St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church

Incorporated on June 21, 1794, St. Paul’s

P.E. Church is the oldest organized church

in Georgetown. Prior to completion of the

first church building, services were held in

the Sussex County Courthouse. In 1805, a

special lottery sanctioned by the ...

Ackerson Homestead

Built about 1800 by John Ackerson and son Garret, this stone house stands on land purchased in 1759. The property was developed during a century of family ownership. A general store was built opposite the house site in 1777 and ...

William Hooper Councill

Founder

"...A tower of knowledge, of strength, of power ...Let us build..."

Dr. William Hooper Councill served as President of Alabama A&M University and was the catalyst for its early development from its founding in 1875 until his death in 1909. Born ...

Historic Savage Mill

Established 1822

The Mill "race" was filled with water from a point about a mile upstream where it converged with the Little Patuxent River at a wooden dam. The dam was destroyed in the early 1950's.

The water originally went directly through ...

Eckerson House

Built in the 1790’s by Jacob Eckerson near an earlier home where he had settled about 1770. The farmstead then consisted of 119 acres. The house was inherited by his son John J. Eckerson in 1810 who owned it until ...

President Hayes Memorial

This tablet marks the birthplace

of

Rutherford B. Hayes

Nineteenth President of

The United States

Born October 4th, 1822

Marker is on East Williams Street (U.S. 36) east of North Sandusky Street.

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Councill Training School

(1919 - 1970)

Side A

In 1919, the first building was erected nearby with funds provided locally and supplemented with a Julius Rosenwald Foundation grant. Named for William H. Councill, Alabama A&M University founder, the three-room structure was built for black students ...

The Tenth Cavalry

Following the Civil War, the United States Congress authorized the creation of six regiments of black U.S. Army troops. The Tenth Cavalry was organized in 1867 under the leadership of Col. Benjamin Grierson (1826-1911). The order creating black troops also ...

Philip Porcher House

Built about 1765 by Philip Porcher, loyalist. Confiscated during the Revolution, his property afterwards was returned and he was allowed to remain in this country because of his "Universal" good character.

Marker is on Archdale Street near Magazine Street, on the ...

Lightning Guider Sleds

Produced between 1904 and 1988 by the Standard Novelty Works, located here. In 1920 the plant was credited with producing more children's sleds than any other U.S. factory; its capacity was then 1,600 to 1,800 per day. The company also ...