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Saint Johns Lodge Number One

SAINT JOHNS LODGE NUMBER ONE   F. & A. M. OF PROVIDENCE   ADDED AND USED THIRD STORY OF THIS BUILDING DEDICATED BY GRAND MASTER JABEZ 'BOWEN'DECEMBER 27 1797   MEETING PLACE OF THE MOST WORSHIPFUL...

  • rhode island
  • providence
  • 1797
  • 1853
  • jabez bowen
  • knights templar
  • 1802
  • 1818
  • 1824
  • 1805
  • 1916

Steeple Street Complex

Steeple Street Complex 1827-1847   The Steeple Street Complex was built in three main stages between 1827 and 1847 during a key period in Providence's growth into a leading commercial...

  • rhode island
  • providence
  • 1827
  • 1847
  • joseph congdon
  • randall green

510 Canal Street

510 CANAL STREET   (BUILDING TO THE RIGHT)   This Italianate Style building dates back to the post- Civil War era and is the last of a pair of identical buildings in the city. In 2017 the Sazerac...

  • louisiana
  • new orleans
  • civil war
  • 2017
  • 2019
  • sazarac
  • sazarac house

DPW Ft. Hamilton Pkwy

FAPR 59-1STA. P140+06 FT. HAMILTON PKWY.-H. DRIVE DPW STATE OF NEW YORK 1959Submitted by Lampbane

  • new york
  • brooklyn
  • kensington
  • windsor terrace
  • dpw
  • 1959

Aerostat Park

Aerostat Park Oregon St. On this spot, opened in 1929, lies Berkeley's first dirigible aeropark. Lighter-than-air enthusiasts commut- ed safely on first-class and charter flights to Oakland,...

    Louisiana State Bank Building

    LOUISIANA STATE BANK BUILDING HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A   NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK   THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA   1983  ...

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • french quarter
    • bank
    • 1983

    Rillieux-Waldhorn House

    PARISH ORLEANS LANDMARKS COMMISSION   RILLIEUX- WALDHORN HOUSE   ERECTED 1795-1800   FOR   VINCENT RILLIEUX-1740-1800   NEW ORLEANS MERCHANT   AND GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF   EDGAR DEGAS NOTED...

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • french quarter
    • vincent rillieux
    • edgar degas
    • barthlemy lefon
    • 1795
    • 1800
    • 1740
    • 1800
    • 1769
    • 1820
    • 1881
    • 1972

    Audubon Room

    Audubon Room   This typical creole cottage probably built before 1813, is considered the traditional site of the studio of famed naturalist painter, John James Audubon, and the place in which he...

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • french quarter
    • john james audubon
    • 1813
    • 1821
    • 1822

    The New Orleans Musicians Tomb

    THE NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS TOMB   This historic tomb which since the 19th century had interred the Sacred Union Society and the Barbarin Family now also acts as the New Orleans Musicians Tomb....

    • louisiana
    • new orleans
    • cemetery
    • 2004
    • anna ross twichell
    • mitchell gaudet
    • music
    • tomb
    • mausoleum

    Aqui Torturo