Public Quarry at Government Island

Address Restricted, Stafford, Virginia. County/parish: Stafford.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 30, 2007. NRIS 03000457.

1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • 44ST110
  • Brent's Island
  • VDHR #089-103
  • Wiggington's Island

From Wikipedia:

Public Quarry at Government Island

The Public Quarry at Government Island in Stafford County, Virginia was the principal source of Aquia Creek sandstone, a building stone used in many of the early government buildings in Washington, D.C., including the U.S. Capitol and the White House.

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