Old Ball Family Burial Ground

This is one of Arlington’s oldest family burial grounds. Ensign John Ball (1748- 1814), a veteran of the American Revolution (Sixth Virginia Infantry), is buried here. John Ball was the son of Moses Ball, who was one of the pioneer ...

Flour and Grain Exchange

Originally a meeting hall for the Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Exchange was built on land donated by streetcar magnate Henry M. Whitney and completed in 1892. Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge designed the tiered arches and rock-faced masonry which exemplify ...

United States Colored Troops

Civil War Memorial Monument

African Americans have served in every war since the American Revolution. During the Civil War, more that 180,000 African Americans comprising 170 units served in the Union Army and 29,511 served in the Union Navy. Nearly 700 ...

Welburn Square

This park is named for Dr. Williamson Crothers Welburn, 1874-1964, an Arlington physician whose practice began in 1905. Welburn built his office on this site with a pharmacy/post office downstairs and living space above. The front sidewalk was the first ...

Lampl Produce Company Building

Built 1907-1908

Built as a Warehouse for $17,000

Historic Address: 116/118 N. Rock Island

Current Address: 111 N. Mosley

Marker is on Mosley, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Salvation Army Building

Built 1946

Historic and Current Address:

126 N. Mosley

Marker is on Mosley, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Lady Carrington and The Blackstone Canal

If this were the year 1828 you could climb aboard the barge Lady Carrington and travel by water all the way to Worcester.

It was October 8, 1828 and the Blackstone Canal had opened for passenger and cargo service between Providence ...

Carlin Springs

In 1872 John F. Carlin developed here a popular resort which could be reached by train from Washington and Alexandria. His establishment included two springs, an ice cream parlor, a restaurant, a dance pavilion, and a swimming hole at the ...

The History of The Weybosset Bridge

adapted from

The Civic and Architectural Development of Providence

by John Hutchins Cady

Just to the north of where you are now standing the first bridge across the Providence River was erected in 1660, connecting the shore of the Neck with Weybosset ...

Jim Yarnell's (Untitled) Smoky Hills of West Virginia (1960)

Wichita Art Museum Trail Walk Path

Though trained as a painter, the medium Jim Yarnell (1917-[2011]) most enjoyed was photography. He was appointed advertising manager of the Beech Aircraft Corporation in Wichita. During the summer of 1962, Yarnell spent 58 days ...