The Benjamin Wilkins House

Built in 1785, this

patterned glazed brick

homestead is typical of

several Wilkins properties of

the period in this area.

1847-1997

Marker is on Jennings Road, on the right when traveling north.

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J. C. Penny Building

ca. 1939

J.C.Penny's built and occupied this building for over 45 years. From 1893 until 1925 Hendersonville's Town Hall and Opera house stood on this location. Romanesque in architure, the building housed all city services and a 400 seat auditorium.

Marker is ...

The Jesuit Compound

This block was occupied by the Jesuits upon their arrival in 1581 until their expulsion in 1768. The Church of Santa Ana (1587), Colegio Maximo de San Ignacio (1595), Colegio de San Jose (1601), and the first church and convent ...

Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus

On this site stood the house of the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, first Filipino congregation of religous women. Founded in 1684 by Ignacia del Espiritu Santo, a Chinese mestiza from Binondo. The Archbishop of Manila approved the rules ...

Governor John B. Floyd

John Buchanan Floyd, son of Governor John Floyd (1738-1837), was born in Montgomery County on 1 June 1806. He represented Washington County in the Virginia House of Delegates (1847-1849) and served as governor of Virginia (1849-1852). Floyd was appointed U.S. ...

John Cogswell and Family

Near this site on August 14, 1635,

John Cogswell and family from

Westbury Leigh, Wiltshire, England,

first set foot in America.

They arrived on the ship Angel Gabriel,

which was wrecked here on the

following day in a violent storm. The

family settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

Dedicated on ...

General John J. Pershing

Erected by Passaic City Post

No. 504 V.F.W.

To honor

General John J. Pershing

who stood here May 30, 1924

to review and address the

World War veterans

Dedicated November 11, 1938

Marker is on River Dr, on the left when traveling north.

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John Cleveland Robinson

Brevet Major-General U.S. Army

John Cleveland Robinson

Brevet Major-General U.S. Army

1817 - 1897

Commanded Second Division

First Army Corps at Gettysburg

July 1-3. 1863.

Cadet U.S.M.A. July 1, 1835. Second Lieut. Fifth U.S. Infantry Oct. 27, 1839. First Lieut. June 18, 1846. Captain August 12, 1850. ...

Pope John Paul II

Trinity College commemorates with joy the visit of Pope John Paul II,

October 7, 1979.

He blessed the campus and the faculty, students, alumnae, board members, staff and friends assembled near the Main Building.

In Notre Dame Chapel, His Holiness ...

James B. McCreary Hall of Justice

James Bennett McCreary

On August 31, 1975, James Bennett McCreary, a native of Madison County, was inaugurated governor of Kentucky. While advocating peace and reconciliation, his campaign had traded on his rank of lieutenant colonel in the Confederate cavalry of John ...