United States Post Office and Courthouse

This property

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

United States Post Office

and Courthouse

c.1933

Marker is at the intersection of East Stewart Avenue and North Third Street on East Stewart Avenue.

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The Ohio Statehouse / Lincoln at the Statehouse

In 1812, the Ohio legislature designated Columbus as the state capital,

with local landowners contributing land and resources for a capitol

building and penitentiary. The first Columbus statehouse, a Federal-style structure completed in 1816, stood on the northeast corner of

State and High ...

The Old State House

“ . . . there the child Independence was born.”

Built in 1713, the Old State House was the seat of government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. In this building the Royal Governors, the Colonial Courts, and the Provincial Assembly ...

Site of United States Courthouse

[In English Translation:]

The United States Courthouse, which stood on this site from 1892 to 1936, was the scene of hundreds of arraignments, hearings and trials during the Mexican Revolution. Some of these legal proceedings involved Magónistas, or radical Liberal Party ...

United States Customhouse

United States Customhouse

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 Canal Street and Decatur/Magazine Street, on the right when ...

The Statehouse

Just below the ground’s surface lie the original foundations of the first purpose-built statehouse at Jamestown. From the very beginning, the efforts at Jamestown were influenced by the laws and legal institutions of England.

American representative government is the legacy that ...

Statehouse Foundations

The Virginia General Assembly is the oldest representative legislature in the Western Hemisphere. Meeting for the first time in July 1619, it gathered in the “most convenient place we could finde to sitt in … the Quire of the churche.” ...

Statehouse Square

On this tract of twenty acres was built the Statehouse, the original wing of which was completed in 1811. Later additions were made until 1835 when it was finished in its present form. Near the Statehouse stood the Arsenal and ...

Here Stood The State House

Built 1786-1790

James Hoban Architect

Burned By Sherman's Troops

February 17, 1865

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Assembly Street.

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The State House

[Front of Marker]:

Columbia was founded in 1786, replacing Charleston as the state capital. The first State House here, built in 1789, was a small wooden building just W. of this site. Construction on this State House, designed by John R. ...