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Elliott Grays Marker-Jefferson Davis Highway is a historic route marker located on U.S. Route 1, or Jefferson Davis Highway, in Richmond, Virginia. It was erected in 1929, by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It is one of 16 erected in Virginia along the Jefferson Davis Highway between 1927 and 1947.
It is one of 16 erected in Virginia along the Jefferson Davis Highway between 1927 and 1947. The marker is an inscribed granite slab with smooth flat faces and rough-cut edges. It measures 45 inches (110 cm) tall, 25 inches (64 cm) wide and 9 inches (23 cm) thick. The stone is engraved with the text "Jefferson Davis Highway Erected by Elliott ...
Proctor Creek, Jefferson Davis Highway Marker: Proctor Creek, Jefferson Davis Highway Marker: September 12, 2008 : 9300 block of U.S. Route 301: Richmond: 27: Swift Creek Mill: Swift Creek Mill: January 11, 1974 : North of Colonial Heights on U.S. Route 1
Map of Virginia. Buildings, sites, districts, and objects in Virginia listed on the National Register of Historic Places: . As of September 18, 2017, there are 3,027 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in all 95 Virginia counties and 37 of the 38 independent cities, including 120 National Historic Landmarks and National Historic Landmark Districts, four ...
The Brook Road Marker, Jefferson Davis Highway is a commemorative marker on the Jefferson Davis Highway, in Henrico County, Virginia, outside of Richmond, Virginia. [1] The Jefferson Davis Highway was conceived and marked by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, as a counter to the Lincoln Highway in the north, during 1913–1925.
The marker is a gray granite boulder with rough-cut edges. The stone is engraved with the text “ERECTED BY THE FIRST DISTRICT VIRGINIA DIVISION UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY 1933.” It is located in a wayside established in 1934, that provides access to the Bridge at Falling Creek. It was the first highway wayside park in Virginia. [3]
It is a 42-inch-high (1.1 m) gray granite stone, with a slanted top, with two bronze plaques. The Jefferson Davis Highway was conceived and marked by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, as a counter to the Lincoln Highway in the north, during 1913–1925. In that era, named highways were being marked as automobile travel increased, and the ...
September 22, 1971 (U.S. Route 301: Hanover: 15: Hanover Meeting House: Hanover Meeting House: September 4, 1991 (6411 Heatherwood Dr. [6 Mechanicsville: Site of the first non-Anglican church in Virginia