Photographer’s Studio

The invention of photography and mass production of photographic prints brought images of never before seen people, places and events into American homes.

By the 1850s, people could obtain a photograph depicting their exact likeness at an affordable price. Traveling photographers ...

Pinkney House

During their childhood, William Pinkney and Amanda Boydston took part in a migration of Americans heading west to seek land, gold and other opportunities in the western states shortly after the end of the Civil War.

In 1898, William married Amanda, ...

Caldwell Parsonage

Near this spot

stood the parsonage in which

Hannah Ogden

wife of Rev. James Caldwell

was killed by a British soldier,

June 7,1780.

Erected by

the State of New Jersey

A.D. 1905

Marker is on Caldwell Avenue, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Volunteers in the Spanish-American War

Erected by

The County Court

of

Marshall County West Virginia

to commemorate its

volunteers in the

Spanish-American War

They served that others might be free

Marker is at the intersection of Tomlinson Avenue and 7th Street, on the left when traveling north on Tomlinson Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The First Presbyterian Church

Organized as the Presbyterian Church of Macon on June 18, 1826, by the Rev. Benjamin Gildersleeve and the Rev. Joseph C. Stiles, the church dedicated this house of worship, its third, on September 19, 1858, at the close of the ...

Christmas Tree Park

The Golden Lamb

Ohio's oldest inn

has hosted scores

of dignitaries

including 11

US Presidents

Two Hollywood movies

were filmed here;

Harper Valley PTA in 1977

and Milk Money

in 1993

Distinguished citizen

Tom Corwin served

as Ohio's governor

in 1840. In addition

he served as a

US congressman,

US senator, Treasury

Secretary and

Minister to Mexico

Ohio's oldest weekly

newspaper ...

Palisado Building Kitchen / Mess Room

This structure was built by the U.S. Army in 1869-70 and is an example of vertical post or jacal construction, used due to the absence of trees tall enough for traditional horizontal log construction. African American “Buffalo Soldiers” of the ...

First Presbyterian Church

Tuscaloosa

Organized 1820.

Moved to this site 1830.

Present structure erected 1921.

Under the leadership of Dr. Charles A. Stillman, (Minister, 1869-1895) it sponsored the founding of Stillman College in 1876. Its bell was the subject of a poem by ...

Plumtrees School

Plumtrees School

The Plumtrees School was built in 1867 as a one room school house for the Plumtrees District of Bethel. The school served the community from 1867 through 1970. At its closing it was the last operating one room school ...

Salinas Temporary Detention Center

This monument is dedicated to the 3,586 Monterey Bay Area residents of Japanese ancestry, most of whom were American citizens, temporarily confined in the Salinas Rodeo Grounds during World War II from April to July 1942. They were detained without ...