On South Randolph Street north of East Nelson Street (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling north.
The "Castle" was built of limestone, and as in the case of several other stone buildings in Rockbridge County, the term "Castle" is included in the name of the buildings. The Northern two-thirds of the "Castle" was built shortly after the town of . . . — — Map (db m152583) HM
On North Jefferson Street at West Henry Street, on the right when traveling south on North Jefferson Street.
In memory of
Robert Allan Schlegel '85
James Andrew Gadiel '00
who lost their lives during the tragic events of
September 11, 2001
— — Map (db m179438) WM
Near Letcher Avenue at Stemmons Plaza, on the left when traveling east.
Washington and Lee University's involvement with slavery is a regrettable chapter of its history that must nonetheless be confronted and examined. The most well-documented episode in that chapter is the 1826 bequest of 84 enslaved African Americans . . . — — Map (db m233084) HM
On Letcher Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
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 or illustrating the history of the United States. U. S. . . . — — Map (db m58620) HM
Near Stemmons Plaza, 0.1 miles north of Letcher Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Meneely and Company, West Troy, New York
Bell Metal (bronze alloy)
Removed during renovation from the Washington Hall cupola in 2011
For 140 years, the Washington Hall bell rang to announce the beginning and end of class meetings and to . . . — — Map (db m233089) HM
On East Washington Street at South Randolph Street, on the left when traveling west on East Washington Street.
Andrew Reid purchased this lot in 1784 from the town’s trustees. Later, between 1844 and 1845, Alexander T. Sloan, a local hotel owner and businessman, built this house. His wife reported that the site was a “rough and unsightly piece of . . . — — Map (db m58734) HM
On Letcher Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
VMI and the Citizen – Soldier The Virginia Military Institute program is based on the concept of the citizen - soldier, a man prepared to take his place in civilian life but trained and ready for military leadership in time of national . . . — — Map (db m58850) HM
Near N Main Street (U.S. 11), on the left when traveling east.
Born in France Dec. 31, 1789 Died in Virginia Jan. 29, 1864 Soldier Scholar Educator Engineer Chairman of the first Board of Visitors V. M. I. 1837 1845 — — Map (db m181407) HM
On Letcher Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Native of RockBridge County Virginia He liberated agriculture befriended education and advanced the cause of religion Trustee and benefactor of Washington and Lee University — — Map (db m58713) HM
Near North Jefferson Street at West Henry Street, on the left when traveling north.
Cyrus Hall McCormick, a native of Rockbridge County, developed the first commercially successful mechanical reaper. Together with Jo Anderson, a man enslaved at Walnut Grove (the McCormick family farm), he designed a reaper that was pulled by horses . . . — — Map (db m231356) HM
On North Main Street (Business U.S. 11) just north of East Washington Street, on the right when traveling north.
The oldest part of this building dates from ca. 1820 and was built as a residence for John Irvine by the local firm of Jordan and Darst. The original side passage, one room plan was enlarged in 1826 by Samuel Darst and the line marking the addition . . . — — Map (db m172876) HM
On South Main Street (Business U.S. 11) north of West Nelson Street (U.S. 60), on the left when traveling north.
Site of Alexander Shields Tavern. Visited by William Clark on December 4, 1809, on his way to report to Thomas Jefferson at Monticello on the Lewis and Clark Transcontinental Expedition. — — Map (db m231175) HM
On North Main Street (Business U.S. 11) just north of East Henry Street, on the right when traveling north.
First Baptist Church
1867
has been listed in the
National Register
of Historical Places
and registered as a
Virginia
Historic
Landmark — — Map (db m172935) HM
On West Nelson Street (U.S. 60) at Liberty Hall Road, on the right when traveling north on West Nelson Street.
