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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD9G_sterling-station_Sterling-VA.html
By 1967, when the photograph below was taken, Sterling had grown from a railroad stop known as Guilford to a large residential development.
Beginning in 1860, the station served local farmers. Trains carried grain, produce, and dairy products t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD91_lanesville-families_Sterling-VA.html
The Lanesville House has been home to just two families during the 212 years that it was occupied. Lane family descendants lived here for 162 years, from 1779-1941. Dr. Claude Moore purchased the house and land in December, 1941, and made his home…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD8Z_lanesville-outbuildings_Sterling-VA.html
Homes in the 19th century typically had several outbuildings. Barns stabled horses and other animals, tenant houses lodged farm hands, wells supplied water, and, of course, the "necessary," or outhouse, was a must. One of the most significant outb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD8X_lanesville-house-and-vestals-gap-road_Sterling-VA.html
Lanesville House and Vestal's Gap Roadare contributing sites to theLanesville Historic Districtand have been designatedVirginia Historic Landmarksby the Virginia Commission on Historic Resourcesand placed on the National Register of Historic Place…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD8V_lanesville-historic-area_Sterling-VA.html
The story of Lanesville began centuries before this house was built. Vestal's Gap Road, which runs across the park and in front of the house, began as an Indian trail used frequently for hunting and trading. The earliest documented use by colonist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD8T_vestals-gap-road-in-the-1800s_Sterling-VA.html
In 1814 due to the British advance on Washington, it was deemed wise to remove the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and other valuable state documents to a safe place. They were transported across Chain Bridge into Virginia. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD7E_lanesville-architecture_Sterling-VA.html
The earliest parts of the Lanesville House, built in 1779, included a single room house, two stories high with a loft, what is now the east parlor with the rooms directly above on the second and third floors; the single story kitchen was a separat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD77_the-braddock-campaign_Sterling-VA.html
In early 1755, England ordered General Edward Braddock along with the 44th and 48th Regiments to Virginia with plans to join the colonial forces in an effort to expel the French from Fort Duquesne. Due to considerations other than military, Genera…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD76_george-washington_Sterling-VA.html
George Washington was the most famous person to use this road. It was his favorite route on many important personal, business, and military trips from Mount Vernon to Virginia's western frontier and points beyond. Although his trips of 1753 and 17…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD6T_the-vestals-gap-road_Sterling-VA.html
This sector of the road, through Claude Moore Park, closely resembles the road as it appeared in this area's early history. This great road ran from the port city of Alexandria, Virginia through Vestal's Gap of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
It bega…