Madison Square, British Southern Line of Defenses

Through this square ran the southern line of defenses of the British who held Savannah from December 29, 1778 to July 11, 1782. After a seige of 22 days, at dawn of October 9, 1779, the strong western defenses on ...

The Calder/Olmsted/McCormick Mansion

The origins of the mansion at 105 N. Front Street can be attributed to William Calder, Jr. (1821-1880), Simon Cameron's business partner, banker and manufacturer. Calder's father had been a preeminent Harrisburg stage coach operator and helped to establish Harrisburg's ...

The Marcus Reno Residence and Governors’ Home

In the house at 223 N. Front Street lived two 19th Century Pennsylvania Governors, William Bigler (1852-1855) and James Pollock (1855-1858). Also here resided U.S. Army Major Marcus Reno, the controversial survivor of the Battle of Little Big Horn, site ...

The Kuser Lodge: An Inn, A Mansion, A Museum

High Point State Park

The Kuser Family Transformed the High Point Inn

Twin brothers John and Anthony Kuser, purchased the High Point Inn and the surrounding property in 1910. The sprawling mountain resort became the summer retreat of Anthony Kuser and his ...

The Barrel-Makers' Co-ops

The red brick building at the corner of Third Avenue and First Street was one of many factories that supplied the barrels used for flour. Called coopers, the skilled workers who made barrels pioneered a new role for labor in ...

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.

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The Philadelphia Campaign

Battle of Cooch's Bridge

In August 1777, British forces under the command of General William Howe landed at the Head of Maryland's Elk River. Their goal was the capture of Philadelphia, the capital of the young republic. On September 3, ...

Martin Luther King, Jr.

(1929 - 1968)

King lived three years in this community and ministered under the mentorship of J. Pius Barbour. He graduated from Crozer Theological Seminary, 1951. A leader of the 1963 March on Washington, King won a Nobel Peace Prize, 1964.

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The Municipal Museum of the City of Baltimore

This house was built by Rembrandt Peale in 1814 as a Natural History Museum and Gallery of the Fine Arts. Robert Carey Long was the Architect. Purchased by the City of Baltimore, 1830, Jacob Small being Mayor, it was occupied ...

The Peale Museum

This structure is the oldest museum building in the United States. Designed by Robert Cary Long, Sr. for Rembrandt Peale, the museum opened to the public in 1814 as "an elegant Rendezvous for taste, curiosity and leisure." For a 25-cent ...