GalleryItems=32;// Number of Images in Gallery(increase if needed) // galleryData = new Array() gi=parseInt(GalleryItems+1); for (j=0; j < gi; j++) {// Must be set one greater than inventory // galleryData[j] = new Array(4)} galleryData[0][0]="architects1_10-21-03_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[0][1]="Recording original details in the summer kitchen."; // Image Caption galleryData[0][2]="3"; // Display Category galleryData[0][3]="Recording Details"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[0][4]="architects1_10-21-03_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[1][0]="architects1_2003_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[1][1]="Working on plans for the 2003-04 LeDuc project at MacDonald & Mack Architects, Minneapolis."; // Image Caption galleryData[1][2]="1"; // Display Category galleryData[1][3]="Architects at work"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[1][4]="architects1_2003_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[2][0]="architects2_10-21-03_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[2][1]="Recording architectural details in the summer kitchen."; // Image Caption galleryData[2][2]="3"; // Display Category galleryData[2][3]="Recording Details"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[2][4]="architects2_10-21-03_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[3][0]="architects3_10-21-03_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[3][1]="Recording original in the summer kitchen area before old interior is removed."; // Image Caption galleryData[3][2]="3"; // Display Category galleryData[3][3]="In Summer Kitchen"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[3][4]="architects3_10-21-03_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[4][0]="artifacts1_10-14-03_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[4][1]="Miscellaneous artifacts discovered in the LeDuc house during early work by the contractor."; // Image Caption galleryData[4][2]="3"; // Display Category galleryData[4][3]="Found Artifacts"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[4][4]="artifacts1_10-14-03_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[5][0]="construction1863_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[5][1]="The LeDuc house under construction in 1863, about one year after work began. The figure standing on the tower roof is believed to be Eri Cogshall, the Hastings contractor. William LeDuc was serving in the Union Army while the house was being built. Minnesota Historical Society Photograph. Used with permission."; // Image Caption galleryData[5][2]="6"; // Display Category galleryData[5][3]="Construction in 1863"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[5][4]="construction1863_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[6][0]="floorplan1st_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[6][1]=""; // Image Caption galleryData[6][2]="9"; // Display Category galleryData[6][3]="Floorplan: 1st Floor"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[6][4]="floorplan1st_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[7][0]="floorplan2nd_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[7][1]=""; // Image Caption galleryData[7][2]="9"; // Display Category galleryData[7][3]="Floorplan: 2nd Floor"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[7][4]="floorplan2nd_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[8][0]="house2003-1_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[8][1]="The LeDuc house just prior to beginning the Minnesota Historical Society's preservation and restoration project in 2003-04. This view shows the main (west) facade."; // Image Caption galleryData[8][2]="7"; // Display Category galleryData[8][3]="LeDuc House"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[8][4]="house2003-1_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[9][0]="house-Downing_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[9][1]="Design XIV. Residence of Mr. Headley, near Newburgh. Downing used the design for Joel Headley's Hudson River Valley house as Design XIV. The LeDuc's used Design XIV for their new house in Hastings, Minn. Mary LeDuc reversed the Downing plan, left to right. The original Headley house survives, but is significantly altered."; // Image Caption galleryData[9][2]="8"; // Display Category galleryData[9][3]="Design XIV (Headley House)"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[9][4]="house-Downing_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[10][0]="meeting1_8-26-03_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[10][1]="The initial meeting for contractors on the LeDuc project. Left to right: Natascha Weiner, Project Manager, Minnesota Historical Society; Rita Goodrich, Project Architect, MacDonald & Mack Architects; Tim McFarland, McFarland Construction Co., general contractor."; // Image Caption galleryData[10][2]="1"; // Display Category galleryData[10][3]="Beginning the Project"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[10][4]="meeting1_8-26-03_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[11][0]="meeting2_8-26-03_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[11][1]="At the initial meeting of contractors."; // Image Caption galleryData[11][2]="1"; // Display Category galleryData[11][3]="Beginning the Project"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[11][4]="meeting2_8-26-03_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[12][0]="meeting3_8-26-03_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[12][1]="Meeting in the library of the LeDuc house with contractors and consultants. Standing against bookcase, left to right: John Grossman, City of Hastings, and Steve BoydSmith, Exhibits Developer."; // Image Caption galleryData[12][2]="1"; // Display Category galleryData[12][3]="Beginning the Project"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[12][4]="meeting3_8-26-03_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[13][0]="porch1_10-14-03_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[13][1]="Architects and contractors review the restoration progress on the front porch at the northwest corner of the LeDuc house."; // Image Caption galleryData[13][2]="3"; // Display Category galleryData[13][3]="Front porch work"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[13][4]="porch1_10-14-03_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[14][0]="sitedig1_11-5-03_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[14][1]="Installing new city utilities at the rear of the LeDuc house, which was never connected to city water and sewer lines."; // Image Caption galleryData[14][2]="4"; // Display Category galleryData[14][3]="Water & Sewer"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[14][4]="sitedig1_11-5-03_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[15][0]="sitedig2_11-5-03_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[15][1]="Bringing utility lines to the back of the summer kitchen."; // Image Caption galleryData[15][2]="4"; // Display Category galleryData[15][3]="Water & Sewer"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[15][4]="sitedig2_11-5-03_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[16][0]="sitedig3_11-5-03_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[16][1]="Bringing