| Alabama (Jefferson County), Birmingham — Sloss Furnaces |
| | The crossing of railroads in 1872 adjacent to this site gave rise to the industrial city of Birmingham. In 1881 Alabama railroad magnate and entrepreneur James Withers Sloss, capitalizing on the unusual coincidence of coal, iron ore and limestone in the area, founded the Sloss Furnace Company as an iron manufacturer and built blast furnaces beside the railroad crossing. Production of pig iron at Sloss Furnaces began in 1882 and continued for almost 90 years. Early 20th century additions to the . . . — Map (db m23498) |
| Alaska (Skagway Hoonah Angoon Borough), Skagway — Skagway and White Pass |
| | has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 24, 1935, this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States — Map (db m5051) |
| Arkansas (Monroe County), Holly Grove — Beginning Point of the Louisiana Purchase Survey |
| | This stone marks the base established Nov.10,1815
from which the lands of the Louisiana Purchase were surveyed by the United States Engineers. The first survey from this point was made to satisfy the claims of the soldiers of the war of 1812 with land boundries. — Map (db m6037) |
| California (El Dorado County), Coloma — Coloma — An Artists View |
| | ”The principle street of Coloma was alive with crowds of moving men, passing and repassing, laughing, talking, and all appearing in the best of humor. It was a scene that no other country could ever imitate.”
from “A California Journal” by Charles Gillespie
Look over your left shoulder and you will see the view this artist saw in 1853 — Map (db m12274) |
| California (Inyo County), Independence — 850 — Manzanar |
| | In the early part of the World War II, 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry were interned in relocation centers by Executive Order No. 9066, issued on February 19, 1942.
Manzanar, the first of ten such concentration camps, was bounded by barbed wire and guard towers, confining 10,000 persons, the majority being American citizens.
May the injustices and humiliation suffered here as a result of hysteria, racism and economic exploitation never emerge again.
California Registered . . . — Map (db m2971) |
| California (Modoc County), Newell — 850-2 — Tule Lake — May 1942 - March 1946 |
| | Tule Lake was one of ten American concentration camps established during World War II to incarcerate 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry, of whom the majority were American citizens. Behind barbed wire and guard towers without charge, trial or establishment of guilt, these camps are reminders of how racism, economic and political exploitation and expediency can undermine the constitutional guarantees of United States citizens and aliens alike. May the injustices and humiliation suffered here . . . — Map (db m10370) |
| California (Nevada County), Truckee — Donner Party |
| | Near this spot stood the Breen cabin of the party of emigrants who started for California from Springfield, Illinois, in April 1846, under the leadership of Captain George Donner. Delays occurred and when the party reached this locality, on October 29, the Truckee Pass Emigrant Road was concealed by snow. The height of the shaft of the monument indicates the depth of the snow, which was twenty-two feet. After futile efforts to cross the summit the party was compelled to encamp for the winter. . . . — Map (db m11594) |
| California (Sacramento County), Folsom — 633 — Original Folsom Hydroelectric Plant |
| | In the 1850's, Horatio Gates Livermore and later his sons, Horatio P. and Charles E. pioneered the development of ditches and dams on the American River for industry and agriculture. One historic result was Folsom Power House, which began operations in July 1895. Power was delivered to Sacramento at 11,000 volts, which was a new achievement in long distance high voltage transmission. The capital celebrated by a grand electric carnival September 9, 1895.
The original generating plant, . . . — Map (db m706) |
| California (Sacramento County), Locke — Locke Memorial Park |
| |
In memory of the industrious Chinese pioneers of California whose strength and sacrifice helped build the transcontinental railroad, construct the levees of the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta, and develop agriculture in the Central Valley. With determination and perserverance the Chinese built the town of Locke and continue to shape California.
