A gigantic map of all the cool plaques in the world. A project of 99% Invisible.

First woman to vote in NY state

LISLE VILLAGE HALL Built 1902 In this building, January 5, 1918 Florence B. Chauncey was the first woman in New York State to vote in an election. Erected January 5, 2018 Preservation Association...

LISLE VILLAGE HALL Built 1902 In this building, January 5, 1918 Florence B. Chauncey was the first woman in New York State to vote in an election. Erected January 5, 2018 Preservation...

  • lisle
  • ny
  • suffrage

Sunday Rock

Welcome to Sunday Rock An Adirondack Landmark and Legend This glacial boulder, twice preserved by local citizens, marks the gateway to the "Great South Woods." In the frontier days it was said...

Welcome to Sunday Rock An Adirondack Landmark and Legend This glacial boulder, twice preserved by local citizens, marks the gateway to the "Great South Woods." In the frontier days it was...

  • rock
  • south colton
  • ny
  • reno
  • j historical
  • places
  • adirondacks

Sylvan Falls Bridge Plaque

     Arthur     Flanders Commissioner       1902 Name of the county highway commissioner and bridge's build date is on this nearly illegible plaque. Metal frame, wooden deck. South (upstream) of...

     Arthur     Flanders Commissioner       1902 Name of the county highway commissioner and bridge's build date is on this nearly illegible plaque. Metal frame, wooden deck. South (upstream) of...

  • parishville
  • ny
  • alan r reno
  • st regis river
  • flanders
  • adirondacks

Bridge Builder's Plaque 1902

 Rochester  Bridge and Construction        Co Rochester, N.Y.      1902 Builder's plaque rapidly approaching illegibility.Found affixed to old bridge (wooden decking!) crossing theWest Branch, St....

 Rochester  Bridge and Construction        Co Rochester, N.Y.      1902 Builder's plaque rapidly approaching illegibility.Found affixed to old bridge (wooden decking!) crossing theWest Branch, St....

  • rochester
  • ny
  • parishville
  • 1902
  • st regis river
  • alan r reno
  • bridge

Gravesites of two War of 1812 Soldiers

Gravesites Two War of 1812 soldiers While on a March from Plattsburgh to Sackets Harbor Died and are Buried on this Historic Spot Location: Route 24, Town of Pierrepont, NY Photo and description...

Gravesites Two War of 1812 soldiers While on a March from Plattsburgh to Sackets Harbor Died and are Buried on this Historic Spot Location: Route 24, Town of Pierrepont, NY Photo and...

  • graves
  • war of 1812
  • plattsburgh
  • sacketts har...
  • ny

John Howard Payne

TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN-HOWARD-PAYNE -- THE AUTHOR OF HOME SWEET HOME  A STUDENT * AT * UNION COLLEGE * IN *THE CLASS OF 1810 -- THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF UNION COLLEGE *...

TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN-HOWARD-PAYNE -- THE AUTHOR OF HOME SWEET HOME  A STUDENT * AT * UNION COLLEGE * IN *THE CLASS OF 1810 -- THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF UNION COLLEGE *...

  • union college
  • schenectady
  • ny
  • payne
  • poet
  • home

Harriet Tubman

The plaque's wording '...frequented this site..' implies a vagabond existence. But she lived in this Auburn NY house for many years. In the years immediately preceding the civil war and during,...

The plaque's wording '...frequented this site..' implies a vagabond existence. But she lived in this Auburn NY house for many years. In the years immediately preceding the civil war and...

  • underground railroad
  • tubman
  • alan reno
  • auburn
  • new york
  • ny
  • slavery

Shea Stadium Third Base

"SITE OFSHEA STADIUMTHIRD BASE1964-2008" Submitted by Matt Schultz, with this message: "This is now in the parking lot where the Mets play. Those are my dad's ashes, placed there by my brother."

"SITE OFSHEA STADIUMTHIRD BASE1964-2008" Submitted by Matt Schultz, with this message: "This is now in the parking lot where the Mets play. Those are my dad's ashes, placed there by my brother."

  • baseball
  • mets
  • nyc
  • new york
  • ny
  • shea

Boyd-Parker

A plaque along Rt 20, not far from Geneseo, NY. Also the site of a small park, with a parking area and other plaques and signs describing the former Indian village and the Revolutionary War battle...

A plaque along Rt 20, not far from Geneseo, NY. Also the site of a small park, with a parking area and other plaques and signs describing the former Indian village and the Revolutionary War...

  • finger lakes
  • ny
  • revolutionary war