Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church

Organized January 19, 1868

as Wesley Church

renamed Wesley Monumental, 1875

and built as a monument

to John and Charles Wesley

Founders of the

Methodist Movement

Sanctuary cornerstone laid

August 10, 1875

completed and dedicated

March 30, 1890

Educational Building

completed February 20, 1927

Marker is at the intersection of Abercorn Street and ...

Seven Days' Battles Begin

By the final week of June 1862, the Union army lay sprawled east of Richmond, on both sides of the flooded Chickahominy River. General George B. McClellan planned to move that army within artillery range of Richmond; Confederate leader Robert ...

Ennor’s Restaurant Building

James W. Plachek, Architect

City of Berkeley Landmark

designated in 2006

This reinforced concrete building with its articulated brick facade and simple classical detailing was built for Harvey and Marie Ennor at a time of energetic downtown development. They expanded a small sandwich ...

Indian Bill Cemetery

These Indian burial sites are believed to be from descendants of the Winnebago and Prairie Band Potawatomi People.

The Potawatomi tradition was to build a grave house over the burial site. These grave houses are meant to deteriorate naturally until their ...

Defending the Fort

Clearly one of the Fort’s entrances, this “sally port” was probably

needed here to rush men and perhaps cannons out to defend

against an assault up the ravine behind you. This was the only

place a body of hostile infantry could gather for ...

Discover Alviso’s Rich History

Alviso Marina County Park

Alviso’s marina today starkly contrasts with its past as a bustling seaport. In the mid-19th century, Alviso was a transportation hub through which crops, goods and people circulated, fueling the economic growth of the South Bay. Port ...

Danish Dairy Cooperative

On March 28, 1885 one of Wisconsin's first incorporated creameries was organized as the Luck Creamery Company. The "Organization Artikler" were published in Danish in the Polk County Press on November 18, 1885, and printed in English about a month ...

General Smallwood's Gravesite

General William Smallwood

A hero of the American Revolution

and a native of Maryland

Commissioned Colonel in 1776

Brigadier General in 1777

Major General in 1780

Elected Governor of Maryland in 1785

Died February 14, 1792

Erected over his remains by the Maryland Society, Sons of the American ...

Wesley Monumental United Methodist Church Centennial

Centennial

1868 - 1968

Wesley Monumental

United Methodist Church

Originally Wesley Church, was founded

January 19, 1868. The cornerstone for

this building was laid August 10, 1875,

but has not since been located. In this

centennial year a new cornerstone

has been placed in this wall......

October 27, ...

Howard Automobile Company

Frederick Reimers, Architect, 1930, Hayashida Architects, 2006

City of Berkeley Landmark

designated in 1983

This Zig-Zag Moderne building, designed for the sale and servicing of Buick automobiles, captures the glamour, rising affluence, and sophistication of the post-World War I era. Charles Howard, who ...