Saint Mark's Episcopal Church

The first organized services for members of the Protestant Episcopal Church in this community were conducted by Rev. John A. Childs in a local schoolhouse in the mid 1840s. As a result of the declining condition of Prince George’s Chapel ...

Marengo Pioneer Cemetery

This site on Territorial Road was a gift of Seeley Neal (1778-1862) from 640 acres acquired from the government in 1831. Neal, a veteran of the War of 1812, built the first log house in the township. His was the ...

Indiana Initial Point Memorial

Commemorating our Native Indians, our forefathers who planned and put into effect our Public Land System, the U.S. Deputy Public land Surveyors and our early prominent land surveyors

( Center are the plotted Survey Plaques )

Contributing sponsors to Indiana Historical Landmarks, ...

Providence Historical District

The town of Providence was born, thrived and died with the Miami & Erie Canal. It was platted in 1835 by French trader Peter Manor, swept by fire in 1846, ravaged by cholera in 1854, and finally unincorporated in 1928. ...

Campaign of 1781

Early in June 1781, Maj. Gen. Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben saved some military stores at Point of Fork from British troops and then retreated south to Staunton River before being called to join Lafayette's forces. On 16 June Steuben crossed ...

Grant Park

Buckingham Fountain

[Decorative features listed left to right; click on marker to enlarge]

Console

Size: 7’-0” high 3’-6” wide 6’-0” deep

Material Pink Marble

The console is a decorative bracket carved as a vertical scroll and projecting from the wall to support the water sculpture. ...

John D. Pierce Homesite

On this foundation stood the log house of the Reverend John D. Pierce. Born in New Hampshire, Pierce moved to Marshall in 1831, where he founded the Congregational church. In 1834 he and Isaac Crary designed Michigan's school system, and ...

Isaac E. Crary and John D. Pierce / State School System

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When attorney Isaac E. Crary came to Marshall in 1832 from Connecticut, he became fast friends with another transplanted easterner, the Reverend John D. Pierce. Interested in government and education, these two men in 1834-35 planned Michigan's public ...

Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company

The Waukegan Works and North Chicago

The Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company of Worcester, MA. established a wire mill – The Waukegan Works – east of this location along Lake Michigan. The land for its Illinois operation was purchased January 16, ...

Howard F. Young / Postmasters

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Howard F. Young (1889-1934), a native of Allegan, designed this Marshall post office building in 1932. Young studied engineering at the University of Michigan and was involved in construction work in Albany, New York, Detroit and Kalamazoo. His ...