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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH9X_virginia-state-university_Petersburg-VA.html
The Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute was chartered on 6 Mar. 1882. The Readjuster Party was instrumental in supporting a state institution of higher education in Virginia for African Americans with some unusual features to the institute's …
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Virginia State University was chartered by the Virginia legislature in 1882 as the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. Delegate Alfred W. Harris, an African-American attorney in Petersburg, championed the charter and supported it through the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFIO_petersburg-state-colony-for-the-negro-insane_Petersburg-VA.html
In 1938 the Virginia Assembly chartered a residential care facility for mentally retarded African-American males between 8 and 21 years of age. The Petersburg State Colony for the Negro Insane, as it was named, was located on the present site of R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDKQ_mckenney-library_Petersburg-VA.html
Petersburg's main public library, the William R. McKenney Library, is housed in a fine dwelling constructed in 1859 by John Dodson, a prominent lawyer and mayor of Petersburg. After the Civil War, the Confederate General and railroad magnate Billy…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCX7_mattoax_Petersburg-VA.html
Mattoax was located to the south on the Appomattox River. John Randolph, Sr., built a house there in the 1770s that burned after 1810; it was the boyhood home of his son, John Randolph of Roanoke. Mattoax also was the residence of St. George Tucke…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCHE_central-state-hospital_Petersburg-VA.html
Established in 1869 in temporary quarters at Howard's Grove near Richmond. In 1870 it came under control of the State. In 1885 it was moved to the present location, the site of "Mayfield Plantation", which was purchased and donated to the State by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBKX_burgess-mill_Petersburg-VA.html
An old mill stood here, with earthworks. On October 27, 1864, General Hancock, coming from the south, attempted to cross the run here and reach the Southside Railroad. He was supported on the east by Warren's (Fifth) Corps. The Confederates, cross…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBKW_hatchers-run_Petersburg-VA.html
Lee's right wing was defended by earthworks on this stream, here and to the east. These works were unsuccessfully attacked by Union forces, February 5-7, 1865. On the morning of April 2, 1865, they were stormed by Union troops.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBK1_raceland_Petersburg-VA.html
Nearby stands Raceland, also known as Rice's Tavern, built ca. 1750. The building originally was a simple story-and-a-half dwelling with a hall-and-parlor plan. Subsequent additions transformed it into a two-story Federal-style house. It has been …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBK0_gravelly-run-quaker-meeting-house_Petersburg-VA.html
Quakers began settling the region by the end of the 17th century. Named for nearby Gravelly Run stream, the meetinghouse was built by 1767. It became the religious center for the Quakers in Dinwiddie and surrounding counties. In the early 1800s th…