– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Ebenezer Bridge For the next few weeks, Wednesday will be Covered Bridge Day on my blog. This will not be quite as structured a theme as the Ringling Museum set as I will be bouncing around half-a-dozen different states to bring you some of the varied styles of Covered Bridges. – Click on the image to...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Saint Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Chapel Saint Nicholas Chapel, Beaver, Pennsylvania, was built in 1992, when the Greek Catholic Union of the U.S.A., the largest fraternal benefit society serving Byzantine Catholics, observed the centennial anniversary of its founding. For several decades GCU members...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Carmichaels Bridge Carmichaels Bridge is one of the nine covered bridges still remaining in Greene County, Pennsylvania, all of which are still open to vehicular traffic. They are all either painted white or left unpainted. The bridge, like five of the others in Greene County, is a queenpost truss design. It...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Blue Nugget Situated atop a small hill between the Superstition Mountains and the Goldfield Mountains, the settlement of Goldfield got its start in 1892 when very rich, high grade gold ore was found in the area. A town soon sprang up and on October 7, 1893 it received its first official post office. This new...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Maryland State House A quick post today so the narrative below is taken straight from Wikipedia. The Maryland State House in Annapolis is the oldest state capitol in continuous legislative use, dating to 1772. It houses the Maryland General Assembly as well as the offices of the Governor and Lieutenant...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Murray’s Mill Murray’s Mill in eastern Catawba County, North Carolina is an intact 1913 mill lying on the banks of Balls Creek. The mill, built by John Murray, lies on the site of an original mill operated by his father, William, since 1883. In 1906, William deeded the property to his two sons, John and...
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