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The War Memorial building was completed in 1932 to commemorate local citizens who died in World War I. It is performing arts center designed in the neo-Italian Renaissance and Art Deco styles with an Ionic colonnade leading to the Memorial Court.
This French Renaissance style brick building is three stories high with a massive two-story mansard roof. There is lavish limestone trim, including a stone base, stone center entrance, window enframements and Doric columns separating the windows. The high clock tower in the center can be seen from the harbor and throughout St. George. The plan consists of a center section and two pavilions. The front façade faces Richmond Terrace and overlooks the harbor.
Cape May has some of the most beautiful beaches in the country. From Higbee Beach to Poverty Beach, Cape May is a beach-lovers’ paradise.
The Wood farmhouse is believed to have been built in the late 18th century and has been remodeled several times since. Over the years it was used as a residence by a number of families, including members of the prominent Wood family of Morristown.
In which the EBdubbz crew unites from all corners of the U.S. to travel and explore the wild western states and all her grandeur and glory...
Colonel Theunis Dey commanded the Bergen County militia during the American War for Independence. He was charged with supervising the west side of the Hudson River above New York Bay. Theunis Dey was also a member of the New Jersey Assembly and the New Jersey Provincial Council. In 1780, the British raided New Jersey continuously in the so-called "forage wars", keeping the American inhabitants and militia in a constant state of emergency.
In 1949, W. Parsons Todd bought the house and its remaining three acres from Henry W. Miller for $10,000. Todd wanted not only to preserve an important piece of the town's history, but also to create a museum to exhibit his personal collection of eighteenth and early nineteenth century high style antiques. At the age of seventy, Todd began collecting in earnest with purchases from the notable Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York, acquiring objects specifically for the museum as well as implementing items from his personal collection to furnish and interpret its period room settings.
This beautiful Court Room is designed in the Federal Style and is one of the most impressive Courtrooms in the building.
Mendham Township offers a broad variety of homes, from antique colonials to gracious estates. Streams, parkland, tall oaks and rolling hills offer a feeling of spaciousness in this town that is often compared to a quaint New England village. This country post office is located in the historic Brookside section of Mendham, NJ
In 1853, Pope Pius 9th established the Diocese of Newark and named Rev. James Roosevelt Bayley as Bishop.
With the Manhattan skyline, the Statue
of Liberty, and Ellis Island as a spectacular backdrop, Liberty State Park is one of New Jersey's most dramatic parks.
This house originally stood on Spring Street in Morristown on the lot owned by Nathaniel L'Hommedieu before the Revolution and acquired by John Gwinnup in 1775. The exact age of the present house has not been determined.
On September 29, 1994 as the theater opened as a cultural and artistic center for Morristown. The first performance as a community theater was by the The Kirov Orchestra of St. Petersburg, Russia.
The exact date of the construction of the Vail Homestead has not been determined, but in 1841 Stephen Vail undertook a major renovation of what may have been a much smaller farmhouse. The main section of the house is two stories high and has a basement and an attic. The framing of the exterior walls is filled with brick. The two brick chimneys are built inside the end walls. Its present appearance, including the windows, plaster cornices and woodwork, is largely the result of Stephen's work.
The oldest Catholic Church in Savannah was founded by Haitian emigres and Irish Catholics fleeing the French near the end of the 18th century.
The Lighthouse was authorized in June 1834 when Congress appropriated $6,000 for construction of a lighthouse at the north end of Long Beach Island . Work soon began on the 40-foot tower, and Barnegat Lighthouse was put into commission in 1835.
Pennsylvania Avenue is considered Washington DC main street. The Avenue joins the White House and the United States Capitol. It is the location of official parades and processions, as well as protest marches and civilian protests.
Evergreen Farm is a small private boarding and breeding facility located in Livingston, NJ. This facility specializes in the breeding of Miniature Horses.
Culver's Lake is a lake located in Frankford Township, in Sussex County. The lake has a surface area of approximately 555 acres and a shoreline roughly six and a half miles long. It has a maximum depth of fifty feet and is located at an elevation of 830 feet above sea level.
In which the EBdubbz crew unites from all corners of the U.S. to travel and explore the wild western states and all her grandeur and glory...
In which the EBdubbz crew unites from all corners of the U.S. to travel and explore the wild western states and all her grandeur and glory...
Entering the Cathedral from the narthex, or vestibule people pass through this splendidly carved Indiana limestone screen. The Screen contains figures of martyred popes which includes Pope St. Gregory the Great, who developed the great body of liturgical music which we know as "Gregorian Chant."
The Narthex screen symbols of the apostles show the Church universal. Side-aisle portals dedicated to the Child Jesus and to the Assumption of Our Lady feature shields honoring the working men and women of the archdiocese. They are the People of God. Their financial sacrifices made this cathedral project a reality.
The Wall at the National Korean War Memorial is 164 feet long, 8 inches thick; more than 100 tons of highly polished Academy Black granite from California. There are more than 2,500 photographic, archival images representing the land, sea and air troops who supported those who fought in the war are sandblasted onto the wall. You also can see the reflection of the Memorial's Statues in the Wall.
The grand Jersey City Post Office was built in 1911. It is of Italian Renaissance design with exterior walls of Mt. Waldo granite.
This is the Tiffany window in the east chapel of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Morristown. initially the church retained Tiffany to design all the windows for the church. When they were delivered they were returned because the church council didn't like them. They did keep one however, this window.
Boasting the quiet and quaintness of a small community, vacationers are beckoned to Avalon NJ for two distinctly different seasons, the warmth of the summer sun and the relaxing quiet of the spring, fall and winter months.
Sacred Heart Cathedral is the seat of the Archdiocese of Newark with 1.4 million Catholics in Essex, Hudson, Union, and Bergen Counties New Jersey.
Their bunks got covered with straw and each soldier was given one blanket. Soldiers huts were about 2 to 3 ft apart, with three rows of eight huts for each regiment. By 1780, soldiers had built about 1,200 huts in Jockey Hollow
it is believed that the Morris County Militia was instructed to build a beacon of between 18 and 20 feet high. Similar beacons were found from the Hudson Highlands and all through northern New Jersey. The beacon system was used on June 7, 1780 and again on June 23 when the British crossed into New Jersey. Records tell of area militia responding to the alarms in June and engaging the British at Springfield NJ
Dedicated in 1985, the Liberation sculpture in Liberty State Park was created by the sculptor and Holocaust survivor Natan Rapoport. It depicts an American soldier carrying a World War II concentration camp survivor. The inscription notes that the statue is Dedicated to America s role of preserving freedom and rescuing the oppressed.
The Golden Spike 8. The Golden Spike is in Corinne. This is where the two railroads from the east and the west were joined. It ended pioneer days. Corinne is a semi ghost town. More information is at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_spike .
Due to its central location, the town of Richmond became the seat of government on Staten Island in 1729. This was the third county courthouse Standing on the highest point in Richmond, this imposing Greek Revival building was designed to reflect and inspire civic power and pride. The front wall of the building is built of rough-face Staten Island trap rock while the other walls are . built of brick