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Whitney Tavern Stand, the Glossary

The Whitney Tavern Stand served as an inn and local gathering place in Cascade Township, Michigan for fifty years after its construction in the 1852-53 period.^[1]

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53 relations: Ada Township, Michigan, Alto, Michigan, Ballroom, Batten, Battle Creek, Michigan, Blacksmith, Caledonia, Michigan, Carriage house, Cascade Township, Michigan, Church (building), Clapboard, Connecticut, Cornice, Dormer, Drywall, Eaves, Entablature, Façade, Fieldstone, Fireplace, Frieze, Gazetteer, Grand Rapids, Lansing and Detroit Railroad, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Greek Revival architecture, Gristmill, Heart pine, Hip roof, Hotel, Jackson, Michigan, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Kent County, Michigan, Lath, Lean-to, Michigan, Michigan Central Railroad, Middleville, Michigan, Mill pond, Parlour, Plank road, Plaster, Porch, Portico, Post office, Saltbox house, Sawmill, Stagecoach, Staircase, Terrace (building), Toll road, ... Expand index (3 more) »
Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan

Ada Township, Michigan

Ada Township is a civil township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Alto, Michigan

Alto is an unincorporated community in Bowne Township, Kent County, in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Ballroom

A ballroom or ballhall is a large room inside a building, the primary purpose of which is holding large formal parties called balls.

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Batten

A batten is most commonly a strip of solid material, historically wood but can also be of plastic, metal, or fiberglass.

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Battle Creek, Michigan

Battle Creek is a city in northwestern Calhoun County, Michigan, United States, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers.

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Blacksmith

A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith).

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Caledonia, Michigan

Caledonia is a village in Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Carriage house

A carriage house, also called a remise or coach house, is a term used in North America to describe an outbuilding that was originally built to house horse-drawn carriages and their related tack.

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Cascade Township, Michigan

Cascade Charter Township is a charter township of Kent County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Church (building)

A church, church building, or church house is a building used for Christian worship services and other Christian religious activities.

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Clapboard, also called bevel siding, lap siding, and weatherboard, with regional variation in the definition of those terms, is wooden siding of a building in the form of horizontal boards, often overlapping.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Cornice

In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian cornice meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a pedestal, or along the top of an interior wall.

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Dormer

A dormer is a roofed structure, often containing a window, that projects vertically beyond the plane of a pitched roof.

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Drywall

Drywall (also called plasterboard, dry lining, wallboard, sheet rock, gib board, gypsum board, buster board, turtles board, slap board, custard board, and gypsum panel) is a panel made of calcium sulfate dihydrate (gypsum), with or without additives, typically extruded between thick sheets of facer and backer paper, used in the construction of interior walls and ceilings.

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Eaves

The eaves are the edges of the roof which overhang the face of a wall and, normally, project beyond the side of a building.

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Entablature

An entablature (nativization of Italian intavolatura, from in "in" and tavola "table") is the superstructure of moldings and bands which lies horizontally above columns, resting on their capitals.

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Façade

A façade or facade is generally the front part or exterior of a building.

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Fieldstone

Fieldstone is a naturally occurring type of stone, which lies at or near the surface of the Earth.

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Fireplace

A fireplace or hearth is a structure made of brick, stone or metal designed to contain a fire.

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Frieze

In classical architecture, the frieze is the wide central section of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs.

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Gazetteer

A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary or directory used in conjunction with a map or atlas.

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Grand Rapids, Lansing and Detroit Railroad

The Grand Rapids, Lansing and Detroit Railroad is a defunct, nineteenth century railroad, formerly operating in Michigan.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan

Grand Rapids is a city in and county seat of Kent County, Michigan, United States.

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Greek Revival architecture

Greek Revival architecture was a style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, as well as in Greece itself following its independence in 1821.

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Gristmill

A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings.

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Heart pine

Heart pine refers to the heartwood of the pine tree, which is the non-living center of the tree trunk, while the sapwood is the outer living layer which transports nutrients.

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Hip roof

A hip roof, hip-roof or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope, with variants including tented roofs and others.

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Hotel

A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis.

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Jackson, Michigan

Jackson is the only city in, and seat of government of, Jackson County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Kalamazoo, Michigan

Kalamazoo is a city in and the county seat of Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States.

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Kent County, Michigan

Kent County is located in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Lath

A lath or slat is a thin, narrow strip of straight-grained wood used under roof shingles or tiles, on lath and plaster walls and ceilings to hold plaster, and in lattice and trellis work.

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Lean-to

A lean-to is a type of simple structure originally added to an existing building with the rafters "leaning" against another wall.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.

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Michigan Central Railroad

The Michigan Central Railroad (reporting mark MC) was originally chartered in 1832 to establish rail service between Detroit, Michigan, and St. Joseph, Michigan.

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Middleville, Michigan

Middleville is a village in Thornapple Township, Barry County, in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Mill pond

A mill pond (or millpond) is a body of water used as a reservoir for a water-powered mill.

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Parlour

A parlour (or parlor) is a reception room or public space.

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Plank road

A plank road is a road composed of wooden planks or puncheon logs, as an efficient technology for traversing soft, marshy, or otherwise difficult ground.

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Plaster

Plaster is a building material used for the protective or decorative coating of walls and ceilings and for moulding and casting decorative elements.

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Porch

A porch (from Old French porche, from Latin porticus "colonnade", from porta "passage") is a room or gallery located in front of an entrance of a building.

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Portico

A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls.

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Post office

A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery.

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Saltbox house

A saltbox house is a gable-roofed residential structure that is typically two stories in the front and one in the rear.

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Sawmill

A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber.

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Stagecoach

A stagecoach (also: stage coach, stage, road coach, diligence) is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses.

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Staircase

A stairwell or stair room is a room in a building where a stair is located, and is used to connect walkways between floors so that one can move in height.

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Terrace (building)

A terrace is an external, raised, open, flat area in either a landscape (such as a park or garden) near a building, or as a roof terrace on a flat roof.

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Toll road

A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road (almost always a freeway since the 1940s) for which a fee (or toll) is assessed for passage.

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Transom (architecture)

In architecture, a transom is a transverse horizontal structural beam or bar, or a crosspiece separating a door from a window above it.

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Veranda

A veranda or verandah is a roofed, open-air hallway or porch, attached to the outside of a building.

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Wayland Township, Michigan

Wayland Township is a civil township of Allegan County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Tavern_Stand

, Transom (architecture), Veranda, Wayland Township, Michigan.

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Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan

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