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Regis High School

    Grand Hotel / Terminus Hotel

    CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING The Grand Hotel was built in 1889. It was known as the Granville Hotel until its expansion in 1904. Designed by Noble Stonestreet Hoffar, one of Vancouver’s...

    CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING The Grand Hotel was built in 1889. It was known as the Granville Hotel until its expansion in 1904. Designed by Noble Stonestreet Hoffar, one of Vancouver’s...

    • vancouver
    • british columbia
    • canada
    • building
    • gastown
    • hotel

    Little Traverse Bay

    For centuries this region has been the home of Ottawa Indians, who's warriors and orators fought bravely to retain their land. Around 1700 a mission was built by French Jesuits at the famous...

    For centuries this region has been the home of Ottawa Indians, who's warriors and orators fought bravely to retain their land. Around 1700 a mission was built by French Jesuits at the...

      Riverton Yacht Club

      Riverton Yacht Club Oldest Yacht Club On The Delaware Founded 1865 - Clubhouse Built On Pier At This Site 1881 Marker Erected 1966 By Burlington County Historical Society Submitted by: Melissa McCurley

      Riverton Yacht Club Oldest Yacht Club On The Delaware Founded 1865 - Clubhouse Built On Pier At This Site 1881 Marker Erected 1966 By Burlington County Historical Society Submitted by: Melissa McCurley

      • yacht club
      • riverton
      • nj
      • delaware

      Winged Victory

      To commemorate those in the service of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company who, at the call of King and Country, left all that was dear to them, endured hardship, faced danger and finally passed...

      To commemorate those in the service of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company who, at the call of King and Country, left all that was dear to them, endured hardship, faced danger and finally passed...

      • vancouver
      • british columbia
      • canada
      • art
      • sculpture
      • memorial
      • war
      • solider
      • angel
      • train station

      Hudson House

      Hudson House Built in 1895 as Hudson’s Bay Company’s fur & liquor warehouse Heritage Recognition Award City of Vancouver  1980   Photo of the building: http://imgur.com/HSP3laF    Attribution:...

      Hudson House Built in 1895 as Hudson’s Bay Company’s fur & liquor warehouse Heritage Recognition Award City of Vancouver  1980   Photo of the building: http://imgur.com/HSP3laF    Attribution:...

      • vancouver
      • british columbia
      • canada
      • building
      • hudson’s bay company
      • gastown

      Mason Street School

      Mason Street School First Public Schoolhouse in this County.  Erected at this site in 1865 and known as "Mason Street School -- District No. 1" when San Diego County covered an area greater the 3...

      Mason Street School First Public Schoolhouse in this County.  Erected at this site in 1865 and known as "Mason Street School -- District No. 1" when San Diego County covered an area greater the 3...

      • california
      • school
      • old town
      • landmark

      Gabriel Garcia Moreno assassination spot

      This plaque maks the exact spot where ecuadorian president Gabriel Garcia Moreno was assassinated. The plaque is located in Quito - Ecuador, near the main plaza in downtown, at the outside of the...

      This plaque maks the exact spot where ecuadorian president Gabriel Garcia Moreno was assassinated. The plaque is located in Quito - Ecuador, near the main plaza in downtown, at the outside of...

      • gabriel garc...
      • ecuador
      • quito

      Draper House 1821

      This is a plaque for the second oldest home in Fairfax called the Dreaper House built in 1821 and is still there today. This plaque was published in 2007 by the City Of Fairfax Historic Fairfax...

      This is a plaque for the second oldest home in Fairfax called the Dreaper House built in 1821 and is still there today. This plaque was published in 2007 by the City Of Fairfax Historic Fairfax...

      • fairfax
      • draper house
      • 1821

      RATCLIFFE - ALLISON HOUSE (EARP'S)

      This is a plaque for Ratcliffe Allison House (Earp's) in Fairfax built in 1812 the oldest house in Fairfax. it reads. RATCLIFFE - ALLISON HOUSE (EARP'S) BUILT 1812 This is the oldest house in the...

      This is a plaque for Ratcliffe Allison House (Earp's) in Fairfax built in 1812 the oldest house in Fairfax. it reads. RATCLIFFE - ALLISON HOUSE (EARP'S) BUILT 1812 This is the oldest house in the...

