>, Brookville has somehow beaten
the odds and stubbornly retained its charming late-Victorian-era appearance. A
2006 <i>Save America’s Treasures</i> grant
provided some welcome preservation assistance, contributing to the restoration
of the facades of eligible homes and businesses located within the Historic
District, including the handsome 1869 Jefferson County Court House. Funding also
went to the <st1:placename w:st="on">Jefferson</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">History</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype>, located in the newly preserved
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">N.</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">G.</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Edelblute</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Building</st1:placetype></st1:place> (1855-1875) on <st1:street w:st="on">Main Street</st1:street>,
enabling the History Center to address accessibility and energy issues.</div>
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Settlers first moved here in the early years of the 19th century,
attracted by its strategic location at the confluence of the North Fork Redbank
Creek and the Sandy Lick creeks. Bears, wolves, and rattlesnakes retreated
deeper into the surrounding woods as the town grew. The completion of the
S&W toll road in 1822 provided a further boost to the growing town. The
lumber industry flourished, with lumber mills floating timber down the creeks
to <st1:city w:st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:city>.
Other businesses established themselves within the town, including hotels, a
ladder factory, a glass and tile factory, two breweries, furniture companies,
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In the early years of the automotive industry, Robert
Twyford established the Twyford Motor Car Company in Brooksville. On a ten-acre
site, the company produced the Twyford Stanhope, now credited as the first
four-wheel-drive automobile. Local historian William McCracken has built a
full-scale replica of a Twyford car, which is one of the most popular exhibits
at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Jefferson</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">History</st1:placename>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Marlin Opera House block on Main Street.</td></tr>
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While a stroll through the town suggests <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>’s past, a visit to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Jefferson</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype>
<st1:placename w:st="on">History</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>
provides the historic details of everyday life in this region of the country. The
<i>Living on the Land</i> permanent exhibit
uses original artifacts to explore the land’s early settlement, as well as its
businesses and industries. In addition, the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">History</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place>
features a recreated Victorian parlor, a model railroad exhibit, and an art
gallery, all summoning up the feel of Brookville in the old days.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Historic postcard of Main Street, Brookville, looking west.<br />
Image courtesy of Jefferson County History Center.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Historic postcard view of Main Street, Brookville.<br />
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<b>Other Recommended
Sites:</b> The borough of <st1:city w:st="on">Punxsutawney</st1:city>,
famous for its prognosticating groundhog, is located in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Jefferson</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></st1:place>,
just twenty miles southeast of Brookville. Punxsutawney Phil’s annual big event takes place at
<a href="http://www.groundhog.org/" target="_blank">Gobbler’s Knob</a> on February 2.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The restored N. G. Edleblute Building is now home to the<br />
Jefferson County History Center.</td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474189013561236638.post-62564882622314473472013-04-30T06:00:00.000-04:002014-02-02T14:09:22.668-05:00Carnegie Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate Paleontology Collections<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Allosaurus fragilis</i>: The razor-toothed <i>Allosaurus </i>as seen in<br />
<i>Dinosaurs in Their Time </i>at Carnegie Museum of Natural History.<br />
Photo Credit: Joshua Franzos for Carnegie Museum of Natural History.</td></tr>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><b>Carnegie</b></st1:placename><b> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></b></st1:place><b> of Natural History: Vertebrate
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.carnegiemnh.org/" target="_blank"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Carnegie</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Natural History</a></div>
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<b>The Treasure:</b> The
vertebrate paleontology collections at Carnegie Museum of Natural History
are justifiably famous for their magnificent dinosaur skeletons but are just as
important for the breadth and depth of their collections, from the early
fish of the Silurian seas to cave fauna of the Pleistocene.</div>
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<b>Accessibility:</b> Carnegie Museum of Natural History is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 to 5,
Thursday from 10 to 8, and Sunday from noon to 5.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Andrew Carnegie.<br />
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<b>Background:</b> At Carnegie Museum of Natural History, dinosaurs
are the superstar attraction. They were big at the turn-of-the-century when steel
magnate Andrew Carnegie decided that the new Carnegie Museum of Natural History
needed dinosaur bones—the bigger, the better. And they’re still big today,
proudly exhibited in <i>Dinosaurs in Their
Time</i>, the museum’s thorough re-imagining of a dinosaur hall for the 21st century.</div>
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But a great vertebrate paleontology collection covers a huge
spectrum of time, with only a medium-sized wedge for the age of dinosaurs in
the middle. The Carnegie Museum’s collections trace the story of vertebrate
life over nearly half a billion years, with 103,000 specimens extending from
primitive early fish of the Silurian period (about 420 million years ago)
to cave fauna of the Pleistocene (within the last couple of million years).
While the collections are international in scope, they can boast of a fine
representation of North American prehistory. The museum has prime fossils of bony
fish from the Mississippian period found in Montana, amphibians and early
reptile remains from the Pennsylvanian and Permian periods unearthed in the
Mid-Atlantic region, mammal fossils of the Cenozoic era from the American west,
and relatively recent (Quaternary epoch) fossils discovered in the Appalachians
and Rocky Mountains.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A glimpse of the Big Bone Room, a collection storage area for the vertebrate<br />
paleontology collections. <i>Save America's Treasures</i> funding contributed to<br />
installation of a new climate control system for the collection storage areas.<br />
Photo courtesy of Carnegie Museum of Natural History.</td></tr>
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Starting in 1898, Andrew Carnegie enthusiastically financed
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Carnegie</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></st1:place>’s western fossil hunting
expeditions. The director of the museum, William J. Holland, fittingly repaid
Carnegie for his generosity, naming the museum’s first great dinosaur find (the
nearly complete skeleton of a new species of sauropod) after the museum’s
patron—<i>Diplodocus carnegie</i>. Proud of
his namesake dinosaur and the museum’s work, Carnegie continued to invest in
the hunt for American dinosaurs.</div>
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In 1902, the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Carnegie</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></st1:place> hired Earl
Douglass, a resourceful scientist with a trained eye and the fortitude to
thrive in the sometimes harsh conditions of the American west. Concentrating on
outcrops of the promising Morrison Formation along the Colorado-Utah border, Douglass
spied eight <i>Apatosaurus</i> tail
bones embedded at the top of a ledge on one of his outings. As Douglass and his crew unearthed this great find, a nearly complete <i>Apatosaurus</i> skeleton, they discovered that the surrounding rock
was crammed with many more treasures. The exposed tail bones had lured Douglass to what
turned out to be one of the world’s greatest fossil beds, loaded with dinosaur
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Over the next 13 years, Douglass shipped hundreds of tons of
material back to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Carnegie</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></st1:place>, comprising nearly
forty Jurassic period dinosaur skeletons, including <i>Apatosaurus</i>, <i>Camarasaurus</i>, <i>Diplodocus</i>, <i>Stegosaurus</i>, and <i>Camptosaurus</i>. When the <st1:placename w:st="on">Carnegie</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype>
pulled out in 1924, satisfied with their haul, Douglass stayed on, now working
under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution and the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Utah</st1:placename></st1:place>.
