National Historic Landmark-Montgomery Bell Tunnel

National Historical Landmark- Montgomery Bell Tunnel

By tunneling through a 290-foot deep limestone ridge, Montgomery Bell created the first known water diversion tunnel in the United States; in fact, this is the oldest known full-size tunnel of any kind in ...

National Historic Landmark - Cedar Creek Battlefield & Belle Grove Plantation

General Philip Sheridan defeated Confederate General Jubal Early at Cedar Creek on October 19, 1864, climaxing the struggle for the Shenandoah Valley. Belle Grove, built by James Madison's brother-in-law Isaac Hite, Jr. between 1794-1797 as the center of his 7.500 ...

National Historic Landmark - Campbell Mansion

From 1811 until his death, this was the home of Alexander Campbell (1788-1866), founder of Bethany College, and the leading influence in America's largest indigenous religious movement. Campbell, called the "Sage of Bethany," was an educational pioneer, renowned debater, political ...

Ballard Avenue Historic District / Ballard City Hall Bell

Multiple markers on and near the Ballard Centennial Bell identify the Ballard Avenue Historic District.

Marker 1:

Be it remembered that at this place on the eleventh day of April, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy Six, the Ballard Avenue Landmark District ...

Historic Bell

Erected on this site by the Dale County Commission, this bell is made of brass and hung in the clock tower of the courthouse from its completion in 1902 until it was torn down in 1968. The bell was made ...

Historic Bell From St. Dominic's Church at Iowa Hill

Bell was originally erected

there in 1860. It was place

here in October 1988.

Marker is on Oak Street near Auburn Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Historic Campbell School

(Front):

After the Civil War, Barbour County residents built this one-room school house near Volga, 8 miles SW. As one of the county's first free schools, it was the center of education for hundreds of children, providing instruction for primary through ...