Mount Jackson in Shenandoah County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
5974 Main Street
— Mt. Jackson Historic District —
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
c. 1875
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1875.
Location. 38° 44.752′ N, 78° 38.545′ W. Marker is in Mount Jackson, Virginia, in Shenandoah County. Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 11) just south of Bridge Street, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5947 Main Street, Mount Jackson VA 22842, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. 5976-5980 Main Street (a few steps from this marker); Ashby District Honor Roll (within shouting distance of this marker); Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Union Church (within shouting distance of this marker); 5986 Main Street (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); 5998 Main Street (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mt. Jackson Fire Company (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Jackson.
Also see . . . National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for the Historic District.
The building is a contributing structure to the Mt. Jackson Historic District. The nomination form for
this page online
Mount Jackson Historic District includes most of the historic dwellings, commercial buildings , churches, schools, and industrial building s that help define the small town of Mount Jackson. Located near the confluence of Mil l Creek and the North Fork of the Shenandoah River in southern Shenandoah County, the village began as an eighteenth-century milling center known as Mount Pleasant. In 1826, by act of the Virginia General Assembly, the name of the town was changed to Mount Jackson in honor of General Andrew Jackson. The town soon prospered as a commercial, milling, and transportation center primarily due to the passage of the Valley Turnpike through town in the 1830s and the arrival of the Manassas Gap Railroad in 1859. Serving as the southern terminus of the railroad until 1868, Mount Jackson was also an important Confederate hospital center during the Valley campaigns of the Civil War. A significant rail shipping point for such products as grain, apples, and livestock, Mount Jackson continued to prosper as a transportation center during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The small railroad town also containsa cohesive and architecturally significant collection of buildings that represents various styles from the early nineteenth through the twentieth centuries.
Additionally, an architectural description of 5974 Main Street can be found on page 20:
ca. 1886, two-story, brick, gable-roofed, L-shaped, Victorian vernacular house known as Twin Trees with a bracketed cornice, decorative sawnwork in each gable, front and side bay windows, and a three-bay front porch with Tuscan columns on brick piers.(Submitted on March 21, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.)
Credits. This page was last revised on March 21, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 19, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 93 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 19, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
