Woodberry Forest School

Woodberry Forest School is a Virginia historical marker in Madison County, dedicated 1987.

Rte. 15, 1 mile north of the Rapidan River

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Two miles northeast is Woodberry Forest School, a college preparatory school for boys, founded in 1889 by Robert Stringfellow Walker, a captain with Mosby's Rangers. The school was named for the estate on which it stands, formerly owned by William Madison, brother of President James Madison.

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1865 · Central Virginia showing Lieut Gen'l U.S. Grant's Campaign and Marches. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1889 · Virginia and West Virginia (eastern portion). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · (Virginia, N. Carolina) Railroad Map of the United States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1892 · Gordonsville, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Central Virginia 1864-1865. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Virginia and West Virginia (eastern portion), 1889, covering the location of Woodberry Forest School, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Virginia and West Virginia (eastern portion), 1889, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Woodberry Forest School

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