Pierre Hollingsworth

An Atlantic City native, he served in the Army’s 584th Medical Corp during the Korean War. He attended the New Jersey College of Commerce, Atlantic Community College and the New York Institute of Technology. He was one of five Blacks ...

The Tulpehocken Station Historic District

A Victorian suburb

as designated by

the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on W. Tulpehocken Street south of Greene Street, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Deep Run School

This two-room schoolhouse opened in 1902. Its predecessor, Stand Spring School, had been destroyed by fire the previous year. The school was in use until 1911 offering seven grades of instruction. Wood stoves provided heat for the structure, and the ...

Bowl, Pot, and Pipe

By 1640, Jamestown potters were making thick-walled jugs, bowls, and pots for everyday use. Symmetrical design and an occasional slip-coat of color show that skilled artisans were at work. The local ware fired red, due to the iron-rich Tidewater clay. ...

“The Place You Tread is Holy Ground-”

In this church

on the 4th of July 1779 was held the first

public - religious commemoration of the

Declaration of Independence.

Attendance at the Holy Mass, then sung, was

The Continental Congress, The President

and official head of the ...

Peace Arch

The Signing of the Columbia River Treaty

Upper marker:

This unfortified boundary line between the

Dominion of Canada

and the

United States of America

should quicken the remembrance of the more than century old friendship between these countries

A lesson of peace to all nations.

Lower marker:

In commemoration ...

Springfield

On the occasion of its Bicentennial, Morgan County placed this marker here to commemorate the community of

Springfield

Identified with the Springfield Baptist Church and School that existed in the late nineteenth century. Springfield has roots in the African American community which ...

Public Market Place

The first public market was established in this Plaza by Governor Mendez de Canzo in 1598. Here, for the first time a standard system of weights and measures was introduced in this country for the protection of the consumer. On ...

Philosophiæ et Scientiæ Domus

On land granted in January 1744 by Thomas and Richard Penn, Proprietories of Pennsylvania, to Joseph and William Shippen was erected this house.

In 1798 it became the home of Dr. Caspar Wistar the great Physician devoted to Scientific work. ...

Lucy Petway Holcombe Pickens House

This house was the birthplace of Lucy P. Holcombe Pickens (June 11, 1832 - Aug. 8, 1899), a noted beauty of ante-bellum days and the most famous person born in La Grange. Mrs. Pickens is the only woman whose likeness ...