Richardson Civic Center

On this site, members of the First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro built their first house of worship in 1832, and on the adjacent land citizens of Greensboro erected the first graded public school in North Carolina in 1875. These grounds ...

Salisbury Confederate Memorial

In memory of

Rowan’s

Confederate Soldiers

that their heroic deeds,

sublime self-sacrifice

and undying devotion

to duty and Country

may never be forgotten

1861 – 1865

[ Left of Monument: ]

Soldiers of the

Confederacy,

Fame has given you

an imperishable crown.

History will record

your daring valor,

noble sufferings and

matchless achievements

to the honor and

glory or ...

Warren A. Candler Hospital

Georgia`s first hospital, this institution is believed to be the second oldest general hospital in continuous operation in the United States. It was founded in 1803 as a seamen`s hospital and poor house and was incorporated in 1808 under the ...

Fourth and Church

Once Cherry and Spring Street, later Cherry and Church, is rich in Nashville history. Near here, April 2, 1781, Charlotte Reeves Robertson, wife of Colonel James Robertson, turned the pioneers' dogs loose on raiding Indians during the "Battle of the ...

Honoring the Dead of the Battle of Bentonville

“Time may teach us to forgive, but it can never make us forget.”

- Confederate Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton, memorial address at Bentonville, March 20, 1895.

By the evening of March 22, 1865 both the Union and Confederate armies had vacated ...

Jacob Feldberg – L. Newman, Clothing

Historical Landmark

Jacob Feldberg – L. Newman, Clothing

1850’s & 1860’s

Magnolia Saloon – Star Bakery

& Restaurant – H. Stone Groceries

Marker is on Commercial Street west of Court Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Our Founders in Architectural Heaven

Hello! Welcome to My World, a place where you can, like me, let your imagination run wild. Do you believe that good buildings die and go to heaven? If you do, welcome to my fantasy of Architectural Heaven. Please travel ...

Tredegar in 1951

The lines in the parking lot represent the outlines of building shown on the 1951 insurance map of Tredegar, below. Three machine shops were constructed in 1872 to manufacture railroad cars and were converted to boiler and machine hops around ...

Medina County Courthouse

Medina County was organized in 1848 with Castroville as the county seat. In 1892, as the result of an election, the seat of county administration was relocated to Hondo City (now Hondo). The Commissioners Court immediately ordered a courthouse to ...

A Golden Dedication for I-90

The nation celebrated completion of Interstate 90 after contractors paved the last four-miles of freeway near Blue Earth in 1978. Reminiscent of the "Golden Spike" that symbolized completion of the nation's first transcontinental railroad in 1869, officials arranged to tint ...