{"nrhp_refnum":"08000892","name":"Proctor Creek, Jefferson David Highway Marker","other_names":["VDHR# 020-0561 &amp","# 127-6150-0009"],"category":"object","location":{"address":"9300 Block of Jefferson David Hwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Richmond","county":"Chesterfield County","state":"VA","lat":37.39874145500005,"lon":-77.43049188399993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-09-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Social History"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A granite boulder highway marker on the west side of Jefferson Davis Highway (U.S. Route 1) in Chesterfield County, Virginia, about 6.5 miles south of Richmond. It was erected in 1931 by the Fifth District, Virginia Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy.","why_significant":"The marker is one of sixteen erected in Virginia along the Jefferson Davis Highway, a memorial route promoted by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It is significant under Criterion A in Transportation and Social History, reflecting the era of privately named highways and a major undertaking by a women's organization. It retains its original location and physical integrity, and it stands near the site of the 1864 Battle of Proctor's Creek.","narrative":"This commemorative marker is a gray granite boulder with rough-cut edges, standing 52 inches tall on an 11-inch granite base, beside U.S. Route 1 in Chesterfield County south of Richmond. A bronze plaque on its sloped top reads \"Jefferson Davis Highway - Virginia,\" and the front is inscribed to record that the Fifth District, Virginia Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy erected it in 1931. It was dedicated in May 1933. The marker is one of sixteen placed in Virginia between 1927 and 1947 along a cross-country memorial route to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, a project the organization began in 1913. It was listed for its association with the era of privately named highways and as an achievement of a women's organization, in the areas of Transportation and Social History. It remains in its original location near the site of the May 1864 Battle of Proctor's Creek, and its design and materials are unaltered.","period_of_significance":"1931-1947","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Remains in its original location and is maintained by the Richmond-Stonewall Jackson Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy; the form reports no loss of original fabric.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.94992-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/1/6787/41678701/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08000892.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000892/c084b63cbb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000892/c084b63cbb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Ser Amantio di Nicolao","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Proctor_Creek,_Jefferson_Davis_Highway_Marker_up_close.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ser Amantio di Nicolao</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Proctor_Creek,_Jefferson_Davis_Highway_Marker_up_close.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678701","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proctor_Creek,_Jefferson_Davis_Highway_Marker","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713099"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/chesterfield-county/proctor-creek-jefferson-david-highway-marker-08000892/"}