Old Town Hall Site

1874 - 1975

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Marker is on Blackswoods Road (Maine Route 182) near Hog Bay Road (Maine Route 200), on the right when traveling east.

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Old Chinatown District--Circa 1890

In the 1850s, Chinese came to California, a land they called Gum Shan, meaning Mountain of Gold, for the same reason as other nationalities: to seek their fortune. As the placer gold played out, Chinese took jobs building railroads, dams, ...

National Historic Landmark- Skidmore/Old Town Historic District

National Historic Landmark- Skidmore/Old Town Historic District

This large commercial district marks the site where the city started and flourished.

Dating from the mid-to-late-19th century, these buildings were built in a variety of High Victorian architectural styles; a large number ...

Plaza Fernandina / Old Town Fernandina

Old Town Fernandina was laid out by the Spanish in 1811, and was the last town in the Western Hemisphere to be platted by the Laws of the Indies developed by the Spanish government to guide settlement and town planning ...

Old Town

In 1839 John Cuppy laid out 42 lots on his farm between Ohio River and hill; added 50 lots in 1850. Named Vernon but called Cuppy Town. In 1840 John Chapman built the first house. Industry based on rich clay ...

Old Town Jail

1883

The town of Georgetown built this small stone jail in the summer of 1883, using steel cells donated by the county. Built at a cost of $700, the stone jail was known for awhile as the "Hotel de Barr," after ...

Saluda Old Town Treaty, July 2, 1755

"I bring a little child that he might tell future generations what is now agreed to."

At Old Saluda Town, about ten miles north of here, July 2, 1755, Governor Glen obtained from Old Hop and other chiefs of the Cherokee ...

Smyrna Opera House and Old Town Hall

In the spring of 1869, the Commissioners of Smyrna approved a plan to erect a Town Hall. Responding to the long-held desire of the citizens for a venue for public gatherings, architect Richard Mitchell designed the building to include a ...

Old Town Cemetery

This is the earliest known cemetery in the town of Athens, and the final resting place for many of its first citizens. The earliest burials date from the 1820’s and continue thought the mid-1800’s, with an occasional burial past 1900. ...

Stamford Old Town Hall

Old Town Hall

Old Town Hall opened in 1906 and served as the seat of Stamford's government until 1963, when the Mayor's office and elected boards moved to the Municipal Office Building on Atlantic Street.

Old Town Hall continued to house ...