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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2182_the-glebe-of-cumberland-parish_Victoria-VA.html
To the south stood the Glebe House of Cumberland
Parish, residence of Anglican minister Rev. James
Craig from 1759 until his death in 1795. An
ardent patriot during the Revolutionary War,
Craig allowed his mill on Flat Rock Creek to be
used a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM216P_nathaniel-lee-hawthorne_Victoria-VA.html
Nathaniel Lee Hawthorne, civil rights leader,
campaigned for racial and social justice for the
people of Southside Virginia. A native of
Lunenburg County and a World War II veteran, he
conducted his work despite death threats and
other attemp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM216L_lunenburg-county-courthouse_Victoria-VA.html
William Howard and Dabney Cosby, who had
worked for Thomas Jefferson, completed this
courthouse in 1827. The second courthouse to
occupy this site, it is a temple-form building
employing the Doric order and was influenced by
Jefferson's Roman…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLAL_the-peoples-community-center_Victoria-VA.html
On May 13, 1947, several African-American leaders in Lunenburg County met at First Baptist Church in Victoria to discuss the need for a centrally located building large enough to accommodate countywide gatherings and educational activities for bla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDBS_town-of-victoria_Victoria-VA.html
The town of Victoria, located halfway between Roanoke and Norfolk, was conceived in 1906 when the Virginian Railway was built to transport coal from Southwest Virginia to Tidewater. Henry H. Rogers, builder of the Virginian Railway, probably named…