Dedicated October 13, 2007
Through the Inspiration of
Connie King, Locke Resident Since 1948 — Map (db m18234) |
| California (Sacramento County), Sacramento — 606 — B.F. Hastings Bank Building — Western Terminus of the Pony Express |
| | This structure, erected in 1852-53, was occupied during the 1850’s by the B.F. Hastings Bank, Wells Fargo and Co., Various state officials, Sacramento Valley Railroad, and the Alta Telegraph Co. during April 1860-May 1861. The Alta Telegraph Co. and its successor, The California State Telegraph Co. were the agents here for the Central Overland Pony Express, owned and operated by the firm of Russell, Majors and Waddell. From this historic site the first Overland journey eastward of the Pony Express was begun on April 4, 1860. — Map (db m11388) |
| California (Sacramento County), Sacramento — 614 — Leland Stanford House |
| | The house originally designed in 1857 by Seth Babson and was purchased by Leland Stanford in 1861. It served as the State Executive Office from 1861 to 1867, before the completion of the State Capital. It was later extensively remodeled and enlarged. In 1900 Jane Lathrop Stanford gave the house to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento to create the Stanford-Lathrop Memorial Home for Friendless Children. — Map (db m11842) |
| California (Sacramento County), Sacramento — 812 — Old Sacramento |
| | Founded in December 1848 by John A. Sutter, Jr., Sacramento was an outgrowth of Sutter’s Fort established by his father, Captain John A. Sutter, in 1839. State Capital since 1854, it was a major distribution point during the Gold Rush. A commercial and agricultural center, and terminus for wagon train, stagecoach, riverboat, telegraph, Pony Express, and the first Transcontinental Railroad. — Map (db m11486) |
| California (Sacramento County), Sacramento — Sutter's Fort — This Tree Came From Kandern, Baden, Germany — The Birthplace of General John A Sutter |
| | The Native Sons and Native Daughters of the Golden West planted it on July 19, 1939. and dedicated it September 9, 1948, on the occasion of the celebration of Admission Day and the Centenary of the founding of the modern City of Sacramento. — Map (db m11886) |
| California (Sacramento County), Sacramento — The River Lines Fleet |
| | In the early 1920’s the California Transportation Company, the leading passenger carrier on the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, announced plans to build two modern passenger vessels for its Sacramento to San Francisco run. In 1927, the Delta King and Delta Queen, with a combined length of 500 feet, became the largest vessels ever to regularly operate on the Sacramento River. For the first time in Sacramento’s history, the foot of M Street became the central point of passenger . . . — Map (db m16507) |
| California (San Benito County), San Juan Bautista — San Juan Bautista Historic District |
| | San Juan Bautista Historic District
has been designated a
REGISTERED NATIONAL
HISTORIC LANDMARK
Under the provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
This site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating or illustrating
the history of the United States — Map (db m15355) |
| California (San Diego County), Coronado — 844 — Hotel del Coronado |
| | This Victorian hotel, built in 1887, is one of America’s largest wooden buildings. Few seaside resort hotels of this significant architectural style remain in America. The hotel has hosted several presidents and other national figures. — Map (db m11108) |
| California (San Diego County), San Diego — Estudillo House |
| | Has been designated a
REGISTERED NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK
Under the provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
This site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating or illustrating
the history of the United States — Map (db m11781) |
| California (San Diego County), San Diego — 242 — Mission San Diego de Alcala |
| | On Sunday, July 16, 1769 Fathers Junipero Serra, Juan Viscaino and Fernando Parron raised and blessed a cross to establish Alta, California’s 1st Mission. Relocated from Presidio Hill to this site in August 1774 the Mission was the mother of those founded in California by the Franciscan Order. The present buildings, first completed in 1813 were rebuilt in stages from 1915 to 1931 after many years of deterioration. They have been in use as a parish church since February 1941. — Map (db m15262) |
| California (San Diego County), San Diego — 59 — San Diego Presidio Site |
| | Soldiers, sailors, Indians, and Franciscan missionaries from New Spain occupied the land at Presidio Hill on May 17, 1769 as a military outpost. Two months later, Fr. Junípero Serra established the first San Diego Mission on Presidio Hill. Officially proclaimed a Spanish Presidio on January 1, 1774, the fortress was later occupied by a succession of Mexican forces. The Presidio was abandoned in 1837 after San Diego became a pueblo. — Map (db m11134) |
| California (San Francisco City and County), San Francisco — 79 — Presidio of San Francisco |
| | Formally established on September 17, 1776, the San Francisco Presidio has been used as a military headquarters by Spain, Mexico, and the United States. It was a major command post during the Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, and the Korean War, and remains a symbol of United States authority in the Pacific. — Map (db m10743) |
| California (Santa Barbara County), Lompoc — La Purisima Mission State Historic Park |
| | Across this bridge lies California's eleventh mission and a glimpse of life during the 1820's. The Civilian Conservation Corps restored the buildings and grounds between 1934 - 1941. We hope you enjoy your visit to the past. — Map (db m11116) |
| California (Santa Barbara County), Solvang — Mission Santa Ines |
| | Has been designated a
NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK
This religious complex possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.
