The Country Club Plaza

Like Cinderella, Kansas City’s famous Country Club Plaza wasn’t always a glittering princess. In the late 1890s, the area, known as Brush Creek Valley, was still a marshland populated by beavers and foxes, and tread only by fur trappers, ...

Livingston – Benedict House

Circa 1752

Revolutionary War refuge

Home of William Livngston

and his family. Livingston

was the first elected

Governor of New Jersey

Morris County Heritage Commission

National Register of Historic Places

New Jersey Register of Historic Places

[ Lower Plaque: ]

The historic character

of this property

is protected by the

New Jersey ...

The Liberty Memorial

The Liberty Memorial, one of Kansas City’s most recognizable landmarks, is the only major memorial in the United States dedicated to World War I.

In late 1919, when American spirit was at its peak following “the war to end ...

Martin Building

The Martin building was designed for J.D. Martin by local architect, Oscar Kirschke. The building was completed in 1914 for approximately $55,000. One of the first occupants was the funeral chapel and morgue of the Buchheit-O'Loughlin Furniture and Undertaking company. ...

Broad Creek Historic District

The Broad Creek Historic District was established by the Prince George's County Council on July 30, 1985. The area surrounding Broad Creek, an estuary of the Potomac River, is considered a special place because of its historical significance, its important ...

Tribal Heritage

It was not by choice that much of what remained of the original Huron Tribe of Ontario came to live in “the town of Kansas” in the 1840s. They had wandered for 50 years through the northern states after ...

Altar to Liberty

1776 – 1919

On this Battle Hill, facing the Statue of Liberty, this altar is erected to commemorate the Battle of Long Island. The first engagement of which was fought on this site, August 27, 1776, between General Lord Stirling with ...

Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Original site of Saint Stephan Bulgarian Orthodox Church in 1915; relocated in 1955 to 1435 North Medford Avenue. Founded by Macedonian and Bulgarian immigrants to fulfill their religious needs and enjoyment of the traditions, customs, and fellowship of their Slavonic ...

The Evolution of Gettysburg's "Common School"

In 1834 Gettysburg established a "common school" to provide its children with a free elementary education, which over the years evolved into the current Gettysburg Area School System.

Following 23 years of classes being held in multiple private dwellings, the first ...

Grand Island Public School Bell

Grand Island Public School. Erected 1878.

I proclaim unceasing warfare against

ignorance, fanatacism and intolerance.

School Board, 1879

O A Abbott, Moderator

W H Platt, Director

H A Koenig, Treasurer

T J Hurford · C E Lykke · R C Jordan

Building Committee

Wm Anyan · John Wallich · ...