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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/HMW4_william-grayson-bandstand-memorial_Dumfries-VA.html
Erected byThe Prince William CountyHistorical Commissionin observance of theAmerican Independance Bicentennial1976
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW3_weems-botts-house_Dumfries-VA.html
Weems-Botts HouseDumfries, VirginiaMarked by Bill of Rights Chapter, NSDAROctober 6, 1996
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This Property has beenplaced on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
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/HMVL_the-first-courthouse-of-prince-william-county_Woodbridge-VA.html
One hundred and fifty yards east of this spot stood the first courthouse of Prince William County organized in 1731. This monument erected by the Bicentennial Committee of Prince William County, September 25, 1931, was presented to the people of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVK_occoquan_Woodbridge-VA.html
Captain John Smith explored this region in 1608. The town of Occoquan began with the opening of a tobacco warehouse on the shore of the Occoquan River in 1734. Occoquan grew as the focus of the commercial and manufacturing activities of John Balle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVJ_early-land-patents_Woodbridge-VA.html
In 1653, Thomas Burbage obtained 3,000 acres between the Occoquan and Neabsco Creek. Burbage's Neck later passed to Martin Scarlet (d.1695), pioneer settler and sometime Burgess. George Mason II gained 534 acres of Occoquan River frontage includin…