{"nrhp_refnum":"04000572","name":"Maury Street Marker, Jefferson Davis Highway","other_names":["VDHR File# 127-5833 and 127-6150-0005"],"category":"object","location":{"address":"Jct. of Maury St. and Jefferson Davis Highway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond (Independent City)","county":"Richmond (city and county)","state":"VA","lat":37.51273129000003,"lon":-77.44832682099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-06-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An inscribed gray granite highway marker, 45 inches tall, set in a grassy median on the west side of U.S. Route 1 (Jefferson Davis Highway) just south of Maury Street in South Richmond, Virginia. It was erected in 1935.","why_significant":"It is one of sixteen markers placed in Virginia between 1927 and 1947 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy along the Jefferson Davis Highway, a cross-country memorial route. The nomination argues it meets Criterion A in Transportation and Social History, through its tie to the era of named highways (1913-1925) and as an achievement of a women's organization. It is treated as having statewide significance under the related multiple property listing.","narrative":"Set in a grassy strip beside U.S. Route 1 in South Richmond, just south of Maury Street, this gray granite slab marks the old Jefferson Davis Highway. The marker stands 45 inches tall, 25 inches wide and 9 inches thick, with smooth faces and rough-cut edges. Its inscription names the highway and credits the Elliott Grays Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1935. The chapter erected it with the support of a Richmond city council resolution that year. It is one of sixteen such markers placed in Virginia between 1927 and 1947 as part of a coast-to-coast memorial route to Confederate president Jefferson Davis, conceived in 1913. The marker is recognized under Criterion A for Transportation and Social History. It reflects the period of privately promoted named highways and a major undertaking by a women's organization. It remains in its original location and keeps its original design and materials, and the chapter still maintains it.","period_of_significance":"1913-1947","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Retains its original location and integrity; the local UDC chapter continues to maintain it.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.712849-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/32/6789/41678932/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04000572.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000572/7ca24d7e46-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000572/7ca24d7e46-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Morgan Riley","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maury_Street_Marker_Jefferson_Davis_Highway.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Morgan Riley</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maury_Street_Marker_Jefferson_Davis_Highway.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678932","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Street_Marker,_Jefferson_Davis_Highway","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16894791"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/richmond/maury-street-marker-jefferson-davis-highway-04000572/"}