He died in 1931, many years before his ambitious dream of establishing the
quarry as a site for interpreting fossil-hunting was fully realized. In 1958,
Douglass’ intact quarry wall, a veritable stew of dinosaur bones, was opened to
public view as the centerpiece of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Dinosaur</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">National Monument</st1:placetype></st1:place>.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Historic photo of Douglass' crew packing fossils at<br />
Dinosaur National Monument, Utah, in the early 1900s.<br />
Image courtesy of Carnegie Museum of Natural History.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tinted postcard of the Gallery of Paleontology at Carnegie Museum<br />
of Natural History in 1907.<br />
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Sites:</b> The Earl Douglass Workshop Laboratory, built into a
hillside near the Utah quarry in 1920, is still standing at <st1:place w:st="on"><a href="http://www.nps.gov/dino/index.htm" target="_blank"><st1:placename w:st="on">Dinosaur</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">National Monument</st1:placetype></a></st1:place>.
After he discovered the site in 1909, Douglass chose to make <st1:state w:st="on">Utah</st1:state> his home, inviting his wife and
baby to join him for a pioneer life in the largely unsettled canyon area. He
prepared the fossils there—eventually using the resources of this Workshop Laboratory—and then shipped them east by train to Carnegie Museum
of Natural History for exhibition to a public hungry for dinosaurs.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Stegosaurus armatus</i>: Known as one of the<br />
largest plated dinosaurs, the massive <i>Stegosaurus</i><br />
stands ready to defend itself in <i>Dinosaurs in Their<br />Time </i>at Carnegie Museum of Natural History.<br />
This specimen was found in Utah by Earl Douglass<br />
and crew between 1920 and 1922.<br />
Photo Credit: Joshua Franzos for Carnegie<br />
Museum of Natural History.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Freadrich tune booklet (Notenbuchlein) with Harmonics.<br />
<a href="http://libwww.freelibrary.org/diglib/SearchItem.cfm?ItemID=frkm056000" target="_blank">FLP Borneman Ms. 56.</a><br />
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of the manuscripts preserved through the <i>Save America’s Treasures</i>
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<b>The Treasure:</b> The
Pennsylvania German manuscript collection at the Free Library of Philadelphia
reveals the great artistry and craftsmanship of the Pennsylvania German
communities that flourished in the state in the 18th and 19th centuries.</div>
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<b>Accessibility:</b> The
Rare Book Department at the Free Library of Philadelphia is open Monday through
Saturday from 9 to 5, with a daily tour of the General Collections at 11 a.m.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plane geometry problem from a<br />
mathematical exercise book.<br />
<a href="http://libwww.freelibrary.org/diglib/SearchItem.cfm?ItemID=frkm155000" target="_blank">FLP Borneman Ms. 155.</a><br />
Image courtesy of the Free Library of<br />
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<b>Background:</b> As
part of his “Holy Experiment,” William Penn (1644-1718) advertised his new
colony, the <st1:placetype w:st="on">Province</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:placename>, throughout <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>,
making it known that he welcomed persecuted minorities. Many Germans responded,
creating a pathway into <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state> (through <st1:city w:st="on">Germantown</st1:city>, then located right outside <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city>) that provided assistance and
encouragement for immigrants. Mennonites, Amish, Schwenkfelders, Lutherans, members
of the Reformed Church, and many other religious denominations and sects were
represented among the individuals and families that embraced Penn’s invitation.</div>
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The cultures of these new “Pennsylvania German” communities
were distinctive, as the immigrants quickly adapted their traditional folkways
to the American environment. They expressed themselves through a vibrant and
colorful folk art that reflected their religious and social convictions.</div>
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But while the craftsmanship of their work was often
charming, and sometimes deeply artistic, it was not recognized for its quality
until the great heyday of the late 18th and early to mid-19th centuries had passed. Finally, in the early 20th century, collectors
like Abraham Harley Cassel, Henry Chapman Mercer, Howard W. Kriebel, and Henry
S. Borneman realized that the local attics and barns were sheltering often
remarkable cultural documents, as valuable for their artistry as for their
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In 1955, the Free Library of Philadelphia purchased the
great collection of Henry S. Borneman, Esq., founder and first Dean of the
Temple University School of Law. Taking deep pride in his own Pennsylvania
German heritage, Borneman collected a broad range of items, including a
magnificent collection of fraktur—paper documents (birth, baptismal, and
wedding certificates; writing samples; awards; holiday greetings; etc.)
decorated with a distinctive “broken letter’ calligraphy and often embellished
with exuberant artistic designs.</div>
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of Saml Serfass.<br />
<a href="http://libwww.freelibrary.org/diglib/SearchItem.cfm?ItemID=frkm093000" target="_blank">FLP Borneman Ms. 93.</a><br />
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Justly proud of their world-class fraktur collection, the
Free Library of Philadelphia has taken exemplary care of the fraktur, making it
digitally accessible through a <a href="http://libwww.freelibrary.org/fraktur/tour.cfm" target="_blank">resource guide</a> on their website. With their 2011 <i>Save America’s Treasures</i> grant, the Free
Library turned to the other items in the Borneman Collection, seizing the
opportunity to conserve and digitize the Pennsylvania German manuscripts, books, hymnals, and
business account records that Borneman had collected. As they become more
accessible, these items will continue to add to our understanding of life in
the early Pennsylvania German communities.</div>
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Here are some more beautiful examples of some of the treasures that
have received conservation treatment through the grant.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bookplate for Johannes Funck from an<br />
account book in German and English recording<br />
his business transactions from 1789-1814.<br />
The book plate is the work of<br />
Johannes Ernst Spangenberg, formerly known<br />
as the Easton Bible Artist.<br />
<a href="http://libwww.freelibrary.org/fraktur/detail.cfm?searchKey=5840489275&ItemID=frkb01032" target="_blank">FLP B-1032.</a><br />
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mathematical exercise book.<br />
<a href="http://libwww.freelibrary.org/diglib/SearchItem.cfm?ItemID=frkm156000" target="_blank">FLP Borneman Ms. 156.</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"The Incense Hill of Zion" (Zionitischer Weyrauchs Hugel),<br />
a hymnal of the Ephrata Cloister with elaborate pen work<br />
by the sisters of the cloister.<br />
<a href="http://libwww.freelibrary.org/fraktur/detail.cfm?itemID=frk0114701" target="_blank">FLP Borneman Ms. 2.</a><br />
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“If I were an 18<sup>th</sup> century
manuscript, and had a broken spine, and detached boards, not to mention all
kinds of other injuries to my pages, I think I would contact the Conservation
Center for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) for a restoration appointment
because I know that a lot of careful and expert work is needed to restore a
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I’ve highlighted this particular quote for two reasons. First, it nicely links to the Free Library’s excellent
ongoing blog series on the history behind these amazing manuscripts. Go and
enjoy! And, second, I’m quoting it because I love the compliment it pays to my
work place, the <a href="http://www.ccaha.org/" target="_blank">Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts</a>!</div>
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Sites:</b> <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state>
is home to many historic sites and museums that honor its Pennsylvania German
heritage. Just an hour’s drive north of <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city>, you can learn about Mennonite and
Schwenkfelder cultures at, respectively, the <a href="http://mhep.org/" target="_blank">Mennonite Heritage Center</a>
and the <a href="http://www.schwenkfelder.com/" target="_blank">Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center</a> (which also has
one of the world’s finest collections of fraktur).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Music Copybook of Sarah Horsfield, Bethlehem, July 14, 1833.<br />
Laid paper, gall ink, watercolor; leather.<br />
<a href="http://libwww.freelibrary.org/diglib/SearchItem.cfm?ItemID=frkm143000" target="_blank">FLP Borneman Ms. 143.</a><br />
Blog entry: <a href="http://libwww.freelibrary.org/blog/index.cfm?postid=1624" target="_blank">If I'm Happy, Then I Must Sing, Part 4</a>.<br />
Image courtesy of the Free Library of Philadelphia,<br />
Rare Book Department.</td></tr>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474189013561236638.post-44775335254003696542013-04-16T06:00:00.000-04:002014-02-02T14:10:29.787-05:00Black Horse Inn<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">West view of the Black Horse Inn (Flourtown, PA) in 2008.<br />
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<b>Black Horse Inn<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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1432 Bethlehem Pike</div>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Flourtown</st1:city>,
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.ushistory.org/blackhorse/" target="_blank">The Black Horse Inn</a></div>
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<b>The Treasure:</b> The
Black Horse Inn is a picturesque reminder of the once-bustling inns that
catered to clientele along the main 18th and 19th century
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restoration efforts continue, your best bet is to appreciate the exterior of the Black
Horse Inn from the road. The interior is sometimes accessible during special events.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exterior bar door at the Black Horse Inn.<br />
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<b>Background:</b> Located
in the center of Flourtown, the Black Horse Inn is a landmark on Bethlehem
Pike, a once-major road that links <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city>
to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Bethlehem</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">PA</st1:state></st1:place>, a distance of approximately 50 miles.
