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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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...
View ArticleElks 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...
View ArticleVeterans 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 •...
View ArticleOld 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 •...
View ArticleJames 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...
View ArticleLeo 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...
View ArticleRevolutionary War Stables
Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, LancasterThe northern90 feet of thisbuilding erectedon Hamilton lotswere stablesduringthe Revolutionfor theequestrian usesof Washington’sArmyMarked bythe Lancaster...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticlePrivy
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...
View ArticleBoom, 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...
View ArticleSmokehouse / 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...
View ArticleLakeview 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...
View ArticleArmstrong 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...
View ArticleU.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. Maine< Rear Marker : >1898 –...
View ArticleChestnut 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...
View ArticleDonald 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 •...
View ArticleCivil 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...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleSt. 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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