Peter A. Blauvelt House

Built about 1890 in the High Victorian style of architecture when Norwood was part of old Harrington Township. Blauvelt was an undertaker and erected the building as a residence. In 1922 it became the home of Charles S. Gray who ...

First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg, S.C.

Sesquicentennial - 1993

The Sesquicentennial Bells were cast by the Bellfoundry of Paccard Fonderie de Cloches. Located in Annecy-le-Vieux, France. The praise of God is basic to our worship and each bell is inscribed with of praise from the Psalms.

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Prisoner of the River

LaGrange

Among the many sailing ships bound for California in 1849 was the LaGrange, a three-masted bark from Salem, Massachusetts. The ship arrived at Sacramento on October 3, 1849, and the following June was purchased by the city for a prison. ...

Richwood Opera House and Town Hall

Side A:

The Richwood Opera House and Town Hall was erected in 1890 as a community center designed to house the town council chambers, fire department, jail and opera house. The Richardsonian Romanesque styled building served Richwood in all these capacities ...

Stumphouse Tunnel

(Front)

The unfinished railroad tunnel cut into the SE face of Stumphouse Mtn. is the largest of three begun before the Civil War by the Blue Ridge Rail Road, for a line from Anderson, S.C., to Knoxville, Tenn. Work began in ...

Raritan Water Power Canal

1840

The potential of the Raritan River to provide waterpower for industry was recognized early. In 1840, the success of similar projects along the Passaic and Delaware Rivers prompted the Somerville Water Power Company to begin building a power canal along ...

Joseph Dubois House

Built 1835

Erected by Joseph Dubois in the locality once known as Rockland Neighborhood. South wing built in 1835, with materials from 18th century house of John Gesner. Center section built soon after with Victorian porch and north wing added at ...

PSFS Building

The Philadelphia Saving Fund Society Building is regarded as the first International Style skyscraper built in the U.S. Completed in 1932, it was a radical departure from traditional bank architecture, exploiting the latest technological and structural advances.

Marker is on ...

Peter J. Dalessandro

Congressional Medal of Honor

Peter J. Dalessandro

Congressional Medal of Honor

Technical Sergeant, US Army, Company E. 39th Infantry, 9th

Infantry Division Sergeant DAlessandro was born May 19, 1918.

Entered service at: Watervliet, N.Y.

Presented the Congressional Medal of Honor

by President Harry S. Truman ...

Indian Stone Heap

Site of

Indian Stone Heap

Known to have existed in 1753.

Route taken by Sir John Johnson

from Schoharie to Mohawk Valley

led past this monument

Marker is on 162, ¼ mile north of Route 20 (U.S. 20), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org