Historical Markers Near You
Birthplace of Woodrow Wilson. , Three and one half miles south, on Coalter Street in Staunton, is the birthplace of Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 8th Virginia-born President. New Jersey Governor, 28th President (World War I). He was chief author and sponsor of the League of Nations. Born Dec 28, 1856, died in Washington, Feb 3, 1924. The birthplace is maintained as an historic shrine.
Grandma Moses in Augusta County. Newlyweds Anna Mary Robertson Moses (later knows as Grandma Moses) and her husband Thomas arrived in Augusta County from New York in 1887. Renting several farms before purchasing Mt. Airy, a large brick Federal style house built in 1880. The family gained renown for their butter, milk, and potato chips. The Moses family moved home to Eagle Bridge, N.Y., in 1905, where, in her late 70s, “Grandma” Moses began painting. becoming world famous for her Primitive American style. There are three known paintings titled “Mount Airy” depicting the house and farm. She died in 1961 at the age of 101.
Staunton Military Alumni Memorial. In memory of all cadets who gave their lives for their country. May truth, duty and honor perpetuate the American dream.
In Memory of Our Dead Heroes. , Charles W. Adams . Robert S. Burleigh . Llewellyn R. Davies . John Jacob Fisher . W.E. Hayne J
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cGuffin . Jack S. Spaven . George L. Gordon . Cliff M. Alexander . Arch Chilton . Richard T. Davis . Edwin S. Gard . Beaufort Hoen . Harry P. Morrison . Oliver S. Spencer . A.M.C. Berrie . Phelps Collins . W
m L. Deetjen . Alvin F. Hann . Daniel L. Jones . Claude E. Mjuesset . William G. Thomas . James S. Brown . Harold Davidson . Malcolm W. Dillon . John F. Hauser . Stuart G. Lane . Gerald F. O'Reardon . Wolcott W. Treadway . Herbert L. Winslow
They stood by the flag
Lewis Creek Watershed. ,
Lewis Creek - The Past , During the 19th century, Staunton developed as a trade, transportation, and industrial center. Tanneries, mills, and factories were built; and as the population grew, buildings were erected alongside and over the creek. It became a dumping ground for animal, human, and industrial waste. Water-borne diseases such as cholera and dysentery were common.
In 1996, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality cited Lewis Creek as an impaired waterway. Local government, civic groups, and individuals took action. the conservation and clean up of the creek began. Here, for example, houses and hard-surfaced driveways have been removed and an urban green space created. Water can now percolate into the soil instead of running off quickly and washing sediment or dirt and pollutants into the creek. Downstream, other buildings that covered the creek have been demolished. The "daylighting" or exposure of the creek to light and air promotes photosynthesis, aeration, and a healthier waterway. Yet, more work remains.
The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind. A state residential school created by an act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia on March 31, 1838 for the purpose of educating the deaf and the blind children of the state.
Gypsy Express.
George Glenn Bartley, Sr. and Linda Bartley The Gypsy Hill Park Train The Barley Years. This Gypsy Express train is #732, the 232nd G-16 built by The Miniature Train and Railroad Co. It was completed on June 12, 1954 and delivered to an operator in North Carolina.
On August 8, 1957 Gilmer Nuckles, Sr. of Staunton Moose Lodge #1635 received approval from the Staunton City Council to place and operate a miniature train in Gypsy Hill Park. The train was owned and run by Mr. G.G. Bartley and sponsored by the Moose Lodge.
George Glenn Bartley, Sr. bought G-16 #732 and moved it to Gypsy Hill Park. He and his wife, Linda, ran it until 1991. The Moose Lodge donated their profits from the operation for city park equipment. The Bartleys decided that the train should stay in Staunton, so in 1992 they turned down lucrative private offers and sold it to the City.
The Miniature Train and Railroad Co. Small trains for amusement parks were built as early as 1885. The Miniature Train and Railroad Co. began building them in 1935. By world war two it had 36 of its popular 12 gauge (wheel span) trains running in department stores and 50 running in amusement parks.
In January, 1945 P.A. Sturtevant of Elmhurst, IL began designing a larger G-16 train (G for General Motors, the manufacturer of the parent locomotive, and 16 for the 16 rail gauge). The scale was 1/5, exact even to the spacing of rivets and the number of leaves used in the suspension springs. The inaugural run of the first G-16, #501, was on June 22, 1946. It was powered by a slightly modified 22 HP Wisconsin VF-4 gasoline engine.
In April, 1948, with orders for nearly 100 G-12s and some 20 G-16s in production, the company moved to a new plant in Rensselaer, IN. By the end of 1948 MT&RC had over 250 operators of their trains in service with multiple trains.
Gypsy Express, Inc. Staunton City Parks and Recreation operated the park train from 1992 to 1998. By 1998 it was decided that the train was unsafe to operate, and it was shut down. The City considered removal of the train.
On August 7, 2000 an open meeting was held at Montgomery Hall Park to discuss saving the train. Sixty-six local citizens attended, including G.G. Bartley Sr. The attendees formed Gypsy Express, Incorporated, a non-profit corporation dedicated to saving the train.
Gypsy Express contracted with the City to repair and being the train back to safe service standards, and to provide volunteers to maintain and operate the train. The City provided some start-up funding, but the bulk of the considerable expense of rebuilding the train came from private and corporate donations. All Gypsy Express members are unpaid volunteers. Gypsy Express funds are used only for train operation and maintenance, and to support Park activities.
The Gypsy Express Improvements Gypsy Express volunteers began the rebuilding process in November, 2000 by moving the train to a warehouse for refurbishing and painting. In early 2001, Bartley Station was moved to higher ground and refurbished. A total 110 ton of fill dirt and 487 ton of stone were added to the roadbed while enlarging it to 798 feet long, moving it 15 feet further from the creek bed, adding drains underneath, raising it two feet.
The old ties were replaced by 598 new and larger ties, spaced 18 inches apart and under each rail joint. The old 8 lb. rail was replaced with new and heavier 12 lb. rail, bent by hand using a rail bender borrowed from Maine, and held in place with new hand-driven spikes and custom-designed flanges. A rail switch and siding was installed the crossings rebuilt, and crossing signal added.
Two new bridges were designed and built over the creek. The upper covered bridge is a single burr arch bridge. It is a replica of the 1884 Pine Grove Bridge in Chester County, PA. The lower bridge is a Pratt through-truss bridge. Pratt's design of 1844 reversed the slope of the diagonal members, placing the diagonals in tension and the posts is compression. The Engine House was replaced with a replica of the 1917 C&O Train Barn in Fraziers Bottom, WV.
The engine was cleaned and refurbished, all brake pads and brake cylinders were replaced, and the electrical accessories were repaired or rebuilt. The train was repainted in Santa Fe Railroad colors, adding a newly designed Gypsy Express logo. The train grounds were landscaped, a flagpole installed, a new loading platform was built, and new fencing was gates were installed.
The renewed Gypsy Express began operation on August 5, 2001.
A third car was designed and built to accommodate larger people and people with disabilities, including wheelchairs. It is the first of its kind in the U.S., and was placed in service on the June 28, 2003. The car is named in honor of Augusta County's Marianne Cashatt, who is an Inspiration to the Virginia community of people with disabilities and a member of the National Hall of Fame for Persons with Disabilities.
Gypsy Express is managed by a board of directors and is organized by six functions train, track, building and grounds, public relations, engineers/conductors, and ticket/merchandise sales.
Gypsy Express operates the trail on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays from the end of April through October. There is also a Halloween run and a Christmas run in early December. Special runs at other times for schools and private groups may also be arranged.
The Gypsy Express volunteers who are most visible to the public are the ticket sellers and engineers/conductors. each of the five weekend shifts requires a minimum of three volunteers, but there are many more supporting them from behind the scenes. Gypsy Express has a volunteer roster of about 60 families.
The Gypsy Express would not have been possible without the thousands of hours of volunteer help from the community-at-large and very significant contributions by many individuals and local businesses, assisting in all phases.
The future of Gypsy Express depends on continued voluntary community support.
Project Dogwood: Staunton's Tradition Reborn. , In 1935, City Manager James Ruff determined to make Staunton the Dogwood Capital of Virginia, an appropriate goal, as the dogwood is the state flower and tree. Over 1,800 dogwoods were planted on public and private land during his tenure, dotting Staunton's landscape with beautiful spring blooms and providing a valuable food source for songbirds, squirrels and other small wildlife. Unfortunately, the Great Depression, World War II and a deadly dogwood disease (Anthracnose) put an end to Mr. Ruff's dream.
However in 2012, The Augusta Garden Club revived his vision and designated funds to restore the dogwood to Staunton. Working in cooperation with the city horticulturist, the club donated 67 trees to Gypsy Hill Park. A $10,000 grant from the Founders Fund of The Garden Club of America in 2017, combined with local grants, provided the means to purchase dogwoods for Montgomery Hall Park, Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, and public elementary schools.
Planted in front of you is a "living laboratory" of seven hybrid cultivars that have thrived in Staunton. Consider choosing one of these beautiful trees for your own yard to support Staunton's Project Dogwood!
Woodrow Wilson Birthplace.
has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark, Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States., U. S. Department of the Interior National Park Service, 1964.
The Emily Smith Reception House.
Named for Mrs. Herbert McK. Smith 1885 - 1975 Founder of Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Foundation and President, 1957-1973 .
116th Infantry Regiment Memorial. , Dedicated to the guardsmen of the 116th. Inf. Regt. from Staunton and Augusta Co. who made the Supreme Sacrifice while in service to their country, in world war two.
Howie, Thomas D. Maj., KIA 17 July 44 . Bowers, William B. Lt., KIA 21 June 44 . Fielding, Marvin C., 1st Sgt., KIA 30 Aug. 44 . Smith, Claude F., Sgt., KIA 8 June 44 . Talley, Earl P., Sgt., KIA 6 June 44 . Desper, James K., Sgt., KIA 6 June 44 . Robertson, Pearl M., Pfc., KIA 6 June 44 . Painter, Raymond E., Sgt., KIA 1 Sept. 44 . Clarke, George H., Sgt., KIA 30 Aug. 44 . Walton, Grover H., Capt., Died 23 Mar. 44 . Faidley, William D., Jr., Pfc., Died 23 Mar. 44
Birthplace of Woodrow Wilson.
Commemorating the Birthplace of Woodrow Wilson this enclosing wall and garden laid out as of the period of 1846 – 1857 is dedicated by the Garden Club of Virginia.
Mary Baldwin College. , The oldest college for women related to the Presbyterian Church, U. S. Founded 1842 by Rufus W. Bailey as Augusta Female Seminary; renamed in 1895 to honor Mary Julia Baldwin, pioneer woman educator and Principal, 1863–1897.
Lt. Col. Jacob Earl "Shorty" Manch flew the third B25 bomber, "Whiskey Pate" on the Doolittle Tokyo air raids. He was born in Staunton, VA on 26 December 1918 and died near Las Vegas in a training crash on 24 March 1958. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
T. J. Collins and Son. , “The beauty of a city is largely dependent upon the artistic ideas and abilities of its architects and Staunton is certainly to be congratulated on having in its midst that eminent firm of architects, T.J. Collins and Son. whose work is memorialized not only on many magnificent structures in Staunton, but by hundreds of others in every section of the south.” , The description above is from 1906 when T. J. Collins had practiced in Staunton for 15 years. Collins moved to Staunton from Washington, D. C. and designed or remodeled nearly 200 structures of all kinds, including St. Francis Catholic Church, Augusta County Courthouse, Thornrose Cemetery, C and O Railroad Station, and much of the Staunton Military Academy campus. His offices were on the 3rd floor of this building which he also designed.
Augusta National Bank Building. This engraving of the southwest corner of downtown Staunton’s busiest intersection, Beverley and Augusta Streets, dates from about 1885. In the center is the Augusta National Bank building surrounded by older, smaller structures, most of which were rebuilt or remodeled during the city’s turn-of-the-century “boom” years. , It is interesting to note that this corner site has housed only banks for over a century. United Virginia Bank’s new building, begun in 1981, preserves this continuity both in its function and in its architectural relationship to the neighboring buildings.
Dr. William Fleming. Physician, soldier, and statesman, Dr. William Fleming (1728–1795) studied medicine in his native Scotland before practicing in Staunton from 1763 to 1768. His home stood at the crossing of New Street and Lewis Creek. Dr. Fleming’s career included periods as commander of the Botentourt Regiment, Commissioner for Kentucky, member of the Continental Congress, delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention, and Acting Governor when the Virginia General Assembly met in Staunton in June, 1781.
