This House was Occupied by Alexander Graham Bell

This house was occupied by

Alexander Graham Bell

inventor of the telephone

1882-1887

Levi P. Morton

Vice President of the United States

1889-1893

Elihu Root

Secretary of State

1905-1909

Marker is at the intersection of Rhode Island Avenue NW and 15th Street NW, on the right when traveling west on ...

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 ...

The British Occupation

Revolutionary War Heritage Trail

In 1775, the populace of Oyster Bay was divided, with only 20 percent supporting American independence. Among this small group of rebels was local merchant and politician Samuel Townsend, the owner of what is today Raynham Hall ...

Deibert Park

-dedicated May 25, 2000-

This park was donated to the people of Florence by Dr. Kirk R. and Lillian Cook Deibert who initially acquired this property in 1952. The acreage was once a part of a large ante-bellum plantation owned by ...

Abington District World War I Memorial

Dedicated to the men and women

of Abington District who answered

the call to service in the World War

Ernest Lafitte Brautigam

James Diodato

Aaron M. Welch

[They died in service]

George R. Ambler, Jr. • Harry A.D. Baer • Albert N. Baggs • John M. Bockius, ...

Brooklyn Heights Historic District

New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation

Brooklyn Heights, with its elegant promenade and dramatic view of Manhattan, is one of the most uniformly preserved 19th century residential districts in New York City. It was developed soon after 1814, when Robert Fulton's first ...

Major Elbert Dickason / Dickason's "Hotel"

Major Elbert Dickason

Major Elbert Dickason founder of Wyocena, was born in Virginia in 1799. He moved to Illinois where he joined their militia during the Black Hawk War. Representing a Milwaukee land investor, he founded Columbus in 1839. When his ...

In Memory of Rev. Adalbert Inama, O. Praem.

1798-1879

Born in Wilton, Tyrol Dec. 26, 1798. Came to Roxbury in 1845. Dane County's first resident Catholic priest. Labored in Dane, Iowa, Columbia, Dodge, Jefferson, Sauk, Waukesha counties. Repeatedly read Mass in the Assembly chamber of the Capitol, Madison.

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Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho 1542

Ao-Navegador-Portugues

To the Portuguese Navigator

Joao-Rodrigues Cabrilho

A tribute from the Portuguese Navy

Courtesy hmdb.org

Georgetown High School Building

Built in 1923-24 on the original site of Southwestern University, this structure served as Georgetown High School for over fifty years. Designed by Austin architect Charles H. Page and exhibiting influences of the Spanish Colonial Revival style of architecture, the ...