Site of First Services of the Salvation Army

Alexandria, Virginia May 1885. On this site stood Captain Joseph Pugmire and three lassies who conducted the first Salvation Army services in Alexandria. Later, the Salvation Army was located at 319 and 316 King Street from 1922 to 1965, when ...

Orpheum Theater

Rapp and Rapp, Architects

The Orpheum Theater is significant as the finest locally surviving theater from the movie palace era. Designed by preeminent theater architects Rapp and Rapp of Chicago, it features a distinctive Art Deco style façade. Its French ...

The Tuskegee Airmen's Plaza

This plaza is dedicated to the memory of the Tuskegee Airmen, including General Daniel "Chappie" James, whose training at Tuskegee University and the Tuskegee Army Air Field enabled them to prove for all time the competence and bravery of Black ...

The Chimney Tops

These twin summits of quartzite and hard slate are familiar landmarks. The peak on the right has a hole like a flue. Mountain people thought these formations looked like chimneys rising above the trees. Mountain laurel, rhododendron, blueberry, and sand-myrtle ...

The Thomas Viaduct

Commenced, July 4th, 1833. Finished July 4th, 1835.

Johnathan Knight, Chief Engineer, Caspar W. Wever, Superintendent of Construction. Designed by Benjamin H. Latrobe. Built by John McCartney of Ohio.

(Other two sides of the monument list company directors.)

Marker can ...

The Robbins Hunter Museum Avery-Downer House

Built in 1842 in the Greek Revival Architectural Style for Alfred Avery from designs by Minard Lefever, the house subsequently served as a home for the Spelman (1845-1873), Downer and Cole families (1873-1902). The Phi Gamma Delta (1902-1930) and Kappa ...

Lifeblood of the Mountains

More precipitation falls in the Great Smoky Mountains than anywhere else in the eastern United States. The yearly average is about 890 billion gallons - over 60 inches. Forty-four percent of it is absorbed by the atmosphere and the luxuriant ...

The Great Smokies

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The Great Smokies: scenic, diverse, culturally rich.

The scenic view here are well known; lesser known is the abundance of life. The Smokies' rugged topography creates a diversity of species found in few other places in North America. ...

The Mammoth Consolidate Gold Mine

Mammoth’s famous gold mining boom began in 1877 and ended abruptly in 1881 when the Mammoth Mining Company’s property was sold at a sheriff’s sale. Miners have contributed to prospect and mine Red Mountain on a small scale to this ...

Anchor from the "Phil Scheckel"

A steamboat which was run on the Chippewa River for many years during the last half of the 19th century.

Captain Scheckel was perhaps the best known pilot that ever put his hand to a wheel of a Chippewa River ...