The Heinsdorff Bakery

In 1862, tinsmith Louis Robinson constructed this brick and stone building to replace his original frame store which was destroyed in the fire of August 20, 1859. In 1869 it became a bakery and store, a use it was to ...

The Cumberland Valley Railroad

The first railroad to serve Hagerstown was the Franklin Railroad (F.R.R.). The City of Hagerstown invested $20,000 in this venture. The F.R.R. connected Hagerstown to the Cumberland Valley Railroad (C.V.R.R.) which ran from Chambersburg to Harrisburg. Service began in 1841. ...

Belvoir

Belvoir, meaning "beautiful to see," was built about 1741 for William Fairfax, land agent for his cousin Thomas, sixth baron Fairfax of Cameron and Northern Neck proprietor. George Washington was introduced to Belvoir and its gentry culture while in his ...

Site of the Old Baptist Meeting House

" Here, in 1794, I had the happiness,

instrumentally, to lay the foundation of

a place of worship which composed of

the best materials, and classes with the

most neat and commodious Baptist

meetinghouses in the United States."

(Rev. Henry Holcombe, First Fruits ...

John Brown

(California’s Paul Revere)

In 1846, during American conquest of California, John Brown, nicknamed “Juan Flaco,” rode from Los Angeles to San Francisco in four days to warn Commodore Stockton of the siege of Los Angeles. As a result, troops were ...

Battle of Falling Waters

Stuart’s Surprise

Here at Stumpy’s Hollow on the morning of July 2, 1861, Confederate Lt. Col. J.E.B. Stuart captured a Union infantry company almost single-handedly. The Federals – Co. I, 15th Pennsylvania Volunteers – were acting as skirmishers in advance of ...

Albemarle Confederate Monument

1909

Erected by

the Daughters of

the Confederacy,

Albemarle County,

and the City of

Charlottesville

to commemorate

the heroism of

the volunteers of

Charlottesville and

Albermarle County.

"Love makes

memory eternal."

Marker is on Court Square near 5th Street NE.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Fort Belvoir

Fort Belvoir is named for the 18th-century plantation that was owned by William Fairfax. The house burned in 1783. The U.S. War Department acquired much of the Belvoir tract in 1912 as a training center and named it Camp A. ...

Jacob House

In 1817 George Winston built the Jacob House nearby, in the development known as Sydney. Winston (1759-1826), a Quaker who built the first Richmond Friends Meeting House at 19th and Cary Streets about 1798, employed a large number of free ...

The Dearborn Inn / Colonial Homes and Adjacent Buildings

The Dearborn Inn

Henry Ford built the Dearborn Inn in 1931 to accommodate overnight travelers arriving at the Ford Airport. Located opposite the inn on Oakwood Boulevard, the airport opened in 1924. The 179-room inn, designed by Albert Kahn, was ...