Dedicated to the guardsmen of the 116th. Inf. Regt. from Staunton & Augusta Co. who made the Supreme Sacrifice while in service to their country, in WWII.
Howie, Thomas D. Maj., KIA 17 July 44 •
Bowers, William B. Lt., KIA 21 June 44 • . . . — — Map (db m170584) WM
"The dance hall was the most popular activity." Community member Bertie Pannell
Visitors from Across the State
The significance of Montgomery Hall Park in the Jim Crow era stretched across Virginia. The segregated park was . . . — — Map (db m283120) HM
"Sometimes we were like sardines!"
Eugenia Becks Taylor, pool lifeguard and swim instructor
Thanks to the tireless efforts of the Montgomery Hall Park Committee, a generous bequest, and a twist of history, Staunton's African . . . — — Map (db m283122) HM
"He possessed gigantic power without effort..." Staunton lawyer Daniel Sheffey
A Lawyer Arrives in Staunton
When 30-year-old Princeton educated lawyer John Howe Peyton (1778-1847) from Stafford Co., Va., moved to Staunton, he . . . — — Map (db m282860) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m185494) HM
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, . . . — — Map (db m134428) HM
Mt. Tabor United Methodist Church
This log church was built near New Hope, Virginia by an African-American congregation. It was the original place of worship for the Mt. Tabor United Methodist Church. It may have served as a school for . . . — — Map (db m298955) HM
First Peoples of Appalachia
The dome-shaped structures on this exhibit are called wigwams. Wigwams were a common house type found among American Indians living in the central Appalachians during the Late Woodland period (AD 900 - 1650). . . . — — Map (db m298872) HM
Arrival of Europeans
The colonization of North America began with the Spanish colony at St. Augustine, Florida in 1565. Other European powers, including the English, French, and Dutch, soon followed. Relations between American Indians and . . . — — Map (db m298877) HM
"Now our children have a place to play; our adults have a place to enjoy their evenings in beauty and splendor."
Rev. T.J. Jemison upon the dedication of the park, July 4, 1947
From Plantation to Park
In 1947, exactly a . . . — — Map (db m283007) HM
The Life of a Valley Farm
The buildings of the 1850s stood on a single farmstead until the museum acquired them in 1986. Here they show how a lower middle-class family lived in the central Valley of Virginia in the 1850s.
The Barger . . . — — Map (db m298912) HM
A Botetourt Barn
This ground barn (ground level access) was common for nineteenth century Botetourt County. Before finding its way to Virginia, this style was likely introduced to Pennsylvania in the eighteenth century by immigrants from . . . — — Map (db m298954) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m12452) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m11757) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m155476) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m208538) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m127275) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m12375) HM
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 — — Map (db m46281) HM
A Vital Tool
Bake ovens could be found on many homesteads throughout Pennsylvania and Virginia due to the importance of bread and other baked food items in the German diet. Baking took place once a week. Ovens were not only used to bake . . . — — Map (db m298909) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m134485) HM
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 — — Map (db m58784) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m12363) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m23076) HM
West Panel:
Honor to the Brave
870 Lie Here
Recorded by Name, Company & Regiment:
From
Virginia 385, N. Carolina 176, S. Carolina 59,
Georgia 208, Alabama 49, Florida 8,
Mississippi 11, Louisiana 19, Tennessee 12,
Arkansas 20, . . . — — Map (db m53666) WM
"Impressive plantation-era archaeological evidence has been documented..."
- Dr. Dennis Blanton, James Madison University archaeologist
Between 2015 and 2017, on behalf of the city of Staunton, James Madison . . . — — Map (db m282840) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m11763) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m11761) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m288937) HM
An English Yeoman Farm
This timber-frame farmhouse originally stood in Worcestershire in the West Midlands in England. It was built in the 17th century for a yeoman family. The yeomen were a class of independent farmers in the middle ranks . . . — — Map (db m298859) HM
"...that Splendid Farm known as MONTGOMERY HALL."
1871 newspaper advertisement for the sale of the property.
