District of Columbia World War Memorial

[PANEL 1, northeast corner wayside.]

“This monument stands for men who fought not alone for their country, but to establish the principles of justice and peace. We pay tribute here to their valor. We honor them for their sacrifice.”

President ...

Columbia County

Separated from Albany Co.

April 4, 1786. Name -

from Columbus, discoverer

of America.

Marker is on Rhinebeck-Hudson Road (New York Route 23), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Columbia Rosenwald School

A grant from the Rosenwald Foundation of Chicago led to the establishment of a local school for African American students. The foundation represented a collaboration between Julius Rosewald, President of Sears, Roebuck, and Company, and the noted African American educator, ...

Columbia United Methodist Church

This congregation traces its history to early Methodist missionary activity during Texas' years as a republic in 1839. The Rev. Isaac L. G. Strickland was assigned to the Brazoria Circuit and organized a Methodist Church in Columbia (now West Columbia), ...

Site of the Surrender of Columbia, SC

Erected

Feb. 17, 1914

by

Wade Hampton Chapter, U.D.C.

On the spot where

Mayor T.J. Goodwyn

surrendered the city of Columbia

to

Gen. W.T. Sherman

Feb. 17, 1865

Councilmen

O.Z. Bates • Samuel Leapheart

John Stork • John McKenzie

W.B. Stanley • Clark Waring

Marker is at the intersection of River Drive and Beaufort ...

Old Columbia Cemetery

Site given by Josiah H. Bell family out of their grant, the first deeded to one of "Old 300" in colony of Stephen F. Austin. Has graves of many heroes of Texas Revolution of 1836.

Deeded in 1852 to Bethel ...

Columbia Cemetery

Founded 1855

Prior to the mining in Columbia, the cemetery was located northwest of main street. In 1855 it was moved here, joining the existing Masonic and I.O.O.F. cemeteries. Ordinance #14, passed and approved on July 1, 1857, declared this ground ...

Columbia School House

In early 1860 the school lot was purchased, building plans selected, and the cornerstone laid. By fall the building was completed by a Mr. Donegan at a total cost of $4898. Dedication ceremonies were held, as was a grand calico ...

Columbia Seminary Chapel

This building was designed by Robert Mills and erected in Columbia, S.C., as the stable and carriage house of the mansion of Ainsley Hall; Chapel of Columbia Theological Seminary (Presbyterian), 1830-1927; first home of Winthrop College, 1886-1887. Woodrow Wilson accepted ...

Columbia School District   No. 5

1866

Built on site of 1830 wooden school.

Present structure predates Florham

Park borough by 33 years. Classes

held here continuously until 1914.

Morris County Heritage Commission

New Jersey Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

Marker is at the intersection of Ridgedale Avenue and Columbia ...