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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4VQ_carriage-house_Leesburg-VA.html
The carriage house was used for storage of house drawn carriages and other equipment. This building was constructed in the 1880s and was in use until the 1930s. After horse drawn carriages were no longer commonly used, the building was used as a s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4VF_red-rock-wilderness-overlook-regional-park_Leesburg-VA.html
Red Rock Wilderness Overlook Regional Park is a 67-acre mostly wooded area situated along the Potomac River on the outskirts of Leesburg. Frances Speek donated a portion of the property to the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority in 1978. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2V8_osterburg-mill_Leesburg-VA.html
William Oster built this water-powered grist mill in the late 1800's to serve the residents of Osterburg, the village he founded in Three Springs Valley, between the Allegheny and Cove Mountains of Southwestern Pennsylvania.
A large wooden wat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2V5_dairy-barn_Leesburg-VA.html
This dairy barn hails from the legendary Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Built in 1900 in the town of Edinburg, it now sits at Market Station. The barn symbolizes the dairy farming that blossomed in the region, providing both county and town with m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2V4_norman-harding-barn_Leesburg-VA.html
"The Wharf" refers not only to the entire two-block area, but also to the Norman-Harding Barn, itself the original "Wharf." This building is on its original site.
Since its construction around 1890, the two-story barn served as a storage wareho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2V3_log-house_Leesburg-VA.html
Market Station's Log House, built in 1840 in Rectorstown, Maryland, is made entirely of native American chestnut. Upon its completion, the German builders covered the logs with clapboard and plaster. These protective refinements, usually reserved …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2V1_stationmasters-house_Leesburg-VA.html
This building of duplex design housed the Stationmaster in one section and other railroad employees in another. The railroad traditionally provided such housing close to switching yards and depots for its always-on-call employees.
The Stationma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2UZ_mckimmeys-mill_Leesburg-VA.html
In 1898 a fire devastated a Leesburg grain mill, along with several surrounding buildings. The mill that replaced the burned structure is now known as McKimmey's Mill and sits proudly at market Station.
This massive multi-level grain mill conta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2UD_douglass-high-school_Leesburg-VA.html
has been registered as aVirginia Historic Landmarkby theVirginia Department of Conservationand Historic Resources
Throughout much of Virginia in the early 1900s, black parents were pressing the then system of racial segregation for improved edu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2U8_douglass-community-school_Leesburg-VA.html
Before the construction of this high school, there were no schools beyond 7th grade for black students in Loudoun County. Late in the 1930s, the parent-teacher associations of various black schools formed the County-Wide League to raise money to b…