National Historic Landmark - The Pillsbury A-Mill

The Pillsbury A Mill, built of Platteville limestone, was the world’s largest flour mill when it was completed in 1881. The design by LeRoy S. Buffington is considered a classic of industrial architecture, and the interior of the mill boasted ...

The Alamo Cenotaph

"The Spirit of Sacrifice"

In memory of the heroes who sacrified

their lives at the Alamo, March 6, 1836,

in the defense of Texas.

“They chose never to surrender nor retreat.

These brave hearts, with flag still

proudly waving, perished in the flames

of immortality that their ...

John Sherman, 1823-1900 / The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

Side A: John Sherman 1923-1900

Born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, John Sherman moved to Mansfield to practice law and was elected to Congress in 1854 as one of the first Republicans. In 1861, Sherman was elected to the U.S. Senate. An ...

The First State House of Maryland

On this site was erected in 1676 the first State House of Maryland. Previous to this date the Assembly met in various places subsequent to the Planting of the Province at St. Mary’s City, March 27, 1634. The twelve stone ...

The Ohio State Reformatory

Designed by architect Levi T. Scofield, the Ohio State Reformatory opened its doors in 1896 as a facility to rehabilitate young male offenders through hard work and education. A self-sufficient institution with its own power plant and working farm, the ...

C.A. Nethery & Sons General Merchandise

Charles Alexander Nethery, Sr. established a general merchandise near this site in 1880. Nethery married Amanda Francis Speights in 1884 and the couple had twelve children. When fire destroyed the first general merchandise store in 1915, the current structure was ...

The Mural Story

The mural scene depicts various time periods in Leonardtown’s history.

In general, the left side of the painting presents an older time period,

around the turn of the century. As you move to the right, the chronology

advances to a point in the ...

The Battle of Lindley's Mill

September 13, 1781

At this site, Patriot militia commanded by Brigadier General John Butler ambushed loyalist militia commanded by Colonel David Fanning in an effort to free prisoners, whom the Loyalist had captured at Hillsborough the previous day.

Although losses were heavy ...

The Mobile Bar Association

Alabama's First Bar Association

On March 29, 1869, 32 attorneys organized the Mobile Bar Association, the first bar association in Alabama and the 14th oldest bar association in the entire nation. They filed the Association's Declaration of Incorporation on April 12, ...

Memorial to the "Start Westward of the United States"

Sculpted for Marietta's Sesquicentennial by Gutzon Borglum

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Dedicated July 1938 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a tribute to those farsighted pioneers who journeyed here from New England in 1788 and established Marietta as the first permanent settlement in the Northwest ...