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Beverley Historic District is a national historic district located at Staunton, Virginia.The district encompasses 131 contributing buildings in downtown Staunton. It is a compact commercial district characterized by a well-preserved collection of 19th-century buildings.
The fort was abandoned after the end of Pontiac's War and fell into ruins. [7] The community of Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania was established nearby after 1787. [8] The property was purchased in 1787 by Archibald McAllister, who built his home there. [1] It still stands and is known as the Archibald McAllister House. [4]
The Love Forward Foundation invites you to a special holiday event on Wednesday, Dec. 4, from 6-8 p.m. at 41 N. Augusta St., Suite 10, in Staunton. Fun activities for kids include holiday gift-making.
Sampson Mathews (c. 1737 – January 20, 1807) was an American merchant, soldier, and legislator in the colony (and later U.S. state) of Virginia.. A son of John and Ann (Archer) Mathews, Mathews was an early merchant in the Shenandoah Valley region, where he and his brother George Mathews ran a series of stores across the valley with contacts extending to Atlantic trade networks.
Opening reception takes place June 28 at Staunton Augusta Art Center.
Staunton (/ ˈ s t æ n t ən / STAN-tən) is an independent city in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia.As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,750. [6] In Virginia, independent cities are separate jurisdictions from the counties that surround them, so the government offices of Augusta County are in Verona, which is contiguous to Staunton. [7]
The 2024 elections were big hits with voters in Augusta County and the city of Staunton, ... VPAP ranked Augusta County 29 th of the state’s 133 localities in the percentage of ballot-tallying ...
Buchanan served as an Orange County magistrate for the Augusta district from 3 November 1741 to 10 October 1745, at which time the Virginia Council included him as the third most senior magistrate (subordinate only to James Patton and John Lewis) in the first Augusta County commission of the peace [28]: 191, 214 [15]: 84 In 1742 he was ...