Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 12001220 Opened 1931 | Built 1931 (1931) VLR # 127-6150-0003 Added to NRHP 23 January 2013 | |
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Location US 1 at Falling Creek Wayside, near Richmond, Virginia MPS UDC Commemorative Highway Markers along the Jefferson Davis Highway in Virginia | ||
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.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
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Falling Creek UDC Jefferson Davis Highway Marker Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA