Dairy Barn

This dairy barn hails from the legendary Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Built in 1900 in the town of Edinburg, it now sits at Market Station. The barn symbolizes the dairy farming that blossomed in the region, providing both county and ...

Norman-Harding Barn

(The "Wharf")

"The Wharf" refers not only to the entire two-block area, but also to the Norman-Harding Barn, itself the original "Wharf." This building is on its original site.

Since its construction around 1890, the two-story barn served as a storage warehouse ...

Site of Strongs Neck Bridge

Built in 1879 by

George E. Hand.

Included wharf where

coal for rubber factory

was unloaded from

schooners.

Demolished c. 1937

Marker is on Strongs Neck Road/Dyke Road, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Military Stables and Barracks

This long building was used as military stables during the Revolution. On opposite side of street, stood the Barracks where British and Hessians were imprisoned during that period.

Marker is on N. Duke Street, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy ...

Abraham Lincoln's Visit to Steubenville

Abraham Lincoln and his family stopped in Steubenville on February 14, 1861 on their way to Lincoln's presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. Traveling by train, once in Steubenville he departed the depot to address a large crowd of Ohioans and ...

"The Lake So Blue"

Lift Every Voice

The body of water that inspired the line in Howard University’s alma mater, “far above the lake so blue stands old Howard firm and true,” is McMillan Reservoir, which opened in 1902 to supply water to the ...

Hebron House and Print Shop

11 Wood Lane

For over fifty years, Celestine and Jesse Hebron operated one of the most successful printing businesses in the county in this handcrafted building.

Jesse Hebron started his printing business on Falls Road in 1932. After serving in World War ...

James Buchanan

Born April 23, 1791.Passed his schoolboy days in Mercersburg, became a lawyer, member of the legislature and of Congress, Minister to Russia, member of the United States Senate, Secretary of State, Minister to Great Britian and fifteenth President of the ...

New Bern Academy

From School to Hospital

In 1861, Confederate authorities converted the New Bern Academy from a school to a hospital. The U.S. Army commandeered the structure to care for the wounded almost immediately after defeating Confederate forces in the Battle of New ...

Founded 1791 Boehms Chapel

Boehm's Chapel is the fourth oldest existing structure built for Methodist worship in America. It was erected on land donated by the Rev. Martin Boehm, an itinerant preacher and co-founder with the Rev. Phillip W. Otterbein of the United Brethren ...