Presbyterian Church

Organized under Louisville Presbytery, Synod of Kentucky, January 1819 by Rev. John Finley Crowe who later founded Hanover College. Early Church services were held in homes and in State Capitol prior to building first church 1826. Original church stood on ...

Rabun Gap – Nacoochee School

Andrew Jackson Ritchie, 1868 – 1948, Founder

One of Rabun County’s first college graduates, Andrew Jackson Ritchie received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Harvard University before returning to his native county to devote his life to the education of the ...

Peter Caesar Alberti

First Italian settler

landed in N.Y. June 2, 1635

Through the efforts of

John N. LaCorte founder of

the Italian Historical Society

of America

June 2, has been proclaimed

“Alberti Day”

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Rabun County

This County created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 21, 1819, is named for William Rabun, 11th Governor of Georgia who was elected in 1817 and died in 1819. Self-educated by reading he served as a member of the Legislature ...

Cumberland County Civil War Memorial

In honor of the soldiers of Cumberland County who fell in defense of the Union during the Great Rebellion.

This monument is created by those who revere Patriotism and wish to perpetuate the Memory of the Brave Men, who aided in ...

First State Office Building

Built 1817. Housed offices of State Treasurer and Auditor until Fall of 1824. The cellar was the Treasury vault. Building used by Harrison County Seminary, 1829-51. Since 1871, home of Amzi Brewster heirs.

Marker is at the intersection of North Mulberry ...

Watson Mill Bridge

Built by W.W. King in 1885, Watson Mill Bridge is Georgia’s longest existing covered bridge. Of the Town lattice type it has four spans and is 236 feet long.

Covered primarily to protect the structural timbers, the bridge served local traffic, ...

Place of the Poplar Boundary Tree

North Lat. 35 Deg. 30 Min.

on Southern Boundary Line of lands allotted to the earl of Granville, one of the lords proprietors, in 1743 by the British Crown.

The dividing line between Burke and Rutherford counties ran here until after 1792.

Beginning ...

Singer Building

Completed in 1928 for the Singer Company, this Spanish colonial revival style structure was designed by noted El Paso architect Henry Trost. For more than 50 years the ground floor served as Singer's Retail Store, while the second story was ...

Susquehanna River/Chesapeake Bay

This marker signifies the point where the beautiful

Susquehanna River completes its 444 mile journey

to meet the Chesapeake Bay

Presented to

City of Havre de Grace

by the

Susquehanna River Basin Commission

May 18, 1995

Marker can be reached from Commerce Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org