De Anza Expedition 1775 - 1776

Lt. Juan Bautista de Anza and party crossed this area in March 1776. en route to select sites for the Presido and the Mission of San Francisco

In the center of the marker is a circular motif, designed by Doris ...

Washington Street Methodist Church

A church was built here between 1803 and 1805; another church, erected 1832, was burned by Union troops in 1865 and reconstructed in 1866 of salvaged brick and clay mortar. Present church dedicated 1875. Bishop Wm. Capers (1790-1855), founder of ...

Pilot Island Site

Historic Shipwrecks

J.E. Gilmore ·

Type: wooden schooner ·

Built: 1867, Asa Wilcox, ·

Three Mile Bay, N.Y. ·

Length: 137.7' ·

Beam: 25.4' ·

Propulsion: sail, 2 masted.

Forest ·

Type: wooden scow-schooner ·

Built: 1857, David Lester, ·

Newport, Mich. ...

Aaron Montgomery Ward Gardens

In Grant Park

Aaron Montgomery Ward had a vision for Chicago’s lakefront that set him apart from most of his contemporaries. For two decades (1890-1910),he fought tirelessly to preserve Chicago’s lake shore as an open space and assure the city’s “front ...

The Lyons Building

Circa 1907

Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

Marker is on 3rd Street north of East Courthouse Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Ludington Building

William Le Baron Jenney, architect

Chicago Landmark

The city’s earliest surviving steal-frame building, a type of construction that changed commercial architecture. As one of the first structures clad in terra cotta, it marked an important step in the development of the architectural ...

Nichols-Howerton Building

Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

Marker is on 3rd Street north of East Courthouse Street, on the right when traveling north.

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The Donohue Building

Built in 1883, the Donohue Building was the first large printing factory in historic Printing House Row. The Annex was added in 1913. The Donohue Buildings served until 1971 as the headquarters of the M.A. Donohue Publishing Company, a well ...

Union Assault on the Bridge

Union General John G. Foster’s prime objective, the wooden covered Wilmington & Weldon railroad bridge, crossed the Neuse River here. After the 51st and 52nd North Carolina regiments were pushed back by the Union advance coming through the fields on ...

Residence site of James Burt

Residence site of

James Burt

1761-1852

Lieutenant in Revolution

Assemblyman and Senator

1797-1826

Marker is on New York Route 17A 0.2 miles east of Forester Ave, on the left when traveling east.

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