The Old Main Watch

Ehem. Hauptwache

[Marker text in German:]

1774 unter Fürstbischof

Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim

nach Plänen von J.E. Roppelt erbaut

militärische Embleme von

Johann Bernhard Kamm

Repräsentationsgebäude der fürstbischöfliche Infantrie

[Marker text translated into English, more or less:]

Constructed in 1774 under Prince Bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim according to ...

Sudley Church

People were on their way to worship when thousands of Federal soldiers suddenly appeared marching south on Sudley Road. Within minutes the sound of gunfire came from the direction of Matthews Hill. As wounded men stumbled back behind the lines, ...

Sheffield World War I Monument

In Memory Of

The Citizens of Sheffield

Who So Loyally Served

In the World War

1917 - 1918

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 7) and Miller Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Cast Steel Bell

Cast Steel Bell

Sheffield, England, 1860

Made by the Naylor Vickers & Co. foundry using E. Riepe’s patent. This bell hung in the steeple of the Methodist Church on Main Street, Sheffield, MA (now a private home). Donated by Tom and Cynthia ...

Old Parish Church Clock

The Clock On This Church Was

Placed Here By The

G.A.R. and W.R.C.

Of This Country As A Memorial Of

George F. Root

Born In Shefffield, August 30 1820

Died August 6, 1895.

Musician – Patriot - Christian

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 7) ...

Augustine Tolton

Father Tolton, the first negro priest in the United States, was born of slave parents in Brush Creek, Missouri, in 1854. Educated at Quincy schools, he returned to this city after his ordination in Rome, Italy, in 1886. He celebrated ...

Search for Equality

"Who shall say, I am the superior, and you are the inferior?" asked Lincoln in July 1858. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates focused on slavery. During the October 13th Quincy debate Lincoln affirmed: "...in the right to eat the bread without leave ...

Carroll’s Methodist Church

< ---- 2 mi. ---- <<<

This church, instituted in 1797, was named for the Wm. Carroll family, among its first members. The present building, erected about 1835, was restored in 1951-52 under the leadership of Bishop John H. Baker. Rev. ...

Lincoln's Friend Johnston

Quincy lawyer and newspaper editor Andrew Johnston became acquainted with Abraham Lincoln in the Illinois Legislature when Lincoln served as representative and Johnson as assistant clerk. Like Lincoln, a Whig, Johnston was a law partner of Lincoln favorite Archibald Williams ...

Battle of Buckland Mills

On October 19, 1863, 12,000 Confederate and Union cavalry clashed at Buckland. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, screening the Confederate withdrawal following the Battle of Bristoe Station, blocked the advance of Union Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick's cavalry division. Initially occupying this position, ...