Changes come to Montgomery Hall
John Howe Peyton died in 1847 and his wife Ann in 1850. Although the family . . . — — Map (db m282889) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m46282) HM
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 descendants. The Museum features outdoor exhibits of original and reconstructed farm . . . — — Map (db m288938) HM
Four-Square Garden
The four-square kitchen garden was a common feature on German farms in the region. The gardens were located close to the house for convenient access to fresh produce. Herbs for flavoring foods and medicinal purposes were . . . — — Map (db m298908) HM
Four-Square Garden
The four-square kitchen garden was a common feature on German farms in the region. The gardens were located close to the house for convenient access to fresh produce. Herbs for flavoring foods and medicinal purposes were . . . — — Map (db m298915) HM
A German Peasant Farm
This timber-framed house and one barn originally stood in the village of Hördt in the Rhineland Palatinate. The adjacent barn stood in the nearby village of Hayna. These three buildings are typical architectural forms . . . — — Map (db m298869) HM
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, & VA and the . . . — — Map (db m48469) HM
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 & Railroad Co. It was completed on June 12, . . . — — Map (db m170585) HM
"Arise! Arise! Weep no More." Lewis Miller drawing depicting shackled slaves being marched south from Staunton
A Slave Society
African Americans, both free and enslaved, have been part of the area's community since the 1720s. . . . — — Map (db m282907) HM
The Virginia Central Railroad extended westward from
Charlottesville to Staunton and on to Clifton Forge by 1854.
Also in the 1850s, the Covington & Ohio Railroad was under
construction to connect the railroad system to the Ohio River.
The Civil . . . — — Map (db m89502) HM
Charles W. Adams •
Robert S. Burleigh •
Llewellyn R. Davies •
John Jacob Fisher •
W.E. Hayne Jr •
Robert A. McGuffin •
Jack S. Spaven •
George L. Gordon •
Cliff M. Alexander • . . . — — Map (db m170587) WM
An Ulster Blacksmith's Forge
The forge at this exhibit was built in the late 18th century, and stood in Keenaghan Townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Blacksmiths provided important services in rural farming communities, such as . . . — — Map (db m298867) HM
An Ulster Tenant Farm
The stone house and long byre (barn) at this exhibit were built near the town of Drumquin in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. They are typical of small farms in the 18th-century province of Ulster. Most farmers in the . . . — — Map (db m298868) HM
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. • . . . — — Map (db m170592) WM
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, . . . — — Map (db m134484) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m170586) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m170583) WM
German Origins
The house was originally built in 1773. The floorplan is based on the Flurküchenhaus (Hallway-Kitchen-House), a common German layout brought to southeastern Pennsylvania and eventually the Valley of Virginia by German . . . — — Map (db m298910) HM
Building a Cabin
the original house was built between 1835-38. It was a rectangular two-story, one-room log house constructed of squared and hewn logs v-notched at the corners, with a limestone chimney on the northern end. In 1845, front . . . — — Map (db m298919) HM
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. — — Map (db m12366) HM
Preserving Meats
This meat house is similar to structures built for smoking and curing meat in eastern Virginia, but the one here at the museum is used for salt curing meat. Circular saw marks on the structural timbers and weatherboards . . . — — Map (db m298917) HM
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." — — Map (db m170596) WM
"...A very large, convenient and handsome structure commanding a beautiful view of the mountains and surrounding valleys for miles." Sales booklet, 1910
Elegant Mansion House
The once elegant house now occupied by the . . . — — Map (db m282890) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m107848) HM
"It took many appearances at city council meetings before we convinced them to investigate the possibility of renovating and reopening Montgomery Hall Park." Patsye B. Robinson, Booker T. Washington Alumni Committee
Integration, then . . . — — Map (db m283316) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m170569) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m280835) HM
William A. and Queen Elizabeth Miller, an African American couple, operated an orphanage for Black children on land they purchased here. Incorporated in 1910 and later named the Hayes Memorial Industrial School and Orphan's Home, it was popularly . . . — — Map (db m305344) HM
You are surrounded by Staunton's 19th-century commercial heart. The warehouses and factories around you bustled with activity. Smoke belched from trains that departed from this location to Richmond and other points east with soldiers, equipment, . . . — — Map (db m298360) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m170591) WM
Keeping it Fresh
Root vegetables like carrots, turnips, and beets were kept in the root cellar. Cheese, cider, beer, and other food items were also kept in the locked cellar. Conditions had to be consistent to ensure everything stayed . . . — — Map (db m298918) HM
Shuler School
The log schoolhouse on this exhibit was built around 1840 and originally stood in Rockingham County, Virginia. Rural families started schools like the Shuler School to provide their children with a basic education. Parents . . . — — Map (db m298911) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m89537) HM
Pennsylvania Barn in Virginia
This reconstructed barn is modeled on a three-bay bank barn near Winchester, VA. It is considered to be a variant of the Pennsylvania Barn. This two-story barn is built into a hillside (bank) to allow wagons . . . — — Map (db m298903) HM
Settling the Valley
Colonial authorities encouraged Protestant immigrants to move to the Valley of Virginia starting in the 1720s and 1730s. Over the next decades, mostly Ulster Scot, German, English, and Virginian settlers established . . . — — Map (db m298905) HM
"I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Ann M. Peyton...four negro men and four negro women to be selected by herself from all I may own..." Will of John Howe Peyton
Remembering their Humanity
The dehumanizing nature of . . . — — Map (db m282982) HM
Fresh, Cool Water
A springhouse captured and protected the flow of an underground spring, giving families a reliable source of cool water for drinking and cooking. Its naturally chilled interior offered refrigeration, keeping dairy from . . . — — Map (db m298914) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m155474) HM
This piece of structural steel was recovered
from 1 World Trade Center, destroyed on
September 11, 2001, in an act of terrorism.
