General Daniel Butterfield Statue

Sakura Park

Daniel Butterfield (1831-1901) was born October 31, 1831. His father John was a leader in the express mail business, and helped found the American Express Company. Butterfield graduated from Union College in 1849, and became a merchant in ...

The Old Man’s Garden

Dr. Helmcken loved tending the family garden throughout his long live. In his memoirs, he described his passion for gardening in the 1850s:

“At this time I was a great gardener – worked hard – up at 5 or 6 o’clock ...

Hood's Corps at Battle of Ruff's Mill

When Johnston’s forces [CS] withdrew from Kennesaw Mtn., July 3, 1864, they occupied a double line of field works extending from Smyrna S. W. to Nickajack Creek at Dodgen's Mill, more or less along this, the old Concord Road.

Hood’s Corps ...

Great Western Furnace

Built in 1854 by Brian, Newell & Co., this steam cold-blast charcoal furnace was built of limestone from the surrounding hills. Brown iron-ore came from shallow deposits about two miles north. Pig-iron was shipped by river or hauled to rolling ...

Savannah's Liberty Ships and the Atlantic Bridge

Before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II, President Roosevelt and Congress authorized a ship building program to construct a fleet of transport vessels that could carry American supplies to England. The design ...

Grassy Memorial Chapel and Cemetery

Established in 1894 as New Salem Presbyterian Church. Originally afflicted with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, the first recorded meeting was held 1897, William White, Pastor.

The Church became affiliated with Presbyterian U.S.A. in 1907. In 1976, it became the property of ...

Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building

God gave us sons

we gave them to our country

and our country gave them back to God

This building is erected by the

citizens of Menasha in sacred memory

of those from our city who gave their

lives in the service of our country.

1928

Marker is ...

Pine Hill A.M.E. Church / Pine Hill Rosenwald School

Pine Hill A.M.E. Church

This church, founded in 1876, was in Marion County before Dillon County was created in 1910. At first on S.C. Hwy. 34, the church acquired this site in 1891 when Alfred Franklin Page (1863-1929) and his wife ...

The Gray Box Chateau

The Gray Box Chateau

24 North Main Street

Has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

1764

Marker can be reached from N. Main Street just from W. Commerce Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Taverns

The structure before you was one of three taverns which existed in City Point at the time of the Civil War. It was probably constructed in the eighteenth century. On June 15, 1864 the United States Christian Commission established its ...