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History · Sandston
Sandston’s history is mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Sandston. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
1 old photo or paper
2 historic places
From Sandston’s archive · credits on each photo
What stands out about Sandston’s past Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
★ What stands out · On the National Register 2 listings protect 586 historic buildings The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
586
each building in a district counts
first listed
1995
Seven Pines National Cemetery
in Virginia
#163
by listings
Architectural styles listings Late Victorian 1
Second Empire 1
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.
Help out Start Sandston’s collection The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Sandston’s history is told.
Decades since 1900 with photos 00s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album. The story How Sandston came to be From Wikipedia’s history of Sandston.
Read it all → The Battle of Seven Pines took place nearby in 1862. It was second only to the Battle of Shiloh in its number of casualties up to that time. The battle was brutally fought and inconclusive, but had a profound impact on the trajectory of the war. After General Joseph E. Johnston's injury, President Jefferson Davis appointed Robert E. Lee as Commander of the Confederate Armies. Lee then initiated the Seven Days Battles, which drove the Northern forces into a retreat in late June. This was the closest the North had come to Richmond, Virginia in this offensive.
Text from Wikipedia , licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 .
At a glance
Half its homes built before 1970
Oldest landmark with a date Seven Pines National Cemetery, 1866
Oldest item in the archive 1912
People in 2020 7,779 The houses today → By decade Sandston, decade by decade One decade in the archive so far: the 1910s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.
1920s–1990s nothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these years Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
Add from your album Then & now Stand where they stood No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.
Retake this view Panoramic view of Seven Pines Battlefield National Cemetery, Henrico County, Virginia (1912), 1912 Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Sandston’s page.
Retake this view · +15 Famous people Famous people close to Sandston Nobody well known was born in Sandston itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.
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History across the town line Memory lane What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.
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What used to stand where something else is now in Sandston? → Who remembers Sandston in the 1950s? → A family story from old Sandston → Does anyone have photos of Sandston from the 1990s? →
From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (2) and Wikipedia. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.
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