Stephen Vincent Benet House

First built 1816 rebuilt on

this site 1826 Home of famous

author Stephen Vincent Benet

whose father

Colonel James Walker Benet

commanded Augusta Arsenal 1911 to 1919

Marker can be reached from near Arsenal Avenue near Patrol Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Clark Building

This building was constructed in 1908 by Louis V. Clark (1862-1934), who also built the historic Lyric Theater located nearby on 18th Street. The Clark Theater on Caldwell Park is named in honor of Mr. Clark’s generosity to the Birmingham ...

“The Birdcages”

The Legislative Buildings for the Colony of Vancouver Island were built on these grounds in 1859. Nicknamed “The Birdcages” because of their quaint style, they were replaced in 1894-97 by the present buildings. The original Legislative Hall, meeting place of ...

Van’s Creek Baptist Church

Van’s Creek Baptist Church, established early in 1785 by Rev. Dozier Thornton, Revolutionary soldier and Virginian, was named for an Indian convert. David Vann, famed Chief of the Cherokees. Though the 6th Baptist church in Georgia, it is the oldest ...

413 Talbart

Old Town Martinez

Home of Historic Interest

Original home of Antonio and Marian Bruno Russo of Sicily. Later home to bocce champion, Gino di Tullio and wife, Mimma of Pozzuoli Italy

Circa 1900

Marker is on Talbart Street near Buckley Street, on the right ...

The Boat House Site

This is the site of the Jekyll Island Club Boat House where the 100 foot steamer The Jekyll Island was stored during the off season. (The Club season was usually from after New Years until before Easter).

There was no Jekyll ...

Brigadier General Daniel Stewart

This Stone Marks The Spot Where

Beside His Wife And Children

Repose The Remains Of

Brigadier General

Daniel Stewart

in recognition of whose life

and services

The Congress

of the

United States

has reared a monument in

this cemetery.

He was one of the youthful

Patriots who fought to ...

Grand Army of the Republic Hall

This structure, built in 1822, served as the Methodist Church for nearly 50 years and still retains a portion of the original burial ground at the rear. After the battle, wounded were cared for here by the Catholic Sisters of ...

Forest Industry in British Columbia

L’Industrie Forestiere en Colombie-Britannique

Harvesting of the forest has long been an important aspect of life on the Pacific Coast. The native people were the first to utilize this valuable resource in the construction of dwellings, canoes, and implements. In the ...

Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson

In memory of

Elizabeth Hutchinson

Jackson

Mother of

Andrew Jackson

President of the U.S. 1829-1837

Who gave her life in the

cause of independence

while nursing Revolutionary

soldiers in Charles Town

and is buried in Charleston.

Marker can be ...