James Kilbourne / Worthington Hotel

James Kilbourne

1770 - 1850

Founder of Worthington, 1803

Surveyor, Deacon, Innkeeper,

Publisher, Mayor, Legislator,

Militiaman, Manufacturer,

Educator and Explorer.

Married Lucy Fitch, then

Cynthia Goodale Barnes.

Fathered twelve children.

“Admired by all...with a

genial smile and a courtly

bow for everyone he met.”

Worthington Hotel

Sign of the Sun

Public Entertainment

“To friends both old ...

Baron von Steuben Memorial

[north face :]

Erected by the Congress

of the United States to

Frederick William Aug-

ustus Henry Ferdinand

Baron von Steuben

in grateful recognition of his

services to the American people

in their struggle for liberty.

Born in Prussia

Historic Antioch Baptist Church

Among the oldest churches in Culpeper, Antioch Baptist Church originated in the 1850's. Separated from the Mount Pony Baptist Church, Antioch was first called "The African Church," organized in 1859. The first congregation, also referred to as free worshippers, met ...

General Telephone Building

This structure was built c. 1934 by the California Water & Telephone Company as a business office and switching center. It was purchased by General Telephone in 1967 and continued as a switching center until 1984. The structure is constructed ...

Grant's Cabin

From November 1864 through March 1865, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant lived in this modest cabin. From here he directed Union armies in the climactic final campaigns of the war and hosted some of the notable figures of the era: ...

Beaver Dick's Ferry

In 1863 and 1864, overland packers hauling supplies from Salt Lake City to Idaho City crossed here and took a direct route northward to More's Creek.

They cut a steep grade from the Oregon Trail down to Beaver Dick's Ferry, which ...

The Cork'n Bottle Building

Built 1935-36

A rare example of a Depression Era Art Modern style building in Palm Springs. The double and triple bands of horizontal 'streamline' moldings, flat unembellished blocky wall surfaces, and symmetrical façade are characteristics of the Art Modern style.

Originally Simpson’s ...

Headquarters of Colonel Johann Gottlieb Rall

On this site stood the dwelling which was the headquarters of Colonel Johann Gottlieb Rall, Hessian Commander mortally wounded in the Battle of Trenton December 26, 1776 in which house he died the following day.

The dwelling was from November 30, ...

A.P. Hill's Boyhood Home

Ambrose Powell Hill, who went by the name Powell, son of a prominent Culpeper planter and merchant, lived in this house from age 4 until he entered West Point at age 16. Named for an uncle and small in stature, ...

San Gabriel

On the Camino Real

Governor Juan de Oñate set up his headquarters in San Juan Pueblo in 1598, but by 1601 he had moved the Spanish capital across the Rio Grande to Yuque-Yunque Pueblo. Named San Gabriel, it served as the ...