Falling Creek UDC Jefferson Davis Highway Marker explained

Falling Creek UDC Jefferson Davis Highway Marker
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 30, 2010[1]
Designated Other1 Number:020-5612
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:US 1 at Falling Creek Wayside, near Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates:37.4392°N -77.4392°W
Added:January 23, 2013
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:UDC Commemorative Highway Markers along the Jefferson Davis Highway in Virginia
Refnum:12001220[2]

Falling Creek UDC Jefferson Davis Highway Marker is a historic stone highway marker located near Richmond, in Chesterfield County, Virginia. It was erected in 1933, and is one of sixteen erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Virginia along the Jefferson Davis Highway between 1927 and 1946. The marker is a gray granite boulder with rough-cut edges. The stone is engraved with the text “ERECTED BY THE FIRST DISTRICT VIRGINIA DIVISION UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY 1933.” It is located in a wayside established in 1934, that provides access to the Bridge at Falling Creek. It was the first highway wayside park in Virginia.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 21 September 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2011-06-17. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/22/13 through 1/25/13. National Park Service. 2013-06-17. 2014-02-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222134729/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/listings/20110617.htm. dead.
  3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Falling Creek UDC Jefferson Davis Highway Marker . Ruth D. Snead . May 2010 . Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission .