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Akin Hall

AKIN HALL  BUILT AND DEDICATED IN 1881 BY A. J. AKIN. USED BY CHRIST CHURCH SINCE 1895. MOVED TO FORMER SITE OF MIZZENTOP HOTEL BY LOWELL THOMAS 1936.  AKIN HALL ASSOCIATION 1986

AKIN HALL  BUILT AND DEDICATED IN 1881 BY A. J. AKIN. USED BY CHRIST CHURCH SINCE 1895. MOVED TO FORMER SITE OF MIZZENTOP HOTEL BY LOWELL THOMAS 1936.  AKIN HALL ASSOCIATION 1986

    Tanks Skole

    TANKS SKOLE "Skoleivet var meg dypt usympatisk, dets materialisme, barshel og kulde var min natur sa imot at jeg utponsket det utroligste for a bli det kvitt - om bar for en liten stund." Edvard...

    TANKS SKOLE "Skoleivet var meg dypt usympatisk, dets materialisme, barshel og kulde var min natur sa imot at jeg utponsket det utroligste for a bli det kvitt - om bar for en liten stund." Edvard...

      Between Downtown and the Railroad

      Triangular block bounded by Detroit, Fifth, and Kingsley, 1897   In 1845 the first St. Thomas Catholic Church, built on Kingsley Street east of Division, was Ann Arbor’s first brick church and its...

      Triangular block bounded by Detroit, Fifth, and Kingsley, 1897   In 1845 the first St. Thomas Catholic Church, built on Kingsley Street east of Division, was Ann Arbor’s first brick church and its...

      • detroit
      • michigan
      • railroad
      • barrel factory
      • apple-picking

      Industry on Detroit Street

      Miller’s Planing Mill, 529 Detroit Street, 1874 (Later the Treasure Mart)   Used cars were sold at 514 Detroit Streetin the last part of Andrew Schmidt’s carriage factory buildings, before it was...

      Miller’s Planing Mill, 529 Detroit Street, 1874 (Later the Treasure Mart)   Used cars were sold at 514 Detroit Streetin the last part of Andrew Schmidt’s carriage factory buildings, before it was...

      • detroit
      • michigan
      • universal bath
      • railroad
      • treasure mart

      Purgatory Hill

      Purgatory Hill  Named by the Continental  Army encamped here fall of  1778. Site of great barbecue celebrating anniversary of Burgoyne's defeat - Saratoga  

      Purgatory Hill  Named by the Continental  Army encamped here fall of  1778. Site of great barbecue celebrating anniversary of Burgoyne's defeat - Saratoga

      • barbecue
      • 1778
      • saratoga
      • akindale farms

      Colfax Riot

      This plaque marks what it calls the "Colfax Riot," what is now called the "Colfax Massacre." In the midst of political turmoil in 1873, White Supremacist paramilitaries killed over 100 blacks --...

      This plaque marks what it calls the "Colfax Riot," what is now called the "Colfax Massacre." In the midst of political turmoil in 1873, White Supremacist paramilitaries killed over 100 blacks --...

      • massacre
      • reconstruction
      • paramilitaries
      • racism

      Japanese American Remembrance Garden

      This set of plaques is located on the north edge of the Seattle University Campus. It's near Madison Street in the projection of the 11th Avenue right of way. It's on the east side of Hunthausen...

      This set of plaques is located on the north edge of the Seattle University Campus. It's near Madison Street in the projection of the 11th Avenue right of way. It's on the east side of Hunthausen...

      • seattle
      • nikkei
      • japanese
      • incarceration
      • seattle university

      Chrysler Building [Seattle]

      This plaque is on the north side of East Pine Street just east of Broadway in Seattle, Washington at 900 East Pine Street. Text: Chrysler Building B.1925 The Washburn-Haines Company built this...

      This plaque is on the north side of East Pine Street just east of Broadway in Seattle, Washington at 900 East Pine Street. Text: Chrysler Building B.1925 The Washburn-Haines Company built this...

      • seattle
      • history
      • auto row
      • capitol hill

      Gras-Devall Plaza

      Gras-Devall Plaza - These four corners were dedicated for public use in 1809 by Antonio Gras and Edith and Richard Devall. A market was to be in the center, and the corners used for the hitching...

      Gras-Devall Plaza - These four corners were dedicated for public use in 1809 by Antonio Gras and Edith and Richard Devall. A market was to be in the center, and the corners used for the hitching...

      • baton rouge
      • plaza
      • louisiana

      Van Nuys Grammar School

      Van Nuys Grammar School 1912 Los Angeles Board of Education 1935 Wm. Campbell D.M. Gibson Wm. E. Lane ~Trustees~ Submitted by: Jon G.

