Nathan Holth

I added detailed history about the tower from the National Register nomination.

This power plant was converted into a Barnes and Noble, making it an interesting adaptive reuse.

Based on looking at early 20th Century advertisements, a lot of bridge engineers, contractors, and builders had their offices in this building.

The historic districts are a problem on this website too. If there are 200 contributing buildings, it would be messy to post photos for all those buildings on one page. For that reason, if I find I took a lot of photos of different contributing buildings I manually create individual pages for the buildings.

This historic district includes some of the most famous and beautiful buildings and structures of Chicago. Here on Landmark Hunter, these structures have been assigned individual pages and listings for clarity and organization. A list of the contributing buildings in this district along with a map are available by viewing the nomination form, attached.

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This really is an interesting history because these various fires that are really part of a shared history are so often perceived as separate. I grew up in Port Huron, MI and the Great Michigan Fire was something I learned about as a young kid since it was local history (something often integrated into elementary curriculum), but I never learned about the Peshtigo Fire or even much about the Chicago fire until later in high school and college.

Wow, this is an unusual and interesting station!

Mike,

I am used to finding bridges that have historic significance not being listed or considered eligible.

However, I also have been surprised at some of the buildings that are not listed. One of the reasons is probably because unlike with bridges, houses and many other structures are privately owned and the burden is on each individual owner to get their building registered. Many people don't know how to do it or don't want to spend the time.

Another point: Some states have a State Historic Register, and sometimes a building might be listed there but not on the national register. I have found this in Michigan quite a bit.

Wow, this is amazing, never seen anything like this!

For those interested in water towers, the National Register Nomination for this water tower presents a very detailed history of water towers. It also has a sheet from the original plans for this water tower! http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/hargis/PDFs/223182.pdf

Be sure to view the full HABS/HAER page for this building, which has over 100 photos and 70+ drawings. The building design is interesting because it includes pin-connected roof trusses with inclined end posts.

Attached is a list of all the contributing structures in this large historic district.

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Attached is the National Register Nomination for this Historic District.

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I posted a full set of photos of Michigan's beautiful historic (and still functioning) State Capitol, including both exterior and interior views.

I tried to take most of the interior views without flash. As such, there may be some noise in the photos, but I hope it conveys the dark lighting that also acts to make the colors inside very deep and rich.

Visitors can walk in and tour the capitol for free during normal weekday hours.

I think I know where this is in Muskegon. I plan to visit the Muskegon area sometime this summer, I will try to remember to stop by and get some photos.