Kaufmann Building

1854

Two story brick with cast iron front. Early use as grocery & provision store. Also housed bakery & confectionery, ice cream parlor, meat market & garage.

Marker is on Main Street near Short Street, on the left when traveling south.

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Franklintown's Historic Roots

The Gwynns Falls Trail begins near Franklintown at the abrupt end of Interstate 70 and passes by two of the community's landmarks, a mill and an inn. The gristmill operated on Dead Run from 1761 to 1934. Franklintown Inn accommodated ...

A Colonial Ford

The Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia to the backcountry of the Carolinas crossed the Roanoke River here at Tosh's Ford, named for Thomas Tosh, in the eighteenth century. Nearby stood Daniel Evans's mill, another landmark on the road. A group ...

In This Building From 1992 - 1999

A group of talented people created a television legend.

Homicide

Life on the Street

Marker is on Thames Street, on the right when traveling east.

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Woodward High School / School for Creative and Performing Arts

Side A: Woodward High School

William and Abigail Cutter Woodward founded Woodward High School, the first public high school west of the Allegheny Mountains, on this site October 24, 1831. Concerned that the poor of Cincinnati had no avenues ...

The Civic Club of Harrisburg

This building, one of only two to survive on the west side of Front Street and ensconced within the idyllic setting of Riverfront Park, was erected between 1901 and 1903 by William Reynolds Fleming as a single family home which ...

The Battle of White Oak Road

Four Years of War, Ten Months of Siege

It was March 1865. The Civil War had raged across battlefields from New Mexico to Pennsylvania for four desperate years. More than three million men had fought and more than 600,000 men had ...

A Late Addition to Officers Row

When Officers Row was built, this site was left vacant to allow space for the West Beacon Range Light. Ships traveling across Raritan Bay would line up the lighthouse and beacon lights to mark their way. After the West Beacon ...

The Battle of White Oak Road

The Union Counterattack

As the fight progressed, the Confederates met stiffening resistance. Lee and his subordinates realized they had too few troops to hold their advanced position. They determined to withdraw to the slight earthworks constructed by the Federal soldiers just ...

Preservation of Earthworks

Since 1813, earthworks like these once encircled the Star Fort to provide a safe passage for soldiers and to protect the brick walls from enemy artillery. In 1839, a post-rail fence was erected to protect the earthworks from erosion caused ...