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Habersham Memorial Hall

Habersham Memorial Hall, the chapter house for the Joseph Habersham Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, is a 20th-century building modeled after the circa 1819 Bulloch-Habersham House in Savannah, Georgia, designed by William Jay. The Hall is located ...

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The University of Central Florida Public History Center

The 1902 Romanesque Revival Style brick building was designed by Architect W.G. Talley of Jacksonville. The two story rectangular brick façade is dominated by a massive three-story bell tower with an open belfry showing Romanesque arches on all four sides. ...

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1893 Columbian Exposition

The World's Columbian Exposition, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's landing in America, was actually held in 1893, a year later than had been planned.

New York City, Washington, D.C., St.Louis, and Chicago had all vied for the honor ...

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"Minisa" Bridge

1932

"Red Water at Sunset"

from the tribal tongue

of the Zuni Indians

Honoring

Thurlow Lieurance

Composer of "Minisa"

Marker is at the intersection of 13th Street North and the Little Arkansas River, on the right when traveling west on 13th Street North.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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St. Paul's Baptist Church -- 1865

This is the first Negro church established in Anderson County. It was founded immediately after emancipation and incorporated in 1873. The Rev. Philip Morris was its first pastor. The present edifice, built in 1903, replaced two earlier frame sanctuaries and ...

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Webster United Church of Christ

In 1834 construction began on Webster Church, the oldest church building in continuous use in Washtenaw County. Built on land donated by Hannah Williams Kingsley, it was completed in 1835 after Moses Kingsley secured donations from Daniel Webster and others ...

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Corsicana Public Library

The women's clubs of Corsicana were instrumental in opening the city's first public library in 1901 at W. 6th and

Main St. The city created a library board in 1904 and secured a construction grant from the Carnegie Corporation the ...

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Marshyhope Creek Bridge

Until it was named Federalsburg in 1812,

the community took its name from the bridge

at this crossing. This 215-foot concrete

structure was built in 1910 by the Luten

Bridge Company of York, Pa, a firm noted for

its filled Spanderel Arch design. It was

built ...

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Old Bartow County Courthouse

Circa 1873

Has been placed on the

National Register of Historic Places

By the United States Department of the Interior

Marker is at the intersection of East Church Street and North Museum Drive, on the right when traveling west on East Church Street.

Courtesy ...

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"Contraband" Camp

During the Civil War, thousands of enslaved African-Americans escaped from captivity in the South to liberty in the North. The grounds before once sheltered these freedom-seekers, know at that time as “Contraband”.

Conditions in the “Contraband Camp” were appalling. Men, ...

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