“Canterbury Mannor”

1000 Acres

Laid out for Richard Tilghman Chirurgeon as “Mannor of Tilghman’s Fortune” 20th July 1659. Sold by him to Richard Preston 3rd Sept., 1665, as the “Mannor of Canterbury” “together with all royaltys and privileeges most usually belonging to Mannors ...

Blending Old and New

River Farms to Urban Towers

When urban renewal threatened to destroy three of Washington's oldest structures, dating from the late 1700's, history-minded citizens organized to stop the bulldozers. As a result, when architect Chloethiel Woodard Smith designed the mid-20th century ...

Auburn Post Office

Historical Landmark

P.O. First Mail Service – 1849

First P.O. Established July 21, 1853

Daily Mail Service June 1888

P.O. Consolidated Dec. 30, 1919

Station A – Here Since Late 1870’s

Community Project

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Lincoln Way and Sacramento Street.

Courtesy ...

Montgomery Ward Building

An example of

Art Deco style architecture

One of Montgomery Ward & Company's

initial retail outlets

Mifflin County

Historic Building

1929

Marker is on Market Street near Main Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site of the Birth of New York State

Site

Of The

County Court House

Where

On July 10 1776 The

Provincial Congress

Proclaimed

The Passing Of The

Dependent Colony

And The Birth Of

The

Independent State

Of New York

Erected by the White Plains Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution

1910

Marker is at the intersection of South Broadway and Mitchell Place, on the ...

Carlton's Battery - Cabell's Battalion

McLaws's Division - Longstreet's Corps

Army of Northern Virginia

Longstreet's Corps McLaws's Division

Cabell's Battalion Carlton's Battery

The Troup Artillery

First Section Two 10 pounder Parrotts

July 2 This section took position here 3.30 p.m. and was actively engaged until near dark.

July 3 In position on ...

Cyrenius H. Booth Library

Cyrenius H. Booth Library

Has Been Placed On The

National Register

Of Historic Places

By The United States

Department of the Interior

1932

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Connecticut Route 25) and Church Hill Road (Connecticut Route 6), on the right when traveling south ...

Robert Morris, Sr.

Below this plaque lies the grave of Robert Morris, Sr., buried 1750.

An ironmonger in Liverpool, England before he immigrated to Oxford, Maryland where he became a successful merchant and agent. Mr. Morris accumulated a fortune that he bequeathed to his ...

Masonic Temple Building

Over a century on the Square

Site of first Post Office

Mifflin County

Historic Place

Circa 1893

Marker is at the intersection of Market Street and Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Market Street.

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Oviedo Turntable

The Oviedo Turntable was located on the "Dinky Line"

In October of 1890 the Osceola & Lake Jesup Railway extended its line ten miles, from Oviedo to Winter Park. This line was known as the "Coffee Pot" or "Dinky Line." ...