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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM156G_the-godfrey-miller-home_Winchester-VA.html
Built in 1785 by Daniel Sowers on a lot granted by Lord Fairfax dated 1753. The Sowers' owned many horses, possibly for a livery business. In 1801, the house conveyed to Adam Douglas, an Irish export merchant and author of The Irish Immigrant. Dr.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWEY_president-william-mckinley_Winchester-VA.html
President William McKinley was made a mason in a building on this location May 1st, 2nd, 3rd 1865.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVMI_loyal-quaker-and-brave-slave_Winchester-VA.html
In September 1864, U.S. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan heard rumors that Confederate forces had left the Shenandoah Valley to rejoin Gen. Robert E. Lee's army at Petersburg. Wanting to confirm this information before attacking Gen. Jubal A. Early's army,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMRY_joist-hite-and-braddock-winchester_Winchester-VA.html
(West Facing Side):Joist Hite and BraddockBy this road, then an Indian trail, Joist Hite and his followers came to make the first permanent settlement in this section, 1732. In 1755, General Edward Braddock of the British army, accompanied by Geor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHV7_lord-fairfax_Winchester-VA.html
At sometime prior to the incorporation of Winchester, Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, and at one time a Justice of the County of Frederick, dedicated to the public uses of the square which is bounded by Court House Avenue and the streets kn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHV5_colonel-james-wood_Winchester-VA.html
Colonel James Wood, the founder of Winchester, was a native of the ancient city of the same name in England. He laid out and founded the new town prior to 1740. It received a charter of incorporation from the colonial legislature in February 1752.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHV2_george-washingtons-political-career-began-on-this-site_Winchester-VA.html
On July 24, 1758, at the first Frederick County Court House on this site, Colonel George Washington, age 26, was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses. This was the first elective office of the young commander of Virginia's forces here to gua…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHUQ_admiral-richard-evelyn-byrd_Winchester-VA.html
The Winchester native attended the Virginia Military Institute, The University of Virginia, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, 1912.
He was a pioneer aviator and Polar explorer. In 1926, he was the first to fly over the North Pole for w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHUN_a-view-of-winchester-in-1745-the-four-public-lots_Winchester-VA.html
Winchester, originally known as Frederick Town, was officially founded in 1744 by Col. James Wood. It was the first British town established west of the Blue Ridge mountains and in believed to have looked something like this. These four public lot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHU7_lutheran-pioneers_Winchester-VA.html
To the Glory of Godand in Memory of Lutheran Pioneers.Erected by members and friends of Grace Evangelical Lutheran ChurchWinchester, Va. 1938.These walls are the sacred ruins of the first Lutheran Church erected in Winchester - "Die teutsche Luthe…