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This is a list of slave cabins and other notable slave quarters. A number of slave quarters in the United States are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Many more are included as contributing buildings within listings having more substantial plantation houses or other structures as the main contributing resources ...
The first post office in Lawrence was established in January 1855, [53] and E. D. Ladd was appointed the town's first postmaster. [54] On January 10, 1855, the first school in Kansas was established in Lawrence by voluntary contributions, and it was taught by Edward P. Fitch. [36]
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POSSLQ (/ ˌ p ɒ s əl ˈ k j uː / POSS-əl-KEW, plural POSSLQs) [1] [2] is an abbreviation (or acronym) for "person of opposite sex sharing living quarters", [3] a term coined in the late 1970s by the United States Census Bureau as part of an effort to more accurately gauge the prevalence of cohabitation in American households.
The Lawrence Township Historic District is a 550-acre (220 ha) historic district encompassing the community of Lawrenceville in Lawrence Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 14, 1972 for its significance in architecture, landscape architecture, literature ...
Lawrenceville Elementary School [19] with 286 students in grades PreK-3 Melissa Lockett, principal; Slackwood Elementary School [20] with 219 students in grades K-3 Jeanne Muzi, principal; Lawrence Intermediate School [21] with 807 students in grades 4-6 Cynthia Westhead, principal; Middle school. Lawrence Middle School [22] with 603 students ...
Bazaar, circa 1900-1909. A post office was established in Bazaar on April 16, 1860. The post office was renamed "Mary" on July 20, 1876, and then back to Bazaar on March 19, 1878.
Grinter operated a trading post at the site and later in the home, the oldest remaining in Wyandotte County, between 1855 and 1860. The area was home to the first non-military post office in Kansas. [3] [4] The property remained in the family until 1950, when it was sold and became a chicken dinner restaurant until the mid-1960s.