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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TBG_brookland-ferry-landing-historical_NY.html
This tablet marks
The Brookland Ferry Landing
From which point the American Army
embarked during the night of August 29th 1776
Under the direction of
General George Washington
Ably assisted by Colonel John Glover
Of Marblehead, Massachusetts
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16SY_1883-new-york-harbor_Republic-NY.html
Brooklyn was a vigorous and independent city, the third largest in the United States, when construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began. The cultural and social center of Brooklyn was the Heights, just south of the bridge. Lining the shore below the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16QU_manhattan-north-of-the-bridge-to-canal-street_Midway-NY.html
The dense fabric of buildings along the shore housed an unregulated mixture of industry and sea-related businesses. Lumber yards, coal yards, and storehouses lined the wharves and were the background for the picturesque masts of sailing ships dock…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12SO_the-builders-of-the-bridge_New-York-NY.html
Dedicated to the memory of Emily Warren Roebling 1843-1903 whose faith and courage helped her stricken husband Col. Washington A. Roebling, C.E. 1837-1926 complete the construction of this bridge from the plans of his father John A. Roebling, C.E.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNGY_brooklyn-city-railroad-company-building_Athens-NY.html
This handsome red brick building was built in 1860-61 as offices for the city of Brooklyn Railroad Company, one of New York City's first large-scale transit operators. By 1867, the company served 22 million passengers annually, operating twelve li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMNC_cobble-hill-historic-district_Wonewoc-NY.html
Cobble Hill is an exceptionally rich district both historically and architecturally. Jennie Jerome, the mother of Winston Churchill, was born at 197 Amity Street in 1854. Among the distinguished architects' work represented here is 296 Clinton Str…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMJS_plymouth-church-of-the-pilgrims_Schenectady-NY.html
The congregation of Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims hired Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) as their first minister, approving of his abolitionist sentiments. Beecher protested the Fugitive Slave Laws of 1850, exhorting his congregation to place the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMJ3_where-the-dodgers-made-baseball-history-and-jackie-robinson-changed-america_Poolesville-NY.html
Once upon a time (1890-1957), there was a major league baseball team in Brooklyn—the Dodgers. They played their games at Ebbets Field (1913-1957) in Flatbush, where the fans and players dodged the trolley cars to get to the ballpark. But it …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMIT_155-157-159-willow-street_Davison-NY.html
Built of brick laid in Flemish Bond, these three buildings, all listed in city directories prior to 1830, are among the best surviving examples of Federal Style row houses of the early nineteenth century. An underground tunnel, lighted by a skylig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMIR_church-of-the-saviour_Pearson-NY.html
This church, designed in gothic revival style by Minard Lafever, was dedicated in 1844. It is the home of the oldest Unitarian society in Brooklyn, organized in 1833. During the 1890's, new windows, the work of Louis C. Tiffany, were installed.