First Alabama soldier to lose life in Civil War.
DeVotie graduated in 1856 from University of Alabama; Presbyterian Theological Seminary at Princeton in 1859. In 1856 at the University of Alabama, he was chief founder of Sigma Alpha . . . — — Map (db m4219) HM
Sonora Community
The community of Sonora was named in 1901 by the wife of the first postmaster, G.L. Sharretts. Situated near Red Hill Ford on Baker Branch and the intersection of travel routes between Silverhill, Magnolia Springs, Marlow . . . — — Map (db m130878) HM
On this site stood "Memorial Hall," the two story, log and shingle administrative and social center of the Alabama Confederate Soldiers' Home. Construction was partially financed by individuals from across the state who purchased "Memorial Logs" for . . . — — Map (db m129410) HM
Front
150 yards south of this site, John B. Simmons
built the first Masonic Hall in Coffee County. On
December 17, 1851, the Grand Lodge of Alabama
issued a dispensation to nine Coffee County men to
form a lodge in the town of . . . — — Map (db m167711) HM
The Challenge "Will you not help me hasten the day when there shall be no preventable blindness; no little deaf, blind child untaught; no blind man or woman unaided?
I appeal to you Lions, you who have sight, your hearing, you who are strong . . . — — Map (db m108373) HM
The name Florala came from combining the names of Florida and Alabama. Lake Jackson, located in Florala, is the state's largest natural lake. It is named for Andrew Jackson, who in 1818 camped on the lake with his soldiers while en route to . . . — — Map (db m83457) HM
[Newspaper notice]
Masonic,
The Regularly Constituted Lodges of Ancient York Masons, Chartered, Dispenced, or associated within the State of Alabama, are respectfully requested to meet, by their representatives, at the Town of Cahawba, . . . — — Map (db m217238) HM
This stately Classic Revival house, built c. 1904, was the residence of Colonel Oliver Roland Hood (1867-1951), eminent Gadsden attorney and civic leader. Colonel Hood was one of the three incorporators of Alabama Power Company in 1906 and author of . . . — — Map (db m83732) HM
Built 1922, 1630 4th Ave. N.
Built and designed by African Americans, the Colored Masonic
Temple served as their only major business and social meeting
place for decades. The Temple's gilded auditorium hosted many elegant social functions . . . — — Map (db m188188) HM
The Fraternal Hotel Building was built in 1925. Some of the businesses that were located in this building included:
1925 - 1980 Fraternal Hotel
1925 - 1970 Fraternal Café
1950 - 1966 Monroe Steak House
1985 - 1994 Grand Lodge Knights of . . . — — Map (db m27518) HM
The developers of the Town of Edgewood, Stephen Smith and Troupe Brazelton, built the beautiful 117.4 acre lake and clubhouse in 1913-15. Amenities included a swimming pool, dance pavilion, fishing, boating and parking for hundreds of automobiles. . . . — — Map (db m26963) HM
Clyde Nelson, born in Columbiana, Alabama, was only 26 when he began development of the Town of Hollywood in 1926. With a sales force of 75 and the slogan "Out of the smoke zone, into the ozone" his beautiful community soon took shape. Homes were . . . — — Map (db m27091) HM
The poetic lines inscribed on the boulder below is a replica of those carved in 1827 by Thomas W. Farrar.
Thomas W. Farrar was the Founder and first Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge in Alabama 1821-22-24.
This historical site donated to . . . — — Map (db m28490) HM
The American Legion, an organization of U.S. War Veterans was founded in Paris, France, March 15~17, 1919 by delegates from combat and service units of the American Expeditionary Force assembled in response to a call by a committee headed by . . . — — Map (db m35220) HM
On April 20, 1934, a temporary charter was issued for Gen. Joe Wheeler Post 58, Courtland, Alabama.