Augusta County. , Established November 1, 1738 by an act of the General Assembly, Augusta County extended from the Blue Ridge Mountains on the east to the Mississippi River on the west and from the southern boundary of the Colony north to “the utmost limits of Virginia” in the vicinity of the Great Lakes. , The County was named for Princess Augusta, wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of George II and father of George III. In 1742 William Beverly, the patentee, deeded this site to the County for its Courthouse. Beverley’s “Mill Place” was renamed Staunton in honor of Lady Staunton, the wife of Governor Gooch.
Veterans Memorial. Remembering the brave citizens of Augusta County, Staunton, and Waynesboro who gave the last full measure of their lives in service to their country
🎗️. Lance Corporal Jason C. Redifer, USMC, killed in Iraq January 31, 2005 . Lance Corporal Daniel Todd Morris, USMC, killed in Iraq February 14, 2007 . Lance Corporal Daniel S. Bubb, USMC, killed in Iraq October 17, 2005 . MSG (Ret.) Donald Andreas Barger, U.S. Army (SF), killed in Afghanistan May 10, 2008
Korean and Viet Nam Memorial.
Sons of Augusta County Staunton and Waynesboro who made the Supreme Sacrifice. Korea 1950-1955 Billie C. Bayne . Howard L. Campbell . Melvin S. Coffman . Allen B. Coyner . Charles W. Dameron . Patrick O. Harris, Jr. . William L. Harris . Harry R. Helmick . Harold S. Hildebrand . Raymond F. Holliday . James J. Johnson . Milton Johnson . Carl R. Keyser . Everett L. Miller . Arthur A. Mooneyham . Nokomis J. Rose . Gloyd E. Rosen, Jr. . Joseph D. Simmons . William E. Stephens Andrew J. Terrell . James Whisman, Jr. . Thomas P. Wilson, Viet-Nam 1960-1975 Dwight P. Bowles . Aubrey A. Bryan . Creed L. Bryant . Franklin V. Breckenridge . Charles M. Collier . Victor L. Ellinger . Donald W. Falwell . W. Melvin Fitzgerald . Charles W. Garber, Jr. . William Edward Hawkins . Jerry H. Heizer . William W. Henderson . Charles Robert Kesterson . Steven W. Martin . Darl D. McDorman . Charles Venton McGovern . Lloyd A. Miller . Charles Kenneth Moran, Jr. . Thomas W. Mynes . Clarence W. Obie, III . Cecil Thomas Oscar . Claude D. Pullen . Edward G. Rankin . Thomas Joseph Richards, Jr. . David W. Smith . Winfred L. Smith . Theodore W. Webb . Denham A. Whitesell, Jr. . Glen O. Wilfong, Jr. . Leonard T. Williams
Augusta County World War I Memorial Tablet. In Honor Of The Men And Women Of Staunton And Augusta County Who Served Their Country In The World War 1914-1918, The Unreturning Brave… They Give New Splendor to The Dead, Oscar Taylor Almarode , Gordon Argenbright , Thomas Fulton Armstrong , Cleveland Gilkerson Beard , David Lee Beard…Guy Olin Beard , Floyd D. Benson , Homer Berry Benson , Charles Minor Blackford , Leonard Franklin Brown , Fred Lee Brubeck , Marshall McClure Callison , Jay Frank Clemmer , Charles Wallace Coffey , Edwin Lovejoy Dameron , Carl Wilson Dudley , George Calvin Dunlap , William Marvin Estes , Luther Wayne Fisher , Clarence V Fitzgerald , Clarence Leonard Fridley , George Andrew Golden , George Loyall Gordon , Maryland Virginia Griffith , Hugh Herbert Hahn … James Harding , William Ray Hevener , Edgar Robert Hite , Charles Preston Hodge , Emmett Walton Keller , Albert Lambert , Paul Samuel Link , Clifton Spurgeon Massie , Robert Anderson McGuffin , Arthur Boyd Miller , William Henry Newman , Thomas Partick O’Connor , Reuben Beverley Padgett , John Fauver Patterson , Harry Minell Peaco , George Vincent Rogers , John William Shaver … Russell Snyder , John Abraham Stover , John Henry Sullivan , Cecil Frederick Swats , Robert David Trevey , Dorsey Amos Walter , Robert Scott Woodson, COLORED , Charles Wilson Brown…Richard Dodson , Charles William Dorca … Lewis Jackson , Harry Montross Lias … Robert Walton , Frank Wells … Harrison Wicks, The Right Is More Precious Than Peace, Erected November 11, 1921 Beverley Manor Chapter D.A.R.
Lewis Creek Watershed. , Who was John Lewis? , Lewis Creek takes its name from John Lewis (1678-1762), one of the most prominent of the earliest settlers in the upper Shenandoah Valley., In the early 1730s, Lewis and his family, who emigrated from County Donegal, Ireland, established their home in Virginia. The Lewis family home, known at times as Bellefont and Fort Lewis, was located a mile east of what is today downtown Staunton near a spring and the creek that has historically borne his name., During the 1730s, King George II of England granted William Beverley, a wealthy planter and merchant from Essex County, Virginia, over 118,000 acres. Beverley deeded a large tract of this land along the creek to Lewis., In 1747, John Lewis' surveyor son, Thomas, laid out the town of Staunton, then known as Beverley's Mill Place. The town plat, which contained the Augusta County courthouse, was named to honor Lady Rebecca Staunton Gooch, the wife of Virginia Gov. William Gooch, who had encouraged settlement of the region. The grid pattern of streets remains the core of Staunton today., In addition to Lewis Creek, as you drive Interstate 81, you may notice that portions of that highway are named for pioneer settler John Lewis and his son, Andrew. Andrew Lewis' skillful military leadership and bravery in the French and Indian War, Lord Dunmore's War, and the American Revolution, earned him a lasting place in the annals of Virginia history., Mills on Lewis Creek , There were at least a dozen mills within five miles of the Augusta County Courthouse by 1775., Early settlers harnessed the water power of the area's headwater streams and rivers to power multi-purpose mills that ground grains for flour and meal, pressed apples for cider, ground gypsum (land plaster) for fertilizer, sawed and planed wood, powered iron production, made paper, and carded wool. As one of the earliest industries in Augusta County, milling also powered the local economy., While no mills along the banks of Lewis Creek' survive, historians have documented the approximate location of the following late-18th through late-19th-century mills: ,
William Lewis Mill . James Cocke Mill . Newman's Mill . Ast's Mill . Glenn and Crawford Mill , Peaco's Mill . Robertson Mill . Witz and Holt . J. F. Tannehill Mill. , Some of these mills occupied the same site during different periods., By the 1770s, Augusta County farmers had turned to wheat and corn as their major crops, thus spurring the proliferation of mills throughout the countryside. Throughout the 19th century, milling and the other grain-based industry, distilling, vied for top billing among county industries. Also, for much of that century Richmond was the nation's milling capital. Improved transportation routes meant grain and flour could be transported by wagon to the James River and then sent by water to Richmond, and eventually around the world. Augusta County grain, as flour and whiskey, was a staple in California's gold camps., By 1900, there were seven grain mills within the city of Staunton. One of these was White Star Mill (1892-1966), directly in front of you. Two of the partners in this new steam-powered mill were Charles Asbury Holt and Isaac Witz, who sold their Lewis Creek mill to invest in this new endeavor., Civic Efforts to Protect Lewis Creek , Efforts continue to protect Lewis Creek. As a headwaters tributary to the Middle River, one of three rivers that arise in Augusta County and form the South Fork of the Shenandoah River, Lewis Creek is an important part of our regional watershed. In this location, plantings and permeable pavers help to slow down, filter, and absorb stormwater before it enters the creek., The signs indicated on the map to the right include more details of Lewis Creek's history and importance.
Roll of Honor. , In memory of the men of Staunton, Waynesboro and Augusta County who gave their lives for our country while serving in the Armed Forces, Alexander, Clarence Minor . Alford, Buford L. . Almond, James Harvey, Jr. . Anderson, Robert L. . Armstrong, Homer C. . Arthur, Clyde V. . Ashley, Garland G. . Ast, Robert F. . Atkins, Theodore W. . Baber, Curtis B. . Banks, Stacy O. . Barger, Emmett Warren, Jr. . Baylor, Forrest Perkins . Bell, Joseph X. . Benson, Henry Marshall . Benson, James W. . Berry, Charles L. . Bever, George H. . Black, Elijah F., Jr. . Botkin, Albert . Bowers, William Burton . Bradley, Claude P., Jr. . Bradley, Russell O. . Bradley, William T., Jr. . Bright, George . Brooker, Daniel A. . Brubeck, Fred Lee . Bryant, Benj. G. . Bryant, Roy A. . Burke, Henry C.P., Jr. . Carroll, Aubrey L. . Chrew, William Morgan . Clark, Oke M. . Clark, Paul M. . Clark, William Fenton . Clark, George H. . Cline, Rolen S.J. . Cohron, Kenneth Ray . Collins, Dennis . Conner, Hansford Wilson . Cook, Carlton H. . Critzer, William S. . Crowder, Joseph L. . Crummet, Charles M. . Crummett, William Frank, Jr. . Curry, Charles II . Daniel, Noel Anderson . Dennison, John B. . Derrow, Virgil . Desper, James K. . Diehl, Samuel Harvey . Diggs, Douglas Willard . Dohs, Francis H. . Downey, John Daniel . Doyle, Clarence E. . Driver, Frank H., Jr. . Drumheller, Thomas P., Jr. . Dudley, Clarence Howard . Dula, William N. . Ellinger, Melvin Ora . Ellis, Warren P. . Faidley, William David, Jr. . Fielding, Marvin C. . Fields, Cyrus G. . Fisher, Clifton . Fitzgerald, Clark W. . Fitzgerald, Lyle Winston . Foster, James W. . Frield, Paul Conrad . Gibson, Nelson R. . Gill, Charles W. . Goodwin, Charles W. . Goolsby, Ray K. . Graham, James E. . Grant, Dillard C. . Grant, Herbert W. . Gutshall, Harrison R. . Hahn, Harry Millard . Hamilton, Elbert F. . Hamilton, Frank E. . Hanna, John Marshall . Hardaway, Joseph Henry . Harlow, Clyde Hampton . Harris, Billie Travis . Harris, Harry Nelson . Harshbarger, Calvin W. . Hatter, Hunter E. . Hatter, William Winfred . Hildebrand, John A., Jr. . Hite, James McDonald . Hemp, E.F. . Hood, Elmore K. . Hoover, John Wallace . Houff, Hampton L. . Howe, John A. . Howie, Thomas D. . Hoyt, William H., Jr. . Huffer, Emmett J. . Huffer, Ira Norman . Hughes, Waldon A. . Hulvey, Merlin P. . Jacobson, Harry I. . Jenkins, Robert K. . Johnson, Ira J. . Jones, Owen G. . Jordan, James P. . Keller, Aubrey Vess . Kelley, Charles William . Kennedy, Okey B. . Kiblinger, Luther W. . King, Paul Cameron . Kite, Alfred M. . Knopp, Virgil B. . Koiner, James Duval . Kyle, William Robert . Lambert, Charles R. . Lambert, Harwood P. . Landram, Herman O. . Leap, Carl Hawkins . Liggett, Winfield III . Lipscomb, Henry Powell . Lucas, William Remington . Luscher, Harold T., Jr. . Mace, Ellwood F. . Mace, Ollie Dice, Jr. . Martin, Earl H. . Martin, Floyd Winston . Martin, Gaylord E. . Martin, James D. . Martin, James E., Jr. . Matheny, Ralph Franklin . Mathis, William Howard . McDonaldson, Conrad Miller . McSpadden, John William . Miller, Charles C. . Miller, Elmer E. . Miller, Greenle Letcher . Mohler, Thomas A. . Morris, Hampden P., III . Moyer, Roscoe Paul . Moyers, Samuel W. . Norman, Johnie Forrest . Nuchols, Houston Douglas . Nuchols, Jesse Franklin . Nutty, Robert L. . Opie, Thomas Ranson . Painter, Earle W. . Painter, Raymond E. . Painter, Williard V. . Painter, William B. . Parrish, Forrest Raymond . Patch, Alexander McCarrell III . Patterson, Aubrey C. . Paxton, Thomas Weldon . Pemberton, Berkeley Miller . Perry, James Edward, Jr. . Phillips, Eugene M. . Pierce, James F. . Potter, Charles Bilger . Powell, Raymond E. . Propst, Otho B. . Ralston, Pleasant David, Jr. . Rankin, Earsel L. . Reed, George A., Jr. . Rexrode, Marvin Gibson . Riddle, Carl Michael . Riddle, Carl N. . Roberts, Merlin G. . Robertson, Guy W. . Robertson, Herman S. . Robertson, Pearl McCoy . Rodgers, Herbert Neale . Ronemus, William Leroy . Ross, Clarence E. . Rowe, Delbert C. . Rowe, Guy H. . Rowe, Vernon A. . Royer, Marvin Nelson . Rust, Harry K. . Scalzone, John . Seigle, Alan F. . Setliff, William Carl . Settles, Durwood Chestlee . Shank, Nelson . Shannon, John Robert . Sheets, Dewey L., Jr. . Sherr, Joseph R. . Shiflett, George C. . Shue, Edward L. . Shultz, Robert Eugene . Simmons, Carl V. . Siple, Fred O. . Slusser, George S. . Smith, Claude F. . Smith, Houston H. . Smith, Paul H. . Smith, Richard F. . Snyder, Hansford . Sorrells, Frank Wetzel . Sprouse, Richard E. . Stephenson, Hubert B. . Stoutamyre, Thad . Strickler, Dwight Calvin . Sutton, Albert Raymond . Sutton, David Elwood . Swann, Edgar Allen . Taliaferro, Paul B. . Talley, Earl P. . Tanksley, Elmer Franklin . Taylor, George Matthew . Terrell, William A. . Terry, George E. . Tharp, Robert M. . Thomas, Charles Robert . Thomas, James A., Jr. . Thompson, J. Rudolph . Thompson, Clyde Finter . Toman, Albert Wood . Tomlin, Perry L. . Tullidge, George E., Jr. . Tutwiler, Weldon Frank . Tyree, Dorsey Whitmore . Van Fossen, James Graham . Vaughan, Luther Rice . Vaughns, John . Wardell, Jack Frenger . Walton, Grover Howard . Waybright, Howard Letcher . Weavr, Erskine S. . Weller, Marvin Rea . Wharton, James E. . Williams, Richard Edward . Wiseman, Robert E. . Wonson, Charles P. . Wooddell, William I, Jr.
