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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM31_kenmore_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Four blocks west stands Kenmore, built in 1775 by Col. Fielding Lewis for his wife, Betty, sister of George Washington. Near here, between Kenmore and the Rappahannock River, stood Lewis's warehouses and docks. Kenmore's intricate plasterwork is t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM30_the-lewis-store_Fredericksburg-VA.html
1749 · Historic Fredericksburg Foundation, Inc. · Restoration in 2002.
Councilor John Lewis (1694-1754) of Warner Hall in Gloucester County purchased 406 ac. at Fredericksburg's northern edge in 1742 and soon began a mercantile op…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2Z_lewis-randolph-ball_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Dedicated to the memory of a man who for sixty years worked in Burgess Barber Shop and downtown Fredericksburg. During those years he warmed the hearts of this community with his friendship, ever present smile, and sense of humor. His contribution…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2Y_hostages_Fredericksburg-VA.html
In the summer of 1862, Confederate authorities imprisoned four Union men from Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County. The arrested Unionists were local citizens in good standing, but who refused to renounce their allegiance to the United States. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2W_historic-old-mill-district_Fredericksburg-VA.html
A Walking Tour of Fredericksburg's Historic Old Mill District
Fredericksburg's Historic Old Mill District dates its origins to the earliest settlers along the Rappahannock River. This walking tour takes you through what can be considered the ci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2V_fredericksburg-baptist-church_Fredericksburg-VA.html
The prominent sanctuary to your right is the Fredericksburg Baptist Church, constructed in 1854-55. When it was built, Princess Anne Street was already developing as the town's religious and government center. Other churches included St. George's …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2U_first-town-hall-market-house_Fredericksburg-VA.html
On this site stood Fredericksburg's first Town Hall / Market House built c. 1763. The building most likely had an arched lower level, brick upper floors and a cupola on the roof. During the early years, the Town Hall did not serve as a governmenta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2P_historic-old-mill-district_Fredericksburg-VA.html
A Walking Tour of Fredericksburg's Historic Old Mill District
Fredericksburg's Historic Old Mill District dates its origins to the earliest settlers along the Rappahannock River. This walking tour takes you through what can be considered the ci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2O_fredericksburg-city-dock_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Directly ahead of you, across the river, stood George Washington's boyhood home, Ferry Farm. According to legend, the future president cut down his father's cherry tree there and threw a coin across the river. The property took its name from a fer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2N_fredericksburg-city-dock_Fredericksburg-VA.html
Confederate troops under the command of Gen. William Barksdale were awake and alert hereon the morning of December 11,1862, waiting anxiously for the sun to rise. On the river, unseen in the inky blackness but clearly audible in the night's stilln…