Arvonia
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N 37° 40.884 W 078° 19.984
17S E 735180 N 4173813
Virginia Historical Highway Marker F-64.
Waymark Code: WM9HFY
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/23/2010
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The name Arvonia was derived from Caernarvon, Wales, home to the Welsh quarrymen who settled the area in the mid-19th century. Arvonia is known for the long-lasting and unfading blue-black Buckingham slate that adorns many of Virginia's historic buildings including Berkeley and the Executive Mansion, as well as Colonial Revival dwellings across the nation. Most Arvonia houses, and other buildings, are ornamented with slate; it is also used for tombstones in local cemeteries. Buckingham slate earned gold medals at the Philadelphia Exposition in 1876, the 1893 World's Columbia Exposition, and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at the 1904 Saint Louis World's Fair.
Marker Number: F-64
Marker Title: Arvonia
Marker Location: US 15 south of New Canton
County or Independent City: Buckingham County
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: Not listed
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