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2. Percy and Wagner Almshouses - Wikipedia

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   The six original houses were the first buildings in the Lewes Road valley: when they were built, the nearest houses were a long way to the south at Old Steine. [1] No more than tiny cottages, the almshouses were intended for poor widows who lived within the parish of Brighton. The additional houses of 1859 were provided for unmarried women.

3. List of octagon houses - Wikipedia

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   Fifty-nine of the sixty-six pre-Civil War houses on the NRHP were built between 1849 and 1861. It is reported that the owner of the first-built of these, the Rich-Twinn Octagon House in western New York, was impressed by seeing an octagon house in the Hudson River Valley, presumably Fowler's home under construction. [2]

4. List of the oldest buildings in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The Randall–Hale Homestead is a historic First Period house at 6 Sudbury Road in Stow, Massachusetts. The oldest portion of this 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story timber-frame house was built c. 1710. [79] One of the oldest surviving homes in Stow, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [80] San Miguel Mission: Santa Fe: NM ...

5. History of construction - Wikipedia

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   The United States was the first adopter of 3D printing technology in construction where huge machines would "print-out" cement in layers to form the walls of buildings. [27] The development of robots and drones allowed constructors to view hard to reach areas. Modern residential homes would be built at fabrication homes and assembled on-site.

6. In 'a mass erasure of heritage,' numerous historic landmarks ...

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   Other notable losses in Altadena include its homes. The Andrew McNally House was built by the eponymous mapmaking impresario who co-founded publisher Rand McNally. Constructed in 1887, the Queen ...

7. History of architecture - Wikipedia

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   The first smooth-sided one was built by Pharaoh Sneferu, who ruled between c.2613 and 2589 BC. The most imposing one is the Great Pyramid of Giza, made for Sneferu's son: Khufu (c.2589–2566 BC), being the last surviving wonder of the ancient world and the largest pyramid in Egypt.