Augusta County Courthouse. Augusta County, created by the Virginia General Assembly in 1738, was formally organized in 1745. Its original western boundary stretched “to the utmost limits of Virginia,” a claim that then ex- tended to the Pacific Ocean. The county court first met in a log courthouse that William Beverley built on his property here. John Madison served as the county’s first clerk of court from 1745 to 1778. Prominent regional architect T. J. Collins designed the current courthouse, the fifth on this site, in the Beaux-Arts and Neo-Classical Revival styles. The building, completed in 1901, was listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Ast Building. The photo shows the staff of Ast Hardware around 1915; Capt. Joseph P. Ast is second from left. In 1975, this half of the Ast building was demolished to provide an access ramp to the new parking garage, leaving the blank wall of the remaining part of the building. In 1980, a competition was held to choose a mural design for this blank wall. The whimsical result is if a painter painting back the original side wall of the old Ast Hardware building!
Central Methodist Church.
The oldest continuing Methodist Congregation in Augusta County..
Dr. Alexander Humphreys. Dr. Humphreys (1757–1802), an important teacher in 18th-century Virginia, received his M. D. from the University of Edinburgh. He practiced medicine in Augusta County and Staunton from 1783 to 1802 in an office facing the county courthouse. Among Dr. Humphreys’ many students were Dr. Ephraim McDowell, the “Founder of Abdominal Surgery;” Dr. Samuel Brown, a pioneer in the use of smallpox vaccination; and President William Henry Harrison. Dr. Humphreys is buried in the churchyard of Trinity Episcopal Church.
United States National Military Cemetery - Staunton.
United States National Military Cemetery Staunton. Established 1867. Interments 753. Known 232. Unknown 521..
Veterans Memorial. In honor of those who gave the Ultimate Sacrifice in service to the United States of America and the families they left behind. The sacrifice will not be forgotten.
Medal of Honor Memorial. This tree dedicated by the Veterans Administration in 1976 to honor America's Medal of Honor recipients who helped make this Bicentennial Observance possible "by gallantry above and beyond the call of duty."
Address by President Lincoln. Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal., Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this., But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
The Wesleyan Female Institute stood on this site from 1850–1870.
Staunton National Cemetery. , National Cemetery , Staunton National Cemetery was established in 1867. The remains of 753 Union soldiers, of which 521 are unknown, lie here. The remains came from Staunton and Waynesboro city cemeteries, and the battlefields at Cross Keys, McDowell, Piedmont, Port Republic, and nearby locations. Sixty-seven Union prisoners who died in Confederate hospitals also lie here., Gravel paths originally divided the 1.15-acre cemetery into four sections with a flagstaff mound at the center. In 1874, a stone Second Empire-style lodge and enclosure stone wall were completed., After the Civil War, African Americans settled near the cemetery. The area became known as Uniontown Village. The neighborhood was home to the "Cemetery School." Throughout the nineteenth century, the community held annual Memorial Day services at Staunton National Cemetery., Jackson's Valley Campaign (left panel) , Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's thirty-four day campaign was a remarkable feat. His command marched 245 miles, fought four major battles, and swept the Union forces out of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. General Jackson's May 1862 victories at McDowell, Front Royal, and Winchester caused Union Gen. Nathaniel Banks to retreat across the Potomac River to Maryland., The Union defeat forced Gen. John Frémont into action. He and Gen. Irvin McDowell were ordered to catch and crush Jackson. The Union's 40,000 men faced 18,000 led by Jackson. But the two Union armies were separated by Massanutten Mountain, which divides the valley. Jackson raced south and defeated Frémont at Cross Keys on June 8, then crossed the North River and defeated another Union column at Port Republic. These losses forced Union troops to retreat from the Shenandoah Valley., Immigrant Veterans (right panel) , Nicolae (Nicholas) Dunca, a Romanian, arrived in New York four months before the Civil War began. He enlisted in the 12th New York Infantry. In March 1862, Gen. John C. Frémont appointed Captain Dunca to his staff. Dunca was killed on June 8, 1862, while delivering orders on the battlefield. He was reinterred here in Section B, Grave 292., Maj. William O'Brien was the superintendent at Staunton National Cemetery when he died in February 1899. An immigrant from Ireland, he enlisted in the regular army and served on the western frontier before the Civil War. His regiment returned east for the duration of the war. Injured in battle at Frederick, Maryland, he recuperated in Alexandria, Virginia. After the war he resumed his military duties. Prior to Staunton, he was in charge of Loudon Park, Fayetteville, and New Bern national cemeteries. He was buried in Section C, Grave 762.
A National Cemetery System. , Civil War Dead , An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union troops. This propelled the creation of a national cemetery system., On September 11, 1861, the War Department directed commanding officers to keep "accurate and permanent records of deceased soldiers." It also required the U.S. Army Quartermaster General, the office responsible for administering the needs of the troops in life and in death, to mark each grave with a headboard. A few months later, the department mandated interment of the dead in graves marked with numbered headboards, recorded in a register., Creating National Cemeteries , The authority to create military burial grounds came in an Omnibus Act of July 17, 1862. It directed the president to purchase land to be used as "a national cemetery for the soldiers who shall die in the service of the country." Fourteen national cemeteries were established by 1862., When hostilities ended, a grim task began. In October 1865, Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Megis directed officers to survey lands in the Civil War theater to find Union dead and plan to reinter them in new national cemeteries. Cemetery sites were chosen where troops were concentrated: camps, hospitals, battlefields, railroad hubs. By 1872, 74 national cemeteries and several soldiers' lots contained 305,492 remains, about 45 percent were unknown., Most cemeteries were less than 10 acres, and layouts varied. In the Act to Establish and to Protect National Cemeteries of February 22, 1867, Congress funded new permanent walls or fences, grave markers, and lodges for cemetery superintendents., At first only soldiers and sailors who died during the Civil War were buried in national cemeteries. In 1873, eligibility was expanded to all honorably discharged Union veterans, and Congress appropriated $1 million to mark the graves. Upright marble headstones honor individuals whose names were known; 6-inch-square blocks mark unknowns., By 1873, military post cemeteries on the Western frontier joined the national cemetery system. The National Cemeteries Act of 1973 transferred 82 Army cemeteries, including 12 of the original 14, to what is now the National Cemetery Association., [Sidebar:] , Reflection and Memorialization , The country reflected upon the Civil War's human toll - 2 percent of the U.S. population died. Memorials honoring war service were built in national cemeteries. Most were donated by regimental units, state governments and veterans' organizations such as the Grand Army of the Republic. Decoration Day, later Memorial Day, was a popular patriotic spring event that started in 1868. Visitors placed flowers on graves and monuments, and gathered around rostrums to hear speeches. Construction of Civil War monuments peaked in the 1890s. By 1920, as the number of aging veterans was dwindling, more than 120 monuments had been placed in the national cemeteries.
Trinity Church. , Known originally as Augusta Parish Church, it was founded in 1746 as the county parish. The Virginia General Assembly met here in June 1781 to avoid capture by British raiders. The present church was erected in 1855 and was used by the Virginia Theological Seminary during the War Between the States. The first bishop of Virginia, James Madison, was a member of this church.
Stuart Hall. Chartered on 13 January 1744 as the Virginia Female Institute, Stuart Hall is Virginia’s oldest college preparatory school for girls. The Rev. Dr. Richard H. Phillips headed the school from 1848 until 1880. Flora Cooke Stuart, “Mrs. General” J.E.B. Stuart, for whom the school was renamed in 1807, was principal from 1880 until 1899. Two of General Robert E. Lee’s daughters attended Stuart Hall, and Lee served as president of the school’s board of visitors from 1865 until 1870.
Dr. Alexander Humphreys. This weathered stone was inscribed: “Dr. Alexander Humphreys departed this life 23 May, 1802, in the 45th year of his age.” , Born in County Armagh, Ireland, educated in medicine in Ireland, settled in Augusta County, practiced in Staunton from 1788, conducted a Medical School here, and was the teacher of the pioneer abdominal surgeon, Ephraim McDowell. , Physician . Teacher . Civic Leader
Main Passenger Terminal.
“Modernized” 1902, Original Building 1857.
Staunton’s Wharf Historic District History. , When the Central Virginia Railroad was built in 1854, it changed Staunton from a rural village into a booming center of commerce. By the turn of the century, the warehouses that had grown up around the train depot supplied everything from fresh produce to wagons and harnesses. The Wharf Historic District was listed in the National Register in 1972.
Staunton. Near this site on April 17, 1861, approximately one hundred local citizens, many of whom had just enlisted in The Staunton Artillery, met to board trains for Harper's Ferry. They were led by prominent local citizen John D. Imboden, who would remain an active figure throughout the war during which he served as a Confederate General., This neighborhood was the commercial heart of Staunton, with numerous warehouses and factories located close to the railroad station of the Virginia Central Railroad. Staunton served as an important supply center, providing a vital link between the Shenandoah Valley – “The Breadbasket of the Confederacy” – and Richmond, the Capital of the Confederate States, and other points east. In June 1864, Union Gen. David H. Hunter’s troops destroyed the station and area factories, foundries, stables, warehouses and mills as well as one of two newspaper offices. The newspaper which survived did so because the publisher had hidden the presses, which he was able to use to publish his newspaper within hours after the departure of Hunter and his troops., While in Staunton, Hunter’s headquarters was located in the Virginia Hotel which stood nearby on New Street. The Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind, which survives in Staunton, served as a military hospital for the duration of the Civil War., Directly across from the railroad station stands the old American Hotel, built in 1854 by the Virginia Central Railroad. A leading hostelry for many years, notable guests included the reconstruction Governor of Virginia Francis Harrison Pierpont in July 1866 and Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard in 1874. In June 1874, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and his wife were serenaded by Staunton’s Stonewall Brigade Band from the front of the hotel when their train passed through town. The band would later perform in Grant’s funeral procession in New York City and again at the dedication ceremonies for Grant’s Tomb. This unexpected kinship began when Grant made an exception by allowing the Stonewall Brigade Band to keep their instruments at the surrender at Appomattox. It is the nation’s oldest, continuously performing band which receives municipal support.
