Saint John Cathedral

The first church built in Wisconsin specifically as a Roman Catholic Cathedral, dedicated in 1853, and designated in 1974 as a Milwaukee Landmark in recognition of its architectural and historical significance to the community.

Original Cornerstone inscription: 2nd Sunday ...

St. John's

Consecrated Sept. 4, 1842, by James Hervey Otey, first Episcopal Bishop of Tennessee, this church was built by Leonidas Polk, then Missionary Bishop of Southwest and his three brothers, George, Lucius, and Rufus, who divided a grant received from their ...

John Fulenwider

Founder of High Shoals

Iron Works about 1795.

One of first producers

of pig iron by charcoal

process. Revolutionary

patriot. Buried 20 yds. W.

Marker is on North Lincoln Street (North Carolina Route 321) near Thompkins Street (North Carolina Route 1812), on the right when traveling ...

Jekyll Island Boat House Site , Shipshape for the Season

(Left text)

There is very little photo documentation of

exactly what the Boathouse looked like during

the Club era. Club members rarely would have

been found in this area, It was typically used

by year-round employees.

The only visible evidence of the ...

Solomon Juneau

Solomon Juneau,

First White Settler of Milwaukee,

MDCCCXVIII

Solomon Juneau,

First Mayor of Milwaukee,

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The gift of

Charles T. Bradley,

and

William H. Metcalf

to the

City of Milwaukee

Marker is on Prospect Avenue near Kilbourn Avenue, on ...

Judah P. Benjamin

United States Senator, Confederate Attorney General, Secretary of War, & of State, later lawyer in England. His early home was here.

Marker is on South 3rd Street (U.S. 17) 0.1 miles south of Ann Street, on the right when traveling south. ...

John A. Winslow

Capt. U.S.S. "Kearsarge", which sank Confederate raider "Alabama", 1864, rear admiral U.S. Navy, 1870-1873. Birthplace was one block west.

Marker is on North 3rd Street (U.S. 74) 0.1 miles north of Chestnut Street, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Sheriff's Residence and Jail

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Vanderburgh County formed, Evansville named county seat 1818. This castle-like structure was completed 1890 for county’s fourth jail and second sheriff’s residence. Stone exterior has step-gables, projecting turrets, crenellated roof lines, simulated portcullis, and central, rounded tower. Tunnel ...

James Durbin

Sec. No. 53, W.&E.C.

Completed 1842

By

James Durbin

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 24 and County Route 4, on the left when traveling west on U.S. 24.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Jack Jouett’s Ride

On 4 June 1781, John “Jack” Jouett Jr. arrived at the Albemarle County Courthouse to warn the Virginia legislature of approaching British troops. The state government under Governor Thomas Jefferson had retreated from Richmond to reconvene in Charlottesville because of ...