Lincoln's Springfield

Twenty-eight-year-old Abraham Lincoln settled here in 1837. He was unmarried, unlearned, unrefined, with "no wealthy or popular relations to recommend me." On the day before his fifty-second birthday, Lincoln left here a profoundly changed man; a husband and father, financially ...

Harth-Middleton House

c. 1797

John Harth, planter and lumber merchant, built this handsome house at his lumber yards, then at the end of the south bay, in 1797. In 1816, he sold the house to Henry Augustus Middleton, who enlarged it, and ...

Middlebury Veterans Memorial

Middlebury Honors Those Who Have Served

In The Wars Of Their Country

French – Indian War

Abner Munson

Revolutionary War

David Abbott, Benjamin Bemont, Aaron Benedict, Enos Benham, Samuel Benham, Edward Blackman, Michael Bowers, Asahel Bronson, Elijah Bronson, Isaac Bronson, Andrew Clark, Daniel Clark, ...

Northampton Plantation Slave Quarters

From the late 1600s to the mid-1800s, large tobacco plantations dominated the economic and social life of Prince George’s County. One of the most prominent plantations in the county was Northampton. Today, all that remains of Northampton are the ruins ...

Goose Creek Bridge

[Front]

The first bridge here, in use by 1680, had a raised road at either end and was built from split logs with the flat sides up, covered by sand or clay. Traffic over Goose Creek increased significantly after St. James, ...

The American House

Social galas and political functions were common at the American House. Stephen A.Douglas sometimes used the hotel as headquarters for the Democrats. (Below Left) A newspaper published Springfield's newest hotel under the direction of J. Clifton, a former Bostonian. (Below ...

In Memory Of George Washington

In Memory Of

George Washington

1732 – 1799

These Trees Were Planted By The

Daughters Of The Cincinnati

To Commemorate The Bi-Centennial

1932

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street South (U.S. 6) and Sherman Hill Road (Connecticut Route 64), on the right when traveling ...

Cross Hill Confederate Monument

[North Inscription]:

To Our

Confederate Soldiers

[West Inscription]:

1861 CSA 1865

Confederate

[South Inscription]:

"Who were nor

Terrified by Death

not Dishonored by

Defeat."

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (State Highway 39) and Church Street on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Westwoods Methodist Church

During the spring of 1779, Methodist pioneer

Freeborn Garrettson visited this area to bring

the message of his faith to the people. The

efforts of Reverend Garrettson and others who

followed were met with considerable success.

Numerous “societies” or “classes” ...

Bowen’s Corner

Marker Front:

Bowen’s Corner, an African-American farming community from the mid-19th century through the late-20th century, was originally part of a rice plantation established along Goose Creek in 1680. That tract was granted by the Lords Proprietors to Barnard Schenckingh (d. ...