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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26EZ_mount-olive-baptist-church_Glen-Allen-VA.html
This church, originally known Mount Olivet African Church of Baptist, was founded May 2, 1867. Its founding congregants, wanting their own church, moved from local North Run Baptist Church and began meeting on 1.18 acres nearby. As the first Afric…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26EY_maybelle-carter-family-residence_Glen-Allen-VA.html
In 1947 the Maybelle Carter family bought the home at 4101 Old Springfield Road here in Glen Allen, Virginia. They performed on local radio stations WRNL-WRVA and the Old Dominion Barn Dance while living in the Richmond area. The daughters attende…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26EX_anderson-cemetery_Glen-Allen-VA.html
Anderson Cemetery, circa 1867, is one of the earliest African American cemeteries in the Yellow Tavern area. William Kennedy, clerk of Mount Olive Baptist Church, formed the Sons of Jacob, a fraternal organization which pledged "to attend to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO8B_forest-lodge-belvedere_Glen-Allen-VA.html
This Belvedere, meaning "beautiful view" was one of three Forest Lodge towers. Forest Lodge, constructed in the 1880s by Captain John Cussons, was a six-story hotel on 1000 acres in Glen Allen, west of the railroad tracks. Cussons created gardens,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO89_courtney-road-service-station_Glen-Allen-VA.html
The 1920s were the boom years for construction of gas stations in the United States due to an increase of cars, improved roads and low gas prices. By 1929, there were 143,000 "filling" stations across the nation. Many were built in the "House with…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI08_coal-pit-school_Glen-Allen-VA.html
The African-American school most likely took its name from the nearby Springfield Coal Pits. The one room school established about 1905 was once supervised by Virginia Estelle Randolph, the eminent black educator. It had forty-six students by 1913…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI07_echo-lake_Glen-Allen-VA.html
Echo Lake was formed in the mid-19th century from Meredith Branch a 3.5-mile between Broad Street and the Chickahominy Swamp. During the late 1800s, the lake powered a flour mill. Echo Lake earned its name because you could hear your voice echo wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGUO_caboose_Glen-Allen-VA.html
The first Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad (RF&P) cabooses were wooden construction built as early as 1904. Over the years, they were modified to keep them in service or sold.
The RF&P purchased its first modern, all steel caboose…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGUH_virginia-estelle-randolph_Glen-Allen-VA.html
The daughter of parents born in slavery, Virginia Randolph (1874-1958) taught in a one-room schoolhouse beginning in 1892. A gifted teacher, she became in 1908 the nation's first Jeanes Supervising Industrial Teacher, a position sponsored by the A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGUG_american-legion-post-244_Glen-Allen-VA.html
World War I and II veterans organized the Glen Allen American Legion Post 244 in 1946. Sheppard Crump, a member of the First Caucus of the American Legion and later the Adjutant General of Virginia was the first Commander. Dr. Alexander McLeod, Wo…