Richlands

This fertile region was known as Richlands from an early period. In 1782, and later, Richlands was a militia station for frontier defense.

The town was laid off in 1890, with the coming of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, and ...

DEAD TOWN OF HARDWICKE

On May 10, 1754, GEORGE TOWN was established at the Elbow of Great Ogeechee River, eight miles east. In February, 1755, Gov. Reynolds, dissatisfied with Savannah as a capital and as a port, chose this new site because it "has ...

Americus Colored Hospital

One of the earliest hospitals in southwest Georgia devoted to the care of African Americans, the Americus Colored Hospital opened in 1923.

The majority of the funds needed to build the hospital were provided by Dr. W.S. Prather. Practice in ...

Millersylvania State Park

Millersylvania State Park Historic District, a forested tract surrounding a small lake in the south Puget Sound region of Western Washington developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), reflects distinctly the contributions of Despression-era New Deal relief programs to our ...

Pythian Home of Missouri

The Pythian Home is associated with the statewide charitable activities of the Knights of Pythias, a fraternal order which originated in 1864.

It served as a home for the needy from 1913-1942, and during World War II was used as ...

R.J. Hill Building

Built in 1910, the R.J. Hill Building is one of the oldest commercial buildings in the town of Palacios.

The two-story Richardsonian Romanesque building, constructed of cast concrete blocks, retains most of its original historic fabric and design features including ...

PASM Headquarters and Geodesic Dome

The dome and headquarters building, both constructed in 1959, represent a prominent example of Modern Architecture designed by architect, John Terence Kelly, and mathematician, R. Buckminster Fuller.

Located in Materials Park, home to ASM International (formerly known as the American ...

The Anderson Building

The Anderson Building, constructed in 1924, is a mixed-use three-story brick and terra-cotta Sullivanesque building located among other two to three story multiple bay/multiple lot commercial and apartment buildings on the Southwest fringe of downtown Omaha.

The Sullivanesque style of ...

Olcott Avenue Historic District

The Olcott Avenue neighborhood in the borough of Bernardsville, located in northeast Somerset County, was developed at the turn of the 20th century as a carefully laid out middle class residential neighborhood.

The streets in the district are characterized by ...

Orchard Beach State Park

Orchard Beach State Park, on the shore of Lake Michigan, is one of the most intact examples of a Michigan state park developed in the 1930s and 1940s under National Park Service guidelines.

Most of the park's buildings were designed ...