This commercial brick building was built by William Curry as a bonded tobacco warehouse. Mr. Curry had become "Florida's First Millionaire" through his vast business holdings that supplied the ship wreck and cigar industries. The structure began as . . . — — Map (db m245836) HM
This residential structure was
built by Irish born William
Kerr. He moved to Key West in
1872 and constructed the
building as his home in
1875. The exquisite roof and
porch detailing feature
Carpenter Gothic style
. . . — — Map (db m223484) HM
Connecticut mariner and wrecker Benjamin Sawyer built the first house on this property by 1844. From 1888-1890, much of Key West's port business took place in Sawyer's home, until the completion of the federal Custom House. Key West native and . . . — — Map (db m127809) HM
William Kerr was educated in Natick and Boston. In 1852, he moved to Washington, D.C. where he served an apprenticeship as a mechanic under George Nailor. At the start of the Civil War he went into the United States Civil Engineering Service. He . . . — — Map (db m223727) HM
William Wall came to Key West in 1824 as a shipwreck victim. Seven years later he had amassed a substantial fortune as a pioneer in the island's burgeoning cigar industry. Behind the building were docks and "coaling stations" used to supply . . . — — Map (db m222621) HM
Working as a lighthouse keeper was a difficult task. While a might be considered a masculine job, the Key West Lighthouse actually employed three female principal keepers. Barbara Mabrity served for 30 years (1832 to 1862), Mary A. Carroll in 1889 . . . — — Map (db m243912) HM
World War I
Key West became a major naval training base during World War I. Even before war was declared, work had begun to expand and improve naval facilities on the island.
In 1914, the Key West Naval Station became . . . — — Map (db m224148) WM
World War II
Following the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939, President Roosevelt visited Key West and ordered the naval base reopened to support naval operations in the Caribbean. Soon thereafter, destroyers and seaplanes operating . . . — — Map (db m224152) HM WM
For over a century the Florida Keys reaped the rewards of shipwrecked vessels on its 200 miles of reefs and shoals. In the early 1800s there was a shipwreck a week. During the 1830s, nearly 60-90 percent of all exports from Florida came from . . . — — Map (db m223056) HM
This green, picket-lined field is a military cemetery. Many of the grave sites originally held the remains of Civil War soldiers who died from yellow fever. More soldiers were struck down in the South by disease than by armed skirmishes. Yellow . . . — — Map (db m223068) HM
Interesting Details about Zachary Taylor
In 1837, He was promoted to Brigadier General and earned the nickname, "Old Rough and Ready"
Zachary Taylor was the second President to die in office. Within months of his death, this fort, . . . — — Map (db m240143) HM
This structure is one of a handful of African Methodist Episcopal churches serving Bahama Village. The church started in 1887 a few blocks from its present location. The congregation has seen its fair share of loses during its more than 120-year . . . — — Map (db m222638) HM
This place of worship was named for Saint Stephen who is recognized as the first Christian martyr. He was stoned to death for his views on poverty and the role of the early church. The structure is built from locally quarried limestone and coral . . . — — Map (db m222629) HM
Henry M. Flagler began construction of the Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Railroad southward from Homestead in 1905. Despite destructive hurricanes in 1906, 1909, and 1910, the Key West Extension was completed in January 1912 at a . . . — — Map (db m72798) HM
Flagler became the second richest man in America as creator and brains of the Standard Oil Company. His partner was John D. Rockefeller. Flagler went on to build Florida in a two decade span during which he created the Florida East Coast Railroad. . . . — — Map (db m222211) HM
Marathon began in 1908 as construction headquarters and chief shipping terminal for Henry M. Flagler's "Overseas Railway" to Key West. Through it passed thousands of workmen and immense quantities of material and supplies. At near by Knight's Key . . . — — Map (db m146247) HM
(side 1)
Knights Key Segment
Between 1905 and 1912. Henry Flagler extended his Florida East Coast (FEC) Railway to Key West. This massive engineering project, called the Overseas Railroad, required 23 bridges that utilized the most . . . — — Map (db m245787) HM
Established in 1955, St. Columba Episcopal Church has occupied this building since 1960. Between 1977 and 1982, nineteen dalle de verre, or faceted stained glass windows, were installed in the church. This technique uses thick pieces of colored . . . — — Map (db m83331) HM
