Ballard-Hudson Senior High School

Ballard-Hudson Senior High School was built in 1949 as the only high school in Macon for African Americans in grades nine through twelve. The school

represents the merger of two schools: Ballard High School, a private school with roots in Lewis ...

Soldier's Rest

-1862-

This area is the military cemetery for Confederate Soldiers. After an 1862 skirmish in the streets of Florence, it was used to bury casualties until the end of the Civil War. Many unknown Confederates and a few unknown Union soldiers ...

Tribune Tower

Chicago Landmark

Tribune Tower

John Mead Howells and

Raymond Hood, architects

1925

This design was the result of an international competition for ‘the most beautiful office building in the world,” held in 1922 by the Chicago Tribune. The competition proved extremely influential for the development ...

Saint George's Chapel

During the late 17th and early 18th centuries,

a great number of settlers came to this area

from the lower Eastern Shore counties of

Maryland and Virginia. They brought many

elements of their culture including an

affiliation with the Church ...

Oliver Wolcott Jr. Home

Oliver Wolcott Jr. Home

Presented By

Helen J. Fitzgerald

to the

Litchfield Historical Society

In Loving Memory

Of Her Husband

Harold Fitzgerald

1878 - 1948

Marker is at the intersection of South Street and Wolcott Street, on the right when traveling south on South Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Honorable Joanne H. Alter

Joanne H. Alter was elected Commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, and served with distinction from 1972 until 1990. Commissioner Alter’s vision for improvement in the Chicago River led to the revitalization of the entire river ...

Saint Mark's Episcopal Church

The first organized services for members of the Protestant Episcopal Church in this community were conducted by Rev. John A. Childs in a local schoolhouse in the mid 1840s. As a result of the declining condition of Prince George’s Chapel ...

Morris

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Morris

Originally called South Farms, this area was settled in the 1720's as part of the frontier town of Litchfield. The land was surveyed by Captaiin John Marsh in 1715 and was purchased for fifteen pounds from the bantam ...

Bethel Methodist Church

Bethel

Methodist Church

lot donated by

Thomas Bennett

A.D. 1795

Church dedicated 1798

Moved across street

for use of colored

people and present

church dedicated

Aug. 7, 1853

Parsonage once

occupied by

Bishop Francis Asbury

1st M. Church in city

Albert Schweitzer

{Text in Czech:}

ALBERT SCHWEITZER

* 1875 Kaysersberg †1965 Lambaréné

Zde koncertoval v letech 1923 a 1928

{Text translated into English:}

Albert Schweitzer

Born 1875 in Kaysersberg, died 1965 in Lambaréné

Performed here in 1923 and 1928

Marker is at the intersection of V jirchá?ich and Opatovická, on ...