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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4YT_the-petersburg-railroad_Petersburg-VA.html
The Petersburg Railroad, sometimes called the Weldon Railroad, united Petersburg with Weldon, North Carolina. It was one of the first railroads in America, beginning operations in 1833. It carried vast amounts of cargo and passengers to and from P…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4YS_williamsport-warren-county_Williamsport-IN.html
Williamsport, Warren County Seat, was home, 1879 - 1896, of James Frank Hanly, Governor of Indiana, 1905 - 1909. The courthouse, built 1907, was designed by J. W. Royer, Urbana, Illinois. Warren County was established 1827.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4YR_the-peabody-institute-and-george-peabody-library_Baltimore-MD.html
Philanthropist George Peabody founded the Institute in 1857 as a cultural center for the city's residents. In addition to establishing the first academy of music in America, the Institute originally comprised a public library, a lecture series, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4YQ_mount-vernon-place-united-methodist-church_Baltimore-MD.html
[photo caption]The Washington Monument, Baltimore. This view of Mount Vernon Place, circa 1848, shows the home of Charles and Phoebe Key Howard to the right of the monument.
Conceived as a "Cathedral of Methodism" the Mount Vernon Place United …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4YP_william-holdrum-jr-house_River-Vale-NJ.html
Built about 1784 by William Holdrum, Jr., a farmer who inherited a 116 acre tract from his father, William Holdrum, Sr., the present structure was built as an addition to the 1765 house of Johannes Mabie, Holdrum enlarged the dwelling to the west …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4YO_blauvelt-seaman-house_River-Vale-NJ.html
Built about 1828 by David C. Blauvelt on land he purchased in 1801. The 37 acre farm was situated in the locality once known as Overkill Neighborhood. David was a blacksmith and after his death, son John D. Blauvelt bought the homestead in 1842. H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4YN_the-old-record-building_Greenville-SC.html
70 feet south of this point was erected, 1820, the old "Record Building," designed by Robert Mills (1871-1855), famous Charleston architect, designer of the Washington Monument. This building of classic design was county courthouse until 1855; the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4YM_site-of-the-myers-bogert-grist-mill_Harrington-Park-NJ.html
Abraham Myers established a grist mill at this site on the Hackensack River prior to 1765. Inherited by son John who operated the mill until his death in 1829, it was continued by his son-in-law James Bogert. Long known as "Bogert's Mill", it rema…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4YL_little-hunting-creek_Fort-Hunt-VA.html
The Washington family land south of here, named Mount Vernon in the 1740s, was part of a grant made in 1677 by the Northern Neck proprietors to Col. Nicholas Spencer and Lt. Col. John Washington. George Washington's great-grandfather. John Washing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4YJ_the-old-church_Attica-IN.html
Built - 1850Restored 1989 by theJohn Cottrell Foundation