The Old Franklin Congregational Academy

This memorial

erected on the site of

The Old Franklin

Congregational Academy

Pioneer Founders and Educators were:

E. B. James · A. E. Rice · W. S. Phipps

Rev. Amos Dresser · Rev. C. S. Harrison

Reve. W. S. Hampton · Prin. A. C. Hart

Rev. G. W. ...

Battle of Chattanooga, 1st Day, Nov. 23

November 23d, 1863, under instructions from Gen. Grant to ascertain whether the Confederates still occupied the valley, Gen. Thomas disposed forces in front of Fort Wood, the site of which is now marked by the stand-pipe of the water works.

The ...

Negley's and Wilder's Demonstrations Against Chattanooga

On June 7 and 8, 1862, General Negley in command of a Union reconnoitering force appeared on Stringer's Ridge northwest of this point, and screened by the timber opened with artillery on the city and line of rifle pits (then ...

LACEY STREET THEATER (1939)

504 Second Avenue

Construction of the Lacey Street Theater began in 1939, and this Art Deco style building opened in 1940. Austin E. “Cap” Lathrop, Fairbanks businessman and financier, was its owner. The Lacey Street Theater, with its distinguished neon sign, ...

Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge

You are now looking

to the northeast

In 1863, Chattanooga was a major railroad hub with a population of 2,500. In late November the city was in Union hands, while Confederate forces occupied Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. Both sides struggled for ...

Battle Above the Clouds

Hooker's troops

drove the Confederates

from Lookout Mountain

On November 24, 1863, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, the Union commander, ordered Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker's forces to storm Lookout Mountain. Hooker's men swept up the western slope of the mountain from your left, ...

Hostetler Amphitheatre

Dedicated in honor and memory

Judge Bruno O. Hostetler

1861 - 1954

Leadership in establishing

college in Kearney

1903

A gift from his daughter

Mrs. Florence H. Raymond

June 19, 1980

Courtesy hmdb.org

Kearney State College Memorial Carillon Tower

In honor of

George and Venetia Peterson

and

Elias and Mary Yanney

The carillon tower reflects the early history of Kearney State College and the Administration Building located adjacent to this site.

The four columns of the carillon tower symbolize the columns that adorned the ...

Great Barrington World War I Monument

Erected November 11th 1936

By the School Children

Of Great Barrington and Housatonic

In Honor of the 359 Men and Women

Who Served Their Country

In the World War.

Abel, Harrison G. • Ackerman, Arthur P. • Adams, Ernest W. • Alcott, Bruce • Alcott, ...

The Mahaiwe Theater

The Mahaiwe Theater

has been placed on the

National Register

Of Historic Places

By the United States

Department of the Interior

Built 1905

Marker is at the intersection of Castle Street and Main Street (U.S. 7), on the left when traveling east on Castle Street. ...