Jerdone Castle

Much of Jerdone Castle’s original 1,100 acres is submerged under Lake Anna. The house was begun ca. 1742 by Francis Jerdone, a Scottish immigrant. Jerdone’s descendant, Sarah Jerdone Coleman, and her husband, Gen. Clayton Coleman, built the main Italianate section ...

New Hempstead Presbyterian Church

Founded 1734

New Hempstead Presbyterian

called the English Church

by Dutch Settlers. Rebuilt

1827. Washington’s troops

camped on this ground.

Marker is at the intersection of New Hempstead Road and Old Schoolhouse Road, on the right when traveling west on New Hempstead Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Caldwell Family

Owned these three houses. Emigrated from Ireland 1798-99. Settled in Salisbury Mills 1802. Here operated a general store, mill and tanning business.

Marker is on Orrs Mills Road (County Route 20) 0.2 miles north of Route 94 (New York Route 94). ...

Historic Underground Railroad

In the mid 1800’s, waterways

such as the Nyack Brook, which

flows here, served as important

land-marks for African American

slaves escaping North along

the ‘Underground Railroad’

Joseph Mitolf Family

‘Lest we forget’

Marker is on Main Street west of N Mill Street, on the right when ...

Ferries and Flats

In 1728, the colonial government established Fredericksburg as far upstream on the Rappahannock River as was navigable. Vessels traveling to and from the Chesapeake Bay and beyond could tie up at the docks there. Workers and slaves loaded tobacco and ...

Ricketts’ Division, First Army Corps

U.S.A.

Ricketts’ Division, First Army Corps,

Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts, Commanding.

September 17, 1862.

Ricketts’ Division, on the left of the First Corps, formed for attack at 6 a.m., in the following order: Hartsuff’s Brigade in advance, supported by Christian’s Brigade on the ...

Hancock's Orchard Industry

Hancock and its surrounding area during the main span of the 20th century was one of the largest fruit producers in the nation. In 1886 Edmund Pendleton Cohill began the cultivation of fruit crops. Over the years his planted acreage ...

St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church

Erected - 1910-1913

Saint James African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church has been located on Cypress Avenue since 1880 on land purchased from General Henry S. Sanford. The current structure was designed by Prince W. Spears and built in 1910-1913.

The ...

Major James Breathed

"Hardest artillery fighter the war produced"

Maj. James Breathed was born near present-day Berkeley Spring, W. Va., on December 15, 1838, and moved while young with his family to Washington Co., Md. He attended St. James School in Lydia, where his ...

Federal Hall National Memorial

Exploring Downtown

A majestic statue of George Washington stands on the front steps of Federal Hall in memory of Washington’s inauguration as the country’s first president – which happened on this spot on April 30th, 1789. The current building is named ...