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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WR9_barry-and-bill-battle-historical_Charlottesville-VA.html
The Battle Building at UVA Children's Hospital is named for Barry W. and William C. "Bill" Battle, longtime supporters of children's healthcare research and clinical care in central Virginia. Barry Webb Battle was inaugural chair of the UVA Childr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JLK_history-underfoot_Charlottesville-VA.html
Traces of those who came before are all around us. This spot, for example, holds clues to the life of Catherine Foster, a free black seamstress and laundress, who purchased 2 1/8-acres here, in 1833, for herself and her family.
As this "reveal"…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JLI_shadow-catcher_Charlottesville-VA.html
At this place, on the site of Catherine Foster's home, this "shadow catcher" links the visible with the unseen even as it pulls the eyes upward to the sky. It creates a shadowy, gridlike outline of the house that once stood at this location.
Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JLH_burying-ground_Charlottesville-VA.html
The Foster family kept their ancestors close. Sheltered on a portion of their 2 1/8-acre plot purchased in 1833 by free black Catherine Foster, this burial ground still contains several dozen graves.
Rediscovered in 1993, the Foster cemetery mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FGI_henry-martin_Milford-VA.html
Born in slavery at Monticello on July 4, 1826, the day of Thomas Jefferson's death, Henry Martin worked at the University in various capacities from about 1847 until his retirement in 1910. In late 1868 or early 1869, he was employed as head janit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18CC_walter-rock-greene-albert-ap-moore-gymnasium_Charlottesville-VA.html
Washington, DC native, Walter "Rock" Greene, began his coachingcareer in 1957 as an assistant football and basketball coach underlegendary Coach "Bob" Smith. Coach Greene became head coach tothe Burley Bears basketball team in 1960. That year the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18B9_triumph-of-the-charlottesville-twelve_Charlottesville-VA.html
Venable Elementary School.Charles E. Alexander, Raymond Dixon, Regina Dixon, Maurice Henry, Marvin Townsend, William Townsend, Sandra Wicks, Roland T. Woodfolk, Ronald E. Woodfolk.
Lane High School.French Jackson, Donald Martin, John Martin.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16K4_william-holding-echols_Charlottesville-VA.html
William Holding Echols (1859-1934), Professor of Mathematics, lived in this pavilion. By precept and example, he taught many generations of students with ruthless insistence that the supreme values are self respect, integrity of mind, contempt of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15J2_university-of-virginia_Charlottesville-VA.html
Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia. The cornerstone of its first building was laid on October 6, 1817, in the presence of three presidents of the United States—Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. In 1825, the univers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKER_roosevelt-rosey-brown-jr_Charlottesville-VA.html
Roosevelt Brown, Jr. (1932-2004) was born InCharlottesville and played football at Jefferson HighSchool, the City's only African-American HighSchool. Following a stellar career he attendedMorgan State University where he was named tothe Black All-…