The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Called "Mountain Road Crossing" when rail service began in 1836, the settlement which came to be known as Glen Allen took its name from the homestead of a local landowner, Mrs. Benjamin Allen. Its most noted resident was Captain John Cussons, a native Englishman, Confederate scout, author, and entrepreneur. Cussons made his residence here after the Civil War and founded a successful printing company. Later, he built a fashionable resort hotel adjacent to the railroad tracks, which was known as Forest Lodge.
Glen Allen used to be mostly rural farmland, but it is now a growing suburb of Richmond.
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5 historic places in Glen Allen
5 places in Glen Allen are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier, which fewer than 3% of listings reach.
Where they are
When they were listed
LandmarkListed 1974Virginia Randolph Cottage
Listed 1974Meadow Farm
Listed 1984Walkerton
Listed 1987Laurel Industrial School Historic District
Listed 2013Ashland UDC Jefferson Davis Highway MarkerThen & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.