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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KZ_colonial-dumfries-williams-ordinary_Dumfries-VA.html
Williams Ordinary is believed to have been built in the 1760s, although the exact construction date is unknown. The building's symmetrical fa?ade features header bond, a brick pattern rarely found in Virginia. This building was one of the most pro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IO_dumfries-loves-tavern_Dumfries-VA.html
Dumfries, an important Potomac River port chartered in 1749, became strategically significant in the autumn of 1861 when Confederate forces built batteries along the Potomac River nearby to blockade Washington, D.C. Gen. William H.C. Whiting, comm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW4_william-grayson-bandstand-memorial_Dumfries-VA.html
Erected byThe Prince William CountyHistorical Commissionin observance of theAmerican Independance Bicentennial1976
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW3_weems-botts-house_Dumfries-VA.html
Weems-Botts HouseDumfries, VirginiaMarked by Bill of Rights Chapter, NSDAROctober 6, 1996
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This Property has beenplaced on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU4_prince-william-county-court-house_Dumfries-VA.html
Dumfries - 1760-1822. Forty yards southerly of this spot stood the third court house of Prince William County. The brick in this monument came from the foundation of this old court house, and was donated present owners of said court house lot.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRU_dumfries-raid_Dumfries-VA.html
On 26 December 1862, Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuard led 1,800 cavalry out of Fredericksburg on his third and last major raid. Stuart divided his column and on 27 December launched a two-pronged attack on Dumfries, a major Union supply base. The garriso…