the city sewer line through the foundation of the summer kitchen, where new restrooms will be installed."; // Image Caption galleryData[16][2]="4"; // Display Category galleryData[16][3]="Water & Sewer"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[16][4]="sitedig3_11-5-03_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[17][0]="sitedig4_11-5-03_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[17][1]="Bringing the new city water line into the LeDuc house below grade at the rear (east) door."; // Image Caption galleryData[17][2]="4"; // Display Category galleryData[17][3]="Water & Sewer"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[17][4]="sitedig4_11-5-03_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[18][0]="sitedig5_11-5-03_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[18][1]="Drilling a an eight-inch hole through four feet of stone foundation to bring the new water main into the house below grade."; // Image Caption galleryData[18][2]="4"; // Display Category galleryData[18][3]="Close-up Drilling"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[18][4]="sitedig5_11-5-03_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[19][0]="sitedig6_11-5-03_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[19][1]="General view facing west toward the rear (east facade) of the LeDuc carriage barn and, in the distance, the house, as the new city utility lines are installed."; // Image Caption galleryData[19][2]="4"; // Display Category galleryData[19][3]="Water & Sewer"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[19][4]="sitedig6_11-5-03_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[20][0]="site-survey_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[20][1]="This view covers the southwest quadrant of the four-acre LeDuc property in Hastings, Minnesota. Visible are the house, carriage barn, icehouse, workshop (c1960s), and circular drive. Running north-south along the west edge of the property (at left)is US Hwy. 61 (Vermillion St.), part of the Great River Road and a National Scenic Byway. Running east-west along the south property line is 17th St."; // Image Caption galleryData[20][2]="9"; // Display Category galleryData[20][3]="Site Plan"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[20][4]="site-survey_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[21][0]="team1_10-14-03_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[21][1]="Contractors and project managers stand at the south edge of the LeDuc grounds to discuss the areas where the new city utility excavations might go. They later decided the lines could come in from the rear (east) and not need to cross the areas with huge, ancient oaks."; // Image Caption galleryData[21][2]="1"; // Display Category galleryData[21][3]="Beginning the Project"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[21][4]="team1_10-14-03_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[22][0]="LeDucHse_1869_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[22][1]="Minnesota Historical Society Photograph. Used with permission."; // Image Caption galleryData[22][2]="6"; // Display Category galleryData[22][3]="LeDuc House in 1869"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[22][4]="LeDucHse_1869_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[23][0]="LeDucHse_1963_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[23][1]="Minnesota Historical Society Photograph. Used with permission."; // Image Caption galleryData[23][2]="6"; // Display Category galleryData[23][3]="LeDuc House in 1963"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[23][4]="LeDucHse_1963_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[24][0]="WGLD1862_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[24][1]="William LeDuc served as a quartermaster in the Union Army during the Civil War. Minnesota Historical Society Photograph. Used with permission."; // Image Caption galleryData[24][2]="6"; // Display Category galleryData[24][3]="Wm. LeDuc in 1862"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[24][4]="WGLD1862_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[25][0]="WGLD1880_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[25][1]="William LeDuc in 1880, during his appointment as U.S. Commissioner of Agriculture in the Hayes administration. Minnesota Historical Society Photograph. Used with permission."; // Image Caption galleryData[25][2]="6"; // Display Category galleryData[25][3]="Wm. LeDuc in 1880"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[25][4]="WGLD1880_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[26][0]="WGLD1910_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[26][1]="Minnesota Historical Society Photograph. Used with permission."; // Image Caption galleryData[26][2]="6"; // Display Category galleryData[26][3]="Wm. LeDuc in 1910"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[26][4]="WGLD1910_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[27][0]="MEBL1863_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[27][1]="Minnesota Historical Society Photograph. Used with permission."; // Image Caption galleryData[27][2]="6"; // Display Category galleryData[27][3]="Mary LeDuc in 1863"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[27][4]="MEBL1863_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[28][0]="MEBL1880_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[28][1]="Minnesota Historical Society Photograph. Used with permission."; // Image Caption galleryData[28][2]="6"; // Display Category galleryData[28][3]="Mary LeDuc in 1880"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[28][4]="MEBL1880_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[29][0]="barn2003-1_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[29][1]="The LeDuc Carriage Barn, which was stabilized and restored in 1998 by MacDonald & Mack Architects, Minneapolis."; // Image Caption galleryData[29][2]="7"; // Display Category galleryData[29][3]="LeDuc Carriage Barn"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[29][4]="barn2003-1_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[30][0]="barn-Downing_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[30][1]="Design XV. A Carriage House and Stable in the Rustic Pointed Style.
Downing's design was developed for the Springside estate of Matthew Vassar in Poughkeepise, N.Y., in 1850. The LeDucs used Downing's design for their Hastings carriage barn, which was more of a working barn than a carriage house. The original carriage house at Springside burned in 1969, the same year Springside was declared a National Historic Landmark."; // Image Caption galleryData[30][2]="8"; // Display Category galleryData[30][3]="Design XV (Vassar Carriage House)"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[30][4]="barn-Downing_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image galleryData[31][0]="landscapeplan1_big.jpg"; // Big Image galleryData[31][1]="Landscape plan for LeDuc site, proposed by Landscape Research, Inc., March 2004."; // Image Caption galleryData[31][2]="9"; // Display Category galleryData[31][3]="Landscape Plan"; // Image Title (appears under thumbnail) galleryData[31][4]="landscapeplan1_thumb.jpg"; // Thumbnail Image