Surfside Dance Hall and Bathhouse

Here from the early 1900s stood Surfside "Casino." Casinos did not offer gambling - they were entertainment centers. Surfside was built as part of the Capo family resort destination of 165 acres. The yacht Pauline II ferried visitors from St. ...

Darlington County / Darlington County Courthouse

Darlington County

This area become part of St. David's Parish in 1768, Cheraws District in 1769, and then Darlington County on March 12, 1785. In 1800 Darlington became a circuit court district, and again a county in 1868. Extensive territory ...

The Lavender Pit

This open pit mine is named

The Lavender Pit

In honor of

Harrison M. Lavender

1890 – 1952

Who as vice president and general manager of Phelps Dodge Corporation conceived and carried out this plan for making the hitherto unprofitable low grade copper bearing ...

Battle of Dandridge

Dec. 24, 1863

A critical point in the bitter cavalry actions during Longstreet's withdrawal to winter quarters near Morristown. The 1st Brig., 1st Cav. Div., Army of the Cumberland, coming from the NW through Dandridge, was attached at Hays' Ferry, four ...

Courthouse Hill / The Plum Orchard

(Side A):

Courthouse Hill

In the early years of Delaware, this area was known as Briar Hill. It is the highest elevation in the city. Situated facing south and approximately at the center of the existing Courthouse, was the site of the ...

Wilson Crossroads / Dr. Peter A. Wilson

Wilson Crossroads

At this point the Camden-Mars Bluff road intersected the road to Darlington on property granted to the Reverend John Wilson (1790-1869) by the state of South Carolina in 1837. Wilson, a North Carolinian, settled here, and after his ...

Episcopal Church of the Redeemer and Graveyard

(Front)

Anglicanism was established in Orangeburg Township about 1750. After a period of no recorded activity, efforts were made to rekindle the Anglican tradition resulting in establishment of Episcopal Church of The Redeemer, circa 1850. Catharine C. Palmer donated this ...

Delaware County World War II Memorial

In Honored Memory of Our Heroes Who Gave Their Lives

Dedicated to the men and women of Delaware County who served their country in World War II 1941 - 1945

Marker is on Sandusky Street, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy ...

The Francis and Mary Usina Bridge

Named in honor of the St. Augustine and North Beach civic leaders, Francis E. and Mary Borum Usina.

Just as the bridge spans the North River to connect the St. Augustine mainland with Vilano and North Beach, so too the Usinas ...

Thorning Boulder

This site, called “Minute Man Boulder,” is associated with Lincoln Minute Man William Thorning’s heroic action on April 19th, 1775.

According to local tradition, Thorning, who lived along this stretch of the Battle Road, joined in the pursuit of the British ...