Fort Street Cemetery

Historical Site

Land donated by Daniel Nelson

founder of Nelsonville

for a public burial ground

Earliest known interment was

Feb. 9, 1835 for Ruth Bason Bellows

followed by Daniel Nelson May 27, 1835

Last known burial was in 1953

Marker is on Fort Street ½ mile south ...

Deep Run School

This two-room schoolhouse opened in 1902. Its predecessor, Stand Spring School, had been destroyed by fire the previous year. The school was in use until 1911 offering seven grades of instruction. Wood stoves provided heat for the structure, and the ...

Jekyll Island Club Wharf

Here anchored the most luxurious pleasure craft in the world during the existence of the Jekyll Island Club, 1886-1942.

No other yacht was comparable to John Pierpont Morgan's several Corsairs. Corsair II, too large to dock, anchored in the channel. Morgan ...

Unknown Soldier Monument

In Memorial

to all Unknown Dead

in all Wars

Known Only to God

Marker is on Fort Street ½ mile from Clinton Street, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

In Memory of Benjamin R. Hanby

In memory of Benjamin R. Hanby (Otterbein College Class of 1858) whose Christmas song, “Up on the House Top” was first given to the world December, 1864.

Marker is on South Grove Street south of West College Avenue, on the left ...

Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion

Community efforts in the 1950s and 60s preserved this Gothic and Second Empire style house, one of the earliest recognized for its Victorian period architecture. The surrounding Tulpehocken Station historic district was among the nation’s first railroad suburbs.

Marker is ...

Saunders~ Hall~ Goode Mansion

This mansion, located about one mile east, was placed on the National Register of Historic places 1 Oct 1974. Built by Turner Saunders (1782-1853) on property purchased 9 April 1833, the house may have an earlier construction date.

Revolutionary War Veteran ...

County of Charleston Historic Courthouse

Originally built in 1753 as statehouse

of British Royal Government

Partially destroyed by fire in 1788

Rebuilt in 1792 with third floor addition

Restored to 1792 appearance

in 2001 by Charleston County

Marker is at the intersection of Broad ...

Corinth Confederate Memorial

In Memory of

Confederate

soldiers

April -May 1862

who died from

wounds or disease

in the Siege of Corinth

Marker is on South Cass Street south of Tate Street, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Virginia’s Vintage

The plentiful grape vines in the New World raised hopes of a profitable wine making industry. Native and imported varieties produced a drinkable vintage, but the wine often spoiled during shipment to England. The venture failed.

A local market did exist, ...