Doorway façade from the Baxter Terrace Housing Project, Newark, New Jersey

With the population of urban areas swelling through the first half of the 20^th century, middle and low-income families had trouble finding adequate housing. Only with the 1937 passage of the Wagner-Steagall Housing Act, did the federal government accelerate and ...

Cleveland Stadium and Jim Brown

Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown wore this jersey during his nine-year career with the Cleveland Browns. Among the most recognized football greats in American history, Brown’s legacy encompassed breaking down racial barriers in Hollywood, building African-American owned businesses, ...

Jedidiah Smith Redwoods State Park

On September 11, 1929, the family of the late Frank D. Stout, a former president of the Del Norte Company, Ltd., gave to the State of California 44 acres of redwoods at the confluence of Mill Creek with Smith River. ...

John Muir Trail

During the period from 1916 to 1932, however,don’t need this word construction and maintenance of two spectacular and costly "special status" trails commanded the attention and much of the appropriations of Sequoia National Park. One was the premier backcountry trail ...

Carl and Jess Hopkins House

Built in 1890, this Gothic Revival home was thought to be the home of Carl Hopkins and his brother Jess. Carl was the City Recorder in the early 1900s; Jess was a rancher on land south of Premier RV camping ...

H.J. Cox House

This beautiful “Double L” home was built in 1899. The property was originally two lots in 1914, with the Dick Jones residence located within the picket fence to the north. Herbert Joseph Cox, author of “Random Lengths” and clerk at ...

J.C. Goodale-E.M Jarnigan House

This house was built (c. 1885) for J.C. Goodale’s family, with select lumber from the mill he operated in Coburg which he eventually sold to Booth-Kelly in 1899. On March 1, 1903, Doctor Milton Emerson Jarnigan from Tennessee moved into ...

John Harte McGraw

The bronze statue standing in McGraw Place near Westlake Center, bordered by Stewart Street, Fifth Avenue and Westlake Avenue, is a tribute to the late John Harte McGraw, an instrumental figure in Seattle's history. The statue was funded by the Seattle Chamber ...

The Lahaina Jodo Mission

Located just outside of downtown Lahaina, the Jodo Mission is a physical reminder of Hawaii's connection to Japan and the immigrants that came to the islands starting in the late 19th century.

The Jodo Mission was constructed in the late-1960s ...

James K.Carr Trail

Before becoming a park, the land was privately owned. Loggers were generally the only people who knew about Whiskeytown falls. Logging resulted in fragmented old growth and abandoned roads and features that disrupt natural drainage patterns and contribute to debris ...