Hampton (Incorp. Since 1895)

Known for years before 1909 as junction. Central RR of NJ & DL&W railroads met here. Site of extensive machine shops and a huge coal storage facility set up to get nearer the city areas to the east.

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F. Weigl Iron Works

Ironsmith Fortunat Weigl (1884-1973) migrated to Austin in 1913 from Germany with his wife Anna and sons F. Lee and Herbert. Work was scarce until 1917, when Weigl was commissioned by the noted local woodcarver Peter Mansbendel, who supplied a ...

40-46 Church Street

1925

Collegiate Gothic Style

Architect: Holmes & Von Schmid

A handsome red brick commercial building with concrete round arched entrances and leaded glass windows. The building is topped by a balustrade and has a 2-story octagonal turret to the west.

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45 Church Street Plaza

1925

Renaissance Revival Style

This is a corner apartment building with commercial space at street level, buff-colored brick with extensive use of terra cotta for the architectural details.

Marker is on Church Street east of S. Park Street, on the right when traveling ...

Delaware Avenue & Columbus Circle, NE

Historical Information

Designed in the Beaux-Arts style, this was the world's largest train station when it opened - the station and terminal zone originally covered approximately 200 acres and included 75 miles of tracks. For over half a century its ...

Webberville Ebenezer Baptist Church

This church traces its origin to the plight of Anglo American John F. Webber, who along with his African American wife and children, settled in this sparsely populated area of Texas in 1839 to escape the racism they had experienced ...

Hibben House / British Occupation

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Hibben House

A 1777 map shows a house on this property owned by Jacob Motte, Charleston City Treasurer. His 67 acre plantation called Mount Pleasant provided the name for the present town. James Hibben purchased the land in 1803. ...

Waters Park

Waters Park was a multi-ethnic community located north of Austin in the 19th century. The Austin & Northwestern Railroad, which built a line through here to transport granite for construction of the state capitol, built a recreational park in Waters ...

Historic River Road and River Crossing

Route of Continental Army of Morristown after Battle of Princeton, Jan. 3, 1777. Route also of armies marching from New York to Yorktown, VA. Aug. 30-31, 1781.

Marker is on Griggstown Causeway just east of Millstone River Road, on the left ...

Haddrell's Point

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Haddrell’s Point extended along the waterfront from Shem Creek to Cove Inlet and was named for George Haddrell, an early settler. The land bordering Shem Creek became home to important industries including factories, canneries, and rice and saw mills. ...