William Roscoe Building - 1840

Since its construction, this has always been a retail building: at one time a grocery store and once a mortuary. The upper floors contain private apartments.

The building is named after William Roscoe, an English poet and abolitionist.

Marker is at the ...

Athletic Programs at Dorchester Academy 1926-1940

Dorchester Academy

Founding the athletic programs was considered one of Principal Elizabeth Moore's greatest achievements. School teams came to be known as the Dorchester Academy Tigers and Tigerettes, with "Shag" the tiger as their mascot. Dorchester Academy participated in it's first ...

Civil Liberties at Dorchester Cooperative Center 1940 - present

Dorchester Academy

In an effort to involve Liberty County African Americans in politics, the Dorchester Cooperative Center (DCC) began to help organize

African American Voters. The DCC taught local African Americans the United States and Georgia constitutions, followed the activities of state ...

Jonathan Jasper Wright (1840-1885)

Jurist, educator, politician. The son of runaway slaves, Wright became the first black lawyer in Pennsylvania. He supported Frederick Douglass in advocating suffrage and legal equality for blacks. During Reconstruction in 1870, he was appointed South Carolina State Supreme Court ...

Edgewood Lake (Drained 1940's) Birmingham Motor & Country Club /

(Demolished 1930's)

The developers of the Town of Edgewood, Stephen Smith and Troupe Brazelton, built the beautiful 117.4 acre lake and clubhouse in 1913-15. Amenities included a swimming pool, dance pavilion, fishing, boating and parking for hundreds of automobiles.

Similar ...

1740 Siege

In 1740, General James Oglethorpe of Georgia, vowed to "take St. Augustine or leave my bones before its walls." The Spanish Governor Manuel de Montiano vowed in turn to "shed his last drop of blood" in defense of the town. ...

VFW Post 3405 Vietnam Memorial

In gratitude to those people

of southern Lehigh area

who have served in Viet Nam

Courtesy hmdb.org

VFW Post 3405 Veterans Memorial

In honor of the men and women

from southern Lehigh who served

in the Armed Forces of the

United States of America

from 1775 to the present

Courtesy hmdb.org

40-46 Church Street

1925

Collegiate Gothic Style

Architect: Holmes & Von Schmid

A handsome red brick commercial building with concrete round arched entrances and leaded glass windows. The building is topped by a balustrade and has a 2-story octagonal turret to the west.

Marker is on Church ...

Jacob Welsh House - c.1840

This house, built by 1840, was the home of Jacob Welsh. Welsh is on record as having been a toll collector from 1836-1837.

Being a favorite of Mrs. Frances Montgomery, one of the founders of the restoration project, this was the ...