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- September 11, 2024
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History Thursday: Johnny Johnson’s Studio

Johnson’s studio at 1311-1313 Charles Street has housed Black-owned businesses since the 1880s. Editor’s Note: Welcome to History Thursday! Each week, we’ll be exploring a different historic building, site, or neighborhood in the region, hoping to shed some light on the many different stories they hold. We’re starting with historic “pocket” African American neighborhoods in […]

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- March 26, 2024
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Mary’s Landing Project Seeks Open Space Credits for Preserving one “Character Structure,” but Would Demolish Other Buildings from Same Period

J.J. Ballentine's drawings for the Fredericksburg Public Health Center, located at 435 Hunter Street and slated for demolition under plans for Mary's Landing, which is under review by Fredericksburg City staff. Photo courtesy HFFI.

By ADELE UPHAUSMANAGING EDITOR AND CORRESPONDENT Plans for the Mary’s Landing townhouse project, which would be located across Fall Hill Avenue from the old Mary Washington Hospital, seek “open space credits” for preserving one mid-20th-century structure while calling for the demolition of two other early-to-mid-20th-century structures. The building that would be preserved is also not […]

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