James C. Furman Classroom Building

Erected 1955

In Memory of

James Clement Furman, D.D.

1809-1891

President 1859-1879

Professor 1844-1881

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At a crisis in 1868

Furman was admonished to abandon the institution.

His reply was:

"I will nail my colors to the

mast of the old ship, and if she

goes down I will go with her."

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Building a Fortress

U.S. army officer, Joseph G. Totten superintended the construction of Fort Adams beginning in 1825. He oversaw all details of construction until 1838, when he was appointed as the first Chief Engineer of the newly created Army Corps of Engineers.

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Alester G. Furman, Jr. Administration Building

Erected 1957

Named in Honor of

Alester Garden Furman, Jr.

Humanitarian, Master Planner, Friend of Youth, Champion of Education, Guiding Light in Building the New South.

This administration building is named to honor Mr. Furman in grateful recognition of his enduring support of Furman ...

Justice John McKinley Federal Building

Side A

Named for Alabama's first United States Supreme Court Justice, John McKinley made his home in Florence, Alabama from about 1821 to 1842. Born May 1, 1780 in Culpepper County, Virginia, he died July 19, 1852 and is buried in ...

Valentin Blatz Brewing Company Office Building

This property

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on Broadway near Juneau Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

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Peoples Federal Savings and Loan Association Building

Erected 1917

One of the last works of Louis Henri Sullivan (1856-1924), the American architect whose original ideas of functional design and decorative ornament provided a basis for modern American architecture.

Marker is at the intersection of Court Street (Ohio Route 29/47) ...

Patent Office Building

This building was designed by

Robert Miles, Architect,

pursuant to an Act of Congress, approved July 4, 1836

for a Patent Office Building

occupied by

Department of Interior

1852-1925

United States Civil Service Commission

since 1932

Marker can be ...

Texas Prison System Central State Farm Main Building

Central State Farm's roots trace to the late 1870s, when the original 5235 acres of the sugar plantation here were worked by convict labor. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, public sentiment largely supported a self-sustaining prison system, with ...

Building Four

Great Lakes History Trail Stop 5

The original Drill Hall, now a gymnasium, was designed with battered walls to give the massive building a military, fort-like appearance. Above the main entrance, the architects provided a large ornamentation of the bow of ...

Chamber of Commerce Building

The National Register

of Historic Places:

Chamber of Commerce Building

Marker is on South Main Street near Court Square, on the right when traveling south.

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