The First Settlers of Sandy Bay
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN HONOR OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF SANDY BAY THE FIRST PARISH IN ROCKPORT WAS CONSTITUTED IN 1755. THE CORNER STONE OF THIS MEETING HOUSE LAID IN 1803. THE TOWER...
- rockport
- massachusetts
- park
- cleaveland
- ebenezer
- civil war
- franklin pierce
- revolutionary war
Constance Johnson Spiewak
IN MEMORY OF CONSTANCE JOHNSON SPIEWAK WHOSE DREAM OF HOPE AND LABOR OF LOVE IS WITH US HERE IN THE HERITAGE CENTER
- spiewak
- rockport
- massachusetts
- hope and labor
Town of Rockport
TOWN OF ROCKPORT THIS PARK WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROSITY AND PUBLIC SPIRIT OF GEORGE W. HARVEY HER NATIVE SON 1924
- rockport
- massachusetts
- park
- rock
- harvey
Getty Tomb
Submitted by @Susannist
- geometric massing
- ornament
- graceland cemetery
- chicago
- illinois
Kam Wah Chung Company Building
KAM WAH CHUNG COMPANY BUILDING HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS PROPERTY POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA KAM...
- john day
- oregon
- chinsese
- mercantile
- herb
William Alexander Leidesdorff
WILLIAM ALEXANDER LEIDESDORFF 1810 - 1846 BUILDER ENTREPRENEUR VISIONARY PIONEER SAN FRANCISCAN AFRICAN-AMERICAN
The Chicago Public Library Cultural Center
Chicago Landmark The Chicago Public Library Cultural Center Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, architects 1897 This building was the first permanent structure of the city's public library system....
- library
- chicago
- illinois
- grand civic building
Frank R. Lillie House
Submitted by @Susannist
- chicago
- illinois
- lillie
Fountain of Time
Submitted by @Susannist
- taft
- fountain
- chicago
- illinois
Original Professors' Row
"ORIGINAL PROFESSORS' ROW" BUILT IN 1903, THIS CITY BLOCK OF SEMI-ATTACHED ROW HOUSES FROM 5200 TO 5244 SOUTH GREENWOOD AVENUE IS CONSIDERED THE ORIGINAL PROFESSORS' ROW OF THE...
- professors
- chicago
- university o...
- illinois
The Obamas' First Date
"On our first date, I treated her to the finest ice cream Baskin-Robbins had to offer, our dinner table doubling as the curb. I kissed her, and it tasted like chocolate." Submitted by @Susannist
- obama
- baskin robbins
- chicago
- illinois
St Paul's Club and St Paul's Square
Submitted by @caddickbrown
- luncheon club
- birmingham
- england
The Lexington Club
The Lexington Club January 31, 1997 - April 30, 2015 Here marks the site of the Lexington Club, "you friendly neighborhood dyke bar" where "every night is ladies' night", which cultivated...
- san francisco
- bay area
- california
- club
- lgbtq
John Scull
JOHN SCULL 1765 - 1828 Pioneering editor and publisher who issued first edition of Pitts-burgh Gazette, 1786. First newspaper west of Alleghenies, it became the Post-Gazette, 1927. A Berks County...
- pittslburgh
- newspaper
- scull
- post-gazette
- pennsylvania
Leif Erickson, Cambridge House
Hmmmm questionable. ON THIS SPOT IN THE YEAR 1000 LEIF ERIKSON BUILT HIS HOUSE IN VINELAND Submitted by @devincole
- leif erickson
- cambridge
- massachusetts
New Smethwick Pumping Station
Submitted by @caddickbrown
- smethwick
- england
- pumping
John Betts Building
Submitted by @caddickbrown
- birmingham
- england
- metal
Frederick Rowland Emett OBE
FREDERICK ROWLAND EMETT OBE (1906-1990) Locally educated, Punch cartoonist, artist, inventor and creator of whimsical machines worked here in the 1920s. 2014 Submitted by @caddickbrown [Location...
- birmingham
- england
Hiran Minar
This plaque stands before the entrance to the causeway by the concession stand. The Hiran Minar is the grave and monument of the beloved pet antelope of the fourth Mughal emperor...
- mughal
- seventeenth century
- pakistan
- pet
- antelope
- causeway
- water tank
- hunting resort
- jahangir
- shah jahan
Little House Wayside
Plaque at the birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wilder TRANSCRIPTION: LITTLE HOUSE WAYSIDE "Once upon a time . . . . . . a little girl lived in the Big Woods of Wisconsin in a little gray house made of...
- little house
- wayside
- wisconsin
- pepin