The Moses C. Levy House

circa 1816

Moses C. Levy, a Polish born King Street merchant, built this valuable Federal style single house between 1811 and 1816. The house is located on land originally owned by Henry Laurens, one of the wealthiest merchants in the United ...

Explosion of the Steamship Dayton

Shortly after the people of Texas voted to approve annexation to the U.S.in June 1845, the U.S. entered a boundary dispute between Texas and Mexico. President James K. Polk ordered General Zachary Taylor to position his troops on or near ...

The “Demon of Destruction”

Had the demon of destruction held an orgie in the town, had all the imps of hell been called together and turned loose upon the city, it could scarcely have been more blasted, ruined and desecrated than when left by ...

The Wesleyan Female Institute

The Wesleyan Female Institute stood on this site from 1850–1870.

Marker is on West Beverly Street (Virginia Route 254) east of Church Street, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Pickens County Museum

American Heroes and Everyday Folk

Pickens County Museum of Art and History

The Pickens County Museum collects, preserves, and exhibits local artifacts. It features exhibits on the Cherokee Indians, General Andrew Pickens, Vice President John C. Calhoun, pioneer life, military history, railroading, ...

The Old Cathedral “French and Indian” Cemetery

1750–1846. Contains the graves (mostly unmarked) of some 4,000 inhabitants of early Vincennes, including soldiers and patriots of the American Revolution who helped Colonel George Rogers Clark to capture nearby Fort Sackville in 1779. The cemetery marks the site of ...

Vincennes in the American Revolution

After taking Kaskaskia on July 5, 1778, George Roges Clark, Acting under Virginia authority, sent Father Pierre Gibault, as his envoy, to Vincennes. Gibault convinced the villagers there to take an oath of loyalty to the Americans. In early August, ...

The Durham Boat

In the 1700's, Robert Durham built his historical boat in Durham, Pa. These boats were used to ship cannon balls, made at the Durham Furnace, to Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War. On Christmas Eve, in 1776, Washington and his men ...

The Hagood-Mauldin House

The Irma Morris Museum of Fine Art

The Hagoods and the Mauldins

James E. Hagood, son of local farmer and landowner Benjamin Hagood, built this house in 1856 in the town of Pickens Court House, about 14 miles west of here. The ...

The Pembroke Manor House

The Pembroke Manor House has been place on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. circa 1764.

Historic Landmark Registered Property Pembroke Manor House Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Act of 1966.

The City of ...