Bethlehem Pike is still a busy road today, but it has long since lost the
prominence that it enjoyed for nearly 200 years. Today (following
Google Maps, Mapquest, or your GPS), you might get to Bethlehem from Philadelphia by jumping
on the Schuylkill Expressway, taking the Northeast Extension, exiting to Route
309 in Quakertown, and finishing on Route 378 into Bethlehem. Altogether it
takes about an hour, mostly high-speed highway driving—slowing only for a few
traffic lights around Quakertown.</div>
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But traveling that 50-mile trip wasn’t so easy in colonial days. From
1703 to 1734, the British government oversaw the development of Bethlehem Pike
(a.k.a. the “Great Road”), a colonial highway that stretched from Chestnut Hill to the newly established Moravian community in
Bethlehem. Naturally, inns sprang up to serve the stagecoach business. The
Black Horse Inn was one of the first, strategically located about ten miles
outside <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city>
at a point where the drivers would be looking for a place to rest or change the
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Abraham Wakerly appears to have built the first inn on the
property in 1744, offering only a plain one-room building plus a kitchen. As
travel and trade increased, business justified growth. There were significant
additions and improvements to the Black Horse Inn in 1833, 1880, and 1908,
keeping up with the times and the traffic.</div>
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The Black Horse Inn opened under British rule, flourished
under President Washington, and was still going strong when <st1:city w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:city> was in office and the Civil War
raged. At the turn of the century, in 1901, the core stagecoach business was
superseded by a trolley line set up on the Bethlehem Pike, still maintaining
its status as the main corridor linking <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city>
with sites north. When the trolley service closed in 1926, the Black Horse Inn
became more of a local—rather than a regional—landmark. While it has not been
regularly open to the public for the last quarter of a century, it continues to
securely anchor its hometown of Flourtown, standing testimony to the area’s
rich history.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Black Horse Inn during restoration in 2007 with stucco removed from<br />
the north side. Photo courtesy of Springfield Township.</td></tr>
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<b>Other Recommended
Sites:</b> Ten miles northwest on the Skippack Pike, enjoy a visit
to the <a href="http://www.peterwentzfarmsteadsociety.org/" target="_blank">Peter Wentz Farmstead</a>, a beautifully restored 18th century
Pennsylvania German farmstead which served as General George Washington’s
headquarters during the fall of 1777.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">South view of the Black Horse Inn in 2009.<br />
Photo courtesy of Springfield Township.</td></tr>
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Tuesday: The Pennsylvania German Collection at the Free Library of Philadelphia<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474189013561236638.post-48898833325243888942013-03-20T06:00:00.000-04:002014-02-02T14:11:02.098-05:00The Woodlands<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Woodlands mansion, home of William Hamilton (1745-1813).<br />
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<st1:street w:st="on">4000 Woodland
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.woodlandsphila.org/" target="_blank">The Woodlands</a></div>
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<b>The Treasure:</b> Once
the centerpiece of a large 18th century <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city> estate, The Woodlands mansion is
a classic example of early Federal architecture.</div>
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grounds of The Woodlands are open from dawn to dusk. Check the <a href="http://www.woodlandsphila.org/" target="_blank">website</a> for
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Historic photo of The Woodlands mansion, circa 1900.<br />
Photo courtesy of The Woodlands Trust<br />
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<b>Background:</b> The
west side of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Schuylkill</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">River</st1:placetype></st1:place> still reflects some
of the botanical glory of its heyday in the late 18th century. Pioneering
botanists John and William Bartram lived and worked along the banks here. And just around the river bend north of the Bartram estate was The Woodlands, a
magnificent property developed by William Hamilton (1745-1813) as a base for
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<st1:city w:st="on">Hamilton</st1:city>
based his property design on English picturesque landscapes. Among the admirers of Hamilton's work was Thomas Jefferson who claimed it was the only American landscape that could
compete with the best of Europe: “(T)he only rival
which I have known in <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>
to what may be seen in <st1:country-region w:st="on">England</st1:country-region>.”
In his greenhouses, <st1:city w:st="on">Hamilton</st1:city>
cultivated both imported plants and American native plants, notably including
some seeds brought from the Lewis and Clark expeditions.</div>
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was equally ambitious with his architectural choices. When he inherited the
land in his early 20s, he built a classical villa and ornamented it with what
may have been the first monumental portico in <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city>. Twenty years later, <st1:place w:st="on">Hamilton</st1:place> rebuilt the house
in the new style of British architects Robert and James Adam—converting his
Woodlands mansion into one of the first American examples of the newly emerging
Federal style.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">During restoration, the original 18th century<br />
wooden posts were exposed for the first <br />
time in more than two centuries.<br />
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You can stroll through The Woodlands today and feel the draw
of the past. In truth the landscape of The Woodlands is now more reflective of
the Victorian rural cemetery tradition (the Woodlands Cemetery Company has
flourished here since 1840), but much of the spirit of <st1:city w:st="on">Hamilton</st1:city> remains. The Woodlands mansion
remains a stunning reminder of <st1:place w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:place>’s
tradition of grand estates. <i>Save
America’s Treasures</i> funding contributed to historical research and
restoration focused upon the portico, preserving a record of its original
configuration and subsequent modifications in 1786, 1789, and the early 19th century, as well as roof restoration on the historic main carriage house.</div>
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<span style="color: #7f6000;"><b><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Dear</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Woodlands</st1:placename>
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years wandering in less lovely spots, and you were just lurking behind those
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Enjoy the rest of her tribute at <a href="http://www.phillylovenotes.com/love-note-113-edith-mulhern-writes-to-the-beautiful-historic-woodlands-cemetery/" target="_blank">Philly Love Notes</a>!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In addition to the work on the mansion's portico, <i>Save America's Treasures</i><br />
funding was used to replace the deteriorated roofing and downspouts on the<br />
historic main carriage house.<br />
Photo courtesy of The Woodlands Trust for Historic Preservation.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Historic print of the entrance to The Woodlands Cemetery.<br />
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Sites:</b> For more botanical glory along the <st1:place w:st="on">Schuylkill River</st1:place>,
visit nearby <a href="http://www.bartramsgarden.org/" target="_blank">Historic Bartram’s Garden</a>, the oldest surviving botanic garden
in the country and the home of the Bartram family (father John and sons John Jr. and William), friends and neighbors of William
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of The Woodlands Cemetery.<br />
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I’ve chosen <st1:place w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:place>
for our next <b>Tour America’s History</b>
destination in order to capitalize on the state’s current multi-year <i>Save Pennsylvania’s Past</i> initiative and
the upcoming <i>Pennsylvania’s 10 Most
Endangered Artifacts</i> campaign. Through my work at the <st1:placename w:st="on">Conservation</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype> for Art and Historic Artifacts
in <st1:city w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:city>,
I’m closely connected with both programs and eager to use my blog resources to
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folded into the mix as we move on to celebrate approximately 80 more sites in
the state. The tour will bounce all around Pennsylvania, with major stops in
Scranton, Bethlehem, Lancaster, Harrisburg, Titusville, Gettysburg, Johnstown, and,
of course, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia—uncovering fascinating history all along
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Included within this group are 15 collections where the
conservation treatment work was conducted at my work place, the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Conservation</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place> for Art and Historic Artifacts.
