Jackson at Harpers Ferry

The Stonewall Brigade

As you explore Jefferson County’s Civil War sites, you will learn about some of the notable exploits on the native soil of Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, one of the wars most famous figures. Jackson was born in Clarksburg, ...

Fort Jackson Elementary School / Hood Street Elementary School

Fort Jackson Elementary School

Fort Jackson Elementary School was one of the first public schools in S.C. to desegregate when classes began on

September 3, 1963. The first school on post and one of the first permanent buildings at Fort Jackson, it ...

The Fame of Stonewall Jackson

Field Marshal the Right Honorable Viscount Wolseley, K.P., G.C.B., G.M., G.C.M.G.

British soldier of the highest rank,

says:

“The fame of Stonewall Jackson is no longer the exclusive property of Virginia and the South; it has become the birthright of every man ...

Stonewall Jackson Birthplace

Orgins of a Confederate Hero

The house in which Thomas J. Jackson was born on January 21, 1824, stood across the street and halfway down the block to your right. (marked with a bronze plaque). His father struggled to make ends ...

Lee-Jackson House

Here lived

Margaret Junkin Preston

1848 – 1857

Poetess of the Confederacy

Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson

1853 – 1857

Robert E. Lee

1865 – 1869

Placed by

The Rockbridge Historical Society

1957

Marker is on W Washington Street, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Jackson’s Classroom

This second story room

and those immediately to the right and left of this plaque

composed the classroom used by

Major Thomas Jonathan Jackson

when he served as

Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy

at the

Virginia Military Institute

1851 – 1861

Marker is on Letcher Avenue, on the ...

Jacksonville Jewish Center (Conservative)

Roy Benjamin designed this building in 1927 for the Jacksonville Jewish Center, founded in 1901 as the B'nai Israel Orthodox Congregation. The congregation wanted the building to be both a house of prayer and a social center. A synagogue was ...

Cohen Brothers Store, St. James Building (Jacksonville City Hall)

Cohen Brothers Store, St. James Building (Jacksonville City Hall)

Occupying the entire block, the St. James Building has been a Jacksonville landmark since its completion in 1912. The Cohen brothers, who commissioned the construction of the building, hired renowned Jacksonville architect ...

Andrew Jackson Poppleton

(1830 - 1896)

Andrew was born on July 25, 1830, in Oakland County, Michigan, one of seven children, and was reared on a farm. His father, William, had served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Andrew attended the University ...

Jacksonville's 1901 Fire

"The Great Fire"

On May 3, 1901 at 12:30 p.m., a fire began at the Cleaveland Fibre Factory, ten blocks northwest of this site. Chimney embers ignited sun-dried moss to be used as mattress stuffing. Fueled by wind and dry weather, ...