St. Georges Chapel

Indian River Hundred

Original Building - 1719

Present Building 1794

Remodeled 1893

This Marker presented by the

Daughters of the American

Colonists • 1962

Marker is on Beaver Dam Road (County Road 285), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Forbes Road

1758

Fort Ligonier

Built by order of General Forbes. Was located 200 yards west of this marker. The road leads south-westward to 12 mile encampment. Eminent service was rendered here by Colonel Henry Bouquet and Colonel John Armstrong and in engagements with ...

St. John's Methodist Church

The origin of this congregation can be traced to the organization of “Johnson’s Society” in the 1830’s. Meetings were held in private homes and the local school. On July 3, 1852, trustees were elected to supervise the building of the ...

Officer’s Quarters

In contrast to soldiers’ log huts, officers’ quarters appear lavish. But the present houses look significantly different from encampment days. Architectural modifications have more than doubled the size of General Henry Knox’s “quarters.” Though a number of officers began the ...

Fort Pickens - South Carolina

This stone

marks the place

where, in 1767,

Gen. Andrew Pickens

built a

Block House

as a place of refuge

against the Indians.

It was used as a fort

during the

Revolutionary War

and was known as

Fort Pickens.

Marker ...

St. Xavier's

This Convent and Academy is the oldest institution of the Sisters of Mercy who came from Ireland in 1843. From here many Sisters have gone to various parts of the United States as nurses and teachers.

Marker is at the intersection ...

U.S.S. Wilkes Barre

These anchors and bell are preserved here as a memorial to a valiant ship, the U.S.S. Wilkes-Barre. CL 103 was a 10,000-ton Cleveland Class Cruiser, launched December 24, 1943, commissioned July 1, 1944, and attached to the Pacific Fleet, Cruiser ...

Courtview, Rogers Hall 1855

George Washington Foster, planter, built this Greek Revival Mansion. An Act of the legislature was required to close Court Street, In fall of 1864 it was headquarters of Nathan B. Forrest, General, CSA. Foster's daughter, Sarah Independence McDonald and her ...

Fort Saulsbury

Constructed in 1917 as a coastal defense fortification of the U.S. Army. Names for Willard Saulsbury, U.S. Senator from Delaware 1859-1871. Two batteries were located within the fort, each with two 12-inch gun emplacements. The north battery was named for ...

Gladys Taylor’s Inn

Town of Warwick

Notable Inn, 1942 - 1968, of the Greenwood Lake Forest Farms Colony.

Vacation residence of African-American cultural leaders including Langston Hughes.

Marker is on Nelson Rd 1.2 miles from Lakes Rd (County Route 5), on the right.