Bergen County Court House / Bergen County Old Jail

[Bergen County Court House Side]:

James Riely Gordon (1863–1937), noted architect of public buildings used the Beaux Arts style to reflect the power and dignity of American institutions of government and justice. Ground was broken November 29, 1909 and the cornerstone ...

The Jemison Home

Built by Robert Jemison Jr. Completed 1862, the 26 room Italian Villa style mansion is distinguished by its octagonal cupola and delicate carved fretwork. Jemison, a member of Alabama Legislature for 20 years (1840-63), 1861 Secession Convention (he voted against ...

John I. Hopper House

Built in 1818, by John I. Hopper in old “Polifly”, this Federal style house stands on land purchased in 1694 by his great-grandfather Hendrick. The farm remained in the Hopper family for seven generations. Slaves lived in the kitchen wing ...

The Benjamin Rush Campus of Dickinson College

Named for Dr. Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) of Philadelphia, signer of the Declaration of Independence and the most eminent physician of his day. Prime mover in securing the college charter.

Marker is on W High Street (U.S. 11), on the left when ...

Casey Jones

From a station located on this site the night of Apr. 29. 1900, John Luther Jones, replacing the regularly detailed engineer, took out engine 382, pulling the Illinois Central “Cannonball.” Driving into a blocked switch at Vaughn, Miss., early the ...

El Chino-Pajarito Restaurant

Cuban exiles in the 1890s met to plot for independence at a restaurant operated on this site by the patriot Antonio Menendez, a Chinese from Cuba.

Many revolutionaries on their way to join the Mambi Army in Cuba, were given ...

Carlisle Jail

Replica of Norman Castle,

Carlisle, England.

Erected 1754.

Enlarged 1790.

Rebuilt 1854.

Marker is at the intersection of High Street (Pennsylvania Route 74) and Bedford Street, on the left when traveling east on High Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Jessie Daniel Ames

(1883–1972) A native of Palestine, Texas, Jessie Daniel came to Georgetown in 1893. She graduated from Southwestern University in 1902. In 1904 she moved to Laredo, where she married Roger Post Ames (d. 1914), and Army surgeon. They were the ...

Mount Pleasant Press - The J. Horace McFarland Company

Located in this building at Mulberry and Crescent Streets was what became known as the "Switchboard of America," the printing business and national clearinghouse operation of J. Horace McFarland (1859-1948), one of Harrisburg's most famous national figures during the first ...

Jackson at Young's Tavern

At Young’s Tavern, 12 room log home of Robert Young, where travelers frequently stopped for lodging, Andrew Jackson, his staff and two companies of militia, spent a night on their way to the Seminole Campaign in 1818. General Jackson followed ...