Proctor Creek, Jefferson Davis Highway Marker Explained

Proctor Creek, Jefferson Davis Highway Marker
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 19, 2008[1]
Designated Other1 Number:020-0561
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:9300 Block of Jefferson Davis Hwy., near Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates:37.3986°N -77.4308°W
Added:September 12, 2008
Area:less than one acre
Mpsub:UDC Commemorative Highway Markers along the Jefferson Davis Highway in Virginia
Refnum:08000892

Proctor Creek, Jefferson Davis Highway Marker is a historic stone highway marker located near Richmond, in Chesterfield County, Virginia. It was erected in 1931, 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 FIFTH DISTRICT VIRGINIA DIVISION UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY 1931."[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

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 Inventory/Nomination: Proctor Creek, Jefferson Davis Highway Marker . Ruth D. Snead. April 2008. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission.