Cherry Colored School

circa 1920's

Conceived in the 1900's by black educator Booker T. Washington and his Tuskegee staff. The Rosenwald program represented a massive effort to improve black rural schooling in the South through public-private partnership. Rosenwald schools were also in Plymouth & ...

Cherry

Named by surveyor Gisbourne J. Cherry. Post Office established 1898. 8 stores, 2 cotton mills, 1 gristmill, 1 blacksmith shop, 2 sawmills, 1 jail, 2 churches, 2 schools; 1 colored, 1 white, Charitable Brotherhood Lodge Hall, 1 barber shop.

Marker is ...

Cherrydale Masonic Hall

This two-story brick building was built in 1936 as the Cherrydale Masonic Hall. Designed with retail space on the first floor, the building serves as the home of the Cherrydale Masonic Lodge #42. This lodge is the second oldest Masonic ...

Cherrydale Volunteer Firehouse

The Cherrydale Volunteer Fire Department was the first fire company in Arlington County. Formed in 1898 and officially established in 1904, it originally consisted of 10 leather buckets, a ladder, and spirited volunteers. A community fundraising effort, including a contribution ...

UWF Cherry Blossom Orchard

In April of 2012, the State of Florida chose Pensacola and the University of West Florida as the hosts for its annual Cherry Blossom Festival. This annual state event is held in conjunction with the National Cherry Blossom Festival which ...

Cherry Street Historic District

(early 20th Century)

Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, this district contains 52 structures, most of which were built after 1900. Cherry Street was laid out in 1818 near the east boundary of Florence. Pulitzer Prize winner ...

Cherry, Judge, Luckett Memorial

IN LOVING MEMORY

OF OUR FRIENDS

Douglas MacMillan Cherry '85

Ann Campana Judge '73

and

Edward Hobbs Luckett '84

who lost their lives September 11, 2001.

These gardens and benches are given in

their honor by The OWU Friends Fund

September 2005

Courtesy hmdb.org

Henry Hardin Cherry

November 19, 1864-August 1, 1937

Leader of the movement to establish Kentucky Normal Schools and teachers College.

President Southern Normal School 1892-1906. President Western Kentucky State Teacher's College1906- 1937.

Marker is at the intersection of College Heights Blvd. and College Avenue on ...

Cherrydale

In 1893 a branch post office at Lee Highway and Pollard Street was named Cherrydale, with reference to Dorsey Donaldson’s large cherry orchard in back of the present firehouse. Quincy Street was then known as Cherry Valley Road. Settlement in ...

Sandy Point & Cherry Hall

Charles City County, Virginia

Originally home to the Paspahegh Indians, Sandy Point was settled in 1617 as Smith's Hundred and after 1619 known as Southampton Hundred. St. Mary's Church was established here prior to the Powhatan Uprising of 1622. During ...