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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XPN_st-john-school-rosenwald-funded-historical_Gordonsville-VA.html
The St. John School, built here in 1922-1923, served African-American students during the segregation era. Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears Roebuck and Co., collaborated with Booker T. Washington in a school-building campaign begining in 1912.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WAN_north-terrace-wing-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
What you see here is a reconstruction of the North Terrace wing. The original wing, built 1801-05, housed Jefferson's carriages and the horses and carriages of visitors; most of Jefferson's horses were stabled at the east end of Mulberry Row. Hors…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WA2_charcoal-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
Wood charcoal fueled the forges in the nailery on Mulberry Row and heated the stoves in the kitchen. Charcoal was stored under lock and key in wooden sheds that once stood here. Built about 1794, these "coal sheds" likely resembled temporary lean-…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WA0_smokehouse-dairy-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
In the long, three-celled wooden structure that stood here between ca. 1790 and 1809, Jefferson combined two of what he considered "indispensable" elements of a Virginia plantation, the "smoke house" and "dairy." His unusual design placed "two mea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W2S_slave-housing-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
Over 200 years ago, four log dwellings stood here. The first, constructed in the 1770s and destroyed by fire ca. 1790. was the "Negro quarter," a large 17 x 34 foot structure intended for multiple enslaved individuals or families. Three identical,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W2A_horses-mules-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
The Eagle. Peacemaker. Tecumseh. Bremo. Wellington. Diomede. These were the six carriage and saddle horses, plus one mule, stabled here in 1821. As many as 30 riding and carriage horses, workhorses, and mules were stabled at various locations on t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W1W_mulberry-row-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
Jefferson attempted to create an efficient plantation based on new approaches to agriculture and manufacturing. To realize his goals, dozens of enslaved and free workers lived and worked here on Mulberry Row. Jefferson added a series of dwellings …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VY3_barrier-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
In 1814 a ditch 500 yards long was dug to keep grazing animals off the west lawn.
The rails that were laid across the banks reminded a visitor in 1823 of "a common post and rail fence, blown down across a ditch."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VY2_nursery-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
This was the general site of the "old nursery," where Jefferson grafted and sowed the seed of special garden plants. He propagated thirteen kinds of shrubs, forty—one species of ornamental trees, twenty—six vegetable varieties, six kin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VV3_thomas-jefferson-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
The greatest advocate of human liberty
Opposing special privileges
He loved and trusted The People
To commemorate his
Purchase of Louisiana
Erected by
The Jefferson Club
of St. Louis MO
on their pilgrimage Oct 12, 1901
to express the…