Andrew J. Downing

1815-1852

Originator of Hudson River picturesque landscapes and architecture. Partners Vaux and Wither continued building in Romantic style as in this ‘Villa’.

Marker is at the intersection of Montgomery Street and Clinton Street, on the right when traveling north on Montgomery Street. ...

66 Bull Street The John Cart House

Built in 1817 by John Cart, a

"measurer of lumber", this house

is a typical Charleston single house

with western exposure piazzas

extending the length of the house,

upstairs and down. Prior to the

20th century, a body of tidewater ...

Site of One of the Homes of James Power

Site of one of the homes of

James Power

Born in Ireland, 1789

Died in Live Oak Point, Texas, 1852

With James Hewetson

he was granted authority

January 11, 1828

to settle 200 families in Texas

Served Texas under three flags as

Empresario, Soldier, Statesman

Signed the Texas Declaration of ...

Mission San José / La Misión de San José

"It is truthfully the best of the Americas, and not in the like of the others; nor in all the frontier does the King have an outpost better constructed and easier to defend..."

Fr. Juan Agustín de Morfi, 1777-78

Mission San José ...

John Bankhead Magruder

Major General, C S A

U.S. Military Academy graduate, 1830, Virginia-born 'Prince John' Magruder served with distinction in the Mexican War. In 1861 he resigned as Colonel, USA and joined the Confederacy. In the Civil War's first planned battle, his ...

James Melville Jones

In honor of

James Melville Jones

Here, early on the morning of April 17, 1972, Jimmy Jones died in a forest fire burning across the Pocosin. While moving equipment he became trapped when a wind - shift brought the fire back on ...

Julius Valentine Hofmann

In recognition of

Julius Valentine Hofmann

This Hofmann Forest, a 78,000 acre tract established in 1934 and dedicated to demonstrate sound forestry education and practice, is the result of the pioneering vision, energy and resourcefullness of the first Director of the School ...

Joseph Debenedetti Building

The decade of the 1870’s saw an influx of European immigrants into the Half Moon Bay area and over to the coast. Irish, German, Italian, and Portuguese made up the majority of the newcomers whose numbers included merchants, business people, ...

Jefferson Davis

1808 – 1889

Lieutenant United States Army

Assigned Fort Crawford 1831

Served here with distinction

during Black Hawk War

Hero in Mexican War 1846-1848

United States Congressman

Senator, Secretary of War

President

Confederate States of America

1861-1865

Erected by

The United Daughters of the Confederacy

Marker is on South Beaumont Road south of ...

John Wesley Methodist Church

(Front)

This church, founded about 1865, is the first African-American church in Lamar and was long known as Lamar Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. It was organized by Rev. John Boston, a former slave who was its first minister, serving here ...