Electro Chalybeate Well
This plaque accompanies the Electro Chalybeate Well, an operational artesian well on the site of the former Lancaster Park. The plaque reads: Thousands visited this artesian well in the...
- tennessee
- jackson
- madison county
- artesian well
- walking tall trail
Dedicated to Armed Forces
This plaque is on the outside wall of the depot, right next to the entrance, at the N.C. & St.L. Depot & Railroad Museum. It reads: DEDICATED TO THOSE DEPARTING FOR SERVICE TO THE ARMED FORCES...
- tennessee
- jackson
- madison county
- railroad
- military
From This Ridge
FROM THIS RIDGE THE PORTOLA EXPEDITION DISCOVERED SAN FRANCISCO BAY Submitted by blobree
- san francisco
- bay area
- california
- bay
- ridge
- portola
- discovered
Indiana's First Electric Cooperative Line
The Boone County REMC built Indiana's first electric cooperative line to the Clark Woody farm 5 miles west of this site with funds borrowed from the Rural Electrification Administration, July 22,...
- rural electr...
- five miles west
- boone county
- indiana
- clark woody
- electric
Nasmith's Bakery & Stables
NASMITH'S BAKER & STABLES 1902 DESIGNATED UNDER THE ONTARIO HERITAGE ACT TORONTO HISTORICAL BOARD Submitted by theurbangeog
- bakery
- stables
- toronto
- ontario
- canada
Start of the Seattle Fire Site
REGISTERED STATE HISTORIC PLACE WASHINGTON STATE START OF SEATTLE FIRE SITE THE SEATTLE FIRE STARTED HERE ON JUNE 6, 1889 THIS TABLE WAS PLACED BY SURVIVORS OF THE SEATTLE VOLUNTEER...
- seattle
- washington
- 1889
- fire
University Club
City of Vancouver Heritage Building University Club Architects: Sharp & Thompson This was built in 1929 as the Quadra Club, a sign of the continuing shift of the financial district westward...
- vancouver
- british columbia
- canada
- heritage building
- university club
- nightingale ...
Tourism (Places That Matter series)
Tourism Since the early years of the city, visitors have been drawn to Vancouver for the spectacular views of its natural setting. With the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1997,...
- vancouver
- british columbia
- canada
- places that matter
- tourism
- harbour centre
- lookout
Deutchesland Café
City of Vancouver Heritage Building Deutchesland Café Architect: Max B. Downing This unusual 1933 gem is one of the few surviving Art Deco buildings in downtown Vancouver. Its roofline...
- vancouver
- british columbia
- canada
- heritage building
- deutchesland café
- art deco
- gotham steakhouse
Barbara Lum Foo
TO GOD BE THE GLORY IN LOVING MEMORY TO BARBARA LUM FOO 1932 - 1988 DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 9, 1990
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- church
- 1932
American Photoplayer Co. Copper Woodworking Buildings
CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1986 AMERICAN PHOTOPLAYER CO. COOPER WOODWORKING BUILDINGS 1912 - 1920 Over the years this complex housed Cooper Woodworking, the Sperry Flour Company, the...
Fox Court
CITY OF BERKELEY LANDMARK designated in 1977 FOX COURT Carl Fox, Designer, 1927–30 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places This small- scaled complex of one- and two-story buildings...
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- fox
- university
In Loving Memory of Janet Pang Young 1910 - 1989
- berkeley
- california
- bay area
- church
- 1910
A Bench by the Road
- toni morrison
- bus boycott
- baton rouge
- african-american
- civil rights
Overton Park
The 342 acre Lea Woods was bought in 1901 as the first project of Memphis Park Commission on advice of Olmsted Brothers, noted landscape architects. By popular vote it was named for Judge...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Sara Roberta Church1914-1915
In 1952, Roberta Church became the first black woman in Memphis to be elected to public office and to the Tennessee Republican State Executive Committee. She served as an official in...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Porter-Leath Children's Center
An orphan asylum founded by Sarah Leath was chartered in 1850 and moved to this site in 1856. After surviving the hardships of the Civil War years, the orphanage endured the scourge of the 1873...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Shelby County Hospital
Completed in June of 1935, the Shelby County Hospital at Shelby Farms was built here as a replacement for both the much older Shelby County Hospital, located on the workhouse grounds at Jackson...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Nat D. Williams
In 1948, Nat D. Williams became the first black radio announcer in Memphis when he began broadcasting for WDIA. He was a co-founder of the Cotton Makers Jubilee and is credited with giving the...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church
The cornerstone for Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church was laid on April 22, 1890. The church was consecrated on May 27, 1891. Anna Holden, the guiding force in the founding of St. Andrew's, led a...
- shelby county
- tennessee