– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Metropolitan African American Episcopal Church The Metropolitan African American Episcopal Church is sandwiched between two modern office buildings on M Street, NW in Washington, DC. This red-brick church is a superior example of Gothic revival architecture. Built in 1886 to a design by Samuel G. T. Morsell, it...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Isaiah Davenport House The Isaiah Davenport House is a historic house in Savannah, Georgia. It is located on the northwest corner of Columbia Square, one of six additional squares added to the original Oglethorpe Plan in the late 1790s. This federal-style home was built in 1820 by Isaiah Davenport for his growing...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Indian Creek Covered Bridge Indian Creek Covered Bridge in Monroe County, West Virginia was originally built in 1903. It can be found on US Route 219 about 1.5 miles south of Salt Sulphur Springs. The bridge was originally built by Ray and Oscar Weikel who at the time were 16 and 18 years old, respectively, and...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Latane-Customs House Tappahannock Aa earlier post we visited the Essex County Courthouse in Tappahannock. Tappahannock is located on the Middle Penninsula between the James and Rappahannock Rivers in Virginia. The town was named by Captain John Smith when he visited the area in 1608. At the time it was a Native...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – B&O No 5300 President Washington Today we return to the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore. The North Car Shop contains some of the larger exhibits including the subject of today’s post. B&O No 5300 President Washington was the first of 20 class P-7 Pacific-type locomotives built for the railroad...
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– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Jacksons Mill Covered Bridge There are three covered bridges in Pennsylvania known by the name Jacksons Mill Bridge. This particular Jacksons Mill Covered Bridge spans Octoraro Creek in Bart Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The other two are in Bedford County and Washington County. Just to add to the...
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