Lexington School for the Deaf

The Lexington School for the Deaf occupied a city-owned building at this site from 1880 until 1968. Today, the Lexington School for the Deaf/Center for the Deaf is located in Jackson Heights, Queens.

Marker is at the intersection of Lexington Avenue ...

First Battle of Independence

A State Divided: The Civil War in Missouri

The Battle of Independence was fought at this and other locations on Aug. 11, 1862. On that day, a force of Confederate soldiers launched a dawn surprise attack on the Union garrison stationed ...

Bank of New York and Trust Company Building

Designated Landmarks of New York

This dignified Neo-Georgian skyscraper was constructed in 1927-29 to the designs of prominent architect Benjamin Wister Morris for the Bank of New York & Trust Company. Much earlier in 1796 The New York Bank & ...

Stonebridge

Departed this life February 1953

Located on the hill to the east and south of this point was a haven of comfort to many a man from the late 1800’s until closed in 1953. Condemned by certain elements of our society ...

Alviso Adobe Community Park

5,000 Years of History in Seven Acres

[Panel 1:]

Pleasanton’s past and the rich stories of the people that have come before can be discovered in the landscape and features of this park. Three periods of occupation trace regional settlement from prehistory ...

Fourth Volunteer Brigade

Artillery Reserve

Army of the Potomac

Artillery Reserve

Fourth Volunteer Brigade

Capt. Robert H. Fitzhugh

6th Maine Battery F

Lieut. Edwin B. Dow.July 2d and 3d With First Volunteer Artillery Brigade near left of Second Corps line.

Maryland Battery A

Capt. James H. RigbyJuly 2d and 3d Engaged ...

Tomb of Thomas Heyward, Jr.

1746-1809

Member of South Carolina Provincial Congress and Council of Safety and of Continental Congress. Signer of Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation and captain of militia at Battle of Port Royal and Siege of Charleston. Prisoner of war 1780-81. ...

The Gatekeeper’s Cabin and Museum

[First Marker – Located on the left:]

The North Lake Tahoe Historical Society (NLTHS) operates and maintains the Gatekeeper’s Museum, The Marion Steinback Indian Basket Museum, the Watson Cabin Living Museum (located above Commons Beach) and William B. Layton Park. The ...

The McGilvray "Seven Bridges Road"

In the early 1850s Scottish immigrant Alexander McGilvray established a small settlement and ferry service, both known as "McGilvray's Ferry," along the Black River. For the next forty years the ferry made seasonal river crossings despite frequent log jams. Local ...

Old House Plantation

Settled ca. 1740 by Daniel Heyward

who built Tidal Mill, Textile Factory

and export-import business on these

grounds before his death in 1777.

Original 500 acres King's Grant

grew to 16,000 acres, all destroyed

by fire ca. 1865

Marker is on T. Heyward ...