The Settling of Santa Clara / First Public Buildings / Missionar

[Side A:]The Settling of Santa ClaraThomas Carlyle said of the Switzers, "They are honest people... they are not philosophers or tribunes; but frank, honest landsmen."

In April 1861 a company of Mormon converts from Switzerland, under the direction of mission ...

First Public Building

1877

When Hettie Austin came to this community from Indiana in 1876, she immediately began roaming about in her "sad little mule-drawn cart" soliciting contributions for a Methodist Church. Henry DeLand convinced her that the greater need was for a ...

First Public Library Building in West Hartford

First Public Library

Building in West Hartford

Erected as a Memorial to

Noah Webster

Presented to the Town by

Sarah Whitman Hooker Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution

Aided by Funds Collected from Townspeople

February 27, 1917

Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street and Brace Road, ...

First Public Building

Here, for 110 years, stood District School No. 2, the oldest public building in Stevens Point. Completed in 1850, its appearance reflecting its New England heritage, it served the pioneer community as school, recreation, and civic center, and oftentimes as ...

First Free Public Library Building in the United States

First Free

Public Library Building

in the United States

Donated by

Andrew Carnegie

Supported by

Public Funds

Completed in 1890

Women's Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Marker can be reached from Allegheny Square East west of East Ohio Street.

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