Grumblethorpe

Built 1744

John Wister’s

Big House

The Philadelphia Society

for the

Preservation of Landmarks

Marker is at the intersection of Germantown Avenue and W Queen Lane, on the right when traveling north on Germantown Avenue.

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United States Army Tank Corps

This spot marks the site of Camp Colt, the birthplace of the Tank Corps of the United States Army in the spring of 1918. Behind this marker stands a tree planted in soil from each of the 48 States and ...

Joel Roberts Poinsett

1779-1851

[Front]:

Born in Charleston, S.C., educated in this country and Great Britain, he travelled widely in Europe and Asia before returning to a distinguished career. He served South Carolina in the state legislature, 1816-1820; 1830-1832; and as Chairman of the Board ...

Confederate Camp

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Confederate Infantry Camp Stephens, named for Alexander H. Stephens, vice-president of Confederacy, was about ½ mile from here on McIntosh Road. Nearly all troops in the Confederate Army from Georgia were mobilized here and at the Cavalry Camp Milner, located ...

Christopher Sower

1738                     1938

In commemoration of the

two hundredth anniversary

of the founding of the Printing

and Publishing House of

Christopher Sower

(1683 – 1758)

at 5255-5263 Germantown Ave. nearly

opposite

The Philadelphia Contributionship

for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire

Oldest fire insurance company in America. Founded in 1752 by Benjamin Franklin and his friends.

Marker is on S. 4th Street, on the right when traveling south.

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Hopewell Presbyterian Church

[Front] This church, organized ca. 1770, is the first Presbyterian church in what is now Florence County. Many of its founding families came to S.C. from Scotland and Ireland. The first church here, a frame building, stood across Old River ...

Captain John Christie

Erected by

The Grand Lodge

Free and Accepted Masons

of Michigan

To the memory of

Captain John Christie

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60th OR Royal American Regiment

Founder and First

Worshipful Master of Lodge No. 1

at Detroit, Michigan.

Warranted ...

President Washington's Last Visit - 1794

Center Plaque

On October 16, 1794, President George Washington arrived in Cumberland to review about 5,000 troops of the Maryland and Virginia militia gathered here during th Whiskey Rebellion. A few days later, this militia army assembled upon the parade ground ...

Confederate Camp

Confederate Infantry Camp Stephens was named for Alexander H. Stephens, vice-president of the Confederacy. Nearly all troops in the Confederate Army from Georgia were mobilized here and at Cavalry Camp Milner, located at the present Griffin Municipal Park. Spalding County ...