Near Luray in Page County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Calendine

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 31, 2020

1. Calendine Marker

Inscription.
Calendine was built in the early 1850s by Townsend Young. The adjacent one story building served as a general store and stage stop on the Sperryville-New Market turnpike. The store was also a social gathering place for exchange of news and gossip.

Calendine was one the home of sculptor Herbert Barbee (1848-1936) who used the store as a studio. Mr. Barbee may be best known for creating the Confederate Monument located on East Main St., Luray.

Purchased by Page County Heritage Association in 1968.

Calendine preserves the past to enrich our future.

Erected by the Page County Heritage Association.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles. A significant historical year for this entry is 1968.

Location. 38° 39.481′ N, 78° 30.823′ W. Marker is near Luray, Virginia, in Page County. Marker is on Hamburg Road (Virginia Route 766) 0.1 miles west of Lee Highway (U.S. 211/340), on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 245 Hamburg Rd, Luray VA 22835, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Mauck Meeting House (within shouting distance of this marker); The Reverend John Roads (Rhodes) (approx. 1.2

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miles away); Historic White House 1760 (approx. 1.2 miles away); White House Bridge (approx. 1.2 miles away); White House (approx. 1.2 miles away); Luray Caverns (approx. 1.7 miles away); a different marker also named Luray Caverns (approx. 1.7 miles away); The Beautiful Caverns of Luray (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Luray.

Also see . . . Avenue of Armies: Civil War Sites and Stories of Luray and Page County, Virginia. (Submitted on March 20, 2009, by Robert H. Moore, II of Winchester, Virginia.)

Additional commentary.
1. Calendine in the Civil War
Built ca. 1840 by William Townsend Young, Calendine was his residence at the time of the war. By the spring of 1861, fifty-seven-year-old Young was a successful merchant in this neighborhood at Hamburg, just west of Luray. Young also ran the nearby general store and coach stop for the Burke Stage Line. At the time, the New Market to Sperryville Turnpike ran immediately in front of the buildings.

According to an early twentieth-century

Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 31, 2020

2. Calendine Marker

account by the famous sculptor Herbert Barbee, “One morning,” following the secession of Virginia, “while people waited and listened for the rumbling of the massive wheels of the four horse stage, a little black boy walked in and took a seat on a nearby dry goods box and began thumping its sides with his rough rugged barefoot heels and modestly said, ‘Marse Townsend, the white folks in Luray wants you to come dar, fer big trouble is going down de Valley.’ Mr. Young, a quiet, earnest man, listened but said nothing, but in due time rode to Luray and there called for volunteers to repel invasion.”

Young was subsequently elected captain of the Page Volunteers, later Company K, 10th Virginia Infantry.

A number of years after the war, Calendine was owned by Herbert Barbee. Like his father, William Randolph Barbee, Herbert sculpted many pieces of art throughout his career. A fine example of his work can be seen in the Confederate Monument (also known as the Confederate heroes Monument) on Main Street in Luray.

From pp. 28-29, Avenue of Armies: Civil War Sites and Stories of Luray and Page County, Virginia, by Robert H. Moore, II

— Submitted March 4, 2009, by Robert H. Moore, II of Winchester, Virginia.

Photographed By Robert H. Moore, II, 2002

3. Calendine

Old store/stagecoach stop next to Calendine image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Robert H. Moore, II, circa 2002

4. Old store/stagecoach stop next to Calendine

Credits. This page was last revised on August 20, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 4, 2009, by Robert H. Moore, II of Winchester, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,260 times since then and 35 times this year. Last updated on May 31, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 1, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 3, 4. submitted on March 4, 2009, by Robert H. Moore, II of Winchester, Virginia. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.