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Novato Flatiron Building
The Flatiron Building is a historic building in the "Old Town" of Novato, California. Built in 1908 by Abraham Yelmorini, a Swiss immigrant and dairy farmer, who also operated a saloon behind it. It was designed to attract the attention of passengers arriving at the nearby Novato train station and prevent them from seeing the other saloons in town. After Mr. Yelmorini's saloon ceased operations, a Wells Fargo express office opened in its place. Below street level are several black doors, for purposes unknown. It served as offices of the local newspaper, the Marin County Banner, and in 1922, for the Novato Advance. In 1918, it housed a market; in 1958, a thrift shop; in 2007, a gift shop; a home furnishings store; and in 2012, a bookshop. See also *List of buildings named Flatiron Building This is a list of flatiron buildings. "Flatiron Building" is \ a name applied to a number of buildings shaped like a flatiron. One of the most famous is the Flatiron Building in New York City ...
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Novato, California
Novato (Spanish for "Novatus") is a city in Marin County, California, in the North Bay region of the Bay Area. At the 2020 census, Novato had a population of 53,225. History What is now Novato was originally the site of several Coast Miwok villages: Chokecherry, near downtown Novato; Puyuku, near Ignacio; and Olómpali, at the present-day Olompali State Historic Park. Mexican era In 1839, the Mexican government granted the Rancho Novato to Fernando Feliz. The rancho was named after a local Miwok leader who had probably been given the name of Saint Novatus at his baptism. Subsequently, four additional land grants were made in the area: Rancho Corte Madera de Novato, to John Martin in 1839; Rancho San Jose, to Ignacio Pacheco in 1840; Rancho Olómpali, awarded in 1843 to Camilo Ynitia, son of a Coast Miwok chief; and Rancho Nicasio, by far the largest at , awarded to Pablo de la Guerra and John B.R. Cooper in 1844. Post-Conquest era Following the American Conquest of Califo ...
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Novato Downtown Station
Novato Downtown station is a train station in Novato, California. It opened as an infill station for the Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) service in December 2019. Prior to that, it was in operation from 1879 to 1958 by the Northwestern Pacific Railroad. History The original Northwestern Pacific (NWP) depot was built out of redwood on the site in 1879; that building was moved nearby and a new one constructed in 1903. The second station was destroyed in a fire in 1916, and the current station building was built as its replacement. Increased automobile ownership and highway construction led to a decline of rail travel in Marin County Marin County is a county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 262,231. Its county seat and largest city is San Rafael. Marin County is acros ..., thus leading to disuse of the facility as a passenger terminal after November 10, 1958. ...
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Novato Advance
Novato Advance is a weekly newspaper in Novato, California. The Novato Advance has been published since July 1, 1922. Its first editor was William Hanen. Subsequent owners include Scripps Enterprises. It is now owned by Marinscope Community Newspapers Marinscope Community Newspapers is a chain of six weekly newspapers in Marin County, California. History Marinscope, Inc. was founded by Paul Anderson and his wife Billie in 1971. In 1998, business magnate Vijay Mallya bought Marinscope from Ander ..., a private company dedicated to the revitalization of community newspapers, who acquired it from Scripps in 2008. It is owned and operated by veteran newsman Sherman R. Frederick. The papers owned by Marinscope include the Novato Advance, the Sausalito Marin Scope, the San Rafael News Pointer, the Mill Valley Herald, the Twin Cities Times (Larkspur & Corte Madera) and the Ross Valley Reporter. It is a combination of paid-circulation and free doorstep delivery, totalling a circulation ...
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Home Furnishing
Furniture refers to movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating (e.g., stools, chairs, and sofas), eating (tables), storing items, eating and/or working with an item, and sleeping (e.g., beds and hammocks). Furniture is also used to hold objects at a convenient height for work (as horizontal surfaces above the ground, such as tables and desks), or to store things (e.g., cupboards, shelves, and drawers). Furniture can be a product of design and can be considered a form of decorative art. In addition to furniture's functional role, it can serve a symbolic or religious purpose. It can be made from a vast multitude of materials, including metal, plastic, and wood. Furniture can be made using a variety of woodworking joints which often reflects the local culture. People have been using natural objects, such as tree stumps, rocks and moss, as furniture since the beginning of human civilization and continues today in some households/campsites. Archae ...
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List Of Buildings Named Flatiron Building
This is a list of flatiron buildings. "Flatiron Building" is \ a name applied to a number of buildings shaped like a flatiron. One of the most famous is the Flatiron Building in New York City, which was finished in 1902. The name "Flatiron Building" may refer to any of the buildings listed below. Locations of all having coordinates below may be seen on a map by clicking "Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap" at the right side of this page. Australia *Sydney Dental Hospital, Sydney, 1940 China * Wukang Mansion, Shanghai, China, 1924 United States KEY } , - , 7 , Flatiron Building (Auburndale, Florida), aka Triangle Building , , 1912 built(also known as the Triangle Building) , , Auburndale, Florida , , - , 8 , Flatiron Building (Atlanta, Georgia) , , 1897 built , , Atlanta, Georgia , , - , 9 , Flatiron Building (Wicker Park, Chicago, Illinois) , , 1925 built , Milwaukee Avenue, North Avenue, and Damen Avenue, Wicker Park district of West Town , ...
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Wooden Buildings And Structures In The United States
Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin that resists compression. Wood is sometimes defined as only the secondary xylem in the stems of trees, or it is defined more broadly to include the same type of tissue elsewhere such as in the roots of trees or shrubs. In a living tree it performs a support function, enabling woody plants to grow large or to stand up by themselves. It also conveys water and nutrients between the leaves, other growing tissues, and the roots. Wood may also refer to other plant materials with comparable properties, and to material engineered from wood, or woodchips or fiber. Wood has been used for thousands of years for fuel, as a construction material, for making tools and weapons, furniture and paper. More recently it emerged as a feedstock for the product ...
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Buildings And Structures In Marin County, California
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much artisti ...
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