Elliott Grays Marker-Jefferson Davis Highway, Richmond

Name: Elliott Grays Marker-Jefferson Davis Highway
Address: Richmond, United States

#127 among attractions in Richmond

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Elliott Grays Marker-Jefferson Davis Highway is a historic route marker located on U.S. Route 1, or Jefferson Davis Highway, in Richmond, Virginia. It was erected in 1929, by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It is one of 16 erected in Virginia along the Jefferson Davis Highway between 1927 and 1947. The marker is an inscribed granite slab with smooth flat faces and rough-cut edges. It measures 47 inches tall, 25 inches wide and 12 inches thick. The stone is engraved with the text "Jefferson Davis Highway This tree marks the site of Battery 17 of the inner defenses of Richmond, 1862-65, and is planted in soil taken from battlefields A memorial to Confederate Soldiers by the Elliott Grays Chapter U.D.C. 1929." ()

Built: 1929 (95 years ago)Coordinates: 37°30'12"N, 77°26'48"W

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Nearby attractions include: Richmond Coliseum, Forest Hill Park, Altria Theater, The National.

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