Forts Webb, Wyllys and Meigs

In 1778, three forts were built by Connecticut regiments on the ridgeline east of Fort Putnam. They covered the low ground approach to Fort Arnold along the river, the ridgeline itself, and the low ground between Fort Putnam and ...

Grandma Anderson's House

This house was built in 1918 at 800½ South Main Street, El Dorado, Kansas, (Gordon's Addition, Lot 5, Block 4) in direct response to the oil boom and the massive amounts of people moving to the area looking for housing. ...

Flare

From the former Midland Refinery. Used to burn off gasses as gasoline and propane were transferred from the refinery into the railroad tank cars. ca. 1920's

Donated by: Frontier Refinery

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Oliver-Waters-McCollum Warehouses

circa 1910

Originally the three buildings faced the National Highway, now Old Roswell Road, which was the main road from Roswell to Dahlonega. A brick facade was added in the 1970s. In 1909, John A. Oliver constructed the two-story Oliver warehouse. ...

Union Tank Car

This railroad tank car has a capacity of 9913 gallons and was built in April of 1929. Used to haul raw crude oil to the refinery.

Donated by: Union Tank Car Company

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Larson House

1911

The Larson House, attributed to the architectural firm of Claude and Starck, is significant as an exceptional local example of the Prairie Style. The Prairie Style is one of the few indigenous American styles, identifiable by its horizontal emphasis and ...

Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

Erected

by the

people of

Rhode Island

to the

memory

of the

brave men

who died

that their

country

might live

(Plaque):

Civil War Monument

This monument commemorates the members of the 1st Rhode Island regiment and the 14th Rhode Island Regiment heavy artillery (colored) who fought and died in the war of the ...

Sissieretta Jones

"The greatest singer of her race"

Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, the internationally celebrated soprano known as "Black Patti" lived near this site at 7 Wheaton Street until her passing on June 24, 1933.

With 17 medals and a diamond tiara bestowed upon ...

First Town House of Providence

On this lot stood the first town house of Providence here from time to time Roger Williams presided over freemen from 1644-1647

Marker is on South Main Street (U.S. 44), on the right when traveling north.

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Court and State House

This edifice of which the older portion was begun in the year of Our Lord 1760 and first occupied in 1762 was used as Court and State House by the Colony and State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations until ...