Hart Massey House
This residence, completed in 1959, sensitively echoes its natural setting, making it a distinctly Canadian interpretation of the International Style. Its minimalist design reflects the modernist...
Barkaloo Cemetery
DEDICATEDTO TO THE SACRED MEMORY OFOUR COMRADESOF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ERECTED MAY 19, 1935 ROBERT PORTER POST NO 986 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF U.S. Submitted by @lampbane
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Revolutionary War Cemetery
1776 1962REVOLUTIONARY WAR CEMETERY IN EVERLASTING MEMORY TO ALL THOSE THAT ARE BURIED HERE, THAT OUR COUNTRY BE EVER FREE Submitted by @lampbane
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Wes Reader Athletic Fields
Wesley Reader 1911-1978 A beloved teacher, coach and administrator. Wes Reader dedicated his life to educating the young people of Pinckney. Born near Howell, Michigan, and educated at...
Henry Ford Stamp
HENRY FORD HUMANITARIAN – INDUSTRIALIST FOUNDER OF GREENFIELD VILLAGE FIRST DAY OF ISSUE JULY 30, 1968 Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers
Ann Arbor High School
ANN ARBOR HIGH SCHOOL Innovative education has been connected to this site ever since the Union School opened in 1856 as a school for all grades (inset above). Ann Arbor’s Argus...
McGraw Hill Building
Chicago Landmark McGraw-Hill Building Thielbar and Fugard, architect 1928-29 A rare survivor of the type of buildings constructed during the early period of this street’s development as...
Dewitt Clinton Cregier
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN RECOGNITION OF THE OUTSTANDING SERVICES TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO GIVEN BY DEWITT CLINTON CREGIER ENGINEER OF CHICAGO AVE. PUMPING STATION 1853-1879 CITY ENGINEER...
Water Tower Centennial
1869-1969 IN THIS ITS CENTENNIAL YEAR THE CHICAGO WATER TOWER HAS BEEN DESIGNATED THE FIRST AMERICAN WATER LANDMARK “BECAUSE OF ITS SIGNIFICANCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHICAGO’S WATER RESOURCES AND...
KOSCIUSZKO
KOSCIUSZKO THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO 1746-1817 SON OF POLAND, GENERAL AND MILITARY ENGINEER OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, FORTIFIED SARATOGA AND THE WEST POINT/HUDSON RIVER COMPLEX FIRST DEDICATED...
NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
NICOLAUS COPERNICUS MIKOLAI KOPERNIK 1473-1543 BY REFORMING ASTRONOMY HE INITIATED MODERN SCIENCE Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers
Adler Planetarium
THE ASTRONOMICAL MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM OF CHICAGO GIFT OF MAX ADLER TO FURTHER THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE, TO GUIDE TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAJESTY OF THE HEAVENS, TO EMPHASIZE THAT UNDER THE...
Man Enters the Cosmos
MAN ENTERS THE COSMOS This sundial sculpture created by Henry Moore and commissioned by the Trustees of the B.F. Ferguson Monument Fund is erected in recognition of the revolutionary program of...
Civil War Cannon Ball
CIVIL WAR CANNON BALL Below upper window FIRED FROM CEMETERY BY MORGAN’S MEN Submitted by Bryan Arnold @nanowhiskers
Hardin County
HARDIN COUNTY Formed from Nelson County by first Legislature, 1792. Named for Col. John Hardin, veteran of Dunmore’s War, 1774. Am. Rev., Gen. Clark’s Wabash Exped., 1787 and Maumee...
General Custer Here
GENERAL CUSTER HERE Cavalry and Infantry battalions under Gen. George Custer assigned here, 1871 to 1873, to suppress Ku Klux Klan and carpetbaggers, to break up illicit distilleries. Those gangs...
Gallantry In Action
GALLANTRY IN ACTION Sergeant George E. Larkin, Jr., a native of Colesburg, Hardin Co., took part in Doolittle’s raid on Japanese mainland, April 18, 1942. He was awarded the Distinguished...
Another Tavern House
MAJOR JAMES CRUTCHER “BUILT ANOTHER TAVERN HOUSE ON MAIN STREET AT THE CORNER OF THE PUBLIC SQUARE AND HOISTED A SIGN OF A LION RAMPANT (ABOUT 1798)” HAYCRAFT’S HISTORY P.74 Submitted by Bryan...
Battle of Elizabethtown
BATTLE OF ELIZABETHTOWN December 27, 1862 “here was the place of battle. You who have never known the scour and pierce of battle may only remember moments by name places by monuments, but I who...
Patsy Cline
COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME Elected 1973 PATSY CLINE September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963 BORN VIRGINIA PATTERSON HENSLEY IN VIRGINIA, PATSY WILL LIVE IN COUNTRY MUSIC ANNALS AS ONE OF ITS OUTSTANDING...