The storm of all storms was the devastating Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 ( Category 5 at 200 mph winds). It obliterated the Middle Keys' Long Key taking with it over 600 lives, 40 miles of track and the rescue train with engine 447. This passenger . . . — — Map (db m222216) HM
Vaca Railroad Station was reconstructed by Crane Point Hammock on the original site of 1910. The station was not a regular stop until George Adderley and friends gave Flagler the right of way through their town ( which is now Crane Point Hammock) in . . . — — Map (db m222214) HM
The first Overseas Highway, also known as State Road 4A (SR 4A), consisted of two roadway segments both completed by 1928. One spanned from Key West to No Name Key, and the other from Key Largo to Upper Matecumbe Key. Ferries transported cars . . . — — Map (db m107043) HM
(side 1)
What is today Tavenier was originally inhabited by the Calusa and Tequesta Native Americans. The Tequesta occupied the area around Biscayne Bay, while the Calusa inhabited Southwest Florida. In 1513, the Florida Keys were . . . — — Map (db m129571) HM
Oil magnate Henry M. Flagler first visited Florida in 1878. Realizing Floridas potential for growth, he developed railroads and hotels which transformed the eastern seaboard. The Florida East Coast Railroad reached Miami in 1896 and soon was . . . — — Map (db m150462) HM
World famous surgeon, teacher and research scientist was born in Culloden, Georgia April 5, 1899 and educated at Georgia Military College, the University of Georgia and Johns Hopkins Medical School. He completed his surgical training at Vanderbilt . . . — — Map (db m212235) HM
On April 19, 1865, a part of Wilson`s Federal Raiders, moving toward Macon, encountered the "Worrill Grays" near this spot. The "Grays," numbering less than 200 men, fought a magnificent battle, greatly outnumbered. After a two-hour battle they . . . — — Map (db m9930) HM
Jo Ann Gibson Robinson was born near Culloden. Robinson attended Hudson High School in Macon, later graduating from Fort Valley Normal and Industrial School and Atlanta University. In 1949, she became a professor at Alabama State College in . . . — — Map (db m207598) HM
In 1808, widow Mary Green Dame and her six children settled in Jones County. Two sons, George and John, builders by trade, built a house on the east side of the Ocmulgee River. Zachariah Booth owned and operated the first ferry here. It was . . . — — Map (db m10087) HM
In 1864-1865 the buildings and grounds of this institution then known as Monroe Female College were used as a Confederate hospital, while classes met in private homes — — Map (db m59583) HM
Here sleep "Known but to God," 299 unknown Confederate soldiers and one known. Most of these men, veterans of many hard fought battles, died in the several Confederate hospitals located in this town. Here is also buried a gallant Confederate girl, . . . — — Map (db m417) HM
100 yards southeast is the location of a Confederate Hospital Camp established in the summer of 1864. Soldiers wounded in battles around Atlanta were brought by train to Forsyth. The buildings at the college and other buildings in Forsyth were soon . . . — — Map (db m22486) HM
Operated at this site from c. 1930s - December 2009, when it was relocated to 36 Harris Street. The barbers operating this establishment have included: Austin Dillard, Lawrence Dillard, Walter Shootie Dillard (1948 c. 1978); Oreatha Dillard . . . — — Map (db m186639) HM
Forsyth, County Seat of Monroe County, was incorporated by Act of Legislature in 1823. It is in almost the exact geographical center of the State. First commissioners were James S. Phillips, Henry H. Lumpkin, John E. Bailey, Anderson Baldwin and . . . — — Map (db m25945) HM
Designated January, 1983 United States Department of the Interior through the efforts of the Monroe County Historical Society and the City of Forsyth to preserve the past for the citizens of the future — — Map (db m186618) HM
On Nov. 16, 1864, Maj. Gen. G. W. Smith, CSA, reached Griffin (30 miles NW) after a night withdrawal from Lovejoys Station (13 miles N of Griffin) where he had been posted to support Iversons division of Wheelers cavalry [CS] which was watching . . . — — Map (db m25655) HM
Operated at this site from c. 1950 c. 1978. Before the 1950s, the Cafι was previously operated by Jimmie Rutland and Paul James and was the birthplace of James Dry Cleaners. — — Map (db m186634) HM
Operated at this site (formerly 40 Harris Street) from 1942 until December 31, 2000. Paul A. and Antoinette Sistee B. James (owners) Maisie B. Nichols (Manager) — — Map (db m186632) HM
Operated at this site from c. 1970 c. 1978. Wrights Funeral Home previously operated at this site. Julian and Minnie Wright (Morticians) — — Map (db m186643) HM
Operated at this site from c. 1972 c. 1995. Dillards Barbershop relocated to this site in 2009 from what is currently 42 Harris Street. Larry Smith and Tyree Smith (Barbers) — — Map (db m186623) HM
