Strawberry Square Phase I

Phase I of Strawberry Square represents the birth of downtown Harrisburg's revitalization and renewal activity that commenced in the mid 1970's and was pursued with fervor in the 1980's and since. The demolition of the renowned Penn-Harris Hotel at N. ...

Taylor Post Office

The first post office established in this community opened in 1876 under the name Taylorville. In 1882, when the city was incorporated, it was renamed Taylor. The post office was housed in a number of locations until this structure was ...

Battlefield Landscape

Photographs taken during and shortly after the war help us to understand, preserve and rehabilitate the battlefield landscape. In the 1880’s a photographer recorded a series of views of Malvern Hill to accompany Civil War articles published in Century magazine. ...

Pennsylvania State Archives and The State Museum of Pennsylvania

Established in 1903, the Pennsylvania State Archives was originally a division of the Pennsylvania State Library which was housed in the Old Executive Office Building (now the Matthew J. Ryan Legislative Office Building) located just south of the Main Capitol ...

Fort Washington Powder Magazine

Beneath this building lies the powder magazine of Fort Washington, the major military outpost of the United States in the Northwest Territory, 1789-1808. The magazine was uncovered in October, 1952 when footers were being excavated. It is the only ...

Dexter Depot / Track Pans

Dexter Depot

The Michigan Central Railroad reached Dexter from Detroit on July 4, 1841, just after Dexter's first depot was completed. Frederick H. Spier of Detroit designed the present depot, which was completed in record time. Work began on ...

Pulaski Arkansas Battery

Wilson's Creek

From this position the four cannon of the Pulaski Arkansas Battery supported Confederate infantry during the Battle of Wilson's Creek. Two artillerists were killed by opposing cannon shot here, and one was wounded by a minie ball.

Despite the casualties, ...

The First Presbyterian Church of Princeton

On this site in the year 1766 was erected

The First Presbyterian Church

of Princeton. During the Revolutionary

War it was occupied, first by British soldiers

and afterwards by The Colonial Forces

This edifice was built in the year

1836

Marker is at the intersection of Nassau ...

Major General Philip Kearny

Erected by the town of Kearny Tercentenary Committee in memory of Major General Philip Kearny during the New Jersey Tercentenary year 1664 – 1964.

Marker is at the intersection of Pasassaic Ave and Linden Ave, on the right when traveling south ...

Spruce Pine Mining District

Mica, feldspar, quartz deposits found in region 25 mi. long, 10 mi. wide. Commercial production of mica emerged 1850s.

Marker is at the intersection of North Carolina Route 226 and Blue Ridge Parkway, on the right when traveling east on State ...