Margaret's Place and Walk / Lower Garden District

Margaret’s Place and Walk

Margaret’s Place and Walk honors Irish Immigrant Margaret Gaffney Haughery (1813-1882), who devoted her life to orphaned children and the needy. An orphan herself, Margaret lost her husband and baby to illness. Although illiterate, Margaret ...

District Court Tree

In 1837 this oak sheltered Texas jurors. Courthouse was unfinished because logs coming down-river for building had swept past in strong current. R. M. Williamson, presiding, was called "Three-legged Willie" due to appearance: he had good leg, crippled leg, and ...

Rossville Historic District

Side A:

Rossville was settled in April 1801 shortly after the U.S. Government initiated land sales west of the Great Miami River. Its original proprietors--John Sutherland, Henry Brown, Jacob Burnet, James Smith and William Ruffin--named the town in honor of Pennsylvania ...

Beale Street Historic District

Has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark.

Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States.

U.S. Department of the Interior National ...

Peapack Brook Rural Industrial Historic District

The confluence of Peapack Brook and the North Branch of the Raritan River became a rural industrial center during the 18th century when a saw mill, grist mill, tannery and bark mill were located nearby. The Peapack Brook Rural Industrial ...

Byram's Ford Historic District

Text of the Marker:

Byram's Ford Historic District

has been placed on the

National Register of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Site of the

Battle of the Big Blue

October 22 and 23, 1864

and ...

Pine Apple Historic District

Pine Apple, Alabama

Founded in 1825, the town of Pine Apple became a regional commercial center due to its strategic location as the end of the Selma to Pensacola Railroad line from 1871 to the 1890s. The progressive spirit of Pine ...

Colbert County Courthouse Square District

22 structures, first Northwest Alabama historic district placed on National Register of Historic Places (1973): Courthouse, erected 1881, shows Italianate and Greek Revival influences. Fifth Street, Commercial Row, seven adjoining brick structures (late 1840's) housed commission merchants and later "The ...

Litchfield Historic District

Litchfield Historic District

Has Been Designated A

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the Provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

This Site Possesses Exceptional Value

In Commemorating or Illustrating

The History of the United States

U.S. Department of the Interior

National Park Service

1968

Marker is at the intersection ...

The Park Avenue Historical District

51 Structures, 70% residential, built early 20th century to post World War II period.

The 1885 sale of Gardner Hale’s land began the housing development. The 33 acre 1924 Independent Presbyterian Church Children’s Fresh Air Farm, 1923 Bluff Park Elementary School ...