St. Patrick's Cemetery

This cemetery has three sections:

Old Section: Used by St. Patrick's Church from 1831 until 1918 when the government acquired the church in Stithton now used as the Post Chapel, and then by St. Brigid's Church in Vine Grove until ca.1965

New ...

The Savoy Hotel and Grill

The Savoy Hotel was constructed between 1890 and 1906 during a building boom which created some of the most architecturally significant buildings in the central business district. The first major hotel enroute from the old Union depot, it served as ...

Stone Tavern and Central Hotel

George Nicholas, Albemarle County’s Virginia General Assembly delegate in 1783, built a stone house here in 1784. James Monroe occupied it 1789-1790, while improving the dwelling at his nearby farm, later the site of the University of Virginia. Here on ...

Post Cemetery

Saint Patrick's Parish Church and Cemetery occupied this site from 1831 until 1899. The church was relocated to Stithton in 1899. When the Post Cemetery was established in 1920, the stones from the foundation of the old Saint Patrick's Church ...

The "Colored Corps" 1812 - 1815

[Side of Marker Using English Text]:

When the War of 1812 began, people of African descent in the Niagara peninsular feared an American invasion. They were anxious to preserve their freedom and prove their loyalty to Britain. Many joined the militia; ...

The J.E. Rouse Dormitory

Erected 1962-63

Named in honor of

Dr. John Edward Rouse

Baptist Leader, Friend of Youth

Champion of Education

President of Anderson College 1957-73

This dormitory is named to honor him

in grateful recognition of

his contribution and leadership

of Anderson College.

Marker is on Kingsley Road, on the right when ...

Visitor's House

Historic Fort Knox

This building, completed in the summer of 1919, was originally known as the Visitor's House. It was built by the National Catholic War Council, an organization of the Knights of Columbus, to accommodate families and friends that came ...

Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe

1763 - 1851

On October 13, 1812, following Isaac Brock's death in a preceding assault, Major-General Sheaffe assumed command and led a successful attack which dislodged an invading American force from Queenston Heights. Born in Boston, Mass., Sheaffe was commissioned in ...

World War II War Memorial

Vigo County Indiana

[ Front ]W. W. II

Killed in Action

from Vigo County

[ Obverse ]

[ Row One ]

Lawrence Aaren • Ray E. Adams • William H. Altekruse • Charles V. Anderson • Warren C. Anderson • ...

Laura Ingersoll Secord 1775-1868

Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Laura Ingersoll came to Upper Canada with her father in 1795, and settled in this area. About two years later she married James Secord, a United Empire Loyalist, and within seven years they had moved ...