James C. Furman Classroom Building

Erected 1955

In Memory of

James Clement Furman, D.D.

1809-1891

President 1859-1879

Professor 1844-1881

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At a crisis in 1868

Furman was admonished to abandon the institution.

His reply was:

"I will nail my colors to the

mast of the old ship, and if she

goes down I will go with her."

Courtesy ...

Jonathan Child House

Jonathan and Emily Child owned the house that once stood on this foundation. Along with partner John McCreight, Child bought Virginius Island from Abraham Herr after the Civil War and moved here with his family in 1867. Three years later, ...

Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals

In 1891, G.W. Goethals, in his role as supervisor of public works on the Tennessee River, reported directly to the Secretary of War. Later, he was Chief Engineer for the construction of the Panamal Canal.

Inducted 2007

City of Florence

Walk of ...

The Petition of John Ewart

The Petition of John Ewart of the Town of York:

Humbly Shewith:

That while your Petitioner was performing his contract for building the Court House and Gaol in the town of London, in the London District, he was located by Colonel Talbot ...

John Day

John Day, a free African American cabinetmaker and brother of Thomas Day, cabinetmaker and builder, was born in Hicksford (present-day Emporia) on 18 Feb. 1797. Licensed in 1821 as a Baptist minister, he sailed in December 1830 to Liberia, where ...

Dr. Benjamin F. Pendery

BORN August 11, 1846

DIED April 26, 1905

This monument is dedicated to

Dr. Pendery, his family, and all the

men and women of medicine who were

moved here from the New Helvetia

Cemetery in 1955 – 1956.

Erected June 12, 1999 by the

Sacramento-El Dorado Medical ...

Johnson's Brigade

Cheatham's Division - Polk's Corps

C.S.

Johnson's (1st) Brigade,

Walker's 2d Tenn., 15th Tenn., Blythe's Miss., 154th Tenn., One Gun of Polk's Tenn. Battery,

Cheatham's (2d) Div., Polk's Corps,

Army of the Mississippi.

This brigade, reduced to less than 1000 ...

James W. Hunter House, 1894

James Wilson Hunter (1850-1931) was a prominent Norfolk merchant, banker and civic leader. In 1894 he commissioned Boston architect W.P. Wentworth to design and build this impressive town home for his family on West Freemason Street. The design represents the ...

James Buchanan Duke Library

Erected 1956 Renovated 2004

In Memory of

James Buchanan Duke

1856-1925

Philanthropist, Master Builder, Creator of the Duke Endowment, and Benefactor of Humankind

This library is named in honor of Mr. Duke in grateful recognition of his generous support of Furman University.

"Education, When Conducted Along ...

Benjamin D. Tillar, Jr.

Benjamin Donaldson Tillar, Jr. (1853-1887), a Greensville County native, president of the Atlantic and Danville Railroad, and member of the House of Delegates, is known as "the man who named Emporia." Two villages, Hicksford and Belfield, merged in 1887 to ...