Ebenezer Baptist Church

has been designated a

National

Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America

May 5th 1977

National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior

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Ebenezer Baptist Church Heritage Sanctuary

407-413 Auburn Avenue

Ebenezer Baptist Church has been a spiritual, social, ...

Pawling Beekman Turnpike

Inc 1824. 4 mile toll road

between Nathan Millers and

Joseph Arnolds commerce

opened to pok. Abandoned 1906

Marker is at the intersection of Old Route 55 and Freedom Plains Road (New York Route 55), on the ...

Cole Bank Building

ca 1880

Built at a cost of $5,000, this building

housed the first bank in Hendersonville,

the George H.P. Cole Bank. It served

as the post office from 1905-14, then

Rose Pharmacy for many years. First

telephone exchange was upstairs.

Marker is at the intersection of North ...

Robert Howie

Robert Howie (1830-1913) came to Tomah in 1858 from County Ayshire Scotland and homesteaded land. Howie worked with Robert Gillett and C C Miller surveying the Tomah Area. He was Tomah's first Rural Mail Carrier. His interest in agriculture and ...

Battle of Germantown

On the morning of the Battle of Germantown,

October 4 1777,

the Pennsylvania Militia, under

Gen'l John Armstrong,

occupying the high ground on the west side

of the creek opposite this point, engaged in a skirmish the left wing of ...

Frances Albrier

(1898-1987)

It was just automatic for me to stand up and tell a person, “You’re wrong. You’re mistreating me. You’re discriminatory. Why don’t you give me a chance?”

Great generosity coupled with anger at injustice guided the life of Frances Albrier. In ...

Gibson's Mill Site

Wilson's Creek

In the summer of 1861, the small mill of John Gibson stood here. Although Confederate soldiers camped nearby and Union soldiers forded the stream here, the mill escaped the heavy fighting that raged just downstream.

In 1966 archeologists discovered parts ...

A Beginning . . .

Lytle Park Series

The “Little Wilderness” of the 1700's became Lytle Square in 1809 and the setting for this brick mansion of General William H. Lytle, first Surveyor-General of the Northwest Territory and the State of Ohio. The home was razed ...

The Medal of Honor at Gettysburg

The U.S. Army Medal of Honor was created in July 1862. The only standards for earning a medal were "gallantry in action" or other "soldierly qualities." With such vague criteria some courageous actions were recognized but many others went unrewarded.

The ...

Gibson's House Site

Wilson's Creek

An archaeological study is a lot like a detective story. In 1966 an archeological investigation uncovered many bits of evidence from the area in front of you - the remnants of John and Martha Gibson's home. Bone handled dinner ...