The Lower Depot Neighborhood / The Frederick Brick Works

(North Facing Side): The Lower Depot Neighborhood

The railroad transformed 19th century America, facilitating long-distance travel and the efficient transfer of raw materials to factories and agricultural and manufactured goods to markets. For Frederick this transformation began in 1831 when the ...

Palisade Fort

1756-1763

The only French and Indian War Fort in the Southeast reconstructed on its original site. This five-sided palisade was built around the central part of the community for protection from Indian aggression. A second fort was located at the Mill ...

Home of Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney

Home of

Chief Justice

Roger Brooke Taney

and his wife

Anne Key

--

Erected by Frederick Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution

1938

Marker is on South Bentz Street (State Highway 355), on the right when traveling south.

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The Glory of Solidarity and Fraternity

In Sept. 1864, while Atlanta smoldered, the first use of military force to allay labor unrest in the West occurred when Governor J. W. Nye ordered 2 companies of Calvary from Fort Churchill to end a strike by The Story ...

General Federation of Women’s Clubs

The General Federation of Women’s Clubs is an international women’s organization dedicated to community improvement by enhancing the lives of other through volunteer service. Founded in 1890, it is one of the world’s largest and oldest nonpartisan, nondenominational women’s volunteer ...

SC Ordinance of Secession

Dedicated in reverence

and admiration for their

courage and integrity to

the five signers of the

Ordinance of Secession

from Greenville County,

December 20, 1860:

William Hans Campbell

1823-1901

Perry Emory Duncan

1800-1867

William King Easley

1825-1871

James Clement Furman

1809-1891

James Perry Harrison

1813-1871.

Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street and East Elford ...

Birthplace of William Tyler Page

Birthplace

William Tyler Page

Oct. 19, 1868

Author of

The American's Creed

Placed by Frederick, Chapter, D.A.R.

Marker is at the intersection of Record Street and Council Street, on the right when traveling south on Record Street.

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The 500 Volunteer Soldiers of the Mormon Battalion

1840 - 1848

In the midst of preparations for their exodus to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake, the Mormon pioneers were asked by the United States government to enlist a battalion of 500 volunteers for service in the war ...

The Congregation in Frederick

circa 1745 - Founded by German Reformed settlers led by schoolmaster John Thomas Schley, the Founder of Frederick City.

1934 - Became part of the The Evangelical and Reformed Church a Merger of the Evangelical Synod and German Reformed Church

1957 - ...

10-Inch Confederate Columbiad

Cast at the Tredegar Foundry in Richmond, this gun is an example of what the Confederacy was able to produce with limited resources. Although less refined than similar Union pieces, it helped meet the Southern demand for heavy caliber seacoast ...