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Central Fire Station

  This structure was built in 1927 to house the Beaumont fire Department. Organized in 1881. Designed by the architectural firm of Livesay and Wiedemann, the building was constructed on the site...

  This structure was built in 1927 to house the Beaumont fire Department. Organized in 1881. Designed by the architectural firm of Livesay and Wiedemann, the building was constructed on the site...

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  • firefighters
  • fire station
  • museum

Peyton Bland

  Born in 1815 in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, Peyton Bland became a vital figure in Orange County. He migrated to Texas as a young man and at Orange in 1835 enrolled to serve I the Texas...

  Born in 1815 in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, Peyton Bland became a vital figure in Orange County. He migrated to Texas as a young man and at Orange in 1835 enrolled to serve I the...

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  • texas revolution
  • early settler

Restoring The Landscape

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  • nature

Trinity Lutheran Church

Twelve people heard the Rev. C. G. Kuppler of Louisiana deliver the last German Lutheran sermon in this area in early 1899. The small group applied for a regular pastor;  the Lutheran Mission...

Twelve people heard the Rev. C. G. Kuppler of Louisiana deliver the last German Lutheran sermon in this area in early 1899. The small group applied for a regular pastor;  the Lutheran Mission...

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  • church
  • religion

Congregation Temple Emanuel

The first recorded Jewish worship services in Beaumont were held on Yom Kippur in September 1887. The congregation's first synagogue was built at the corner of Broadway and willow streets in 1901....

The first recorded Jewish worship services in Beaumont were held on Yom Kippur in September 1887. The congregation's first synagogue was built at the corner of Broadway and willow streets in 1901....

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  • church
  • religion

St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica

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Jennie's Place

JENNIE'S PLACE THIS BUILDING ORIGINALLY A BROTHEL KNOWN AS JENNIE'S PLACE. IT WAS BUILT IN 1898 BY LEGENDARY MADAM BELGIAN JENNIE BAUTERS, WHO CAME TO JEROME FROM BELGIUM IN 1896. THIS WAS HER...

JENNIE'S PLACE THIS BUILDING ORIGINALLY A BROTHEL KNOWN AS JENNIE'S PLACE. IT WAS BUILT IN 1898 BY LEGENDARY MADAM BELGIAN JENNIE BAUTERS, WHO CAME TO JEROME FROM BELGIUM IN 1896. THIS WAS HER...

    Six Feet Apart We Sit In Solidarity

    Six Feet Apart We Sit In Solidarity: This Installation Stands In Honor Of The Class Of 2020 Who Did Not Get To Finish Their Senior Year On Campus And The Berkeley High Community Who Made It...

    Six Feet Apart We Sit In Solidarity: This Installation Stands In Honor Of The Class Of 2020 Who Did Not Get To Finish Their Senior Year On Campus And The Berkeley High Community Who Made...

      Heart's Delight

      Heart's Delight Here in 1903 William H. Miner developed a 15,000 acre farm employing over 800 workers and utilizing the latest advances in science and technology. Photo/submitted by Alan R Reno

      Heart's Delight Here in 1903 William H. Miner developed a 15,000 acre farm employing over 800 workers and utilizing the latest advances in science and technology. Photo/submitted by Alan R Reno

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      • miner
      • alan r reno
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      Oakland Fire Department Fire Station Number Twenty

        Victoria Circle Park

          Mergenthaler House

          A beautiful 3 story brick house in the old Bolton Hill district of Baltimore, MarylandThe plaque reads:From 1894 to 1899, the house was the residence of Ottmar Mergenthaler, the German immigrant...

          A beautiful 3 story brick house in the old Bolton Hill district of Baltimore, MarylandThe plaque reads:From 1894 to 1899, the house was the residence of Ottmar Mergenthaler, the German immigrant...

            Theodore Vacquer

            Submitted by @bibhistorique

            Submitted by @bibhistorique

              Coach Wayne Tuffy Williams

                Natlie Coughlin

                  In Memory of the Founders of Mission San Rafael Arcangel

                    Marin Indian Warrior

                      Colonel H. Weir Cook

                        Tree of Life

                        TREE OF LIFE IN MEMORY OF ALL OUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE DIED HOMELESS IN MARIN

                        TREE OF LIFE IN MEMORY OF ALL OUR FRIENDS WHO HAVE DIED HOMELESS IN MARIN

                          MARGARET STRATFORD

                          IN MEMORY OF MARGARET STRATFORD

                          IN MEMORY OF MARGARET STRATFORD