The Church of St. Joseph

[Sanctuario di Nazareth]

[Text in Hebrew …]

[Text in Arabic…]

This church was built in 1914 on the site of an earlier 12th century church.

-The caves, granaries and wells in the lower level were used by the early dwellers of Nazareth. Later, Christians ...

Col. James D. Nance

3rd Reg. S.C.V

Kershaw's Brigade

Killed on this spot

May 6, 1864.

Marker is on Orange Plank Road (County Route 621), on the right when traveling east.

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Owen Lovejoy Home

This two-story frame structure was the home of abolitionist Owen Lovejoy, who was born in Maine in 1811. Lovejoy moved into the house in 1838, when he became a Congregationalist minister. He was leader in the formation of the Republican ...

Isam W. Seaton (1823-1903) and James H. Seaton (1828-1913)

In memory of Bureau County Pioneers. Sunk the first third Vein Coal mine in Hall Township in 1879. Sold in 1888 to C.W. & V. Coal Co. Mine closed in 1913. The town of Seatonville located on land owned by ...

Site of John Hinkel Livery Stable, 1900

Berkeley Farm Creamery Complex

City of Berkeley Landmark

designated in 1998

By 1900, downtown Berkeley had developed around Shattuck Avenue, its main street. On this site, owned by John Hinkel, stood a brick livery stable run by John Fitzpatrick, the early operator of ...

Johnstonville Historic District

Johnstonville Community Clubhouse

Built in 1915 as the Johnstonville School. The school closed its doors in late 1945 and the building became the Johnstonville Community Clubhouse. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in America on November ...

Jack Roosevelt Robinson

“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”

Jack Roosevelt Robinson

1919–1972

Jack Roosevelt Robinson, the first African-American to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball, played in his first minor league game in Jersey ...

Old Jail

On February 27, 1904, ground was broken for the “new” jail. Contractor A.J. Robbins received the contract with a low bid of $6,738. Its construction is “a concrete foundation with brick walls, laid in 1:6 bond constructed with a six-course ...

Jesse Benbow House

1858

Jesse Benbow was born in 1815 to Charles and Mary (Saunders) Benbow. In 1838 Jesse married Ann Clark and they had seven children.

Jesse designed the house using oak trees from the property for the joists and foundation, and clay from ...

Federal Junction

Sherman’s Left and

Right Wings joined

forces here during the

afternoon of March 20,

1865. They constructed

works across the road

and skirmished with

the Confederates.

Marker is on Harper House Road (Local Route 1008), on the right when traveling east.

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