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Dubina
Texas, Fayette County, near WeimarDubina, which derives its name from the Czech word for oak grove, was founded in 1856 by a group of Moravian immigrants, including the Marak, Kahlich, Sramek, Peter,...
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Green Lake
Texas, Calhoun County, near Port LavacaNamed for the nearby tidal lake of the same name, the community of Green Lake began to develop in the late 1840s, although records indicate there were some...
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Wandke House
Texas, Fayette County, Round TopJohann Traugott Wandke (1808-1870) immigrated from Prussia to nearby La Grange with his wife Christiane and two daughters, Karoline and Christiane, in 1855. About 1860...
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Mrs. Angelina Bell Peyton Eberly
Texas, Calhoun County, near Port LavacaA Tennessean, Angelina Peyton came to Texas in 1822. With her husband, J.C. Peyton, she operated an inn in San Felipe, capital of the Austin colony. Peyton died...
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Rabb's Prairie
Texas, Fayette County, near La GrangeThis portion of Fayette County is named for William Rabb (1770-1831), a prosperous miller from Pennsylvania who came to Texas in 1821 with members of his family....
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Old Osage
Texas, Colorado County, near WeimarSite of 1820 trading post of Jesse Burnam. His ferry on the Colorado River helped Gen. Sam Houston reach San Jacinto, 1836. To cut off Santa Anna, Houston then burned...
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Martin Allen
Texas, Austin County, near WallisAs a young man Martin Allen assisted his father, Benjamin, in surveying roads in their native state of Kentucky. He married Elizabeth Vice in 1804 and by 1810 they and...
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Zapp Building
Texas, Fayette County, FayettevilleGerman native Hugo Zapp established his mercantile business in Fayetteville in 1865. In 1900, after a fire had burned his wooden store at this site, Zapp had this...
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Beer Office and Bottling Company
Texas, Fayette County, La GrangeF.W. Grassmeyer commissioned German-Texan stonemasons to construct this Italianate style commercial building between 1856 and 1859. The structure served as a hotel until...
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The Public Hospital of 1773
Virginia, WilliamsburgIn 1773, when Williamsburg's Public Hospital opened, it was the first facility in America dedicated solely to the care and treatment of the insane. The original building burned in...
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Frank E. Bellamy
Kansas, Montgomery County, Cherryvale To stimulate the patriotism of the Spanish-American War, President McKinley suggested a new pledge of allegiance be written and ask[ed] the patriotic organizations...
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Dewlen - Spohnhauer Memorial Bridge
Kansas, Montgomery County, near Independence O. Glenn Dewlen Born Nov. 4, 1896 Killed Sept. 26, 1918 Argonne Forest Company "K" 137th Inf. 35th Division Harry F. Spohnhauer Born Oct. 11, 1896 Killed...
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Replica of the Statue of Liberty
Kansas, Montgomery County, Independence [The original marker has been removed] Dedicated Feb. 17, 1952 by Boy Scouts of America Rededication by President Gerald R. Ford in memory Gary W. Moffatt...
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McAllister's Mill
Pennsylvania, Adams County, near GettysburgAt their grist mill on nearby Rock Creek, James McAllister and his family provided temporary shelter to hundreds of fugitive slaves. Now in ruin, it was part...
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Blue Springs School 1920-1969
Alabama, Barbour County, Blue SpringsThe Blue Springs School was first established in 1920. The land was donated by Henry H Shepard. The Plans were drawn by the State School architect. The lumber was...
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Grace Episcopal Church
Alabama, Barbour County, ClaytonThis church had its origins in a mission station established by the Rev. J. L. Gay in 1844. On May 10, 1872 the mission was formally accepted in the Diocese of Alabama...
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Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Alabama, Henry County, AbbevilleErected to the glory of God, the Methodist Church in Abbeville was established circa 1830 as a mission of the Lawrenceville Circuit. The 1850 church was erected north of...
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The Bethune-Kennedy House
Alabama, Henry County, AbbevilleThis rare, dual front door, double pen Creole cottage was constructed circa 1840 on the military three-notch road, now Kirkland Street. It is the oldest remaining...
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Miller – Martin Townhouse
Alabama, Barbour County, ClaytonJohn H. Miller built this Gothic Revival townhouse in 1859. He and his wife moved from Orangeburg, South Carolina to Barbour County in the early 1830s, settling in an...
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Stoddard - Thompson Memorial Bell
Kansas, Montgomery County, Independence Mrs. S.A. Stoddard, 1872 Frank Thompson, 1990 The Mite Society of the First Presbyterian Church presented this bell in 1872 in memory of Mrs. S.A. Stoddard, wife...
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