John Bell House

The 18th-century front section of this structure is the oldest surviving wood building in Dover. It is being restored to serve as an interpretive center for the First State heritage Park.The 20th-century rear additions will be removed to return the ...

Carter Jackson Monument

East side

This pillar is erected to the memory of William Jackson of Virginia, who was murdered upon this spot by ship captain Thomas Carter of Newport, Rhode Island who, having been ship-wrecked and rendered penniless thereby, and being overtaken by ...

Home of Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson

This house was

built 1856-1860 by

Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson

1820-1879

Texas pioneer, patriot, soldier and jurist, and one of the founders of Salado College.

Marker can be reached from Interstate 35 Frontage Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Frelinghuysen University/Jesse Lawson and Rosetta C. Lawson

1800 Vermont Avenue, NW

Frelinghuysen University was founded in 1917 to provide education, religious training, and social services for Black working-class adults. Founders include Jesse Lawson, a Howard University-educated lawyer; his wife Rosetta C. Lawson, an advocate for temperance and ...

Jacob Albright

The son of German immigrants, Jacob Albright (1759 - 1808) founded the Evangelical Association, preached to poor farmers, and rose to become Bishop in the Methodist Church. His grave is nearby at Albright Memorial Church.

Marker is on Pennsylvania Route 897 ...

St. James Santee Parish Church

[Front]

Erected in 1768, this edifice, officially known as Wambaw Church, was situated on the King's Highway. It is the fourth church to serve St. James Santee Parish. The parish, founded in 1706 at the request of French Huguenot ...

New Kent County / James City County

(Obverse)

New Kent County

Area 191 Square Miles

Formed in 1654 from York, and named for an English county. The White House, where Washington's wife lived, was in this county, and here he married her.

(Reverse)

James City County

Area 164 Square Miles

One of the original ...

Memorializing Jackson's Death

The Battle of Chancellorsville

Of his soldiers he was the idol;

of his country he was the hope;

of war he was the master.

Senator John Warwick Daniel

When General "Stonewall" Jackson died eight days after being wounded in these woods, shock waves rippled through ...

Site of the Home of Juan Antonio Padilla

A native of Nacogdoches.

Land Commissioner, 1829.

Vice-Governor of the State of

Coahuila and Texas.

Active in the Texas Revolution.

Died in Houston in July, 1859.

His wife, Maria Montes del Padilla,

Died here, August 14, 1846.

Marker is at the intersection of North Street and Powers Street, ...

Jonas Cattell

1758 1849

With four cannon and 1600 Hessian troops, Count von Donop camped 300 yards east of here en route to Fort Mercer at Red Bank. A prisoner that night, Jonas Cattell, 18 years old, was released when the enemy moved ...