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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFZA_stream-for-washing-laundry_New-York-NY.html
STREAM FOR WASHING LAUNDRYLocation: ? Maiden LaneDutch Name: ? ?t Maagde Paatje
Here, in the 1600's, a stream ran into the East River, along the course of what is now Maiden Lane. A footpath brought Dutch "maidens" to wash laundry in the stream…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFXZ_windmill_New-York-NY.html
INTRODUCTIONIn September 1609, Henry Hudson and some 20 seamen sailed their ship, the Halve Maen (Half Moon), into what is today New York harbor. The Dutch East India Company expected Hudson to find a passage to Asia. Instead, his voyage allowed t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDYC_fulton-fish-waist-142-beekman-street_New-York-NY.html
One of the district's most sophisticated architectural treasures, No. 142 Beekman (also known as 211 Front Street) was designed by George B. Post—later architect of the New York Stock Exchange—for a descendent of Peter Schermerhorn. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDYB_207-211-water-street_New-York-NY.html
These three brick Greek Revival-style stores, built together for different owners, display classic details of the period: granite steps, cornice, and piers and lintels in its trabeated storefront. The brick is laid up in Flemish bond, a style whos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDFU_titanic-memorial-lighthouse_New-York-NY.html
This lighthouse is a memorial to the passengers, officers and crew who died as heroes when the steamship Titanic sank after collision with an iceberg.LATITUDE 41?46' NORTHLONGITUDE 50?14' WESTAPRIL 15, 1912This lighthouse was originally erected by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD9D_the-brooklyn-bridge_New-York-NY.html
The Brooklyn Bridge, the largest suspension bridge in the world at the time it was built, was the first to span the East River. Designed and constructed by John A. Roebling and his son, Washington A. Roebling, the bridge spans 3,461 feet and rises…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD9B_lin-ze-xu_New-York-NY.html
Pioneer in the war against drugs.[Marker includes an inscription in Chinese characters.]
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCZB_john-street-church_New-York-NY.html
John Street Church is the oldest Methodist Society in continental America and is the mother church of American Methodism. The Society was organized in New York in 1766 by Philip Embury, and ardent Irish Methodist and former Wesleyan preacher who s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCZ9_john-street-methodist-church_New-York-NY.html
The oldest Methodist Society in America organized in 1766 by Philip Embury and Barbara Heck constructed here in 1768 Wesley Chapel, the first Methodist meeting house in America. The present church, the third on this site, was completed in 1841.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCZ7_john-street-methodist-church_New-York-NY.html
"Philip, you must preach to us or we will all go to hell together, and God will require our blood at your hands." With these words in 1766, Barbara Heck - who to her horror had found her formerly Methodist relatives playing cards in her kitchen - …