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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Loudoun County, Virginia
Leesburg is the county seat for Loudoun County
Adjacent to Loudoun County, Virginia
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During the Civil War, signal stations served as early warning posts, observation points, and communication centers. On June 19, 1863, 10,000—15,000 Union troops commanded by Gen. John Fullerton Reynolds, I Corps, Army of the Potomac, marched along . . . — — Map (db m203825) HM
On Old Vestals Gap Road, on the right when traveling north.
The earliest parts of the Lanesville House, built in 1779, included a single room house, two stories high with a loft, what is now the east parlor with the rooms directly above on the second and third floors; the single story kitchen was a separate . . . — — Map (db m20055) HM
Near Old Vestals Gap Road, on the right when traveling west.
The Lanesville House has been home to just two families during the 212 years that it was occupied. Lane family descendants lived here for 162 years, from 1779-1941. Dr. Claude Moore purchased the house and land in December, 1941, and made his home . . . — — Map (db m20126) HM
On Old Vestals Gap Road, on the right when traveling west.
The story of Lanesville began centuries before this house was built. Vestal's Gap Road, which runs across the park and in front of the house, began as an Indian trail used frequently for hunting and trading. The earliest documented use by colonists . . . — — Map (db m203826) HM
On Old Vestals Gap Road, on the right when traveling west.
Lanesville House and Vestal's Gap Road are contributing sites to the Lanesville Historic District and have been designated Virginia Historic Landmarks by the Virginia Commission on Historic Resources and placed on the National Register of Historic . . . — — Map (db m20122) HM
On Old Vestals Gap Road, on the right when traveling west.
Homes in the 19th century typically had several outbuildings. Barns stabled horses and other animals, tenant houses lodged farm hands, wells supplied water, and, of course, the "necessary," or outhouse, was a must. One of the most significant . . . — — Map (db m20124) HM
On Harry Byrd Highway [Leesburg Pike] (Virginia Route 7) west of Dranesville Road (Virginia Route 228), in the median.
Loudoun County. Area 519 Square Miles. Formed in 1757 from Fairfax, and named for Lord Louduon, titular Governor of Virginia, and head of the British Forces in America, 1756-1758. Oak Hill, President James Monroe’s home, is in . . . — — Map (db m64585) HM
On Dairy Lane at Bobwhite Lane, on the left on Dairy Lane.
Captain John Singleton Mosby and 69 of his Confederate ranger troop were surprised at dawn while sleeping here in the Miskel farmhouse and hay barn by 150 Union cavalry. Though greatly outnumbered, Captain Mosby led his rangers on foot with . . . — — Map (db m1794) HM
Near Pacific Boulevard west of Pacific Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
In 1958 the federal government began construction of a new international airport near Chantilly, Virginia. The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad, whose freight business had been on the decline, enjoyed a resurgence of activity. Cement, stone, . . . — — Map (db m20281) HM
On Ruritan Circle at Ruritan Road, on the right when traveling west on Ruritan Circle.
By 1967, when the photograph below was taken, Sterling had grown from a railroad stop known as Guilford to a large residential development. Beginning in 1860, the station served local farmers. Trains carried grain, produce, and dairy products to . . . — — Map (db m20146) HM
On Old Vestals Gap Road, on the right when traveling east.
In early 1755, England ordered General Edward Braddock along with the 44th and 48th Regiments to Virginia with plans to join the colonial forces in an effort to expel the French from Fort Duquesne. Due to considerations other than military, General . . . — — Map (db m20048) HM
On Old Vestals Gap Road, on the right when traveling east.
This sector of the road, through Claude Moore Park, closely resembles the road as it appeared in this area's early history. This great road ran from the port city of Alexandria, Virginia through Vestal's Gap of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It began as . . . — — Map (db m20033) HM
On Old Vestals Gap Road at Cascades Parkway (County Route 637), on the right when traveling east on Old Vestals Gap Road.
Extending from Alexandria to Vestal's Ferry near Charles Town, West Virginia, this colonial highway was a principal route from the Northern Neck of Virginia through the Blue Ridge in the Ohio Country, in the early 1700's. The road became the major . . . — — Map (db m20026) HM
On Old Vestals Gap Road at Heritage Farm Lane, on the right when traveling east on Old Vestals Gap Road.
Extending from Alexandria to Vestal's Ferry near Charles Town, West Virginia, this colonial highway was a principal route from the Northern Neck of Virginia through the Blue Ridge to the Ohio Country. In the early 1770's, the road became the major . . . — — Map (db m20031) HM
On Cascades Parkway (County Road 1794) at Vestals Gap Road, on the right when traveling north on Cascades Parkway.
Vestal's Gap Road is among the oldest remaining segments of colonial highway in America. Initially an Indian trail, it became an important route for commerce from Alexandria to Leesburg and Winchester, westward migration, and troop movements. Lt. . . . — — Map (db m36730) HM
On Nokes Boulevard at Dulles Town Center Circle, on the right when traveling west on Nokes Boulevard.
