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4th & Pine circa 1800's

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Hamburg, Pennsylvania.
[Mural] Union Roller Mills • Lizzie Neff Mansion Washington House • Dieners

(Notable Buildings) Includes location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Seiberling Mansion

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Kokomo, Indiana.
Seiberling Mansion was built in 1890 for Monroe Seiberling, a well-known Kokomo natural gas boom industrialist. His elaborate Neo-Jacobean, Romanesque Revival mansion took three years to build, costing $50,000. George . . .

(Architecture • Notable Persons) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

War Memorial

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Hamburg, Pennsylvania.
In Memory of Departed Members of Wagner Good Post No 216 V.F.W. Ladies Aux. Post No 216 V.F.W.

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Patriots & Patriotism • War, World II) Includes location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Martin Kaercher Jr.

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Hamburg, Pennsylvania.
To the memory of Martin Kaercher Jr. Founder of Hamburg Martin Kaercher Sr., born in Germany in 1718, emigrated to Berks County in 1738. On Dec. 23, 1772 he acquired 'a certain tract of land called Hamburg' embracing 250 . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Commercial Cable Company

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, Ireland.
This is the main entrance to the Cable Station property. This station operated 6 cables to America, 4 cables to the U.K. and 2 to France. Together with its sister companies it relayed cablegrams worldwide. The company broke . . .

(Communications • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

New Office

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, Ireland.
This building, designed by renowned Irish architect J.F. Fuller FSA, housed the offices of the Commercial Cable Company from 1899 to 1964. Worldwide telegraphs were received and transmitted from here. Waterville was one of . . .

(Communications • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Maurici Serrahima i Bofill

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, Spain.
(Catalan:) Maurici Serrahima i Bofill (Barcelona 1902-1979) Escriptor, advocat i senador Va néixer en aquesta casa i hi va viure fins el 1909 - (English translation:) Maurici Serrahima i Bofill (Barcelona 1902-1979), . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

First Presbyterian Church of Austin

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Austin, Texas.
This congregation traces its history to the early years of Austin and the missionary activities of the Rev. Daniel Baker. After a visit to Austin in 1848, Daniel Baker recommended the organization of a Presbyterian . . .

(Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Blaue Glocke / The Blue Bell

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, Germany.
Erbaut im Jahre 1712 vom Vorchheimer Glockengießer Johann Conrad Roth Am 20. Juli 1815 von Gastwirt Heinrich Bayer aus Vorchheim für 2050 Gulden gekauft und heißt seit dieser Zeit Gasthaus Blaue Glocke - Built in the year . . .

(Industry & Commerce) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Josep Puiggarí i Llobet

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, Spain.
(Catalan:) Josep Puiggarí i Llobet 1821-1903 Protector de la cultura i de les arts Nasquè al carrer de Petritxol i visquè aquesta casa - (English translation:) Josep Puiggarí i Llobet 1821-1903 Protector of the Culture . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Salute to the Prince Edward Island Railway

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Summerside, Prince Edward Island.
The Prince Edward Island Railway began operating in 1875. Its establishment was accomplished largely through the efforts of two Summerside brothers, James Colledge Pope, who was Premier when the Railway Bill was passed in . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Politics • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Iveragh Lodge

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, Ireland.
Built in 1858, as a shooting lodge, by J. Clemanti. The Commercial Cable Company purchased the lodge in 1884 for the superintendent's residence and as the company's first office. The office was later enlarged by an . . .

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

Griswold World War II Monument

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Griswold, Connecticut.
Dedicated by the Town of Griswold In Honor of Its Citizens Who Sacrificed and Served in 1941 World War II 1945 ?John Artecki, Jr. · ?Maurice Asselin · ?Omer G. Bachland · ?Alexander Budawei · ?Roland E. Chabot · ?Lewis . . .

(War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ledyard Veterans Memorials

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Ledyard, Connecticut.
Dedicated to the Men and Women of the Town of Ledyard Who Served Their Country In All Wars Korea 1950 – 1953 American Revolution 1763 – 1783 World War II 1941 – 1945 Vietnam 1959 – 1975 In Memory of the Men and Women of . . .

(Military) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Ledyard World War I Monument

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Ledyard, Connecticut.
1914 1918 In Honor Of The Citizens of The Town of Ledyard Who Devoted Themselves To the Service of Their country In the World War Aplin Frank · Baldwin Frederick · Bragaw Eugene U. · Burns William H. · Clark Howard · . . .

(War, World I) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Griswold Vietnam Monument

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Griswold, Connecticut.
Erected in Honor of Those From The Town of Griswold Who Served in the Vietnam Conflict Robert J. Ambot · William J. Ambot · Kenneth P. Anthony · Lawrence M. Anthony · Rene L. Aubin · Robert A. Aubin · John R. Babcock · . . .

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

El Chorro Neighborhood

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, Mexico.
Barrio del Chorro Es uno de los sitios históricos más importantes de la ciudad. Se relaciona a las fundaciones que se vivieron entre 1542, 1548 y 1555, durante el proceso de conquista y colonización española de los . . .

(Colonial Era • Man-Made Features • Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Summer White House

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Morrison, Colorado.
In 1911, John Brisben Walker, owner of the property that is now Mount Falcon Park, promoted the idea of a Summer White House. The cornerstone of Colorado yule marble was laid on July 4, 1914 on this proposed site for the . . .

(Notable Buildings) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Iveragh Lodge • Commercial Cable Company 1st Offices

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, Ireland.
Superintendent's Residence Take a moment to read the adjacent commemorative plaque for information on the heritage of this house. In addition to the Superintendent's residence the grounds also included the Bachelor's . . .

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

Juan José Martínez

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, Mexico.
Aquí nació Juan José Martínez Pípila Soc. Amigos de San Miguel Allende Juan Jose de los Reyes Martinez “El Pipila” 1782-1863 25 de julio de 1963 Homenaje a Juan Jose de los Reyes Martinez Amaro “El Pipila” La Juventud . . .

(Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, Non-US) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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