Recent News
Newtown Historic District Featured on Garden Week Tour
Newtown in upper King and Queen County is one of the Garden Club of Virginia’s Historic Garden Week tours and was hosted by the Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula on Friday, April 28 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. It is one of the historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places. In Read the full article…
The Civil War in King and Queen County
At the April 23, 2017 King and Queen Historical Society Meeting Ms. Carol Lowry gave a talk on “The Civil War in King & Queen County.” Ms. Lowry has taught in King & Queen County schools for many years and is currently teaching at King & Queen Elementary School. She lives at historic Mount Elba, Read the full article…
New King & Queen County Historical Society Board
At the April 23, 2017 King and Queen County Historical Society Meeting the Board for 2017-2018 was announced. President: John Spain Vice President: Cynthia Carter (announced at the July Meeting) Treasurer: Pat McLemore Recording Sec.: Biddie Shelor Corresponding Sec. (Membership & Publications): Page McLemore Director(Museum Council Chair): Nancy Herman-Thompson Director(Past President & Lewis Cemetery Committee Read the full article…
Museum Supports Life Long Learning
The Museum Council worked with the organizers of the Rappahannock Institute of Lifelong Learning (RILL) course “The Fascinating History of King & Queen County: Churches, Historic Homes, and More” to provide information and access to venues as well as docents for the tour of the Museum and Historic Courthouse Green. The course was attended by Read the full article…
Fossil Presentation to K&Q 4th and 5th Grades
On April 6, 2017 Museum Council member Newell Randall gave a presentation on fossils in King and Queen County to the 4th and 5th grades at King & Queen Elementary School. He encouraged students to discover what may be beneath their feet. Mr. Randall is creating a fossil exhibit to be displayed at the Tavern Read the full article…
First Grade Students Have Hands-on Experience
A custom visit for first grade students was provided on March 24, 2017 to the Lawson-Marriott class in the morning and the King & Queen Elementary class in the afternoon. The students and their chaperones toured the Museum, the nineteenth century schoolhouse, and the old post office/carriage house. They actively participated in hands-on demonstrations of Read the full article…
Civil War Presentation At County Elementary Schools
For the second year the Tavern Museum sponsored a presentation on the Civil War by Ms. Carol Lowry to the 4th grade classes at Lawson-Marriott Elementary and King & Queen Elementary on March 20 and 21 respectively. After providing overall background, Ms. Lowry made the era come alive using national and state historical facts, accounts Read the full article…
Inventions By African Americans Exhibit At Central High School
In February 2017, to celebrate Black History Month and to promote local museums, the Tavern Museum, the J. C. Graves Museum, and New Mount Zion Baptist Church sponsored an exhibit of inventions by African-Americans in the entrance hall of Central High School at King and Queen Court House. Museum Council members and volunteers Nannie Taylor, Read the full article…
The Importance of the Lewis Gravesite
Dr. A. W. Lewis provided the attendees of the 2017 First Quarter King and Queen County Historical Society meeting an understanding of why the Lewis Gravesite is important not just to his family, but to the county. It is the oldest gravesite found in King and Queen County, dating to the death of the Welsh Read the full article…
Mrs. Betty Gwathmey Honored
On Sunday, January 23, 2017 at its first quarter meeting the King and Queen County Historical Society honored Mrs. Betty Hutchinson Gwathmey who passed away in November 2016. A resolution was read that summarized the many contributions that Mrs. Gwathmey made to the Historical Society and the Courthouse Tavern Museum. Members of the family received Read the full article…