Proctor Creek, Jefferson Davis Highway Marker

Proctor Creek, Jefferson Davis Highway Marker
The marker in April 2017
Location 9300 Block of Jefferson Davis Hwy., near Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates 37°23′55″N 77°25′51″W / 37.39861°N 77.43083°W / 37.39861; -77.43083Coordinates: 37°23′55″N 77°25′51″W / 37.39861°N 77.43083°W / 37.39861; -77.43083
Area less than one acre
Built 1931 (1931)
MPS UDC Commemorative Highway Markers along the Jefferson Davis Highway in Virginia
NRHP reference # 08000892[1]
VLR # 020-0561
Significant dates
Added to NRHP September 12, 2008
Designated VLR June 19, 2008[2]

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."[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Ruth D. Snead (April 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Proctor Creek, Jefferson Davis Highway Marker" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission.


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