Brothers' House Complex

The Brothers' House (Bethania) was built on this site in the spring of 1746. Although it is difficult to determine the actual height of the building, the Brothers' House was probably a four-and-one-half story half-timber structure that measured seventy-four feet ...

The Meisch Building

Erected - 1923

When constructed in 1923 the Meisch building was considered a typical example of American commercial architecture. It was designed by W.B. Talley, and built by R.J. Gallespie for the Sanford Investment Co., John Meisch, President. The materials were ...

Kate Duncan Smith - Daughters of the American Revolution School

(Side A) In 1924, the Alabama Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) established Kate Duncan Smith School to provide a patriotic education dedicated to academic achievement and service to "God, Home, and Country" for the people of ...

Pierce M. Butler / The Palmetto Regiment

Pierce M. Butler

Six miles NE, in a family cemetery at Butler Church, is the grave of Colonel Pierce M. Butler, governor of South Carolina from 1836-1836. During his military career, he was a captain in the U.S. Army, a lt. ...

The 1863-64 Winter Encampment

The Calm Before the Storm

The 1863-1864 winter encampment proved a busy time for the Army of the Potomac. "There was something fascinating about our winter city of 100,000 men," a staff officer recalled. "Many pleasant recollections cluster around the ...

The Old Stone Methodist Church

Laurel's first formal house of worship. Built 1842.

Methodism was founded in Laurel March 11, 1840. Remains of the church and adjoining cemetery were demolished in the 1950's. It's successor was built at 424 Main Street in 1884.

Marker is at the ...

The Windmill

Water was pumped for the house by wind power. The windmill structure also offered a challenge to small gymnasts in the family who loved to clamber about it.

Marker can be reached from Sagamore Hill Road, on the right when traveling ...

Furman Men Who Gave Their Lives in the World War

Lt. John H. David Jr.

The First South Carolina

Officer Killed in Action.

Lt. Charles S. Gardner

Sgt. Charles E. Timmons Jr.

Corp. Talmadge W. Gerrald

Pvt. Thomas J. Lyon Jr.

Pvt. Otis B. Brodie

Marker is on Cherrydale Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Fort Community...

Fort Stanwix is best known for the 1777 siege, but such dramatic events were not a feature of everyday life here.

Limited space inside the fort forced some soldiers and a few of their wives and children to live outside the ...

Sharpshooters at the Skirmish Line

The sharpshooters at the skirmish line waited until Tarleton's army got within shooting distance. Their orders were to slow Tarleton's advance with well-aimed rifle fire and then fall back to the militia second line. As the British came within range ...