Falling Creek UDC Jefferson Davis Highway Marker

Falling Creek UDC Jefferson Davis Highway Marker
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	US 1 at Falling Creek Wayside, near Richmond, Virginia
Coordinates	37°26′21″N 77°26′21″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1931 (1931)
MPS	UDC Commemorative Highway Markers along the Jefferson Davis Highway in Virginia
NRHP reference No.	12001220[1]
VLR No.	020-5612
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	January 23, 2013
Designated VLR	September 30, 2010[2]

Falling Creek UDC Jefferson Davis Highway Marker is a historic stone highway marker located near Richmond, in Chesterfield County, Virginia. It was erected in 1933, 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 FIRST DISTRICT VIRGINIA DIVISION UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY 1933.” It is located in a wayside established in 1934, that provides access to the Bridge at Falling Creek. It was the first highway wayside park in Virginia.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.^[1]

References

1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/22/13 through 1/25/13. National Park Service. 2011-06-17. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2013-06-17.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. Ruth D. Snead (May 2010). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Falling Creek UDC Jefferson Davis Highway Marker" (PDF). Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission.^{[permanent dead link]}