GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
California: Varnum Way, North Highlands,CA
District of Columbia: Varnum Hotel, constructed in 1796 by Thomas Law, possibly named for Joseph B. Varnum, who lived at the hotel for many years; Varnum Place; Varnum Street; Location of at least 13 Henry Varnum Poor paintings
Florida: Nobles, Varnum & Hodges, Inc, engineering firm, Tallahasee
Kansas: Varnum Deeter Armstrong Realty, 6800 College Blvd, Ste 201, Overland Park, KS 66211, 913-491-8900; Henry Varnum Poor, the artis, was born in Chapman, KA 9/30/1888
Idaho: Varnum Creek, Kootenai County
Maine: Skowhegan School of Painting and Scupture, Colby College, founded by Henry Varnum Poor; Varnum Pond and Varnum Stream, Franklin County, Wilton
Maryland: Varnum Street, Mount Rainier; Varnum Pond Road, Temple
Massachusetts: Henry Varnum Poor, the creator of the Standard and Poor stock index lived in Brookline, MA in the 1860s; Varnum tracks, Salem MBTA railroad; Varnum Brook or Varnums Brook, Middlesex County, flows east to Nashua River at East Pepperell ; Varnum Brook Middle School, Pepperell ; Varnum Cemetary, Middlesex county, Dracutt; Varnum Avenue, Lowell; Varnum Elementary Magnet School, Lowell; Varnum Park Rest Home, Watertown
Michigan: Highland View Cemetary; Varnum Pond Road; West Varnum Road, Munsing, MI 49862; Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt and Howlett Law firm, home office Grand Rapids, also Detroit, Grand Haven, Kalamazoo, Lansing; result of merger circa 1984, more than 100 years as a law firm; a Varnum, Riddering lawyer Michelle Engler was MI governor's wife in 1991
North Carolina: Varnum residential area, Brunswick County; Varnamtown, fishing community on Lockwood Folly river near Holden Beach, Brunswick County
Oklahoma: Varnum High School, Seminole; Varnum Church, seminole
Oregon: Dysert/Varnum historic cabin circa 1880, Dorris, Butte Valley
Rhode Island:
Varnum Military Museum,circa 1913, 6 Main St, East Greenwich, maintained by the Varnum Contintals
and the state; 401-884-4110; displays uniforms and armaments from Revolution through Vietnam War;
General James Mitchell Varnum House Museum, circa 1773, 57 Peirce St, East Greenwich; 401-884-1776;
8 room mansion with 8 large fireplaces, period furniture and gardens overlooks Naragansett Bay
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