"Mother" Midway A.M.E. Church

Midway A.M.E. Church was organized on Sunday, June 10, 1865, a few weeks after the Confederate Army in Floirda surrendered to the Union Army. It was thus the first black independent church organized in Florida. William G. Steward was sent ...

The E.O. Douglas School Marker

Built in 1957, the E.O. Douglas School was an all-black school named for the citizen activist and president of the First National Bank. The old wooden school building was originally located on Harris Street. Following integration, the final structure on ...

National Historic Landmark - Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church

National Historic Landmark - Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church

Founded in 1793, Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (1889) is a living memorial to Richard Allen (1760-1831), former slave, Methodist minister, preeminent Black leader, and founder of the first permanent national association ...

The J.E. Rouse Dormitory

Erected 1962-63

Named in honor of

Dr. John Edward Rouse

Baptist Leader, Friend of Youth

Champion of Education

President of Anderson College 1957-73

This dormitory is named to honor him

in grateful recognition of

his contribution and leadership

of Anderson College.

Marker is on Kingsley Road, on the right when ...

The Wilton E. Hall Bridge

Named in honor of

Wilton E. Hall

Publisher of

The Anderson Independent

and

Daily Mail

For his dedicated service

to Anderson County

and South Carolina

Marker is on Interstate 85 south of South Carolina Highway 187.

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The Rev. James E. and Fannie F. Ferguson

Alabama native James Ferguson (1824-1876) became a Methodist preacher in Arkansas before moving to Texas in 1847. As a circuit rider for the next 20 years, he served Methodists in numerous parts of central and southeast Texas. Ferguson wed native ...

Bethel A.M.E. Church

(Front text)

This church, founded in 1866, was one of the first separate African-American congregations established in Columbia after the Civil War. It met in buildings on Wayne St., at Lincoln & Hampton Sts., and at Sumter & Hampton Sts. ...

M.E. Thompson and the Purchase of Jekyll Island

Melvin E. Thompson, Acting Governor, 1947-1949, was born in Millen, Jenkins County, Georgia, in 1903. After a career as educator and public servant, Thompson was elected Lieutenant Governor for the term beginning January, 1947. Following the death of Governor-Elect Eugene ...

The Home of Major William E. Simmons

William E. Simmons, one of Gwinnett County’s foremost citizens, was born in Lawrenceville on August 26, 1839. After graduating at the top of his class from Emory College, he assumed editorship of the Lawrenceville News. In 1861, he became an ...

E.C. Mathews Home

Built by "Daddy Poe," in 1856. Has columns made of hollowed pine trees; swinging upstairs porch.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966

Marker is on Loop State Highway 177, on the right when traveling south.

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