Ridgefield Plantation Home (Circa 1830)
Ridgefield was originally a small Creole cottage at the center of a large plantation adjoining the town of Thibodaux. It was enlarged following its acquisition in 1834 by George Seth Guion, an...
- louisiana
- thibodaux
- plantation
The Underground Railroad / Ross County Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was neither underground nor a railroad, but a system of loosely connected safe havens where those escaping the brutal conditions of slavery were sheltered, fed, clothed,...
- ohio
- underground railroad
- ross county
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church
In 1876, Père Menard constructed a small building on donated land called "École St. Jean" (St. John School). which served as a school administered by the Sisters of Mt. Carmel and as a chapel...
- louisiana
- church
- lafourche parish
- catholic
Frankfort
Shawnee Indian Village 1774 Old town founded by John McNeill 1816 Frankfort 1827
- ohio
- town
- ross county
Bourneville
Home of Myrl Shoemaker Ohio’s 57th Lt. Governor 1983-1985
- ohio
- politics
- ross county
Duke of Wellington
The old Town Hall and Preaching Cross stood in the street outside this fine medieval building which has been an inn since the 17th century.
- wales
- cowbridge
6-7 Church Street
Originally one house. Previously the Town House (1738). Believed to be the House of the Chaplain sanctioned by Richard III 27 Feb 1484.
- wales
- cowbridge
Cowbridge Grammar School
Owned by Jesus College Oxford 1685-1915 Rebuilt 1847-52 Building restored 2006
- wales
- cowbridge
- education
Journal Square
Journal Square Journal Square was planned in the 1920's as the "Times Square" of Hudson County. The Hudson and Manhattan RR (now PATH) brought development to the quiet residential Bergen section...
- new jersey
- jersey city
- hudson county
- path
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- 1912
- 1921
- 1924
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- 1922
- 1928
- 1929
World Trade Center Slurry Wall
WORLD TRADE CENTER SLURRY WALL (c. 1970) AND HUDSON RIVER BULKHEAD (c. 1890) To enable construction of this pedestrian passageway, portions of the World Trade Center's slurry walls were removed...
- new york
- manhattan
- world trade center
- slurry wall
- 1970
- 1890
- 2001
Emmett Till - River Site
River Site This is the site where Emmett's body was removed from the river. It was then taken to Greenwood, MS. Then the body was sent back to Money, MS for burial. Via a phone call from...
- washington dc
- smithsonian
- emmett till
- museum
Town Hall Cowbridge
Built in 1806 as a house of correction on the site of an earlier prison . Converted to a Town Hall in 1830.
- wales
- cowbridge
- politics
Joseph Carter Corbin
Joseph Carter Corbin's work in the Reconstruction- era south after the Civil War created many educational opportunities for African Americans. Corbin (1833-1911) was a professor,...
- ohio
- ross county
- education