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Anthony Holmead Site

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Sheridan-Kalorama, District of Columbia.
Mitchell Park was the site of the two-story brick Holmead farmhouse built in 1795 by Anthony Holmead. The house remained in the hands of the Holmead descendants until the 20th century. In 1929 the house was razed by the . . .

(Architecture • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Auto Craft Center

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
The Auto Craft Center, building 255, was located on Wainwright Boulevard, now Johnson Avenue. The building was constructed in 1962. The Auto Craft Center offered a wide range of services and had a large selection of . . .

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Audio Visual Facility

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
The Audio Visual Facility, building 502, at this location provided a complete line of audio visual services in support of all of the units on the base. The facility was equipped with two darkrooms for photography work and . . .

(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"Dischord Records"

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Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
Front Born on Beecher 1980 Back "Dischord Records" Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C. independent record label born right here on Beecher Street in 1980. The label focuses on the independent punk music scene in the . . .

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Law Center

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
The Law Center, building 234, was located in this area of The Market Common. It housed the Staff Judge Advocate and the lawyers assigned to the judge’s staff. The building also contained the court room used in those cases . . .

(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

"Charles Carroll Glover"

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Northwest Washington, District of Columbia.
Considered the father of Rock Creek Park and the National Zoo, Washington banker and philanthropist Charles Carroll Glover (1846-1936) also gave Washington, D.C. 77 acres in the valley of Foundry Branch, just west of this . . .

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General Robert H. Reed

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
General Reed was born in Elkhorn City, Kentucky. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in international relations from Syracuse University, New York, in 1959 and a master of public administration degree from The George . . .

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Base Civil Engineering Complex

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
The Base Civil Engineering Complex, building 219, was located within this area of The Market Common. It contained the Base Civil Engineering Administrative Offices, specialty maintenance shops and storage for material used . . .

(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Colonel Thomas C. “Buddy” Styers

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Colonel Styers served in the United States Air Force for 26 years retiring in September 1992. In August 1995, Colonel Styers became the Executive Director of the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base Redevelopment Authority, . . .

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Brigadier General James Howell Howard

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
General Howard was the only ?ghter pilot awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroic combat ?ying in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. While ?ying his P-51 on a bomber escort mission near Berlin . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Avionics Maintenance

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
The Aircraft Avionics Maintenance shops, building 325, were housed in an environmentally controlled building near this location. The Avionics Squadron administrative offices were located in this building. The shops contained . . .

(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Captain Stephen Richard Phillis

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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Captain Stephen Phillis, a native of Rock Island, Illinois, was an A-10 pilot at the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base during the time when the United States military was preparing for Operation Desert Storm in response to the . . .

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Webster Baptist Church

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Webster, New York.
Webster Baptist Church Organnized - 1830, built - 1857 memorial windows - 1902 education wing - 1957 tower clock - 1983 national land mark - 1991

(Churches & Religion) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Jayne & Mason Bank

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Webster, New York.
This property is listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

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Bresson House

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Webster, New York.
Bresson House c.1840's-1850's An outstanding example of Greek Revival architecture renovated in 1931, Cyril Tucker, architect

(Architecture) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The National Building Museum

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Washington, District of Columbia.
The nation’s only museum dedicated to American achievements in architecture, urban planning, construction, engineering, and design is appropriately housed in one of the most extraordinary structures in the nation’s capital. . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mt. Read & Paddy Hill

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Greece, New York.
The first rural Roman Catholic church in New York State, known as the "Church in the Woods," dedicated to St. Ambrose, was established here in 1829 at Read's Corners, where Nicholas Read was an 1823 pioneer. Mt. Read bears . . .

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In Memory of All Who Served

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Parma, New York.
In memory of all who served their country in time of need, and especially those who paid the supreme sacrifice. May their souls rest in peace, amen.

(Military) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mt. Adams

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Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mt. Adams Originally a forest towering above Ft. Washington; then a vineyard on the Nicholas Longworth Estate, the mansion house of which is the Taft Museum; then a neighborhood of German and Irish immigrants; later an . . .

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Settlement in the Town of Parma

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Parma, New York.
First Settlement in the Town of Parma. Bezaleel Atchinson and family came in 1796. He erected a log house and first schoolhouse nearby.

(Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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