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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YXJ_ashburn-school_Ashburn-VA.html
On this site stands Ashburn Colored School, a one-room public Schoolhouse built ca. 1892 for African American students. Virginia's public school system, established in 1870, was racially segregated from its inception. Schools for black children re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDD0_ashburn-station_Ashburn-VA.html
At least two different railroad stations stood where you are now standing. When the Alexandra, Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad (later the W&OD) arrived in 1860, the aptly named crossroads of Farmwell became one of the many rail stops that served agra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDCW_normans-station_Ashburn-VA.html
The shelter or "waiting shed" in the photograph below stood across the road from where you are now located. Crossing the track was Norman's Station Road (now called Smith's Switch Road). These three-sided shelters were typical of many small sto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6AW_belmont_Laurel-VA.html
Belmont was patented early in the eighteenth century by Thomas Lee, of Stratford. About 1800, Ludwell Lee, an officer in the Revolutionary Army, built the house and he lived here until his death in 1836. Here he entertained Lafayette in 1825. In 1…
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