The Arsenal Crisis

The Civil War could have begun at this U.S. arsenal. As other states seceded, rumors that reinforcements were heading for the arsenal led around 1,000 militia from south and west Arkansas to demand the surrender of the garrison.

On February 12, ...

Finley-Cartwright Home

Finley Cartwright bought this 1918 Tudor Revival Style house from the Cowan Family in 1920. His father formed one of Oceola's earliest stores in 1879, offering sporting goods, household items, and plantation supplies.

By World War II, N.G. Cartwright and Sons ...

Town of Boyce

Boyce was established in 1880 at the intersection of the newly constructed Shenandoah Valley Railroad (now Norfolk Southern) and the road between the Shenandoah River and Winchester (formerly the Winchester and Berry's Ferry Turnpike).

First known as Boyceville, the village ...

Richlands

This fertile region was known as Richlands from an early period. In 1782, and later, Richlands was a militia station for frontier defense.

The town was laid off in 1890, with the coming of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, and ...

DEAD TOWN OF HARDWICKE

On May 10, 1754, GEORGE TOWN was established at the Elbow of Great Ogeechee River, eight miles east. In February, 1755, Gov. Reynolds, dissatisfied with Savannah as a capital and as a port, chose this new site because it "has ...

Americus Colored Hospital

One of the earliest hospitals in southwest Georgia devoted to the care of African Americans, the Americus Colored Hospital opened in 1923.

The majority of the funds needed to build the hospital were provided by Dr. W.S. Prather. Practice in ...

Casa Paoli

Casa Paoli is nationally significant as the birthplace of Antonio Emilio Paoli y Marcano (1871-1946), recognized as the greatest tenor born in Puerto Rico and one of the most outstanding opera singers of all time.

Antonio Paoli, the Tenor of ...

PASM Headquarters and Geodesic Dome

The dome and headquarters building, both constructed in 1959, represent a prominent example of Modern Architecture designed by architect, John Terence Kelly, and mathematician, R. Buckminster Fuller.

Located in Materials Park, home to ASM International (formerly known as the American ...

Olcott Avenue Historic District

The Olcott Avenue neighborhood in the borough of Bernardsville, located in northeast Somerset County, was developed at the turn of the 20th century as a carefully laid out middle class residential neighborhood.

The streets in the district are characterized by ...

Attucks School

Constructed in 1916-17, the Attucks School served the black community of Vinita, Oklahoma as a combined elementary, junior, and high school.

Stylistically, the school is a combination of a simplified Art Deco and WPA construction. It was not the only ...