Jose Lobero's Opera House

1873

On this site, February 22, 1873, Jose Lobero, impressario and musician, opened the first legitimate theatre in southern California. The Lobero continues to serve the cultural interests of Santa Barbara one hundred years later.

Marker is at the intersection of East ...

" Let's Debate " by John McClarey

Sculptor John McClarey is a former Illinois high school history teacher with an international reputation as an artistic interpreter of Abraham Lincoln. He has won many prestigious awards for his work, including the Order of Lincoln in 2009. His Lincoln ...

Allen J. (A. J.) Vandayburg

In Memory Of

Allen J. (A.J.) Vandayburg

Specialist, US Army

Aug. 26, 1983-April 9, 2004

Killed In Action

Operation Iraqi Freedom

2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Div.

Freedom Isn't Free

Marker is on Park Avenue East (Ohio Route 430), on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Breese J. Stevens House

1863 - 1864

This multi-faceted brick Italianate house was built for Madison lawyer, Daniel K. Tenney. In 1871, Tenney sold it to Breese J. Stevens who probably altered the house significantly during his ownership. Stevens was elected mayor of Madison in ...

John Gamble Kirkwood

John Gamble Kirkwood

1907 – 1959

Physical Chemist

S.B. – University of Chicago (1926); Philip.D.-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1929); Sc.D. (Honors Causa) - University of Chicago (1954) and Universite Libre de Bruxelles (1959)

Served: Yale University as Sterling Professor of Chemistry; Chairman of ...

Jerusalem Mills

Established 1772 by David Lee a Quaker from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. A gun manufactory back of the mill furnished guns for the Revolution in 1776. The original tract called Jerusalem patented 1687.

Marker is on Jerusalem Road 0.2 miles west of ...

Benjamin Silliman

[ north side ]

Benjamin Silliman

Youngest Son Of

Gold Selleck & Mary

Silliman

Of Fairfield

Born Aug 8, 1779

Died Nov. 24, 1864

During Fifty Years

A Teacher Of Science

In Yale College

Through Life

And Earnest Trustful

Cheerful Christian

The Friend Of Man And

Of All Truths

[ east side ]

Sarah Isabella

Second Wife Of

Benjamin ...

John Brown Monument

Commemorated here is the original location of the "John Brown Fort"--the Federal Armory's fire engine house where abolitionist John Brown and his raiders were captured by the U.S. Marines on October 18, 1859. If you look to the south, you ...

Birthplace of John McIntosh Kell

Laurel Grove, at the end of this avenue, was the birthplace of John McIntosh Kell, 1823-1900, distinguished Naval officer. He was a member of the expedition of Commodore Matthew C. Perry to Japan in 1853, and was Master of the ...

James F. Byrnes

1879-1972

[Northeast Base]:

Inscription:

The Most Distinguished

South Carolinian

of His Time

Plaque

Erected in Grateful Appreciation of

James F. Byrnes

By His Friends in

His Native State and Nation

Executive Committee

James Penet Hammond, Chairman

W. Heyward Clarkson, Jr., Vice Chairman

J. Bratton Davis, Secretary

Henry C. Nelson, Jr., Treasurer

[Northwest Base]:

As Statesman, Jurist, Diplomat

He ...