Grave of British Soldier

Grave of British Soldier

Who died during the

Revolutionary War when using

St. David's Church as a hospital

in the summer of 1780

Colonel Campbell, Commander

of the 71st. Regiment, is also

buried here.

Marker is on Church Street near Front Street, on the ...

Village of McDowell

Battle of McDowell

Union troops camped in the fields south of here between April 17, 1862, and the Battle of McDowell on May 8. They deployed artillery, including “two twelve pounders [that] were planted on the plateau in the read of ...

Fourth Avenue Historic District.

Marker front:

Prior to 1900 a "black business district" did not exist in Birmingham. In a pattern characteristic of Southern cities found during Reconstruction, black businesses developed alongside those of whites in many sections of the downtown area.

After the turn of ...

Francis Asbury's First Visit to S.C.

Front

Francis Asbury (1745-1816), pioneer bishop of American Methodism, came to Cheraw in 1785, on his first visit to S.C. Asbury had just been ordained a general superintendent at the first General Conference in Baltimore on December 27, 1784. He was ...

Fountain Grove Cemetery

Organized in 1865 by the two leading families of Glen Gardner - the Gardners and the Hunts.

Land donated by Dr. A. A. Hunt.

Marker is on Fountain Grove Road, on the right when traveling west.

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Felix Hull House

This stately brick house was built about 1855 for Felix hull (ca. 1823-1861) in the Greek Revival style popular in the late antebellum period. During the Civil War, his widow, Eliza Mathews Hull, was living here on 7-8 May 1862 ...

Highland County Confederate Monument

(Front):Erected by

Highland Chapter

United Daughters of

the Confederacy

1918

(Back):

To the

Confederate Soldiers

of

Highland County

A Loving Tribute to

the Past, the Present,

and the Future

Marker is on High Street (U.S. 250), on the left when traveling west.

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Civil Rights Freedom Riders

May 14, 1961

On Mother's Day, May 14, 1961, a group of black and white CORE youth on a "Freedom Ride" from Washington, D.C. to New Orleans arrived by bus at the Birmingham Greyhound terminal. They were riding through the deep ...

Oldest House In Shades Valley / Irondale Furnace Commissary

Cummings - Eastis - Beaumont House

The original log structure was built c. 1820 - 1830, with the board and batten addition dating to as late as the 1860s. The log cabin was at first one and one-half stories and is ...

Sergeantsville First Brethren Church

Founded in 1898. Building constructed the same year.

Its Gothic Revival style is unique in Hunterdon County.

Marker is on Rosemont - Ringoes Road, on the right when traveling west.

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