Union Square Park

National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.

Here workers exercised their rights to free speech and assembly and on September 5, 1882, observed the first Labor Day.

Marker is on Union Square ...

Cold Spring

Erected in memory of Gen. John C. Freemont “The Pathfinder” a former resident of Sleepy Hollow.

Marker is on North Broadway (U.S. 9) north of Bellwood Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

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Doubleday's Division, First Army Corps

U.S.A.

Doubleday's Division, First Army Corps,

Brigadier Gen. Abner Doubleday, Commanding.

(September 17, 1862.)Doubleday's Division, on the right of the First Corps, moved to the attack at 5/30 a.m., September 17, in the following order: Gibbon's Brigade in advance, supported ...

Gun Carriage and Turning Shop (1842 - 1849)

Arsenal Park

This area is where most woodworking operations took place. It was also known as the carpenter's shop. Wagon and gun carriage wheels, as well as other wooden parts, were made here.

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Trinity Episcopal Church

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The cornerstone of Trinity Episcopal Church was laid in 1890. The present church replaced the congregation’s first building, which stood across the street at 1140 First Avenue. Since its foundation in 1834, Trinity has held regular worship ...

Missouri Pacific Wooden Frame Depot

This wooden frame depot is typical of most small town stations of this era. The depot and water tower was [sic] originally built in the 1880s and was located about ¼ mile south. The depot was torn down and moved ...

First Baptist Church

In 1834 thirteen Jackson pioneers established the Barry-Jackson Baptist Church in Sandstone Township. Five years later the Reverend David Hendee and seventeen members of that church formed the First Baptist Church in Jackson. Meetings were held in several locations until ...

Forging and Casting [and] Smith's Shops (1839 - 1842)

Arsenal Park

The lighter brick in this pad outlines the foundations of two shops, the smiths and the forging and casting. These shops were built simultaneously between 1839 and 1842. During Confederate occupation, these shops, along with the engine house, were ...

First Baptist Church

On February 14, 1829, twelve persons met and organized under the name Ephesus Baptist Church of Columbus. The northern half of this block had been designated for religious purposes in the state survey of 1828, and a small meeting house ...

Campbell's Bridge

Vital Crossing

When General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia began its retreat from Petersburg and Richmond on the evening of April 2, 1865, part of the army crossed the Appomattox River at Campbell's Bridge here. Other columns crossed the ...