Medal of Honor Recipient

Marine Corporal Charles G. Abrell

[ Front ]

Cpl. Charles G. Abrell

U.S.M.C.

Medal of Honor

June 10, 1951

Korea

[ Both Sides ]

Korea

[ Back ]

Joseph A. Bray Det. 471

Marine Corps League

Marker can be reached from South 3rd Street north of Ohio Street.

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Ballenger Church

Shortly after the formation of St. Anne's Parish in 1745, this established church stood on a knoll 100 yards north on nearby Ballenger Creek. Not used regularly after the old parish was dissolved in 1785, the building was in ruins ...

Jefferson Davis Informed of Lincoln's Death

Jefferson Davis was standing here when informed of Lincoln's death April 18, 1865

Marker can be reached from the intersection of 4th Street and South Tryon Street, on the right when traveling south.

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Fort Montgomery

Named for Amer. Gen. Richard Montgomery, Rev. War Hero killed at Quebec 1775. This fort begun 1844. Armaments removed 1900.

Marker is at the intersection of Bridge Road and Montgomery Street on Bridge Road.

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Ocracoke Inlet

Once chief trade inlet of N.C. In 1718 pirate "Blackbeard" was killed near there, 17 mi. N.E., across Pamlico Sound.

Marker is on Cedar Island Rd. (North Carolina Route 12) north of Sound View Drive, on the left when traveling south. ...

North San Juan Fire Department

N. S. J. F. D.

Original Marker:

North San Juan Fire Department

In Commemoration of the establishment of this fire station in 1864

George S. Murphy

First Fire Chief

Replacement Marker:

N. S. J. F. D.

To the memory of the first fire department – organized in 1862. ...

Old Grolier Club

This building is the property of the Kiamie family. it was built in the Romanesque style, designed in 1890 by Charles W. Romeyn, as a home for the Grolier Club. It provides a fine illustration of how an imaginative architect ...

Original Site of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University

(Front)

Original site of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (now located at Normal, Alabama)

Legislature approved 9 December 1873 "a normal school for the education of colored teachers" in Huntsville. Ex-slave William Hooper Councill founder and first president. Classes began May ...

Mt. Carmel Academy

An educational institution for girls established in 1872 by the Sisters of Mt. Carmel. The order was founded in 1825 in Tours, France. The old building which is nearest Bayou Teche was constructed by Henry F. Duperier in 1826.

Marker is ...

Barton Street Confederate Monument

This monument is dedicated to honor the memory of the 51 Confederate Soldiers buried here in the Barton Street Cemetery. They died in Fredericksburg, Virginia between the months of October 1861 and March 1862. The Rev. Alfred M. Randolph of ...