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Wade Hampton, AK Housing Statistics

SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units2,063100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached1,88791.51-unit, attached492.42 units582.83 or 4 units251.25 to 9 units40.210 to 19 units00.020 or more…

Leahy, William Daniel

(Encyclopedia) Leahy, William Daniel, 1875–1959, American naval officer and diplomat, b. Hampton, Iowa. He served in the Spanish-American War, in the Philippines, then in Nicaragua (1912), in Haiti (…

Thornhill, Sir James

(Encyclopedia) Thornhill, Sir James, 1676–1734, English decorative artist. George I made him court painter and later knighted him. He executed decorations in Hampton Court and the cupola of St. Paul'…

Chateaugay

(Encyclopedia) ChateaugayChateaugayshătˈəgē, –gāˌ [key], river, c.50 mi (80 km) long, rising in Chateaugay Lake in the Adirondacks, NE N.Y., and flowing through Quebec to empty into the St. Lawrence…

Richmond upon Thames

(Encyclopedia) Richmond upon Thames, outer borough (1991 pop. 154,600) of Greater London, SE England. The borough was created in 1965 by the merger of the municipal boroughs of Barnes, Richmond, and…

Cram, Ralph Adams

(Encyclopedia) Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863–1942, American architect, b. Hampton Falls, N.H. An ardent exponent of Gothic architecture, Cram produced many collegiate and ecclesiastical works in a neo-…

Lely, Sir Peter

(Encyclopedia) Lely, Sir PeterLely, Sir Peterlēˈlē [key], 1618–80, Dutch portrait painter in England. His original name was Pieter van der Faes. He studied in Haarlem but worked in England from c.…

Burlin, Natalie Curtis

(Encyclopedia) Burlin, Natalie CurtisBurlin, Natalie Curtisbûrˈlĭn, bərlĭnˈ [key], 1875–1921, American writer and musician, b. New York City, studied music in France and Germany. She was one of the…

Tijou, Jean

(Encyclopedia) Tijou, JeanTijou, JeanzhäN tēzh&oomacr;ˈ [key], fl. 1689–c.1711, French designer of ironwork, known exclusively by his works in England. He arrived in England c.1689 when William…

Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin

(Encyclopedia) Sanborn, Franklin Benjamin, 1831–1917, American journalist, author, and philanthropist, b. Hampton Falls, N.H., grad. Harvard, 1855. An active abolitionist, he was a friend and agent…