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Mather
Mather may refer to: People * Mather (given name), a list of people with the given name * Mather (surname), a list of people with the surname Places * Mather, California (other) * Mather, Manitoba, Canada, a community * Mather, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * Mather, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * 49700 Mather, an asteroid * Mather Air Force Base, east of Sacramento, California * Mathers Bridge, Merritt Island, Florida * Mather Gorge, on the border between Maryland and Virginia * Mount Mather (other) Other uses * Mather House (other) * Mather Stock Car Company, an American corporation that built railroad rolling stock * Mather Inn, a hotel in Ishpeming, Michigan * Mather Tower, Chicago, Illinois * The Mather School, oldest public elementary school in North America See also * Mathers {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mather Tower
Mather Tower (later Lincoln Tower, as designated on the Michigan–Wacker Historic District roster; now identified primarily by its address) is a Neo-Gothic, terra cotta-clad high-rise structure in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located at 75 East Wacker Drive in the downtown "loop" area, adjacent to the Chicago River. The -high building is sometimes called "The Inverted Spyglass" by Chicagoans due to its highly unusual design, an 18-story octagonal tower atop a more conventional 24-story rectangular "box." Briefly the tallest building in Chicago at the time of its completion in 1928, it remains the city's most slender high-rise structure at only at its base. The interior space within the upper octagonal spire contains the least square footage per floor of any Chicago skyscraper.The Mather Tower. Retrieved 2010-08-09. History It was designed by Herbert Hugh Riddle (1875–1939), the architect of the Chicago Theological Seminary,McBrien, Judith PainePocket Guide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mather (given Name)
Mather is a given name. Notable people with the surname include: * Mather Byles Almon (1796–1871) Canadian banker, politician, and philanthropist * Mather Brown Mather Brown (baptized 11 October 1761 – 25 May 1831) was an American painter who was born in Boston, Massachusetts and was active in England. Early life and education Brown was the son of Gawen and Elizabeth (Byles) Brown, and descended from ... (1761–1831), American portrait and historical painter * Mather Byles (1706–1788), American clergyman * Mather Byles (loyalist) (1734/35–1814), American clergyman, son of the above * Mather Byles DesBrisay (1828–1900), Canadian lawyer, judge, politician, and historian {{given name, Mather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mather (surname)
Mather or Mathers is a Scottish surname, first documented in Kincardineshire, Scotland. and may refer to: People * Alonzo C. Mather (1848–1941), president of the Mather Stock Car Company * Barrie-Jon Mather (born 1973), Great Britain and England international rugby league and rugby union player * Barry Mather (1909–1982), Canadian journalist * Bruce Mather (born 1939), Canadian composer * Cameron Mather (born 1973), Scottish international rugby union player * Carol Mather (1919–2006), British Army officer and Conservative Member of Parliament * Cotton Mather (1663–1728), Puritan minister * David Mather (cricketer) (born 1975), English cricketer * Elizabeth Mather (1815–1882), American writer * Evan Mather (born 1970), American landscape architect, urban designer and filmmaker * Fred Mather (1833–1900), United States pisciculturist * Frederic Gregory Mather (1844–1925), United States journalist * Frank Jewett Mather (1868–1953), American art critic * George R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mather, California (other)
Mather, California may refer to the following locations in the U.S. state of California: * Sacramento Mather Airport, an airport in Sacramento County with the Mather post office *Mather Air Force Base Mather Air Force Base (Mather AFB) was a United States Air Force Base, which was closed in 1993 pursuant to a post-Cold War BRAC decision. It was located east of Sacramento, on the south side of U.S. Route 50 in Sacramento County, Californ ..., a closed Air Force base on the site of Mather Airport * Mather, Sacramento County, California, a census-designated place * Mather, Tuolumne County, California, an unincorporated community in Tuolumne County {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mather, Manitoba
Mather (, CST) is an unincorporated community recognized as a local urban district in southwest Manitoba, Canada, and part of Cartwright – Roblin Municipality. It is located just off of PTH 3 ( Boundary Commission Trail) along PR 442. The Mather area is known as Crocus Country. Businesses The area around Mather is primarily a farming community. Mather also has a Harms Seeds, Yake's Service, as well as a barbershop. Mixed farming is most common in the Mather area. Commonly harvested yields consist of wheat, barley, oats, canola, corn, soybeans and flax, as well as some sunflower and pea crops. Attractions ;The Rock and Memorial Wall "The Rock’" was moved by road on a metal skid to the centre of Mather as a commemorative marker. It was balanced on the skid with railway ties and due to the friction of the road and skid, enough heat was created to start the railway ties on fire. It is located next to the "Memorial Wall" which commemorates the 100th anniversary of the settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mather, Pennsylvania
