Virginia, Historic Fredericksburg Foundation Historical Markers
This series features markers by the Historic Fredericksburg Foundation, as well as markers with supplemental photos of Historic Fredericksburg Foundation plaques.
Historic Fredericksburg Foundation
George Gravatt House
1846-47
Moved to this site
from 610 Princess Anne St. in 1977
[Lower plaque:]
Philip Y. Wyatt
1907 - 1984
Practiced . . . — — Map (db m149237) HM
Built for John Anderson's lumber yard
On Princess Anne Street, moved to Caroline Street in 1877 as a doctor's office, and to this site in 1902. — — Map (db m149246) HM
Historic Fredericksburg Foundation
1888
Built for James Lee, Cook
[Lower plaque:]
Jacob Wray of Elizabeth City County purchased Lot 225 — Block 58 from Roger Dixon in 1764. Wray sold the lot to James . . . — — Map (db m148462) HM
Originally Wallace Library
[Dedication tablet above entrance:]
This tablet is erected to perpetuate
the fact that this library building
was built and this library established
by virtue of a bequest of.
Fifteen thousand . . . — — Map (db m148540) HM
Historic Fredericksburg Foundation
1851
Built for Eustace Conway, Lawyer
Visited by President William McKinley in 1900
[Additional plaque below:]
Owners of
401 Hanover Street
Land
Original Land . . . — — Map (db m148568) HM
(Left Side Plaque):City of Fredericksburg Virginia Corporation Court House Erected 1851-52 Mayor .....Robert B. Semple Judge of Court .. John Tayloe Lomax Building Commissioners Thomas B. Berton, chairman B.R. Wellford William Allen John . . . — — Map (db m14432) HM
This church sanctuary was built in 1882, the fifth building to be used by the congregation, and the second on this site. Additions were constructed in 1912, 1924, 1951, and 1989. The reverend John Kobler, an early leader who raised funds for the . . . — — Map (db m2566) HM
Seth Barton, 1755-1813, fought in the American Revolution, grew wealthy as a shipping merchant, and speculated in real estate. He laid out the subdivision that came to be called Liberty Town in 1812. He is buried at St. Georges . . . — — Map (db m33107) HM
Burial grounds of Shiloh Baptist (Old Site & New Site) and Mount Zion Churches.
Joseph F. Walker and Jason C. Grant are buried here.
The separate marker, above this one, states:
Gates presented by Ever Ready Club, Shiloh, Old . . . — — Map (db m92552) HM
On June 8, 1890, masons laid a stone from the old pro-slavery Methodist Church as the cornerstone for a new church. It would be called Shiloh Baptist Church (New Site) to distinguish it from the original church that remained on Sophia Street and . . . — — Map (db m149227) HM
Shiloh Baptist
Church (Old Site)
Built 1890
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
2015
A Virginia Historic Landmark
Since the early 1800s, this . . . — — Map (db m148067) HM
Councilor John Lewis (1694-1754) of Warner Hall in Gloucester County purchased 406 ac. at Fredericksburgs northern edge in 1742 and soon began a mercantile operation in wooden buildings just across Caroline Street.
In 1749 he built this brick . . . — — Map (db m1148) HM
This property
has been listed in the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Historic Fredericksburg Foundation
1828
The Rowe House, built for
George Rowe, farmer, . . . — — Map (db m148047) HM
The Sentry Box (ca. 1786) is an elegant specimen of late~Georgian~style architecture. Brig. Gen. George Weedon of the Continental Army, later mayor of Fredericksburg, built the house and named it to reflect his military career. Weedon's wife, . . . — — Map (db m5095) HM
1746
The building in front of you is Fredericksburg's oldest documented structure. It was erected in 1746 and originally served as an ordinary (or tavern), operated by Thomas Thornton. The original entrance was on your left, facing a dirt . . . — — Map (db m149236) HM