Lawrenceburgh

First in New Modes of Transportation

1802

Lawrenceburgh

First in New Modes of

Transportation

1802 - - Village of Lawrenceburgh founded in the Wilderness by Capt. Samuel C. Vance

Commerce and travel are via the Ohio River. Pioneers

constructed flatboats to ...

The Whitelaw Hotel and “the Duke”

City Within a City

They found a lobby with fine rugs and potted palms, a richly decorated dining room, comfortable rooms, and convenience shops on the first floor.

The Whitelaw was the creation of African America business entrepreneur John Whitelaw ...

Lawne’s Creek Church

Approximately six miles to the north, near Hog Island Creek, is the site of Lawne’s Creek Church. Authorized in 1629 as a “chapel of ease” for the settlers in the area by the Council and General Court of Colonial Virginia, ...

Woodlawn

Originally part of the Mount Vernon estate, Woodlawn was built in 1800-1805. George Washington gave the plantation, as a wedding gift to Eleanor Parke "Nelly" Custis and her husband, Lawrence Lewis, respectively Martha Washington's granddaughter and George Washington's nephew. The ...

Frederick Law Olmstead

Frederick Law Olmstead 1822 – 1903

Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead, the nineteenth century visionary who founded the profession of landscape architecture, is responsible for the overall design of Walnut Hill Park. Influenced by the parks of Europe and his native ...

Henry Lawson Wyatt

Private in

Bethel Regiment

North Carolina Volunteers

Killed at Bethel Church

June 10, 1861

First Confederate soldier

to fall in battle in the

War Between the States.

(back of marker)

Wyatt's Comrades

In dash to burn the house

George T. Williams

John H. Thorpe

Robert H. Ricks

Robert H. Bradley

Thomas Fallon

Erected by the North ...

Lawrence Veterans' Memorial

main marker

For God And Country

Dedicated to those War Veterans that never returned

Picture of American Flag on a flagpole

The Five Seals of the Armed Forces of the United States

Marker is on 15th Street 0.2 miles ...

Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws' Command

C. S. A.

Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws' Command

(September 12-13, 1862)

McLaws’ Command consisted of Kershaw’s, Barksdale’s, Semmes’ and Cobb’s Brigades of his own Division and R. H. Anderson’s Division of six Brigades-Wilcox’s, Mahone’s, Featherston’s, Armistead’s, Wright’s and Pryor’s. On the morning ...

The Lawrence and Niagara

Flagships of Commodore Perry

The Lawrence and Niagara, Flagships of

Commodore Perry,

in the Battle of Lake Erie, Sep. 10, 1813, were built on the bay front, 100 yards north of this spot, early in the same year.

Marker is at the intersection ...

Anderson County Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

A memorial to the Memory of the law enforcement officers of Anderson County South Carolina who gave their lives in the line of duty. Their valor and sacrifice will be long remembered.

William Gibson Anderson Police Dept. 1924

James Wilson Sheriff Dept. ...