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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15HW_northampton-county-high-school_Machipongo-VA.html
Constructed in 1953 as the county's first purpose-built African American high school,Northampton County High School reflects the desires of local African Americans toobtain modern educational facilities. It is an example of the statewide efforts b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ8T_cape-charles-to-little-creek_Cape-Charles-VA.html
SS Delmarva, SS Princess Anne, and the SS Pocahontas operated out of Cape Charles to Little Creek, VA, from about 1933 to 1950. The first two vessels handled the traffic from 1933 to 1941. In 1941, the SS Pocahontas was built to handle traffic in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYF3_cape-charles-colored-school_Cape-Charles-VA.html
Constructed in 1928, this school opened about 1930 for African American children in Cape Charles during legalized segregation. The building was constructed with contributions from the local African American community, the State Literary Fund, and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX0N_cape-charles_Cape-Charles-VA.html
The Town of Cape Charles was founded in 1884 by Alexander Cassatt and William L. Scott as the southern terminusof the New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad. The extension of tracks south from Maryland to Cape Charles opened the Northeastern ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX0D_stratton-manor_Cape-Charles-VA.html
Benjamin Stratton, a member of the family that had owned the land since 1636, constructed this finely crafted house nearby about 1764, according to dated chimney bricks.Perhaps built on the site of an earlier Stratton dwelling, the house exemplifi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX0A_three-northampton-landmarks_Birdsnest-VA.html
Three miles west stands the third church of Hungars Parish, begun in 1742 and completed by 1751, one of two colonial churches remaining on Virginia's Eastern Shore. The parish built the glebe house or minister's residence, 5.5 miles west, about 17…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWPV_towne-fields_Cape-Charles-VA.html
This site, two and a half miles west, was the first seat of local government on the Eastern Shore. Francis Bolton preached there in 1623, and the first church was built before 1632. The oldest continuous county records in the English Colonies bega…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4PI_gingaskin-indian-reservation_Cape-Charles-VA.html
The Gingaskin Indian Reservation was located nearby from 1640 to 1813 and was created from a land patent in 1640 that set aside land for the Accomac Indians. When the Accomacs moved there, they became known as the Gingaskins. They continued to pra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4P4_debdeavon_Cape-Charles-VA.html
"Laughing King of AccomackeEmperor of the Easterne ShoareKing of the Great Nussawattocks"A gallant warrior and a loyalfriend to the early settlersof the Eastern Shore.His timely warning to the colonistsof an intended uprising in 1621,saved them fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4P3_confederate-monument-eastville-va_Cape-Charles-VA.html
Erected by the Harmanson-West Camp Confederate Veterans, The Daughters of the Confederacy and the citizens of the Eastern Shore of Virginia; to the soldiers of the Confederacy from Northampton and Accomack Counties. They died bravely in war, or in…