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The Birches (other)
The Birches may refer to: * The Birches, County Armagh The Birches ( Irish: ''Coill Bheithe'') is a small village in northern County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is 6 miles northwest of Portadown, close to junction 12 on the M1 Motorway and to the southern shore of Lough Neagh. In the 2001 Census i ..., a settlement in Northern Ireland * The Birches (Belgrade Lakes, Maine), a house listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) * The Birches (Garrison, New York), aka ''The Birches Philipstown, New York'', a house designed by Ralph Adams Cram and listed on the NRHP See also * Birch (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Birches, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Birches, County Armagh
The Birches ( Irish: ''Coill Bheithe'') is a small village in northern County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is 6 miles northwest of Portadown, close to junction 12 on the M1 Motorway and to the southern shore of Lough Neagh. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 150. It is within the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon council area. The Birches is part of the civil parish of Tartaraghan, and most of the settlement is within the townlands of Ballynarry and Clonmakate. Two parts to the village can be distinguished, that at Robinstown Road, centred on a public housing estate and a school, and that part adjacent to the M1 junction. Places of interest *Stonewall Jackson's ancestral site is at Waugh's Farm, The Birches (Jackson also had roots in Coleraine, County Londonderry). Education *Birches Primary School See also *List of villages in Northern Ireland *List of towns in Northern Ireland This is an alphabetical list of towns and villages in Northern Ireland. For a list sor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Birches (Belgrade Lakes, Maine)
The Birches is a historic house on Foster Lane in Belgrade Lakes, Maine. Built in 1916 to a design by John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens, it is the best-preserved surviving structure related to The Belgrade Hotel, a large summer resort hotel which burned down in 1955. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. Description and history The Birches stands on the east side of Foster Lane, a short way south of its northern end at Lakeshore Drive, and about south of that road's junction with Maine State Route 27. It is a rectangular -story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and shingled exterior. Its main facade faces northwest, with an enclosed single-story hip-roofed porch extending across its width. The southwest roof face is adorned with an eyebrow dormer, and a fieldstone chimney rises through the northeast roof face. The interior has a large two-story living room, finished entirely in original varnished tongue-and-groove woodwork. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Birches (Garrison, New York)
The Birches is a house at the southeast corner of the junction of NY 9D and 403 in the hamlet of Garrison, New York, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 .... It was built for William H. Osborn, as part of his nearby Wing & Wing estate, by architect Ralph Adams Cram in the Gothic Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architectural style. Osborn was a 19th-century railroad tycoon, who became one of the most prominent railroad leaders in the United States. In addition to Wing and Wing and the Birches, Osborn famously constructed Castle Rock, his great summer estate overlooking the Hudson River. In 1982 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It is just across Route 9D from the Garrison Grist Mill Historic District. Building The first story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |