Time to find something Historic ! Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By Night Crawlers (Confuzn & Saxy) on 19-Mar-02. Waypoint GC43BE

Site of Fort Boonesborough upon the banks of the Kentucky River. The fort was here from 1775 to 1783. There is a stone located there that is in memory of the pioneers of Kentucky. It was placed on the National Historic Landmark register in 1996.

Architectural Style: Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Webster Parish Library Building (added 1980 )
521 East-West St., Minden

This used to be a really nice building, until they decided to build an addition to it in a totally different style. The old library is used for storage, I believe and the local kids use the front patio as a skate park in the evenings.

One of my mama's teachers lived here. She would have a small holiday party for her students at her house, and they would play at the park next door. My mama got to go to one when she was in second grade. We stopped to grab coords and a picture when we were in the park watching fireworks.

McDonald House (added 1986)
Architectural Style: Queen Anne
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1900-1924

This is St John Episcopal Church in Thibodaux, LA.
St. John's Episcopal Church and Cemetery (added 1977 - Building - #77000672)
702 Jackson St., Thibodaux
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
Architectural Style: Greek Revival
Area of Significance: Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance: 1825-1849
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function: Cemetery, Religious Structure
Current Function: Funerary, Religion
Current Sub-function: Cemetery, Religious Structure

This is the oldest Episcopal church west of the Mississippi River.



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found it! Historic distric. Many old houses, turned museums and a nice park!

Thanks!
Sunnydae@co

pictures to follow!

Uxbridge Massachusetts has over 50 buildings on the Historic Register plus some historic districts. The Uxbridge Inn at the center of town is within the Uxbridge Common Historic District. The Common dates to 1727 when the Town incorporated. About 100 years later during the building of the Blackstone Canal (also a registered Historic District) the Waucantuck Hotel was open on the south end of the common. Later that building was moved to make room for the larger Windsor Hotel which later became known as the Uxbridge Inn. By the 1960s it was a boarding house, and has had a number of different restaurant and bars operate there. In recent years it was about to be demolished to make room for fast food of pharmacy however a local bank purchased and rehabed to building maintaining its character for the center of town.

Pulaski County Courthouse (added 1979 - Building - #79001391)
Courthouse Sq., Waynesville
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Hohenschild,H.H.
Architectural Style: Romanesque
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Owner: Local Gov't
Historic Function: Government
Historic Sub-function: Courthouse
Current Function: Government
Current Sub-function: Courthouse

Spanish Fork High School Gymnasium
added 1985 - Building - #85000819

Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
Architectural Style: Art Deco
Area of Significance: Politics/Government, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Owner: Local Gov't
Historic Function: Education, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: School, Sport Facility
Current Function: Education
Current Sub-function: School

Built in 1934, this building served as the gymnasium & auditorium for Spanish Fork High School. It now serves as an alternative education high school for the Nebo School District, and is appropriately named "Landmark High School."

This is Coast Guard Station St. Simons Island Georgia. 4201 1st St. SSI GA. This station was added to the historic register in 1998. The Coastal Georgia Historical Socitey, of which I am Vice President, has just completed the renovation of this structure. It will be open to the public in early 2006.

JT & PJ Cole

Schweizerisches Landesmuseum in Zürich, Schweiz / Europa

Ein altes, historisches Museum der Schweiz.

Gruss Die Motte

The Old Colony House,as it is referred to, but was the State house. Newport Rhode Island. Used as a court house, a meeting house and everything official during its day. I have even been to an occaisional cocktail party there. Govenors of the state were also sworn in here for many years. Most other info is on plaque in picture! Placed on HR in 1962
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Name: House Of Four Pillars ** (added 1973 - Building - #73001499)
322 E. Broadway, Maumee, Ohio

Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer: Sargeant,Mr.
Architectural Style: Greek Revival
Historic Person: Dreiser,Theodore
Significant Year: 1835
Area of Significance: Literature, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1825-1849
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Single Dwelling2
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-function: Single Dwelling2

The Greek Revival home at 322 East Broadway known as the House of Four Pillars, was built c. 1835. During the pre-Civil War era the house reputedly provided refuge for fugitive slaves who made their way to the Maumee River and through a deep ravine which led to the basement. Arthur Henry, editor of the Toledo Blade and his wife, Maude, a pioneering woman reporter, owned the house briefly in the 1890's. A famous visitor to the house during the Henry's residency was Theodore Drieser who reportedly wrote the first chapters of his controversial novel, Sister Carrie, during his stay. During the early 20th century, the house was owned by John Ormand, a Toledo attorney and Maumee civic leader, who was instrumental in bringing the Carnegie Library to Maumee. After Ormand's death, the house sat empty for several years and fell into disrepair. It was restored to its present grandeur by the William M. Hankins family in the 1950's. The house is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Property: Plumb House
Listed: 1978
Period of Significance: 1700-1749, 1800-1824
Address: 872 Westfield St, Middletown, CT (Middlesex County)

I don't know a lot about the history of this site, however, I chose this location from dozens in the immediate area because I drove by it everyday for at least 10 years on my way to work. It's private property, otherwise I would have gotten better pictures, but I watched how the new owners of the property would take care of and lovingly maintain thier home. So, I thought it was fitting that I could log this home.

Name: Little White House
Date Added: 1974
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1925-1949
Address: 111 Front Street, Key West, Monroe County, Florida
Lat/Long: N 24° 33.389 W 081° 48.400

The Harry S Truman Little White House in Key West, Fl. was built in 1890 as the first officer's quarters on the naval station. The wooden duplex contained Quarters A for the base commandant and Quarters B for the paymaster. The house was built on the waterfront of the harbor of Key West. In the beginning of the 20th century, the home was converted into a single family dwelling to house the base commandant and additional land was filled in front of the house.

Thomas Edison resided in the house during world war I while donating his services to the Navy.

In 1946, Harry Truman began visiting the island for rest and relaxation and returned for 175 days during his presidency. While here bills were enacted, policies discussed and the State of the Union addresses and budgets prepared.

In 1948-49 General Eisenhower held a series of meetings that resulted in the creation of the Department of Defense. He returned in 1956 as President to recuperate from a heart attack.

John Kennedy and Britain's Prime Minister Harold Macmillan held a one day summit here in 1961. President . Kennedy made a second visit in 1962 immediately following the Cuban Missile Crisis.

The house served as the Naval Station commandant's house until 1974. In 1991, it opened as a state historic site & museum. Former President Jimmy Carter and family had a reunion here in 1996. In April, 2001, Secretary of State Colin Powell led a week of international peace talks between the Presidents of Armenia & Azerbaijan.

Originally the Dallas County Courthouse, located at 109 Union Street in Selma, Alabama, this Greek Revival style building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 (Building #75000310).
Period of Significance: 1825-1849

Housing a succession of schools, hospitals, county government, museums, and civic and social meeting rooms, the Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building has ties of memory with thousands of families throughout the Black Belt.

The Selma Fraternal Lodge No. 27 of the Free and Accepted Masons erected the massive brick building as a school for orphans and for children of indigent Masons at a cost of $15,000. The school, named The Central Masonic Institute, opened in October, 1848, with an enrollment of 45 pupils, both boys and girls. This educational venture was evidently a financial failure, and the property, which was mortgaged, was lost by the Masonic Order a few years later.

During the War Between the States, when Selma was the arsenal of the Confederacy, the building was converted into a hospital for wounded and ill Confederates. The need for this humanitarian service may have influenced Federal General J.H. Wilson to spare the building when his troops ravished Selma in early April, 1865.

Immediately after the war, Selma civic leaders purchased the property and used it as a lure to attract the county seat to Selma from Cahaba. Their strategy was successful, and in 1866 Selma became the seat of government for Dallas County. County offices were housed in the former hospital from 1866 until the spring of 1902 when the courthouse at the corner of Alabama Avenue and Lauderdale Street was completed.

After county officials vacated the structure, it appears to have remained vacant until possibly 1904 when it again housed a school. The Selma Military Institute, under the control of the Presbyteries of Tuscaloosa and Mobile, had classrooms in the building for some four years until the school moved to what is now the administration building at the United Methodist Children's Home on North Broad Street.

Trustees of the Henry W. Vaughan estate, who had purchased the property from the county for $5,025 in 1904, converted the versatile edifice into a hospital, The Vaughan Memorial Hospital, in 1911. It remained a hospital until 1960 when The New Vaughan Memorial Hospital was ready for occupancy on West Dallas Avenue.

Then the old building stood vacant, target for vandals and vagrants, for almost ten years. It seemed doomed for demolition until Mayor Joe Smitherman was attracted by its proud history and its shabby stateliness. Under his leadership, the city of Selma purchased the property in 1969, with financial support from the Dallas County government, the Selma Housing Authority and a Federal Open Spaces grant, for $82,500.

Open house for the renovated facility, then known as The Historic and Civic Building, was held on May 16, 1971. The name of the building was changed by the Selma City Council in 1979 to The Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building, honoring the mayor for his role in its preservation and restoration.

Name: Ocean County Courthouse
Date Added: 8/16/83
Dates of "Period of Significance": 1850-1874
Address: Washington St., Toms River, Ocean County, NJ
Lat/Long: N 39 57.174 W 074 11.685

The Ocean County Courthouse was built in 1850, the same year Ocean County was separated from Monmouth County. Recruiting soldiers for the Union army also took place here. It wasn't used as a courthouse all too often in the 1800's because judges' circuits rarely reached the area.

York, Alvin Cullom, Farm *** (added 1976 - District - #76001773)
U.S. 127, Pall Mall
Historic Significance: Person
Historic Person: York,Alvin Cullom
Significant Year: 1949, 1922
Area of Significance: Military
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Owner: Private , State
Historic Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling2
Current Function: Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Current Sub-function: Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling2

I will be adding a picture of myself with GPS in front of the farm house and standing next to the National Historical Marker.

N36 32.517 W084. 57.616

Name: Royal Baking Company
Date Added: December 30, 1997
Dates of "Period of Significance": 1925-1949
Address: 3801 Hillsborough St., Raleigh, NC
Lat/Lon: N 35° 47' 38" W 78° 41' 18"

The Royal Baking Company building is located on the corner of Hillsborough St. and Royal St. Now it's the home of a few small shops and a restaraunt.

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The Jason Russell House
7 Jason Street
Arlington, MA
Registered: October 9, 1974
Period of Significance: 1700-1749, 1750-1799

This house, built by Jason Russell in 1740, was the site of the bloodiest battle fought on the first day of the American Revolution, April 19, 1775. As the British forces retreated from Lexington and Concord, they passed through what is now Arlington (then Menotomy) and met some resistance in the form of Jason Russell and the Menotomy Minute Men. 12 Minute Men, including Jason Russell, were killed that day on the front lawn. There are still bullet holes in the house.

There is a reenactment put on each year by the current Menotomy Minute Men. As a bonus we're including some pix from the last reenactment.

This beautiful campus is just down the block from where I live. On the NDNU campus is building registered in National Register of Historic Places.
NAME: William C. Ralston Home
DATE REGISTERED: 1966
PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE: 1870'S
ADDRESS: Notre Dame de Namur University campus
Belmont, CA

The William C. Ralston Home; National Historic Landmark

Of all the lavish summer homes built on the San Francisco Peninsula during the late 1800's, William Chapman Ralston’s home, now called Ralston Hall, is the only one that remains much as it was in the 1870's.

Ralston Hall, a registered National Historic Landmark, is a stunning 55,000 square foot Victorian mansion, completed in 1868 by William Chapman Ralston, founder of the Bank of California. Ralston modified the original Italian villa with Victorian details and touches of 19th century "steamboat Gothic" construction and design, reminiscent of Ralston's early days on the river boats of the Mississippi before his coming to California. The mansion also has a grand staircase overlooked by an opera box gallery from which, it is said, Ralston liked to observe his guests' reactions to his opulent country estate. The delicately etched-glass panes of the front doors and windows dressed in striped awnings give you an indication of what is inside.

One of the famous visitors to the mansion was former President Ulysses S. Grant who visited in 1879.

The colorful past of Ralston Hall included a girl’s finishing school and a sanitarium. Today, Ralston Hall is a favorite spot for weddings, as well as the administrative offices of Notre Dame de Namur University.

If you visit this Landmark during the University’s work hours, take a peek inside the front doors-it is amazing.

The Arcade: America's first indoor shopping mall.
130 Westminster St. and 65 Weybosset St., Providence, RI
listed in 1971
Architectural Style: Greek Revival
Period of Significance: 1825-1849

Old Town Hall (added 1987 - Building - #87000876)
Also known as Athol Historical Society Museum
1307 Main St., Athol
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
Architectural Style: Federal
Area of Significance: Community Planning And Development, Politics/Government, Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance: 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function: City Hall, Religious Structure
Current Function: Recreation And Culture, Social
Current Sub-function: Civic, Museum

found this one on www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com ( Massachusetts, Worcester County on page 9)


this is now a historical society.

The Scottish Heroine Flora MacDonald Spent the winter of 1774/1775 here. Located near Cameron NC

Indian mound in New Castle, Indiana. It is located between Baker Park and Chrysler High School. Info. can be found here http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/IN/Henry/state.html.
Chrysler Enclosure *** (added 1999 - Site - #99001156)
Also known as Thurston Mound
Address Restricted, New Castle
Historic Significance: Information Potential
Area of Significance: Native American, Prehistoric, Religion
Cultural Affiliation: Adena, Hopewell
Period of Significance: 499-0 AD
Owner: Local Gov't
Historic Function: Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function: Ceremonial Site, Graves/Burials, Mortuary, Religious Structure
Current Function: Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Outdoor Recreation

The mound is very hard to see due to it being so low. Most people around here don't even know it's there.

Name: Maymont
Architect: Rogers,Edgerton S
Dates of "Period of Significance": 1875-1899
Date Added: 12-16-1971
Address: Hampton Street, Richmond, Virginia
Lat/Long: N 37° 32.055 W 077° 28.546

In 1886, James and Sallie Dooley acquired farmland on the banks of the James River, where they planned to build a new home. Construction was completed in 1893. Within six months of Mrs. Dooley’s death in 1925, the mansion was opened to the public as a museum.

This 100 acre park has an Italian garden, a Japanese garden, a herb garden, a zoo, a children's farm, waterfall, and nature center. A wonderful place for families to spend time together!

http://www.maymont.org/ for more information

Name: Baylor Female College Historic District aka University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Date Added: 1990
Dates of "Period of Significance":1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Address: Bounded by King, College and W. Ninth Sts., Belton

The original site for the Baylor Female College was in Independence, Texas, but it was later moved to its current location in Belton, Tx. The College is now known as the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. I choose this site because this is were I go to school. There are plaques all over the campus with little tidbits of historical information. The picture that I took are of the Luther Memorial and of a sign were the Cottage home used to be becuase it is no longer there. I also took another picture of a plaque that is a little difficult to read, but it reads "Balyor Female College Independence 1845" If you want to find out more about the school go to the school website at www.umhb.edu TFTC

Name: Paul Revere House
Date Added: 1961
Dates of "Period of Significance": 1680-1800
Address: 19 North Square, Boston, Massachusetts
Lat/Long: N 42° 21.828 W 071° 03.215

Paul Revere bought this house, which was built in 1680, when it was already 90 years old. Much more at http://www.paulreverehouse.org

Peace - Love - Fog

Swart-Wilcox House. This is the oldest house in Oneonta, NY. Entered in National Register 05/24/1990. This house was occupied up until 1970 although it never had running water, indoor plumbing or heat. Sold to the City of Oneonta in 1974 but fell into disrepair. In 1988 4 schoolteachers from the nearby school began a campaign to put this house on the National Register and have begun to restore it. It now is open for tours at certain times of the year as restoration continues.

This is the jail that was used as a State Prison for some time and is located in the city square of the town of Gonzales Texas.
The period of significance is 1885-1887 and actually still contains the gallows that were used for hanging. It is inside the building. The jail is now used as a musuem that centers on the dates the jail was in operation.
The owner is now Gonzales County Texas USA. The State turned it over to the county after the opening of the new facility in Huntsville Texas.
It was entered into the National Historic Registry in 1974.
It can be seen at:
N 29 30.105
W 097 27.135
There is not entry charge and should take about 1.5 hours to tour. A very interesting place too.

Name: Jones Farm
Address: 1305 White Mountain Highway (Rte 125), Milton NH
Date Added: 1979
Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899

The New Hampshire Farm Museum consists of two adjoining farmsteads on 50 acres of land. The Jones Farm and the Plummer Homestead tell the story of the changes in agriculture and rural life over three centuries. These farms were passed down in the same families for more than two hundred years and are outstanding examples of connected farm structures. They also include several out buildings including a blacksmith shop, shoe shop and recently constructed timber frame cider mill. The blacksmith shop enabled farmers to fix broken farm tools, in addition to making shoes for oxen and horses. Most farmers in New Hampshire were subsistence farmers. In their spare time farmers would asssemple shoes in "ten footers" or shoe shops. Shoe bosses would transport raw materials by ox cart and leave shoe parts to be assembled by the farmer in his spare time. Women would also bind shoes, but in the kitchen. In the mid-1800's, many New Hampshire farmers left the Granite State to settle in the far west.

Hotel Norfolk (added 1988 - Building - #88002755)
Also known as Madison Apartments
108 N. Fourth St., Norfolk
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Stevens,H.L.,Co.
Architectural Style: Colonial Revival, Other
Area of Significance: Architecture, Communications
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Hotel
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-function: Multiple Dwelling

This is the Forty Fort Meeting House in Wilkes Barre,PA. It is right in the middle of the Old Fort Cemetary that has a date of 1777 by it. The church was built in 1804 according to one source but the sign at the entry ascribes it to 1807. It was restored in 1922 by the Colonial Dames of America. The cemetary and Meeting House overlook the Susquehanna River and is protected by a levy. Even so, our friends from the area, who took us by here, said the flood of 1972 caused a lot of bodies to be unearthed and they had to be rounded up, re-identified, and, of course, re-buried.

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This is the Dunlap Creek Bridge off of Rt 40, in Brownsville, PA. Enjoy the photos.

Brownsville also has the distinction of the very first cast iron bridge in the United States which was designed and built in the Snowdon Foundry in Brownsville and has been in use since 1836. During these heydays with such wealth and affluence, it was believed that Pittsburgh could not amount to anything because of its close proximity to Brownsville.

This short bridge has been given more honors than bridges ten times its size. Only 80 feet long and 30 feet wide, it has been recognized as the first rib-fixed metal arch bridge erected in the United States. It has been in continuous operation for over 150 years.


Thanks for the hunt, that makes kill #162 for us.

TEAM COPYCAT
California, PA

Shadelands Ranch Historical Museum
Walnut Creek, California

By 1856, a Walnut Creek pioneer named Hiram Penniman had laid out the downtown along what is now Main Street in ‘The Crossroads’. Later, it was renamed "Walnut Creek" in 1862 when the first US Post Office was established. Walnut Creek was incorporated in 1914.

Shadelands Ranch - Built by Hiram Penniman, this 1903 redwood-framed house is a showcase for numerous historical artifacts, many of which belonged to the Pennimans. It also houses a rich archive of Contra Costa County and Walnut Creek history in its collections of old newspapers, photographs and government records. The Sherwood Burgess Room is open to individuals who wish to do research on local history.

The museum is on the National Register of Historic Places and belongs to the City, but is operated by the Walnut Creek Historical Society.

Shadelands Ranch House (added 1985 - Building - #85001915)
Also known as Shadelands Ranch Historical Museum
2660 Ygnacio Valley Rd., Walnut Creek

Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Eckers & Sells
Architectural Style: Colonial Revival
Area of Significance: Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Owner: Local Gov't
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling2
Current Function: Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Museum

Location checked with Locationless Proximity Analyzer.



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This is the Missouri-Pacific Railroad Depot located in Ozark, Arkansas in Franklin Co. It is on the North bank of the Arkansas River. It was added to the National Register in 1992 (FR0025). It's period of significance was the years 1900-1924 and 1925-1949. It was well-built by MO-PAC and is currently being used as the Ozark Depot Museum.

The City of Ozark negotiated for many years to become the new owner with the promise of maintaining it and they have done well as it is still an interesting place to visit. It is located at the junction of River and 1st Street. I'm too young to remember it ever being used, but when your are there you get a FEEL about it's splendor back it's heyday.

This depot is the where I started the geocaching habit. It was a well-hidden micro that was not a good one to start out with b/c it kicked my butt! However, that was not enough to stop me continuing to play this wonderful sport and hobby. The day I took this picture, there were about a hundred or so vehicles packed in close to the RR tracks, there were very many different license tags on them. Don't know exactly why they were all there, but I suspect they were all there "Working On The Railroad, All the Live Long Day".
Thanks for the cache.

I drive by this school house everyday. It is sometimes used for community events, such as potlucks, Halloween Parties etc. I logged this on a snowy day and the GPS coords may be off, I will recheck it on a nice day.
Missouri Heights School (added 1999 - Building - #99001145)
Also known as 5GF.2735
Cty Rd. 102, 0.5 mi. E of jct. with Cty Rd. 100, Carbondale
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style: Other
Area of Significance: Education, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949, 1950-1974
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Education
Historic Sub-function: School
Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use

The Atlantic Hotel in Downtown Missoula, Montana. The is currently a pawn shop, (second hand store) in the building. The interesting thing about this building is its name. Missoula is a long ways from the Atlantic Ocean.

Atlantic Hotel (added 1990 - Building - #90000652)
Also known as Circle Square Second Hand Store
519 N. Higgins Ave., Missoula

Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer: Gibson,A.J.
Architectural Style: Other
Area of Significance: Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-function: Hotel
Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function: Business, Multiple Dwelling

This is the home of Capt Colcord a sea captain of a tall ship off the coast of Maine. His house is amoung 15 others that are all historic and registered. His is special because it has one of the first BM in Maine on the side.

Name: Warwick, John Marshall, House
Date added: 1996
Dates of “Period of Significanceâ€: 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899
Address: 720 Court St., Lynchburg (Independent City)
Lat/Long: N 37° 24.891 W 079° 08.696

This Federal-style mansion located in Lynchburg, VA, U.S.A., was built by John Marshall Warwick in 1826. It was the birthplace of John Warwick Daniel, his grandson. John Daniel was known as the “Lame Lion of Lynchburg†due to wounds suffered during the Civil War. He was later a Virginia Assembly delegate and senator and then a congressman in both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives.

Name: Yosemite Centenial Plaque
Date Added: 6/30/1964
Dates of "Period of Significance": 1864-1964
Address: Yosemite National Park, California
Lat/Long: N 37° 44.850 W 119° 36.104
Register #78000354 CA Yosemite Village Historical District

The plaque comemorates 100 years of Yosemite National Park. The plaque is mounted on the theater building which plays a wonderful 30 minute film on how the valley was created. A beautiful place to spend a day or a week.

This is the Robert L. McKenzie House in downtown Panama City, Florida. It has seen a few renovations over time but it was one of the first houses in the area. Robert McKenzie was one of the earliest settlers of Bay County Florida and was responsible for creating Panama City.

This building is the Coralville Public School. Its period of significance was 1875-1899. It was added to the list in 1974, today it is a museum. It is located at 402-404 5th St in Coralville, Ia. The historical site has it as vacant, but there are limited hours it is open to the public.

Name: Sun Prairie Water Tower/Columbus Street Water Tower
Date Added: 04/06/2000
Dates of "Period of Significance": 1875-1899, 1900-1924
Address: Jct. of Columbus, Church, and Cliff Sts
Lat/Long: N 43 11.195 / W 89 12.629

Unsure as to the specifics of its history, but it's an interesting bit of architecture. Gotta be careful when driving around it, though, as it makes one giant blind spot -- so much so that there was talk a few years back of demolishing it to make the intersection more clear, but luckily it was saved such a fate. Photos are from the closest I could get without impeding "rush hour" traffic.

NAME: Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop
LISTED: 1970
SIGNIFICANCE: 1770-1790
LOCATION: 971 Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA

I have to admit, the reason why I came here is because this is the oldest working bar in the United States. It's been open since 1772!

Name: Eureka Inn
Date listed: 1982
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Location: The block between 7th and 8th and F and G Streets in Eureka, CA

The Eureka Inn was built in 1922 and stayed open until February 2004, when its owners had to close it because of financial problems. It was bought by a finance company which is renovating it and trying to sell it to someone in the hotel business.

For more information about the inn, including more history and a list of famous people who've stayed there, click here: http://www.eurekainn.com

(I don't know why the "period of significance" starts 22 years before the Inn was built.)

MASSACHUSETTS - Hampden County
1767 Milestones ** (added 1971 - District - #71000084)
Between Boston and Springfield along Old Post Rd., Springfield

Historic Significance: Event
Area of Significance: Transportation
Period of Significance: 1700-1749, 1750-1799
Owner: Private , State
Historic Function: Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Monument/Marker
Current Function: Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function: Monument/Marker

The monument marks the route through Palmer MA, that General Henry Knox hauled a train of cannon over wintry trails to help drive the British away from Boston.

In 1775, Gen. Washington assigned the 25-year-old self-taught gunner to command the Continental Army's artillery. Knox's first task: transport 59 cannon from Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y., to Dorchester Heights, Mass., nearly 300 miles.

It took 80 yoke of oxen dragging 42 sleds to move the cannon, which weighed nearly 60 tons. The three-month ordeal ended on Mar. 4, 1776, when 2,000 men and 400 oxen hauled the cannon up the heights. "The rebels have done more in one night than my whole army would have done in a month. It must've been the work of at least 12,000 men," said a British general. Intimidated, the British withdrew on Mar. 17. Boston was a free city, and Henry Knox was made a brigadier general.

Knox went on to participate in many major battles of the Revolutionary War, including the siege of Yorktown. Knox received his second star in 1781, and a year later, command of the fortress at West Point, N.Y.

Knox became a federal servant in 1785 -- Secretary of War to the Continental Congress -- then became a member of President Washington's first Cabinet and third in line for the presidency.

For more information: http://www.military.com/Content/MoreContent?file=ML_knox_bkp http://www.massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=29 http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1955/3/1955_3_12.shtml

Name: Historic Site of Civil War Action
Date Added: 1991
Dates of "Period of Significance": october 19, 1864
Address: Bridge St, Sheldon, Vermont,Franklin County
Lat/Long: N44 52.901 W72 56.547

On their retreat to Canada after an attack on St. Albans, a 22-man Confederate detachement rode into Sheldon near dark. Crossing a Covered bridge which stood on the site, they set it on fire, but the alert village citizens saved the bridge. In great haste to escape an aroused contryside, the invaders gave up a planned foray on a local Bank.

Burlington Historic District (added 1975 - District - #75001124)
Also known as See Also:St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Roughly L-shaped, bounded by Delaware River and High, W. Broad, Albot, and Reed Sts., Burlington
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Strickland,William, Upjohn,Richard
Architectural Style: Gothic, Gothic Revival
Area of Significance: Education, Politics/Government, Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance: 1700-1749, 1750-1799, 1800-1824, 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899
Owner: Private , Local Gov't
Historic Function: Domestic, Education, Religion
Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling2
Current Function: Domestic, Education, Religion
Current Sub-function: Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling2

Historic Burlington New Jersey. On the corner of High and Broad street is Tommy G's resturant. It was converted a few years back from the Farmers Merchant Bank (see pictures). This bank was the first bank of historic burlington. A rather unique interior since they kept the bank the way it was.

Our community has two buildings listed on the Historic Registry. This one is the Cobblestone School House and it was listed by our Superintendent of School's on May 12, 1996. The building is our community's first high school and was built with donated funds raised by dances and bake sales and one large grant in the amount of $40,000. Finished in 1912, it was a fully accredited school with three full time teachers, until the new more modern high school was completed here in 1990. POS 1912-1990. Jitterbug205 and Horseman

This is a nice historic museum that use to be an old service station.

Formerly the site of Beams Shell Station in Cherryville NC it is now the C Greir Beam Truck Museum. Has alot of neat old trucks that were used to haul freight in.

St. Luke's Church in Smithfield, Va. The home of one of the oldest churches in America that still stands. Construction started allllll the way back in 1632. It was one of only five places where the Court of the Colony was allowed to convene and conduct the business of the day in those colonial times. Those who maintain it are certain that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other notables of the revolutionary period stopped by here. This old lady has stood proud since before America was America, since Isle of Wight County was Warrosquyoake County when collecting food wasn't about getting in a book, but surviving to the next spring.


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I visited a place called the Quaker Meeting Place. It is located on Rt. 35 in Mansquan. Only place rear home.

Marion County Courthouse in Fairmont, WV. It was listed in the registry in 1979. Its period of significance was 1875-1924 and is still used today. The WV State Supreme court recently held a session here. It is located on the corner of Adams and Jefferson Sts. in historic downtown Fairmont.

We went to Buffalo NY for the weekend and were staying near the airport. Looked at the list of Historic Places and could not believe how close this was to the hotel. Glad we can share it as there may be some War of 1812 fans watching the site. We have spent quite a bit of time touring 1812 Battlefields on both sides of the Canada US border. The nice thing about this cache is - it is dedicated to both.

There was a hospital in Williamsville NY that treated casualties from both sides and the unfortunate ones are buried here side by side. Canada, US, and Union Jacks are flying. The actual cemetery is located in Cheektawoga NY.

Could not have been a more beautiful area on a sunny fall morning. Check out the colours.

Garrison Cemetery (added 2002) also known as War of 1812 Cemetery

Histric Significance: Event, Information Potential
Area of Significance: Military
Period of Significance: 1800-1824
Owner: Local Government
Historic Function: Funerary
Historic Sub-Function: Cemetery

Thanks for sending us on the hunt.


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This is an historic building on the site of the Tinkling Spring Presbyterian Church, 30 Tinkling Spring Drive, in Fishersville, Virginia (Augusta County). The building was listed on the register in 1973, and its period of significance is 1850-1874. According to the main sign, the congregation was founded in 1740. The plaque on the building says that it is on the site of the original church, and a school met here beginning in 1880. This church is not far from our house and we have friends who are members there. As you might expect, both the church and the street names sometimes cause giggling in those who hear them for the first time!

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Name: Levoy Theatre
Date: August 14, 1998
Dates of "Period of Significance": 1925-1949.
Address: 126 N. High Street, Millville, NJ
Lat/Long: N. 39° 26.468 W. 075° 03.373

The Levoy Theatre was the hometown cinema for Millville, New Jersey, long before I was born, but it continued for at least five to six years beyond the listed "Period of Significance." In 1954, when I was ten years old, I saw the movie The High and the Mighty starring John Wayne in that theatre.

As for the restoration project currently in progress . . . the group has been functioning for many years without much "apparent" being accomplished. The sad death (while still in his 20s) of the man who spearheaded the group has nearly destroyed their momentum.

The Englert Theatre (221 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA). is locally significant as a cultural landmark and downtown entertainment venue known to generations of Iowa City residents and University of Iowa students. It has been the site of both live performances and first-run movies since its construction in 1912.
On the National Level, the Englert Theatre has been designated as an Official Project of Save America’s Treasures, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Englert Theatre is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places (2001)
Periods of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949, 1950-1974.

St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) Passenger Depot (added 2001 - Building - #01000873)
Also known as Cotton Belt Depot
100 blk. E. Oakwood St., at N. Spring St., Tyler
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: St. Louis Southwestern Railway
Architectural Style: Prairie School, Other
Area of Significance: Community Planning And Development, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949, 1950-1974
Owner: Local Gov't
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-function: Rail-Related
Current Function: Work In Progress


This depot located in downtown Tyler, Texas is now being used by the Tyler Transit Authority

THIS IS THE LORAIN PALACE CIVIC CENTER IT IS #78002109 ON THE NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTER. IN PRESENT DAY THE BUILDING IS CALLED THE LORAIN PALACE THEATER ADDED TO THE REGISTER IN 1978. THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE IS FROM 1925-1949 AND THE AREA OF SIGNIFICANCE IS ARCHITECTURE. THE PALACE THEATER WAS THE CORNERSTONE FOR A NEW LORAIN OHIO AFTER THE DEVASTATING 1924 TORNADO. THE PALACE WAS THE LARGEST ONE-FLOOR THEATER IN THE STATE OF OHIO. IT COVERED .59 ACRES AND HAD 1720 SEATS INCLUDING THE LOGES AND BOXES THAT WERE ALL DONE IN GENUINE LEATHER. THE THEATER WAS DESIGNED IN GOTHIC STYLE AND INCLUDED ARCHED CEILINGS IN TERRA COTTA AND CUT STONE. THE PALACE HAS A CENTER PIECE CRYSTAL CHANDELIER THAT IS 27 FEET TALL AND 26 FEET IN CIRCUMFIRANCE. WHEN THE PALACE FIRST OPENED IT WAS THE FIRST MOTION PICTURE THEATER IN OHIO TO HAVE TALKING PICTURES. THE PALACE HAS BEEN USING THE SAME CARBON ARC PROJECTORS SINCE 1935. IN PRESENT DAY THE THEATER STILL HAS THE LARGEST MOVIE SRCEEN IN LORAIN COUNTY. FROM 1944 ON, THE PALACE WAS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY A MOVIE THEATER. IT GRADUALLY SUFFERED THE SAME DECLINE OF OTHER ENTERTAINMENT THEATERS AROUND THE COUNTRY, BUT ONE THING WAS DIFFERENT...LORAIN'S PALACE NEVER CLOSED.

This is the Albright Memorial Building, which houses the Scranton Public Library. It is on the corner of North Washington Street and Vine Street in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It was added to the list in 1978 on the basis of a unique architectural plan devised by Greene & Wicks.

Nevada Northern Railway East Ely Yards and Shops
o7/29/1993
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style: Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mission/Spanish Revival
Area of Significance: Industry, Commerce, Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Commerce/Trade, Transportation
Historic Sub-function: Business, Rail-Related
Current Function: Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function: Business

Name: Hood County Court House
Date Added: 1974
Dates of "Period of Significance": 1875-1899
Address: Pearl Street, Granbury, Texas
Lat/Long: N 32 26.582 W 097 47.227
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style: Late Victorian, Second Empire

This is one of historical monuments of the city of Barcelona. This monument represents the arc of victory (Arco del triumfo). Located in downtown, it is a very tourist monument. Greetings from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

Team Nightowls01 Gypsy and Moles This is Natioal Road Mile Marker # 9 The National Road was one of the first attempts to open the West for Travel and Settlement. It goes frm Washinton to Illinois. You might say it was our first super highway,for covered wagons. Each year the states through which it passes hold a National Pike Day.Around Wheeling,West virginia ,whre we live it is a big event with covered wagons ,many horses,and local festivals.The National Road Mile Markers,some original, some replaced in 1993, mark the mile to travel to each major population center at that time.In the early 1800's just where you were was as important as it is now. Many smaal towns and villages thrived on the sale of goods and lodging to the passing pioneers.

This is the Media Armory, located at 12 E. State St, in Media PA. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 12/22/1989. Period of significance is from 1908 - 1917, and also during WWII.

Built in 1908 as headquarters for the Cooper Rifles, a military unit which was organized in 1877. It later housed Company M, 111th Infantry, Pennsylvania National Guard which left Media as a body in 1917 to serve in the First World War. Media men also departed here for the Mexican expedition in 1916 and World War II.

The old armory now serves as a retail food market, adding to the economic viability of the downtown, and as home to the Pennsylvania Veterans' Museum, a cultural and educational destination.

Queen Emma's Summer Palace, Hanaiakamala, was built in 1848. It became the summer mountain valley retreat of King Kamehameha IV, Queen Emma and their son Prince Albert. After the tragic death of the prince in 1862 and the King in 1863, Queen Emma lived a life of mourning at this palace. The house is said to be haunted by the 4 year old prince.

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This property is on the National Register of historic places located in Lucas, Kansas. The creator of this concrete made of limestone collection was Samuel Perry Dinsmoor, a retired schoolteacher, Civil War vetern, farmer and Populist politician. Gripped by a deep desire to create at age 64, he started builing the Garden of Eden as a residence in 1905. His house is made of limestone cut to look like logs. His sculputure garden surrounds it. He opened his home as a tourist attraction in 1908, even as his vision of bibical and modern man was being molded out of 113 tons (2,273 sacks) of concrete. He continued building up until his death in 1933. Dinsmoor had prepared for his death by building a 40-foot-high limestone mausoleum in one corner of his garden. When he died, he was embalmed and put on display. Even after 60 yrs. you can look through his glass-sided coffin and see the moldering creator of this heavenly splendor.

At the Gruber wagon works craftsman fashioned wagons for farm and industrial use until production ceased in the 1950's.Moved from it's original location at Mt. Pleasant by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1976.Located at the Berks Co. Heritage center off Rt 183.Added to the list in 1972. Period of signifigance is 1875-1899.There will be a book signing Sunday Oct. 30th, 2005, from 12 to 4.for a recently published book " The place where time stood still" By Carol Hunsburger. for those interested in the subject. This is one of my favorite places to visit. You can see how Wagons were made using hand tools, and belt driven power tools

This is the South Dakota State Penitentiary...still in use.
Added to the list in 1978.
Period of significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924.
Address: Sioux Falls/Minnehaha county/South Dakota
The construction of the prison was finished in 1881, it was at that time a federal territorial prison. Later, when South Dakota became a state, the federal prison became a state prison.

Stanley Hotel *** (added 1977 - Building - #77000380)

333 Wonder View Ave., Estes Park
Historic Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Stanley,F.O.
Architectural Style: No Style Listed
Area of Significance: Commerce, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function: Hotel, Single Dwelling2
Current Function: Domestic
Current Sub-function: Hotel

We found the hotel while on vacation in Estes Park, Co. We toured the hotel and we were told the mini-series "The Shining" used the exterior. (not the movie) Stephen King wrote "The Shining" over several months while staying at the hotel. The bar scene in "Dumb and Dumber" was filmed in the hotel's barroom.

Charcoal Kilns in Wyoming.

Marker says
"Charcoal Kilns were built by Moses Byrne, 1869, to supply the pioneer smelters in the Utah Valley.

Erected by the Historical Landmark Comission of Wyoming, 1956"

This is the old/new American Seating building in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Its located on the westside of Grand Rapids at 8th & Broadway. Recently has been renovated & it now hosts many condos & offices. Also you can see a nightclub to the right "The Level" (formerly known as "the stack" & "the boss")Found this one on the American Historic Places website.

Found This Church and thought of this cache.St.Peters Roman Cathlic Church.It was Placed on the registry on 3/30/1973.Erected (on side of a Mountain in WV.)on Oct15 1830,Rebuilt Oct 1896.there are incriptions engraved in marble at verious places on the building.Located at Church St and Jefferson Rock Trail(That is a trail of stairs cut into the natural rock of the mountain side!!)Harpers Ferry WV.

The Hornbeck House, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Teller County, Florissant Colorado.
- Listed on National Historic Register in 1981
- Building # 81000105
- Period of Significance: 1875-1924

Marshall Michigan Historic Landmark District ***
(added 1991 - Calhoun County - #91002053)
Roughly bounded by Plum St., East Dr., Forest St. and Hanover St., Marshall
(3250 acres, 787 buildings, 4 objects)
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: Unknown
Architectural Style: Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1825-1849, 1850-1874, 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949

The coordinates are for the plaque area, at City Hall.

The downtown area of the City of Marshall (well, downtown and a bit more) was placed on the National Register of Historic places in 1991. Marshall has preserved and restored a great deal of it's architecture, spanning from the 1820's to today. Marshall has some beautiful larger houses, mansions belonging to past mayors and barons of the patent medicine industry. They also have restored smaller houses belonging to what would have been middle (ok, maybe upper middle) classed families. If you are interested in seeing some of these houses, you can attend the annual Home Tour, labor day weekend. Marshall also has the historic sotne barn, which is now City hall, the fountian (in the summer, lights make the water turn colors. We used to take jars down with us to catch the colored water and were disappointed when it wasn't colored any more. kids...) I've also pictured a couple of downtown buildings. The second floor of one was a ballroom, and the other was an opera house. Rumors also exist that they were used as a speakeasy during prohibition, but I can neither confirm nor deny this.

This is the Waller Building at historic Willamette University in Salem, OR. As you can see its undergoing renovations.

First Methodist Episcopal Church of Salem 600 State St., Salem
David Leslie (1787-1869) Organized the Methodist Episcopal Church in Salem in 1841and served as its first pastor.(http://www.salemhistory.net/people/david_leslie.htm)

Info from the website:

Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, South (added 1997 - Building - #97000222)
Also known as Asbury United Methodist Church
2820 Asbury Rd., Knoxville
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer: unknown
Architectural Style: Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance: Architecture
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Religion
Historic Sub-function: Religious Structure
Current Function: Religion
Current Sub-function: Religious Structure

It is just down the road from where we live.

So many great places to choose from. Initially I considered Tovrea Castle, a local landmark that I have loved for decades. Then there is Pueblo Grande, which is of significance to one part of my life. And a building in Tucson designed by a relative of mine. In the end, it came down to convenience. I was at Grady Gammage first and took the required photo. Thanks for the cache.

Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium was built in 1964. It is one of the last buildings designed by Frank Llowd Wright. Wright drew up plans for an opera house in Baghdad in 1957, but the assassination of the Iraqi king a year later halted the project. The design was revived the design for Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium. The circular auditorium, whose round roof is supported by 50 concrete columns, seats about 3,000 people. Its warm, rust colors were meant to blend in with the soil and Arizona sunsets.

I attempted to pull the information off the National Register website, however there seems to be a glitch in it today and it will not allow me to pull up anything for Grady Gammage (or anything else for that matter). All I get is a blank page. I do know it was placed on there 9/1//85.

Aluminum Club (added 1998 - Building - #98000412)
Also known as Citizens General Hospital Nurses Residence
200 Freeport Rd., New Kensington
Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer: Janssen & Abbott
Architectural Style: Renaissance
Area of Significance: Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Owner: Private
Historic Function: Domestic, Education, Social
Historic Sub-function: Clubhouse, Educational Related Housing, Institutional Housing
Current Function: Domestic, Education
Current Sub-function: Educational Related Housing, Institutional Housing

Building is currently vacant, has not been used since it was housing for the nurses of Citizens General Hospital.

Found this one today. This building has been listed on the national register . Was an old school house used until the 1950's.

Got this one on Highway 87 Northbound in Clifton Park rest area in New York state.
Since prehistoric time this route served indian hunting and war parties as they traveled the North Country and the Northern Region of New-York. French, english and american army's often engaged in a deadly struggle for the controle of this state.

John A. Parker Storehouse and N.A. Nix Grocery
Dahlonega Commercial Historic District
Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia
Periods of Signifigance: 1850-1874
Added April 7, 1983

I was in Dahlonega, Georgia, this weekend for Gold Rush Days. This is the old John A. Parker Storehouse, later the N.A. Nix Grocery, just one building in the historic district. It's now a restaurant called the Crimson Moon.

According to the Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Chamber of Commerce web site, it's the oldest surviving commercial building on the Square. It was owned by John A. Parker from 1858 to 1888 and is less refined than its newer, circa-1880 neighbors. Thanks to Nelson A. Nix, who operated a grocery in it from 1936 to 1980, it's still around to remind us of Dahlonega's origins as a remote, isolated mining town!

Xandria
Find #10

This is a temple that was founded before the Civil War and was built in 1914. It is located in downtown Shreveport, LA right off of Common St.

This is Hiwan Homestead in Evergreen Colorado. In the summer, they have art festivals on the lawn. The museum is open for guided tours.

www.frontrangeliving.com/architecture/Hiwanhomestead.htm

The above link has some wonderful pictures of the inside of the buildings.

Dr. Jo (female) lived in the house. She married an Episcopalian priest.

The 17 room log cabin is over 100 years old. If you get a chance, take a free tour.

Found this historic spot along I-70 in New Mexico and between White Sands Missile Range and Holloman Air Force Base.

The historic marker tells the story of a Civil War Veteran and New Mexico legislator that was mysteriously slain near this spot. His body was never discovered back in the late 1800s.

Thanks for the Locationless Reverse Cache!

This Site located at 51 N. Maple St, is the Lemon Bay Woman's Club, the first building on Old Englewood to be listed in the National Register of Historic Places. (10-31-2002) It was organized in 1918 as the "Lemon Bay Mother's Club", which was the name it used until 1924. It is still in active use.
In Sign Pic # 1, you can see the Registry Marker at the entrance. And ... the the sign on the tree reserves that spot on the lawn for the "Speaker" at the various social events.
Read the signs ... lots of interesting stuff!!