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I’ve worked in <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state>
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Jersey</st1:state>). <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state>
is a beautiful state abounding with rich history. It’ll be a pleasure to cover
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and <st1:city w:st="on"><a href="http://www.visitpittsburgh.com/" target="_blank">Pittsburgh</a></st1:city>
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<b>Background:</b> Cardinal
George Mundelein (1872-1939) had a passion for collecting. A widely respected
Roman Catholic leader who served as Archbishop of Chicago from 1916 until his
death in 1939, Cardinal Mundelein cherished his country and his faith. For him, this meant a commitment to
preserving records of the past. Mundelein’s collection of <st1:city w:st="on">Americana</st1:city>, Presidential signatures, and
autograph manuscripts of saints comprises a significant portion of the
treasures of the Feehan Memorial Library at Mundelein Seminary. Other treasures
can be found among the library’s rare books, many collected by John E. Rothensteiner
(1860-1936), a parish priest who served in Fredericktown and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">St. Louis</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Missouri</st1:state></st1:place>.
Combine these collections and it’s no wonder that the American Library
Association named the Feehan Memorial Library one of the 250 World’s
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Nearly 75 years after his death, much of the campus of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Saint Mary</st1:placename></st1:place> of the Lake/Mundelein
Seminary still bears the stamp of Cardinal Mundelein. Feeling that <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city>
needed a seminary for the formation of priests, <st1:place w:st="on">Mundelein</st1:place>
revived St. Mary’s College, which existed here from 1844 until 1866. Renamed
the <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Saint Mary</st1:placename> on the Lake, <st1:place w:st="on">Mundelein</st1:place>’s
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ceiling of the Feehan Memorial Library.<br />
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A great school needs a great library and <st1:place w:st="on">Mundelein</st1:place>
had a vision for it, as well. He had the
architects base the interior of the Feehan Memorial Library on the 16th century <st1:placename w:st="on">Barberini</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Palace</st1:placetype> in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region>
where <st1:place w:st="on">Mundelein</st1:place> had completed his seminary
training. <st1:place w:st="on">Mundelein</st1:place> had his coat of arms
incorporated into the tables and ceiling beams, with representations of bees (a
symbol of the Barberini family) and the Virgin Mary. He named the building the Feehan Memorial Library in
remembrance of <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city>’s
Archbishop Patrick Augustus Feehan (1829-1902).</div>
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Of course, the library is primarily focused upon books that
serve for the education of priests—thousands of books on theology, scripture
studies, and church history. But the
special collections are an unexpected surprise, full of treasures you might not
expect to stumble across in this environment. Here you find a land survey by George
Washington, a collection of first-edition Charles Dickens books, a signed
edition of Napoleon’s memoirs, a 15th century illuminated “Book of
Hours,” a 1515 edition of Dante’s <i>Divine Comedy</i>, the first Bible printed in
Gaelic, and major sets of autographs of American presidents and Catholic saints
personally collected by Cardinal Mundelein.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interior of the Feehan Memorial Library.<br />
Photo courtesy of the University of Saint Mary<br />
of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary.</td></tr>
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Sites: </b>Mundelein Seminary is located in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Lake County</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Illinois</st1:state></st1:place>,
which forms the tip of the northeastern corner of the state. The <a href="http://www.lcfpd.org/discovery_museum/index.cfm" target="_blank"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Lake</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype> <st1:placename w:st="on">Discovery</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></a>
in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Wauconda</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Illinois</st1:state></st1:place> interprets the history and culture
of the county. Here you can find the
<a href="http://www.lcfpd.org/teich_archives/index.cfm" target="_blank">Curt Teich Postcard Archives</a>, the largest public collection of postcards
(365,000!) in the country.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Overhead image of the Feehan Memorial Library.<br />
Photo courtesy of the University of Saint Mary<br />
of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary.</td></tr>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"><b>Jane</b></st1:placename><b> <st1:placename w:st="on">Addams</st1:placename>
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The <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Illinois</st1:placename> at <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city></div>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city>,
<st1:state w:st="on">IL</st1:state></st1:place></div>
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<b>Website:</b> <st1:place w:st="on"><a href="http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/hull_house.html" target="_blank">Jane Addams Hull-House Museum</a></st1:place></div>
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<b>The Treasure:</b> Hull-House
was <st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place>’s
most famous settlement house—a place where the ideals of the Progressive Era
were put into practice, improving the lives of thousands.</div>
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<b>Accessibility:</b> The
museum is open Tuesday through Fridays from 10 to 4 and Sunday from noon to
4. It’s closed Mondays and Saturdays.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jane Addams.<br />
Image from Hull-House<br />
Yearbooks, courtesy of<br />
University of Illinois at<br />
Chicago Library.</td></tr>
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<b>Background:</b> Jane
Addams took the ideals of the Progressive Era and put them into practice.