Before man traveled this way, the wild animals that inhabited this area made a trail through the grassland and woods which they followed to reach new grazing areas. Bison and deer created and followed the path seeking fresh grass for food, followed . . . — — Map (db m25576) HM
On Nokes Boulevard at Dulles Town Center Circle, on the right when traveling west on Nokes Boulevard.
The local Indians followed the paths made by the animals they sought as game and made them into regularly used trails. Archaeologists have found and investigated many sites where Indians lived along the Potomac River and the larger creeks such as . . . — — Map (db m25584) HM
On Nokes Boulevard at Dulles Town Center Circle, on the right when traveling west on Nokes Boulevard.
In 1722 Governor Spotswood's treaty with the Indians was ratified, which kept them west of the Blue Ridge Mountains and north of the Potomac River. Early settlers found the Indian trails in Loudoun County and made them into roads. Loudoun County . . . — — Map (db m25585) HM
On Old Vestals Gap Road, on the right when traveling west.
In 1814 due to the British advance on Washington, it was deemed wise to remove the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and other valuable state documents to a safe place. They were transported across Chain Bridge into Virginia. The . . . — — Map (db m20118) HM
On Nokes Boulevard at Dulles Town Center Circle, on the right when traveling west on Nokes Boulevard.
The Vestal's Gap Road was a major east-west trade and travel route. George Washington used it from 1753 to 1799 as he traveled on surveying business, for personal reasons and for military purposes in the French and Indian Wars. There were several . . . — — Map (db m25586) HM
On Lovettsville Road (County Road 672) west of James Monroe Highway (U.S. 15), on the right when traveling west.
You are standing within the foundation of a shed used for a bunkhouse early in the war. In the spring and summer of 1861, twenty-one men of Capt. William W. Mead's Loudoun Cavalry (Co. K, 6th Virginia Cavalry) were posted here. The lane behind you . . . — — Map (db m223884) HM
On Taylorstown Road (Virginia Route 668) at Downey Mill Road (Virginia Route 663), on the left when traveling west on Taylorstown Road.
Taylorstown, one of Loudoun County’s earliest settlements, stands near the Catoctin Creek, a Virginia Scenic River, at the junction of Loyalty and Taylorstown Roads. Among the oldest structures in the village are Hunting Hill (ca. 1737), Foxton . . . — — Map (db m1790) HM
On Unison Road (County Route 630), on the right when traveling east.
(Preface): After the Battle of Antietam in September 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia escaped to Virginia. President Abraham Lincoln repeatedly urged Union Gen. George B. McClellan to pursue and attack. Following a plan . . . — — Map (db m42516) HM
On Unison Road (Virginia Route 630) just west of Virginia Route 736, on the left when traveling east.
After the Union victory at Antietam, Md., in Sept. 1862, Pres. Abraham Lincoln ordered Gen. George McClellan and the Army of the Potomac to cross into Virginia and get between Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Richmond. . . . — — Map (db m173643) HM
On Lemmons Bottom Road north of John S. Bosby Highway (U.S. 50), on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
Leapfrogging westward in a delaying action against advancing Union cavalry June 21, 1863, the rear guard of Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, commanded by Gen. Wade Hampton, took up a strong position on the steep ridge just behind you. From there two . . . — — Map (db m1549) HM
On Lemmon Bottom Road west of John S. Mosby Highway (Virginia Route 50).
On June 21, 1863, Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart’s troopers under Gen Wade Hampton, retreating from Rector’s Crossroads (Atoka), crossed this bridge and took a strong position of the steep ridge behind you. From there, Confederate artillery . . . — — Map (db m225884) HM
Near Lemmon Bottom Road north of John S. Moseby Highway (Virginia Route 50).
1) 1840 Heavy Cavalry Saber
2) Trooper’s forage bags – included coffee, sugar, hardtack, and mess gear
3) Blanket roll – change of clothes, wrapped around a wool blanket and covered with a rubber blanket
4) Canteen
5) 1859 McClellan saddle, . . . — — Map (db m224793) HM
Near Lemmon Bottom Road north of John S. Mosby Highway (Virginia Route 50).
The Goose Creek Bridge was built in 1802 and was used daily by pedestrians, carriages, horses, and vehicles until 1957. The bridge is a four-arched stone bridge, 212 ft. long, and is the oldest remaining turnpike bridge in Virginia, dating to . . . — — Map (db m238417) HM
Near Lemmon Bottom Road (County Route 832) north of Johns S. Mosby Memorial Highway (Virginia Route 50).
In 2017, The Civil War Trust and the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Transportation transferred properties to NOVA Parks consisting of a 20-acre battlefield park to mark the Battle of Upperville fought on this site and nearby properties on . . . — — Map (db m235948) HM
On Main Street (Virginia Route 662/698) east of Bond Street, on the right when traveling west.
