Monumental Church

The church is a memorial to the 72 people, including Virginia Governor George W. Smith, who died when the Richmond Theatre burned here in 1811. Several survivors owed their lives to the bravery of Gilbert Hunt, a slave blacksmith. A ...

Great Northern Tunnel

Completed in 1905, this one mile long railroad tunnel provided access to the new passenger depot and the expanded freight yards south of King Street. The tunnel was built at the suggestion of City Engineer R.H. Thomson to relieve growing ...

Pierce House

1857

Built in the early Romanesque Revival style, this Prairie du Chien sandstone house exemplifies the ornate designs of local architects August Kutzbock and Samuel Donnel. In the 1850's and 60's, it was commissioned by Alexander A. McDonnell, contractor for the ...

Carter G. Woodson

1875 - 1950

Three miles east is the birthplace of the noted teacher, educator and historian, Dr. Carter G. Woodson. He was the founder of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Journal of Negro History, originated negro ...

Sappony Baptist Church

Sappony Baptist Church, originally called Sappony Meeting House, was erected here in 1773. It was a part of the Kehukee Association, which consisted of churches in North Carolina and Virginia. In 1791, these associations divided along state lines and the ...

Ratification of the Constitution

On this site the Virginia Convention ratified the United States Constitution June 25, 1788

In the ratifying convention were Edmund Randolph, James Madison, George Wythe, Henry Lee, John Marshall, Patrick Henry, George Mason and James Monroe

The Virginia delegates to the Federal ...

26th Ohio Infantry

Wagner's Brigade - Sheridan's Division

26th Ohio Infantry.

Wagner's Brig., Sheridan's Div., 4th Corps.

Lieut. Col. William H. Young.

Nov. 25, 1863.The regiment took part in the operation of November 23, against the enemy's central line in the plain.

With its Brigade it was prominent ...

Forty Fort

Named for the forty Connecticut settlers of 1769. Begun in 1770. The Wyoming Massacre followed its surrender to Maj. Butler's force of British, Tories, and Indians, July 4, 1779.

Marker is on Wyoming Avenue near River Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

“Crowded and Very Sickly”

Putrid fever, the itch, diarrhea, dysentery and rheumatism were some of the afflictions suffered by the Continental troops. At Valley Forge the Hospital Department inoculated two to three thousand against smallpox. Medicine, food, blankets and even straw for bedding were ...

Confederate Arms Factory

The Searcy & Moore gun factory was located 1 mile west on the waters of Hogans Creek. Owned by Alexander M. Searcy and Dr. J. S. Moore, the firm manufactured approximately 100 rifles for the State of North Carolina in ...