History of the C&O Station. The Virginia Central Railroad extended westward from Charlottesville to Staunton and on to Clifton Forge by 1854. Also in the 1850s, the Covington and Ohio Railroad was under construction to connect the railroad system to the Ohio River. The Civil War stopped the construction and the two rail systems were not connected until additional capital was secured for the necessary construction. , Financier Collis P Huntington, who had just completed part of the Transcontinental Railroad, funded this eastern link into what he hoped would be a coast-to-coast railroad The Virginia Central and the Covington and Ohio were combined and re-chartered as the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. The original railroad had begun at milepost 0 at Ft. Monroe at Old Point Comfort near Hampton, Virginia, and thus the name Chesapeake. , The Staunton railroad facility currently has buildings and structures from several eras and it represents one of the most complete complexes of the early 20th century. The present passenger depot and the covered concourse date from 1906 and the depot is the fourth station on the site. At the same time, a separate brick baggage building was constructed next to the new station and the old wooden pedestrian bridge was replaced with the iron truss bridge that remains today. , The red brick section of the freight depot is the oldest part of the complex and dates to 1861. The wooden office addition to the freight depot was put up in the 1904. The signal and telegraph tower was constructed in the 1890s and the second floor added by 1905. The water tank on the side of Sears Hill across the tracks dates from the steam engine era and was in place by 1903.
Sears Hill Bridge. Bridge History and Restoration. The current bridge dates from circa 1906 when the present train station, designed by local noted architect, T. J. Collins, was erected. An earlier wooden bridge had existed on the site since 1888. The iron pedestrian structure is listed as a part of the Wharf Historic District, and is listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places. , In early 2010, the City of Staunton was offered the bridge by the owner of the train station complex because the bridge was held under an easement as a public right-of-way. After completing an engineering analysis of the bridge, the City determined that it was structurally unsound and closed it to any public access. The owner had the bridge dismantled and donated it to the City. In turn, the City requested that citizens step forward to create a committee, Friends of the Sears Hill Bridge, to raise funds for its restoration. , The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge served as the fiscal agent for the committee to allow charitable donations. After three years of efforts, the committee raised over $200,000 to restore the bridge and once again open it to the public in April of 2013.
The Hon. Archibald Stuart. This Stone covers the mortal remains of the Hon. Archibald Stuart. He died on the 11th day of July (d1832) aged 75 years 3 m. and 22 days. Merits the tribute of grateful remembrance having performed well his part in life. , When a youth, he fought for his country the war which achieved her independence. And in maturer years contributed to Convention; to confirm her Liberties by the adoption of our national constitution. He was distinguished as an able lawyer, a wise legislator, an upright and learned judge. , He now rests from his labors but his worth shall long be remembered. For he was true to himself, his country and his friends.
Barnas Sears, Woodrow Park, and Sears Hill Neighborhood. Dr. Barnas Sears, a career educator and Baptist minister, was nearly 65 years old in 1867 when he resigned as president of Brown College in Providence, Rhode Island, and moved to Staunton., He became the agent of the Peabody Educational Fund created by George Peabody of Massachusetts to dispense funds throughout the Southern and Southwestern states to establish free public education after the Civil War., From the frame Victorian cottage constructed on the hill overlooking the train station, Dr. Sears travelled across much of the nation from Virginia to Texas for 13 years making grants to schools of over $3.4 million "for the intellectual, moral, or industrial education among the young.", , Sears House , (NOTE: This house is a private residence and not part of the park.), This board-and-batten house was constructed in 1866 by Dr. Robert Madison and sold in the next year to Barnas Sears who added the tower. The dwelling reflects the influence of the picturesque cottage and villa designs of the 19th century horticulturist, A. J. Downing. His nationally published work in 1850, The Architecture of Country Houses, widely popularized this new style of domestic building in America. This example was constructed in the Tuscan villa style of a bracketed cottage., Sears Hill Neighborhood , The Sears Hill Neighbbrhood largely developed over a 65-year-span. Period newspapers recount stories of community celebrations punctuated by bonfires and cannon shots from Sears Hill. In the early 19th century, the area was also noted as Garber's Hill, Stuart's Hill, and Oak Hill. Early homes belonged to Barnas Sears, Newton Argenbright, and J.J. Lad. Surrounding properties were owned and later developed in three distinct periods by prominent Staunton landowners Jedediah Hotchkiss, Alexander H.H. Stuart, Captain G.G. Gooch, Captain James and Caroline Marquis, and H.L. Partlow., In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the lots and streets of Sears Hill took shape upon subdivision and sale of larger land holdings. The neighborhood developed with a grid pattern of streets, bounded by brick sidewalks and alleyways. Constructed mostly of wood frame, the homes are vernacular adaptations of popular architectural styles. Shingle clad gables, hip roofs with bracketed eaves, clapboard siding, and single-story porches with turned-and pattern-sawn balustrades all relate to Victorian styles., As noted in the 1885 Historical Atlas of Augusta County, Virginia, engineers, auctioneers, printers, teachers, watchmakers, carpenters, cigar makers and policemen occupied the homes in the neighborhood. During this period, small groceries, churches, and a volunteer fire company all were established specifically serving Sears Hill. Between 1910 and 1929, Sears Hill experienced its final phase of development with the subdivision of the Marquis property and construction of bungalow and foursquare styled homes., Woodrow Park , This four acre wooded hillside was purchased by the City of Staunton in 1927 for approximately $9,000 and included the historic Sears House. A local citizen, Charles Catlett, previously encouraged the City to purchase the Sears Hill property to he acquired as a possible future school site. He had deeded the Betsy Bell property to the City to be used as a public park and his family was very interested and involved in several similar civic projects., By 1936, the City had cleared some of the acreage for a playground and in the 27th Annual Report of the City of Staunton, the area was known as Woodrow Park for the first time in local records., It is unclear how the park was named, but there are two local theories. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, who was born in Staunton, was the son of Rev. Joseph Ruggles Wilson and Jessie Woodrow Wilson. Her maiden name of Woodrow became the middle name of President Thomas Woodrow Wilson and might be the inspiration for the park's name. However, the word "woodrow" also means "row of trees" and would be appropriate for the large stand of great oak trees within the park., . Historical information from files of Historic Staunton Foundation and the City of Staunton Department of Parks and Recreation. , . Sanborn Map image courtesy of EDR, Shelton, CN , . Text Edits by Katharine Brown and Nancy Sorrells , . Plaque design by Frazier Associates, Architects and Planners.
Confederate Dead Monument - Thornrose Cemetery. West Panel:
Honor to the Brave 870 Lie Here Recorded by Name, Company and Regiment: From Virginia 385, N. Carolina 176, S. Carolina 59, Georgia 208, Alabama 49, Florida 8, Mississippi 11, Louisiana 19, Tennessee 12, Arkansas 20, Texas 3, And 207 Recorded by Name Only Confederate Dead. South Panel: “There is True Glory and a True Honor The Glory of Duty Done, The Honor of the Integrity of Principle” Robert E. Lee. North Panel: Weigh Not Their Worth By The Balance Of Battle These Have Glorified Their Cause By The Record Of Noble Sacrifice, The Simple Manhood Of Their Lives, The Patient Endurance Of Suffering, And The Heroism Of Death. May Such Fidelity And Patriotism Endure Forever.. East Panel:“As Unknown And Yet Well Known” Around This Shaft Are Gathered Also The Remains Of About 700 Confederate Soldiers, Not Recorded By Name, From Fields of Allegheny, McDowell, Cross Keys, Port Republic, Piedmont &c. Virginia Forgets Not Any Who Died In Her Defence..
Staunton Historic Districts.
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Staunton Historic Districts , 1 Beverley Historic District , 2 Newtown Historic District , 3 Wharf Area Historic District , 4 Gospel Hill Historic District , 5 Stuart Addition Historic District , You Are Here - Woodrow Park in Sears Hill
(center panel) , 1. Freight Depot , This long structure made of bricks dates from the 1870s and predates the rest of the present train station complex. As freight came into the depot, much of it was wheeled on wooden planks across the street (Middlebrook Avenue) to be stored in the upper floors of the neighboring warehouses., 2. Staunton Train Station 1902 , The C&O Depot is an unusual design reflecting classical forms and elements in its arched windows and long concourses with its iron Tuscan Columns. The influence of the bungalow style can be seen in the horizontal lines of the building along with the deep eaves and brackets. The local architectural firm of T. J. Collins and Son designed the station, which is the third one on this site., 3. The American Hotel 1855 , When built by the railroad in the 1850s in the Greek Revival style, the American Hotel was the last word in luxury until converted into a warehouse. The Stonewall Brigade Band serenaded U.S. President and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant from here in 1874 when their train passed through Staunton., 4. The Wharf , When the Virginia Central Railroad was constructed in 1854, it changed Staunton from a rural village into a booming center of commerce. By the turn of the 20th century, warehouses were built around the train depot supplying everything from fresh produce, feed and seed, to wagons and harnesses. This area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972., 5. Trinity Episcopal Church 1855 , The first Augusta Parish Church was built on this site in 1763. The present church is a fine example of early Gothic Revival architecture and was designed by British architect J.W. Johns who also designed the chapel at the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria. Trinity Church boasts a valuable collection of 12 Tiffany Studio stained glass windows., 6. Stuart Hall School 1846 , Edwin M. Taylor designed Stuart Hall's Greek Revival "Old Main" when it was known as the Virginia Female Institute. It was renamed in 1907 to honor headmistress Mrs. J.E.B. Stuart, the Civil War general's widow. It is now a co-educational private boarding and day school., 7. Central United Methodist Church , Organized in 1797 in Staunton, this is the oldest continuous Methodist congregation in the area. Blacksmith, Sampson Eagon began preaching on what has since become known as Gospel Hill on the corner of East Beverly and North Coalter streets. The present church dates from 1892 and is the fourth church on the site. Its facade was remodeled in 1915 from designs by the local architectural firm of T.J. Collins and Son., 8. Second Presbyterian Church , In 1875, 13 members of the First Presbyterian Church organized this congregation and a brick structure was built on this site the following year. In 1902, construction was completed on the second structure but it suffered an extensive fire in 1946. After remodeling, it retains much of its original Gothic Revival style along with its distinctive tall spire., 9. Faith Lutheran Church , This church dates from the late 19th century but its facade was completely remodeled in 1961 in the Neo-colonial style by the late Milton Grigg, the Charlottesville architect who was one of the architects that worked on the early restoration of Colonial Williamsburg., 10. Clock Tower and YMCA 1890 , This downtown landmark with its ornate brickwork and clock tower was originally the YMCA and contained an auditorium, bowling alley, gym, running track and library. While the building has been converted into apartments, the city continues to provide annual maintenance on the town clock. An earlier clock was located in the steeple of a previous church on the same site., 11. Masonic Temple 1896 , This imposing structure has dominated the Staunton skyline since its completion. Chicago architect I.E.A. Rose's design mixes classical and medieval elements in its massive facade. A previous temple on this site was designed by Thomas Blackburn, who worked as a carpenter on the construction of the University of Virginia under Thomas Jefferson's direction. The Masonic Order was chartered Staunton in 1786., 12. St. Francis Catholic Church 1895 , This imposing Gothic Revival church, based on English country examples, was designed in 1895 by T.J. Collins. It replaced an earlier Catholic church constructed in 1851. The exterior is clad in Vermont granite (replacing an earlier failing green serpentine stone) and has contrasting elements of Indiana and Virginia limestone., 13. Augusta County Courthouse 1901 , Located in the heart of downtown, this T.J. Collins classically designed courthouse is the fifth one to occupy this site. In 1745, a crude log structure built here served as the first county courthouse when Augusta County extended to the Mississippi River. The current courthouse replaced a Greek Revival-styled structure designed by Thomas Blackburn., 14. Mary Baldwin College 1842 , Rev. Rufus Bailey founded the Augusta Female Seminary in 1842. Two years later the original Greek Revival-styled structure was built to house the growing school. The seminary was renamed in 1895 to honor principal Mary Julia Baldwin. The classically-styled campus on its terraced hillside site remains a visually striking element in Staunton's skyline., 15. First Presbyterian Church 1872 , Staunton's Presbyterian congregation was organized in 1804 but did not build its first church until 1818 next to the present Mary Baldwin College. The minister in the 1850s was John Ruggles Wilson, the father of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson who was born in the manse nearby, which is now a presidential library and museum. The present church was designed in the Romanesque Revival style with its round arches and tall spire. The architect was Major Thomas H. Williamson, a professor of engineering from Virginia Military Institute., 16. Stonewall Jackson Hotel 1924 , This early 20th-century hotel, designed by H.L. Stevans and Co. of New York, cost $750,000 when built and is designed in the neo-classical revival style. Atop Staunton's tallest building is a penthouse and another landmark, the restored neon sign that dates from the 1950s. The hotel has been carefully restored and a new conference center wing added to the original building., Special Note: For those individuals who would like to explore Staunton's historic architecture further, there is a self-guided walking tour brochure developed by Historic Staunton Foundation. The tour extends through five of Staunton's historic districts. It is available at the Staunton Visitor Center in the New Street Parking Garage., Text adapted from Historic Staunton Foundation research and other historic sources. , Text Edits by Katharine Brown and Nancy Sorrells , Plaque design and graphics by Frazier Associates, Architects and Planners
Beyer Print of Staunton. This reproduction of an 1857 lithograph of Staunton from Sears Hill depicts the community on the eve of the Civil War. Most of the buildings seen in this view have been replaced by newer structures., Edward Beyer, a graduate of Dusseldorf Academy of Art in Germany, first traveled to America in 1848 and initially settled in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. This German artist then traveled extensively in Virginia until 1857., The on-site paintings he created depicts Virginia's great spas, cities, and rural landscapes in the years just prior to the Civil War., Upon his return from Germany, Beyer's paintings were transformed into lithographs by Rau and Son in Dresden and Loeillot and Co. in Berlin. The result was a series of lithographs as well as The Album of Virginia, published in 1857 that is his best known work.
