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Jamestown Architectural Heritage - Beaux Arts

    Icaria-Speranza Utopian Colony

    • icarian

    Union Station Timeline

      Lake View House

        The Ranch House

          Home of William J. Maddox

            Gottenburg's Garage, 1910

              9/11 Memorial, Cloverdale

                Red Mountain Pass Memorial

                  Cedar Hill and Glade Arch

                    The Brig "Visiter"

                    On the 18th January 1881 the Brig “VISITER” ran ashore in Robin Hood's Bay. No local boat could be launched on accountof the violence of the storm, so the Whitby lifeboat was brought overlandpast...

                    On the 18th January 1881 the Brig “VISITER” ran ashore in Robin Hood's Bay. No local boat could be launched on accountof the violence of the storm, so the Whitby lifeboat was brought...

                    • rescue
                    • lifeboat
                    • memorial

                    Paul A. Berger Memorial Gym

                      Denise Stanley Stenberg

                        Birthplace of Columbia University

                        Birthplace of Columbia University In 1752 Trinity Church gave a grant of land for a new college. On July 17, 1754 the first class of King's Colleg, which was to become Columbia University, met in...

                        Birthplace of Columbia University In 1752 Trinity Church gave a grant of land for a new college. On July 17, 1754 the first class of King's Colleg, which was to become Columbia University, met...

                        • columbia university
                        • trinity church
                        • king's college
                        • ivy league

                        Buster Posey Presutti

                        Buster Posey Presutti Canine Operating Officer Hotel Nikko San Francisco LEGENDS OF LUCK Hotel Nikko San Francisco presents this bronze statue of our beloved Canine Operating Officer, Buster. He...

                        Buster Posey Presutti Canine Operating Officer Hotel Nikko San Francisco LEGENDS OF LUCK Hotel Nikko San Francisco presents this bronze statue of our beloved Canine Operating Officer, Buster....

                        • dog
                        • statue
                        • bronze
                        • luck
                        • 1634
                        • selfies

                        Mannheim Community

                        Mannheim Community: Once a busy commercial area.Railroad Station 1872Post Office 1874St. Paul’s Church 1903First Bridge built 1914

                        Mannheim Community: Once a busy commercial area.Railroad Station 1872Post Office 1874St. Paul’s Church 1903First Bridge built 1914

                        • mannheim
                        • metra

                        Point Cabrillo Light Station

                        POINT CABRILLO LIGHT STATION DEDICATED MARCH 17, 2001 BY THE GRAND PARLOR, NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN WEST AND REPLACED ON MAY 9, 2013 BY NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN WEST, FORT BRAGG PARLOR NO. 210

                        POINT CABRILLO LIGHT STATION DEDICATED MARCH 17, 2001 BY THE GRAND PARLOR, NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN WEST AND REPLACED ON MAY 9, 2013 BY NATIVE DAUGHTERS OF THE GOLDEN WEST, FORT BRAGG PARLOR NO. 210

                          Harriet Tubman Birthplace

                            Born into Slavery

                            • harriet tubman

                            Santa Rosa Fallen Comrades of the World War