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Central Park is now a 310-acre (1.3 km 2) power center. [1] It serves as the retail shopping and primary dining component of the 2,400-acre (10 km 2 ) mega-development Celebrate Virginia, which uses the slogan "North America's Largest Retail Resort" and spans Stafford County , the Rappahannock River , and the City of Fredericksburg.
Fredericksburg's daily newspaper is The Free Lance–Star. The Free Lance was first published in 1885, and competed with two twice-weekly papers in the city during the late 19th century, the Fredericksburg News and The Virginia Star. While the News folded in 1884, the Star moved to daily publication in 1893. In 1900, the two companies merged ...
[3] Name on the Register [4] Image Date listed [5] Location Description 1: Braehead: Braehead: May 11, 2000 (123 Lee Dr. Also known as Howison House; played a significant role in U.S. Civil War battle plans during the Fredericksburg campaigns of 1862–1864 [6]
The Carters Run Rural Historic District encompasses a large rural landscape in central northern Fauquier County. Covering some 4,400 acres (1,800 ha), the district extends south from near Marshall southward along Carters Run Road, the only major paved road through the district. The district also includes properties accessible from Scotts Road ...
The Spotsylvania Towne Centre (formerly Spotsylvania Mall) is a mall located in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, on Virginia State Route 3, less than a mile west of Interstate 95, and directly across from the Central Park shopping and dining complex. The mall is owned and developed by Cafaro Company.
On August 23, 2011, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit the central Virginia region damaging the 4 main chimneys of the original plantation house. The Historic Smithfied-Brooke Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)3 charitable organization which had a mission to preserve the historic plantation structure, is currently raising funds to repair the earthquake damage.
The offices of The Free Lance, and later the Daily Star and The Free Lance–Star, were at 303 William St in Fredericksburg. [2] In 1965 the newspaper moved to 616 Amelia Street where it remained until December 2016. Currently, the Free Lance-Star offices are located at 1340 Central Park Blvd. Ste 100. [3]
Fredericksburg – December 11–15, 1862; Failed attempt by General Ambrose Burnside to cross the Rappahannock and take the Confederate capital Richmond. Delayed arrival of the pontoons had given Robert E. Lee time to fortify the high ground, and the result was a one-sided massacre. Visitor center staffed by Park Service rangers.