Copper Beech

Fagus sylvatica

This copper beech, also called a purple beech, was planted by the Roosevelt family about 1895. Its leaves go through several color changes as the season progresses; they appear each Spring as a light copper color, turning purple by ...

John B. Gordon Hall

This old academy, built in 1836, was in the line of fire during the Battle of Lafayette in the War Between the States. General Braxton Bragg (CS) who had his headquarters in LaFayette, planned the Battle of Chickamauga under an ...

Tetzlaff Building

This Victorian-Romanesque style building, designed as a saloon and bordello was built in 1897 by German tailor August Tetzlaff. Offering female company in eight cribs and an elegant parlor, it also boasted a two-story outhouse. Whiskey, pool tables and poker ...

1918 Diamond Jubilee 1993 Camp Benning / Fort Benning

Side 1:

In October 1918, the Infantry School of Arms was established on 80 acres of land near here. Camp Benning, later Fort Benning, was named in honor of Confederate Infantry General Lewis Benning, a Columbus resident. The camp’s first commander ...

Birthplace of Elvis Presley

Elvis Aaron Presley was born Jan. 8, 1935, in this house built by his father. Presley's career as a singer and entertainer redefined American popular music. He died on Aug. 16, 1977, at Memphis, Tennessee.

Marker is on Elvis Presley Drive, ...

Berkeley County

This county was designated a court and land conveyance district in 1682, and an election district in 1683. It was named for two brothers, Lord John and Sir William Berkeley, both Lord Proprietors of Carolina. Over the years, functions of ...

Stable and Grooms’ Quarters

In 1901 the building that stood here (later destroyed by fire in 1944) housed the family’s five riding horses. Each stall had the horse’s name above it. Work horses were kept farther away at the barn. The grooms lived here ...

Kelsey Building

(On the right side of front door)

This building was erected by

Henry Cooper Kelsey

as a tribute

to the memory of his wife

Prudence Townsend Kelsey

and for the use of

the students of arts and crafts

of the City of Trenton

A.D. 1910

((On the left side of ...

Residence of John A. Roebling

A Bicentennial commemorative site

recognizing America’s

200th year of liberty

Residence, built in 1855,

of John A. Roebling

American developer of wire rope and the suspension bridge. Occupied by his family until after his death in 1869. Thereafter company offices until acquired by the county. ...

Adriaen Block

Adriaen Block

A short distance from

where you are standing,

in 1614

Adriaen Block, captain of the ship Restless

sails up a river from the Atlantic Ocean

which native peoples of the region have named

"Quinnehtukqut", meaning the Great Tidal River,

and Block names "DeVersche, " Freshwater River.

His ...