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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMQ4_zion-poplars-baptist-church_Gloucester-Courthouse-VA.html
The magnificent edifice known as Zion Poplars Baptist Church developed out of a West African-influenced religious practice known as a "brush arbor," a clandestine religious meeting held in wooded areas or in remote cabins in wooded areas. Before 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMPZ_zion-poplars-baptist-church_Gloucester-Courthouse-VA.html
Zion Poplars Baptist Church houses one of the oldest independent African-American congregations in Gloucester County. It is named for seven united poplar trees under which the founding members first met for worship in 1866. The church was erected …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML51_virginia-institute-of-marine-science_Gloucester-Point-VA.html
Using science to?
Increase oyster and clam productionModel Bay dynamicsIdentify aquatic diseaseReduce billfish by-catchTrace contaminantsUnderstand food web productionIncrease blue crab populationsExplore bottom dwellersRestore seagrassStrength…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK9V_harvesting-natures-bounty_Gloucester-Point-VA.html
Since before the arrival of European settlers, residents of Gloucester have been harvesting the bounty of the Bay. The waters are home to more than 2,700 species of plants and animals. Commercially important species are blue crabs, clams, oysters …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK4P_walter-reed-birthplace_Gloucester-Courthouse-VA.html
Dr. Walter ReedConqueror of Yellow Feverborn here 1851given byThe Medical Society of Virginiain 1968 toAssociation forThe Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK4M_mother-nature-comes-calling_Gloucester-Point-VA.html
Fierce storms often pummel Gloucester Point. Offshore low-pressure systems rotating counterclockwise, generate strong northeasterly winds that hit the east-facing beach head-on. These "nor-easters" are not the only severe storms to visit Glouceste…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK4L_to-get-to-the-other-side_Gloucester-Point-VA.html
Since Colonial times, travel across the York River at Gloucester Point has been an important part of daily life during peace and war.
Until the middle of the Twentieth Century, ferries were the only method of making the transit. In 1952, the tw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK3Z_woodville-school_West-Bend-VA.html
Woodville School is an important monument to Gloucester County and the African American community who strove to ensure quality education for their children in the early 20th century. Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears, Roebuck and Company, aided…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK3S_governor-john-page_Gloucester-Courthouse-VA.html
John Page, planter, scholar, and Revolutionary patriot, was born in 1743 at Rosewell, three miles west of here. He attended the College of William and Mary with Thomas Jefferson. The two men developed a lifelong friendship and shared an interest i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK3R_gloucester-training-school_Gloucester-Courthouse-VA.html
Built on this site in 1921 the Gloucester Training School became the first public high school for African Americans in Gloucester County. Thomas Calhoun Walker, Jr. and others constructed a wooden building with gifts from the Rosenwald Fund and ot…