Hull-House, a settlement house co-founded by Addams and Ellen Gates Starr in
1889, was her incubator. Through a wide array of programs and activities,
Addams and Starr endeavored to improve the lives of the residents of some of <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city>’s poorest
neighborhoods. They fought for better urban living conditions, while
creating a safe environment where disadvantaged people could benefit from the
free offering of arts, culture, and education.</div>
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A reformist social movement that began in London in the middle of the 19th century, the settlement movement sought to bring
the upper class and the lower class together in environments of mutual
respect. Largely driven by the idealistic concerns of upper-middle-class
and upper-class women, the settlement movement was extremely flexible, ready to
engage in social work, cultural and art activities, recreational programs, and
education. Hull-House was not the first American settlement house, but
thanks to the drive of Addams and Starr it quickly became a beacon of the
movement in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United
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Known as “residents,” the volunteers who worked at
Hull-House offered a buzzing environment of classes, concerts, lectures,
theater, and training programs. They served a local community that was a
complex maze of small ethnic neighborhoods. Initially, they primarily worked with
Italians, Irish, Germans, Greeks, Bohemians, and Russian and Polish Jewish
immigrants. As immigration and migration patterns began to change the
makeup of the neighborhoods, Hull-House reached out to
Mexican-American and African-American families, as well. It was always the
working poor that were the focus of Hull-House—the people who worked long hours
as unskilled laborers at the garment industry sweatshops and the factories
along the <st1:place w:st="on">Chicago River</st1:place>.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At the Front Door of Hull House.<br />
Historic photo from Hull-House Yearbooks, courtesy of<br />
University of Illinois at Chicago Library.</td></tr>
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In the city’s poorest sections, sanitation was poor, wages
were low, and young children were recruited for some of the dirtiest and most
dangerous jobs. Hull-House was on the forefront of advocating for
improved government services and tougher industry regulations. Hull-House offered an oasis where families could imagine a better future.
Jane Addams wrote, “To feed the mind of the worker, to lift it above the
monotony of his task and connect it with the larger world, outside of his
immediate surroundings, has always been the object of art.” Following her vision, Addams organized and promoted art
classes and training programs to unleash creativity and tap latent talents.</div>
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Today, the <st1:placename w:st="on">Jane</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">B.</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Addams</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Hull-House</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype>
is an historic site that tells the story of <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>’s most famous settlement
house. Exhibits explore the lives of neighborhood children, the
commitment of the residents who worked at Hull-House, artwork by Chicago
artists who trained and taught at Hull-House, historical photographs of the
neighborhood, and the restored bedroom of Jane Addams, where you can see her
1931 Nobel Peace Prize, the first ever given to an American woman.</div>
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But the real story of Hull-House lies in the thousands of
changed and transformed lives that passed through it. One exhibit
explores two of those lives: Hilda Satt Polachek and Jesús Torres.
Born in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Poland</st1:country-region>, Polachek
immigrated to the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region>
and <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city>
when just a little girl. At the age of 18, she began attending courses at
Hull-House and discovered a talent for writing. Her memoir of her time at
Hull-House, <i>I Came a Stranger:
The Story of a Hull-House Girl</i>, was published posthumously in 1989
and is one of the best windows into life inside a settlement house. A
Mexican migrant, Jesús Torres learned ceramics at the Hull-House Kilns,
receiving instruction from Russian immigrant artist Morris Topchevksy in the
1930s. Thanks to his Hull-House training, Torres became a successful and
widely admired ceramic artist, doing much work with <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city>’s Carl Street Studios.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The oldest known photograph of Hull-House.<br />
Photo courtesy of Jane Addams Hull-House Museum.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A children's art class at Hull-House.<br />
Image from Hull-House Yearbooks. These images were<br />
preserved through a 1999 <i>Save America's Treasures</i> grant.<br />
Through this grant, master negatives, use negatives, and<br />
use prints were produced for an estimated 5,000<br />
photographs and 1,500 yearbook images from the<br />
collection of the University of Illinois at Chicago Library.<br />
Image courtesy of the University of Illinois at Chicago Library.</td></tr>
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<b>Other Recommended
Sites: </b>Many Mexicans came north in the 1920s, looking for work
at the <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city>
factories. They settled into
neighborhoods, bringing a vibrant culture and traditions with them. Fittingly, <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city>
is now home to the <a href="http://www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/" target="_blank">National Museum of Mexican Art</a> located in Pilsen on the <st1:place w:st="on">Lower West Side</st1:place>. The
museum showcases the beauty and richness of Mexican culture which has
flourished not just in the country of Mexico but throughout the <st1:country-region w:st="on">Americas</st1:country-region>.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A painting of Hull-House that served as a basis for the 1960s restoration.<br />
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Thursday’s destination: Feehan Library, Mundelein Seminary<br />
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Visit our <a href="http://touramericastreasures.blogspot.com/2012/09/destination-illinois.html">Tour Destination: Illinois</a> page to see the entire tour of the state’s<br />
<i>Save America’s Treasures</i> sites.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Interior of Unity Temple.<br />
<span style="font-size: 8pt;">©</span> Lisa Kelly and Unity Temple Restoration Foundation.</td></tr>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Oak Park</st1:city>,
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.unitytemple-utrf.org/index.html">Unity Temple Restoration Foundation</a></div>
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<b>The Treasure:</b>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Unity</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Temple</st1:placetype></st1:place> was the first of Frank Lloyd
Wright’s major public building commissions and he seized the opportunity to
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<b>Accessibility:</b> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Unity</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Temple</st1:placetype></st1:place>
is open for <a href="http://www.unitytemple-utrf.org/visit.html">self-guided tours and pre-arranged group tours</a> Monday through
Friday from 10:30 to 4:30, on Saturdays from 10 to 2, and on Sundays from 1 to
4. There is a modest admission fee.</div>
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Universalist Congregation, consider experiencing Unity Temple at a <a href="http://www.unitytemple.org/">Sunday morning worship</a> service at either 9 or 10:45 a.m.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Unity Temple exterior.<br />
<span style="font-size: 8pt;">©</span> Lisa Kelly and Unity Temple<br />
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<b>Background:</b> Frank
Lloyd Wright’s <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Unity</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Temple</st1:placetype></st1:place> was a game
changer. Completed in 1908 and dedicated
by its congregation on September 26, 1909, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Unity</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Temple</st1:placetype></st1:place>
took the brilliant and innovative ideas that Wright had been lavishing on
residential houses for over a decade and integrated them into a sublime public
space. Looking back, Wright later said,
“That was my first expression of this eternal idea which is at the center and
core of all true modern architecture. A
sense of space, a new sense of space.” Our
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For the first time, the relatively new building material of
reinforced concrete was celebrated as a bold artistic medium. Wright made no attempt to hide the concrete
under 19th century embellishments;
he ushered in 20th century modern architecture by leaving the
concrete exposed and then demonstrating how beautiful it could look, both
graceful and austere, with light streaming in.
