The Capitol Building

Under construction for thirty-seven years, the Capitol building was completed in 1903 at a cost of $3,200,588.92. It was considered among the most architecturally handsome buildings in the nation.

At a height of 304 feet, the Kansas Capitol is slightly taller ...

Thomas Chiles Perrin House

[Front]:

The Greek Revival residence of Thomas Chiles Perrin (1805-1878), prominent Abbeville District lawyer, planter, businessman, and politician, stood here from 1858 until it burned in 1877. When completed the house was described as "one of the finest and most commodious ...

Opperman Harness and Saddle Shop

Baxter Springs Historic Walking Tour

J. P. Opperman, a native of France, came to Baxter Springs in 1871 and established the Opperman Harness and Saddle Shop located on this site. The building is still here, but lies beneath the present facade. ...

Christ Church- Philadelphia

Whereas the honorable Continental Congress have resolved to declare the American Colonies to be free and independent states ... it will be proper to omit those petitions from the liturgy wherein the King of Great Britain is prayed for ...

Pierce Butler

Signer of the Constitution of the

United States of America

Deputy from South Carolina to

Federal Constitutional Convention

May 25, 1787-September 17, 1787

Erected by the Pennsylvania

Constitution Commemoration

Committee 1937

Marker can be reached from 2nd Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Powell Patent

1664

This marks the northwest

point of this early grant.

Marker is on 9J, on the left when traveling north.

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Naruna Baptist Church

Naruna Baptist Church Settlers came to the Naruna area as early as the 1840s, and the town was named by its first postmaster, William M. Spitler, who came to Texas on the riverboat Naruna. Residents formed Providence Baptist Church in ...

Resting Place of Seven Signers of the Declaration of Independenc

In the Burial Ground of this Church

rest the remains of Seven Signers of the

Declaration of Independence

Benjamin Franklin             Benjamin Rush MD

Obit 1796                     ...

St. Paul's Church

St. Paul's Church was built in 1856. Here Robert E. Lee and his staff worshipped during the siege of Petersburg, 1864-65. Lee attended the wedding of his son, W.H.F. Lee, in this church in 1867.

Virginia Conservation & Development Commission

Aleksandr Pushkin

During his all too brief life, Aleksandr Pushkin created a body of literary works of astonishing, life-affirming beauty. Deeply attached to his Russian and African roots, Pushkin’s genius was devoted to the values of honor, freedom and individual dignity.