On November 12, 1946, a permanent charter was granted and the name changed to Wiley Horton Post 58 in honor of the deceased son of State . . . — — Map (db m84303) HM
The Alpha Mu chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon was founded on June 15, 1878 at the Agricultural & Mechanical College of Alabama (now Auburn University). John E.D. Shipp came to Auburn as a student determined to organize a chapter at a time when . . . — — Map (db m66726) HM
The Confederate Circle in Athens City Cemetery contains graves of over 50 soldiers killed in or around Athens during the WBTS, 8 unknown. Around 1898 ladies of the local UDC were working in the cemetery when bones, believed to be soldiers, were . . . — — Map (db m94159) HM
The First Baptist Church, organized in 1824, built a meeting house in 1826. A brick structure was erected in 1831 but was replaced with the above building in 1909. This church located on the north west corner of Clinton and Hobbs streets, was later . . . — — Map (db m93883) HM
Top row, left to right:
• The First Presbyterian Church was built on the corner of Jefferson and Washington streets about 1900. This 1949 photograph shows Standard Oil and Sinclair Gasoline signs. Built in 1926, the Standard Oil Filling . . . — — Map (db m154214) HM
First Masonic Lodge in Alabama. Chartered Aug. 29, 1811, under the Masonic Jurisdiction of Kentucky. Original building on this site erected in 1820. — — Map (db m37907) HM
Constructed in 1937, the Florence H. Becker Recreation Hall was named in honor of Florence Hague Becker, President General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution from 1935 to 1938. The vertically placed pine logs used in the . . . — — Map (db m33312) HM
St. John’s Episcopal Church, established and built in 1855, stood at the northwest corner of this block, its rectory adjacent. Between 1860 and 1870, the Church Home, an orphanage and school consisting of three buildings, was constructed. This was . . . — — Map (db m123443) HM
On March 29, 1869, 32 attorneys organized the Mobile Bar Association, the first bar association in Alabama and the 14th oldest bar association in the entire nation. They filed the Association's Declaration of Incorporation on April 12, 1869, having . . . — — Map (db m40666) HM
Oldest Building in Monroe County
Erected in 1824 with funds from a public lottery. Lower floor served as a Baptist Church and a Court Room in which William B Travis, then a resident of Claiborne, practiced law. Visited by General LaFayette April . . . — — Map (db m39203) HM
Presented to the citizens of the State of Alabama honoring our brother George Washington our first Masonic President and in commemoration of 200 years of freedom under our constitutional form of government. — — Map (db m36644) HM
Commemorating
the
centennial
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
Here stood
Mrs. Rosa Parks
Mother of the Civil Rights Movement
and
honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
where she boarded the Montgomery . . . — — Map (db m85986) HM
In 1900, Marshall Moore and his wife, Agnes V. McClain commissioned Joseph G. Nesbitt, Sr., an African-American contractor/builder, to construct this Victorian period cottage. The Moores, among the first graduates and early faculty members of . . . — — Map (db m86130) HM
Freemasonry is a fraternal order which promotes a spirit of brotherhood, devotion to family, and service to God and country. Local Masonic Lodges and affiliated organizations, such as the Eastern Star, Scottish and York Rite bodies, the Shrine, . . . — — Map (db m71374) HM
Greek Revival Home built, 1851 by John H. Murphy, cotton broker and an incorporator and director of the Montgomery Water Works Company, chartered 1854. Union Army Provost Marshal's Headquarters 1865. Elks Club 1902-1967. Restored by Montgomery . . . — — Map (db m36569) HM
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Pintlala Grange Hall
The National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry was organized in 1867 to provide economic, social and cultural improvements for farmers and their families. Pintlala's Grange Hall was erected circa . . . — — Map (db m71433) HM
Dr. Henry Rhodes, for whom Rhodes Ferry Landing was named, was Decatur's first Postmaster and one of the organizers of the Lodge (Nov. 22, 1826). Chartered in 1827, its first Worshipful Master was Colonel Francis Dancy, builder of the Dancy-Polk . . . — — Map (db m102823) HM
This historic building was erected in 1848 to serve as the
Tuckabatchee Masonic Lodge No. 96. At the time, this community
of Crawford, Alabama (formerly known as Crockettsville from 1832 -
1843, named after Davy Crockett) was the county seat of . . . — — Map (db m111586) HM
Post office established as Diana 1834
Name changed to Cropwell 1837
Masonic Lodge chartered 1857
In 1887 Birmingham & Atlantic R.R.
came to Cropwell — — Map (db m217724) HM
Fletcher Farrington, after graduating from the Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University), came to Tallapoosa County as a county agent for the Agricultural Extension Service in 1932. Concluding that soil erosion was the local farmers . . . — — Map (db m95105) HM
Born and educated in Baden, Germany, and educated as a horticulturist, William Carl Roeck arrived in America in 1854 at the age of eighteen and engaged in extensive travels. He later enlisted in the Confederate Army, serving four years in the Second . . . — — Map (db m223945) HM
Alpha Delta Pi, the first college secret sisterhood, was organized at Wesleyan Female College, Macon, Georgia, the first women's college to grant academic degrees. Originally identified as Adelpheans, the group had three thousand alumnae and sixty . . . — — Map (db m28783) HM
marker Front: Psi Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity first Greek letter fraternity at The University of Alabama. Organized by Louis J. DuPre, chapter installed June 20, 1847. First members initiated at Indian Queen Hotel by Charles . . . — — Map (db m30676) HM
Zeta Chapter of Kappa Delta first national Greek letter sorority at the University of Alabama Chapter installed March 12, 1904. First members initiated in the Sigma Nu Hall by Katherine Lovejoy of Theta Chapter at Randolph-Macon Woman's College. . . . — — Map (db m28782) HM
Erected: 1889
Reconstructed: 2000
Named for professor, scientist, and photographer F.A.P. Barnard who pioneered the study of astronomy at The University of Alabama and established its chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in 1851.
On August 26, 2000, . . . — — Map (db m29402) HM
On this site in 1914, Theta Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta built the first Chapter House located on the campus of the University of Alabama. The house was the first structure on what became known as Fraternity Row, later known as "Old Row." That house, . . . — — Map (db m156516) HM
Founded in Tuscaloosa on the campus of the University of Alabama on March 9, 1856. Its chapter designation, Alabama Mu, identifies it as the mother chapter of the national collegiate fraternity.
Founding Members:
Noble Leslie DeVotie •
Nathan . . . — — Map (db m29607) HM
Franklin Hall, an early University dormitory designed by Capt. William Nichols, was erected on this site in 1835. Was one of the buildings destroyed by the Union raid on April 4, 1865. After Civil War the remains of structure were shaped into . . . — — Map (db m30677) HM
Constructed as a guard house for the Alabama Corps of Cadets during the early 1860's, the Little Round House provided shelter from inclement weather for cadets on sentry duty. Until 1865, it also housed the University Drum Corps, which was composed . . . — — Map (db m25387) HM
Old St. Stephens Masonic Lodge No. 9
(1821-1834)
CHARTER AND EARLY MEMBERS WERE:
Gov. Israel Pickens, Col. Silas Dinsmore, Thomas Eastin, R. Chamberlain, Thomas Malone, J.F. Ross, Daniel Coleman, John Womack, W.D. . . . — — Map (db m70599) HM
Across the great divide: Stedman started apart
Ketchikan Creek formed a dividing line in Ketchikan in the early 1900s. To the north, white pioneers' homes, schools and churches stair-stepped up the hill and businesses crowded the waterfront. . . . — — Map (db m182050) HM
This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America. The hall is the place of importance in the native community. The original chapter of Alaska Native Brotherhood built this hall in 1914 to serve . . . — — Map (db m133827) HM
The 'Cottage-by-the Sea' was constructed in 1897 by Norwegian prospector Captain Hans Christian Pande. While Alaska was still a Territory, the W.P. Mills Company donated this house to the Sitka Woman's Club for a clubhouse, which led to the . . . — — Map (db m181256) HM
Built in 1899 as headquarters for the Arctic Brotherhood Camp Skagway No. 1. The Brotherhood was established February 26, 1899 for the purpose of fraternal enjoyment and mutual aid. Over 30 camps were established throughout Alaska and the Yukon and . . . — — Map (db m72784) HM
John G. Verkamp came to Flagstaff in the 1890s. He first worked for the Babbitts (three of his sisters were married to Babbitt brothers), then succeeded in a number of businesses on his own, including lumber, livestock and merchandising. He is best . . . — — Map (db m59505) HM
Built of locally quarried volcanic rock in 1901, this edifice housed a bank and many businesses displaced by the 1901 fire. These included the local newspaper, telegraph office, and eventually Arnold's, a famous Route 66 eatery. In 1928, the Masonic . . . — — Map (db m33382) HM
Melvin Jones was born on January 13, 1879, near this site in Fort Thomas. He lived here for the first eight years of his life, during the Indian Wars here. In 1917, Melvin Jones formed Lions Clubs International with 20 delegates representing 27 . . . — — Map (db m28051) HM
In June 1920, the State Lodge of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs announced that a home for orphans and the elderly would be built on the 13-acre Beebe Homestead in Safford. Construction started in December from plans drawn by architect William Bray of . . . — — Map (db m195857) HM
Designated Historical
as part of Downtown Chandler
Built in 1928
as the original
IOOF Hall and Armory
Remodeled in the 60’s
into a medical and
apartment complex
Restored back to it’s
original design
in 2001 by the . . . — — Map (db m100876) HM
This property is listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States Department of the Interior
Listed July 7, 1989
In 1901, a small group of pioneer women organized the Self Culture Club of Glendale with the . . . — — Map (db m30478) HM
On March 9, 1917, fifty-three women, inspired by Margaret Wheeler Ross, past president, 1914-1916, of the General Federation of Women's Clubs of Arizona, chartered the "Woman's Club of Mesa". Since 1901, Federated Women's Clubs, an international . . . — — Map (db m27554) HM
In 1919, this building was constructed as a meeting place for the General Federation of Women's Clubs – Peoria Woman's Club.