On Nov. 17, 1864, Kilpatricks cavalry division [US], which was covering the right flank of Gen. Shermans army on its March to the Sea, moved from Bear Creek Station (Hampton) 31 mi. NW, down the north bank of Towaliga River to threaten Griffin and . . . — — Map (db m26947) HM
Created by Act of May 15, 1821, Monroe County, an original county containing all of Pike and parts of Bibb, Butts and Lamar Counties, was ceded by the Creek Indians in early 1821. Laid out by the Lottery Act, it was rapidly occupied by large numbers . . . — — Map (db m25941) HM
[Obelisk (front)]
Dedicated to all
Monroe Countians
who served our
country
and
in memory of
those who made the
supreme sacrifice
They died that
others may
live free
[Obelisk (back)]
Freedom is not free . . . — — Map (db m186865) WM
Founded in 1902 by William M. Hubbard, STAC was one of the states official schools for the instruction of black teachers between 1931 and 1938. Originally named the Forsyth Normal and Industrial School, STAC was one of three black public colleges . . . — — Map (db m15039) HM
Dedicating Courthouse Grounds to The Honorable Hugh D. Sosebee Honorable Hugh D. Sosebee was born in October 1916 and chose Monroe County Georgia as his home in 1949. He graduated from The University of Georgia in 1938 and went on to the Walter . . . — — Map (db m186605) HM
Chartered in 1849 as Forsyth Female Collegiate Institute, Tift College was one of the group of colleges pioneering in the education of women. Known for 50 years as Monroe College, the name was changed in 1907 to Bessie Tift College, honoring a . . . — — Map (db m25657) HM
One block east stood the old office of The Monroe Advertiser, where Joel Chandler Harris, creator of “Uncle Remus,” came in 1867, as a boy of nineteen, to work until 1870. Here he advanced from printers devil to accomplished . . . — — Map (db m25354) HM
Montpelier Institute, founded in 1842 by Stephen Elliott, Jr., First Episcopal Bishop of the diocese of Georgia, was Georgia's second oldest school for girls. Col. G.B. Lamar gave the land for the school including Montpelier Springs, long noted as a . . . — — Map (db m9929) HM
Mauricio Alvarez, Sculptor
This place of rest is dedicated to the veterans of this community, as well as the rest of America, well-trained and fierce warriors, but also gentle and kind liberators and protectors of children, women and men, and . . . — — Map (db m143461) WM
On June 12, 1951, several hundred people gathered at the dedication by Mayor A. C. Metter of a round, bronze plaque to designate the center of Columbia's City Limits and new street and house numbering system. The plaque was placed on the sidewalk . . . — — Map (db m182374) HM
Originally one-story, this home was built in 1866 from brick made in Columbia. The Breidecker family, who immigrated from Germany and were early settlers here, owned the home and added a second story and front porch in 1910. The old St. Louis Hotel . . . — — Map (db m181502) HM
Original town of Columbia, Ill. laid out on historic Kaskaskia Trail was founded by Capt. George Rogers Clark's men year 1820.
Columbia municipal incorporations created under laws of State of Illinois:
Town - February 19, 1859 . . . — — Map (db m173484) HM
The building at 121 South Main was the first home of the Columbia Star Printing Company in time, it served as a location for three confectioneries before Steve Albert opened a floral shop on the first floor. The building was built in1878. The corner . . . — — Map (db m182270) HM
The Eichmuller-Rau building was built in the 1800s by John Eichmueller and was used as a tavern and feed store. The Living quarters was upstairs. The property was later acquired by Jacob Rau when he married one of the Eichmueller daughters. An . . . — — Map (db m171262) HM
Built in early 1900, this was the first location of the First National Bank in Columbia. It still has security bars on the windows and houses the original brick bank vault. Main Street and Legion Avenue was long recognized as the center of town and . . . — — Map (db m184617) HM
Fort Piggott
Revolutionary War Captain James Piggot (1735-1799) was a native of Connecticut who later moved to Pennsylvania and commanded a company of Pennsylvania troops in the battle of Brandywine and Saratoga, among others. After an . . . — — Map (db m244293) HM WM
At this site stood the Franklin Inn, later called the "Buck Tavern" because its sign was adorned with deer horns. Built in 1828 as a stagecoach stop, it was famous for its hospitality. The stagecoach would change horses here, and the passengers . . . — — Map (db m173522) HM
This engraved stone was presented to Sister City of Columbia, Il. By our Sister City Gedern, Germany in honor of the 25th anniversary of our partnership and friendship. The pedestal was donated by Luhr Bros, Inc. Dedicated in 2021 — — Map (db m173485) HM
