Old St. Mary's Church

Here have I stood these hundred years

Asking the busy passer-by

Whether he carries - even as I -

Christ in his heart

Centennial of Old Saint Mary's 1946

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Erected in 1846 and designated in 1970

as a ...

Prescott’s Headquarters

In this house

the British General Prescott

was taken prisoner

on the night of July 9, 1777

by Lieutenant-Colonel Barton

of the Rhode Island Line.

Marker is on West Main Road (Rhode Island Route 114), on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Huntington’s Brigade

Occupied this ground

Marker is on Camp Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Girardey's Georgia Battery

Jackson's Brigade -- Withers' Division -- Bragg's Corps

C.S.

Army of the Mississippi

Girardey's Georgia Battery,

Jackson's (3d) Brigade, Withers' (2d) Division,

Bragg's Corps.

This battery was engaged here April 7, 1862 at about 10 A.M., in an artillery duel ...

Springhouses and Root Cellars

These small caves carved into the shale cliffside at one time served as springhouses and root cellars for the residents of this block.

The cooler subsurface temperatures of a root cellar helped preserve herbs, vegetables, and fruits in the days ...

The Old Lattice Bridge

Side 1:

The second covered bridge across the Chattahoochee River, connecting Clay County, Georgia and Henry County. Alabama was constructed between 1867-69. Bonner and Walden, a New York construction company, were the original contractors but the bridge was completed by Horace ...

The Reverend Paul Trapier Gervais House

circa 1835

This notable three and one half story single house is situated on lot number 233 of the Grand Modell as granted by the Lords Proprietors in 1694. This remains one of the largest residential lots in the city. The ...

Large Arsenal Foundation

Completed in 1800, the 2 1/2-story, brick arsenal building stored weapons made for the security and survival of a young United States of America. Lewis procured 15 rifles from this stockpile. They were the first and most essential weapons his ...

Fort Defiance

Fort Defiance was erected upon this site by General Wayne August 9-17, 1794 and thus "The Grand Emporium of the hostile Indians of the west was gained without loss of blood."

From this point General Wayne advanced against the Indians ...

The Settlement of Stamford in 1641

This tablet has been placed by Stamford Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate

The Settlement of Stamford in 1641

During that year, twenty nine men and their families came from Wethersfield to this place. Imbued with the ...