First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg, S.C.

Sesquicentennial - 1993

The Sesquicentennial Bells were cast by the Bellfoundry of Paccard Fonderie de Cloches. Located in Annecy-le-Vieux, France. The praise of God is basic to our worship and each bell is inscribed with of praise from the Psalms.

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Mansion of James Langstaff

Mansion

of

James Langstaff

Farmer

1830

Purchased by Mount Holly Library - 1957

Chartered by King George III - 1765

Marker is on High Street 0.3 miles from Rancocas Road/Garden Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Smithfield

Marker Front:

This residential area was carved from the Joseph Riley Smith plantation, a 600 acre antebellum farm, one of the largest in 19th century Jefferson County. Smithfield lies to the west of Birmingham's city center on the flat land ...

Prisoner of the River

LaGrange

Among the many sailing ships bound for California in 1849 was the LaGrange, a three-masted bark from Salem, Massachusetts. The ship arrived at Sacramento on October 3, 1849, and the following June was purchased by the city for a prison. ...

Jefferson Warriors

In honor of the men from Mt. Pinson who formed the "Jefferson Warriors" in mid-July, 1861. Marching to Huntsville, they were mustered into the Confederate army on August 12th as Company C of the Nineteenth Alabama Infantry Regiment under the ...

PSFS Building

The Philadelphia Saving Fund Society Building is regarded as the first International Style skyscraper built in the U.S. Completed in 1932, it was a radical departure from traditional bank architecture, exploiting the latest technological and structural advances.

Marker is on ...

Forest Park

A residential district extending from the crest of Red Mountain to the floor of Jones Valley with roads built along natural land contours. Birmingham real estate promoter and civic leader, Robert Jemison, Jr., began development as Mountain Terrace in 1906. ...

Mariposa Independent Order Odd Fellows Hall

Built 1867 to replace original building. Used by Mariposa County fraternal organizations since then.

Marker is at the intersection of 6th Street and State Highway 140 on 6th Street.

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Far Hills Station

Date 1914

Far Hills Station was built by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in 1914 and was designed by a staff architect, L.R. Simpson. Simpson was an assistant to Frank J. Nies, a prolific architect for the railroad, who designed ...

Ratcliff

About 1875, a 32 - wagon train of settlers came here from Georgia. Jesse H. Ratcliff (1844 - 1920) built sawmill about 1885, drawing more people. Post office opened 1889, with Ratcliff as postmaster, and town soon had several stores. ...