One half mile east, students at Washington College
(now Washington and Lee University) founded Kappa
Alpha in 1865. The fraternity held its first meetings on campus,
at the Lexington Hotel, and
at the Ann Smith Academy. Members modeled
their . . . — — Map (db m105103) HM
Near Letcher Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
In Memory of General Lee’s Beloved Traveller Rarely has an animal captured so much affection. Traveller, first called Jeff Davis and later Greenbrier, was born in 1857 near Blue Sulphur Springs (now in West Virginia). In 1862, Lee purchased him . . . — — Map (db m58695) HM
On Letcher Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
U.S.M.C. VMI 1917 Combat Veteran World Wars I and II – Korea Commandant U.S. Marine Corps Chairman VMI Foundation Presented by Bruce B. Cameron VMI 1938 — — Map (db m58743) HM
On Letcher Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
General of the Army George Catlett Marshall was born December 31, 1880, at Uniontown, Pennsylvania. After graduating from the Virginia Military Institute in 1901 as First Captain of the Corps of Cadets, he spent fifty years in the active . . . — — Map (db m58740) HM
On Letcher Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
The Virginia Military Institute is a school that has given to the United States and to the armed services many of its most distinguished members. Among these is a man who in World War II stood out as one of the great soldiers and later as one of . . . — — Map (db m58704) HM
On Letcher Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia have caused this Statue to be erected as a monument of affection and gratitude toGeorge Washingtonwho uniting to the endowments of the Hero, the virtues of the Patriot, and exerting both in . . . — — Map (db m58708) HM
On West Washington Street at Lee Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Washington Street.
"…in the fervent hope that our labours may be blessed and the religion of Christ advanced."
-- Robert E. Lee, Senior Warden. Report to Grace Church, September 16, 1868
Grace Church was established in . . . — — Map (db m172854) HM
Near Mclaughlin Street, 0.1 miles Glasgow Street, on the left when traveling west.
This train station, built in 1883, marked the local terminus of the Baltimore and Ohio (and later the Chesapeake and Ohio) Line. The station was moved from its original site to its current location in 2004, making way for Washington and Lee . . . — — Map (db m172852) HM
On West Nelson Street (U.S. 60) at South Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling east on West Nelson Street.
This public park is part of the original Lot #34 of the Town of Lexington laid out in the spring of 1778. Purchased in 1788 by James Hopkins, this corner remained in the Hopkins family for almost 200 years - until 1984 - when it was deeded to the . . . — — Map (db m108023) HM
On Letcher Avenue at Maiden Lane, on the left when traveling east on Letcher Avenue.
Farris P. Hotchkiss received his B.A. from Washington and Lee University in 1958. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi, Phi Eta Sigma, the freshman honorary society and Omicron Delta Kappa leadership fraternity; editor of the Calyx yearbook; and . . . — — Map (db m58745) HM
On Letcher Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
This second story room and those immediately to the right and left of this plaque composed the classroom used by Major Thomas Jonathan Jackson when he served as Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at the Virginia Military Institute . . . — — Map (db m58619) HM
On East Washington Street, on the right when traveling west.
This backyard kitchen garden provided the household with a variety of flowers, fruit and vegetables. Major Jackson reported in an 1860 letter that the garden included, “lima beans, snap beans, carrots, parsnips, salsify, onions, cabbage, turnips, . . . — — Map (db m15640) HM
On Washington Street north of Lee Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
John Chavis (1763 – 1838), a free-born African-American veteran of the American Revolution was a native of Granville County, North Carolina. He was also one of the first college-educated men of color in the United States. Chavis studied at the . . . — — Map (db m58608) HM
Near Letcher Avenue north of North Jefferson Street (Business U.S. 11), on the left when traveling north.
Born in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1754 and orphaned as a child, John Robinson was indentured as a weaver's apprentice before emigrating to the United States when he was a teenager. He settled in Rockbridge County, Virginia, where he worked as an . . . — — Map (db m231473) HM
On Moses Mill Road (Stono Lane) at Saunders Drive (Woods Creek Service Road), on the right when traveling north on Moses Mill Road (Stono Lane).
On this spot, in the early morning hours of Saturday, June 11, 1864, Confederate General John McCausland and about 1,500 gray-clad soldiers lined the riverbank between a cedar thicket and the warehouses that cluttered the canal landing. They . . . — — Map (db m58589) HM
On North Jefferson Street at West Henry Street, on the right when traveling south on North Jefferson Street.
To the memory of the sons of
Washington and Lee University
who sacrificed their lives in the service of their country during the Korean and Vietnam Wars
Korea
Robert Warner Crocker '52 •
Robert Miller Garvin '46 •
Francis . . . — — Map (db m179462) WM
On Letcher Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
In remembrance of VMI alumni who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving their country. First Lieutenant John Olin Bates, Jr., ’47, USA • First Lieutenant James Desmond Carey, ’51, USAF • First Lieutenant John Adam Dille, Jr., ‘48B, USA • Major . . . — — Map (db m58860) HM
On Washington Street north of Lee Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The last home of Traveller Through war and peace the faithful, devoted and beloved horse of General Robert E. Lee Placed by the Virginia Division United Daughters of Confederacy — — Map (db m58609) HM
On East Washington Street, on the left when traveling east.
