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The Varsity Theater

Submitted by @jqmcd

Submitted by @jqmcd

    Plaque in Highworth High Street to mark the Old Post Office.

     The Auxilliary Units Gateway for agents - this would have been very important had the United Kingdom been invaded in World War II

     The Auxilliary Units Gateway for agents - this would have been very important had the United Kingdom been invaded in World War II

    • highworth

    William J Arkell's birth place plaque

    William Joscelyn Arkell FGS, FRS (9 June 1904 – 18 April 1958) was a British geologist and palaeontologist.

    William Joscelyn Arkell FGS, FRS (9 June 1904 – 18 April 1958) was a British geologist and palaeontologist.

    • highworth
    • arkell
    • geology
    • jurassic

    Old First Orange Baptist Church

    Old First Orange Baptist Church was organized on September 20, 1857, and is the earliest known religious establishment in Orange County. Charter members were Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth, Mr. and...

    Old First Orange Baptist Church was organized on September 20, 1857, and is the earliest known religious establishment in Orange County. Charter members were Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth, Mr....

    • texas
    • church
    • religion

    Harry James' Childhood Homesite

    Henry Haag "Harry" James was an American musician who became famous as one of the most popular bandleaders during the "Big Band" or "Swing Band" era of the 1930s and 1940s. He was born in 1916 in...

    Henry Haag "Harry" James was an American musician who became famous as one of the most popular bandleaders during the "Big Band" or "Swing Band" era of the 1930s and 1940s. He was born in 1916...

    • texas
    • entertainment
    • big band/swing

    Central Fire Station

      This structure was built in 1927 to house the Beaumont fire Department. Organized in 1881. Designed by the architectural firm of Livesay and Wiedemann, the building was constructed on the site...

      This structure was built in 1927 to house the Beaumont fire Department. Organized in 1881. Designed by the architectural firm of Livesay and Wiedemann, the building was constructed on the site...

    • texas
    • firefighters
    • fire station
    • museum

    Peyton Bland

      Born in 1815 in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, Peyton Bland became a vital figure in Orange County. He migrated to Texas as a young man and at Orange in 1835 enrolled to serve I the Texas...

      Born in 1815 in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, Peyton Bland became a vital figure in Orange County. He migrated to Texas as a young man and at Orange in 1835 enrolled to serve I the...

    • texas
    • texas revolution
    • early settler

    Restoring The Landscape

    • texas
    • nature

    Trinity Lutheran Church

    Twelve people heard the Rev. C. G. Kuppler of Louisiana deliver the last German Lutheran sermon in this area in early 1899. The small group applied for a regular pastor;  the Lutheran Mission...

    Twelve people heard the Rev. C. G. Kuppler of Louisiana deliver the last German Lutheran sermon in this area in early 1899. The small group applied for a regular pastor;  the Lutheran Mission...

    • texas
    • church
    • religion

    Congregation Temple Emanuel

    The first recorded Jewish worship services in Beaumont were held on Yom Kippur in September 1887. The congregation's first synagogue was built at the corner of Broadway and willow streets in 1901....

    The first recorded Jewish worship services in Beaumont were held on Yom Kippur in September 1887. The congregation's first synagogue was built at the corner of Broadway and willow streets in 1901....

    • texas
    • church
    • religion

    St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica

    • texas
    • church
    • religion

    Jennie's Place

    JENNIE'S PLACE THIS BUILDING ORIGINALLY A BROTHEL KNOWN AS JENNIE'S PLACE. IT WAS BUILT IN 1898 BY LEGENDARY MADAM BELGIAN JENNIE BAUTERS, WHO CAME TO JEROME FROM BELGIUM IN 1896. THIS WAS HER...

    JENNIE'S PLACE THIS BUILDING ORIGINALLY A BROTHEL KNOWN AS JENNIE'S PLACE. IT WAS BUILT IN 1898 BY LEGENDARY MADAM BELGIAN JENNIE BAUTERS, WHO CAME TO JEROME FROM BELGIUM IN 1896. THIS WAS HER...

      Six Feet Apart We Sit In Solidarity

      Six Feet Apart We Sit In Solidarity: This Installation Stands In Honor Of The Class Of 2020 Who Did Not Get To Finish Their Senior Year On Campus And The Berkeley High Community Who Made It...

      Six Feet Apart We Sit In Solidarity: This Installation Stands In Honor Of The Class Of 2020 Who Did Not Get To Finish Their Senior Year On Campus And The Berkeley High Community Who Made...

        Heart's Delight

        Heart's Delight Here in 1903 William H. Miner developed a 15,000 acre farm employing over 800 workers and utilizing the latest advances in science and technology. Photo/submitted by Alan R Reno

        Heart's Delight Here in 1903 William H. Miner developed a 15,000 acre farm employing over 800 workers and utilizing the latest advances in science and technology. Photo/submitted by Alan R Reno

        • farm
        • miner
        • alan r reno
        • chazy ny

        Oakland Fire Department Fire Station Number Twenty

          Victoria Circle Park

            Mergenthaler House

            A beautiful 3 story brick house in the old Bolton Hill district of Baltimore, MarylandThe plaque reads:From 1894 to 1899, the house was the residence of Ottmar Mergenthaler, the German immigrant...

            A beautiful 3 story brick house in the old Bolton Hill district of Baltimore, MarylandThe plaque reads:From 1894 to 1899, the house was the residence of Ottmar Mergenthaler, the German immigrant...

              Theodore Vacquer

              Submitted by @bibhistorique

              Submitted by @bibhistorique

                Coach Wayne Tuffy Williams

                  Natlie Coughlin