Columbia Bible College

Columbia Bible School classes began in 1923 in the towered building which once stood on this site (originally as Columbia Female College, later as the Colonia Hotel). Under the leadership of its first president, Robert C. McQuilkin, the school grew ...

Cemetery of the Columbia Hebrew Benevolent Society

In this cemetery, 2½ blocks south, on Gadsden Street, are buried many distinguished Jewish citizens, including two mayors of Columbia: Mordecai Hendricks DeLeon (1791-1849) and Henry Lyons (1805-1858). The Benevolent Society was organized in 1822: charted 1834.

Marker is at the ...

Site of Columbia High School

Described as "Collegiate Italian Renaissance" in style, this school was designed by J. Carroll Johnson, of Urquhart and Johnson, in Columbia. The cornerstone was laid in 1915 with Gov. Richard I. Manning as a featured speaker. Final classes were held ...

Site of Columbia Female Academy

Authorized by legislature 1792, the Columbia Female Academy was located here from about 1820 to 1883, when this property was leased to Columbia Public School Commissioners, two of whom still represent the Academy Board. The remodeled academy became the first ...

Entrance to Cemetery of the Columbia Hebrew Benevolent Society

The society has been in continuous existence since its organization in 1822. It was chartered 1834. Its charities are administered to the needs of the community without regard to creed or race.

Marker is on Gadsden Street, on the right when ...

Columbia Bible College, 1937-1960 / Westervelt Home, 1930 - 1937

(Front Text): Columbia Bible College

1937-1960

In 1937 Columbia Bible College (now Columbia International University) acquired the Ainsley Hall House, designed by Robert Mills. The students housed here were trained for Christian service around the world. in 1960 CBC moved to its ...

Old Columbia Academy

Early Dutch School

Incorporated March 13, 1797

Became Kinderhook Academy

April 3, 1824

Marker is on Albany Avenue (County Route 21), on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Columbia Baptist Church

In 1859, the church trustees bought this ½ acre (part of 1729 248-acre Trammell Grant) for $100. The 2-story clapboard over timber church served as a Union hospital and appears in Matthew Brady photos. Pastor John Read was shot by ...

Forest Industry in British Columbia

L’Industrie Forestiere en Colombie-Britannique

Harvesting of the forest has long been an important aspect of life on the Pacific Coast. The native people were the first to utilize this valuable resource in the construction of dwellings, canoes, and implements. In the ...

8-inch Columbiad

A part of the armament

historic Fort Marion

(Castillo de San Marcos)

before, during and after the

Civil War

Presented to

the City of St. Augustine

by the U.S. War Department

June 12, 1900

Marker is at the intersection of ...