Wilkes-Barre

Laid out 1770 by a group of Connecticut settlers, on land claimed by that state. Seat of "County of Westmoreland," erected 1776. Near here took place the Wyoming Massacre, 1778, and the "Pennamite Wars" of 1769-72 and 1784.

Marker is on ...

Henry L. Scarborough House

The Henry Lee Scarborough House was built 1908-09 by Scarborough (1866-1929), a leading Sumter County farmer, businessman, and public servant serving as county treasurer (1894-1902), commissioner of public works for six years and clerk of court (1912-1929). This house, an ...

Elizabeth White House

The Elizabeth White House, built about 1854, was for many years the home of Miss White (1893-1976), a Sumter native who was an internationally-acclaimed artist and lifelong patron of the arts. White, who studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine ...

Goshen Substation

South Alabama Electric Cooperative’s Goshen Substation provided the first electric energy to rural Pike County. The station was energized at 11:26 A.M. on April 4, 1938. The first 86 miles of electric lines served 170 members.

The cooperative was established on ...

Elam Primitive Baptist Church

Constituted March 7, 1830 (about two miles NE of this site) with eight charter members including Elijah Wyatt the first pastor. In 1850’s church moved to this location on land given by Deacon James Folmar. Present building erected 1906.

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First School Building

Site of

First School Building

in Findlay 1827

[Dedicated June 1937]

Marker is on East Street, on the right when traveling south.

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The "Swamp Rabbit" Railroad

For 100 years the "Swamp Rabbit" railroad crossed the Reedy River at this site. The train trestle was demolished in 1990, leaving the old concrete piers which now form an integral part of this dam.

Primarily a carrier of freight, the ...

Outstanding Renovated Building, 1980 - 1986

This building selected as

an outstanding renovated

building in the downtown area

1980 - 1986

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Ohio Route 12) and Main Cross Street (Ohio Route 12), on the right when traveling south on Main Street.

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Outstanding New Building, 1978 - 1979

This building selected as

an outstanding new building

in the downtown area

1978 - 1979

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Ohio Route 12) and Main Cross Street (Ohio Route 12), on the left when traveling south on Main Street.

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Old Dominion Building

William Lawrence Bottomley (1883-1951), the well-known architect who planned a number of sophisticated Colonial Revival houses for wealthy Richmond-area clients, also designed this large utilitarian structure. In 1946, Atlantic Rural Exposition, Inc., had it built for the State Fair of ...