Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Postcard showing O'Roark's Restaurant in New Market Virginia. Includes labels "Home of Good Cooking" and "Virginia Ham a Specialty"

Postcard with an image of the "Hotel New Market."

This structure was located on Route 11 (Congress Street) in downtown New Market. A parking lot now occupies the site.

Description on back includes a mention of running water and baths in the…

Postcard showing "The Valley Lodge" located in New Market Virginia. It was advertised as being a modern home for tourists located in the caverns section of the Shenandoah Valley.

Postcard showing the "Old Town Pump" in New Market Virginia. The card notes it furnishes pure limestone water and was used by Indian, Confederate, and Union Soldiers and the public.

Postcard showing the Old Town Pump in New Market Virginia. Includes a description that notes the pump provided water to the public for over 100 years and was never known to run dry.

Postcard showing the historic "Post Struck by Shell" near which General Breckinridge and staff were reconnoitering during the Battle of New Market.

Postcard showing a post struck by a shell during the Battle of New Market,

Postcard showing the post struck by a shell during the Battle of New Market,

Postcard with a picture of Passage Creek near the Seven Fountains Community in what is now Fort Valley Vriginia.

Postcard showing the Shell Struck Post near what is now Reformation Lutheran Church in New Market Virginia

Postcard showing the Lee-Jackson Hotel and central section of downtown in New Market Virginia

Postcard showing the Lee-Jackson Hotel in New Market Virginia. Card notes it is "on the corner" of US Highway 11 and 211.

Postcard showing the Smith Creek Baptist Church which is located in New Market VA. The church was built in 1833 and used as a hospital during the Civil War.

Postcard showing Emmanuel Lutheran Church located in the western portion of New Market Virginia

Postcard showing St. Matthews Lutheran Church in New Market Virginia. Located on the same site as the current Reformation Lutheran Church.

Postcard showing St. Matthews Lutheran Church in New Market Virginia. Located on the same site as the present Reformation Lutheran Church.

Postcard showing the Manor Memorial Methodist Church in New Market Virginia. The congregation dates to 1788 and the current structure was built in 1857 and remodeled in 1931.

Postcard showing what was then the Methodist Episcopal Church, South located on what is now Congress Street in New Market Virginia.

Today the church is the Manor Memorial United Methodist Church.

Postcard showing the Reformation Lutheran Church in New Market Virginia. Card shows both an exterior shot of the building, constructed in 1955, and an interior view.

Postcard with a picture of a house in Powells Fort, Shenandoah County.

Powells Fort is the historic name given to a community in the northern portion of Fort Valley. The exact location of this scene is unknown.

Postcard showing the Smith Creek Baptist Church that was erected in 1902. The building is located in New Market Virginia and was a "Regular Baptist" congregation.

Postcard showing two buildings that held the Emmanuel Lutheran Church Congregation in New Market Virginia. The first was built in 1848 and was replaced in 1892 by the second structure, which still stands.

The card includes information on their…

Postcard showing a drawing of Reformation Lutheran Church, then called Emmanuel-St. Matthew's, while it was under construction. Card was produced to encourage contributions.

Postcard showing the New Market Service Station located at the intersection of US 11 and US 211 and operated by H.E. and R.K. Estep.

Postcard showing the Civil War battlefield at New Market Virginia.
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