Augusta County Confederates Plaque.
This Bronze Commemorates, To Generations Which Knew Then Not, The Virginia Volunteers. From Augusta In The Army Of The Confederate States. Twenty-Two Companies From Here Followed By Jackson And Stuart, With Many In Other Commands., No Rebels They, But Worthy Sons Of Patriotic Sites, Who Took Arms In The Hour Of Their State’s Extremity, When Argument For Peace Was Ended, To Defend The Soil, The Homes And The Constitutional Rights Won By Their Fathers. The World Has Seen No Braver Nor Truer Soldiery Than The Yeomen Whose Deeds Made Glorious This Valley Of The Shenandoah, And Their Fame Rests Secure As Their Native Hills., If They Justified Not The Cause For Which They Were Ready To Die, They Ennobled Themselves, And May Be “Forgiven By The Sons Of Men Who For Conscience Sake Fought Against Their Government At Lexington And Bunker Hill.”
First Settler's Grave. One mile north is the grave of John Lewis, first settler in this region, who came here in 1732 and died in 1762. He chose the site of the town of Staunton. His four sons, Thomas, Andrew, William and Charles, took an important part in the Indian and Revolutionary wars.
Avenue of Trees. This Avenue of Trees, sponsored by Clemmer-McGuffin Post 13, American Legion and Auxiliary, was given in loving memory by the people of Staunton and Augusta County in memoriam 1917-1918
Birthplace of Woodrow Wilson. One mile north, on Coalter Street in Staunton, is the birthplace of Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 8th Virginia-born President of the U.S., Princeton University President, New Jersey Governor, 28th President (World War I). He was chief author and sponsor of the League of Nations. Born Dec 28, 1856, died in Washington, Feb 3, 1924. The birthplace is maintained as an historic shrine.
Montgomery Hall Park, a municipal park for African Americans during the segregation era, opened on 4 July 1947. The Rev. T. J. Jemison of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, an African American community leader, persuaded Staunton City Council to purchase about 150 acres for the project. The land had been part of John Howe Peyton’s Montgomery Hall plantation, established early in the 19th century. A committee of African American citizens appointed by City Council managed the park, which featured a swimming pool, bowling alley, and picnic facilities and drew crowds from throughout central Virginia. Staunton’s park system was desegregated late in the 1960s.
The Barger House. Relocated from its original site approximately fifty miles to the south on Little Patterson’s Creek in Botetourt County, Virginia, the Barger home, immediately in front of you, is an operational pre-Civil War farmstead from the Valley of Virginia. It is representative of the average agricultural livelihoods of common soldiers and noncombatant farmers in this region., Because of his age, John Barger did not serve in the war, but two of his sons and a brother did fight for the Confederacy. His sons and brother survived the hostilities. The true test of the war, however, for the Barger family, fell in the area of finance. Prior to the war, Barger borrowed money from his family and the bank of Fincastle to purchase land and finance his farm. When t he prices of agricultural goods plummeted in the wake of war, he was unable to pay his debts, and on May 7, 1869, filed for bankruptcy. Two and a half years later, the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia foreclosed on the property, a fate shared by many others in postwar Virginia. It is not clear how Barger fared financially after the event. However, by the 1880’s, a niece and her husband purchased the farmstead and heirs continued to reside on the property well into the latter part of the 20th century., (Sidebar): , According to the 1860 census, on the eve of the Civil War, the population of the ten county area from Harpers Ferry to Rockbridge County consisted of 26,410 slaves or 18 percent of the total population of the Shenandoah Valley. Fewer than 4,040 or 4 percent of the Valley’s population of 121,194 whites and free blacks were slaveholders. Additionally, more than 4,593 free blacks made up 3 percent of the population of the area and were involved in critical trade throughout the Valley., Although no slaves worked on the Barger farmstead prior to the war, two blacks, “Law and wife Mell,” were listed as residents with the Barger family in the 1860 census. Little is known of their relations with the Barger family or what happened to them afterward.
Willow Spout. Here stood, from the early 19th century until the mid-1900s, the tavern and stagecoach stop first owned by Peter Hanger. In 1848 its second proprietor, Samuel Harnsbarger, planted a willow tree in a spring here, across the newly-constructed Valley Turnpike from the tollhouse. Spring water flowed up the trunk and out a spout driven in its side, falling unto a wooden trough. For more than a century, three successive “willow spouts” provided water for thirsty travelers, horses, and automobiles.
Great Indian Warrior Trading Path. The most heavily traveled road in Colonial America passed through here, linking areas from the Great Lakes to Augusta, GA. Laid on ancient animal and Native American Trading/Warrior Paths. Indian treaties among the Governors of NY, PA, and VA and the 19 chiefs of Iroquois League of Five Nations in 1685 and 1722, opened the Colonial Backcountry for peaceful settlement and colonization. In VA, the Path passed Winchester, Harrisonburg, Staunton, Lexington, Fincastle, Big Lick and Rockport as animals searched for salt.
Frontier Culture Museum. The Frontier Culture Museum tells the story of the thousands of people who migrated to colonial America and of the life they created here for themselves and their descendant. The Museum features outdoor exhibits of original and reconstructed farm buildings from England, Ireland, Germany, West Africa, and Virginia. Historical interpreters provide hands-on learning and interactive education. Visitors can expect to see activities such as cooking, gardening, woodworking, flax and wool spinning, rare-breed animals, schoolhouse lessons, and much more.
The Great Road. ,
"The Wilderness Road" sums up the iconic meaning of the lives of Daniel Boone and the thousands of settlers who poured after him through the great gap into Kentucky. In its various forms as frontier trail, wagon road, stage route, and antebellum turnpike, the road directed pilgrims and travelers to the West. Whatever your background, as the starting point for the settlement of the West, the Great Migration Route over the Cumberland Gap tells your story as an American.
The Great Road is one of the six sections that comprise the Wilderness Road. The Valley of Virginia has been occupied for 10,000 years, since the glaciers retreated to the north. Settlers in the 1730s blazed new routes and used existing paths to develop a main road along the Valley. European immigrants, particularly Swiss-German and Scots-Irish, poured into Virginia and North Carolina. The road ran all the way to North Carolina by 1748. By the late eighteenth century it had been improved as a stage road, but remained difficult in many places. By 1840, the Valley Turnpike, roughly corresponding to Rt. 11, had been constructed from Winchester to Harrisburg. Prosperous towns like Winchester, Stephens City, and Middletown supported a rich tradition of crafts.
Cyrus McCormick Farm and Workshop , 128 McCormick's Farm Circle, Raphine, Virginia , The museum at the Cyrus McCormick Farm and Workshop provides an opportunity for visitors to understand how traditional farming around the world was revolutionized by the inventions of a Scots-Irish family of farmers and innovators. Walnut Grove, the McCormack family farm near Steele's Tavern, is the birthplace of the mechanical reaper, the ancestor of the modern combine harvester.
Frontier Culture Museum , 1290 Richmond Avenue, Staunton, Virginia , The Frontier Culture Museum is an outdoor, living-history museum and a Commonwealth of Virginia educational institution. The Museum currently features ten outdoor exhibits comprised of original and reconstructed farm buildings from West Africa, England, Ireland, Germany, and Virginia. The exhibits are carefully researched and documented, and many of them are original buildings that were dismantled and many of them are original buildings that were dismantled and transported to the Museum for restoration and reconstruction. The Museum's exhibits serve as settings for interpretive and educational programs designed to increase public knowledge of the diverse Old World origins of early immigrants to america, of how these immigrants lived in their homelands, of how they came to America, and how the way-of-life they created together on the early American frontier shaped the success of the United States. The Museum is open to the public 362 days a year, and welcomes all who wish to understand the origins and growth of the American people and their Culture.
R.R. Smith Center for History and Art , 22 South New Street, Staunton, Virginia , Many of the settlers to the Augusta County area were Scots-Irish. A small village grew up around the county's first log courthouse, built in 1745. The newly named town of Staunton was laid out in thirteen half-acre lots in 1749. The R.R. Smith Center is housed in the former Eakleton Hotel of 1893. In addition to the offices of the Historic Staunton Foundation and the Staunton Augusta Art Center, it is the home of the Augusta County Historical Society history gallery and library, an excellent place to begin local family research.
Augusta Stone Church , 28 Old Stone Church Lane, Fort Defiance, Virginia , Augusta Stone Church is the oldest surviving church in the Valley of Virginia and the oldest Presbyterian church in Virginia. The original log building was built in 1740. It was replaced with the present stone structure in 1749 under the supervision of the Rev. John Craig, the founder of Presbyterianism in the Valley, and famous for his faith and perseverance. The plain rectangular church was built with a clipped gable roof.
Colonel George Moffett. George Moffett (1735–1811), a prominent regional military and civic leader, had joined the Augusta County militia by 1758. He participated in the French and Indian War (1756–1763), led a militia company at the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774, and rose to the rank of colonel by 1778. The Augusta County militia unit he commanded participated in several Revolutionary War battles including Guilford Courthouse in 1781. Moffett served as a justice of the peace, sheriff, and County Lieutenant (the county's highest military officer) for Augusta County (1783–1785). He was also a trustee of Liberty Academy (present-day Washington and Lee University). Moffett lived at Mount Pleasant.
Mount Pleasant, a venerable stone dwelling exemplifying traditional Shenandoah Valley domestic architecture, was erected on the 1740 land grant to John Moffett from King George II. Originally known as Moffetts Bottom, early probate records reflect a house descending to eldest son George in 1749. Colonel George Moffett (1735–1811) completed the construction by 1760 and lived here until his death. During the Revolutionary War, Moffett led the Augusta Militia. In June 1781, Mount Pleasant sheltered Patrick Henry and members of the Virginia Assembly fleeing British troops under Colonel “Blood” Banastre Tarleton. The Moffett family sold the property in 1826 and the interior was remodeled at that time.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Visits Augusta Military Academy.
In Commemoration of the visit of The President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, to the Augusta Military Academy October 27, 1960.
This 1886 Bell. , This 1886 bell was the school bell for many years. It was said the bell could be heard 3 miles away. It was housed in the bell tower of the Roller-Robinson House, now the AMA Alumni House and Museum. It was donated by Sam Clegg, '60
Augusta Military Academy Museum. In 1865, after returning from the Civil War, Professor Charles S. Roller began educating other returning veterans of the Confederacy in a small house near the old stone church. In 1874, Augusta Male Academy was founded in the current museum building. The name was changed to Augusta Military Academy when JROTC was added to the curriculum (circa 1890), making AMA Virginia's first military high school. From its humble beginning, the school continued to grow under the leadership of Professor Roller and his descendants for 119 years until its closing in 1984. Of the more than 12,000 AMA cadets, many went on to serve with honor and distinction in public office, as leaders in their communities and in the armed forces of the United States or their home nation.
Augusta Military Academy. , This site has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
Quarles Walk. , Dedicated to Julian Quarles, '35 for his service to his country, his commitment to AMA and honoring the 75th anniversary of his graduation from AMA.
Augusta Military Academy. Soon after the Civil War ended in 1865, Confederate veteran Charles S. Roller began teaching at the Old Stone Church nearby at Ft. Defiance. By 1874 he had founded Augusta Male Academy and incorporated military discipline into its classical curriculum by 1880. Roller renamed it Augusta Military Academy in 1890; it was the first military preparatory school in Virginia. In 1919, the Academy was among the first schools in America to adopt a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program. The Academy’s international reputation for excellence in secondary level military education attracted more than 7,000 students from the United States and abroad before it closed in 1984.
