Historical Marker Search

You searched for Postal Code: 40037

Showing results 1 to 3 of 3
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JA_glen-echos-art-deco-arcade_Glen-Echo-MD.html
Beginning in 1940, a new Art Deco arcade was added to Glen Echo park. Designed by the firm of Edward Schoeppe of Philadelphia, also the chief architect of the Crystal Pool and Spanish Ballroom, the arcade was constructed in stages from 1940 to 195…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J9_c-1926_Glen-Echo-MD.html
Known in the 1920's as The Skooter and in the 1930's as the Dodgem, Glen Echo Park's bumper car ride was one of the first in any amusement park in the world. The Art Deco facade was added in the 1930's. Today's rehabilitated Bumper Car Pavilio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J8_catholic-pioneers_Loretto-KY.html
Basil Hayden, Sr., led 25 Maryland Catholic families to settle near here, on Pottinger's Creek, 1785. Father Whelan said first Mass in Kentucky here in 1787. First Catholic church west of Alleghenies built here in 1792. First monks, 1805, Trappist…
PAGE 1 OF 1