Elvis Presley's Childhood Church

Attend a Pentecostal church service where Elvis first fell in love with gospel music.

Elvis Presley Birthplace presents a unique experience in the First Assembly of God Church where Elvis and his family regularly attended service. This structure was originally one ...

The Opera House

This building was erected by the

Town of Newberry, and dedicated

in February of 1882. An outstanding

example of Victorian civic architecture

of eclectic design, it was placed on

the National Register of Historic

Places in 1969. Now housing city

offices, the Opera House was ...

A Pathway through the Past

The trail you are standing on is surrounded by clues to this area's history. Some clues are clearly visible. Others are in the ground where you cannot see them. Archaeologists and historians study all these clues along with written records ...

Cape Charles

The Town of Cape Charles was founded in 1884 by Alexander Cassatt and William L. Scott as the southern terminusof the New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad. The extension of tracks south from Maryland to Cape Charles opened the Northeastern ...

Warren Family Mortuary Chapel: 1861

Henry Dudley, Architect

Belltower Addition: 1883

Recorded in 1967 by

Historical American Building Survey

"An Historic Structure Having

Exceptional Historical and

Architectural Interest"

Marker can be reached from Oakwood Avenue (New York Route 40).

Courtesy hmdb.org

Hampton Colored School

Constructed for black students,this

elementary school was built shortly

after Hampton County School District

purchased the land in the late 1920s.

Two of the school's alumni of the 1930's

and 1940s, brothers James F. and

Julius C. Fields achieved national

stature as actors, dancers, and

choreographers ...

Capt. Curtis Blakeman and the Marine Settlement

In memory of

Capt. Curtis Blakeman

and the

Marine Settlement

Just north of here, in 1819, a group of sea captains,

Blakeman, Allen, Breath, Deselherst, and Mead

from Connecticut, arrived and built log cabins,

naming the settlement Marine.

Captain Curtis Blakeman,

our great, great, great grandfather,

built an ox driven ...

Chapel of Ease

To St. Helena's Church, Beaufort, S.C. Built about 1740. Made a separate church after the revolution. Burned by forest fire Feb. 22, 1886.

Marker is on Lands End Road (South Carolina Route 45), on the left when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Southern Branch Chapel / Battle of Great Bridge / Wilson Family

Site of

Southern Branch Chapel

A Chapel of ease of the Anglican Church

for the

Elizabeth River Parish 1701 - 1761

St. Brides Parish 1761 - 1845

Encampment area for American Patriots

Battle of Great Bridge

December 1775

First land battle for the American Revolution fought in Virginia

Residence of ...

Chapultepec Avenue

Named in honor of the officers and men of the Third Cavalry who captured the Castle of Chapultepec, Mexico, 1847

"Brave Rifles - Veterans" - Winfield Scott, General, U.S. Army

Placed here by the officers and men of the Third Armored Cavalry ...