North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #O-24
Plato Durham. Confederate captain; legislator; member of conventions of 1868, '75; conservative leader in Reconstruction period. His home was 100 ft. S.
East Warren Street at South Washington Street in Shelby, NC, Washington, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #B-74
African Americans Defend Washington. Prior to formation of 1st N.C. Colored Volunteers about 100 black men were armed to aid Union forces during the siege of Washington in 1863.
W Main Street at Gladden Street in, Washington, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #B-65
John H. Small 1858 1946. Congressman, 1899-1921. Chair, Cmte. on Rivers & Harbors; champion of Intracoastal Waterway. Home stood 40 yds. E.
Main Street at Bridge Street in, Washington, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #B-61
Lindsay C. Warren 1889 1976. U.S. Comptroller General, 1940-54; Member, U.S. House, 1925-40. Sponsor, Cape Hatteras National Seashore Act. Lived here.
West Main Street in, Washington, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #B-59
St. John The Evangelist Church. The first Roman Catholic church in North Carolina. Consecrated, 1829. Burned by Federal troops, 1864. Stood one block east.
US 17 (Bridge Street) at Third Street , Washington, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #B-51
John Gray Blount 1752 1833. Merchant & land speculator. Shipping interests across eastern N.C.; also invested in western N.C. land. Home stood here.
W Main Street at Market Street, Washington, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #B-40
Skewarkey Church. Baptist congregation formed about 1780. Primitive Baptist since 1830's. Church here was built in 1853.
US 17 Business (Washington Street) in Williamston, NC, Washington, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #B-33
Daniel G. Fowle. Governor, 1889-91, state Adjutant General, 1863, Confederate officer, superior court judge, state legislator. His home stood here.
West Main Street, Washington, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #B-28
De Mille Family. Home of motion picture producer Cecil B. DeMille & his father, playwright Henry C. DeMille, stood five blocks west.
Market Street in, Washington, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #B-24
Josephus Daniels. Secretary of the Navy, 1913-21; Ambassador to Mexico; editor; author. Birthplace stood here.
East Main Street in, Washington, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #B-16
Burning Of Washington. The town was burned and shelled by evacuating United States troops in April, 1864.
US 17 (Bridge Street) at W Second Street, Washington, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #B-15
Siege Of Washington. Town seized by Union troops, Mar. 1862. Efforts to recapture it failed in 1862 & 1863. Union Army withdrew in Apr. 1864.
West Main Street near Van Norden, NC, Washington, NC, United States
North Carolina Highway Historical Marker #B-14
Dr. Susan Dimock. Native of Washington, Zurich graduate, head of a Boston hospital, 1st woman member N.C. Medical Society, 1872. Her girlhood home was here.
East Main Street, Washington, NC, United States