Augusta Stone Church. This, the oldest Presbyterian house of worship in Virginia, is an eloquent memorial to the liberty-loving, god-fearing Scotch-Irish folk who first settled this part of the valley. , Through their arduous labors the building was completed in 1747 and dedicated in 1749 under its first pastor, Dr. John Craig, a native of Northern Ireland. It served also as a fort during the Indian raids which followed Braddock's defeat. , The original walls extend from this spot to the wings in the rear, which were added in 1922.
The Rev. John Craig. John Craig, born in County Antrim, Ireland, and educated in Edinburgh, Scotland, immigrated to America in 1734. Ordained pastor in 1740 of the two churches known as Augusta Stone and Tinkling Spring, Craig was Virginia's first settled Presbyterian minister west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He led the construction of Augusta Stone Church and its defensive reinforcement. Craig, an Old Side minister who resisted the Great Awakening, traveled the backcountry to preach, baptize settlers, and organize congregations. With his wife, Isabella, he established a farm and raised six children. The Craigs are buried in the cemetery to the east.
Augusta Stone Church. The Augusta Stone Church, Virginia's oldest Presbyterian church in continuous use west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, opened on 22 Jan. 1749. It replaced a log meetinghouse built shortly after the congregation's founding in 1740. At the outbreak of the Seven Years' War, Pastor John Craig and members of the church fortified the structure with log palisades and watchtowers to defend against Indian attack. This defensive position inspired the name Fort Defiance adopted by the community that grew around the church. The building was enlarged and remodeled in 1921-22, and a new wing was added in 1956.
Last Indian Clash. Near this spot in 1764, Shawnee Indians killed John Tremble (Trimble) in the last such event in Augusta County. During the preceding decade, a series of conflicts between Native Americans and European settlers occurred along the western frontier of the colonies. They included the French and Indian War (1754–1763), Cherokee War (1759–1761), and Pontiac’s War (1763–1764). Although Chief Pontiac conducted most of his warfare between Detroit and Pittsburgh, the effects of that conflict rippled up and down the frontier.
Woodrow Wilson General Hospital. Groundbreaking for the Woodrow Wilson General Hospital was June 26, 1942. The hospital was named after Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States and a native of the neighboring city of Staunton. The federal government acquired 652 acres of land encircling this monument from private landowners. , , About 135 single story brick buildings, with 2.5 miles of sheltered walkways, served as a military hospital caring for the sick, injured, and wounded World War II soldiers. Soldiers returned to the U.S. by ship to Norfolk, Virginia, and then traveled by train to the nearby village of Fishersville where they were transported by ambulance to the hospital. From the time the first patients arrived in June of 1943 until the spring of 1946, more than 4,000 soldiers were cared for on these grounds. The hospital also provided rehabilitation services for disabled soldiers, enabling them to return home and lead productive lives. , , After the war, the property was declared surplus and repurposed with the dual vision of rehabilitation and education. Half the site became the first state-owned and operated comprehensive rehabilitation facility in the nation, known today as the Wilson Workforce and Rehabilitation Center. The other portion, under the auspices of the Augusta County School System, now includes Wilson Memorial High School, Wilson Middle and Elementary Schools, Valley Career and Technical Center, and other local government facilities. Most of the original structures were demolished during the 1960s and 1970s. , , This monument honors the soldiers cared for at the Woodrow Wilson General Hospital and the members of the military and civilian communities who treated and cared for them. May we never forget our soldiers and the courageous sacrifices they render to safeguard our freedoms in the greatest nation ever, these United States of America. , , Dedicated on Memorial Day , May 30, 2016
Woodrow Wilson General Hospital. The U.S. Army, needing stateside medical facilities during World War II, broke ground for Woodrow Wilson General Hospital here in June 1942. Named for the former U.S. president born in nearby Staunton, the hospital consisted of about 135 single-story brick buildings with 2.5 miles of sheltered walkways. In June 1943, the first of more than 4,000 sick and wounded military personnel arrived by train. The complex was declared surplus in 1946, and the Commonwealth of Virginia repurposed part of it in 1947 as the nation's first state-owned comprehensive rehabilitation facility for disabled individuals. The rest of the complex became part of the Augusta County public school system.
Augusta County Training School. A rural African-American school stood here by 1874. In 1927 a two-room elementary school serving Cedar Green and Smokey Row communities was built. The Augusta County Training School (Cedar Green School), the county’s first black consolidated school, opened here in 1938. Community members assisted to construct this frame structure, featuring a central auditorium, a common design provided by the Virginia Department of Education. Between 250 and 320 students, grades one through nine, attended class here from across the county. Augusta County school integration in 1966 closed the school and the American Legion purchased the building.
Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center. , In 1947 the Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center became the first state comprehensive rehabilitation center in the United States. Operated by the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services, this residential facility offers various programs for individuals with a wide range of physical, emotional, and mental disabilities to help them to live more independently.
Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church traces its existence to 1789 when Shenandoah Valley circuit preacher Paul Henkel held services for the German community in a schoolhouse nearby at Seawright Springs. By 1805, the congregation had built a frame structure on land deeded by Mary and Samuel King. The old Salem cemetery contains several headstones with German inscriptions that date to the early 19th century. In 1859 a new building was constructed. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s mother, Ida Stover, became a member of the congregation in 1875. The present brick church, dedicated in 1929, just north of here.
Battle of Piedmont. The Battle of Piedmont, fought on June 5, 1864 between Union Gen. David Hunter and Confederate Gen. William E. "Grumble" Jones, ended here. It began more than a mile northeast when the 12,000-man strong Federal army, whose mission was to scour the Shenandoah Valley of Confederates and then destroy the rail center at Charlottesville, encountered Jones's combined force of 6,000 infantry and cavalry. The third Union assault uphill against Jones's fortified line ended in Confederate disaster when Jones was killed while trying to rally his men during a Union flank attack., The Southerners retreated across the Middle River to the west, as well as south behind you on the old East Road (present-day Rte. 608). Just north of you, where the road curves, the ground was forested in 1864. There Capt. John H. McClanahan's Confederate battery in a rear-guard action, deployed a two-gun section and cut down pursuing Federal cavalrymen as they charged four abreast on the narrow road. The Southerners regrouped at Fishersville, then marched east to the Blue Ridge and blocked the gaps, thereby compelling Hunter to change his targets to Lexington and Lynchburg., New Hope became a hospital, and soldiers who died of their wounds were buried nearby. The Methodist church cemetery contains one marked Confederate grave, and the bloodstained wooden floor in the original church still survives, covered by linoleum., The Battle of Piedmont cost the Confederates some 1,600 casualties, and the Federals lost about 875. On June 6, the Confederate supply base at Staunton fell to Hunter's army. At Lexington on June 11, Hunter ordered the home of former Virginia war governor John Letcher and buildings of the Virginia Military Institute to be burned., Hunter's spring campaign ended June 15-17 when he was defeated at the Battles of Lynchburg and Hanging Rock by Jubal Early and the Second Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia.
James Edward Hanger. Born near Churchville on 25 Feb. 1843, Hanger joined the Churchville Cavalry at Phillipi, W.Va., on 2 June 1861, where the next morning he was wounded. The resulting amputation of his leg was probably the first of the Civil War. He convalesced at his parents' house, which stood nearby. Within three months he had invented the first artificial limb modeled on the human leg and hinged at the knee. Hanger constructed factories in Staunton and France and England. On 15 June 1919 he died and was buried in Washington, D.C., his home since 1906.
West View. In 1862, West View was a village of about 15 buildings including a flour mill, post office, store, wagon shop and saw mills. About 3,000 soldiers camped in the surrounding fields from April 20 to May 6., Confederates under Gen. Edward “Alleghany” Johnson withdrew to this area in April 1862, after they abandoned Camp Allegheny, 58 miles west of here at the present-day West Virginia border., Federals under Gen. Robert Milroy followed Johnson on the Staunton-to-Parkersburg Turnpike, occupying Monterey, McDowell and Shenandoah Mountain, successively, during April. Union troops, frequently seen at Buffalo Gap and Jennings Gap to the west, threatened Staunton and the heart of the Shenandoah Valley., Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson’s army was 37 miles northeast near Conrad’s Store (now Elkton). Finding Federals approaching him from the north and west, Jackson acted. He arrived in a panicked Staunton on May 4. Two days later, Johnson’s troops left their camps here at West View and marched west. Jackson’s army followed, marching from Staunton through West View to Shenandoah Mountain on May 7., Union and Confederate forces met at McDowell on May 8, 1862. The Confederates won the battle there ending the Federal threat to Staunton. , “Johnson is at West View. Too near our home to be agreeable. We now feel what it is to have an army in our houses and an enemy thundering at our doors…. If the foe should come to your door, outwardly submit but coldly and abhor to the last those who bring to our firesides slaughter and devastation.” , – Jed Hotchkiss, Jackson’s mapmaker, in an 1862 letter to his wife in Churchville.
Tinkling Spring Church. This was first the Southern Branch of the “Triple Forks of Shenandoah” Congregation, which called John Craig as pastor in 1741. A church was completed here about 1748; two other buildings have succeeded it. Beginning with 1777, James Waddel, the noted blind preacher, was supply for some years. R.L. Dabney, of Stonewall Jackson’s staff, was the minister here, 1847-1852.
Piedmont Battlefield. Here on June 5, 1864, was fought the Battle of Piedmont for the possession of Staunton., Union Forces under Gen. David Hunter 12,015 men and suffered a loss of 130 killed and 650 wounded. Confederate forces numbering 5,600 men under Gen. W.E.Jones defeated with loss 460 killed, 1450 wounded and 1,000 prisoners. Gen Jones was killed near this spot.
Battle of Piedmont. On 5 June 1864, Confederate Brig. Gen. William E. “Grumble” Jones deployed his 5,600-man force to stop Union Maj. Gen. David Hunter’s advance on Staunton. The main battle line formed just south of here. Jones repulsed two assaults by Hunter. Jones then maneuvered to counterattack, but created a fatal gap in his lines. Union officers spotted the opportunity, and Col. Joseph Thoburn led an attack that killed Jones and routed the Confederates. The combat resulted in 800 Union and 1,500 Confederate casualties, making it one of the bloodiest battles fought in the Shenandoah Valley. Hunter captured Staunton, damaging the Virginia Central Railroad and destroying many shops and warehouses in town.
Old Glory. , I am the Star Spangled Banner..... , conceived in 1777 out of the love , America bore for Liberty and Honor., I am the memorial of countless heroes who , shed their blood to preserve this , sacred heritage., I have inspired generations of gallant men , who fought against tyranny., I am the spirit of Valley Forge..... , of sacrifice..... of courage., I have guarded every rampart where freedom , defended its glorious cause...., Tripoli... Belleau Wood...Argonne Forest , ...Omaha Beach...Anzio...Bastogne , …Guadalcanal… Coral Sea… , Leyte Gulf...Iwo Jima...Korea... , Viet Nam, I fly wherever Americans gave their lives to , preserve the sanctity of life., My home is in the hearts of all who feel a , thrill of pride when they salute me , and what I symbolize—
, God . Country . Freedom . Valor.
Avenue of Trees. This Avenue of Trees, sponsored by Clemmer-McGuffin Post 13, American Legion and Auxiliary, was given in loving memory by the people of Staunton and Augusta County in memoriam 1917-1918.
Future Farmers of America. , One mile west at Weyers Cave on April 30, 1927, twenty-eight students of vocational agriculture formed the Future Farmers of Virginia which became the Future Farmers of America in 1928 at Kansas City. The organization has grown to include all of the states and Puerto Rico.
Rockingham County, also, Augusta County. , Rockingham County. Area 876 square miles. Formed in 1778 from Augusta, and named for the Marquis of Rockingham, British statesman. John Seiver, of Tennessee, was born in this county. In it took place the battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic, 1862., Augusta County. Area 1006 square miles. Formed in 1738 from Orange and named for Augusta, Princess of Wales and mother of George III. Originally it included a large part of the Middle West. President Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton.
Walnut Grove. Archibald Stuart - Revolutionary soldier, legislator, and judge-was born here March 19, 1757, at the home of his grandfather and namesake, an early settler. The property was acquired by William A. Pratt in 1868 and G. Julian Pratt in 1900.
John Colter, born in Stuart's Draft about 1775, was a member of the northwest expedition led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (1804-1806). During his subsequent, solitary explorations of the West, Colter traversed the area now comprising Yellowstone National Park and discovered several passes through the Rocky Mountains suitable for wagon trains. His escape from the Blackfeet Indians following a footrace for his life has become a legend of the West. Colter died in Missouri in 1813.
Early’s Last Battle. On the ridge west of Waynesboro occurred the last engagement of Confederate forces commanded by Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early. Portions of Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's army, including cavalry led by Maj. Gen. George A. Custer, attacked and routed Confederate troops under Brig. Gen. Gabriel C. Wharton. Early and the remnants of his army retreated, leaving Sheridan in control and ending the Shenandoah Valley campaigns.
