Galveston Office of the National Weather Service

First weather service office in Texas, and one of first in the United States; established April 19, 1871, slightly over a year after Congress passed an act in Feb. 1870 creating the Public Weather Service of the United States under ...

Municipal Water System

Established in 1935 on this site, wells using the pre-glacial channel of the old Genesee River provided the Village of East Rochester with water until 1992.

Marker is at the intersection of Fairport Road (Route 31f) and Waterworks Dr., on ...

Fiske Hall Centennial Celebration

October 26, 2004

Fiske Hall was the men’s dormitory of Fairmount College from 1906 to 1926 and served as an army barracks in both World Wars. Beginning with the municipal university period in 1926, Fiske provided classroom and office space for ...

South Station

This 1898 headhouse was designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, the successor of firm to H.H. Richardson, as the earliest and last remaining example of classical revival style of railway architecture in Boston. Originally known as South Union Terminal, it ...

Powhatan House

Early Galveston hotel; built 1847 by John Seabrook Sydnor, Galveston mayor 1846-1847.

Greek revival architecture; Doric columns from Maine.

Has served as orphanage, military academy, residence, and set for a motion picture. Now Galveston Garden Center.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1967

Celebration of Freedom Memorial

To Honor Those Who Serve

Liberty For All

[Representative Memorials]

In honor of George F. Austin

for service in the Navy aboard

USS Estes AGC 12

Flag Ship supporting the invasions of

Iwo Jima and Okinawa

witnessing the flag raising on Mt. Surabachi

Rita Sweeney Austin

You gave your lives ...

Site of Jonathan Barney - Mason Barney Shipyard

1782-1861

Here were built about 200 ships from small sloops to vessels of 1060 tons which sailed from the Atlantic coast to the China seas.

Dedicated to their memory by

Algernon H Bell •

Carolyn Bell Fenley •

Constance Bell Falconer

Marker is at ...

A Changing Nation

By the end of the Revolutionary War, the center of town had moved to several blocks south of this point. From 1820 to 1850 the Blackstone Canal and Providence and Worcester Railroad were built along the western edge of this ...

Congregational Church of Lewiston

The Congregational Church of Lewiston was organized in October 1889. It was incorporated and erected in 1896. Construction was done by a local contractor – Mr. Canfield. The total cost was $750.00. During its early years, ministers traveled from Weaverville ...

Casemates

Constructed in 1794 after the American Revolution, these casemates were probably intended as living quarters for soldiers, storage areas, and possibly as cells for prisoners. A casemate is defined as an armored compartment or bombproof built under the rampart. ...