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Forest Hill Academy
Captain Francis Marion McMullen and his wife Virginia Ann ran a school in Stanardsville after the Civil War. In August 1868 he bought the 10 acre Stanardsville property on which Forest Hill Academy stands, and built this school house. It is not known…
Tags: Education
1828 Milepost
This is a stone road marker placed by General John Hartwell Cocke, the Fluvanna County Overseer of Roads, in 1828. This specific marker directed people from the Fluvanna County seat at Palmyra to the James River at New Canton. There were multiple…
Tags: roads, transportation
Red Cross Quilt
This quilt was made to raise funds for the Red Cross during World War I. An article in the December 1917 issue of ‘Modern Priscilla’ provided a complete pattern and instructions for making such a quilt, down to yardage requirements and costs,…
Tags: Quilts & Coverlets, World War I
Basket Quilt
This circa 1875 quilt measures 92 inches by 82 inches, and is made of red and green cottons on a white background. It is hand pieced, hand appliquéd and hand quilted, with 5 rows of 4 red and green baskets set straight on a white background, and a…
Tags: Quilts & Coverlets
Shop sign
This metal sign hung outside Joseph Ham's shop on Main Street in Stanardsville in the mid-19th century. He was not only a tailor but sold other goods, from at least 1856; he became Stanardsville's postmaster in September 1865, a post he held for the…
Tags: economy
Shifting Engine at Mineral Depot for the Mines
The Virginia Central Railroad was a vital link between the region just east of the Blue Ridge Mountains and Richmond. When vast mineral deposits were being mined in Mineral City in Louisa County, the railroad was vital for transporting shipments of…
Tags: economy, Mining, railroads, transportation
Watkins Tobacco Field
Russell Wright with his grandfather A'lelard Watkins
in a tobacco field near Bells Crossroads, Louisa County.
in a tobacco field near Bells Crossroads, Louisa County.
Tags: Agriculture
Courthouse Square, Stanardsville
William Henry Brill and Mildred Anne Long Brill in front of the Greene County Courthouse and Jail. Date is uncertain but believed to be late 1800s.
Tags: transportation
Aircraft Warning Service Armband
This armband immediately identified the wearer as a member of this important civilian volunteer corp. This armband is from the collection of the Goochland County Historical Society. Spotters were stationed in every county and state across the…
Tags: World War II
Aircraft Spotters Instructions
Volunteers typically served only once per week, so clear reminders of protocols were vital for consistency of reporting and information.
This page gives a quick review of the instructions volunteers were to follow to send a "flash" report upon…
This page gives a quick review of the instructions volunteers were to follow to send a "flash" report upon…
Tags: World War II
Personal Accounts from Aircraft Spotters
Narratives from Louisa County Aircraft Spotters
Norma Trainham Peers, Green Springs District, Louisa Co, VA
Norma said that she and her husband, Millard Filmore Peers, lived in the Green Springs. Fill's parents owned a large property on the…
Norma Trainham Peers, Green Springs District, Louisa Co, VA
Norma said that she and her husband, Millard Filmore Peers, lived in the Green Springs. Fill's parents owned a large property on the…
Tags: World War II
Virginia Airline Railroad
On Friday, May 1, 1908 students from Palmyra High School boarded the train in North Palmyra on this momentous occasion. Here, they left Station 812 at 9:45 and traveled to the next station – Wildwood. Although this station had no memorable name,…
Tags: transportation
Civil Rights in Virginia
The PDF file to the right is based upon a powerpoint presentation funded by Dominion Virginia Power. The presentation uses photos, many from the Louisa County Historical Society archives, to tell the story of Civil Rights from the end of the Civil…
Tags: African-American, Civil Rights, Education