Portola Primary School

Portola Primary School was built in 1909. The bell was moved in 1893 from the abandoned Searsville School. The building served as the First town hall when the town of Portola Valley was incorporated in 1964. It was acquired by ...

Palace Grand Theatre/Le théâtre Grand Palace

[English:]

“Arizona” Charlie Meadows, showman and self-made heroic figure built a lavish structure in 1899 to prospect gold directly from the miner’s pokes. Hugely successful over its first winter, the theatre offered vaudeville acts, comedy, music and melodrama – all on ...

Planning a Canal

The Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal did not exist at the time of the Battle of Great Bridge…

...but plans for a canal at Great Bridge were in place more than three years before the battle. In 1772, the need for trade ...

John I. Hopper House

Built in 1818, by John I. Hopper in old “Polifly”, this Federal style house stands on land purchased in 1694 by his great-grandfather Hendrick. The farm remained in the Hopper family for seven generations. Slaves lived in the kitchen wing ...

The Benjamin Rush Campus of Dickinson College

Named for Dr. Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) of Philadelphia, signer of the Declaration of Independence and the most eminent physician of his day. Prime mover in securing the college charter.

Marker is on W High Street (U.S. 11), on the left when ...

Teterboro Airport

Established 1920

The home of Gates Flying Circus. Teterboro built Fokker tri-motors flown by Richard E. Byrd over the North Pole (1926); South Pole (1929); Atlantic (1927); and by Amelia Earhart over Atlantic (1928). Clarence Chamberlin, Ruth Nichols, Floyd Bennett, Charles ...

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9473 Veterans Memorial

This tank is dedicated to

All American Veterans

Army • Navy • Air Force • USMC

Coast Guard

For all the men and women who fought and those who died for the freedom of our country, and the POW-MIA's who are still not accounted ...

Church of San Vicente de Paul

The Chapel built here in 1883 was used as Parish Church of Paco from 1898 to 1909. Parish of San Vicente de Paul erected in 1909. Present church built of concrete in 1912 to Commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the ...

Van Kirk Park

In memory of

John Stewart Van Kirk

Lieutenant 141 Armored Signal Company

1st Armored Division

Killed in Action 30 November 1942

Djedeida, Tunisia

Marker is on Malterer Avenue near Saltzman Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

In Honor of Brigham Young and the Pioneers

In Honor Of

Brigham Young

and

The Pioneers

[ Second Plaque Mounted on the Monument: ]

The Names of the PIONEERS Who Arrived in this Valley,

July 24, 1847,

* Signifies Those Now Living. The Unmarked Ones Are All Deceased

[Column One:]

Brigham Young • Clara Decker Young • ...