Governor John Houston

Born near Waynesboro in 1744, Houston was the son of Sir Patrick Houston and Priscilla Dunbar. He was elected in 1775 to represent Georgia at the Continental Congress and served on Georgia’s Council of Safety, which in January 1776 issued ...

John Harris Mansion

Built by John Harris Jr., founder of Harrisburg, in 1764-66. It was Simon Cameron's home, 1863-89, and many famous people visited there. It is now home of the Dauphin County Historical Society.

Marker is on S. Front Street, on the left ...

John Harris Sr. Grave Site

Here lies John Harris, Sr., father of the founder of the City of Harrisburg, who emigrated from Yorkshire England in the early 18th Century to share in the opportunities of William Penn's new world. First locating in Philadelphia, Harris made ...

John Harris/Simon Cameron Mansion

Here is situated the stone residence of John Harris, Jr. (1727-1791), the founder of Harrisburg, which he erected at the end of the French and Indian War in 1766. In 1785, the Borough of Harrisburg was laid out in the ...

Home of John Garwood / Garwoods Mill Site

Logan County, On Top of Ohio

[South Side of Marker]: Home of John Garwood

In 1805 the John Garwood family of thirteen children located their home near this spot. Their activities here were responsible for the town of East Liberty. The village ...

The CCC in York County / Tom Johnston Camp, (SCS#10), CCC

The CCC in York County

One of the most successful of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), created in 1933. It gave many young men and World War veterans jobs planting trees, fighting forest fires ...

Pope John Paul II Mass

In commemoration of the mass for world justice and peace offered by His Holiness Pope John Paul II October 2, 1979 here in Yankee Stadium. Gift of the Knights of Columbus.

Marker is at the intersection of River Avenue and 161st ...

The Johnston Building &\ Menaker Building

1906 was a banner year in Harrisburg for the construction of major buildings. The new State Capitol Building was completed that year and two "book-end" office structures were developed on Market Square. One was the eight-story Union Trust Building at ...

The Honorable John Burke

of North Dakota

Legislator - Governor

Supreme Court Justice

Treasurer of the United States of America

Marker is on East Boulevard Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

John Muir School

James W. Plachek, Architect, 1915,

City of Berkeley Landmark

designated in 1983

John Muir School was built beside Harwood Creek on land once part of a 19th-century country estate. The half-timbered style reflects the scale and architecture of the neighborhood and the nearby ...