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Johnson Hall State Historic Site was the home of Sir William Johnson (1715–1774) an Irish pioneer who became the influential British Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the Province of New York, known for his strong relationship especially with the Mohawk and other Iroquois League nations.
Winthrop College Historic District is a national historic district located on the campus of Winthrop University at Rock Hill, South Carolina. It encompasses 17 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure constructed between 1894 and 1943.
The Old Campus District, University of South Carolina, is a historic district centered on The Horseshoe on the main campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] On June 5, 1970, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places . [ 1 ]
New York: 1772: Built in 1772 in Johnstown, it was requested and partially funded by Sir William Johnson and the first judges presiding at the courthouse included his son Sir John Johnson and John Butler, both of whom later operated Loyalist brigades during the American Revolution such as the King's Royal Regiment of New York and Butler's ...
Coat of Arms of William Johnson Admiral Sir Peter Warren, c. 1751. William Johnson was born around 1715 in County Meath, in the Kingdom of Ireland. [2] He was the eldest son of Christopher Johnson (1687–1764) of Smithstown, County Meath and Anne Warren, daughter of Michael Warren of Warrenstown, County Meath and Catherine Aylmer, sister of Admiral Matthew Aylmer, 1st Baron Aylmer.
A new performing arts center, the Koger Center for the Arts was opened in 1989. [8] In 1991, the South Carolina State Legislature approved a bond bill for a new dedicated music building to be built adjacent to the Koger Center. [9] Construction for the new building began in 1993 and was finished the next year. [10]
Cole Palen's Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Red Hook, New York; National Museum of Transportation, St Louis County, Missouri; New York Museum of Transportation, Rush, New York; Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown, California; San Francisco Cable Car Museum, San Francisco, California; Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport, Maine
Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives and trustee of the university Solomon Blatt unveiled a proposal called the "new and greater university" plan that would move the university from its present site to a 1,200-acre (4.9 km 2) site just outside Columbia. At the time, the university was the smallest state university in the South ...