Brook Road Marker, Jefferson Davis Highway
National Register of Historic Places

Brook Road Marker, Jefferson Davis Highway

Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
Listed
July 23, 2007
Type
Structure
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
07000765

About this property

The Brook Road Marker, Jefferson Davis Highway is a commemorative marker on the Jefferson Davis Highway, in Henrico County, Virginia, outside of Richmond, Virginia. 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 in North Richmond Brook Road, south of Hilliard Road, in 1927. It is one of the earliest, out of 16, that were placed to mark the highway in Virginia by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It is a 42-inch-high (1.1 m) gray granite stone, with a slanted top, and a bronze plaque. It 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

Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia
37.61709, -77.34389

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Sources

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When was Brook Road Marker, Jefferson Davis Highway listed on the National Register?

Brook Road Marker, Jefferson Davis Highway was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 23, 2007.

What type of historic resource is Brook Road Marker, Jefferson Davis Highway?

Brook Road Marker, Jefferson Davis Highway is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

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

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