Mission Santa Ines, founded in 1804, is one of the finest examples of a Mission complex containing buildings, structures, archaeological sites, ruins, and artwork important to understanding the Hispanic and Native American heritage of California. The fulling mill, built in 1821 by Joseph Chapman, is one of the earliest . . . — Map (db m11673) |
| California (Santa Clara County), San Jose — New Almaden — (The New Mine) — After Almaden Mine in Spain |
| | The first workable quicksilver mine in North America – First mine of any kind in California – First worked 1824 – Denounced November 1845. Has produced more metallic wealth than any individual gold mine in California. Its discovery freed all American gold and silver mines from Spanish domination for until 1887, quicksilver was a pre-requisite in the reduction of precious metals. Favorable adjucation of its title in 1865 protected all Western mining titles and saved California and Nevada for the Union. — Map (db m12924) |
| California (Sonoma County), Santa Rosa — Luther Burbank Home |
| | Luther Burbank was born in Massachusetts on March 7, 1849 and arrived in Santa Rosa in October 1875. In 1884 he purchased four acres surrounding this site as a place for horticultural experiments. Here he lived and worked until his death on April 11. 1926. Burbank’s work led quickly to international fame and thousands of visitors came to see the “Plant Wizard” at work. Within the rich horticultural legacy left by Burbank are the Burbank Russett Potato and the Shasta Daisy. — Map (db m12590) |
| Colorado (Conejos County), Sanford — Pike's Stockade |
| |
Near here, on the banks of the Conejos River, Zebulon M. Pike built a log stockade in early February, 1807, and for the first time raised an American flag over what is now Colorado. Pike's trek of 1806-07 was the second official United States expedition into the lands of the Louisiana Purchase, acquired in 1803. Exploring the southern region of the new territory, Pike crossed into the San Luis Valley in January, 1807. On February 26, at the stockade, he and his men were arrested by Spanish . . . — Map (db m22701) |
| District of Columbia (Washington), Capitol Hill — Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. — "Oldest Post of the Corps" |
| | Site selected by President Thomas Jefferson and Lieutenant Colonel Commandant William Ward Burrows on 31 March 1801.
A National Capital Landmark and entered in the National Register of Historic Places.
United States Marine Corps — Map (db m10833) |
| District of Columbia (Washington), Georgetown — Georgetown Historic District |
| | Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States. — Map (db m130) |
| District of Columbia (Washington), Georgetown — Healy Hall — National Historic Landmark — Georgetown University |
| | [Panel 1:]
Healy Hall bares the name of
the Reverend Patrick F. Healy, S.J. 1834-1910 the University's twenty-ninth president 1873-1882
The first Black American to hold a doctorate and the first to serve as president of a major university in the United States, known as Georgetown's second founder. Father Healy - through his pioneering achievement and personal sacrifice - established this institution as a leader in American higher education.
[Panel 2:]
Healy Hall Georgetown . . . — Map (db m21889) |
| District of Columbia (Washington), Mount Vernon Square/Shaw — 2 of 17 — For the Working People — Midcity at the Crossroads — Shaw Heritage Trail |
| | "There is not a wrong too long endured that we are not determined to abolish." Samuel Gompers.
This large office building opened in 1916 as the headquarters of the American Federation of Labor. With 2.5 million members, this union was the nation's largest and most powerful. The building's design by Milburn, Heister & Co. symbolized the union's maturity and strength.
The AF of L's first president was London-born Samuel Gompers (1850-1924). Gompers immigrated to New York in 1863, . . . — Map (db m22625) |
| District of Columbia (Washington), Northwest — Army Medical Museum |
| | Army Medical Museum has been designated a registered National Historic Landmark under the provision of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States. — Map (db m17095) |
| District of Columbia (Washington), Northwest — Ashburton House |
| | has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America 1974 National Park Service United States Department of the Interior — Map (db m4082) |
| District of Columbia (Washington), Northwest — Carnegie Endowment for International Peace |
| | 700 Jackson Place has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America National Park Service 1974 From 1910 to 1948 it served as the first headquarters of The Carnegie Endowment for International Place. It was endowed by Andrew Carnegie to "Hasten the abolition of international war." The townhouse was built in 1860 for Dr. Peter Parker founder of medical missions in China who occupied the . . . — Map (db m4215) |
| District of Columbia (Washington), Northwest — Carter G. Woodson House |
| | Has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. — Map (db m7121) |
| District of Columbia (Washington), Northwest — Charlotte Forten Grimke House |
| | Has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. — Map (db m7125) |
| District of Columbia (Washington), Northwest — Decatur House |
| | (Upper Plaque): Decatur House Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service 1961 (Lower Plaque): This house, built in 1819 was the home of Commodore Stephen Decatur who died here March 22, 1820, from wounds received in a duel with . . . — Map (db m4216) |
| District of Columbia (Washington), Northwest — General Oliver O. Howard |
| | Residence of General Oliver O. Howard,
founder of Howard University, 1869 - 1874. — Map (db m9263) |
| District of Columbia (Washington), Northwest — Howard University — Sixth Street and Howard Place, NW |
| | Howard University, one of the oldest Black colleges in the United States, was established by Congress in 1866 to educate formerly enslaved individuals. Its name honors Freedman's Bureau Commissioner General Oliver Otis Howard, a member of the white First Congregational Society of Washington, D.C., which originally conceived of the school as a theological seminary to train black ministers. Mordecai Wyatt Johnson, who became president in 1926, shaped Howard into a modern institution. The . . . — Map (db m9549) |
| District of Columbia (Washington), Northwest — National Headquarters, American Red Cross |
| | National Headquarters American Red Cross has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 23, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States. — Map (db m15026) |
| District of Columbia (Washington), Northwest — St. John’s Church — The Church of the Presidents |
| | has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service 1961 — Map (db m4103) |
| District of Columbia (Washington), Northwest — State, War, and Navy Building |
| | Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service 1972 — Map (db m4213) |
| District of Columbia (Washington), Northwest — U. S. Soldiers Home |
| | has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. 1974 National Park Service United States Department of the Interior — Map (db m22653) |
| District of Columbia (Washington), Northwest — United States Department of the Treasury |
| | Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service 1972 — Map (db m2122) |
| District of Columbia (Washington), Shaw — 13 of 14 — Meridian Hill Park — City Within a City — Greater U Street Heritage Trail |
| | Just ahead of you at the corner of 15th Street and Florida Avenue is the entrance to Meridian Hill Park, a dramatic urban oasis established in 1912 and completed in 1936. Its stunning, 12-acre landscape features the longest cascading waterfall of its kind in North America, a grand promenade and some of the city’s most interesting sculpture. Nationally known artists performed here from the 1930s into the 1970s, making it America’s first park for the performing arts. Pearl Bailey and Pearl Mesta . . . — Map (db m24149) |
| District of Columbia (Washington), Washington Navy Yard — The Washington Navy Yard |
| | authorized by the first Secretary of the Navy, Benjamin Stoddard, is the U.S. Navy's oldest shore establishment. It occupies land set aside by George Washington for use by the federal government. The Navy Yard expanded rapidly as a shipbuilding facility until 1814 when British troops occupied Washington and the Yard's first commandant, Captain Thomas Tingey, was ordered to burn the base to prevent its falling into enemy hands.
Rebuilt after the War of 1812, the Yard continued to construct . . . — Map (db m10996) |
| Florida (Hillsborough County), Tampa — F-31 — Tampa Bay Hotel |
| | Henry B. Plant built this ornate Moorish structure at a cost of $3 million. Opened in 1891, it became the social and cultural center of early Tampa. During the Spanish American War it was headquarters for troops going to Cuba and house such visitors as Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Clara Barton, Richard Harding Davis and Gen. Nelson Miles. Purchased by the City of Tampa in 1905, it has served as the main building of the University of Tampa since 1933. — Map (db m20020) |
| Florida (Pinellas County), Safety Harbor — Safety Harbor Site |
| | has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States — Map (db m13646) |
| Florida (Sumter County), Bushnell — On This Spot — December 28, 1835 |
| | Major Francis L. Dade and his command consisting of detachments of the Fourth Infantry, Second and Third Artillery United States Army, while marching from Tampa Bay to Fort King was attacked by a superior force of Seminole Indians commanded by Mico Nopah head chief of the Indians. The entire command save three were killed after a spirited resistance by the troops.
Here was fought the first battle of the Seven Years War with the Florida Indians.
This ground dedicated by the state of . . . — Map (db m20024) |
| Georgia (Chatham County), Savannah — Central Of Georgia Railroad — Shops & Terminal |
| | Has been designated a
——
National Historic Landmark
——
This site possesses National signifcance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
1976 — Map (db m18392) |
| Georgia (Chatham County), Savannah — 74000663 — Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse |
| | Entered on the National Register
of Historic Places
June 7, 1974
Federal Building
U.S. Courthouse
Wright Square Postal Station
Savannah, Georgia
Jeremiah O'Rourke
Architect 1899
This Property Significantly Contributes To The
Nation's Cultural Heritage
Commemorated June 1976
Gerald R. Ford Jack Eckerd
President of the Administrator of
United States General Services — Map (db m19824) |
| Georgia (Chatham County), Savannah — 76000611 — Owens-Thomas House |
| | Has been designated a National Historic Landmark
This site possesses National significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America 1976
National Park Service
United States Department of the Interior — Map (db m19632) |
| Georgia (Chatham County), Savannah — Savannah Historic District |
| | has been designated a
REGISTERED NATIONAL
HISTORICAL LANDMARK
Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States. — Map (db m5537) |
| Georgia (Chatham County), Savannah — 025-5 — Sherman's Headquarters — Green-Meldrim Mansion |
| | General William Tecumseh Sherman used this house as headquarters from Dec. 22, 1864, until Feb. 1, 1865. Charles Green offered the use of his home to General Sherman and his staff. Sherman's chaplain conducted the Christmas services in St. John's Church. The house was built for Green, a British subject residing in Savannah prior to 1854. The architect was John S. Norris of New York.The house is notable as one of the country's finest examples of residential Gothic Revival architecture, the . . . — Map (db m8881) |
| Georgia (Chatham County), Savannah — Wesley Chapel Trinity / John Wesley's American Parish |
| | (Side 1):WESLEY CHAPEL TRINITY In 1812 The Methodist Church in Savannah was formally established with the founding of Wesley Chapel at Lincoln & Oglethorpe Streets. Bishop Francis Asbury dedicated that building in 1813. In 1848 the congregation built a new church on Telfair Square. Since the Methodist Centennial of 1884, Trinity has been recognized as "The Mother Church of Savannah Methodism." In 1995, the General Commission on Archives and History expanded the National Historic . . . — Map (db m13616) |
| Georgia (Floyd County), Rome — 57-1 — Chieftains |
| | At this house’s core is the 1790s log home of Major Ridge (c.1771-1839), a leader in the Cherokee Nation. His 223-acre plantation supported numerous outbuildings, orchards and slaves while the family served as ferryboat operators and merchants. It was here the council negotiated the Treaty of New Echota in 1835, which promised the Cherokees land
compensation for voluntarily moving to Oklahoma. Their forced removal became known as the "Trail of Tears." Ridge knew death was imminent for selling . . . — Map (db m14981) |
| Georgia (Fulton County), Atlanta — Ebenezer Baptist Church |
| | has been designated a
National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America May 5th 1977 National Park Service United States Department of the Interior
[bottom sign]
Ebenezer Baptist Church Heritage Sanctuary
407-413 Auburn Avenue
Ebenezer Baptist Church has been a spiritual, social, and political center - a home-away-from-home - for generations of black Atlantans. Under the leadership of the . . . — Map (db m6675) |
| Georgia (Richmond County), Augusta — Old Medical College |
| | has been designated a
National
Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
1996
National Park Service
United States Department of the Interior — Map (db m10089) |
| Hawaii (Hawaii County), Kailua Kona — Honokohau Settlement |
| | Honokohau Settlement has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States. — Map (db m4248) |
| Hawaii (Hawaii County), Naalehu — 66000291 — South Point Complex |
| | South Point Complex has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historical Sites act of August 21st 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of United States.
U.S. Department of the Interior
National Park Service
1964 — Map (db m2314) |
| Hawaii (Honolulu County), Honolulu — U.S. Naval Base Pearl Harbor |
| | U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor
has been designated a
Registered National
Historic Landmark
Under the provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
this site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating and illustrating
the history of the United States
U.S. Department of the Interior
National Park Service
1964 — Map (db m4526) |
| Indiana (Dearborn County), Aurora — Hillforest — Thomas Gaff House — A National Historic Landmark |
| | Originally called Forest Hill, Hillforest was completed in 1855 for local industrialist and steamboat owner Thomas Gaff and his family. Emigrants from Scotland in 1811, the six Gaff children moved with their mother to Aurora in the 1840s and became civic and professional leaders locally and in the Greater Cincinnati area. Thomas Gaff and his brothers participated in local politics and maintained diverse business interests including brewing, distilling, mining, banking, farming and milling. . . . — Map (db m22125) |
| Indiana (Fountain County), Covington — Portland Arch Natural Preserve |
| | has been designated a
National Natural Landmark
This site possesses exceptional value as an illustration of the nation's natural heritage and contributes to a better understanding of the environment — Map (db m10093) |
| Indiana (Tippecanoe County), Battle Ground — Stricken Down in the Performance of Duty |
| | In tribute to Major Joseph Hamilton Daviess, Grand Master of Masons in Kentucky, who fell in battle here, and to the many Freemasons of General Harrison's command whose valor is held in grateful remembrance.
— Map (db m230) |
| Indiana (Vigo County), Terre Haute — 84.1992.1 — Home of Eugene V. Debs |
| | Debs (1855-1926) was leading pioneer in industrial unionism, social reformer, and peace advocate.
Founded American Railway Union, 1893; cofounded American Socialist Part, 1900; and ran five times for United States Presidency.
Home built in 1890; declared National Historic Landmark, 1966. — Map (db m8928) |
| Indiana (Wayne County), Fountain City — 89.2002.1 — Levi Coffin |
| | (Front Side): Levi Coffin (1798-1877), a Quaker abolitionist, lived in Newport (now Fountain City) with his family 1826-1847. Moved from North Carolina because he and his wife, Catharine, opposed slavery. Advocated, and sold in his store, free-labor products not produced by slaves. House built circa 1839; designated a National Historic Landmark 1966. (Back Side): Coffin's Reminiscences (1876) documented work in Underground Railroad and antislavery movement. The . . . — Map (db m4480) |
| Louisiana (Orleans Parish), New Orleans — Jackson Square - Vieux Carré — National Historic Landmark |
| | [Panel 1:]
Jackson Square has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935.
This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and interpreting the history of the United States.
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. 1965
[Panel 2:]Vieux Carré has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, . . . — Map (db m21859) |
| Louisiana (Orleans Parish), New Orleans — The Cabildo — National Historic Landmark — Louisiana State Museum |
| | [Panel 1:]
Erected 1795-1799,
Don Gilberto Guillemard, architect.
Constructed financed and directed by Don Andres Almonester y Roxas.
The mansard roof was added in 1847.
The illustrious Cabildo (Spanish colonial city council) held its sessions here in the Sala Capitular from May 10, 1799 until Nov. 30, 1803. The building housed the city hall of New Orleans, 1803-1853, and the supreme court of Louisiana, 1853-1910.
Until 1914, the prison at the rear was used as a jail . . . — Map (db m21508) |
| Louisiana (Orleans Parish), New Orleans — Upper Pontabla Building — Pontabla Buildings National Historic Landmark |
| | [Panel 1:]
[Logo of the Orleans Parrish Landmarks Commission]
Erected 1849-50
by Michela Almonester, Baroness Pontabla,
working first with James Gallier, architect
and then with Henry Howard, architect
Samuel Stewart, builder.
In 1724 this corner was the site of
an officers’ barracks which was
later used as a temporary church,
a warehouse, and ultimately as
the residence of M. De Loubois,
major of the town.
On the remainder of the block,
barracks . . . — Map (db m21499) |
| Maine (Aroostook County), Fort Kent — Fort Kent |
| | Fort Kent has been designated a National Historic Landmark. This site possesses National significance in commemorating the history of the United States. — Map (db m2088) |
| Maryland, Baltimore — Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| | Has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. — Map (db m5787) |
| Maryland, Baltimore — Carrollton Viaduct |
| | The Carrollton Viaduct carried the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad over the Gwynns Falls, its first malor stream crossing as it headed west from its Pratt Street terminus Completed in 1829, the 300-foot stone span is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, signer of the Declaration of Independence and one of the B&O's founders. Worried about competition from canals, Baltimore's business leaders cast their lot with a new untested technology, railroads. Horses initially pulled the loads, but the B&O . . . — Map (db m6391) |
| Maryland, Baltimore — Davidge Hall |
| | Davidge Hall, constructed in 1812, is named for the first dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. John B. Davidge. Noted for its unique classical appearance, it is the oldest building in the country used continuously for medical education. The Medical School, established in 1807 by the Maryland General Assembly was the fifth to be founded in the United States. Following mergers with Baltimore Medical College, 1913, and College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1915, the school became part of the State University System in 1920. — Map (db m15057) |
| Maryland, Baltimore — Edgar Allan Poe House |
| | “The little house in the lowly street with the lovely name.” This was how Edgar Allan Poe described 203 Amity Street, where he lived from 1832 to 1835 with his grandmother, aunt, and cousin Virginia, whom he married in 1836.
While living here, the famous American writer first gained public recoginition. In 1833, Poe won a literacy contest sponsored by the Baltimore Saturday Visitor, one of the seventy magazines that burst upon, the local scene in the early 19th century. The . . . — Map (db m2506) |
| Maryland, Baltimore — First Unitarian Church |
| | Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States. — Map (db m5643) |
| Maryland, Baltimore — H. L. Mencken House |
| | Henry Louis Mencken was born on Lexington Street on September 12, 1880. His father hoped his eldest son would continue the family cigar manufacturing business, but after his father's death in 1899, Mencken headed straight for the Baltimore Morning Herald. By the age of 25, he was the paper's editor-in-chief. When the Herald folded in 1906, Mencken began his long association with the Baltimore Sunpapers, where his outspoken and entertaining views soon won him a national . . . — Map (db m5035) |
| Maryland, Baltimore — Henry August Rowland House |
| | Has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America 1975 National Park Service United States Department of the Interior — Map (db m6003) |
| Maryland, Baltimore — Homewood |
| | The Home of Charles Carroll, Jr.
A National Historic Landmark
Built 1801 - Restored 1987
Open for Tours - Museum Shop — Map (db m6114) |
| Maryland, Baltimore — Mt. Clare |
| | This outstanding Georgian mansion, built between 1754 and 1768, was the home of Charles Carroll, Barrister and framer of Maryland’s first Constitution and Declaration of Rights. Carroll and his wife Margaret Tilghman made Mount Clare a center of enlightened colonial living and the heart of a flourishing plantation, which once supported wheat fields, orchards, racing stables, flour mills, brick kilns and a shipyard. Since 1977, Mount Clare has been the subject of a major archaeological . . . — Map (db m3152) |
| Maryland, Baltimore — Peale's Baltimore Museum - 1814 |
| | Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service 1966 — Map (db m6304) |
| Maryland, Baltimore — Phoenix Shot Tower |
| | Built in 1828 by the Phoenix Shot Tower Company, this soaring 215 foot structure is the last remaining shot tower of the three that accented Baltimore’s skyline in the 19th century. Shot pellets used as ammunition for muskets was produced by pouring molten lead through perforated pans from “dropping stations” high up in the tower. The swift passage of the lead droplets down the shaft rounded the pellets into shot. The “quenching tank” of water at the bottom cooled and . . . — Map (db m2598) |
| Maryland, Baltimore — Seven-Foot Knoll Lighthouse |
| | Seven-foot knoll lighthouse was the second screwpile structure to be built by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. It was originally located 15 miles southeast of this location. The 42 foot high round screwpile lighthouse was completed by the Baltimore "ironfounders" firm of Murray and Hazelhurst in 1856 at a cost of more than $30,000. it was constructed of rolled-iron plates, drilled and riveted together and supported on nine cast-iron screwpiles. The screwpiles eliminated the need for an underwater . . . — Map (db m6111) |
| Maryland, Baltimore — St. Mary's Seminary Chapel |
| | Has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. — Map (db m7185) |
| Maryland, Baltimore — The Coast Guard Cutter Taney — The last surviving warship from the attack on Pearl Harbor — "Saving One of America's Treasures" |
| | Open for visitors as part of the Baltimore Maritime Museum ... the USCGC TANEY was built in 1936 and was in continuous service until 1986. In addition to Pearl Harbor, TANEY saw action throughout World War II [as] well as the Vietnam Conflict. Peacetime duties included search and rescue, ocean weather station, fisheries patrol, and drug interdiction. Today, TANEY continues to serve as a tribute to seagoing services and as a "living classroom."
In 2003 TANEY underwent a major renovation at . . . — Map (db m15063) |
| Maryland, Baltimore — The Flag House and Star-Spangled Banner Museum |
| | The Flag House was the home of Mary Pickersgill and the site where she sewed the Star-Spangled Banner.
Mary Pickersgill moved into the Flag House in 1807 with her mother, Rebecca Young, and her daughter Caroline, and set up a flag making shop.
In the summer of 1813, Commander Joshua Barney, General John Stricker and Major James Calhoun visited her shop and asked Mary to make a garrison flag for Fort McHenry. The flag was thirty feet hoist and forty-two feet fly, with fifteen stripes and . . . — Map (db m2723) |
| Maryland, Baltimore — USS Constellation — Flagship of the Anti-Slave Trade |
| | Though the Civil War was a period of great innovation for the navy, with widespread use of steam power and the innovation of ironclads there was still a place in the fleet for sailing ships. Built at the Gosport yard in Portsmouth, Virginia, in 1854, USS Constellation was the flagship of the anti-slave trade African Squadron when the Civil War began in April 1861. The following month it made one of the first captures for the Union when it took the slaver Triton of Charleston, . . . — Map (db m6153) |
| Maryland, Baltimore — William H. Welch House |
| | William H. Welch House has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America 1976 National Park Service United States Department of the Interior — Map (db m6016) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Colonial Annapolis |
| | Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service 1965 — Map (db m6199) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Fort Severn and the United States Naval Academy |
| | Fort Severn Chapter
National Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
honors
Fort Severn
and the
United States Naval Academy.
