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Saw Mill River Daylighting - Industry

Saw Mill River Daylighting Otis ElevatorThe building in front of you once housed the famous Otis Elevator factory. Although elevators date back to ancient Egypt, the concept for the safety...

Saw Mill River Daylighting Otis ElevatorThe building in front of you once housed the famous Otis Elevator factory. Although elevators date back to ancient Egypt, the concept for the...

  • yonkers
  • saw mill river
  • elisha graves otis
  • 1852
  • 1854

Registered Yonkers Landmark - Untermyer Park

REGISTERED YONKERS LANDMARK UNTERMYER PARK SITE OF GREYSTONE THE HOME OF JOHN T. WARING 1868-1879 SAMUEL J. TILDEN 1879-1899SAMUEL UNTERMYER 1899-1940 DEDICATED BY YONKERS HISTORICAL...

REGISTERED YONKERS LANDMARK UNTERMYER PARK SITE OF GREYSTONE THE HOME OF JOHN T. WARING 1868-1879 SAMUEL J. TILDEN 1879-1899SAMUEL UNTERMYER 1899-1940 DEDICATED BY YONKERS...

  • yonkers
  • untermyer park
  • park
  • samuel tilden
  • john waring
  • samuel untermyer
  • 1868
  • 1940

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