The Bentley House and Judd Store

The house behind the store was built in 1876 by William Oscar Bentley. It was sold in the early 1900's to Thomas Judd, who attached a mercantile to the dining room. The Judd family owned and operated the store from ...

The Judd House

Joseph Judd, son of Thomas Judd, who built the store east of here, built this home in 1917. His family lived in the house until 1974. Joseph and his son Thomas operated the Judd Store while they lived here, and ...

John Crowe Ransom

A noted poet, editor, and educator, John Crowe Ransom (1888-1974) was one of a group of southern agrarian poets known as the Fugitives. Ransom's first teaching position at age 17, was at Taylorsville High School (1905-1906). He later became a ...

Alfred Johnson and John B. Morin

Erected in Honor of

Alfred Johnson, U.S.N.

and

John B. Morin, U.S.M.C.

The first from Attleboro

to die in action

World War II

November 15, 1942

In the South Pacific area

December 15, 1942

On Guadalcanal Island

Dedicated to their memory by their fellow citizens

November 7th 1943

Marker is at ...

The Jail House

The jail is a small one room building constructed from black lava rock gathered in the nearby foothills. The exact date of construction is not known, however, it is assumed to be built by Sheriff Hardy around 1880. Though used ...

Gen. John Echols House

Confederate General from Union

This is the home of John Echols, lawyer and general in the Confederate army. A graduate of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia, he also attended the Virginia Military Institute and Harvard University.

After John Brown’s failed Harpers ...

General John Echols

Gen. Echols was born March 20, 1823 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He entered the Confederate Army from his home in Union. With rank of Lieut. Col., Echols commanded the 27th Virginia Brigade. Staunton Infantry, at Manassas and was severely wounded at ...

Frank W. Barker, George J. Kennedy, Walter James, Earnest R. Tip

Members of the

Civilian Conservation Corps

Company 1212

Paradise Camp F-5

who gave their lives for the conservation

of Nevada's Natural Resources, while fighting fire

about three miles east

of this point on July 28, 1939.

Marker is on U.S. 95 0.6 miles north of Buffalo Hetrick ...

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 Jones Adobe Home

Dedicated to memory of

Clarence Amos Jones & Madaline Empey Jones.

Donated by their children Boyd Grant Jones and Sylvia Jones Chamberlain,

Wayne Hyrum Jones

to the Washington County Historical Society.

This one room home, with a partition, was moved from 306 West 300 North ...