Thanks,

Tom and Chickie

Licking County, 66 W. Pratt St., Johnstown, Ohio
Johnstown Jail
Added to the register in 2003.
Period of Significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Area of Significance: Architecture.

This is the old Holmgreen Farmstesd in Tremonton Utah. It was one of the early farms and now there is a gift shop and they hold a festival there once a year. It was put on the register in 2001 # 01000319 period 1925-1949.

Name: Christina Kuhl House, aka Kuhl-Garath House #78000126
Date Added:1978
Period of Significance:1875-1899
Address:1416 Main Street, Stevens Point, WI 54481
This home is locally known as "The Castle" for fairly obvious reasons. It was built by Vetter & Lowinski in the Second Empire style. This house is in a rich historic area with the Grand Opera House/Fox Theater and the Public Square also being listed just down the street. Today it serves a lesser purpose, having been divided into apartments and rooms for rent.

This is the locks on the Willamette River in Oregon City, Oregon, USA. The locks were hand dug and opened January 1, 1873. This was an incredible feat! For about 75 years, the locks were opened by hand crank. In 1973 the Spruce Goose went through the locks on the way to McMinnville, Oregon. The large anchor (pictured) commemorates the locks being put on the historic register. Hard to see but my GPS is in the picture.

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The picture is of Ashelford Hall (added 1995 - building - #95000990). The period of significance is 1925-1949. Recently it was an antique store. TFTC
Revbigjohn

#111. This is a 19th century burial ground that is listed as part of the Lamington Historic Area on Cowperthwaith Rd., Lamington, Somerset County, NJ.

It is called The Lamington Black Cemetery. It was added to the National Historic Register in 1984, District #84002802. The register says the period of significance is from 1900-1750AD.

The site has 97 identified graves of former slaves and free blacks who were members of the Lamington Presbyterian Church. Previous to being recognized by the Historic Register, it had fallen into neglect. It is still very rustic with many trees growing on the grounds. Not very well laid out.

Being a child of the 21st century, I find it hard to believe that these people lived as free men but were segregated at death. They had some rights but were evidently not considered as equals. This is a good reminder of the segregation that existed in the Northern States even as we fought the Civil War to end slavery but not Civil Rights.

Fort Constitution is in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places July 1973. This is a very interesting place and just amazing to read the history of what has gone on there.

Name: USS Cassin Young
Date Added: 1986
Dates of "Period of Significance": 1875-1899
Address: Charlestown Navy Yard, Charlestown, MA
Lat/Long: N 42° 22.356 W 072° 03.295

Cassin Young was a Naval Commander and Medal of Honor recipient who rescued scores of sailors from the waters after the attack on Pearl Harbor, HI. The USS Cassin Young bears his name as a destroyer built in the 1940's for service in WWII and also Korea. While touring the ship, one of the Rangers made the comment that the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned warship in the world at 207 years young, and docked a few hundred feet away displaces 1500 MORE tons than the destroyer.

Name: Rock Island Arsenal
Date Added: 1988
Dates of "Period of Significance": 1800-1949
Address: Rock Island in the Mississippi River
Lat/Long: N 41° 31.070 W 090° 32.821

Rock Island Arsenal existed first as Fort Armstrong. This island has served as a arsenal/garrison/manufacturing continuously through the Civil War and is still active today. Goto www.ria.army.mil for more information. Since this is still an active post, I only took a picture of the plaque.
IowaBeaver

Name : Lowell Observatory
Date Added :1966
Date of Significance :1875-1899 1900-1924
Address : Flagstaff, Arizona

Percival Lowell conducted groundbreaking research into the discovery of planet "X". After devoting his life to the persuit, associates discovered the planet and named it Pluto, after the god of the underworld where it is dark and cold. Coincidently it starts with the initials of Percival Lowell.

There is a fabulous Historic District in San Juan Capistrano, CA not too far from Mission San Juan (other side of the railroad tracks). The Los Rios Historic District (added 1983 - District - #83001216) is an example of neighborhood life at the turn of the century and before, and is continuing as the oldest neighborhood in California. It was not that long ago that the streets were dirt. The large trees at the lot corners were used to denote property boundaries, and many go as far back as the beginning of European settlement in the area. There are about 40 homes, which vary in age from 50 to 204 years old. Most of the homes are private dwellings and may be viewed only from the street-please respect residents' privacy. The Montanez Adobe, the O'Neill Museum, the Ramos House Cafe, the Lobo House, the Rodman House, and the Lupe Combs House are businesses and are open to the public during business hours. The Olivares House is Millie Jones' china painting studio. Think of what life must have been like during the long period when the original mission, its' outbuildings and the Great Stone Church were being built. It was a time when the Spanish and the Acjachemen Indians were beginning to merge their cultures. The Montanez, the Rios, and the Silvas adobes are all that remain on Los Rios Street of the about 40 adobes that were here at that time. This neighborhood was then the home of the mission builders and workers on the mission ranch, for the economy was centered around the mission. A second significant wave of homes, was built by European immigrants to the area in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Rios Adobe - 31781 Los Rios St. (circa 1794)
Santiago Rios came from Spain in the 1780s to be a soldier in the mission garrison, and built the adobe in 1794. The Blessed Olive Tree, which is in the Rios Adobe front yard, was brought as a seedling from the Holy Land by FR. St. John O'Sullivan as a gift for Mrs. Damion Rios, "Nana Tula," for all of her good work for the mission church. The adobe has been occupied by the Rios family since 1794, which makes it the oldest continually occupied home in the western United States.

Name: Montanez Adobe
Address: 31745 Los Rios St., San Juan Capistrano, CA
Significant Year: 1890, 1794 Period of Significance: 1750-1799, 1875-1899
Added: 1975 - Building - #75000450
Lat/Long: N33 30.068, W117 39.902
Listed on the National Historic Register, this adobe was the home of Dona Polonia Montanez. Religious services were held inside during a period when the mission was inoperative.

Site Name: Anne Spencer House
Added to Register: December 6, 1976
Period of significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949
1313 Pierce Street, Lynchburg VA

This was the house of Anne Spencer from 1903 until her death in 1975. She was recognized as a lyric poet of considerable talent. Published between 1920 and 1935, she belonged to the Harlem Renaissance school of writers.

The house and garden are maintained by the Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum, Inc.