John Beale Bordley

The noted agriculturist purchased land just north of here in 1792 and named it "Como Farm". Here he conducted numerous experiments on crop rotation and maintenance of soil fertility. Bordley planned new devices for seeding and reaping wheat. His works ...

Hollywoodland's Granite Retaining Walls and Interconnecting Gran

Hollywoodland's Granite

Retaining Walls and

Interconnecting Granite

Stairs

Built 1923 Declared 1991

Historic-Cultural Monument No. 535

Marker is on Woodshire Drive ½ mile south of North Beachwood Canyon Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Horton Grand - Kahle Saddlery – 1886

Historic Building

San Diego’s oldest Victorian hotel, the Grand Hotel was renamed the Hotel Horton in 1907, and is now the Horton Grand. In 1981, the Horton and the Kahle Saddlery, both located at different sites and slated for demolition, were ...

14 George Street   Middleton-Pinckey House

circa 1796

This three-story, masonry residence set on a raised basement was begun circa 1796 by Mrs. Frances Motte

Middleton, daughter of Jacob and Rebecca Motte. The house was completed by Mrs. Middleton and her second

husband and former brother-in-law, Major ...

Middletown

The Virginia General Assembly established Middletown in 1794. Dr. Peter Senseney laid out the original lots for the village. Surrounded by farms and plantations, including historic Belle Grove, the community grew along the Great Wagon Road, which stretched from Philadelphia ...

Middletown's Lincoln

Middletown was founded in 1832 by Hiram S. Allen. Middletown was an excellent business location because stagecoaches already ran through the area, going from Springfield to Galena, carrying both passengers and mail. The first lot to be sold in the ...

The Middle Valley Trap Rock & Mine Company

Tettertown Preserve

Lawrence Hager Trimmer (1847-1909) was a commanding presence in the Middle Valley community, having represented the Second District of Hunterdon County, in the New Jersey State Assembly, from 1889-1891. As a prominent businessman he founded and served as ...

Bradley-Sigma Phi House

Bradley-Sigma Phi House

has been designated a

National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the United States of America

Marker is at the intersection of North Prospect Avenue and Van Hise Avenue, on the right when traveling south on ...

Adlai Ewing Stevenson II

1900 – 1965

Adlai Ewing Stevenson – Governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953, twice the Democratic Party nominee for president, and United States Ambassador to the United Nations – Built this residence in 1938. Known as "The Farm," the house, ...

Riddleville

In this locality was one of the four academies of Washington County authorized by the State of Georgia and known as the Riddleville Academy. Mr. Anderson Riddle, a prominent citizen of the community and an ardent advocate of education, learning ...