Collierville United Methodist Church Sanctuary on the Square
One of two sanctuaries of Collierville United Methodist Church, the Sanctuary on the Square was built in 1900 by the Methodist Episcopal Church South congregation. The Methodists were the first to...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Confederate Soldiers Memorial
To those who gave so much to their cause during the great conflict. Brave men lie beneath this ground; some in mass graves near the battlefields where they fell, some in lonely unmarked...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Collierville Treating the Wounded
During the Civil War (1861-1865), soldiers feared being shot but, disease was the most common cause of death. At the beginning of the war, 1861, the American educational standard for physicians...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Commercial Appeal
This newspaper began in 1839 as THE WESTERN WORLD & MEMPHIS BANNER OF THE CONSTITUTION. In 1840 Col. Henry Van Pelt bought and renamed it THE MEMPHIS APPEAL. During the Civil War it published on...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Collierville Mayor Herman Wright Cox Jr.
Dedicated in Honor of Herman Wright Cox, Jr. A fourth generation Colliervillian who devoted his life to make his hometown a better place to live, Herman Wright Cox, Jr. is a person known for...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Bedford Plantation Established 1997
The land that is now Bedford Plantation subdivision was once part of 640 acres owned by Julian Bedford (1825-1879), and Virginia R. Kenney Bedford (1830-1916), who settled in 1851 at what was to...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Bedford Residence/Hodges Bldg
In 1878, this structure was constructed for the Bedford Family. Later Dr. Thompson made it his home with his office next door to the north. Dr. Seay followed Dr. Thompson. Source: A Walking...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Barboro Grocery
Italian immigrant Anthony Sebastian Barboro operated a wholesale grocery in this building in the late 1800s. His company was still in business in 2003. Submitted from the Shelby County Register's Office.
- shelby county
- tennessee
Mrs. E. P. (Stella) King Building
CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 2004 MRS. E. P. (STELLA) KING BUILDING Albert Dodge Coplin, Architect, 1901 This corner store was built for Stella King’s dry goods business and...
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
American Baptist Seminary of the West Hobart Hall
CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1999 American Baptist Seminary of the West Hobart Hall Julia Morgan, Architect, 1919 This compact complex of buildings linked by a series of arcades and...
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- julia morgan
A People's History of Telegraph Avenue
CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1990 "A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF TELEGRAPH AVENUE" Mural design by Osha Neumann, painted with O'Brien Thiele Janet Kranzberg, Daniel Galvez and many...
Charles W. Woodworth House
CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1993 Charles W. Woodworth House 1905 Entomologist, naturalist, physicist, and inventor Charles W. Woodworth designed and built this all-redwood house in...
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
Marshmallow Fluff
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- wwi
- marshmallow
- somerville
- massachusetts
- sugar shortage
James Cook Monument
IN MEMORY OF THE GREAT CIRCUMNAVIGATOR, CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, R. N., WHO DISCOVERED THESE ISLANDS ON THE 10TH OF JANUARY, A.D. 1770, AND FELL NEAR THIS SPOT ON THE 14TH OF FEBRUARY, A.D. 1779....
- hawaii
- cook
- circumnavigator
Former Boiler Shop of the Great Western Railway Works
YOU ARE NOW STANDING IN THE FORMER BOILER SHOP OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY WORKS BUILT IN 1873, ALSO KNOWN AS "V" SHOP Submitted by caddickbrown
- railroad
- swinden
- england
- boiler shop