Note the construction of this German style cottage. The small eyebrow windows were used to provide light and fresh air to the second floor occupants. Also important to note is that the house was built directly on the sidewalk. Why? Because German . . . — — Map (db m171264) HM
This greek revival home was built in 1857 for brothers John and Philip Peter Gundlach who ran the Monroe Brewery. John served as Columbia's third mayor. The house is a 12 story brick building; its corbeled brick frieze is representative . . . — — Map (db m184395) HM
This home was built in 1869 by Christian Reuter, and sold for $1,800 in 1871 to John Gundlach, owner of the Monroe Brewery. John's daughter, Anna Gundlach Wagner, lived here following his death until 1922, then the home changed hands many times . . . — — Map (db m184378) HM
Shoemaker School became a part of the Columbia School District in 1950. Since the school's directors had already contracted Marian Maag to teach for the 1950-51 term prior to this consolidation, the old school was kept open for one final year. In . . . — — Map (db m144933) HM
Historic Shoemaker School
In 1851, a leg school building was built by Hammond Shoemaker on his form south of Columbia for his children and the families of his neighbors. Shoemaker was the only doctor along the Kaskaskia Cahokia Trail, the . . . — — Map (db m204821) HM
Immaculate Conception Church was built in 1866 on land purchased for $600 from Henry Schumacher in 1863. The church was dedicated December 12, 1867by Bishop Juncker. The building was remodeled in 1904, and the improvement included the installation . . . — — Map (db m172805) HM
Columbia's Main Street began as the Kaskaskia-Cahokia Trail, a path created by Indians as long as 11,000 B.C. when the traveled from Old Kaskaskia [Kaskaskia Island] to Cahokia. The Trail played an integral part in French colonization, and remained . . . — — Map (db m171259) HM
This house was built in the 1870s by Mr. Fred Koch, a carpenter and builder, for his family. The two-story brick house remained in the family until the 1940s. Notice the German street names on the front corner of the house. The house was purchased . . . — — Map (db m184379) HM
Originally built for Columbia Masonic Lodge No. 474, this 1882 building had three stories. The Masons used the two upper floors for meetings, and the first floor
as a refreshment parlor until the 1930s and 40s. It then housed the Columbia Grill . . . — — Map (db m184618) HM
1775 1918
Memorial
in honor of
our sons and daughters
who served their nation
in freedom's cause and in memory
of who gave their those of our number
who gave their last full measure
of devotion in
the six great wars . . . — — Map (db m143598) WM
In 1850, Peter Wilheim Miller constructed this vernacular German cottage. It was his home adjacent to his blacksmith shop that provided shoes for horses and repaired farm equipment in the 1850s and 1860s. The blacksmith shop eventually became an . . . — — Map (db m140338) HM
John Gundlach built this building in 1856. He and
several relatives were partners in the business until the Reconstruction era. In 1883 the brewery was operated by Klausmann Brewery Co. of South St. Louis. Its annual capacity was 6,000 barrels of . . . — — Map (db m185013) HM
The old Engine House, City Jail and Meeting Hall were located at the corner of South Rapp and Cherry, the present site of Columbia's City Hall. It was built in 1875 at a cost of $1,075. It housed prisoners in what was commonly called, "The . . . — — Map (db m182261) HM
Revolutionary War
War of 1812 Civil War WW I WW II
Laid out in the late 1700s on acreage donated by the Ogles,its elevated grounds afford a view of lands settled by the pioneersthe Piggotts, Ogles, Biggs, Wilson and others. It was named . . . — — Map (db m143369) HM WM
Palmier Cemetery was established in 1783, laid out on ground donated by Benjamin and Joseph Ogle-part of the Ogle Estate on Palmier
Hill, for what would become the oldest cemetery in the Columbia precinct. Flooding in the area caused the cemetery . . . — — Map (db m203961) HM WM
This large frame building was the location of the Emil Pfeffer Mercantile Store. An open porch extended across the entire front of the building and wrapped around the north side. The Weilbacher family acquired this building in the 1920s and called . . . — — Map (db m172804) HM
This building was built in the late 1800s and purchased in 1915 by the late George Roessler Sr. It was originally the Millstadt Brewery Company Saloon, managed by Mr. Roessler, and was also used as an ice house and trucking business. The family . . . — — Map (db m182298) HM
The ground for this home was purchased in 1851 by James Nolan who platted the original Town of Columbia in 1820. The home was built shortly thereafter for the Conrad-Rohm family. Gustav Rohm married Katie Schneider and they had eight children. . . . — — Map (db m171261) HM