As Paul Goldberger, chief cultural correspondent of the <i>New York Times</i>,
wrote in 1996, “In the temple’s great sanctuary, at once monumental and
intimate, all of Wright’s ideas about space and spirituality gain their first
mature expression.”</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Closeup of the deteriorated<br />
concrete. Photo courtesy of Unity<br />
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But reinforced concrete posed challenges that were not fully
understood in the early years of the 20th century. As <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Unity</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Temple</st1:placetype></st1:place> turned 100 in
2008, its preservation needs reached a critical point. A large section of concrete and plaster broke
off the ceiling after several days of rain that September. A major restoration effort was launched to
save the building.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Scaffolding on the east side exterior of Unity Temple<br />
during restoration of the south roof slab.<br />
Photo courtesy of Unity Temple Restoration Foundation.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reinstalling Frank Lloyd Wright's beautiful art glass<br />
clerestory windows under the south slab.<br />
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With funding from <i>Save
America’s Treasures</i>, state funds, corporate donations, a generous donation from Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation, and hundreds of
individual supporters, the Unity Temple Restoration Foundation took up the
challenge to lead a long-term plan to restore Unity Temple both by shoring up
the original structure and by complementing it with new systems, such as a state-of-the-art roof drainage system and galvanic anodes to prolong the life of the reinforced concrete.</div>
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Because of the extreme deterioration of the concrete and
reinforcing steel on <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Unity</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Temple</st1:placetype></st1:place>’s south roof slab,
an enormous section of ceiling had to be nearly entirely rebuilt. During this process, a rusted horseshoe was
discovered embedded in the concrete, lying open side up for good luck. The workers replaced it with a shiny new
horseshoe, now part of the new ceiling at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Unity</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Temple</st1:placetype></st1:place>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Horseshoe found in the south slab concrete,<br />
apparently tucked in when the concrete was<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of the underside of the south roof slab which was repaired and<br />
replaced with funding from <i>Save America's Treasures</i>.<br />
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Sites:</b> Tour <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>’s
Treasures previously visited the <a href="http://touramericastreasures.blogspot.com/2013/01/frederick-c-robie-house.html">Frederick C. Robie House</a>, another of Wright’s
architectural masterworks in the <st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place>
area. On that entry, I recommended the
tour of the <a href="http://gowright.org/visit/home-and-studio/tour-information.html">Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio</a>, just a few blocks from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Unity</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Temple</st1:placetype></st1:place>.</div>
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While <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Unity</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Temple</st1:placetype></st1:place> is the most famous
of Wright’s buildings of worship, he did build some others. Very early in his career, Wright collaborated
on <a href="http://www.unitychapel.org/">Unity Chapel</a> in Spring Green, <st1:place w:st="on">Wisconsin</st1:place>,
helping to design the interior when he was just 21. Much later in his career (1949-51), Wright
designed the <a href="http://fusmadison.org/landmark">Unitarian Meeting House</a> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Madison</st1:city>,
<st1:state w:st="on">Wisconsin</st1:state></st1:place>. The <a href="http://www.bethsholompreservation.org/history.aspx">Beth Shalom Synagogue</a> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Elkins Park</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Pennsylvania</st1:state></st1:place>
is the only Wright-designed synagogue, dedicated in 1959, five months after
Wright’s death. Also completed
posthumously, the <a href="http://www.annunciationwi.org/?page_id=40">Church of the Annunciation</a> (<st1:city w:st="on">Milwaukee</st1:city>,
<st1:state w:st="on">Wisconsin</st1:state>) was dedicated as a Greek Orthodox
Church in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Milwaukee</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Wisconsin</st1:state></st1:place> in 1961.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view of the columns on the exterior of Unity Temple.<br />
<span style="font-size: 8pt;">©</span> Lisa Kelly and Unity Temple Restoration Foundation.</td></tr>
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Thursday’s destination: Jane Addams Hull-House Museum<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Fountain of Time by Lorado Taft on the Midway Plaisance<br />
in Washington Park. Photo courtesy of Chicago Park District.</td></tr>
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/facilities/fountains-monuments-sculptures/" target="_blank">Chicago Park District: Web Based Guide to Fountains, Sculptures and Monuments</a></div>
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<b>The Treasure:</b>
The <i>Fountain of Time</i>, a huge
sculptural monument by Lorado Taft, was described by art historian Patrick
Reynolds as “an unforgettable burst of sculpture at the west end of the Midway
Plaisance.”</div>
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<b>Accessibility:</b> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Washington</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place> (where the <i>Fountain of Time</i> is located) is open on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 11
p.m. and on weekends from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.</div>
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<b>Background:</b>
Created by Chicago’s pre-eminent sculptor, Lorado
Taft (1860-1936), the <i>Fountain of Time</i> is an enormous work—it extends
over 125 feet and its central sculptural figure towers 24 feet above the
ground. In addition to its official function as a commemoration of the
centennial of the 1814 Treaty of Ghent between the U.S. and Canada, the sculptural
monument functions as a meditation on the nature of time. Inspired by a
poem by Henry Austin Dobson entitled “The Paradox of Time,” it consists of 100
symbolic human figures solemnly passing a huge sculpture of Father Time.
The reflecting pool runs along the entire length of the monument, forming an
integral part of Taft’s original conception.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Father Time and the reflecting pool.<br />
<span style="font-size: 8pt;">©</span> James Iska</td></tr>
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The <i>Fountain of Time</i> is located on Chicago’s Midway
Plaisance (which joins Washington Park and Jackson Park). This mile-long
boulevard was an important site of the famed 1893 World’s Columbian
Exposition. When that World’s Fair closed, the huge buildings were soon
either torn down or lost to fire. In the early years of the
20th century, Taft and other Chicago leaders became intent on revitalizing
the Midway Plaisance. Taft proposed two monumental sculptures, with a <i>Fountain
of Time</i> on the west end and a complementary <i>Fountain of Creation</i> on
the east. Only the <i>Fountain of Time</i> was ever fully realized.</div>
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In order to create the very ambitious work cost-effectively,
Taft seized upon the idea of using new concrete processes to cast the
figures. For the most part, this experimental approach proved very
successful, saving much money while providing the appearance of carved
stone. But the extremes of Chicago weather and the porous nature of the
material created long-term conservation headaches. Over the past two
decades, the Chicago Park District and the Art Institute of Chicago
(administrator of the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>B.F. Ferguson
Fund)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have worked together to carefully
conserve the monument.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the first
phase, sculpture conservator Andrzej Dajnowski <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>repaired and restored<span class="msoIns"><ins cite="mailto:%20" datetime="2013-02-20T11:22"> </ins></span>the fountain’s concrete
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But water continued to penetrate into the severely
deteriorated reflecting pool—threatening the integrity of the restored elements
of the monument. The Chicago Park District received 2003 <i>Save
America’s Treasures</i> funding to address this problem. After fully conserving
the reflecting basin, water was returned to the sculptural fountain for first
time in many decades. Today, the colossal <i>Fountain of Time</i> monument
looks much like it did when it was completed in 1922, a grand old-fashioned
reminder that we are all just passers-by on the world’s stage.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Historic photo of the Fountain of Time, circa 1935.<br />
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<b>Other Recommended
Sites:</b> <st1:place w:st="on">Washington Park</st1:place> is on the west side of the
Midway Plaisance and Jackson Park is on the east, with the University of
Chicago to the north.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lorado Taft’s
<a href="http://maps.uchicago.edu/southwest/studio.html" target="_blank">Midway Studio</a> is a National Historic Landmark owned and operated by the
University of Chicago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In <a href="http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/washington-park/" target="_blank">Washington Park</a>, you can find an original Frederick Law Olmsted landscape with an
arboretum as well as plenty of recreational activities including a Harvest
Garden. <a href="http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/jackson-park/" target="_blank">Jackson Park</a> borders Lake Michigan and is home
to another <i>Save America’s Treasures</i>
site, the <a href="http://touramericastreasures.blogspot.com/2012/10/museum-of-science-and-industry-chicago.html" target="_blank">Museum of Science and Industry</a>.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Detail of the <i>Fountain of Time</i> on the Midway Plaisance in Washington Park.<br />
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Wednesday’s destination: Unity Temple<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474189013561236638.post-70145937829663222512013-02-11T06:00:00.000-05:002014-02-02T14:15:06.097-05:00Columbus Park<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The circle ring at Columbus Park, designed by landscape architect Jens Jensen.<br />
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/columbus-park/" target="_blank">Chicago Park District – Columbus Park</a></div>
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<b>The Treasure:</b> Celebrated landscape architect Jens Jensen considered this 135-acre park to be
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<b>Accessibility:</b> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Columbus</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place> is open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. on
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<b>Background:</b> “You
cannot put a French garden or an English garden or a German or an Italian
garden in <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region> and have
it express <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>… Nor can you transpose a <st1:state w:st="on">Florida</st1:state>
or <st1:state w:st="on">Iowa</st1:state> garden to <st1:state w:st="on">California</st1:state>
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<st1:placename w:st="on">One of only a few urban parks listed in its entirety as a National Historic Landmark, Columbus</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Park</st1:placetype> is Jens Jensen’s iconic <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city> park. Nearly all the groundbreaking ideas that Jensen
pioneered were integrated into the landscape design that Jensen realized in
this park on the western side of the city.
