U.S. Post Office and Courthouse

Entered on the National Register of

Historic Places

August 13, 1974

U.S. Post Office and Courthouse

Charleston, South Carolina

John H. Devereux

Architect 1896

This property significantly contributes to the nation's cultural heritage

Commemorated June 1976

Gerald R. Ford

President ...

Silk Worn and Silk Spun

England – and Jamestown – imported silk from the Mediterranean and the Orient. In 1619 the Colony Secretary bragged that the cow keeper and the collier’s wife had suits of “fresh flaming silk.”

Spinning fibers from the silkworm cocoon was a ...

Cast Iron Gun

32 pound, rifled

a part of the armament of

historic Fort Marion

(Castillo de San Marcos)

before, during and after the

Civil War

presented to

the city of St. Augustine

by the U.S. War Department,

June 12, 1900.

Marker is ...

Caspar Wistar

One Red Rose

is annually paid by

Trinity Reformed Church

to the heirs of

Caspar Wistar

of Philadelphia who in 1738

gave 100 acres of land

for church and school purposes

The congregation was formed

by Reformed families

among the Tulpehocken settlers

The first communion service

was conducted by

Reverend John Philip Boehm

October ...

Original Cobblestone

In front of you lies a remnant of a cobblestone street (also called "pebblestone")constructed about 1800.

Although William Penn, founder of Philadelphia carefully planned the placement of city streets as early as 1681, it was not until 1762 that the ...

Rose Garden

Thomas Jefferson wrote that of all the countries in the world, America was where "the noblest gardens may be made without expense..."

To commemorate the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the U. S. Constitution, the Daughters of the ...

Site of Mount Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cemetery

Post Marker:

Known as

Old Swack Church

Erected 1844

Builder Jacob Swackhammer

In use until 1896

Small marker on concrete post:

Mount Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church

(Commonly known as the Swack Church)

Built in 1844 - In use until about 1900

Plaque prepared by

Watchung Area Council, B. S. A.

Marker is ...

David Ramsay House

c. 1740

Notable for its fine Georgian

paneling, this was home and

office to Dr. David Ramsay,

the distinguished patriot,

Revolutionary Historian and

physician. Dr. Ramsay

introduced the Small Pox

vaccine to Charleston

and helped found the

Medical Society of ...

Owen Wister

(1860 – 1938)

Author of “The Virginian” (1902), which became the prototype for the Western novel. This work defined the cowboy as folk hero & coined the phrase, “When you call me that, smile!” Born here, Wister was a lifelong ...

St. Thomas' African Episcopal Church

Organized in 1792 as an outgrowth of the Free African Society, formed 1787. The original church edifice stood here. Under the ministry of the Rev. Absalom Jones (1746-1818), a former slave, this became the nation's first Black Episcopal church.

Marker ...