McLean Historical Museum Building

Constructed in 1975 on top of a 1909 structure, the McLean Historical Museum Building was modeled after the Revolutionary War officer’s hut and “The Temple” located at the New Windsor Cantonment (12 miles north of West Point) and designed ...

Newnansville Methodist Church Site

On this site

the Newnansville

Methodist Church

was founded in 1822

Presented by

Alachua

Methodist Church

1972

Marker can be reached from Florida Route 235, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Statue of Liberty Replica

With the faith and courage of

their forefathers who made

possible the freedom of these

United States

The Boy Scouts of America

dedicate this replica of the

Statue of Liberty as a pledge

of everlasting fidelity and

loyalty

40th Anniversary Crusade to

strengthen the arm of liberty

Marker is at the ...

A Shelter for Persons Distressed

In 1636, Roger Williams bought land from the Narragansett chiefs and established a colony here near the site of a fresh water spring. Naming the town for God's providence to him, Williams declared the settlement a shelter for the persecuted ...

A Howling Wilderness

Though uninhabited on the eve of its settlement by Europeans, this area already had a 7000 year history of activity by native Americans. In 1636, this land was the low, marshy shoreline of a large saltwater cove to the west, ...

The Original Water Supply

Left Plaque

The Spring on this lot was the original water supply around which Roger Williams gathered the first settlers was in 1721 by reservation in the deed from the Proprietors of Providence made accessible to the townspeople forever

Right Plaque

This ...

Constitution Island Redoubts

Redoubts 5, 6 and 7 were built between 1776 and 1779 to protect Constitution Island batteries and overland approaches. Redoubt 5 (on high ground to right of Warner House) was built in 1779 to protect the island’s eastern side ...

Stewartsville Cemetery

Begun 1785. Congressman James Stewart gave land. J. C. McLaurin, who founded Laurinburg, and many Scots buried here. Two miles southwest.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 74 and Rocky Ford Roud, on the right when traveling east on U.S. ...

Steeple Street Complex

1827 - 1847

The Steeple Street Complex was built in three main stages between 1827 and 1847 during a key period in Providence's growth into a leading commercial and industrial city. When Joseph Congdon and Randall Green built the first section, ...

Revolutionary War Fortifications

Fortifications were constructed with the most readily available materials: earth, stone and wood. Forts, redoubts and batteries were normally built with a dry masonry stone foundation topped with some combination of earth, fascines (bundles of sticks) and logs. Forts ...