In <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Columbus</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place>, he incorporated
native plants, molded existing features of the landscape to heighten their effects, celebrated
American ideals of democracy and community, and provided opportunities for
recreation, relaxation, and even spirituality for city dwellers. Jensen had a larger canvas to work with than
usual (144 acres in its original conception) and he took full advantage of the
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Originally farmland, the property was acquired by Chicago’s West Park Commission with the intention of creating a major park to serve <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city>’s fast-growing
west side. Jensen was the biggest name
in the region when it came to landscape architecture, having served as West
Park Commission General Superintendent and Chief Landscape Architect and then
moved on to acclaimed work in private practice.
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">The creation of Columbus</st1:placename>
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project running from 1915 through 1920.
In designing the park, Jensen carefully studied the existing landscape
to build upon its natural attributes. He
placed a nine-hole golf course and other athletic
fields within a relatively flat expanse that was to recall the native prairies. Along the outskirts, he planted small groves
of native trees and vegetation. Inspired
by traces of ancient sand dunes, he introduced an artificial prairie river, two attractive waterfalls, and two brooks. Jensen incorporated a children’s playground area,
a wading pool, an outdoor theater, and one of his most distinctive elements—a
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The council ring before restoration.<br />
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Chicago Park District</td></tr>
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By its nature, landscape architecture is difficult to
preserve. This has been particularly
true for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Columbus</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place> which was significantly changed by the construction of the Eisenhower Expressway in the 1950s which lopped off some southern acreage and led to rearrangement of the athletic facilities. The 2002 <i>Save
America’s Treasures</i> grant offered a rallying point for renewal, meshing nicely
with other city and neighborhood initiatives.
<i>Save America’s Treasures</i> work
focused upon the restoration of the historic children’s playground area, the brooks and the paths around them,
and the council ring.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The council ring after restoration. <span style="font-size: 8pt;">©</span> James Iska</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Historic photo of the wading pool at Columbus Park.<br />
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<b>Notes from the
Editor:</b> With nearly 100 blog entries
to date, this is the first time that <i>Tour
America’s History</i> has focused on the same artist twice. Find more information on Jens Jensen in our
entry on <a href="http://touramericastreasures.blogspot.com/2012/11/jens-jensen-park.html" target="_blank">Jens Jensen Park</a> in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Highland Park</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Illinois</st1:state></st1:place>.</div>
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<b>Other Recommended
Sites:</b> Pay further Other examples of Jens Jensen’s landscape design can be appreciated at the Chicago Park District’s <a href="http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/humboldtpark/" target="_blank">Humboldt Park</a>, <a href="http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/Garfield-Park/" target="_blank">Garfield Park</a>, and <a href="http://www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/douglas-park/" target="_blank">Douglas Park</a>, as well as <a href="http://www.lincolnmemorialgarden.org/" target="_blank">Lincoln Memorial Garden</a> in Springfield, Illinois.<br />
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Pay further respect to the visionary genius of Jens
Jensen by visiting <a href="http://fpdcc.com/" target="_blank">Forest Preserve District of Cook County</a> and the <a href="http://www.nps.gov/indu/index.htm" target="_blank">Indiana Dunes State Park and National Lakeshore</a>. A deeply committed
conservationist, Jensen was a potent force in organizing for the preservation
of natural landscapes like these in the early years of the conservation
movement.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Historic photo of one of the waterfalls at Columbus Park.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Children on the staircase of the Chicago Urban League headquarters,<br />
4500 South Michigan Avenue (at Grand Boulevard).<br />
Photo 74, Chicago Urban League Records, University of Illinois at Chicago Library.</td></tr>
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<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b>Chicago</b></st1:place></st1:city><b> Urban League Records<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Richard J. Daley Library</div>
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Special Collections and University Archives Department</div>
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<st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Illinois</st1:placename> at <st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></div>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city>,
<st1:state w:st="on">IL</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">61301</st1:postalcode></st1:place></div>
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/specialcoll/services/rjd/findingaids/CULR-Mainf.html">Chicago Urban League Records</a><b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>The Treasure:</b> The
vast files of the Chicago Urban League, serving African Americans in <st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place> since 1916, depict
a city on the forefront of powerful social and cultural movements.</div>
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<b>Accessibility:</b> <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The library is open daily, but you can access a great deal of information and images without even
leaving your computer. </span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The
finding aid for the full Chicago Urban League collection is <a href="http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/specialcoll/services/rjd/findingaids/CULR-Mainf.html">here</a>. </span>Go to the <a href="http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm4/index_uic_cul.php?CISOROOT=/uic_cul">Chicago Urban League Photo</a> page and select Browse Collection on the left to view 255
digitized images from the collection. And there’s a fascinating online exhibit, <a href="http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/specialcoll/services/rjd/CULExhibit/Urban%20League%20Exhibit/main.htm">“Fight School Segregation,”</a>
that showcases documents from the records of the Chicago Urban League.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Background:</b> <b>Background:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> </b>The
demographics of <st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place>
changed fast in the early years of the 20th century. In a movement
often called the Great Migration, African Americans traveled from the South to <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city> in search of
expanded economic opportunities and a better life. The Chicago Urban League
formed in 1916, just as this migration began in earnest. Word quickly spread
through the South that <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city>’s
industries were hiring to meet new World War I demands for manufactured
goods. The black population of <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city>
rapidly expanded, establishing a new culture within the city that reflected many southern and
rural traditions. The Chicago Urban League worked with organizations like
Travelers’ Aid societies to welcome the new arrivals and offer advice and
resources. From November 1917 to October 1918, nearly 21,000 people came
to the Chicago Urban League’s Bureau of Advice and Information, most of them
looking for help with housing and jobs.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black Power movement at the Chicago Freedom Movement<br />
Rally, Soldier Field (Freedom Sunday), July 10, 1966.<br />
Photo 54, Chicago Urban League Records,<br />
University of Illinois at Chicago Library.</td></tr>
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Preserved through a 2005 <i>Save
America’s Treasures</i> grant, the records of the Chicago Urban League tell the
story of the institution from its founding to the very recent past. The records
reflect a volatile city and society in constant transformation. From the early days, the Chicago Urban League worked closed with the <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Chicago</st1:placename>’s
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Sociology</st1:placename></st1:place> to document and study urban change
as it occurred, as well as to identify and develop solutions to emerging
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It was a turbulent century and <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city> was frequently at the center of things.