(Preface):On May 26, 1864, Union Gen. David Hunter marched south from Cedar Creek near Winchester to drive out Confederate forces, lay waste to the Shenandoah Valley, and destroy transportation facilities at Lynchburg. His raid was part of . . . — — Map (db m4809) HM
On Woods Creek Road, 0.1 miles north of West Nelson Street (U.S. 60), on the left when traveling north.
Washington and Lee University traces its origins to Augusta Academy, a small classical school established din 1749 by Scotch-Irish pioneers some twenty mile north of Lexington. In 1776, the patriotic fervor of the American Revolution caused Augusta . . . — — Map (db m32111) HM
On West Nelson Street (U.S. 60) at Woods Creek Road, on the right when traveling west on West Nelson Street.
Just north stand the ruins of Liberty Hall Academy's stone academic building, which was constructed in 1793. Founded in 1749 near Greenville as Augusta Academy, the school was reestablished in 1776 at Timber Ridge and patriotically renamed Liberty . . . — — Map (db m32109) HM
On South Main Street (Business U.S. 11) at West Nelson Street (U.S. 60), on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
In October 1777, The Virginia legislature drafted a bill to create a new county out of Augusta and Botetourt. The new county was named Rockbridge, for the natural stone bridge located within its boundaries. The same act gave details to establish . . . — — Map (db m67249) HM
Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson is best known for his leadership of Confederate troops during the American Civil War, and especially for his celebrated Valley Campaign of 1862. Thomas Jackson was a country boy from (West) Virginia who . . . — — Map (db m15637) HM
On Diamond Street at Maury Street, on the left when traveling east on Diamond Street.
Lylburn Downing School opened here in 1927 after
the Home and School League, an organization of
local Black parents and citizens. campaigned for
equitable schools. Built with financial support
from the Black community. Rockbridge County,
and . . . — — Map (db m207788) HM
Builder and rebuilder of the Virginia Military Institute.
This statue represents him in the act of delivering a diploma to a graduate and memorializes his custom of giving a Bible to every cadet at the end of his first class year. . . . — — Map (db m231168) HM
On South Main Street (Business U.S. 11) at East Preston Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
The Manly Memorial Baptist Church was founded May 9, 1841 as the Lexington Baptist Church by 12 women and 4 men from Neriah Baptist. Col. John Jordan built the first sanctuary on Nelson Street behind the Presbyterian Church. The church was renamed . . . — — Map (db m172916) HM
Near Letcher Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
The Joella & Stewart Morris House of Washington and Lee University Built 1842 as a faculty home. Restored 1986 as the University guest center by Mr. & Mrs. Morris of Houston, Texas — — Map (db m58711) HM
On West Midland Trail (U.S. 60) at Beatty Hollow (Virginia Route 669), on the right when traveling north on West Midland Trail.
On this spot stood
New Monmouth Church
Organized 1746
by the first settlers
the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians.
The first building of logs
was erected in 1748 and was known as
"Forks of James"
The second building of hewn timber
was . . . — — Map (db m240311) HM
Near Letcher Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
A symbol of hope and resilience, the tree grew from a seedling of an American Elm that survived the 1995 bombing and still stands at the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum. This stone is from the remains of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal . . . — — Map (db m231472) HM
On Mclaughlin Street, 0.1 miles east of Glasgow Street when traveling east.
Fifteen students and faculty members at nearby Washington and Lee University founded Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership honor society, on 3 Dec. 1914. The society brought together students who had attained prominence in diverse facets of . . . — — Map (db m172851) HM
On North Lee Highway (U.S. 11) 0.3 miles north of South Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
Near the intersection of Washington and Lewis Streets stood the original burial ground for Lexington's substantial free black community and slaves dating to the early 1800's. The majority of the original burials were in unmarked graves and no . . . — — Map (db m23800) HM
On North Main Street (Business U.S. 11) 0.1 miles north of Diamond Street, on the right when traveling north.
Entering VMI from Georgia, Foster earned a BA degree in English. He played football, served on the Honor Court and was president of the Officers of the Guard Association. After graduation, Lieutenant Foster served for two years in the U.S. Army. . . . — — Map (db m172938) HM
