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The First Free Methodist
New York, Orleans County, Albion Church in the denomination. Rev. Loren Stiles founded the congregation in 1859. Normal Revival in style it was dedicated May 18, 1860. (Churches, Etc.) Includes...
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First United Methodist Church
New York, Orleans County, AlbionFirst United Methodist Church First Circuit Rider: 1816 Society Incorporated: 1830 Sunday School Begun: 1835 Lot Donated: 1831 - Present Edifice: 1860 - Rebuilt: 1914...
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Irish, English, Italian and Polish Immigrants
New York, Orleans County, AlbionIrish, English, Italian and Polish Immigrants quarried Medina sandstone, a major industry in 1870-1930. Presbyterian Church and 175' spire show use in architecture....
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Swan Library
New York, Orleans County, AlbionSwan Library William G. Swan Benefactor Chartered December 21, 1899 Opened March 17, 1900. Oldest Orleans Co. Library, former R.S. Burrows Mansion - 1851 Lillian...
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John Cunneen 1848-1907
New York, Orleans County, Albion Irish Immigrant at age 12 Teacher, lawyer, publisher Active in Democrat politics Elected N.Y.S. Attorney Gen. Served one term 1903-04 (Politics) Includes location,...
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Rackham School of Graduate Studies
Michigan, Washtenaw County, Ann ArborHorace H. and Mary A. Rackham, generous donors to the University of Michigan, established the Rackham Fund in 1933 “for the benefit of humanity.” Feeling that the...
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In Sacred Memory
New York, Orleans County, Albion1941 1945 In sacred memory of our soldiers and sailors who made the supreme sacrifice Orleans County State of New York "Greater love than this no one has, that one lay...
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Blount Hall
North Carolina, Pitt County, near Grifton Built before 1762 by Jacob Blount, member of Assembly, 1754-1762, 1764-1771, and of Provincial Congress, 1775- 1776. Stood 90 Yds. N.W. (Notable Places)...
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Jay Norwood "Ding" Darling Conservation Trail
Maryland, Prince George's County, LaurelJ. N. "Ding" Darling was a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist who advocated for the conservation of our Nation's natural resources. He inaugurated the...
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The Bowie Caboose
Maryland, Prince George's County, BowieThis is the former Norfolk and Western Railroad's CF Class Caboose #518-303. It was built at the N&W East End Shops in Roanoke, Virginia, in April 1922. The...
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Conservation Leaders
Maryland, Prince George's County, Laurel(See individual section text below) (Environment) Includes location, directions, 7 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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The Line of Duty
District of Columbia, Washington, SouthwestThe building in front of you serves as headquarters for the United States Park Police. Created by President George Washington in 1791, the U.S. Park Police...
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Schoolcraft House
New York, Albany County, Guilderland Built Circa 1840 By John L. Schoolcraft U.S. Congressman 1848-1852 Albany Banker and Whig Leader Delegate to the 1860 National Convention (Notable Buildings)...
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French's Hollow
New York, Albany County, Guilderland Site of a Sawmill; Clothe Wks of Peter K. Broeck 1795; Factory of Abel French and Tavern of Jacob Aker 1800 (Industry & Commerce) Includes location, directions,...
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School Days
District of Columbia, Brightwood, WashingtonThe School Building Just Ahead of You Opened In 1912 as the Military Road School, the area's third public elementary for African Americans. For decades it...
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The Jacob Kime Farm
Pennsylvania, Adams County, near GettysburgThe land in front of you has changed considerably since 1863. During the battle of Gettysburg, Jacob Kime and his family lived in a farmhouse located several...
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Hermann Monument
Minnesota, Brown County, New UlmHermann (Arminius) of the Cherusci tribe led several German tribes in battle against their Roman conquerors in 9 A.D., and defeated them in the hills of Teutoburg Forest...
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S. S. James Oglethorpe and the Battle of the Atlantic
Georgia, Chatham County, SavannahS. S. James Oglethorpe launched on November 20, 1942, during World War II, the first of 88 Liberty Ships built by Southeastern Shipbuilding (approximately two miles...
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Cimarron Hotel
Kansas, Gray County, Cimarron This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior (Notable Buildings) Includes location,...
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Crossroads Create Community
District of Columbia, Washington, WashingtonThe Grand, Neo-classical Revival style building that you see across Georgia Avenue north of Missouri opened in 1925 as the Bank of Brightwood, thanks to...
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