Mather is an unincorporated community and census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ... in Morgan Township, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located northwest of the borough of Jefferson, near Pennsylvania Route 188. It is northeast of Waynesburg, the Greene County seat. According to the 2010 census, the population of Mather was 737. Demographics References External links * Census-designated places in Greene County, Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Pennsylvania {{GreeneCountyPA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mather, Wisconsin
Mather is an unincorporated community in the town of Kingston in Juneau County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located on Wisconsin Highway 173 (WIS 173) northeast of Tomah. Mather has a post office with ZIP code 54641. History The Wisconsin Valley Railroad (later the Milwaukee Road The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMStP&P), better known as the Milwaukee Road , was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwestern United States, Midwest and Pacific Northwest, Northwest of the United States from 1847 ...) once passed through Mather on its route from Tomah to northern Wisconsin. The Tomah to Babcock portion was abandoned in stages in the 1920s and 1930s, and WIS 173 was built on the right-of-way. A short-lived branch line also ran northwest from Mather to serve logging interests and several tiny communities in eastern Jackson County, and was abandoned by 1900. Images File:MatherWisconsinSignWIS173.jpg, Sign on WIS 173 File:MatherWi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
49700 Mather
__NOTOC__ Year 497 ( CDXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Anastasius without colleague (or, less frequently, year 1250 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 497 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Byzantine Empire * Emperor Anastasius I gives formal recognition to the Ostrogoth king Theodoric the Great, as his representative (viceroy) in Italy. He sends the imperial standard to Ravenna. Theodoric respects the agreement and allows Roman citizens within the Ostrogothic Kingdom to be subject to Roman law. * Isaurian War The Isaurian War was a conflict that lasted from 492 to 497 and that was fought between the army of the Eastern Roman Empire and the rebels of Isauria. At the end of the war, Eastern Emperor Anastasius I regained control of the Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mather Air Force Base
Mather Air Force Base (Mather AFB) was a United States Air Force Base, which was closed in 1993 pursuant to a post-Cold War BRAC decision. It was located east of Sacramento, on the south side of U.S. Route 50 in Sacramento County, California. Mather Field was one of 32 Air Service training camps established after the United States entry into World War I in April 1917. The Mather AFB land has various post-military uses including Sacramento Mather Airport, established in 1995. Some of the land was included in the City of Rancho Cordova, when it was incorporated in 2003. Mather Field also now serves as home of the 149th Intelligence Squadron of the 195th Wing, Air National Guard. History Mather Air Force Base was named after Second Lieutenant Carl Spencer Mather, a 25-year-old army pilot killed in a mid-air collision while training at Ellington Field, Texas, on 30 January 1918. Mather learned to fly in 1914 at the Curtiss Flying School in Hammondsport, New York, and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathers Bridge
Mathers Bridge is a low-level swing bridge located on the southern tip of Merritt Island, Florida Florida ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the north, the Atlantic ..., crossing the Banana River at the end of County Road 3. History The bridge was built in 1927 by John Mathers in order to connect Merritt Island to what is now Indian Harbour Beach, and was moved to its present location in 1952. It was constructed by the Austin Brothers Bridge Company. The bridge and the control house were rehabilitated in 2007. During the summer of 2022, the bridge was closed for repair due to corrosion. As of March 2023, the bridge is fully functional, allowing many boats to pass via its swinging mechanism each day. See also * * * * List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mather Gorge
Mather Gorge is a river gorge south and just downriver of Great Falls in the state of Maryland bordering Virginia. The Maryland land side of the gorge is Bear Island, part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, and the Virginia side is part of Great Falls Park. Both parks are National Park Service sites. The gorge is named after Stephen Mather, the first director of the National Park Service. The gorge is cut by the Potomac River and is, for the most part, lined on both sides by cliffs. Towards the southern end of the gorge, the cliffs become tree-lined bluffs as the gorge widens out into the wider and larger Potomac Gorge. At Little Falls, the Potomac River crosses the Fall Line as it leaves the Appalachian Piedmont and enters the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Hiking is a common activity with many trails along and near the gorge. On the Maryland side, in the C&O Canal National Historical Park, Section A of the Billy Goat Trail follows the gorge—from below Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
