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Weems–Botts House Museum is a small historic museum in Dumfries, Virginia, United States.The museum includes the landmark Weems–Botts House on the corner of Duke Street and Cameron Street and the Weems–Botts Museum Annex, which houses the Lee Lansing Research Library and Archive, located at 3944 Cameron Street.
It is dated to about 1765, and is a two-story, five-bay, Georgian style brick building. It features stone quoins and a stone doorway. The building has a fully molded wood cornice with modillions, hipped roof, and four interior end chimneys.
Dumfries peaked in size and importance in 1763. For about 15 years Dumfries was a thriving port when several factors brought about its demise: the Revolutionary War, erosion and siltation, and the shift in the main shipping commodity (from tobacco to wheat and sugar). The Dumfries Cemetery contains burials of some of the Dumfries pioneers.
The Washington metropolitan area is currently the seventh-largest radio market in the United States. [1] While most stations originate within Washington, D.C. proper, this list includes also stations that originate from Northern Virginia and Annapolis, Maryland.
Virginia State Route 234 (SR 234) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia.It runs from U.S. Route 1 near Dumfries via Independent Hill as Dumfries Road, bypasses Manassas as Prince William Parkway, and has a brief concurrency with Interstate 66 for 2.27 miles (3.65 km) between exits 44 and 47 before continuing northwest via Catharpin to U.S. Route 15 near Woolsey as Sudley Road.
The Henderson House is a historic U.S. home located in Dumfries, Virginia. Alexander Henderson built this home in the late 18th century near the Old Post Road (King's Highway). [ 2 ] Alexander Henderson was the father of Archibald Henderson , fifth Commandant of the Marine Corps .
Kirkcowan Village 69 And 71 Main Street Tarff Hotel 54°54′45″N 4°36′25″W / 54.912414°N 4.606837°W / 54.912414; -4.606837 ( Kirkcowan Village 69 And 71 Main Street Tarff Category C(S)
The Main Street Banking Historic District is a national historic district located in downtown Richmond, Virginia. The district encompasses 19 contributing buildings located south of the Virginia State Capitol and west of the Shockoe Slip Historic District. It is the location of a number of buildings built for or occupied by banking institutions.