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Bell Tower

Submitted by @jqmcd

Submitted by @jqmcd

  • frank lloyd wright
  • boice
  • youngker
  • 1978

Donated to the Port of San Francisco

    The Pioneer Mariani Family

      Dave Fowler, Chief Engineer, Ghirardelli Square

        Ghirardelli Square

          Raymonnd James Sontag, Ehrman Professor of HIstory

            John Galen Howard

              Memorial Glade

                Memorial Pool

                  Le Conte

                    Jack London 1876-1916

                      Harold "Hal" A. Ellis, Jr.

                      • oakland
                      • ellis
                      • grubb
                      • redevelopment
                      • jack london square
                      • heinold's

                      Origins of Oakland

                      • jack london square
                      • oakland

                      Public School 166

                      PUBLIC SCHOOL 166 ONE OF THE FEW EXTANT 19TH-CENTURY INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE. PUBLIC SCHOOL 166 WAS BUILT IN 1897-99 AS PART OF THE VAST CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM TO MEET THE...

                      PUBLIC SCHOOL 166 ONE OF THE FEW EXTANT 19TH- CENTURY INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE. PUBLIC SCHOOL 166 WAS BUILT IN 1897-99 AS PART OF THE VAST CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM TO MEET...

                        W. T. Stead

                          Central Louisiana State Hospital Cemetery

                          Authorized by Act 92 of the 1902 Louisiana Legislature, cemetery and morgue sites were selected in January 1906. There are 2,356 persons who are interred in the cemetery, the last occurring in...

                          Authorized by Act 92 of the 1902 Louisiana Legislature, cemetery and morgue sites were selected in January 1906. There are 2,356 persons who are interred in the cemetery, the last occurring in...

                          • louisiana
                          • cemetery

                          Oakland Hall

                          In late February 1961, the LSU Board of Supervisors chose a name for the first new permanent building to be constructed on the campus, selecting Oakland Hall in honor of Oakland Plantation, the...

                          In late February 1961, the LSU Board of Supervisors chose a name for the first new permanent building to be constructed on the campus, selecting Oakland Hall in honor of Oakland Plantation, the...

                            Smith's Landing

                            A trading post developed at this site on Bayou Boeuf in the early nineteenth century was known as White's Landing. The landing was well used, but the bayou was an unreliable means of...

                            A trading post developed at this site on Bayou Boeuf in the early nineteenth century was known as White's Landing. The landing was well used, but the bayou was an unreliable means...

                            • louisiana
                            • railroad

                            Town of Lecompte

                            Lecompte began as a trading post on land claimed by Pascogoula Biloxi Indian Tribes living along Bayou Boeuf. Two area men, Fulton and Miller, traded extensively with the Indians who became...

                            Lecompte began as a trading post on land claimed by Pascogoula Biloxi Indian Tribes living along Bayou Boeuf. Two area men, Fulton and Miller, traded extensively with the Indians who...

                            • louisiana

                            Edwin Epps House

                            Completed in 1852 and owned by Edwin Epps, a former overseer of Oakland Plantation, the Edwin Epps House is located where LSU Alexandria stands today. This single story Creole cottage was...

                            Completed in 1852 and owned by Edwin Epps, a former overseer of Oakland Plantation, the Edwin Epps House is located where LSU Alexandria stands today. This single story Creole cottage...