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Untermyer Park, Historic Landmark of the United States

UNTERMYER PARK HISTORIC LANDMARK OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENACTED BY CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION FEDERAL PRESERVATION LOT OF 1966Submitted by @lampbane

UNTERMYER PARK HISTORIC LANDMARK OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES ENACTED BY CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION FEDERAL PRESERVATION LOT OF 1966Submitted by @lampbane

  • yonkers
  • untermyer park
  • park
  • 1966

Shorewood HIgh School

SHOREWOOD HIGH SCHOOL A forerunner in secondary school design, Shorewood High School is modeled on a university campus plan. Constructed between 1924 and 1938 by Milwaukee architects Herbst and...

SHOREWOOD HIGH SCHOOL A forerunner in secondary school design, Shorewood High School is modeled on a university campus plan. Constructed between 1924 and 1938 by Milwaukee architects Herbst...

    Callan Hotel

    #alwaysreadtheplaque, San Diego weirdness edition https://t.co/SOToxslf4z TweetSubmitted by @alexismadrigal

    #alwaysreadtheplaque, San Diego weirdness edition https://t.co/SOToxslf4z TweetSubmitted by @alexismadrigal

    • monkeys
    • internment
    • wwii
    • concentration camps

    Tarea Hall Pittman

      Morro Bay

      Submitted by @jqmcd

      Submitted by @jqmcd

        Pensionnat Heger, Bronte Sisters

        NEAR THIS SITE FORMERLY STOOD THE PENSIONNAT HEGER WHERE THE WRITERS CHARLOTTE AND EMILY BRONTE STUDIED IN 1842-43 THIS COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE WAS PLACED HERE BY THE BRONTE SOCCIETY WITH THE KIND...

        NEAR THIS SITE FORMERLY STOOD THE PENSIONNAT HEGER WHERE THE WRITERS CHARLOTTE AND EMILY BRONTE STUDIED IN 1842-43 THIS COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE WAS PLACED HERE BY THE BRONTE SOCCIETY WITH THE...

          Cummings Playground

          Submitted by @chicagobars

          Submitted by @chicagobars

            Moriyama & Teshima Architects

            Submitted by @lingwhatics

            Submitted by @lingwhatics

              New Paltz

              NEW YORK NEW PALTZ FOUNDED 1678. SIX HOUSES BUILT BY HUGUENOT REFUGEES FROM FRANCE, ORIGINAL PATENTEES, BEFORE 1720. ARE ON WALKILL RIVER. STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1935

              NEW YORK NEW PALTZ FOUNDED 1678. SIX HOUSES BUILT BY HUGUENOT REFUGEES FROM FRANCE, ORIGINAL PATENTEES, BEFORE 1720. ARE ON WALKILL RIVER. STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 1935

                Albert Jackson

                Submitted by @tatumwilson

                Submitted by @tatumwilson

                  Alviso Adobe

                  Submitted by @jqmcd

                  Submitted by @jqmcd

                    Corktown in the 19th Century

                    Submitted by @heritagetoronto

                    Submitted by @heritagetoronto

                      The Spanish Community

                        Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D.

                        ELIZABETH BLACKWELL, M.D. Dr. Blackwell was the first woman awarded a medical degree in the United States. She began her medical studies in Asheville in 1845 under Dr. John Dickson, for whom she...

                        ELIZABETH BLACKWELL, M.D. Dr. Blackwell was the first woman awarded a medical degree in the United States. She began her medical studies in Asheville in 1845 under Dr. John Dickson, for whom...

                          Senator Paul Wellstone Memorial

                          Submitted by @gkatz

                          Submitted by @gkatz

                            Their Gratitude for Ireland's Help After the War of 1939-45

                              Mahlin Railroad Station House

                                Pony Express Western Terminus No. 2

                                  Samuel L. Fox Building 1929

                                  Submitted by @JimStLeger

                                  Submitted by @JimStLeger

                                    Vic Atiyeh

                                    At PDX airport is a bronze statue of former Oregon governor Vic Atiyeh. I noticed a small detail engraved on his boarding pass. Unintentional, or subversive artist? (SSSS means you were...

                                    At PDX airport is a bronze statue of former Oregon governor Vic Atiyeh. I noticed a small detail engraved on his boarding pass. Unintentional, or subversive artist? (SSSS means you...