      • fairfax
      • ratcliffe
      • allison
      • house

      Site of the First Self-Sustaining Controlled Nuclear Chain Reaction December 2,1942

      Physicist Enrico Fermi and his colleagues established the first self-sustaining controlled nuclear reaction in makeshift laboratories constructed under the grandstands of Stagg Field Stadium on...

      Physicist Enrico Fermi and his colleagues established the first self-sustaining controlled nuclear reaction in makeshift laboratories constructed under the grandstands of Stagg Field Stadium on...

      • science
      • chicago
      • nuclear reaction
      • nuclear science
      • history

      Ellis F. Lawrence Building Plaque

      Transcription reads:  This building is named in memory of: Lawrence F. Ellis F.A.I.A. Dean of the school of Architecture and Allied Arts from it's founding in 1914 until his death in 1946 His...

      Transcription reads:  This building is named in memory of: Lawrence F. Ellis F.A.I.A. Dean of the school of Architecture and Allied Arts from it's founding in 1914 until his death in 1946...

      • buildings
      • architecture
      • people
      • eugene
      • oregon

      Ranier Hotel

      CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING Ranier Hotel Architect: Emil Guenther This hotel was built in 1907, and replaced the earlier Balmoral Hotel also owned by William and John Quann. Its style...

      CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING Ranier Hotel Architect: Emil Guenther This hotel was built in 1907, and replaced the earlier Balmoral Hotel also owned by William and John Quann. Its...

      • vancouver
      • british columbia
      • canada
      • building
      • gastown
      • hotel

      Abrams Block

      [CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING – triangle missing] Abrams Block   This hotel dates back to 1887, part of the rapid development of the city prior to and upon arrival of the Canadian Pacific...

      [CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING – triangle missing] Abrams Block   This hotel dates back to 1887, part of the rapid development of the city prior to and upon arrival of the Canadian...

      • vancouver
      • british columbia
      • canada
      • building
      • gastown

      Nagle Bros. Garage

      CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING Nagle Bros. Garage Architects: McCarter & Nairne This was one of the first parking garages in Vancouver, opened in 1930. It was operated by the Nagle Bros....

      CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING Nagle Bros. Garage Architects: McCarter & Nairne This was one of the first parking garages in Vancouver, opened in 1930. It was operated by the Nagle Bros....

      • vancouver
      • british columbia
      • canada
      • building
      • gastown
      • garage

      Cordage Building

      CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING Cordage Building Architect: Hugh Braunton This residential hotel, built in 1911 replace an older section of the Granville Hotel which had connected to what is...

      CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING Cordage Building Architect: Hugh Braunton This residential hotel, built in 1911 replace an older section of the Granville Hotel which had connected to what...

      • vancouver
      • british columbia
      • canada
      • building
      • gastown

      Louvre Hotel

      Louvre Hotel Built in 1889, the building took the Louvre name in 1897 with its manager promoting the only circular bar in the province and suggested the customers “call in and lubricate”. Today,...

      Louvre Hotel Built in 1889, the building took the Louvre name in 1897 with its manager promoting the only circular bar in the province and suggested the customers “call in and lubricate”. Today,...

      • vancouver
      • british columbia
      • canada
      • building
      • gastown
      • hotel

      BC Permanent Building

      CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING BC Permanent Building Architects: Hooper & Watkins This small-scale, well executed example of Neoclassical revival design dates from 1907, when the city’s...

      CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING BC Permanent Building Architects: Hooper & Watkins This small- scale, well executed example of Neoclassical revival design dates from 1907, when the...

      • vancouver
      • british columbia
      • canada
      • building

      London Building

      CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING London Building Architects: Somervell & Putnam This fine Edwardian Commercial building was finished in 1912 for the London and British North America Company,...

      CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING London Building Architects: Somervell & Putnam This fine Edwardian Commercial building was finished in 1912 for the London and British North America...

      • vancouver
      • british columbia
      • canada
      • building

      Steam Clock

      There are plaques on each side of the base of the clock.   North side: The Gastown Steam Clock Designed and built by  Raymond L. Saunders  Horologist The world’s first steam powered clock has been...

      There are plaques on each side of the base of the clock.   North side: The Gastown Steam Clock Designed and built by  Raymond L. Saunders  Horologist The world’s first steam powered clock has been...

      • vancouver
      • british columbia
      • canada
      • steam clock
      • gastown