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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OSO_pauline-weeden-maloney_Madison-Heights-VA.html
Here lived Pauline Maloney, known as Lynchburg's
"first lady of education." A graduate of Howard University,
she worked in Lynchburg
public schools from 1937 to 1970, most notably
as a guidance counselor and administrator at
the all…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EMJ_lynchburg-history_Madison-Heights-VA.html
In front of you is the Percival's Island Natural Area, a mile-and-a-half-long refuge that is bisected by the RiverWalk Section of the James River Heritage Trail. The 56-acre island reflects centuries of natural and human expansion, development, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10UL_allen-weir-freeman-m-d_Madison-Heights-VA.html
Born at 416 Main Street, Allen W. Freeman, brother of editor and historian Douglas Southall Freeman, was a pioneer in public health administration and education. He was educated at the University of Richmond and the Johns Hopkins University School…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10UJ_douglas-southall-freeman_Madison-Heights-VA.html
Born at 416 Main Street on 16 May 1886, the son of a Confederate veteran, Douglas Southall Freeman moved with his family to Richmond three years later. He graduated from the University of Richmond in 1904 and earned a doctorate from Johns Hopkins …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVBO_williams-viaduct_Madison-Heights-VA.html
This bridge was erected by Norfolk & Western Railway Co., Chesepeake & Ohio Railway Co., Southern Railway Co., City of Lynchburg, Va. Begun 1916. Completed 1918. Bridge Commissioners Ernest Williams, Chairman; William King, Jr.; John P. Pettyjohn.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV95_amherst-county-campbell-county_Madison-Heights-VA.html
?Amherst County. Formed in 1761 from Albemarle, and named for Jeffrey, Lord Amherst, British commander in the French and Indian War. Balcony Falls are in this county.
Campbell County. Formed in 1781 from Bedford, and named for General William C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV86_central-virginia-training-center_Madison-Heights-VA.html
Established in 1910 as the Virginia StateEpileptic Colony, the center admitted its firstpatients in May 1911. The facility originallyserved persons with epilepsy and beganaccepting individuals with mental retardationin 1913. Due to the new nationa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV74_buffalo-lick-plantation_Madison-Heights-VA.html
Patented in 1742 by John Bolling, Jr., the 2,735-acre Buffalo Lick Plantation tract along the JamesRiver includes three notable historic sites. Onemile southeast stand the ruins of Mount Athos, thehome of William J. Lewis, an officer in theAmerica…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV72_lynchburg-defenses_Madison-Heights-VA.html
During the Civil War, a line of trenches andfortified artillery positions extending pasthere were built late in 1863 to defend Lynchburg against attack from the north. Brig.Gen. Francis T. Nicholls was responsible forensuring that the local militi…