[map]
"Locating Fort Severn within the U.S. Naval Academy, March 28, 1977." — Map (db m13429) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Maryland State House |
| | Built 1772–1779
Capitol of the United States November 26, 1783 – August 13, 1784
In this state house, oldest in the nation still in legislative use, General George Washington resigned his commission before the Continental Congress December 23, 1783. Here, January 14, 1784, Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris to end the Revolutionary war and May 7, 1784 appointed Thomas Jefferson plenipotentiary. From here, September 14, 1786, the Annapolis convention . . . — Map (db m2864) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Annapolis — Maryland State House — Built 1772–1779 |
| | Capitol of the United States November 26, 1783 – August 13, 1784
In this state house, oldest in the nation still in legislative use, General George Washington resigned his commission before the Continental Congress December 23, 1783. Here, January 14, 1784, Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris to end the Revolutionary War and May 7, 1784 appointed Thomas Jefferson plenipotentiary. From here, September 14, 1786, the Annapolis convention issued the call to the states that led to . . . — Map (db m6703) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), Edgewater — London Town Publik House |
| | Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935. This site possesses exceptional value in commemorating or illustrating the history of the United States. — Map (db m3420) |
| Maryland (Anne Arundel County), West River — Overlooking West River |
| | Cedar Park
Patented to Richard Ewen in 1666 as “Ewen upon Ewenton.” Brick house built c.1697 by Richard Galloway II around earlier frame structure possibly dating back to 1656. Known as “West River Farm” in 18th Century. Home and burial place of John Francis Mercer, 10th Governor of Maryland (1801–1803.)
Tulip Hill
Patented 1659 to Richard Talbott as “Poplar Knowle.” Brick house built c.1756 by Samuel Galloway, Quaker merchant. George . . . — Map (db m3037) |
| Maryland (Baltimore County), Relay — The Thomas Viaduct |
| | Commenced, July 4th, 1833. Finished July 4th, 1835.
Johnathan Knight, Chief Engineer, Caspar W. Wever, Superintendent of Construction. Designed by Benjamin H. Latrobe. Built by John McCartney of Ohio.
(Other two sides of the monument list company directors.) — Map (db m127) |
| Maryland (Calvert County), Solomons — J. C. Lore & Sons Oyster House |
| | Joseph C. Lore, Sr., began shipping seafood from Solomons Island in 1888 and established a packing house at this site in 1912. Three generations of Lore family packed and shipped Patuxent River oysters, crabs and fish until 1978. Present building dates from 1934, replacing earlier one destroyed in 1933 storm, and is built on oyster shells discarded by Lore Co. and neighboring H.M. Woodburn Co. (1918-1943). Lore Oyster House building purchased in 1980 by Calvert Marine Museum. — Map (db m3459) |
| Maryland (Frederick County), Frederick — Monocacy Battlefield |
| | has been designated a National Historic Landmark This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America 1973 National Parks Service United States Department of the Interior — Map (db m3294) |
| Maryland (Garrett County), Granstville — Castleman’s River Bridge — (Formerly "Little Youghiogeny") |
| | Erected 1813 by David Shriver, Jr., Sup't of the "Cumberland Road" (The National Road). This 80 foot span was the largest stone arch in America at the time. It was continuously used from 1813 to 1933. — Map (db m100) |
| Maryland (Howard County), Ellicott City — B&O Railroad Station — Keep Supplies Moving |
| | One of the first railroads in the country, constructed in 1830 of wooden rails that carried horse-drawn cars, extended from Baltimore to Ellicott's Mills. This station was built the next year, and soon steel rails replaced wooden ones as the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was constructed. The line became strategically important to the Union war effort in 1861, and the local Patapsco Guard were among the Federal troops that guarded the road. Supplies en route to the armies passed the station day . . . — Map (db m174) |
| Maryland (Howard County), Savage — Bollman Iron Truss Bridge — 1869 |
| | Spanning the Little Patuxent River is the sole surviving example of the bridging system invented, 1850, by Wendel Bollman, Baltimore engineer. It was the first system, entirely of iron, used by the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and the first in America. Through 1873 the company built about 100 such bridges. — Map (db m98) |
| Maryland (Kent County), Chestertown — Chestertown, Maryland |
| | County seat of Kent County. Established in 1706. Situated on the most traveled highway between south and north during the revolutionary period. George Washington made eight known visits here between 1756 and 1793. Rich in Colonial History. — Map (db m3059) |
| Maryland (Montgomery County), Cabin John — Cabin John |
| | [ Panel 1] “... in our midst exists one of the most imposing and wonderful structures which engineering skill could devise ...” --William T.S. Curtis, November 1, 1897, from a paper read before the Columbia Historical Society. As late as the mid-19th century, Georgetown and Washington, D.C. lacked a plentiful and reliable source of safe drinking water and adequate water for fighting fires. In 1851 Congress commissioned studies to solve the city’s water problem well into . . . — Map (db m22636) |
| Maryland (Montgomery County), Glen Echo — The Clara Barton House |
| | Early headquarters of the American Red Cross and home of Clara Barton, founder and First President, who lived here until her death in 1912. Located just south of this marker, the house had an unusual interior of Steamboat Gothic design with railed galleries and a suspended captain's room. — Map (db m303) |
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