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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25HI_centreville-methodist-church_Centreville-VA.html
Centreville Methodist Church built 1855 Destroyed during the Civil War Rebuilt 1870 This Marker Presented in Memory of Martha Elliott Saunders By Her Children Otto Frank and Martha 1939 The Edifice Became The Anglican Church of the Ascen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25HH_minnie-minter-carter-saunders_Centreville-VA.html
In Memory of Minnie Minter Carter Saunders A resident of Centreville area from 1884 to 1983. This building was constructed in 1937 using stone from Four Chimney House, also know as Grigsby House, believed to have been built by James Hardage La…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WYB_the-van-pelt-house-historical_Centreville-VA.html
A Native of New Jersey, Abraham Van Pelt arrived in Prince William County in the 1850s. The 70-year-old Van Pelt, accompanied by his wife Jemima and daughter Elizabeth, settled on a 230-acre farm they called "Avon." The farm's location, astride th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S7D_opening-shots_Centreville-VA.html
From this ridge, Colonel Nathan G. Evans stood watch over the Stone Bridge, prepared to contest Union efforts to cross Bull Run. His brigade of 1,100 Confederates anchored the left flank of a seven mile defensive line guarding Manassas Junction. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NZL_strategic-crossing_Centreville-VA.html
Originally constructed in 1825, the Stone Bridge carried the Warrenton Turnpike across Bull Run. Its ability to carry traffic across the steep-sided stream, even at times of high water, gave the bridge a key role in the Civil War. Both sides recog…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NZK_union-retreat_Centreville-VA.html
Under cover of darkness, the defeated Union army withdrew toward Centreville, four miles to the east. The troops crossed Bull Run on a makeshift wooden span, constructed several months earlier by Union engineers using the remaining bridge abutment…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FLG_retreat-from-manassas_Centreville-VA.html
Following the disastrous defeat at the First Battle of Manassas on July 21, 1861, the Union army retreated toward Centreville late in the afternoon with Confederate forces in pursuit. Thousands of Federal soldiers converged simultaneously at the n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CPH_archaeology-at-newgate-tavern_Centreville-VA.html
Tavern LandscapeArchaeologists explored the tavern lot and discovered the tavern foundation, an outbuilding's stone foundation, a small brick foundation, the privy foundation, and a number of trash pits. The tavern's cellar foundation was construc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CP0_convicts-and-slaves_Centreville-VA.html
Naming of NewgateBefore the town of Centreville was created in 1792, the area was named after places in London. Newgate Tavern may have been named after the infamous Newgate Prison. A property adjacent to the tavern was called Wapping after a dist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B32_newgate-tavern_Centreville-VA.html
The TavernWilliam Carr Lane established the Newgate Tavern ca. 1768 on what was then a main route to the west. In the early 1800s, the tavern (renamed the Eagle Tavern) had a hallway and four spacious rooms on the first floor and large chambers ab…
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