Maury School

The Clarendon Elementary School was built in 1910 to serve the growing Clarendon neighborhood. The two-story symmetrical building was designed with a central hall and four classrooms on each floor. The school was renamed in 1925 to honor Matthew Fontaine ...

Maury

Pathfinder of the Seas

Marker is at the intersection of Monument Avenue and N Belmont Avenue, in the median on Monument Avenue.

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Maupin - Maury House

Originally built in 1846 at 1105 East Clay, Street, this Greek Revival townhouse was reconstructed on this site in1993 using much of the original architectural fabric. The builder, Dr. Socrates Maupin, was one of the founders of the medical department ...

Matthew Fontaine Maury

In this house

Matthew Fontaine Maury

L.L.D.-U.S.N.-C.S.N.

invented the

Submarine Electrical Torpedo

1861-1862

This stone is placed by the

Confederate Memorial Literary Society

A.D. 1910.

Marker is at the intersection of East Clay Street and North 11th Street, on the ...

Maury Hall

Building 28

Maury Hall, a substantial two-story concrete building, stood on this site from the 1930s or early 1940s until 1999. It served as classrooms for the U.S. Maritime Service officers’ training program at Fort Trumbull during Worl War II. Known ...

Matthew Fontaine Maury

Born

Spotsylvania County, VA.

January 24, 1806

Died

Lexington, VA

February 1,1873

"Pathfinder of the Seas"

Marker is on Old Airport Road (North Carolina Route 1547) near Henderson Road (U.S. 25), on the left when traveling east.

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Maury’s School

Just north was a classical school conducted by the Rev. James Maury, rector of Fredericksville Parish from 1754 to 1769. Thomas Jefferson was one of Maury’s students. Matthew Fontaine Maury, the “Pathfinder of the Seas,” was Maury’s grandson.

Marker is on ...

Birthplace of Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806-1873)

The Battle of Chancellorsville

This jumble of bricks and stones tucked deep within Spotsylvania's Wilderness marks the birthplace of Matthew Fontaine Maury, the "Pathfinder of the Seas." All but forgotten now, Maury was a legend during his lifetime. While superintendent of ...

Maury House Trail

The Battle of Chancellorsville

This short trail leads to the birthplace of Matthew Fontaine Maury, one of America's greatest scientists.

By the time of the Civil War, Maury's birthplace was gone, replaced by a simple brick house. Few of the 28,000 Confederate ...

Abram Maury

Abram Maury (1766-1825) came to this area from Virginia in 1797 to settle on 640 acres he purchased from Major Anthony Sharpe. In 1798, he reserved a square-shaped area of 109 acres for a town he intended to name Marthasville ...