Marion in Smyth County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Laura Lu Copenhaver

1868-1940

— Marion History Walk —

Laura Lu Copenhaver Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 22, 2022

1. Laura Lu Copenhaver Marker

Inscription. Playwright, author, lecturer and composer of hymns, Copenhaver is best remembered as the founder of the business which bore her name: a cottage industry where accomplished local weavers used handmade looms and cotton to weave quilts, drapes, curtains, coverlets, canopies and hand-hooked rugs. LCI products can be found in the homes of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson and of England's Queen Mary, at the Smithsonian Institution and the House of Seven Gables.

Erected by Marion Main Street.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce • Women.

Location. 36° 49.959′ N, 81° 31.206′ W. Marker is in Marion, Virginia, in Smyth County. It is on West Main Street east of South Park Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 116 W Main St, Marion VA 24354, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southwest Virginia

and in the Blue Ridge Highlands.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

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 walking distance of this marker: Mack Howard Sturgill (a few steps from this marker); Marion (a few steps from this marker); Smyth County Courthouse (a few steps from this marker); The Battle of Marion (a few steps from this marker); Smyth County Revolutionary War Memorial

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(a few steps from this marker); Smyth County War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); D.C. Miller Law Office (within shouting distance of this marker); Lt. Col. Garland York (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marion.

Also see . . . Laura Lu Scherer Copenhaver. Dictionary of Virginia Biography entry on the Lutheran lay leader and founder of Rosemont Industries, among other things. (Submitted on November 8, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 22, 2022

2. Laura Lu Copenhaver Marker

Statue of Laura Lu Copenhaver image. Click for full size.

WomenArtistUpdates via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), October 22, 2021

3. Statue of Laura Lu Copenhaver

The sculpture is in the Virginia Women's Monument in Richmond.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 8, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 8, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 508 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 8, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.