Franklin County, Florida Courthouse

"Franklin County Courthouse, Apalachicola, Florida" by Catherine Sherman. 

The current Franklin County Courthouse is the second Courthouse in Apalachicola, Florida. It was built in 1940 as a W.P.A. project. Built in the Classic style, the building that stands prominently in the Apalachicola Historic District. 

The Apalachicola Historic District is bounded by the Apalachicola River, Apalachicola Bay, 17th and Jefferson Streets and encompasses approximately 4600 acres (19 km²) and contains 652 historic buildings. On November 21, 1980, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. 

Franklin County, established in 1832 and named for Benjamin Franklin, is located in Florida’s Panhandle approximately 80 miles southwest of the State capitol, Tallahassee. The county is comprised of 545 square miles and 348,800 acres. Franklin County serves more than 11,000 residents.

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Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Peterhof, Russia

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"Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Peterhof, Russia" by Catherine Sherman.

Two Russian women waiting at a corner are surrounded by pigeons near the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Petergof (Peterhof), Russia. Perhaps the birds are looking for a handout. 


 In 1882, Emperor Alexander II approved the construction of the cathedral to provide a large church for local residents, who weren't allowed into palace churches. Peterhof, the palace complex created by Tsar Peter the Great, is nearby.

The construction was finally completed under Tsar Nicholas II in 1905. In 1935, the church was closed. 


During World War II, it was seriously damaged as was Peterhof. The cathedral was used by German military forces as artillery headquarters and to spy on Soviet ships from the tower. Later it became a warehouse. After a long period of restoration, church services resumed in January 1990.

The cathedral was designed in a Kievan Russian style as were most of the churches of that time. The façade is decorated with polychrome bricks and a red and green roof,and it has four entrances. It resembles Saint Basil Cathedral in Moscow. The main room, church services are celebrated, has high ceilings, good lighting and good acoustics. 


The cathedral overlooks Olgin Pondand is surrounded by many other lakes and parks.

The cathedral's massive structure, more than 197 feet (60 meters) high, dominates the whole area. Visitors can enjoy a view of Peterhof and Saint Petersburg from the tower.

Historic Bonner Whitaker-McClendon House, Tyler, Texas Photo Print

Historic Bonner-Whitaker-McClendon House, Tyler Photo Print

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"The Historic Bonner-Whitaker-McClendon House, Tyler, Texas" by Catherine Sherman. 

 Azaleas surround the Bonner-Whitaker-McClendon House, built in 1878. 

This beautiful house was designated as a Tyler Historic Landmark in 1984 and is also a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places. Judge M. H. Bonner, a Texas Supreme Court Associate Justice, bought land from the estate of his former law partner, Texas' first governor, J. Pinckney Henderson, and than gave two acres to his oldest daughter Mattie, when she married attorney Harrison Whitaker. 

 The newlyweds built their house in 1878, furnishing it with fireplaces mantles, light fixtures, wallpaper and much of their furniture from a shopping trip to New York. The Whitakers presided over dinners and parties as a center of Tyler society. After Mattie died, the house was sold to Mattie's younger sister Annie and her husband Sidney McClendon. 

The McClendons had nine children, the youngest of whom was Sarah, who became a noted Washington, D.C. journalist. Sarah was born in the house in 1910. McClendon graduated from Tyler Junior College in 1928, and from the University of Missouri's School of Journalism in 1931. She worked for newspapers in Texas, then enlisted in the Women's Army Auxililiary Corps, and reported for duty in September, 1942. She was married while in the Army and had a daughter. 

 In June 1944, after McClendon's discharge from the Women's Army Corps, famed newspaperman Bascom N. Timmons hired McClendon as a Washington, D.C. correspondent for the Philadelphia Daily News. In 1946, when Timmons discharged McClendon to make room for reporters returning from service in World War II, McClendon started her own service, the McClendon News Service, which provided Washington dispatches and columns to member newspapers and personal subscribers. 

After a divorce, now a single mother, McClendon often brought her young daughter to news conferences, where she covered presidential politics for more than half a century. She was a model for women in journalism and as a vocal advocate of various causes, particularly those of United States military veterans. McClendon was known for posing incisive questions at U.S. presidential press conferences. 

 Of the 76 homes or buildings listed in the Tyler Register of Historic Places, only two are available for tours: The Goodman-Le-Grand Home which is owned and operated as the Goodman Museum by the city of Tyler and the McClendon House, which is self-financed and self-sustainingHistoric Bonner-Whitaker-McClendon House, Tyler, Texas.

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