view gallery S13.4 km | Skipwith, VA 23968 in U.S. Post Offices Located at 6000 Skipwith Rd, Skipwith, VA posted by: nomadwillie location: Virginia date approved: 02/10/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery S13.4 km | Skipwith Grocery - Skipwith VA in The Local Neighborhood Grocer Definitely local because it was out of the way to get there. posted by: nomadwillie location: Virginia date approved: 02/10/2013 last visited: never |
view gallery S15.9 km | Boydton Volunteer Fire Department, Boydton, Virginia in Firehouses The firehouse in Boydton was built in 1995 and is an attractive brick structure is in usual modern style. Boydton is a small town in southside Virginia that serves the town and surrounding rural area. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/05/2006 last visited: 01/02/2012 |
view gallery S15.9 km | Municipal Tank, Boydton, Virginia in Water Towers Well-maintained 1930's tank, in the center of town. posted by: PFF location: Virginia date approved: 07/26/2006 last visited: 04/14/2017 |
view gallery S16.1 km | Boydton and Petersburg Plank Road - "A Timbered Turnpike" in Plank Roads Historic signage and a reproduction of the old Boydton and Petersburg Plank Road are at this location. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/04/2006 last visited: 04/14/2017 |
view gallery S16.1 km | Boyd's Tavern, also known as Boyd Tavern; Exchange Hotel; Boydton Hotel, Boydton, Virginia in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Boyd's Tavern began in 1790 as a simple one-story structure, but was expanded to a two-story hotel in the 1810's and 1820's. Confederate soldiers mustered into the army here during the Civil War. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/01/2006 last visited: 04/27/2009 |
view gallery S16.1 km | Boydton Presbyterian Church, Boydton, Virginia in This Old Church This fine old Presbyterian Meeting House stands as a historic landmark in Boydton. It was constructed about 1820 on land donated by the son of the town's founder and is the town's oldest standing church. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/04/2006 last visited: never |
view gallery S16.1 km | Boydton, Virginia in City and Town Halls The town hall of historic Boydton, Virginia. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/20/2006 last visited: 07/29/2006 |
view gallery S16.1 km | Boyd Tavern - Confederates Mustered - Boydton, Virginia in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites Boyd's Tavern was the location where Mecklenburg County's Confederate soldiers mustered prior to marching off to war. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/02/2006 last visited: 04/27/2009 |
view gallery S16.1 km | Boydton Farm Supply Co., Boydton, Virginia in Ghost Signs Two for one ghost signs in historic Boydton, Virginia. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/20/2006 last visited: 04/14/2017 |
view gallery S16.1 km | Monument to the Confederate Soldiers of Mecklenburg, Boydton, Virginia in American Civil War Monuments and Memorials The Mecklenburg County Civil War Monument is located on the grounds of the County Courthouse in Boydton, the Mecklenburg County seat. This monument started as a granite base only. Nearly ten years later, funds were raised for a statue to rest on the base. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 07/29/2006 last visited: 07/29/2006 |
view gallery S16.1 km | Mecklenburg County Courthouse, Boydton, Virginia in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Mecklenburg County's Courthouse is over 160 years old and still stands proudly over Courthouse Square in Boydton. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/01/2006 last visited: 04/27/2009 |
view gallery S16.3 km | St. James' Church, Boydton, Virginia in This Old Church St James' Church was built about 1842. It's a simple red brick church. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/18/2006 last visited: 07/29/2006 |
view gallery S16.3 km | Taylor's Ferry in Virginia Historical Markers This marker details the movement of the Virginia Militia during the Revolutionary War. In February, 1781, a detachment of the militia crossed the Roanoke River seven miles south at Taylor's Ferry on their way to join General Nathanial Greene's Colonial Southern Army. This marker was placed in 1930. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 07/31/2006 last visited: 07/01/2016 |
S16.3 km | Washington Tavern in Virginia Historical Markers A roadside historic marker for a historic tavern placed by a local government agency overseeing the economic revitalization of the city in part by restoring and caring for historic sites. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/01/2006 last visited: 07/29/2006 |
view gallery S16.3 km | A Revolutionary Soldier - Richard Kennon in Virginia Historical Markers Marker is one of four along eastbound U.S. west of Boydton. It was placed in 1962. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 07/29/2006 last visited: 07/01/2016 |
view gallery S16.3 km | Boydton and Petersburg Plank Road in Virginia Historical Markers The Boydton and Petersburg Plank Road, used by horse-drawn wagons carrying tobacco to the market and by stagecoach traffic, was an early means of transportation in the area. It had a short history, however. While it was completed in 1853, by 1860 it was declared unsafe due to heavy wear, poor timber and a bridge collapse. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/02/2006 last visited: 04/27/2009 |
view gallery S16.3 km | Boydton and Petersburg Plank Road in Plank Roads A Virginia State Historic Marker commemorates the Boydton and Petersburg Plank Road, which was located near the marker. The plank road was built between 1851 and 1853, but by 1860 most of the road was declared unsafe. It had received too much use and was built of poorly suited timber. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/02/2006 last visited: 07/01/2016 |
view gallery S16.3 km | Old Randolph-Macon College in Virginia Historical Markers This marker notes the location of the original campus of Randolph-Macon College, which stood in Boydton from 1832 to 1868. Economic problems caused the college to relocate in 1868. While other institutions have occupied the campus, it is currently abandoned, although some faculty homes are now private residences. This marker was placed in 1994. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/02/2006 last visited: 07/01/2016 |
view gallery S16.3 km | Boydton United Methodist Church, Boydton, Virginia in This Old Church Boydton United Methodist Church in Boydton, Virginia. The congregation dates to 1824 and this building to 1873. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/02/2006 last visited: 07/29/2006 |
view gallery SW19.3 km | Mecklenburg County - Charlotte County in Virginia Historical Markers This is a two-sided county line marker on U.S. Hwy 15 south, north of Clarksville. This marker was placed in 1928. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/01/2006 last visited: 06/12/2009 |
view gallery SW19.5 km | St. Level Baptist Church, Clarksville, Virginia in Country Churches An oddly named, yet classically built country church well north of Clarksville, Virginia. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/20/2006 last visited: 08/08/2006 |
view gallery SW19.8 km | Prestwould Plantation in Virginia Historical Markers Sir Peyton Skipwith, originally of England and then Virginia, built this home in 1794. Prestwould is the most complete gentry home in Virginia. Many of the original outbuildings and Lady Jean's Garden remain. The original two-family slave house still stands on the manor house property. The site has one of the largest collections of slave writings in the country. Detailing life from the plantation from the slave perspective, it has attracted scholarly attention. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 07/30/2006 last visited: 06/12/2009 |
view gallery SW20.6 km | Occaneechi Indians in Virginia Historical Markers Marker regarding indigenous people who preceded the white settlers in this area. They were driven out and relocated in North Carolina. This marker is on U.S. Highway 58 east of Clarksville. The marker was placed in 2000 and replaces an earlier, less detailed marker placed in 1957 (see gallery). posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 07/29/2006 last visited: 07/01/2016 |
view gallery SE22.5 km | Bethany Baptist Church, Baskerville, Virginia in Country Churches This country church is Bethany Baptist. Right across the street is a cornfield and tobacco farms dot the landscape. posted by: showbizkid location: Virginia date approved: 08/04/2006 last visited: 07/29/2006 |
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