39. Site of the First Surveyor's Camp
100 S. Main St.
In February, 1796, Aaron Nutt, Benjamin Robbins, and Benjamin Archer arrived at the high point of the land between the two rivers where Centerville now stands. It is thought that they first made camp at this site where the Christian Scientist Church is located. The threat of Indians caused them to move to a more favorable retreat some two miles away (in the general area of Clyo and Alex-Bell Roads). These men were brothers-in-law and veterans of the Revolutionary War with war bounties to pay for land in the territory.