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Federal Land Bank

California, Alameda County, BerkeleyCity of Berkeley Landmark designated 1985 The Farm Credit Administration built this structure to house federal agricultural banking and financial agencies, including...

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United State Post Office

California, Alameda County, BerkeleyCity of Berkeley Landmark designated in 1980 Berkeley’s elegant Main Post Office is representative of the Second Renaissance Revival style, also called Neo-Classical...

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Elks Club Building

California, Alameda County, BerkeleyCity of Berkeley Landmark designated in 1991 Berkeley’s Elks Club, the 1002nd Chapter of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, was founded in 1905, just in...

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Veterans Memorial

Maine, Hancock County, Bar Harbor This monument is dedicated to the men and women of Bar Harbor who have served their country as members of the Armed Forces (Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil •...

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Old Blockhouse

New York, Niagara County, Niagara FallsHere stood one of a line of blockhouses built 1764 by Montresor to protect the Army of Bradstreet from Indian massacres on march (Colonial Era • Forts, Castles •...

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James Tilden Sheckard

Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, LancasterDedicated to the memory ofJames Tilden Sheckard1878 – 1947the Lancaster County boy whostarred on the Baltimore Oriolesthe Brooklyn Dodgersand the famousChampion...

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Leo F. Hauck

Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, LancasterMemorial to Leo F. Hauck1888 – 1950In an era of top middleweightand light heavyweight boxers,1905 – 1920, Leo Hauck rosethrough them all to become “Uncrowned...

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Revolutionary War Stables

Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, LancasterThe northern90 feet of thisbuilding erectedon Hamilton lotswere stablesduringthe Revolutionfor theequestrian usesof Washington’sArmyMarked bythe Lancaster...

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The Village Burying Ground

Maine, Hancock County, Bar HarborEstablished before 1790 holds in many unmarked and unknown graves the remains of those courageous men and women pioneers on the frontier of downeast Maine. Sea...

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Privy

Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Lancaster       Built in 1828, the privy is one of the three original buildings left on the estate. Privies were in use here until the late 1800’s, when an interior...

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Boom, Then Bust

Minnesota, Washington County, Marine on St. Croix "From here, the first log in the race, Went forth to seek a dwelling place." Harriet Bishop, Minnesota, Then and Now, 1869 The St. Croix River ranked...

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Smokehouse / Icehouse

Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Lancaster       One of the three buildings constructed in 1828, this west dependency appears to have been a combination smokehouse / icehouse when it was originally...

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Lakeview Gusher No.1

California, Kern County, MaricopaAmerica's most spectacular gusher blew in here on March 14, 1910. Initially 18,000 barrels per day, the flow later reached an uncontrolled peak of 100,000 barrels per...

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Armstrong College Building

California, Alameda County, BerkeleyCity of Berkeley Landmark designated in 1994 “To Inculcate the Highest Standards and Ideals in Business.” That lofty aim, incised high on the façade of this graceful...

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U.S.S. Maine Memorial

Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, LancasterIn MemoriamU.S.S. MaineDestroyed in Havana HarborFebruary 15th 1898This tablet is cast from metal recovered from the U.S.S. MaineRear Marker : >1898 – 1902...

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Chestnut Hill

Virginia, LynchburgNearby stood Chestnut Hill, the home of Charles Lynch, Sr. He was the father of John Lynch, the founder of Lynchburg, and of Charles Lynch, Jr., a Revolutionary officer. Charles...

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Donald A. Wood Band Stand

Maine, Hancock County, Bar Harbor In recognition of Community Service as Director of the Town Band for over forty years Dedicated July 4, 2005 (Arts, Letters, Music • Charity & Public Work •...

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Civil War Memorial

Maine, Hancock County, Bar Harbor In memory of Eden's Sons who were Defenders of the Union 1861 - 1865 (Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil) Includes location, directions, 9 photos, GPS...

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A Clash of Cultures

New York, Oneida County, near OriskanyThe out break of the Revolutionary War in 1775 inflamed existing divisions within the Mohawk Valley's European communities and eventually affected individuals as...

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St. Saviour's Episcopal Parish Welcomes You

Maine, Hancock County, Bar HarborHistory The founders of this parish named their congregation in honor of the Holy Saviour, Jesus, and in recognition of the first Christian mission, St. Sauveur, on the...

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