SITE OF SKEELS HOTEL
SITE OF SKEELS HOTEL 1925 - 1995 ON THIS SITE STOOD THE SKEELS HOTEL, WHICH WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY HARRY AND CYNTHIA SKEELS AS A HOTEL AND RESTAURANT FROM 1925 TO 1948. THE ORIGINAL BUILDING...
Sister City Program, Livermore
Submitted by @jqmcd
Conception Memorial
Robert L. Howard Memorial
Robert L. Howard Memorial This Howard replica clock (c. 1900), was Installed in the fll of 1995 as a memorial for Robert L. Howard - owner of Livermore Cyclery and member of Livermore Main Street,...
Oakshade Town Center
The History of a City Block
THE HISTORY OF A CITY BLOCK THIS SITE HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SAN FRANCISCO'S PERFORMING ARTS HISTORY 1850-1868 THE (COL TOM) HAYES HOME AND GARDENS 1868-1872 HAYES PARK AND...
Home Stretch
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH BUILDING
Victoria Hughes
Victoria Hughes 1897-1978 Who befriended and cared for prostitutes when she worked here as a lavatory attendant from 1929 to 1963 Submitted by @yokelbear
Peak District National Park Footpath to Open Country
PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK FOOTPATH TO OPEN COUNTRY PLEASE KEEP TO THE PATH UNTIL SIGN IS REACHED MARKING BOUNDARY OF OPEN COUNTRY PEAK PARK PLANNING BOARD D. G. GILMAN, ALDERN HOUSE, BAKEWELL,...
Drs Ian and Sheree Ahwah and Family
Earle Brown and the Brooklyn Farm
Submitted by @gkatz
The KIng's Daughter's Hospital
Organized by ten dedicated women in 1892 and chartered nationally as The King's Daughters and Sons Circle No. 2 in 1894, it has served the Delta from this site since 1905. The...
- mississippi
- hospital
- nursing school
- washington county
Sharkey County Courthouse
Sharkey County, formed in 1876, was named for Mississippi Gov. William L. Sharkey, who served in 1865. Designed by architect William Sharkey Hull, this three- story courthouse was built in 1902...
- mississippi
- courthouse
- sharkey county
Waltersville
First known Dayton's Cowpen, Waltersville is one of Warren County's oldest settlements. In 1798, a copy of "The Galley Slave,” the first printing in the Mississippi Territory, was printed in...
- mississippi
- settlement
- warren county
Kings School
In 1920-21, the Sandy Bottom School (the original name for Kings School) was built with funding assistance from the Rosenwald Foundation, a philanthropic organization dedicated to building schools...
- mississippi
- african-american
- education
- rosenwald school
Lakefront "Seawall"
In the 1930's the Orleans Levee Board completed a levee protection and land development project along Lake Pontchartrain's south shore. A stepped seawall was built and behind it 2000 acres of...
- louisiana
- new orleans
- waterway. fl...
The Point
Across from you is the end of a narrow peninsula that has been used for years as a popular fishing spot. It extends out from the West End Park. Called "The Point" it was created in the 1920's as a...
- louisiana
- new orleans
- waterway
- recreation
Lockheed T-33A
In 1954, Greenville AFB was designated a basic school for single engine jet pilots. The mission aircraft was the "T-Bird". The airframe on display is typical of those assigned to the 3505th...
- mississippi
- air force
- trainer
- aircraft
- greenville
- washington county
Greenville
Port City of the Delta. Named for Gen. Nathaneael Greene. Washington County seat since 1846. Destroyed in Civil War. Rebuilt on present site, 1865. Home of author Wm. A. Percy and publisher Hodding Carter.
- mississippi
- greenville