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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14KI_endview_Newport-News-VA.html
This traditional farmhouse was probably built for William Harwood around 1769. His great grandson, Dr. Humphrey Harwood Curtis, acquired the plantation in 1858. In May 1861, Dr. Curtis organized the Warwick Beauregards (Company H, 32d Virginia Vol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMPP_c-o-peninsula-extension_Newport-News-VA.html
This plaque, dedicated October 16, 1981, commemorated the one hundredth anniversary of the completion of the "Peninsula Extension" started in December, 1880, at Newport News and in February, 1881, in Richmond. The linkage occurred October 16, 1881…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMPO_the-simon-reid-curtis-house_Newport-News-VA.html
Constructed c. 1896, this graceful frame structure served as the home of Simon Reid and Nannie Cooke Curtis and their two children. The eldest son of Dr. Humphrey Harwood Curtis of Endview, S.R. Curtis was born in North Carolina on June 16, 1863, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMPN_lee-hall-depot_Newport-News-VA.html
The historic Lee Hall Depot was constructed in the 1880s as part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's efforts to establish its Atlantic terminus at Newport News, thereby linking the Ohio River Valley with the sea. The station was sited on Warwick …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMPM_lee-hall-village_Newport-News-VA.html
As passenger and freight activity became significant, the village of Lee Hall developed around the depot. Numerous places of business sprang up to support the activity generated by the depot including a schoolhouse, Dozier's dairy, H.M. Clements' …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMPJ_john-bankhead-magruder_Newport-News-VA.html
U.S. Military Academy graduate, 1830, Virginia-born 'Prince John' Magruder served with distinction in the Mexican War. In 1861 he resigned as Colonel, USA and joined the Confederacy. In the Civil War's first planned battle, his forces were victori…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMPI_newport-news_Newport-News-VA.html
This area was first referred to a "Newportes Newes" as early as 1619, and the first known English settler lived here in 1621. Several Civil War engagements took place here including the Battle of the Ironclads and the 1862 Peninsula Campaign. Newp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAT3_the-dairy-building_Newport-News-VA.html
In the South, dairy buildings were small structures, usually 14 feet square with a gable roof. The buildings' overhanging eaves, louvered ventilators, and insulated walls were designed to keep the milk cool inside. Milk was placed in shallow tubs …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAT1_the-cemetery_Newport-News-VA.html
Located near a circa 1630 house site, this graveyard has held the mortal remains of the Harwood family and other persons since the seventeenth century. Southern plantations typically had a private plot containing the graves of several generations …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAT0_the-endview-spring_Newport-News-VA.html
The fresh water bubbling from this natural spring has supported wildlife and the various residents on this property: Indian hunting parties, the Harwood/Curtis families, and military encampments. During the American Revolution, General George Wash…