Originally located at the northwest corner of 83rd Avenue and Washington Street, the Clubhouse was restored and . . . — — Map (db m30401) HM
Known as the Odd Fellows Hall when it was built in 1898, this building is the oldest surviving three story brick commercial building in Maricopa County. Its 2-story high ballroom, located on the second floor, has hosted several fraternal . . . — — Map (db m49913) HM
Dedicated in Memory of
Charles Metcalfe
1855-1943
He deeded in perpetuity this land as a park for the use of Kingman youth. Recognized as a civic leader and land developer, He proposed development of Hualapai Mountain Park. He held . . . — — Map (db m29362) HM
This building has been placed on
The National Register of
Historic Places
By the United States Department of the Interior
Elks Lodge No.468
Built 1903 to 1904; modified 1913
The oldest lodge building in Kingman, this 1903-4 . . . — — Map (db m29405) HM
Construction began in 1930 by Jane Hatch, Lizzie Willis and Emma Kartchner. The building was neglected for several years and in the early 1950's seven couples agreed to save the home, which became the clubhouse for the 20-30 Club. On November 2, . . . — — Map (db m36695) HM
You are looking at the San Pedro River Valley. The San Pedro River flows north to the Gila River, which ultimately meets the Colorado River and heads south to Mexico and the Gulf of California. The river supports riparian vegetation that provides . . . — — Map (db m131232) HM
Built in 1874 of unplastered adobe with pitched roofs, this second Edward Nye Fish mercantile store in Florence changed hands to become the, Joseph Collingwood & Co. Store and Wells Fargo office in 1877. Collingwood, Florence's first postmaster, had . . . — — Map (db m26717) HM
With the exception of the Courthouse, the Knights of Pythias Building, also known as the Tilton Building, has always been the tallest building on the Plaza at 46 feet. It was dedicated on November 27, 1895, and is one of the few buildings that . . . — — Map (db m21625) HM
Founded in Jan. 1921 and named after the famous Rough Rider William "Bucky" O'Neill, the post is the oldest active VFW post in Arizona. Born Feb. 2, 1860 in St. Louis, Missouri, his many accomplishments include being a Lawyer, Judge, Sheriff, Editor . . . — — Map (db m68732) HM
Designed in the Modernistic/Art Deco style, it retains its original design and use as a lodge. Freemasonry in Yuma began in 1900. Lodge #17 was formed in November, 1901.
Dedicated December 1999, by the City of Yuma for the preservation of . . . — — Map (db m29022) HM
John W. Looney built the IOOF/Masonic Lodge building here in 1913 after the wooden store burned. The Masonic Lodge was upstairs. The Post Office was in one end downstairs.
Looney sold groceries, feed, and general merchandise at this store. He . . . — — Map (db m224842) HM
It was constructed in 1912. It originally housed Walter's Dry Goods on
the ground level & Fountaine Hall located upstairs. The Hall hosted the
Masons and also a play house of questionable character. The building is
located on what is known as . . . — — Map (db m225287) HM
This three-story limestone building with metal-clad roof enclosing the top story was constructed in 1889 by Samuel L. Calif. For fifty years it served as a residence, general merchandise store, and boarding house. About 1948 the building was . . . — — Map (db m90699) HM
Pioneer burial ground on land homesteaded 1880 by James and Rachael McAtee Lamar. Recorded burials begin 1880 after founding of Eureka Springs. May 29, 1889, the 46-acre site deeded to Lodge No. 83 Independent Order of Odd Fellows which maintained . . . — — Map (db m225226) HM
The Health Department, dedicated May 4, 1938, was built with funds by the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). When additional space was needed, the Crittenden County Negro Business Men's League, led by George Walker, Jr. and John Gammon, . . . — — Map (db m116780) HM
Bro. Samuel Proctor Massic Sr. was born in Xenia Ohio in 1889. He completed his undergraduate studies at Wilberforce University. Bro. S.P. Massie attended Howard University from 1914-1915 where he did his post graduate studies in the area of . . . — — Map (db m211264) HM
Clubwoman, temperance leader and suffragist. Helped found Arkansas Equal Suffrage Association 1888. Led state efforts until her death 1899. — — Map (db m229491) HM
Max Hilb and William Probst built this structure, designed by Joseph Willis, in 1882 for Probst & Hilb Liquor Company. The upper floor contained a two-story space that housed Concordia Hall, a Jewish social club. F. M. Fletcher and T.J. McCarthy . . . — — Map (db m102056) HM
"Scouting will deliver to a nation a great gift, a new generation of prepared, young citizens-physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight-young people who are growing through their scouting experience, learning the lessons of responsible . . . — — Map (db m172129) HM
AMVETS in conjunction with the
Citizens of the area
dedicated this carillon as a
living memorial to
Arkansas-Oklahoma Veterans
who served their country honorably
for the Cause of Freedom
November 11, 1986
Fort Smith National . . . — — Map (db m92342) WM
El Dorado
Masonic Temple
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Erected 1924 — — Map (db m121976) HM
Born near Salisbury, North Carolina, Aug. 1797
Volunteer in Battle of New Orleans, 1815
Member of Tennessee Legislature, 1827
Grand Master of Masons in Tennessee, 1831
District Judge of Arkansas Territory, 1832-1836
Charter Member of . . . — — Map (db m59891) HM
The Chi Omega Greek theater was built in
1930 as a gift from Chi Omega, the national
women's fraternity (sorority) that was
founded at the University of Arkansas in
1895 when four coeds and a faculty adviser
chartered the mother chapter, Psi. . . . — — Map (db m224250) HM
The Chi Omega was the first Greek organization to build its own chapter house on the University of Arkansas campus. Chi Omega (Psi chapter) purchased this lot in the Oakland Place Addition in 1928. Construction begin that that same year and the new . . . — — Map (db m224732) HM
Founded April 5, 1895
University of Arkansas
by
Dr. Charles Richardson
Ina May Boles
Jobelle Holcombe
Alice Cary Simonds
Jean Marie Vincenheller
Governing Council
April 5, 1995
Melanie Maxwell Shain, S.H.
Mary Ann Hancock . . . — — Map (db m224731) HM
[Top plaque]
Built A.D. 1930
Chi Omega
Greek Theatre
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department
of the Interior
[Bottom plaque]
The Chi Omega fraternity . . . — — Map (db m224254) HM
On November 15, 1913, the Delta Iota chapter of
Delta Delta Delta sorority became the fourth
sorority installed at the University of Arkansas.
Founders were Juanita Moore, Vesta Kilgore, Aileen
McCoy, Bess Phillips, Anna Bryant, Alma . . . — — Map (db m224719) HM
Phi Alpha Theta, the only national honor academic society in history and the largest honor society devoted to a single discipline, was founded at the University of Arkansas. On March 14, 1921, Dr. Andrew Cleven, assistant professor of history, met . . . — — Map (db m224269) HM
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
and loyalty
The . . . — — Map (db m92306) HM
Alameda Lodge No. 1015 of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks was formed by 25 Alameda residents who were members of Oakland Lodge No. 171. The Lodge was instituted on March 17, 1906 and it received its charter from the Grand Lodge on July . . . — — Map (db m79864) HM
The Veterans' Memorial Building located in
Albany's Memorial Park is one of ten such
structures built by Alameda County as a tribute
to the veterans of World War I. Designed by Henry
H. Meyers and dedicated on August 14, 1932, the
building has . . . — — Map (db m137099) HM WM
City of Berkeley Landmark
designated in 1991
Berkeley’s Elks Club, the 1002nd Chapter of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, was founded in 1905, just in time for members to assist those displaced by the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. . . . — — Map (db m54262) HM
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