Cold Spring Harbor Fire Department

Founded 1852

Fire house built

1930 & 1970

Marker is at the intersection of Harbor Road (New York Route 25A) and Elm Place, on the right when traveling north on Harbor Road.

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First Abolition Publications

On this site, in 1819-1820, were published The Manumission Intelligencer and The Emancipator. Edited and published by Elihu Embree and printed by Jacob Howard, these were the first periodicals in the United States devoted exclusively to abolition of human slavery.

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Dr. Saxe Office Building

1045 Benton Street

Built after 1855 to avoid patients using his residence at 1075. Dr. Arthur W. Saxe born New York 1821. Died Monterey County 1892.

Marker can be reached from Benton Street west of Washington Street, on the right when traveling ...

Mulberry Grove - Birthplace of John Hanson

President of the United States in Congress Assembled 1781–1782. Died, Oxon Hill, Maryland, November 22, 1783.

Marker is on Chapel Point Road.

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Route of Washington’s March

Route of Washington’s march by night from Trenton to Princeton and victory January 3, 1777

Marker is at the intersection of Hamilton Avenue and Chestnut Avenue on Hamilton Avenue.

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Site of Howey's Hall

The southeast corner of Goodwin and Cortez Street was the site of Howey's Hall, which was built on the first lot sold (for $175) in Prescott by James Howey in 1876. The Goldwaters had their first mercantile store here. It ...

17th Illinois Infantry - 49th Illinois Infantry

Raith's Brigade - McClernand's Division

U.S.

17th Illinois, 49th Illinois,

Raith's (3d) Brig., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

These regiments were engaged here, in support of Taylor's Battery, from 11.30 A.M. to 2 P.M. April 6, 1862. They then fell back to Savannah ...

City Jail and Firehouse

This Romanesque/Classical Revival building was constructed in 1895 and served as both a fire station (on the first floor) and the City jail (on the second). It is one of the two buildings facing the Courthouse Plaza that survived the ...

"Flame of the Marathon Run"

A gift from

the city of Marathon, Greece

The historic lighting of the first “flame of the marathon run" was held on November 3, 2007 on the sacred location of the Battle of Marathon and the tomb of the Athenians.

In 2008, ...

Combination Shaft

Chollar – Potosi, Hale & Norcross and the Savage Mines

The Combination Shaft began in 1875 when the owners of the Chollar-Potosi, Hale & Corcross and the Savage mines combined their efforts to sink a shaft to explore the Comstock Lode ...