This barn appears on the 1875 James Oden Survey of Waterford, so we know it dates from that time, if not earlier. In 1986, the Waterford Foundation purchased this barn and the 1 ˝ acres of land it sits on. In 1992, the barn was added to the . . . — — Map (db m214377) HM
On Old Wheatland Road (County Route 698) at Bond Street, on the right when traveling east on Old Wheatland Road. Reported damaged.
This mill housed a set of machinery that processed raw material into finished products. It produced flour from grain, thus it was a gristmill. The milling complex also powered a saw and at one time a cider mill. Amos Janney's small original mill . . . — — Map (db m4243) HM
On Main Street (County Route 662), on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Created under authorization of the U.S. Secretary of War, the Independent Loudoun Rangers were the only organized Union cavalry unit in Confederate Virginia. Their first captain, local miller Samuel C. Means, mustered two companies from local . . . — — Map (db m42619) HM
On Old Wheatland Road (Virginia Route 698) at Milltown Road (Virginia Route 681), on the right when traveling east on Old Wheatland Road.
Beginning in the 1730s, Waterford's residents developed productive farms, a series of mills, and a transportation network. By the early 1800s, Thomas Phillips, an enterprising Quaker, farmed the land in front of you.
To ensure access to the . . . — — Map (db m143137) HM
On 2nd Street / Clarke's Gap Road (County Route 662) at Main Street (County Route 698), on the right when traveling south on 2nd Street / Clarke's Gap Road.
The first office building owned by the Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Loudoun County Organized March 12, 1849 Occupied by the company from 1872 to 1901 — — Map (db m4244) HM
On Fairfax Street east of High Street (Virginia Route 665), on the left when traveling east.
Built
1910 (new auditorium 2012)
Historic Use
Elementary and high school for white children.
Current Use
Foundation office; Waterford Fair, concerts, lectures, meetings
The current building was . . . — — Map (db m214379) HM
On Old Wheatland Road (Virginia Route 698) at Milltown Road (Virginia Route 681), on the right when traveling east on Old Wheatland Road.
Thomas Phillip established this family farm beginning about 1798. By 1850, under his son Thomas, the farm's annual yield included 500 bushels of wheat, 400 pounds of butter, 65 pounds of wool, and 60 pounds of honey and beeswax.
This highly . . . — — Map (db m143139) HM
On 2nd Street (Virginia Route 662) just north of Janney Street, on the right when traveling south.
Built 1867
Historic Use
School for African Americans of the area, 1867-1957; served also as a church for that community.
Current Use
Site of a living-history program for area fourth graders role playing actual . . . — — Map (db m214375) HM
On Second Street, 0.1 miles south of Main Street, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
15481 Second Street •
Built
1875–1885 •
Historic Use —
Housed harness-making, tin roofing and tinware businesses; post office (1885–1897)
• Current Use —
Waterford Fair; office space
The Tin Shop is built over a creek which . . . — — Map (db m2349) HM
On Old Wheatland Road (County Route 698) at Bond Street, on the right when traveling east on Old Wheatland Road. Reported damaged.
Amos Janney's enterprising son Mahlon inherited the first mill in 1747 and soon improved it. By 1762 he had built a new, larger mill of of stone and wood on this site. The brick structure here today replaced Mahlon's mill in the 1820s. The . . . — — Map (db m4241) HM
On Patrick Street at High Street (County Route 665), on the right when traveling west on Patrick Street. Reported permanently removed.
Historically Quaker and abolitionist Waterford decisively split with Loudoun County's pro-Confederate majority and rejected secession (220 votes to 31) in Virginia's May 1861 referendum. Many residents fled to Maryland as Southern troops occupied . . . — — Map (db m42622) HM
On Patrick Week (Virginia Route 783) at High Street (Virginia Route 665), on the right when traveling west on Patrick Week.
Historically Quaker and abolitionist Waterford decisively split with Loudoun County's pro-Confederate majority and rejected secession (220 votes to 31) in Virginia's May 1861 referendum. Many residents fled to Maryland as Southern troops occupied . . . — — Map (db m214378) HM
On Main Street (Virginia Route 662/698) at Bond Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
Amos and Mary Janney, Quakers from Bucks County, PA, settled here ca. 1733. Others soon followed, forming a manufacturing and commercial center that served the surrounding farmland. By mid-century the village was known as Janney's Mill after its . . . — — Map (db m214376) HM
On Old Wheatland Road (County Route 698) at Bond Street, on the right when traveling east on Old Wheatland Road.
Amos Janney, a Pennsylvania Quaker, settled on the south fork of Catoctin Creek around 1733. Other Quakers soon followed drawn by the fertile land. Most were grain farmers, making a mill an early priority. By the early 1740s, Janney had built a . . . — — Map (db m5597) HM
On High Street (County Route 665) at Patrick Street, on the right when traveling south on High Street.
At dawn on August 27, 1862, Captain E.V. White's 60-man company, nucleus of the 35th Battalion Virginia Cavalry, attacked 28 men of Captain S.C. Means' Company of Independent Loudoun Virginia Rangers (Union) encamped here in this church. After . . . — — Map (db m42623) HM
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