King’s Chapel Burial Ground

1630

Left Marker:

Here were buried

Governors of Massachusetts

John Winthrop 1649, John Endicott 1665,

John Leverett 1679, William Shirley 1771,

Lieut. Governors of Massachusetts

William Phillips 1827, Thomas Lindall Winthrop 1841;

Governors of Connecticut

John Winthrop 1676, Fitz-John Winthrop 1707;

Judges of Massachusetts

Wait Still Winthrop 1717, Adam Winthrop 1743,

Oliver ...

The Woman’s Club of Georgetown

In 1893 Lula Holland Leavell (1854-1895) and her daughters, Blanche and Kate, hosted a literary reading for a group of Georgetown women. That year the group formed a women’s literary club. In 1897 the club was named the “Initial History ...

Taylor's Battery

Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery - Sherman's Division

U.S.

Taylor's Battery,

"B" 1st Ill. Lt. Art., Sherman's (5th) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This battery was engaged here from 11 A.M. to 2 P.M. April 6, 1862.

Marker is on Sherman Road 0.1 miles south ...

Dresser's Battery

Battery D, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery - McClernand's Division

U.S.

Dresser's Battery,

"D" 2d Ill. Lt. Art., McClernand's (1st) Div.,

Army of the Tennessee.

This battery, with two guns, was engaged here from 11.30 A.M. to 2 P.M. April 6, 1862. It retired to left ...

Granary Burying Ground

1660

Within this ground are buried

John Hancock, Samuel Adams

and Robert Treat Paine,

signers of the Declaration of Independence;

Governors

Richard Bellingham, William Dummer,

James Bowdoin, Increase Sumner,

James Sullivan and Christopher Gore;

Lieut. Governor Thomas Cushing;

Chief Justice Samuel Sewall;

Ministers John Baily, Samuel Willard,

Jeremy Belknap and John Lathrop.

Marker ...

Alexander Mebane

Brigadier general of North Carolina militia, member House of Commons, conventions 1788, 1789, and U.S. Congress. His home stood nearby.

Marker is at the intersection of East Center Street and South 5th Street, on the right when traveling east on East ...

Columbus Waterworks

In 1824 the Mexican government granted to Elizabeth Tumlinson and her heirs the land and water rights to this area in the center of Stephen F. Austin's colony. The town of Columbus developed from a small frontier community. A fire ...

Atascadero Administration Building

This building, dedicated in 1914 and completed in 1918, was the headquarters for the Atascadero Colony, a model community envisioned by Edward G. Lewis. Designed by Walter D. Bliss of San Francisco and built of reinforced concrete and locally produced ...

Paul Revere Buried in this Ground

This tablet as a memorial to Paul Revere

is erected by the

Paul Revere Memorial Association to

commemorate the opening to the public

on April 19, 1908

of his old house at No. 19 North Square

in this city.

May the youth of today when they visit

this ...

Mutual Life Building

1897

This modified Romanesque Revival building of brick and terra cotta complements the nearby Pioneer Building. It has been home to such varied businesses as a speakeasy (1920s), elegant cigar store (1930s), and ice cream parlor. Site of Henry Yesler’s ...