This building was the location of the John J. Schauffert Drug Store from 1896 until 1899 when Mr. Herman Rose bought the business and renamed it Rose's Drug Store. The store boasted Columbia's first soda fountain. Althoughthe drug store had changed . . . — — Map (db m184404) HM
Sand Bank School ha a history dating to 1800, The first log school was built only a few feet east of the Kaskaskia-Cahokia Trail. The log one - room school on the sand hill served the settlers living near Captain James Piggot's Fort Great Run . . . — — Map (db m246405) HM
This home was built in 1880 and was the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Theo Schaefer. Mr. Schaefer operated as a blacksmith in the building on the corner. He was the town trustee from 1901-1903. the home was designated a local landmark in 2013 by members . . . — — Map (db m173524) HM
The beer cave was used to store beer that was brewed at Schmidt Brewery (521 S. Main Street) in the early 1800s. The barrels of beer were later delivered to local saloons. The brewery closed in the 1860s, but the cave was used in later year store . . . — — Map (db m170533) HM
This two story brick home was built in 1818 by Philip and Peter Schmidt. The building functioned partly as a brewery (Schmidt Brewery) with offices and a sales department. The second floor provided living quarters for the families. An arched, stone . . . — — Map (db m206579) HM
This house, originally belonging to the Charles Schneider family, was built in approximately 1864. Mr. Schneider was one of Columbia's early citizens who operated a livery stable and undertaking parlor at this location. Note the German architecture . . . — — Map (db m182301) HM
This two story building on the corner of Main and Locust was the location of Louis Tunze Pool, Billiards and Saloon and doubled as Gus Tunze's residence. Mr. Gus Tunze was a town trustee from 19031904. It was built by the Tunze brothers in the . . . — — Map (db m199233) HM
The Vogt Store building was built in 1893 by William Vogt. It was one of Columbia's first department stores where one could buy anything from a needle to a
threshing machine. It consisted of a grocery, meat market, dry goods, hardware and farm . . . — — Map (db m184620) HM
Leo A. Weilbacher Sr. began his business career with the Columbia Mercantile Co. at another location on Main Street in 1909. To this business, an ice cream parlor was added in 1914 and later, groceries, dry goods, hardware, paints and household . . . — — Map (db m184401) HM
In the early 1800s, August F. Weinel established a lumber yard and livery stable across the street from where you are standing. Years later, their son, Ernst
A. Weinel, started the Weinel Hardware store in this building. Built in the mid-1850s, the . . . — — Map (db m184394) HM
William Whiteside built Whiteside station as a fort to protect his family, pioneers and travelers from Indian raids, along the Kaskaskia-Cahokia trail.
Whiteside was a patriot of North Carolina during the American Revolutionary War and is . . . — — Map (db m140339) HM
Stephen W. Miles was born in New York and came to this area in 1819. He was a successful businessman and acquired large tracts of land. He would stand on the bluff and say, "For miles and miles, it all belongs to Miles." He would eventually . . . — — Map (db m233012) HM WM
Fults Hill Prairie Nature Preserve has been formally dedicated as a sanctuary for native plants and animals. It is maintained in its natural condition so that present and future generations can see the Illinois landscape as it appeared in the . . . — — Map (db m241611) HM
[Left plaque:]
Served under the command of Col. George Rogers Clark in the Virginia line, the capture of Kaskaskia & the capture of Fort Vincennes.
[Right plaque:]
In memory of
Revolutionary War Soldier
Robert Kidd . . . — — Map (db m142149) HM
The town of Kidd was named after Robert Kidd, who had been a soldier
serving under Colonel George Rogers Clark. Kidd was in the original group of
settlers who came to what is now Monroe County in 1782 with the intention of
permanently settling . . . — — Map (db m163635) HM
Robert and Mary McGowan Kidd. Robert Kidd served in Revolutionary War 1774-1778. He settled in this area 1781 with Mary McGowan. Robert Kidd was born 1749 and died 1836. He was buried a half mile south of this Monument. Son John Kidd born . . . — — Map (db m174409) HM WM
The Village of Fults, formerly known as Brownsburg, had its beginnings in the
early 1900's with the construction of the St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern
Railroad line through the Monroe County Bottoms. In
1902, the Nanson Commission Co. . . . — — Map (db m198125) HM
The Mississippi River was a major superhighway throughout history, Native Americans traveled extensively on the waterway, and early settlers settled the Midwest by entering the port of New Orleans and traveling north on the river. During the . . . — — Map (db m226556) HM
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