Onancock in Accomack County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Hopkins and Sons; Hopkins and Brothers

Hopkins and Sons; Hopkinns and Brothers Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, April 20, 2008

1. Hopkins and Sons; Hopkinns and Brothers Marker

Inscription. Records of this mercantile business date back to 1842. This store also served the community as a bank and as a social and political meeting place. Deeded in 1970 to Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1842.

Location. 37° 42.72′ N, 75° 45.315′ W. Marker is in Onancock, Virginia, in Accomack County. It is on Market Street near Mt. Prospect Ave., on the left. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Onancock VA 23417, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Eastern Shore.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

on the Delmarva Peninsula,

and in the Tidewater.

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: Water: A Way of Life (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of the Home of Francis Makemie (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Historic Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); Historic Cokesbury Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); World Wars I and II (approx. 0.2 miles away); Genl. Edmund R. Bagwell (approx. 0.2 miles away); Chesapeake Lodge #158 (approx. ¼ mile away); Onancock Baptist Church (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Onancock.

Also see . . . Historic Hopkins Bros Building Circa 1842. Captain Stephen Hopkins was the patriarch of the family that operated the successful mercantile

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firm first known as Stephen Hopkins & Sons, later Hopkins & Bros., for well over a century. (Submitted on October 18, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)

Hopkins and Sons; Hopkins and Brothers Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013

2. Hopkins and Sons; Hopkins and Brothers Marker

Hopkins & Bro., Inc store image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Beverly Pfingsten, April 20, 2008

3. Hopkins & Bro., Inc store

Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2013

4. Hopkins and Sons; Hopkins and Brothers Marker

at 2 Market Street, Onancock Wharf area

The south side of the building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 17, 2021

5. The south side of the building

Additional signage has been erected since the original photos were uploaded.

Additional signage on the building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 17, 2021

6. Additional signage on the building

Hopkins and Bro.
Est. 1842
National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register

Owned and Maintained by the
Eastern Shore of Virginia Historical Society

Credits. This page was last revised on January 19, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 8, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,703 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 8, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. 2. submitted on October 18, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 3. submitted on May 8, 2008, by Bill Pfingsten of Bel Air, Maryland. 4. submitted on October 18, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 5, 6. submitted on January 19, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.