Kansas City Southern Depot
Built in 1923, the depot is an outstanding example of Mission Revival architecture, and is one of the most architecturally significant railroad depots in the state. Listed on National Register...
- louisiana
- railroad
All Saints Episcopal Church
Built in 1885 in Patterson, La. and originally known as Holy Trinity. Moved to present location in 1942. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its Gothic Revival architecture.
- louisiana
- church
Samuel H. Levingston
A native of northern Ireland, Samuel H. Levingston was born in 1832, the son of George and Margaret Levingston. At the age of fourteen he left Ireland with his brothers, David and John, and his...
- texas
- businessman
Evergreen Cemetery
Local lore places the first burial in this cemetery as early as 1840. When Robert Jackson purchased 35 acres of land including this site in 1853, at least one grave was already present. Jackson...
- texas
- cemetery
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
This church was established in 1863 under the leadership of the Rev. Joseph Wood Dunn, an area missionary. The earliest services were conducted in the home of Jerome Swinford. His...
- texas
- church
First Christian Church of Orange
The First Christian Church of Orange began in 1885 when a group of residents started meeting for worship services. Some of these charter members were baptized in the Sabine River. The...
- texas
- church
First National Bank of Orange
Until the industrial revolution reached Orange in the late 1880s, most banking needs in the area were handled through Galveston.The growth of Orange as a lumber center and deep water...
- texas
- commerce
- bank
Colonel Thos. D. Boyd Tree
This Tree Planted March 7, 1927ForColonel Thos. D.BoydByDr. James Arthur TuckerUniversity Physician
- louisiana
- university
- tree
St. Emma Plantation
Scene of Civil War skirmish in fall of 1862. C.1850 Greek Revival plantation house owned 1854-1869 by Charles A. Kock, a prominent sugar planter. Listed on National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
- louisiana
- civil war
- plantation
- antebellum
First Marine Division at Cape Gloucester, 1943
"IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN COMRADES OF THE FIRST MARINE DIVISION AT CAPE GLOUCESTER, 1943."
- 1943
- cape gloucester
Berlioz, Beethoven
(abridged:) Here the conductor François-Antoine Habeneck revealed BEETHOVEN to the Parisian public (1828)Here HECTOR BERLIOZ performed the Symphonie Fantastique, Lélio, Harold en Italie, Roméo...
- ludwig van beethoven
- hector
Berlioz, Beethoven
(abridged:) Here the conductor François-Antoine Habeneck revealed BEETHOVEN to the Parisian public (1828)Here HECTOR BERLIOZ performed the Symphonie Fantastique, Lélio, Harold en Italie, Roméo...
- ludwig van beethoven
- hector berlioz
- paris
- france
- music
- 19th century
Sturgis Pretzel Factory
ON THIS SITE IN 1861 JULIUS STURGIS ESTABLISHED THE FIRST PRETZEL BAKERY IN THE NEW WORLD THIS TABLET DEDICATED BY THE NATIONAL PRETZEL BAKERS INSTITUTE MAY 1951 ALEX V. TISDALE, PRES. Submitted...
- sturgis
- pretzel factory
- pretzel
- tisdale
- imageryan
James Wall Finn
James Wall Finn The celebrated American muralist and decorative artist James Wall Finn lived here from 1900 until his death, first as a boarder, and then with his wife, Florence Lee Quinn, and...
- james wall finn
- muralist
- ny public library
- morgan
- west 9th street
Berkeley Municipal Rose Garden
John M. Wilcox Solar Observatory
Submitted by Damien Chua.
Sam Houston Jones
Sam Houston Jones Sam Houston Jones (1897 -1978) was born in Merryville and spent his youth in DeRidder. he is the only native of Beauregard Parish ever elected Governor of Louisiana....
- louisiana
- politician
Green Lane, Pennsylvania
A 2013 roadside find in rural Pennsylvania that required a walk back along a shoulderless road to get a picture. The text is ... minimalist in several respects: Green LaneNamed for the foliage of...
- green lane
- pennsylvania
Old City Hall
Iberville Parish Courthouse, 1848-1906; Plaquemine City Hall, 1906-85. Built by George and Thomas Weldon of Mississippi. One of Louisiana's oldest public buildings. Listed on National Register...
- louisiana
- museum
Bayou Goula
Mugulasha Indian village captured by Bayogoulas. In 1699 Bienville here found Tonti's letter of 1686 to La Salle. Father Paul Du Ru built first chapel in Louisiana near village in 1700.
- louisiana
- native american
- settlement