United States Marine Hospital

This building, designed by Robert Mills,

widely known architect was erected 1833

for the care of sick and disabled merchant

seamen. It served also as a teaching clinic

for the Medical College of South Carolina,

and after 1860 as a military hospital for

the Confederacy. Following ...

Tallmadge Veterans Memorial

Lest We Forget

to honor all veterans who

served in the Armed Forces

of our country

one nation under God

Citizens that made the

ultimate sacrifice

[Roll of Honored Dead]

Dedicated Memorial Day 1986

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Tallmadge Circle (Public Square)

The historic Tallmadge Circle,

originally called the Public Square,

including the First Congregational Church

and the Old Town Hall,

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

May 6, 1971

by the United States

Department of the Interior

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Old Greenwich Cemetery

This tablet is dedicated

to the memory of

the Revolutionary Patriots

buried in

Old Greenwich Cemetery

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[Column One]

Joseph Beavers •

Spencer Carter •

John Innes •

Robert Kennedy •

William Kennedy •

William Kinney •

John Maxwell •

Robert Maxwell

[Column Two]

William Maxwell •

Benjamin ...

The Historic Home of Annie and John Bidwell

A House With a Style

Completed in 1868, the home featured many surprisingly modern conveniences including running water, flush toilets, an acetylene gas lighting system, eight fireplaces, and wall-to-wall carpeting. The pink stucco mansion was designed by San Francisco based architect ...

The Irish Connection to Fort Adams

Problem . . . Insufficient workforce to build a Fortress.

The solution would come from Ireland. Five hundred families came to not only escape famine and economic hardship, but here they obtained the freedoms they so longed for in their homeland.

Fort ...

The Silver Bridge Disaster

On December 15, 1967, about one mile downstream from this historic marker, a national tragedy occured. Forty-six interstate travelers lost their lives when the Silver Bridge collapsed into the Ohio River during five o'clock rush hour traffic. The 2,235 foot ...

St. Damian

Spanish 12-pounder bronze smooth bore

gun named St. Damian

Captured by the United States Navy from the

Mexicans in California in 1847

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Murderkill/Motherkiln Friends Meeting

Quakers were gathering for worship in this area by 1712, when members of the Religious Society of Friends met "at the widow Needham's at Murderkill Creek." Established as Motherkiln Preparative Meeting (under the care of Duck Creek Meeting), the group ...

Portland Cement

This industry was born in the Lehigh Valley. David O. Saylor first made portland cement at Coplay in 1871. Here also was the first use of the rotary kiln process commercially Nov. 8, 1889. This region has continued to lead ...