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Highland Springs in Henrico County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Highland Springs

By Bernard Fisher, November 25, 2009

1. Highland Springs Marker

Inscription. One of Richmond's earliest streetcar suburbs, Highland Springs was founded in 1890 by Edmund Sewell Read, a wealthy real estate developer from Winthrop, Mass. He named the community for the relatively high altitude and natural springs that suited his ailing wife. Read subdivided 1,000 acres into lots and named the streets alphabetically after his favorite flora, such as Daisy, Elm, and Fern. The Seven Pines Railway Company, chartered in 1888, operated from Church Hill in Richmond east to Seven Pines National Cemetery. One of the stops was located nearby on Oak Avenue.

Erected 1996 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number PA 138.)

Location. 37° 32.67′ N, 77° 19.576′ W. Marker is in Highland Springs, Virginia, in Henrico County. Marker is at the intersection of East Nine Mile Road (Virginia Route 33) and North Juniper Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Nine Mile Road. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Henrico VA 23075, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Locomotive Club of Richmond (approx. 0.9 miles away); Second Day at Seven Pines (approx. 1.2 miles away); Fair Oaks Station (approx. 1.2 miles away); Battlefield of Seven Pines (approx. 1.5 miles away); McClellan’s Picket Line (approx. 1.5 miles away); Sandston (approx. 1.5 miles away); McClellan’s First Line (approx. 1.6 miles away); a different marker also named Battlefield of Seven Pines (approx. 1.6 miles away).

E Nine Mile Road (facing east) Photo, Click for full size

By Bernard Fisher, November 25, 2009

2. E Nine Mile Road (facing east)

Also see . . .
1. The history of Highland Springs. The Springer Connection (Submitted on November 26, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.)
2. You've Missed the Last Trolley: Just Waiting for a Street Car?. Richmond Times-Dispatch, November 27, 1949. Richmond Then and Now. (Submitted on November 26, 2009, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.)