PROVIDED PHOTO Kenneth and Eugene Gavin with Board Member Annette Hendrick. The Sanibel Historical Museum & Village has added educational entertainment to its website. Recently, the Gavin brothers – Eugene and Ken – spoke about black history in Sanibel at a volunteer update event. Officials describedRead More →
A sign next to the Asistencia bell tower identifies it as Historic Monument No. 42. Courtesy picture On Barton Road, almost at the western end of Redlands, a small sign says Mission Asistencia, Historic Landmark No. 42. It sits beside the white steeple and the site of six historic buildingsRead More →
Chicago Park Cemetery and St. Paul’s Church are now an Official Historic Landmark. The Nevada County Board of Historic Monuments is pleased to announce that the Nevada County Oversight Board has designated St. Paul’s Cemetery and Church as a Historic Landmark on December 15, 2020. Nevada County has many interestingRead More →
Boom Town: Detroit in the 1920s (Gary North) “Rabbi Franklin was included in the section on ‘social activism’ because of his interaction with the community at large, advocating for assimilation and non-discrimination,” said Joel Stone, curator of the exposure. The late Rabbi Leo Franklin, 11th spiritual leader of Beth ElRead More →
Objections have been raised against the proposed modifications for a Rushden house described as an “important historical landmark”. A request has been made for external modifications to 55 Bedford Road in Rushden. Permission is requested for modifications, including the replacement of part of the existing lawn with a hard ivoryRead More →
In December, Mike Nielson, a volunteer handyman with the Golden Valley Historical Society, was doing a routine check of the closed museum at 6731 Golden Valley Rd. To his dismay, there was some standing water near the toilets in the sub. ground, so he shut off the water and cleanedRead More →
The Harrison County Historical Museum has joined the ranks of a special group of cutting-edge museums across the state, having been named the recipient of the 2020 John L Nau III Museum Excellence Award by the Texas Historical Commission. The award will be presented Thursday at the Harrison County HistoricalRead More →
DETROIT (WXYZ) – The “Detroit 67: Perspectives” exhibit, which opened in 2017 in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Detroit civil unrest, is here to stay. The Detroit Historical Society announced Wednesday that the exhibit will be a permanent feature of the museum. It was scheduled to close atRead More →