Oliver-Waters-McCollum Warehouses

circa 1910

Originally the three buildings faced the National Highway, now Old Roswell Road, which was the main road from Roswell to Dahlonega. A brick facade was added in the 1970s. In 1909, John A. Oliver constructed the two-story Oliver warehouse. ...

Larson House

1911

The Larson House, attributed to the architectural firm of Claude and Starck, is significant as an exceptional local example of the Prairie Style. The Prairie Style is one of the few indigenous American styles, identifiable by its horizontal emphasis and ...

Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Memorial

Erected

by the

people of

Rhode Island

to the

memory

of the

brave men

who died

that their

country

might live

(Plaque):

Civil War Monument

This monument commemorates the members of the 1st Rhode Island regiment and the 14th Rhode Island Regiment heavy artillery (colored) who fought and died in the war of the ...

The Beverly Robinson House

General Benedict Arnold established his headquarters in the Beverly Robinson House (southeast across the river near water tower) while in command at West Point. Arnold was in the house when he learned that his treason was exposed. Fleeing quickly ...

College Hill Historic District

Has been designated a

Registered National

Historic Landmark

Under the provisions of the

Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935

This site possesses exceptional value

in commemorating and illustrating

the history of the United States

US Department of Interior

National Park Service

1971

Marker is ...

The Site of Hardscrabble Riot 1824

The site of Addison Hollow where the first nineteenth century blacks purchased property and the site of the first major riot

Marker is on North Main Street (Rhode Island Route 1), in the median.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Gabriel Bernon

Near this spot lived Gabriel Bernon a Huguenot Refugee

Born Larochelle France April 6, 1644

Died Providence February 1, 1736

Merchant Colonizer Churchman

Marker is on Canal Street, in the median.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Tompkinsville National Cemetery

In 1861, during Civil War, land was donated by J.B. Evans for burial of Union soldiers. By end of the war, it contained 115 troops who died in this region. Due to small size and remote location, most soldiers moved ...

Hell on the Hatchie

Engagement at Davis Bridge

Here along the Hatchie River, Confederate and Union forces fought a short but brutal battle. Repulsed with devastating losses from an unsuccessful attempt to retake Corinth, the Confederates discovered their retreat blocked when Union troops from Bolivar, ...

Blackdom Townsite

West of this location stood the now abandoned community of Blackdom. The community was founded circa 1908 by Francis Marion Boyer and his wife Ella. Several dozen African American families homesteaded nearly 15,000 acres of land and built a self-sustaining ...