Courtesy of the Port Authority of NY & NJ, it is
displayed in memory of 2,752 victims including: . . . — — Map (db m275049) WM
Through the development of mutual aid societies, churches, and fraternal organizations, African Americans looked to build permanent foundations capable of both supporting and encouraging a sense of community. The first African Lodge of Freemasons . . . — — Map (db m273570) HM
The end of the Civil War launched a new era for African American education in Staunton. Religious missionaries and agents of the Freedmen's Bureau arriving in the city found the newly freed African Americans eager to learn. Progress was rapid with . . . — — Map (db m274573) HM
For 58 years, African American preschool children of working parents found a safe haven in Staunton at what became known as the Effie Ann Johnson Day Nursery.
1939
Established by the Depression-era Works Progress Administration (WPA) and . . . — — Map (db m274588) HM
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, . . . — — Map (db m134427) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m58956) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m12372) HM
“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 & Son. whose work is memorialized . . . — — Map (db m11759) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m16653) HM
"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 . . . — — Map (db m288940) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m11776) HM
Unveiling the Shenandoah Valley's rich African American stories from Civil War to Civil Rights
African Americans have played a pivotal role in shaping the history and culture of the Shenandoah Valley and our nation. When the Civil War . . . — — Map (db m282848) HM
"The committee drew up a number of recommendations to the council for operations of the park."
First Montgomery Hall Park Committee minutes entry, May 6, 1947
The Community Takes Charge
The far-reaching success of . . . — — Map (db m283050) HM
The Virginia Frontier
African, English, Scots-Irish, German, American Indian and other groups met on the Virginia frontier. They were brought here by global forces beyond their control. The struggles, cooperation, and conflicts they . . . — — Map (db m298871) HM
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. — — Map (db m11797) HM
New Market for Tobacco
The completion of the James River and Kanawha Canal in Botetourt County in 1851 gave farmers like the Barger family access to tobacco markets in Richmond and Lynchburg. Increased tobacco production required a . . . — — Map (db m298920) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m11782) HM
Virginia Frontier Farm
European settlers in western Virginia built one-room log cabins like the one on this exhibit. The rectangular floor plan and gable end chimney reflect English and Irish building traditions, while log construction was . . . — — Map (db m298879) HM
Cooperation & Conflict
European settlers peacefully coexisted despite differences in language, customs, and religion. German Lutherans, Irish Presbyterians, English Quakers, and other groups intermingled on the Virginia frontier while . . . — — Map (db m298880) HM
Virginia Germans
This log farmhouse was built in Rockingham County, Virginia in 1773 by a German immigrant. Many German farmers in the Valley of Virginia constructed similar homes in the 18th century. Later improvements to the house . . . — — Map (db m298906) HM
Becoming American
This form was originally built by descendants of German immigrants in Botetourt County, Virginia. The farm includes the log house built in the 1830s, numerous outbuildings, a grain and livestock barn, and a tobacco barn. The . . . — — Map (db m298913) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m170593) WM
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. — — Map (db m170595) WM
The Frontier Culture Museum
This outdoor living history museum has two sections: "Old World" and "America." The Old World exhibits explore rural life and culture in Western Europe and West Africa in the 17th and 18th centuries. During this . . . — — Map (db m298832) HM
Igboland in the 18th Century
The buildings in this exhibit are similar to those found in 18th-century Igboland, a region located in modern-day Nigeria and the homeland of the Igbo people. The Igbo are one of many cultural groups in West . . . — — Map (db m298857) HM
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Between 1514 and 1866, Europeans forcefully took more than 12 million Africans to the Americas. About twenty percent of the captives did not survive the journey across the Atlantic. About 400,000 enslaved Africans . . . — — Map (db m298858) HM
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