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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWO_rockledge_Occoquan-VA.html
John Ballendine built this finely proportioned Georgian House, "Rockledge," in c. 1760. William Buckland, a premier colonial Chesapeake architect, reportedly designed it. "Rockledge" is a rare example of a Tidewater Virginia stone dwelling. Severa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWN_methodist-church_Occoquan-VA.html
This brick, lancet-windowed church, built ca. 1925 is Occoquan's second Methodist church. The first wood-frame church, located on Commerce St. behind the present structure, burned in the 1916 town fire. Besides its original tenants, other church c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWM_mill-street_Occoquan-VA.html
Mill Street has been Occoquan's commercial center since the early 1800s. The Alton Hotel, Taverns, a bank, a pharmacy, grocery and hardware stores, and other businesses served local residents and travelers on the main east coast north south highwa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW8_occoquan-wharves_Occoquan-VA.html
Occoquan's Public Wharf was here. This wharf and others at the Occoquan River's highest navigable point were key to the 19th- and early 20th-century town's porsperity. Ships were built, barges carried grain to Ellicott's Mill, and flour, logs, fis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW6_1804-occoquan-town-plat_Occoquan-VA.html
In 1804, after Virginia's General Assembly granted a charter, Occoquan was platted on 31 acres of founder Nathaniel Ellicott's and others' land. The Plat laid off streets and lots. Structures shown included the public wharf, Ellicott's Mill and Br…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW0_historic-occoquan-center-for-the-processing-of-grain_Occoquan-VA.html
Originally known for its public tobacco warehouses and iron foundry, in the second half of the 18th century Occoquan also became a center for the processing of grain, particularly wheat farmed in the surrounding backcountry. John Ballendine built …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2T_town-of-occoquan_Occoquan-VA.html
In 1758 when John Ballendine built his dwelling, "Rockledge," at Occoquan, the town began to prosper. By 1765 it was a flourishing industrial settlement with grist mills, foundry, and tobacco warehouses. "Rockledge" and a portion of Merchants (Gri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2K_town-of-occoquan_Occoquan-VA.html
Nathaniel Ellicott formally established the town in 1804, bringing to fruition industrial and commercial developments begun 'at or near the Falls of Occoquan' by John Ballendine c. 1750. The estuary of The Occoquan has attracted the attention of t…