      Van Nuys Grammar School 1912 Los Angeles Board of Education 1935 Wm. Campbell D.M. Gibson Wm. E. Lane ~Trustees~ Submitted by: Jon G.

      • van nuys
      • grammar school
      • lausd

      Norumbega Tower

      AD 1000. AD 1889 Norumbega = Nor MBega Indian utterance of Norgega the ancient form of Nowega, Norway to which the region of Vinland was subject. . City. At and near Watertown where remain to-day...

      AD 1000. AD 1889 Norumbega = Nor MBega Indian utterance of Norgega the ancient form of Nowega, Norway to which the region of Vinland was subject. . City. At and near Watertown where remain...

        Memphis Martyrs

        In August, 1878, fear of death caused a panic during which 30,000 of 50,000 Memphians fled this bluff city. By October, the epidemic of yellow fever killed 4,204 of 6,000 Caucasians and 946 of...

        In August, 1878, fear of death caused a panic during which 30,000 of 50,000 Memphians fled this bluff city. By October, the epidemic of yellow fever killed 4,204 of 6,000 Caucasians and 946...

        • shelby county
        • tennessee

        Raoul Wallenberg Shell

        Dedicated to a Swedish Diplomat Honorary American Citizen Righteous Man Angel Of Rescue RAOUL WALLENBERG SHELL During World War II, his mission of mercy behind enemy lines was an act of heroism...

        Dedicated to a Swedish Diplomat Honorary American Citizen Righteous Man Angel Of Rescue RAOUL WALLENBERG SHELL During World War II, his mission of mercy behind enemy lines was an act of...

        • shelby county
        • tennessee

        Broadway High

        ---- On this site stood Seattle's first High School. Opened in 1902 as Seattle High School, in 1904 it was named Broadway High School until its closing in 1946. Broadway set high standards for...

        ---- On this site stood Seattle's first High School. Opened in 1902 as Seattle High School, in 1904 it was named Broadway High School until its closing in 1946. Broadway set high standards...

        • seattle
        • capitol hill
        • high school

        OSBMS 1533

        Submitted by @caddickbrown

        Submitted by @caddickbrown

          Pantages House

          ----- Pantages House Built in 1907 for Alexander Pantages Vaudeville Impressario Founder of Over 200 Theaters Nationwide Designated a Seattle Historic Landmark in 2004 Restored in 2005 by Capitol...

          ----- Pantages House Built in 1907 for Alexander Pantages Vaudeville Impressario Founder of Over 200 Theaters Nationwide Designated a Seattle Historic Landmark in 2004 Restored in 2005 by Capitol...

          • pantages
          • vaudeville
          • seattle
          • capitol hill

          George Ward House

           (Marker 1) Ward HouseSeattle's Oldest Building1882Seattle Landmark (Marker 2) George Ward House520 E Denny Wayhas been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United...

           (Marker 1) Ward HouseSeattle's Oldest Building1882Seattle Landmark (Marker 2) George Ward House520 E Denny Wayhas been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United...

          • nrhp
          • landmark
          • seattle
          • capitol hill

          Remington Art Memorial

          Remington Art Memorial Cor of Washington & State Sts. Dedicated July 19 1923 State Education Department 1938 Located in Ogdensburg, NY. Submitted by Alan R. Reno

          Remington Art Memorial Cor of Washington & State Sts. Dedicated July 19 1923 State Education Department 1938 Located in Ogdensburg, NY. Submitted by Alan R. Reno

          • art memorial
          • ogdensburg
          • reno
          • remington

          Baker Burying Ground

          Baker Burying Ground Here Lie Six Revolutionary Soldiers and Many Pioneers of Clinton County State Education Department 1936 Located between Plattsburgh and West Plattsburgh, NY. Submitted by Alan R. Reno

          Baker Burying Ground Here Lie Six Revolutionary Soldiers and Many Pioneers of Clinton County State Education Department 1936 Located between Plattsburgh and West Plattsburgh, NY. Submitted by Alan R. Reno

          • reno
          • plattsburgh
          • graves
          • american revolution
          • soldiers
          • pioneers

          George W. Lee1894 - 1976

          Political, business and civic leader, Lee was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Expeditionary Forces. Heroic in W.W.I, he was an active black combat officer. An insurance executive and capitalist, Lee...

          Political, business and civic leader, Lee was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Expeditionary Forces. Heroic in W.W.I, he was an active black combat officer. An insurance executive and capitalist, Lee...

          • shelby county
          • tennessee