the APVA in 1968. Local hospitals and other facilities are named in his honor and carry on his legacy of eradicating communicable diseases around the world.


Warner Hall


Warner Hall, located on the Severn River was established in 1642 by land grant and was the home for generations of the Warner and Lewis families. It was the home of George Washington’s great grandfather and of his grandmother, Mildred Warner Washington. The current mansion seen today was built in 1905, replacing an earlier house destroyed by fire in 1845. Colonial stables of brick construction still survive as well as a walled Warner/Lewis family cemetery, which is owned and maintained by the APVA. George Washington and Queen Elizabeth II of England share common ancestors who lived, died and are buried at Warner Hall. Isn’t it ironic that the First American President and the reigning Queen of England would share an intriguing familial bond in Gloucester County, Virginia of all places? Other sites and amazing historic homes include: Toddsbury, White Hall, Timberneck, the Shelly Archaeological District, Capahosic, the Rosewell Ruins, Roaring Springs, Little England, Lands End, Lowland Cottage, Kempsville, Exchange, Elmington, Auburn, Dunham- Massie, The Gloucester County Museum, Holly Knoll, Gloucester Women’s Club, Sewall’s Ordinary, Fairfield Archaeological Site, Airville, Burgh Westra, Abingdon Glebe house and many others not listed herein.


Notable Firsts and People from Gloucester Who Changed the World


“Wahunsencawh” Also Known as The Great Powhatan


The Great Chief Powhatan was, without question, one of the great people from Gloucester who changed the world. His dwelling place was at Werwocomoco— “the meeting place of the chiefs”— on the shores of the York River, at Purton (Poetan) Bay. Born in 1545, he inherited a chiefdom of four to six tribes that he expanded (through negotiation or coercion) to thirty-two by the time the English arrived at Jamestown. In his own


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Walter Reed’s birthplace


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