A Name Before a Place

Leakin Park had a name before it had a place. At his death in 1922 John Wilson Leakin left the city several downtown properties to be sold so land could he purchased for apark. The city deferred action because of ...

Bark Camp Church

Constituted in 1788, Bark Camp Church was the center for worship, culture and hospitality in Bark Camp,

one of the oldest settlements in Burke County.

Many of the congregation honorably served during the War Between the States as soldiers and as ...

Aiken Hospital / Aiken County Hospital

Aiken Hospital

The first public hospital in Aiken, at the corner of Richland Ave. and Vaucluse Rd., was built in 1917 for the

Aiken Hospital and Relief Society, with donations from members of the “Aiken Winter Colony.” The City of ...

326 West Pender Street

City of Vancouver Heritage Building

This building is an integral part of the Victory Square area dating back to 1929. The facade was renovated in 1948 by architect W.H. Birmingham. It was given Neo-classical treatments including a decorative cornice installed below ...

Procter & Gamble

Begun as a partnership between soap maker William Procter and candle maker James Gamble in 1837, Procter & Gamble (P&G) grew from its roots to become one of the world's largest and best-known consumer products companies. Building on Civil ...

Site of First and Second State Capitals at Sacramento

Sacramento’s first county courthouse, formerly located on this site, served as California’s State Capital from January 16, 1852 to May 4, 1852 for the third session of the legislature and from March 1, 1854 to May 15, 1854 for the ...

Greene's Division, Twelfth Army Corps

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Greene's Division, Twelfth Army Corps.

Brig. Gen. George Greene, Commanding.

(September 17, 1862.)

Greene's Division having turned the enemy's right in the East Woods advanced against the Confederate infantry north and east of this point, which retired to the woods west of the ...

Mower General Hospital

Described as the largest U.S. Army hospital of its day: designed by noted architect John McArthur, Jr. Here, wounded Civil War soldiers were cared for , Jan 1863-May 1865. On 27 acres extending to Stenton Ave., it had some 3,600 ...

90 MM Gun Tank M47 Patton

The M47 was essentially an M46 fitted with the turret from the T42 tank prototype. The front hull had a sharper slope, however, and the rotoclone blower place between the drivers on the M46 was deleted. The turret had a ...

The Episcopal Cathedral Church of St. Stephen & Cathedral House

Although the Founder of Harrisburg, John Harris, Jr., was a member of the Church of England, it was not until 1826 that a permanent Episcopal church building was erected here. Consecrated on St. John's Day, 1827, by Bishop William White, ...