Sir William Robert Wills Wilde

1815 - 1876

aural and ophthalmic surgeon, archaeologist, ethnologist, antiquarian, biographer, statistician, naturalist, topographer, historian, folklorist, lived in this house from 1855 to 1876

Marker is at the intersection of Lower Merrion Street (National Road 11) and Merrion Square (Road 118), on ...

Leitersburg Bridge No. 2

This is the first of two bridges built in 1839 by John Weaver. The two-arch span rises steeply over the Antietam Creek and is unusual because of the lateral curve in its roadbed. It was long known as Strite's Mill ...

Law's Brigade

Hood's Division - Longstreet's Corps

Army of Northern Virginia

Longstreet's Corps Hood's Division

Law's Brigade

4th. 15th. 44th. 47th. 48th. Alabama InfantryJuly 2 Arrived on the Field about 4 p.m. and advanced against the Union positions. The 4th, 15th, and 47th Regiments attacked Little ...

Bond Schoolhouse

Shootout in the Snow

On February 12, 1863, a cold, snowy day, an odd fellowship of sixteen men huddled in the little schoolhouse that stood behind Deep Creek Friends Meetinghouse. Several, including brothers Jesse and William Dobbins (the latter a fugitive ...

Beverly Methodist Church

The Methodist Church had its roots in Beverly from the time of its settlement. Services were first held in the private homes and lawns of congregation members. The first "church" was the log home of Dr. Benjamin Dolbeare, the first ...

Company B, 20th Maine

Position of Company B, 20th Me. Vols. Capt. Walter G. Morrill, detached as skirmishers attacking the enemy's right flank, afternoon of July 2, 1863.

Marker is on Wright Avenue, on the right when traveling west.

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Montwhite Building

1907

Italian Renaissance

Housed the Opera House

and

Various Mercantile Enterprises

Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street and Harden Street on North Main Street.

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James B. ‘Mickey’ Vernon

Born Marcus Hook, Pa. April 22, 1918

U. S. Navy Veteran

Two-Time American League

Batting Champion

1946 • .353

1953 • .337

Played in Major leagues in Four Decades

Seven-time American League All-Star

Lifetime BA of .286

2,495 Hits .... 1,311 RBIs

Role Model...Mentor...Great Guy

A Gentleman's Gentleman

Marker is on ...

Site of Pump House - Peet Brothers/Colgate Palmolive

Berkeley History

In the early 20th century, a thriving manufacturing district grew up in southwest Berkeley. This is the site of a former saltwater pump house, located on what was once the east shoreline of San Francisco Bay. The pumps supplied ...

The Albert Kirby House

This 1908 late Victorian was

home to Albert and Anna

Kirby, 1925-1952. He was Master

of the Masons, Building and

Loan President and a partner

in Kirby Brothers until 1945.

Marker is at the intersection of N Main Street (County Route 541) and Marlton Pike (New ...