Clayborn Temple
This building, designed by architects Long & Kees with E.C. Jones supervising, was dedicated to the worship of God on Jan. 1, 1893. It was the second home of Second Presbyterian Church (organized...
- shelby county
- tennessee
- mlk jr
Gray's Creek Baptist Church
This church is Shelby County's oldest African American congregation. It was founded by two free men of color, preachers Simon Price and Joseph "Free Joe" Harris and numerous slaves, right...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Blue Star Memorial
- dekalb
- georgia
- blue star
- armed forces
Fort Pickering Protecting Memphis
In June 1861, Confederate supporters in Memphis erected earthworks to protect the city here at Fort Pickering, the site of a frontier-era fortified trading post. Capt. William Pickett and his...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Steatite Boulder
GEORGIA STEATITE BOULDER This steatite was found on the site of a prehistoric quarry along Soapstone Ridge 8 miles south of Decatur. It shows the mtehods of Indians in making stone bowls, with...
- decatur
- georgia
- 3000 years old
- girdling
- prehistoric
- soapstone
In Memory of Chicago's Marines
IN MEMORY OF CHICAGO'S MARINES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN BEIRUT, LEBANON OCTOBER 1983 WILL WILL REMEMBER THEIR COURAGE AND DEDICATION TO PEACE GUNNERY SGT. ALVING GELMER MAJ. PAUL HEIN LANCE CPL....
- beirut
- lebanon
- 1983
- marines
- chicago
- midway
- airport
Canberra Time Capsule
Apparently it includes a parking ticket, a licence plate and a letter from the PM. Its fairly underwhelming...
- time capsule
- canberra
- australia
Rockville
ROCKVILLE GEN. J.E.B. STAURT'S CONFEDERATE CAVALRY OCCUPIED ROCKVILLE JUNE 28, 1863, AND CAPTURED 150 U.S. WAGONS ALONG THE WASHINGTON ROAD. FROM HERE THEY MARCHED TO GETTYSBURG. IN JULY, 1864,...
- civil war
- rockville
- maryland
- j.e.b. stuart
- gettysburg
- jubal early
The Suffragette That Knew Jiu-Jitsu Lived Here
London Borough of Islington Edith Garrud 1872-1971 The suffragette that knew jiu- jitsu lived here Islington People's Plaque Submitted by @robdelaney
- london
- england
- garrud
- suffragette
- jiu-jitsu
Devendorf
J. FRANK DEVENDORF 1856 - 1934 PIONEER-BUILDER- FRIEND REMEMBERED AS "FATHER" OF CARMEL-BY-THE- SEA FOUNDED 1900 "CREATION IS A COMBINATION OF VISION AND WILL - VISION GIVE THE PLAN, BUT WILL IS...
- carmel
- california
- edwina
- 1900
- vision
- will
Cotton Exchange Building
The Memphis Cotton Exchange, was first organized in 1873 and is still operating today, though cotton trading is now done by computers. In the early 1950s a seat on the Exchange could cost a new...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Harbormaster
Harbormaster L. BROOKS BOWHAY MONTEREY'S FIRST HARBOR MASTER
- monterey
- california
- 1933
- harbor master
Eastland Presbyterian Church
Sunday school held in a schoolhouse led to the formation of Eastland Presbyterian Church November 11, 1906 with Dr. W.H. Gragg, Sr., E.H. Porter and Captain T.H. Savage, Elders. Dr. Gragg secured...
- shelby county
- tennessee
Bishop White House
Bishop White House, 1786 Residence 1787-1836 of the Rev. Dr. William White. Lector of Christ Church and St. Peter's Church. Chaplain to the Continental Con-gress and to the...
- 1786
- philadelphia
- pennsylvania
- continental congress
Nancy Bird Walton - Pioneer Aviatrix
This is located right next to the security scanners at Sydney airport so I was worried I was going to get arrested for taking a photo of a plaque, which is also why its a bit blurry. Plaque reads:...
- sydney
- airport
- aviator
- aviatrix
- pioneer
- australia
- 1933
Frederick Jowlett Town Clerk
Located outside of a town hall. Plaque reads: 'Erected to commemorate the faithful services of Frederick Jowlett Town Clerk 1887 - 1921' Submitted by: @IanThorp
- water fountain
- drinking fountain
- clerk
- australia
- public servant
Adam Lindsay Gordon
The plaque is on the path near the statue. This really is a case of always read the plaque as I'd not heard of him and I was expecting just another politician. You also get bonus biography of...
- australian
- writer
- jockey
- melbourne
- statue
Panama Hotel
PANAMA HOTEL HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS PROPERTY POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATION THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THE PANAMA HOTEL IS...
- seattle
- washington
- hotel
- immigration
- japanese
- bathhouse
Poets' Corner
POETS' CORNER BLISS CARMAN 1861-1929SIR CHARLES ROBERTS 1860-1943 FRANCIS JOSEPH SHERMAN 1871-1926 Born in or near Fredericton, these three poets were educated in this University and are buried...
- fredericton
- new brunswick
- forest hill
- verse
- poets
Church Park
At this location Church Park and Auditorium was established in 1899 By Robert R. Church, Sr., a Memphis businessman and former slave, to provide recreational facilities for members of his race who...
- shelby county
- tennessee