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Poles, from which these buildings get their name, are natural shaped or round wooden timbers 4 to 12 inches (100 to 300 mm) in diameter. [4] The structural frame of a pole building is made of tree trunks, utility poles, engineered lumber or chemically pressure-treated squared timbers which may be buried in the ground or anchored to a concrete slab.
Story – A post only one story tall as in "storeyed construction" [12] also known as platform framing. Prick – 1) Same as story post, a one-story post for extra support at a particular location; 2) In a roof truss a side post. [13] Ridge – A post extending from the ground or foundation to the ridge beam.
In 1859, Holton had seven dwellings, one store, a blacksmith shop and a steam saw mill. The census taken in April, 1857, gave Holton 291 people; in 1860 the population was 1,936. In 1859 the city was incorporated. [6] In 1879, the residents of Jackson County, Kansas decided to form a university in Holton.
Jackson County is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas.Its county seat and most populous city is Holton. [3] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 13,232. [1] The county, first named Calhoun County for pro-slavery South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun, was renamed in 1859 for President Andrew Jackson. [4]
This post construction in German is called Geschossbauweise or Ständerbauweise. It is somewhat similar to balloon framing method common in North America until the middle of the 20th century. In the advanced manner, called frame construction, each story is constructed like a case, and the whole building is constructed like a pile of such cases.
They are normally constructed from mild steel channel sections, supported at the head and the foot between floor slab levels and/or the principal steelwork sections forming the structural frame of the building. In cavity walls, the windpost will typically be fixed into the inner and outer leafs of the wall by specialist fixings and fastenings ...
The McFadden House is a Westchester Deluxe Plan model of Lustron house, which was built in 1949 at 315 W. 5th St. in Holton, Kansas. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. [1] Emery Construction of Topeka, Kansas, built it. It is "Dove Gray" and 31 by 35 feet (9.4 m × 10.7 m) in plan. [2]
Holton USD 336 is a public unified school district headquartered in Holton, Kansas, United States. [1] The district includes the communities of Holton , Denison , and nearby rural areas. [ 2 ]