The Chicago Urban League records cover the brutal five days of race riots in
July 1919, the toll of the depression upon the city, the emergence of the civil
rights movement in the 1950s, and the ongoing struggles for economic
empowerment.</div>
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Under the care of the Richard J. Daley Library at the <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Illinois</st1:placename>
at <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city>, the
collection includes correspondence, research papers, photographs, artifacts,
and news clippings, originally brought to the library in about 400
cartons. All of the history is valuable, but the black and white
photographs are particularly inspiring. Browse through the <a href="http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/uic_cul">255 digital images</a>
on the library’s website to get a feel for black <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city> in the mid-20th century, as
community members fought for full equality, forged new political connections,
and endeavored to make a better life in the city.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks from a car.<br />
Photo 168, Chicago Urban League Records,<br />
University of Illinois at Chicago Library.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alley clean up.<br />
Photo 14, Chicago Urban League Records,<br />
University of Illinois at Chicago Library.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chicago Urban League volunteer Glenn Harston distributes<br />
Membership Campaign worker's kits at First National Bank, April 19, 1974.<br />
From left: Rev. Lucretia Smith, Third Vice President of the Council<br />
of Religious Leaders; Veronica Fickling; Willie Pittman;<br />
William O. Stewart; and Maude Tancil.<br />
Photo 94, Chicago Urban League Records,<br />
University of Illinois at Chicago Library.</td></tr>
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Sites:</b> <st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place>
is home to the <a href="http://www.dusablemuseum.org/">DuSable Museum of African American History</a>, the first and oldest
museum in the country dedicated to the study and preservation of African American history,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>To Be Equal</i> by Whitney M. Young, published in 1964.<br />
Photo 225, Chicago Urban League Records,<br />
University of Illinois at Chicago Library.</td></tr>
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Tuesday’s destination: Columbus Park<br />
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Visit our <a href="http://touramericastreasures.blogspot.com/2012/09/destination-illinois.html">Tour Destination: Illinois</a> page to see the entire tour of the state’s<br />
<i>Save America’s Treasures</i> sites.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">East side of the Hegeler Carus Mansion at sunrise.<br />
Photo by Joe Balynas, courtesy of the Hegeler Carus Foundation.</td></tr>
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<st1:placename w:st="on"><b>Hegeler</b></st1:placename><b> <st1:placename w:st="on">Carus</st1:placename>
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1307 <st1:street w:st="on">Seventh
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">La Salle</st1:city>,
<st1:state w:st="on">IL</st1:state> <st1:postalcode w:st="on">61301</st1:postalcode></st1:place></div>
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<b>Website:</b> <a href="http://www.hegelercarus.org/">Hegeler Carus Foundation</a><b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>The Treasure:</b>
A 19th century architectural gem by architect William W. Boyington, the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Hegeler</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Carus</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Mansion</st1:placetype></st1:place> additionally
offers a rare opportunity to see a well-preserved and authentic High
Victorian interior.</div>
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<b>Accessibility:</b> <span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Hegeler</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Carus</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Mansion</st1:placetype></st1:place> is open
year-round, with tours offered Wednesday through Sunday at noon, 1 p.m., 2
p.m., and 3 p.m.</span></div>
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<b>Background:</b> Virtually
unaltered since its completion more than a century ago, the Hegeler Carus
Mansion is at once a family home, an example of high artistic achievement in
architecture and interior design, and the site of historic accomplishments in
industry, philosophy, publishing, and religion. Visitors today experience
the grandeur of a bygone era and the heritage of a fascinating family whose
history is woven tightly with that of the <st1:placename w:st="on">Illinois</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Valley</st1:placetype> and the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region>.
Operating on the ground floor of the Mansion for many decades, the Open Court
Publishing Company—a scholarly press under the leadership of Dr. Paul
Carus—published cutting-edge material promoting interfaith dialogue and
philosophical discussion for an international audience.</div>
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Photo courtesy of the Hegeler Carus Foundation.</td></tr>
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Architect William W. Boyington designed the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Hegeler</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Carus</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Mansion</st1:placetype></st1:place>
in 1874. It is recognized as an authoritative architectural statement of
the <st1:place w:st="on">Second Empire</st1:place> style, as indicated by the
steeply sloped, or mansard roof; dormer windows; molded cornices; decorative
brackets; and the tower crowned by a 30-foot cupola. Known for his neo-Gothic
style, Boyington arrived in <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city>
in 1853 and immediately began designing a wide variety of structures, including
homes, opera houses, hotels, and churches in that growing metropolis. Because
they survived the Chicago Fire of 1871, the Chicago Water Tower and Pumping
Station are the most famous of his <st1:city w:st="on">Chicago</st1:city>
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The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Hegeler</st1:placename>
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is also one of the most intact examples of interior designer August Fiedler’s
work. It is rare to have an intact interior in buildings as old as the Mansion.
Typically, a building would be built and then decorated. As times and tastes
changed, residents would paint over or entirely replace
the original décor. Therefore, the work of the interior designer—in terms of
colors and decoration—would last only as long as the first decorative scheme.
There are few places where home owners have not only recognized the intrinsic
quality and value of a home’s original décor, but also possessed the foresight
to preserve it for the enjoyment of future generations, as was done with the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Hegeler</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Carus</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Mansion</st1:placetype></st1:place>.
The result is a rare glimpse into the original conception of a unity of
architecture with interior decoration, created as an ensemble.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <i>Save America's Treasures</i> grant provided the<br />
opportunity to restore the Mansion's Reception Room to<br />
its former magnificence after suffering water damage,<br />
nearly destroying the west ceiling and flooring.<br />
The west ceiling was plastered and then repainted using<br />
stencils of the intact east ceiling as well as the interior<br />
designer's original drawings. A local flooring specialist<br />
replaced the west portion of the parquet floor.<br />
Photo by Amanda Whitlock, courtesy of the<br />
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In addition, it is exceptionally rare to have the original design
renderings of the interiors, including not only ceiling and floor designs but
furniture and carpets as well. The interiors of the Mansion do indeed still match
the drawings.</div>
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A recipient of National Historic Landmark status and on the National Register of Historic Places, the Hegeler Carus Mansion remains a testament to the talent, vision, and skill of both W.W. Boyington and August Fiedler.</div>
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<b>Notes from the Editor:</b> A huge thank you to Heather B.P. Wallace, Executive Secretary at the Hegeler Carus Foundation, for preparing the above background section! The material that she sent me matched the style of <i>Tour America’s History</i> so closely that I simply had to drop it in. That doesn’t happen very often, and it’s truly appreciated!</div>
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<b>Other Recommended
Sites:</b> Here’s a useful <a href="http://www.enjoylasallecounty.com/play/history-and-landmarks/">link</a> to the museums, parks, and historic
sites of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">LaSalle</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">County</st1:placetype></st1:place>, Illinois. Naturally, the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Hegeler</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Carus</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Mansion</st1:placetype></st1:place> is at the top of the list,
but there’s plenty else to visit in the county, too. There’s the <st1:place w:st="on"><a href="http://reddickmansion.org/"><st1:placename w:st="on">Reddick</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Mansion</st1:placetype></a></st1:place>,
a 22-room Italianate mansion built in 1858; a <a href="http://www.lasallecanalboat.org/">canal boat tour</a>; the <a href="http://www.weberhouseandgarden.com/">Weber House and Garden</a>; and much more.</div>
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