Jarman’s Gap. Five miles east, formerly known as Woods’ Gap. Michael Woods, his three sons and three Wallace sons-in-law (Andrew, Peter, William), coming from Pennsylvania via Shenandoah Valley, crossed through this pass into Albemarle County in 1734 – pioneers in settling this section. In 1780-81 British prisoners taken at Saratoga went through this gap en route to Winchester. In June 1862 part of Jackson’s army, moving to join Lee at Richmond, used this passage.
Plumb House. , The Plumb House was built between 1802 and 1806 on what was then the western edge of Waynesboro. While fighting did not occur here until late in the war, the community felt its impact early on. Henry Plumb, who lived here, was mortally wounded at the First Battle of Manassas and died in July 1861., Stonewall Jackson’s army passed through Waynesboro by train on its way to the Battle of McDowell early in his famous Valley Campaign of 1862. Confederate successes during that year left Waynesboro and the Upper Shenandoah Valley largely untouched until 1864. Skirmishes occurred here on June 10, following the Battle of Piedmont, and September 28, following the Battle of Fisher’s Hill., On March 2, 1865, the Confederate defense of the Valley collapsed around the Plumb House. The remnants of Gen. Jubal Early’s Army of the Shenandoah formed a line along the hill east of the house (along modern Pine Avenue). Union cavalry attacked from the west, driving the Confederates to the South River before capturing most of them, effectively ending the war in the Valley., After their victory at Waynesboro, Federal forces marched through Albemarle County to the James River at Scottsville. After destroying part of the canal and other buildings there, Union troops under Gen. Philip Sheridan continued to the Petersburg area where they rejoined the command of Gen. U.S. Grant., “One of the most terrible panics and stampedes I have ever seen. There was a perfect rout along the road up the mountain and the enemy dashed forward into the swarm of flying men, wagons, etc…. The whole army was captured or scattered… the situation, as I turned and saw it, convinced me that all was lost, especially when I saw the general officers rush by me in the headlong stampede.” – Jed Hotchkiss, Stonewall Jackson’s Map Maker.
Wooden Water Pipe. , This nearly 22-foot-long water pipe was excavated from the Casper Koiner farm in Crimora, Augusta County. It was part of a system that carried water to the 155-acre farm which included distilleries, a tannery, and a grist mill. Due to its relative affordability and availability, wood has been used to make pipes and pumps to supply water for century.
[Captions:] , The pipe was made by drilling a hole through the center of the log using a long handled auger.
The pipes would be tapered at one end so they could fit together with another pipe.
Glebe Burying Ground. The vestry of Augusta Parish purchased 200 acres here in 1749 to serve as a glebe, farmland set aside to support the minister. Just to the southwest, on a portion of this property, the parish established the first public cemetery in the vicinity. Grave markers reflect English, German, and Scots-Irish funerary art traditions of the 18th and 19th centuries. Buried here are several Revolutionary War soldiers and Col. John Wilson, member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1748 to 1773. Also interred here are at least three settlers killed by Shawnee Indians in attacks during Pontiac's War (1763-1766). The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Port Republic Road Historic District. , This is Waynesboro's oldest intact neighborhood. It coalesced as a community about 1870, just after the Civil War, when formerly enslaved individuals moved here to work in nearby industries and on railroads. The African American residents constructed most of the buildings here between the mid-19th and mid-20th centuries. The community's Rosenwald School and Shiloh Baptist Church were both constructed in 1924. One of the earliest houses in the district, a circa 1818 dwelling, was built on Riverside Drive. Designated the Port Republic Road Historic District, the neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in in 2002.
Mount Tabor Lutheran Church. Shenandoah Valley circuit-riding preacher Paul Henkel formed Mount Tabor Lutheran Church about 1785, several miles to the east. It shared a log building with St. John’s, a Lutheran and Reformed union congregation. Under the direction of David Frederick Bittle, the Mount Tabor con- gregation moved here in 1838 and built a brick church within the current cemetery. In 1842 Bittle and Christopher C. Baughman organized a preparatory school for boys in the church parsonage about a mile west. The school became the Virginia Collegiate Institute in 1845. It moved to Salem in 1847, where it became Roanoke College in 1853. Construction of the present church building was completed in 1889.
Virginia Institute. , Near this spot stood the frame dwelling of David Frederick Bittle, pastor of Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church, in which he began in the Fall of 1842, with the assistance of Christopher C. Baughman, also a Lutheran minister, a school for young men called Virginia Institute. The following summer two log buildings were erected a short distance north of this site, and the school was chartered as Virginia Collegiate Institute, January 30, 1845. Here it remained until the spring of 1847, when it was relocated at Salem, Va., and was rechartered March 14, 1853, as Roanoke College.
Fishburne Military School. James Abbott Fishburne, an honor graduate of Washington College inspired by its president, Robert E. Lee, opened in 1879 with 24 students what eventually became Fishburne Military School. Staunton architectural firm T.J. Collins and Son designed the 1916-1922 barracks in the castellated Gothic style, the 1915 library (Virginia's second-oldest Carnegie library), and the 1940 gymnasium-administrative building. In Feb. 1919, the school adopted one of the nation's first Army Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps programs. Operated by the Fishburne-Hudgins Educational Foundation since 1951, the school is listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places.
Waynesboro. Here, on one of the first roads west of the Blue Ridge, a hamlet stood in colonial times. The Walker exploring expedition started from this vicinity in 1748. Here, in June, 1781, the Augusta militia assembled to join Lafayette in the east. A town was founded in 1797. It was established by law in 1801 and named for General Anthony Wayne.
Rife-Loth Dam. The river bend 200 yards upstream is the site of the former Rife-Loth Dam. The dam was constructed of logs circa 1880 and produced power for the Ram Manufacturing Company using waterwheels. In the 1890s the waterwheels generated power for Waynesboro. In 1907 the log dam was destroyed by a flood and rebuilt of stone and concrete. Captain Richard Clemmer acquired the company in 1932 and eventually became Virginia Metal Crafters. The dam was removed in October 2011.
Waynesboro. , Settlers began to arrive to present day Augusta County in the 1730s and by the Revolutionary War a small hamlet existed here. By 1797, it was known as Waynesborough, for Revolutionary War hero Brig. Gen. Anthony Wayne. It became a town in 1801 and was incorporated in 1834. The last battle fought in the Shenandoah Valley took place in Waynesboro on 2 March 1865, near the end of the Civil War, when Union Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan defeated Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early. Basic City consolidated with Waynesboro in 1924, and in 1948 the Virginia General Assembly made Waynesboro a city.
Mossy Creek. Colonists first settled Mossy Creek in the 1740s. Mossy Creek Iron Works was founded by 1775, when partners Henry Miller and Mark Bird began operating an iron furnace, forge, and mills here. The ironworks became an important industrial enterprise and produced pig iron and finished pieces that were sold throughout western Virginia. Bird sold his interest in the ironworks to Miller in 1779. A community grew up around the ironworks, which likely ceased operation during the Civil War. By 1852 the Mossy Creek Academy was established by Jedediah Hotchkiss, later the cartographer for Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. The school remained in operation until about 1861.
W. J. Loth. , Pioneer 19th century Waynesboro industrialist. , On this site stood the home of William J. Loth, founder of the W. J. Loth Stove Company of Waynesboro, which produced coal and wood-burning stoves, and pioneered in the manufacture and sale of electric cooking ranges., W. J. Loth also owned and operated the Brunswick Inn, a fashionable summer resort, which stood in this same block., A native of Richmond, VA, W. J. Loth served his adopted city as mayor for three terms.
At least 100 markers are within 12 miles of this location, as the crow flies. Touch for map. - Birthplace of Woodrow Wilson (
approx. 0.9 miles away)Marker is on Lee Highway (U.S. 11) south of Woodrow Wilson Parkway (Virginia Route 275), on the right when traveling south.
- Grandma Moses in Augusta County ( approx. 1.3 miles away near Verona)
Marker is on Mill Place Parkway (County Route 1943) south of Laurel Hill Road (County Route 612).
- Staunton Military Alumni Memorial ( approx. 3 miles away)
Memorial is on Academy Street just south of Kable Street, on the right when traveling north.
- In Memory of Our Dead Heroes ( approx. 3 miles away)
Memorial is on Academy Street just south of Kable Street, on the right when traveling north.
- Lewis Creek Watershed ( approx. 3.1 miles away)
Marker is at the intersection of Churchville Avenue (U.S. 250) and Oakenwold Terrace, on the right when traveling east on Churchville Avenue.
5- The Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind ( approx. 3.1 miles away)
Marker is on Commerce Road (Bypass U.S. 11) south of Statler Boulevard.
- Gypsy Express ( approx. 3.1 miles away)
Marker is on Constitution Drive, 0.2 miles Thornrose Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
- Project Dogwood: Staunton's Tradition Reborn ( approx. 3.1 miles away)
Marker is on Constitution Drive, 1.1 miles west of Churchville Avenue (U.S. 250), on the right when traveling west.
- Woodrow Wilson Birthplace ( approx. 3.2 miles away)
Marker is at the intersection of North Coalter Street and Berkeley Place, on the left when traveling north on North Coalter Street.
- The Emily Smith Reception House ( approx. 3.2 miles away)
Marker is on North Coalter Street just south of Berkeley Place, on the right when traveling south.
- 116th Infantry Regiment Memorial ( approx. 3.2 miles away)
Memorial is on 116th Regimental Road, 0.1 miles north of Thornrose Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
- A different marker also named Birthplace of Woodrow Wilson ( approx. 3.2 miles away)
Marker is on E Frederick Street, on the left when traveling west.
- Mary Baldwin College ( approx. 3.3 miles away)
Marker is at the intersection of East Frederick Street and North New Street (Business Virginia Route 11), on the right on East Frederick Street.
- Lt. Col. Jacob Earl "Shorty" Manch ( approx. 3.3 miles away)
Memorial is on 116th Regimental Road, 0.2 miles north of Thomrose Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
- T. J. Collins & Son ( approx. 3.4 miles away)
Marker is at the intersection of East Beverly Street (Virginia Route 254) and South Augusta Street (Business U.S. 11) on East Beverly Street.
- Augusta National Bank Building ( approx. 3.4 miles away)
Marker is at the intersection of Beverly Street (Virginia Route 254) and Augusta Streets (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling east on Beverly Street.
- Dr. William Fleming ( approx. 3.4 miles away)
Marker is on South New Street south of Greenville Avenue (Business U.S. 11), on the left when traveling south.
- Augusta County ( approx. 3.4 miles away)
Marker is at the intersection of East Johnson Street (U.S. 250) and South Augusta Street (Business U.S. 11), on the right when traveling east on East Johnson Street.
- Veterans Memorial ( approx. 3.4 miles away)
Memorial is on East Johnson Street (U.S. 250) just east of Augusta Street, on the right when traveling west.
- Korean and Viet Nam Memorial ( approx. 3.4 miles away)
Memorial is on East Johnson Street (U.S. 250) just east of Augusta Street, on the right when traveling west.
- Augusta County World War I Memorial Tablet ( approx. 3.4 miles away)
Marker is at the intersection of South Augusta Street (U.S. 11) and East Johnson Street (U.S. 250) on South Augusta Street.
- A different marker also named Lewis Creek Watershed ( approx. 3.4 miles away)
Marker can be reached from Mill Street south of Greenville Avenue (Business U.S. 250).
- Roll of Honor ( approx. 3.4 miles away)
Memorial is at the intersection of East Johnston Street (U.S. 250) and South Augusta Street, on the right when traveling west on East Johnston Street.
- Augusta County Courthouse ( approx. 3.4 miles away)
Marker is at the intersection of East Johnson Street and South Augusta Street, on the left when traveling east on East Johnson Street.
- Ast Building ( approx. 3.4 miles away)
Marker is at the intersection of West Beverley Street (Virginia Route 254) and South Central Avenue when traveling east on West Beverley Street.
25- Central Methodist Church ( approx. 3.4 miles away)
Marker is on North Lewis Street south of West Frederick Street (Virginia Route 254), on the right when traveling south.
- Dr. Alexander Humphreys ( approx. 3.4 miles away)
Marker is at the intersection of South Augusta Street and West Johnson Street, on the right when traveling south on South Augusta Street.
- United States National Military Cemetery - Staunton ( approx. 3.4 miles away)
Marker can be reached from Richmond Avenue (U.S. 250).
