Old Athens Cemetery

This site is the original burial ground for Athens and contains the remains of its earliest citizens. It is a part of the original tract of land purchased for The University of Georgia by Governor John Milledge in 1801. All ...

Abraham P. Ackerman House

Built circa 1802 by Abraham P. Ackerman who added stone kitchen wing soon after. Later, son William built frame unit. His son Abraham W., owner in 1875, remodeled house and added mansard roofs. The farmhouse remained in the Ackerman family ...

Champneys' Pink Cluster

In 1802, on his rice plantation in nearby Rantowles,

John Champneys hybridized the first rose in

America. "Champneys' Pink Cluster" was a cross

between the European "Millers' White Musk" rose

(Rosa Moschata) and "Parsons' Pink China" rose

(Old Blush). This ...

Carriage House

In 1893, twelve years after James A. Garfield's assassination, Lucretia Garfield directed the construction of the Queen Anne-style carriage house off to the left. About 1900, the structure's interior was remodeled and an extension added on the back.

Inside were horse ...

India House / British Memorial Garden in Hanover Square

Exploring Downtown

India House

The handsome brownstone building facing Hanover Square, built in 1853, originally housed the Hanover Bank – making this a rare surviving bank building from pre-Civil War New York. Like so many banks, it was inspired by ...

Ackerman – Pell House

Built around 1835 in the Greek Revival style, it incorporates parts of a late 18th c. home. John D. Ackerman was a miller and his son, David I., was a blacksmith who built a trip hammer forge on the Saddle ...

Andrew County

Andrew County, organized 1841, is one of 6 counties in the Indian Platte Purchase Territory annexed to Missouri, 1837. Named for Andrew Jackson Davis, St. Louis editor, the county was first settled in the middle 1830’s. Pioneers were from Ohio, ...

The Grave of Abraham Lincoln

This structure marks the graves of Abraham Lincoln, his wife Mary, and three of their four children. Members of the Lincoln family chose the site in May 1865. Planned and built in the years following the president's shocking death, the ...

U.S.S. Liberty

In memory of the men who gave their lives on June 8, 1967 in support of our freedom and happiness while serving aboard the U.S.S. Liberty (AGTR-5).

LCDR P.M Armstrong, USN

LT J.C. Pierce, USN

LT S.S. Toth, USN

CTC M.D. Smith, USN

CTC R.E. ...

John W. Carey

Founder of Anna, Ohio

John W. Carey was born in 1805 in West Virginia [sic - Virginia] and came to Shelby County with his parents, Cephas and Jane Williamson Carey. Around 1833, J.W. Carey bought a thousand acres in Dinsmore Township, ...