Columbus Depot

Since 1918, this installation, currently known as the Defense Supply Center, Columbus, has served the federal government as a procurement and distribution point for military supplies and equipment. Originally named the Columbus Quartermaster Reserve Depot, this location was chosen because ...

Roebling Auditorium

Built in 1915, entertainment in

the auditorium included

vaudeville shows, minstrels,

boxing matches and movies.

It was one of the first

centrally air-conditioned

building in the United States.

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and 7th Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Main ...

Burchett Douglass

1793-1849

Born Oct. 6, 1793, in Sumner Co. Tenn. Married 1819 to Martha McGee, seven children. Private, War of 1812, enlisted Jan 28, 1814 in Capt. Allen Wilkinson's Company, discharged April 2, 1814. Established Bank of Fayette Co., president until death. ...

Architect Cass Gilbert

One of America's leading architects of the early 20th century, Cass Gilbert (1859-1934), was born in a home that stood at this site. After studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Gilbert apprenticed with prominent architectural firm McKim, Mead, and ...

Birthplace of Thomas A. Hendricks

Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks was born at this site on September 7, 1819. While still a baby, Thomas' family moved to Indiana and he grew up and rose to prominence in the Hoosier State. Hendricks served consecutively in the ...

1831 Talbotton United Methodist Church

As Methodism moved across Georgia, in 1830 Jesse Sinclair and Henry W. Hilliard were sent by the South Carolina Methodist Conference to the Flint River Mission of which Talbot Co. was a part. In 1831 this circuit became a part ...

Charles Henry Burchard

(1915-1990)

Dean, Architecture and Urban Studies

1965-1979

University Distinguished Professor 1966-1979

Dean Emeritus 1979-1990

An innovative thinker, Charles H. Burchard organized Virginia Tech's College of Architecture and Urban Studies, creating a program that shaped architectural education nationwide. His influential work and leadership of the Association ...

Battle of Scary

Erected by the

United Daughters

of Confederacy

St. Albans Chapter

Marking the

Battle of Scary

July 17, 1861

Marker is on Winfield Road (U.S. 35) ½ mile south of Interstate 64, on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Historic Lockbourne

(Side A):

Anticipating a boom in canal commerce, Colonel James Kilbourne (1770-1850) platted Lockbourne in 1831 at the junction of the Ohio-Erie Canal and the Columbus Feeder, which was completed the same year. Lockbourne derives its name from the numerous canal ...

Becker Hall

Constructed in 1937, the Florence H. Becker Recreation Hall was named in honor of Florence Hague Becker, President General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution from 1935 to 1938. The vertically placed pine logs used in the ...