- A different marker also named Veterans Memorial ( approx. 3.4 miles away)
Memorial can be reached from Richmond Avenue (Route 250) just east of National Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
- Medal of Honor Memorial ( approx. 3.4 miles away)
Memorial can be reached from Richmond Avenue (U.S. 250) just east of National Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
- Address by President Lincoln ( approx. 3.5 miles away)
Marker can be reached from Richmond Avenue (U.S. 250) east of National Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
- The Wesleyan Female Institute ( approx. 3.5 miles away)
Marker is on West Beverly Street (Virginia Route 254) east of Church Street, on the left when traveling east.
- Staunton National Cemetery ( approx. 3.5 miles away)
Marker can be reached from Richmond Avenue (U.S. 250) east of National Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
- A National Cemetery System ( approx. 3.5 miles away)
Marker is on Richmond Avenue (Route 250) just east of National Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
- Trinity Church ( approx. 3.5 miles away)
Marker is on West Beverly Street (Virginia Route 254) east of Church Street, on the right when traveling east.
- Stuart Hall ( approx. 3.5 miles away)
Marker is on West Frederick Street west of North Washington Street, on the right when traveling west.
- A different marker also named Dr. Alexander Humphreys ( approx. 3.5 miles away)
Marker can be reached from West Beverly Street (Virginia Route 254) east of Church Street.
- Main Passenger Terminal ( approx. 3.5 miles away)
Marker is on Middlebrook Avenue (Virginia Route 252), on the left when traveling west.
- Staunton’s Wharf Historic District History ( approx. 3.5 miles away)
Marker is on Middlebrook Avenue (Virginia Route 252), on the left when traveling west.
- Staunton ( approx. 3.5 miles away)
Marker is on Middlebrook Avenue (State Highway 252), on the left when traveling west.
- History of the C&O Station ( approx. 3.5 miles away)
Marker is on Middlebrook Avenue (Virginia Route 252) just west of South New Street, on the left when traveling south.
- Sears Hill Bridge ( approx. 3.5 miles away)
Marker is on Middlebrook Avenue (Route 252) just west of South New Street, on the left when traveling south.
- The Hon. Archibald Stuart ( approx. 3.5 miles away)
Marker can be reached from West Beverly Street (Virginia Route 254) east of Church Street.
- Barnas Sears, Woodrow Park, & Sears Hill Neighborhood ( approx. 3.5 miles away)
Marker can be reached from Middlebrook Avenue (Virginia Route 252) west of South Augusta Street, on the left when traveling south.
- Confederate Dead Monument - Thornrose Cemetery ( approx. 3.5 miles away)
Memorial can be reached from West Beverly Street (State Highway 254), on the right when traveling west.
- Staunton Historic Districts ( approx. 3.5 miles away)
Marker can be reached from Middlebrook Avenue (Virginia Route 252) west of South Augusta Street, on the left when traveling south.
- Beyer Print of Staunton ( approx. 3.5 miles away)
Marker can be reached from Middlebrook Avenue (Virginia Route 252) west of South Augusta Street, on the left when traveling south.
- Augusta County Confederates Plaque ( approx. 3.6 miles away)
Marker can be reached from West Beverly Street (State Highway 254), on the right when traveling west.
- First Settler's Grave ( approx. 3.8 miles away)
Marker is on Richmond Avenue (U.S. 250), on the right when traveling west.
- Avenue of Trees ( approx. 3.9 miles away)
Marker is on Richmond Avenue (U.S. 250), on the right when traveling west.
50- A different marker also named Birthplace of Woodrow Wilson ( approx. 4 miles away)
Marker is at the intersection of Greenville Avenue (U.S. 11) and Ritchie Boulevard (State Route 275), on the right when traveling south on Greenville Avenue.
- Montgomery Hall Park ( approx. 4.2 miles away)
Marker is on Montgomery Avenue south of Peck and Stuart Streets.
- The Barger House ( approx. 4.2 miles away)
Marker is on Avenue of Trees, on the left when traveling south.
- Willow Spout ( approx. 4.4 miles away near Verona)
Marker is on Lee Highway (U.S. 11) south of Willow Spout Road (County Route 742), on the right when traveling south.
- Great Indian Warrior Trading Path ( approx. 4.5 miles away)
Marker can be reached from Frontier Drive (Virginia Route 644) 0.3 miles south of Red Oaks Drive, on the right when traveling north.
- Frontier Culture Museum ( approx. 4.5 miles away)
Marker can be reached from Frontier Drive (Virginia Route 644) half a mile south of Red Oaks Drive, on the right when traveling north.
- The Great Road ( approx. 4.5 miles away)
Marker can be reached from Frontier Drive (Virginia Route 644) half a mile south of Red Oaks Drive, on the right when traveling north.
- Colonel George Moffett ( approx. 4.6 miles away near Churchville)
Marker is on MIddle River Road (County Route 736) north of Union Church Road (County Route 732), on the left when traveling north.
- Mount Pleasant ( approx. 4.6 miles away near Churchville)
Marker is on Middle River Road (County Route 736) north of Union Church Road, on the left when traveling north.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower Visits Augusta Military Academy ( approx. 4.6 miles away in Fort Defiance)
Marker can be reached from Lee Highway (U.S. 11) north of Willow Spout Road (County Route 742), on the left when traveling north.
- This 1886 Bell ( approx. 4.6 miles away in Fort Defiance)
Marker can be reached from Lee Highway (U.S. 11) north of Willow Spout Road (Virginia Route 742), on the left when traveling north.
- Augusta Military Academy Museum ( approx. 4.6 miles away in Fort Defiance)
Marker can be reached from the intersection of Lee Highway (U.S. 11) and Pentecost Lane, on the left when traveling north.
- Augusta Military Academy ( approx. 4.6 miles away in Fort Defiance)
Marker is on Lee Highway (U.S. 11) north of Willow Spout road (Virginia Route 742), on the left when traveling north.
- Quarles Walk ( approx. 4.6 miles away in Fort Defiance)
Marker can be reached from Lee Highway (U.S. 11) north of Willow Spout Road (Virginia Route 742), on the left when traveling north.
- A different marker also named Augusta Military Academy ( approx. 4.6 miles away in Fort Defiance)
Marker is on Lee Highway (U.S. 11) south of Fort Defiance Road (County Route 616), on the right when traveling south.
- Augusta Stone Church ( approx. 4.8 miles away in Fort Defiance)
Marker is on Old Stone Church Lane just west of Lee Highway (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling south.
- The Rev. John Craig ( approx. 4.8 miles away in Fort Defiance)
Marker is on Lee Highway (U.S. 11) just south of County Route 616, on the left when traveling south.
- A different marker also named Augusta Stone Church ( approx. 4.8 miles away in Fort Defiance)
Marker is on Lee Highway (U.S. 11) just south of County Route 616, on the right when traveling south.
- Last Indian Clash ( approx. 5.4 miles away near Churchville)
Marker is on Churchville Road (U.S. 250) just west of Eagle Rock Lane (County Route 721), on the left when traveling west.
- Woodrow Wilson General Hospital ( approx. 5.6 miles away in Fishersville)
Memorial is on John Lewis Road north of Woodrow Wilson Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
- A different marker also named Woodrow Wilson General Hospital ( approx. 5.6 miles away in Fishersville)
Marker is on Hornet Road north of Woodrow Wilson Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
- Augusta County Training School ( approx. 5.9 miles away)
Marker is on Cedar Green Road, 0.2 miles Parkersburg Turnpike (Virginia Route 254), on the right when traveling west.
- Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center ( approx. 6 miles away in Fishersville)
Marker is at the intersection of Jefferson Highway (U.S. 250) and Woodrow Wilson Avenue (Virginia Route 358), on the left when traveling east on Jefferson Highway.
- Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church ( approx. 6.8 miles away near Mt. Sidney)
Marker is at the intersection of Salem Church Road (County Route 804) and Burke’s Mill Road, on the right when traveling north on Salem Church Road.
- Battle of Piedmont ( approx. 7.2 miles away in New Hope)
Marker is on Battlefield Road (County Route 608), on the left when traveling south.
75- James Edward Hanger ( approx. 7.4 miles away in Churchville)
Marker is on Churchville Avenue (U.S. 250) just west of Buffalo Gap Highway (State Route 42), on the left when traveling west.
- West View ( approx. 7.4 miles away near Swoope)
Marker is on Parkersburg Turnpike (Route 254), on the right when traveling west.
- Tinkling Spring Church ( approx. 7.7 miles away in Fishersville)
Marker is on Tinkling Spring Road (County Route 805), on the right when traveling north.
- Piedmont Battlefield ( approx. 7.8 miles away near New Hope)
Marker is on Battlefield Road (Virginia Route 608) 0.4 miles north of Patterson Mill Road (Virginia Route 778), on the right when traveling north.
- A different marker also named Battle of Piedmont ( approx. 8 miles away near New Hope)
Marker is on Battlefield Road (County Route 608) just south of Piedmont Road, on the right when traveling south.
- Old Glory ( approx. 8.8 miles away near Waynesboro)
Memorial can be reached from Goose Creek Road (Virginia Route 640) half a mile south of Jefferson Highway (U.S. 250), on the left when traveling south.
- A different marker also named Avenue of Trees ( approx. 9.3 miles away in Mint Spring)
Marker is at the intersection of Lee-Jackson Highway (U.S. 11) and the Avenue of Trees, on the left when traveling south on Lee-Jackson Highway.
- Future Farmers of America ( approx. 9.8 miles away near Weyers Cave)
Marker is on Weyers Cave Road (Virginia Route 256) west of Airport Road (County Route 771), on the right when traveling west.
- Rockingham County / Augusta County ( approx. 10.3 miles away near Weyers Cave)
Marker is on Lee Highway (U.S. 11) south of Summit Church Road, on the left when traveling south.
- Walnut Grove ( approx. 10.4 miles away in Waynesboro)
Marker is at the intersection of Rosser Avenue (U.S. 340) and Northgate Avenue (Virginia Route 1705), on the right when traveling west on Rosser Avenue.
- John Colter ( approx. 10.6 miles away in Stuarts Draft)
Marker is at the intersection of Tinkling Spring Road (Virginia Route 608) and Stuarts Draft Highway (U.S. 340), on the right when traveling south on Tinkling Spring Road.
- Early’s Last Battle ( approx. 10.8 miles away in Waynesboro)
Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 250) and DuPont Circle, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
- Jarman’s Gap ( approx. 11.2 miles away in Dooms)
Marker is on East Side Highway (U.S. 340), on the left when traveling north.
- Plumb House ( approx. 11.3 miles away in Waynesboro)
Marker is on West Main Street (U.S. 340), on the right when traveling east.
- Wooden Water Pipe ( approx. 11.3 miles away in Waynesboro)
Marker can be reached from West Main Street (U.S. 340) just east of New Hope Road, on the right when traveling east.
- Glebe Burying Ground ( approx. 11.3 miles away near Swoope)
Marker is on Glebe School Road (Virginia Route 876) south of Baylor Mill Road, on the right when traveling south.
- Port Republic Road Historic District ( approx. 11.4 miles away in Waynesboro)
Marker is at the intersection of Port Republic Rd (Virginia Route 865) and Fontaine St, on the left when traveling north on Port Republic Rd.
- Mount Tabor Lutheran Church ( approx. 11.4 miles away near Middlebrook)
Marker is on Mt. Tabor Road (County Route 694) 0.1 miles north of Middlebrook Road (Virginia Route 252), on the left when traveling north.
- Virginia Institute ( approx. 11.4 miles away near Middlebrook)
Marker is on Mt. Tabor Road (County Route 694) 0.9 miles north of Middlebrook Road (Virginia Route 252), on the left when traveling north.
- Fishburne Military School ( approx. 11.6 miles away in Waynesboro)
Marker is at the intersection of South Wayne Avenue and Federal Street, on the right when traveling south on South Wayne Avenue.
- Waynesboro ( approx. 11.6 miles away in Waynesboro)
Marker is on West Main St (U.S. 340), on the left when traveling east.
- Rife-Loth Dam ( approx. 11.6 miles away in Waynesboro)
Marker can be reached from the intersection of Rife Road and Lyndhurst Road.
- A different marker also named Waynesboro ( approx. 11.7 miles away in Waynesboro)
Marker is on West Main Street (U.S. 340) east of Arch Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
- Mossy Creek ( approx. 11.7 miles away near Mount Solon)
Marker is at the intersection of Iron Works Road (County Route 809) and Virginia Route 42, on the right on Iron Works Road.
- W. J. Loth ( approx. 11.7 miles away in Waynesboro)
Marker is at the intersection of South Wayne Ave and 14th St, on the left when traveling south on South Wayne Ave.
Apr. 19, 2024
