National Historic Landmark - Little White Schoolhouse

A meeting in this simple, one story clapboard and frame schoolhouse on March 20, 1854, and another in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, to protest passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which permitted the extension of slavery beyond the limits of ...

Whitehouse

The White House, one of the most recognizable buildings in Washington, DC, was designed by James Hoban, an Irish-born and-trained architect who won a competition organized by President George Washington and Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson in 1792.

Hoban's inspiration for ...

William Allen White House

has been designated a

National

Historic Landmark

This site possesses

national significance

in commemorating the

history of the

United States of America

Marker is at the intersection of 10th Avenue and Exchange Street, on the right when traveling east on 10th Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The "White House"

In 1774, a two-story white stone

garrison was built here by the British,

fortified by American Gen. John Sullivan

with entrenchment and stockade in 1776

and destroyed by fire in 1805.

British occupation 1774 - 1775 and 1776-1796.

American occupation ...

Whitehouse Cemetery

According to local tradition, this cemetery may take its name from the 19th-century Cole family home, a structure whose whitewashed exterior stood out from the majority of other log houses and frame buildings in the area. It lies on what ...

Whitefield House

Begun in 1740 at request of Methodist missionary Reverend George Whitefield as a school for Negroes. Completed by the Moravians in 1743. Served as a communal church-home for 32 newly married German couples brought over in 1744.

Marker is on South ...

Whitefield House

Begun in 1740 at request of Methodist missionary Reverend George Whitefield as a school for Negroes. Completed by the Moravians in 1743. Served as a communal church-home for 32 newly married German couples brought over in 1744.

Marker is on South ...

White House Station

Date: 1892

The Somerville & Easton Railroad first reached the rural community of White House in 1848 and a modest depot was constructed to shelter travelers as they waited for the stagecoach. By 1860, a small community, aptly named White House ...

Birthplace of White House Aide Mary Elizabeth Carpenter

Great-granddaughter of builders. Daughter of Thomas S. and Mary Elizabeth (Robertson) Sutherland.

First woman vice president of student body, University of Texas. Married Leslie Carpenter; has 2 children. In 1954 was president Women's National Press Club.

First woman ever to serve as ...

Elizabeth White House

The Elizabeth White House, built about 1854, was for many years the home of Miss White (1893-1976), a Sumter native who was an internationally-acclaimed artist and lifelong patron of the arts. White, who studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine ...