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The Foundation offers the following items for sale, with all proceeds
contributed to the Spotsylvania Jail (1855) Fund.
Download, fill out and mail in the order form to purchase.
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2006 Christmas Ornament - Confederate Cemetery
This year's Christmas ornament features the Confederate Cemetery.
Located in the Spotsylvania Courthouse Historic District, it is the final
resting place for rest some 600 Confederate soldiers killed on the
Civil War battlefields of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, The Wilderness
and Spotsylvania. They came from ten Confederate States, to fight for
the Confederacy here in Virginia. One-third of the battles in the
Civil War were fought in Virginia, and one-third of these battles were fought in
Spotsylvania County. The Spotsylvania Museum has a roster of
Confederate veterans interred here.
$15 (Members: $13)
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2005 Christmas Ornament - Spotsylvania Jail 1855
The 2005 Christmas ornament features the Spotsylvania Jail,
built in 1855 at the Courthouse. This is the second jail at the
Courthouse location. The first, built in 1781, was transferred
brick by brick in 1839 from Block House Road to the current site.
Fourteen years later, the jail was severely damaged
by fire. It
was ordered that a larger jail be built of new materials. When it
was built in 1855, it consisted of six cells: three upstairs and three
downstairs. In 1948, the building was condemned and ceased to be
used as a jail. It was renovated and used for office space and
government storage. The original hand-forged iron door was returned
to the county in 1978. It had been the victim of the scrap-iron pile
and was being used as a farm implement.
$15 (Members: $13)
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2004 Christmas Ornament - Spotsylvania High School 1939
The 2004 Christmas ornament features Spotsylvania High School,
built in 1939. The school was the "crown jewel" of a progressive program to
upgrade the high school housing and curriculum, as envisioned by
John H. Chiles, Superintendent of Public Instruction 1917-1945.
The building housed a consolidation of high school departments
from Belmont, Chancellor, Margo, Marye and Robert E. Lee Schools.
Since 1968, it has housed a Junior High and an Intermediate School.
The building was eventually phased out of the school system and
became a county property. On November 19, 1999, it was dedicated
as the Marshall Center. It is located on Courthouse Road, near
the court house.
$15 (Members: $13)
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2003 Christmas Ornament - Sanford's Tavern
The 2003 Christmas ornament features Sanford's Tavern which
stood at the Courthouse intersection. Built by Samuel Alsop
in 1838, the Tavern was owned by Joseph Sanford from 1853 to
1869. During the Civil War Sanford's Tavern was near
the center of the Battle for Spotsylvania Court House and served
as headquarters for Confederate General Jubal A. Early and his
staff. General Robert E. Lee was in conference here
frequently. The Tavern was decimated by fire in 1905 and
rebuilt in 1906.
$15 (Members: $13)
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2002 Christmas Ornament - Spotsylvania Courthouse
The 2002 Christmas ornament features the Spotsylvania Courthouse.
The Court was moved to its present site in 1839. The Courthouse was
built by masons who had worked for Thomas Jefferson during the construction
of the University of Virginia. The battering sustained by the Courthouse
during the Civil War necessitated major repairs in 1870. The
current structure was erected after the building was declared unsafe.
The original Doric columns were salvaged and put in place. Spotsylvania
County Records dating from the founding of the County in 1720 are complete with
the exception of three books damaged during the Civil War.
$15
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"Spotsylvania Jail (1855)" T-Shirt
Show your support for the Spotsylvania Jail restoration and for historic
preservation in Spotsylvania County by wearing an "Spotsylvania Jail (1855)"
T-Shirt. Made of 100% cotton, the shirt features a drawing of the
jail by local artist John Burnett.
$15 (L, XL, XXL)
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"Spotsylvania Jail (1855)" Prints
Also available are prints of the jail drawing, suitable for framing.
Size 8.5"x11".
$15 (unframed)
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