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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR4B_st-maarten-gingerbread-market-stalls_Philipsburg-Sint-Maarten.html
The gingerbread surroundings for the Harbor Point Village market stalls are a typical feature of the St. Maarten/ St. Martin homes of the past. Lovingly crafted by hand, often with improvised tools, gingerbread designs took on folk art appeal on t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR3T_frontstreet-merchants_Philipsburg-Sint-Maarten.html
The deep roof structures combined with a wood shingle exterior on these buildings typify many of the beautiful and historic homes found in the quaint town of Philipsburg at the turn of the century. Buildings such as these doubled as homes and stor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQZL_historic-sint-maarten-remembered_Philipsburg-Sint-Maarten.html
Pieter Stuyvesant was the last Governor of the Dutch colony of New Netherland (now New York), from 1646 until its surrender to the English in 1664. He was born in the Dutch province of Friesland in 1611 or 1612. After studying languages and philos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8Z4_sint-rose-hospital_Philipsburg-Sint-Maarten.html
On November 9, 1908, Father B. Gijlswijk of the Roman Catholic Church opened the Sint Rose Hospital on Backstreet. It consisted of 2 tiny wooden houses and it comprised a room for patients, an operating room and space for the doctor. All patients …