Dairy
Site of eighteenth-century dairy used by the Washingtons for storage of milk, cheese and other dairy products. The original brick floor is still in tact.
Please leave undisturbed.
Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Colonial Era.
Location. 38° 11.141′ N, 76° 55.001′ W. Marker is in Colonial Beach, Virginia, in Westmoreland County. It can be reached from Popes Creek Road. The marker is at George Washington Birthplace National Monument, one of our National Parks. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1732 Popes Creek Road, Colonial Beach VA 22443, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is on Virginia’s Northern Neck. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in the Tidewater, in the Chesapeake Bay Region, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Constructing a Past (within shouting distance of this marker); Significance of a Birthplace (within shouting distance of this marker); More than a Garden (within shouting distance of this marker); Connected by Commerce (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Tidewater Gentry (about 500 feet away); Remembering Washington (approx. 0.2 miles away); The First People Here (approx. 0.2 miles away); Explore a trail network (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Colonial Beach.
Other markers no longer nearby. The Memorial Area (was a few steps from this marker but has been permanently removed); Archeology at Popes Creek (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); George Washingtons Birthplace (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed);
Also see . . . George Washington Birthplace National Monument. A website of the National Park Service. (Submitted on August 5, 2010, by Patrick G. Jordan of Graham, North Carolina.)
Credits. This page was last revised on July 5, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 5, 2010, by Patrick G. Jordan of Graham, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 819 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 5, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 5, 2010, by Patrick G. Jordan of Graham, North Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
