Vogue Theater is located at 918 Granville Vancouver, B.C. It was designed by the architectural firm of Kaplan and Sprachman. Style is Art Deco Moderne.  Construction was from 1940 to 1941. It was originally designed as a movie house.

     It was operated until 1984 by Canadian Odeon.  It was then operated by Cineplex Odeon.  In 1998, there was a project to bring the Vogue to its original appearance.

    In 2010, owners Gibbons Hospitality Group plan to operate the building as an event center.

Vogue Theater Vancouver, B.C.

Beechmont Bed and Breakfast

     This is a 2 story Queen Anne Style Brick Home located at 134 Gate Street West Winnipeg  MB. It was built in 1895.  It was probably designed by Walter Chesterton for Lowery  Lendrum McMeans. Mr. Mc means never lived in the House.

     The house now operates as a bed and breakfast.

     Previous owners include John Benning Monk, Edward McManus, Japanese Consulate.

Picture of the interior

Back of Building

     This house was featured on the Hallmark. Movie Autumn at Apple Hill

2nd City Hall Winnipeg

     Winnipeg’s  2nd city hall was completed in 1886. It was designed by Barber and Barber.  It was built by Robert Dewar.  It was quite an elaborate 6 story structure with turrets and picturesque clocks. It was demolished in.1952.

Embassy Suites Charleston, South Carolina

     The Citadel traces its origin to an arsenal in South Carolina formed to defend white residents from.possible.slave rebellion.

     The Citadel College was founded by an act of the state legislature in 1847 as the South Carolina Military Academy. It consisted of the Citadel Academy in Charleston and the Arsenal Academy in Columbia.  Arsenal Academy was destroyed by Sherman in the Civil War.  The Citadel Academy was occupied by Union Shoulders in 1865. It opened as an educational academy in 1887.  It was located at 337 Meeting Street.  In 1992 it was moved to the banks of the Ashley River.

Embassy Suites South Carolina

     The Citadel Building was repurposed as an Embassy Suites Hotel.

Interior Embassy Suites

Amelia Island Lighthouse

     In 1838, Congress allocated $7,500 for a project to relocate a lighthouse on Cumberland Island to the northern end of Amelia Island.  This involved dismantling the old lighthouse brick by brick and reassembling it on Amelia Island. This project was completed in 1839.

     The  foundation was a stone.basement. The tower was brick with stucco.  It was 61 feet. The original light was produced by 14 oil.lamps backed with reflectors.

     During the Civil War the light was occasionally dimmed

     In 1903, the lamps were replaced by a third order Fresnel.lens

     The lighthouse was automated in the 1930’s.

      In 1970, the final light keeper retired.

     In 2001, ownership of the lighthouse  was transferred to the city of Fernardina Beach.

     Added to the National Register of Historic Places in February 13, 2003