Building America's First Railroad

"There was a man killed yesterday by a fall from the centre of the 1st arch [of the Thomas Viaduct]... What a sympathy there is between these rough men. It was affecting to see his fellow laborers dressed in their ...

Site of First Business Building of Record

1855

On this site once stood a two-story wooden structure built by E. F. Gillespie. It served as his general merchandise store until 1863. The Masonic Lodge was headquartered upstairs. The building was removed in 1897.

Marker is at the intersection of ...

The First Brick Building in Sacramento

The Bridge Lunch Restaurant was the last of a long line of restaurants, saloons and boardinghouses located at, or nearby, 1323 Front Street, the first brick structure in the city. George Zins, a native of Searsburg, Lorraine, started a brick-making ...

First Brick Building in Colfax

Erected 1865

By

R.S. Egbert & Wm. Wallace

of Illinoistown

as a General Merchandise Store

Present Owners:

David & Margaret Marson

Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street and Grass Valley Street on North Main Street.

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First National Bank Building

1872-1873, Thomas J. Johnson

Cast iron facade by Richard M. Upjohn

The First National Bank Building features the oldest known cast iron facade

in the Intermountain West. It was designed by Richard M. Upjohn, one of America’s most distinguished 19th-century architects. The building ...

First Fireproof Building in Independence

Main Marker308 West Maple Building

1911

First Fireproof Building in Independence

Secondary Marker

Since 1911

M. H. Siegfried & Co.

Founded by Mark H. Siegfried

1881 - 1967

Mortgages - Real Estate - Loans

Marker is on Maple Avenue near Osage Street, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy ...

First Public Library Building in West Hartford

First Public Library

Building in West Hartford

Erected as a Memorial to

Noah Webster

Presented to the Town by

Sarah Whitman Hooker Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution

Aided by Funds Collected from Townspeople

February 27, 1917

Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street and Brace Road, ...

First Methodist Church Building

Initially a wood frame structure constructed in 1874, this “Forth Street Church” was completed in 1887 of brick and limestone. Admired by many, the building was chronicled as “A very imposing structure in the Town of Forth Worth, with two ...

The First Building of the Centre Congregational Church

Here Stood the First Building

Of the Centre Congregational Church

Erected in 1815

Moved to Its Present Site 1842

This Marker Was Placed July 5, 1916

Marker is on Park Place 0.1 miles east of ...

The Old Barn – First Adobe Building

First adobe building

in La Grange

Built prior to 1850

Used for post office and later

stables for horses that

brought freight in from Waterford.

Marker is on Yosemite Boulevard (State Highway 132), on the left when traveling east.

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