St. Vincent de Paul Church

Third oldest Catholic Church in Baltimore.

Noted for the rare purity of Georgian architecture.

Cornerstone laid May 21, 1840 by Archbishop Eccleston and the bishops of the Fourth Provincial Council.

Dedicated by Archbishop Eccleston November 7, 1841.

Consecrated by Archbishop ...

Post Commissary

The commissary was a storage warehouse for provisions such as sugar, flour, coffee, canned meats, and other food stuffs needed at the mess halls. The commissary also had a small shop where army personnel and civilian employees living on post ...

John Purdue Block

Erected on this site in 1845 by John Purdue (October 31, 1802 - September 12, 1876) The John Purdue Block was a collection of 12 stores, each 22 feet wide, occupying the complete block between Columbia and South streets. At ...

Prince George Court House

”Destroy both those roads”

In June 1864, Gen. U.S. Grant began to confine Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia within the Richmond and Petersburg defenses. The South Side R.R., connecting Petersburg and Lynchburg, and the Richmond and Danville R.R. ...

Draper House

1821

Built by Dr. Simeon and Catherine (Wilkinson) Draper on a lot leased from town founder Richard Ratcliffe, this is the second oldest home still standing in the Old Town Fairfax Historic District. Catherine's sister was Matilda Wilkinson, the daughter-in-law of ...

Roger Atkinson Pryor

(19 July 1828 – 14 Mar. 1919)

Roger A. Pryor was reared at Old Place near present-day Crewe. A lawyer and newspaper editor, he won election to the House of Representatives in 1859 and resigned in 1861. He agitated for secession ...

American Bridge Company

This was site of American Bridge Co. Largest steel fabricating plant in the world. Division of U.S. Steel Corp. erected 1903. During W.W. II Marine Dept. built LST landing crafts here. Closed April 1983.

Marker is at the intersection of 8th ...

About Hampden-Sydney College

You are standing near the site of the original campus of Hampden-Sydney College, which stood on the knoll to your right (see artist reconstruction above). Hampden-Sydney began classes on November 10, 1775, the last college founded in Colonial America. The ...

Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company

During WWII, Sun was the largest single shipyard in the world, with over 35,000 employees. It introduced the all-welded ship, which significantly increased ship production, and th T-2 oil tanker, which became the standard at all US shipyards. Sun built ...

Tippecanoe County War Memorial

Spain - Philippine Insurrection - China Relief Expedition

[ Upper Plaque: ]

United * Spanish * War * Veterans

* 1898 * 1902 *

Philippine Islands

Cuba

Porto Rico

U. S. A.

[ Lower Plaque: ]

In memory of our comrades who on land and sea defended

the Nation’s ...