One Story from the Barrio Viejo

The History of Room 6

1914

Room 6 (originally addressed 202 W. 18th Street, and later 709 S. 8th Avenue), on the southeast corner of the excavated row house on Lot 10 (see map), housed several businesses throughout its history. In 1914, ...

Grimm Book Bindery

Alvan Small, Architect

This building is significant as the work of architect Alvan Small and as an example of a small commercial building executed in the Neoclassical style. The primary facade is of red brick with a side-gabled roof bracketed with ...

Unearthing Florida- Blockade Runners

Confederate vessels that slipped cargo past U.S. naval ships blocking Florida’s seaports were called blockade runners. They faced a constant threat of capture or destruction.

Two such vessels, discovered in the Hillsborough River near Tampa, highlight the risks these smugglers ...

90 East Bay Street

Ancrum Wharf Building

The Ancrum Wharf Building was constructed by Parker Quince and John Ancrum, both North Carolina natives, who who married to Savannah and Mary Rhett. The Rhett sisters were heirs to Col. William Rhett. The Ancrum Wharf Building is ...

Bell's Trading Post and Village Water Well

1869 - 1870

Location of

Dr. J. W. Bell's Trading Post

and Village Water Well,

hand dug by John Luppy.

Also, original Caney

Survey Point and Marker

Marker is at the intersection of 4th Avenue and State Street, on the right when traveling west on 4th Avenue. ...

First Night Game in Organized Baseball

Played Here

Shulthis Stadium

April 28, 1930

Western Association League

Independence Producers vs

Muskogee Chiefs

Courtesy hmdb.org

Washburn Lumbering Days / The Hines Lumber Company

(side 1)

Washburn Lumbering Days

Washburn begins on the shoreline of Chequamegon Bay. The city rises gradually 75 ft. above level of the water. In 1884, the town was created, born of the necessity of the railway (Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and ...

Memorial to Commercial Fishermen of Bayfield

Past—Present—Future

Dedicated in 1981 to the hard working commercial fishermen whose indomitable spirits will not be forgotten.

Commissioned by Edwin Erickson,

Mayor of Bayfield, 1970-1976 & 1980-1988

Designed by Harold Kerr (1909-1981)

Constructed by Brian Kerr and Erickson Marine

The pilings were salvaged from the steamer ...

The Booth Cooperage

At one time, a local fishery once encompassed this entire block. Early sailing vessels would bring their harvests here to be salt packed in barrels and shipped to market. Here in “The Cooperage,” one of the remaining buildings of that ...

Ninth Street Branch YMCA

Side 1:

In 1901, George Foster Peabody and his brothers made an offer to the colored men and boys of Columbus to build a YMCA on the condition they raise $1,000, purchase a building lot and get membership of 300 men. ...