Lower Pontalba Building

[Logo of the Orleans Parish Landmarks Commission]

Erected 1850 - 1851

by Micaela Almonster Baroness De Pontalba

working first with James Gallier, architect,

and then with Henry Howard, architect.

Samuel Stewart, builder.

Bequeathed by William Ratcliffe Irby to the ...

Tupper & Reed Building

William Raymond Yelland, Architect; 1925

City of Berkeley Landmark

designated in 1984

John Tupper and Lawrence Reed constructed this building for their music store, which they had established in Berkeley in 1906. University of California art professor Eugen Neuhaus complimented ...

Maj. Genl. Marquis de Lafayette

In honor of

Maj. Gen’l. the Marquis

de Lafayette

who was ill many weeks in the

Brinckerhoff House adjoining

during the

American Revolution

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This stone given by

Lafayette Post

No 140 Dept of N.Y. G.A.R.

to Melzingah Chapter D.A.R.

May 30, 1896.

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On this knoll stood

the Middle Church (Presbyterian)

built 1747, rebuilt 1830, ...

Old Southeast Cemetery

Oldest marked grave in Putnam County

Historical Landmark

Old Southeast Cemetery

Here rest our early settlers

and six pastors of

Southeast Church

Oldest stone – 1751 • Dedicated June 1970

Southeast Museum Association, Brewster, N.Y.

Marker ...

Garrett and Sons / Cargill-Wright Company

Garrett and Sons:

Joseph Simpson Garrett, a whiskey, tobacco, and groceries merchant, constructed this building in 1883 for his business, Garrett and Sons. This wholesale business was regarded as the first of its kind in Columbus. Garrett served as Columbus postmaster ...

Savannah's Irish and Robert Emmet Park

Once known as the Strand and later as Irish Green because of its proximity to the Irish residents of Savannah's Old Fort neighborhood, this park was renamed in 1902 for the Irish patriot Robert Emmet (1778-1803) to commemorate the centennial ...

Niagara on the Lake Historical District

(Left side is in English)

In 1778, Loyalist refugees began crossing from Fort Niagara to settle the west bank of the Niagara River. A town was laid out in a grid pattern of four-acre blocks and grew quickly, gaining prominence as ...

The Lewis and Clark Expedition

In 1804-06, Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led about 40 soldiers and boatmen on an epic journey. President Thomas Jefferson commissioned this "Corps of Discovery" to find a route to the Pacific Ocean through the newly acquired Louisiana territory. ...

Revolutionary War Dead

1776 - 1783

In grateful remembrance

of the brave men

who gave their lives

for their country during the

American Revolution

and whose remains repose

in the adjoining field.

This stone is erected by

Melzingah Chapter

Daughters American Revolution

October 14, 1897

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 9 and Interstate ...

Hephzibah Methodist Church

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The Brothersville Methodist Church was organized in March 1852 in the community of Brothersville to serve the fifteen families living there. The building completed in 1853, was dedicated in 1854 by Bishop George Pierce. In 1890 the church was moved ...