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The Ebert House and Store

You could smell the gingerbread and candy when you went into the store. It was utterly quiet, the only noise was the ticking of a clock...and an elderly lady knitting and rocking.

A local resident

On this corner stood the home of ...

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29 Sea Captains and Mariners

Dedicated to the

memory of the

29 Sea Captains and

Mariners whose

vision and courage

chartered a course

of development

for Tampa Bay

Marker can be reached from East Harrison Street near North Morgan Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Confederate Sharpshooters

From several high elevations overlooking the fort, Confederate sharpshooters were able to fire upon any Union soldiers who showed themselves above the walls. Many of the Union officers, including the commander, Major Booth, were picked off by the sharpshooters prior ...

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Original Smithsonian Institution Building

The Smithsonian Institution Building, a National Historic Landmark, was designed by the prominent New York architect, James Renwick, Jr., who would later design the Renwick Gallery (originally the Corcoran Gallery of Art) in Washington, and erected on the Mall between ...

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Confederate Water Batteries

The earthen structure nearby, ¾ mile in length, was constructed by the Confederates by order of General Gideon Pillow in July, 1861. Designed to hold 40 artillery pieces, the water batteries were the major works which prevented the passage of ...

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Site of San Justo Ranch Home

Site of San Justo Ranch Home

of

Colonel W.W. Hollister

for whom

this city was named

at its founding in 1868

Marker placed by San Benito County Historical Society

Copa de Oro Parlor, Native Daughters of the Golden West

1965

Marker is on 4th Street west of Monterey Street, ...

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1854 City Hall and Waterworks

The original building was completed in the spring of 1854 at a cost of $120,000. It housed the City Waterworks, its Superintendent, and Tapper, and the City offices for Mayor, Council, Secretary, Marshall, Police, Collector, Assessor, Surveyor, and Recorder, including ...

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Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church

Circa 1750

Altered in 1830

Addition in 1854

Chancel added in 1883

Presented by Penelope Van Princes Chapter, Oldwick, New Jersey

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Church Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Original Wall

Standing here you can clearly see how the Sunken Road got its name. Cut into the base of Marye's Heights, the roadbed sits several feet below the grade of the surrounding hill slope. Stone retaining walls on either side of ...

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McTyeire Memorial Church

(Named in 1891 by first pastor, Rev. H.M. McKnight, in honor of Bishop Holland McTyeire, founder of Vanderbilt University.)

The Lincoln Methodist Episcopal Church South was organized in February 1889 with 22 members. Ground was broken for the church building in ...

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