St. Clair Hospital

In 1911 local doctors founded the St. Clair Hospital. The home adjacent to the hospital served as a residence home and training school for nurses. In 1940, the hospital was converted into a convalescent home. In 1948, Mr. and Mrs. ...

Liberty County

Liberty County, an original county, was created by the Consitution of Feb. 5, 1777 from Creek Cession of May 20, 1733. It had been organized in 1758 as the Parishes of St. John, St. Andrew, and St. James, the theatre ...

Shiloh Baptist Church

The Shiloh Baptist Church was completed in 1923. Founded in 1869, Shiloh is the third oldest African-American church in Columbus and is a descendent of the Second Baptist Church. The church is located in the Mt. Vernon neighborhood, which is ...

Falling Creek Baptist Church

In 1788, Thomas Maxwell founded the Falling Creek Baptist Church. A Virginian, he was born September 8, 1742, and died December 12, 1837. Imprisoned a number of times for preaching the Baptist faith, he was able, once, to convert the ...

Revolutionary Soldiers Buried Here

To honor

the Revolutionary Soldiers buried here

Colonel Jacob Engle • Lieutenant Colonel Henry Irwin • Captain Jacob Turner • First Lieutenant Thomas Lucas • Frederick Axe • John Ax • Daniel Bowman • Peter Care • William Colladay • ...

Clark Mills Studio

Clark Mills Studio

has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935.

This site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating or illustrating

the history of the United States

U.S. ...

Mount Vernon Avenue

The commercial area of Mount Vernon Avenue originated in the early 1900s as a safe haven for African-American people segregated from the primarily white community of the time. Not permitted to enter many businesses in downtown Columbus during the 1940s, ...

Brigadier General James Screven

This Stone Marks The Spot Where Repose

The Remains Of

Brigadier General

James Screven

In recognition of whose life

and services

The Congress

of the

United States

has reared a monument in

this cemetery.

He was a gallant officer who though

but twenty eight years of age ...

Home of John G. Townsend, Jr.

Constructed in 1904, this was once the residence of John G. Townsend, Jr. (1871-1964), agricultural pioneer and statesman. His long and distinguished public career included service as Governor of Delaware (1917-21), United States Senator (1929-1941), and member of the delegation ...

Formerly Maryland Park

Maryland Park was opened in 1921. It served as the site of the annual Emancipation Day Celebration until 1933. The first Columbus public pool was constructed here in 1929 as the Center of Eastside Social and Recreation Activities. It was ...