Near Gordonsville in Orange County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District

Photographed by Cynthia Hottinger, April 22, 2018

1. Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District Marker

Inscription. This rural historic district encompasses 50 square miles of the Piedmont. Native Americans lived here for more than 12,000 years before settlers of European descent, drawn to the fertile soil, arrived early in the 1700s. Several notable houses, including Montpelier and Barboursville, were built by the mid-1800s. Communities such as Tibbstown were established by emancipated African Americans, and Somerset emerged to serve local farmers. The architectural styles of the district's more than 700 buildings range from Georgian to Colonial Revival to simple vernacular, reflecting a broad socioeconomic spectrum. Old Blue Run Baptist Church (ca. 1769) is the oldest of several churches.

Erected 2018 by Virginia Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number JJ 36.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Architecture • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Notable Places. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list.

Location. 38° 8.592′ N, 78° 13.325′ W.

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Marker is near Gordonsville, Virginia, in Orange County. It is on Spotswood Trail (U.S. 33) half a mile west of Lovers Lane (Virginia Route 646), on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9014 Spotswood Trail, Gordonsville VA 22942, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northern Virginia

and in the Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Orange County / Louisa County (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Maplewood Memorial Association (approx. 1.3 miles away); General Thomas Sumter (approx. 1.3 miles away); Montebello (approx. 1.6 miles away); Gordon Inn (approx. 1.8 miles away); Gordonsville's Legendary Chicken Vendors

Photographed by Cynthia Hottinger, April 22, 2018

2. Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District Marker

(approx. 2.1 miles away); Welcome to The Exchange Hotel and Civil War Medical Museum (approx. 2.1 miles away); In Memory of the Soldiers, Both Confederate and Union (approx. 2.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gordonsville.

Also see . . . Madison-Barbour Rural Historic District National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. 177 page PDF file at 9.84Mb (Submitted on May 8, 2018, by Pete Payette of Orange, Virginia.)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 8, 2018. It was originally submitted on April 22, 2018, by Cynthia Hottinger of Midlothian, Virginia. This page has been viewed 936 times since then and 55 times this year. Last updated on May 8, 2018, by Pete Payette of Orange, Virginia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 22, 2018, by Cynthia Hottinger of Midlothian, Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.