Ashland UDC Jefferson Davis Highway Marker
National Register of Historic Places

Ashland UDC Jefferson Davis Highway Marker

Glen Allen, Hanover County, Virginia
Listed
August 26, 2013
Type
Object
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
13000642

About this property

The Jefferson Davis Highway Marker is a commemorative marker on the Jefferson Davis Highway, in Hanover County, Virginia, near Ashland. It is a 42-inch-high (1.1 m) gray granite stone, with a slanted top, with two bronze plaques. The Jefferson Davis Highway was conceived and marked by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, as a counter to the Lincoln Highway in the north, during 1913–1925. In that era, named highways were being marked as automobile travel increased, and the advent of numbered highways eventually loomed. The marker was placed at the junction of what is now US Route 1 and Cedar Lane (Virginia Route 623), between Richmond and Ashland, in 1927. It has been moved twice: in the 1970s it was moved to accommodate the widening of Route 1, and it was moved across Route 1 in the 1980s. The marker is one of a number of markers studied in a National Park Service study, UDC Commemorative Highway Markers along the Jefferson Davis Highway in Virginia.

Location

Glen Allen, Hanover County, Virginia
37.69173, -77.46271

Categories

TRANSPORTATIONSOCIAL HISTORY
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Ashland UDC Jefferson Davis Highway Marker listed on the National Register?

Ashland UDC Jefferson Davis Highway Marker was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 26, 2013.

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Ashland UDC Jefferson Davis Highway Marker is classified as a object in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Ashland UDC Jefferson Davis Highway Marker?

The period of significance for Ashland UDC Jefferson Davis Highway Marker is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1913.

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