When Arthur K Hurd was born in 1875, in Illinois, United States, his father, Nelson K Hurd, was 38 and his mother, Christina Isbister, was 37. He married Elizabeth Crist on 2 November 1902, in Delaware, Indiana, United States. He lived in Artesia Township, Iroquois, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1939. He died on 29 November 1939, in Township of Bremen, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Township of Bremen, Cook, Illinois, United States.
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In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
The Masonic Temple Building was a skyscraper built in Chicago and from 1895 to 1920 it was the tallest building in Chicago. The building featured a central court surrounded by shops on nine floors. On top of the shops there were meeting rooms that were also used as theaters. In 1939 the Masonic Temple was demolished, and a Walgreens drug store was erected in its place.
English: variant of Heard .
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