Maury Street Marker, Jefferson Davis Highway Explained

Maury Street Marker,
Jefferson Davis Highway
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 17, 2004 [1]
Designated Other1 Number:127-5833
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Jct. of Maury St. and, Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates:37.5125°N -77.4486°W
Added:June 2, 2004
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:UDC Commemorative Highway Markers along the Jefferson Davis Highway in Virginia
Refnum:04000572

Maury Street Marker, Jefferson Davis Highway is a historic route marker located on U.S. Route 1, or Jefferson Davis Highway, in Richmond, Virginia. It was erected in 1935, by the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). It is one of 16 erected in Virginia along the Jefferson Davis Highway between 1927 and 1947. The marker is an inscribed granite slab with smooth flat faces and rough-cut edges. It measures 45inches tall, 25inches wide and 9inches thick. The stone is engraved with the text "Jefferson Davis Highway Erected by Elliott Grays Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy 1935".[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

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  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register . Virginia Department of Historic Resources . March 19, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm . September 21, 2013 . dead .
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Maury Street Marker, Jefferson Davis Highway . Ruth D. . Snead. January 2004 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos