Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects
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historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM9A2_the-blackshear-road_Eastman-GA.html
At this point the highway was originally known as the Blackshear Road. It was planned and cut out in 1815 by Major Elijah Blackshear and a company of Georgia Volunteer Militia. This road gained fame as the alternative route used by General David Blacksheard…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM9N3_abbeville-county_Due-West-SC.html
Named after the city in France, Abbeville County has a rich historical and cultural heritage. The town of Abbeville, the county seat, is known for its quaint tree-lined square with bricked streets; the famous 1908 historic Opera House and its companion buil…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM9S4_major-ridge_Rome-GA.html
Principal Chief of the Cherokee Tribe of Indians, moved to this spot about 1794 and built this dwelling. Modernized by later owners.
His ferry & trading post made this farm a tribal center. Here was negotiated final treaty for the Cherokee removal, 1835 …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMA84_great-buffalo-lick_Union-Point-GA.html
This site is described in the treaty signed by the Creek and Cherokee Indians at Augusta, Georgia, in 1773. Here began the survey of the ceded lands.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMAC6_north-branch-berkeley-public-library_Berkeley-CA.html
City of Berkeley LandmarkDesignated in 2001
North Branch Berkeley Public LibraryJames W. Plachek, Architect, 1936North Branch Library is one of Berkeley's many civic buildings by James Plachek, including the Central Library (1930), the Claremont Branch L…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMASM_homestead-by-the-main-road_Newport-News-VA.html
Lee Hall Mansion is the only Italianate antebellum plantation house on the lower Peninsula. It was completed in 1859 and was home to Richard D. Lee, justice of the peace for Warwick County. In 1850 Lee purchased a 452-acre tract of land, which was listed as…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMAZD_echo-hill_Lebanon-NJ.html
Established as a summer camp in 1936 by Robert and Hermia Lechner. Site developed through federal government's Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) programs.
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMBHP_greenville-arboretum_Greenville-SC.html
The Greenville Garden Club won the $500 second place price in Better Homes and Gardens' "Most Beautiful America" contest in 1932 for their landscaping of Rock Quarry Park. Members used the money to develop South Carolina's first arboretum on five acres of F…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMBJR_old-u-s-customs-house-post-office_Petersburg-VA.html
Built of Petersburg granite and constructed between 1856 and 1860, the U.S. Customs House and Post Office was designed by Ammi B. Young, architect of the U.S. Treasury Department building in Washington D.C. The decision to add the third story was made durin…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMBL1_federal-wire-road_Dinwiddie-GA.html
This highway, created by an act of Congress in 1810, entered the state at Augusta passing through Warrenton, Sparta, Milledgeville, Macon and Knoxville to Coweta Town (Columbus). It was formerly known as the Stage Coach Road. A telegraph line, the first tha…