Delaware Avenue & Columbus Circle, NE

Historical Information

Designed in the Beaux-Arts style, this was the world's largest train station when it opened - the station and terminal zone originally covered approximately 200 acres and included 75 miles of tracks. For over half a century its ...

Webberville Ebenezer Baptist Church

This church traces its origin to the plight of Anglo American John F. Webber, who along with his African American wife and children, settled in this sparsely populated area of Texas in 1839 to escape the racism they had experienced ...

Hibben House / British Occupation

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Hibben House

A 1777 map shows a house on this property owned by Jacob Motte, Charleston City Treasurer. His 67 acre plantation called Mount Pleasant provided the name for the present town. James Hibben purchased the land in 1803. ...

Col. Lewis Miles Hobbs Washington

Dec. 2, 1813 - Feb. 1857

Georgia native Lewis Washington came to Texas about 1835 and joined the revolutionary forces at San Antonio. A member of Col. Fannin’s staff, he served with the Georgia battalion at Refugio and Goliad. He ...

Black River and Western Railroad

In 1854 Flemington Transportation Co. Built roadbed from Flemington to Lambertville. Became part of Pennsylvania RR in 1871. BR&WRR began operations in 1965. Other business located on site include creamery, lumber yard, mattress factory and feed mill.

Marker is on County ...

Brock Drugs Building

The Brock building was established in 1915, located at the intersection of Fourth Avenue and 18th Street North, was built while the area was residential. The three-story building housed a hotel upstairs that catered to professional musicians and athletes. The ...

Big Creek Baptist Church

One of the oldest congregations and the mother of several others in Anderson County, it was organized in 1788 by Elder Moses Holland who served as pastor for 41 years. Dr. James Bruton Gambrell's mother was a member here. Soldiers ...

Darby Building

This building was constructed in

1884 as the Berkeley County

Courthouse. Mount Pleasant served

as the Berkeley County seat from

1883 to 1895, when the town

rejoined Charleston County. The

old courthouse, named in 1991 for

former Mayor G. Magrath ...

Replica of The Statue of Liberty

With the faith and courage of

their forefathers who made

possible the freedom of these

United States

The Boy Scouts of America

Dedicate this copy of the

Statue of Liberty as a Pledge

of everlasting Fidelity and

Loyalty

40th Anniversary ...

Walnut Creek Baptist Church

Organized in Burdett schoolhouse in 1856 with 10 members. First pastor was the Rev. R.B. Burleson.

Stone for the original structure was quarried locally. Lumber was hauled by ox-wagons from Bastrop.

In early days, building served as schoolhouse.

Marker can be reached from ...