The Benjamin Rodman House

Wealth with a Conscience

Early whaling merchants lived in elegant houses along this street. But by the time Benjamin Rodman built this Federal style home in 1821, many of his wealthy friends were moving uphill away from this shoreside neighborhood.

Though born ...

General James Mitchell Varnum Home

General James Mitchell Varnum Brigadier General of the Continental Army was instrumental in creating the Rhode Island Black Regiment which provided the first genuine route to freedom for Afro-American people in Rhode Island

Marker can be reached from the intersection of ...

Charles James

Fashion Walk of Fame

This Anglo-American couturier is widely regarded as one of the greatest fashion designers in history. Having begun his career as a milliner in the 1920s, James later incorporated the sculptural techniques of hat making into his ...

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

Three miles west is the central unit of the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site which includes the 17th president’s small tailor shop, the home in which he lived from 1838 to 1851, a museum, and administrative offices. Other units are ...

The Women’s Jail, 1872-1888

After the U.S. Army closed Fort Smith in 1871, the guardhouse served the Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas. It remained in use as a jail, detaining primarily women suspected or convicted of federal crimes until 1888. At ...

John Irwin House

Built 1836 by John Irwin, Nephew of Col. John Irwin, this brick structure served as an inn for stagecoach passengers on the GBG.-PGH. Pike at Tinker Run. In 1851 John Irwin laid out the original plan of lots for the ...

Joseph Morgan

Revolutionary War captain, first settler in Chili in 1792. Supplied seed grain to whole region and set out one of first orchards.

Marker is on Scottsville Road (New York Route 383) just north of Jarrett Road, on the right when ...

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, ...

Sgt. John F. Conner, Sr.

In Memory of Sgt. John F. Conner, Sr.

Who gave his life in line of duty.

“Greater love hath no man than this that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

St. John 15:13

Marker is on North 2nd Street (Business ...

Quarters of Major General William Alexander

Lord Sterling

Quarters of

Maj. Gen. William Alexander

Lord Sterling

Continental Army

During the Valley Forge

Encampment

December 19, 1777 – June 19, 1778

Maj. James Monroe

Fifth President of the United States

Also quartered here

as Aide-De-Camp to Stirling