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The Goochland County Historical Society
welcomes you to our web site. We are pleased to offer information about our organization and the history of Goochland County. Browse these pages and discover information about the Jail c. 1833, which is now a museum, our research
library, the museum shop, and current data about Goochland
County. For further information we have provided links to other web pages that may be of interest.
Hours:
Our offices in the Historical Center are open
April through October, Tuesday
to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. During November
through March, we are open Wednesday
through Friday. At other times, visitors are welcome
by appointment. Call (804) 556-3966 for more information. At
this time, the Jail Museum is open by appointment.
Next
Membership Meeting: Sunday, August 24, 2008, 3 P.M. Hebron
Church , 1040 Shallow Well Road, Manakin Sabot, Virginia,
located
at the intersection of Shallow Well Road and Miller's Lane,
between Broad Street Road and River Road West (Patterson Avenue).
Our guest speaker will be Dan Roberts, Ph.D.
the creator, host, and executive producer of the internationally
acclaimed A
Moment in Time on public radio. Dr.'s Roberts
program "brings the past to life with a unique perspective
and applies it to the events and personalities that shape
the world we know" and "is heard in more than 5000
communities in the United States, on XM and Sirius satellite
radio networks and around the world on the Armed Forces Radio
Service." <http://amomentintime.com/>
2009
Vintage Goochland Calendars PRE-RELEASE BULK SALE ORDERS FROM
BUSINESSES ARE NOW BEING TAKEN
2009 Calendar
Preview Business orders will be delivered in early October.
Bulk orders from businesses are now being accepted at the
Historical Center or from any Board of Directors member. Additionally,
individual calendars will be available for purchase at the
properties during the House Tour.
2008
HOUSE TOUR FEATURING THE CROZIER COMMUNITY, Saturday, OCTOBER
11, 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
2008 House
Tour Brochure See Brochure for advance ticket sales locations.
Tickets purchased in advance are $20. Tickets purchased on
the tour date are $25. Lunch will be served at the Tanglewood
Ordinary from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.for $10 (+ tax &
tip).
A
project to increase the historical content presented on this
website is underway. If you should have materials that would
enhance information about Goochland's past, please consider
sharing. The Society will photograph items and scan documents
suitable for presentation at your convenience. Please contact
the Historical Center.
Recent
Contributions from GCHS Members and Supporters
Cumulative
Table of Contents to "Goochland County Historical Society
Magazine" Volumes Issued 1969-2007, Numbers 2 through
39.
Goochland
County Historical Marker Program
The
Society, through the efforts of our member-volunteers, has
developed a program to erect county historical markers commemorating
a person, site, building or event of local significance.
Information
about the program is located in the Program
Description, the Marker
Process provides further information about protocol and
costs, and the Nomination
Form is used to start the commemoration.
Of
Note: Our photograph collections are a significant
holding of the Society. They tell many stories about our heritage
and serve as a resource for our publications. The Board of
Directors has adopted a photographic services policy that
makes the Society's photographs available. Please review the
Photographic Services
to view the fee schedule and the Photographic
Services Order Form to place an order. The order form
also contains the terms and conditions of use.
The
Society has acquired more than 1,200 volumes of genealogical
material from the library of Reverend Forrest D. Sheets, past
president of the Society and former pastor of Byrd Presbyterian
Church. See the May
2004 Newsletter in our archives for more information.
Facilities:The Society maintains two facilities.
The Jail Museum, located on
the Courthouse Green, now houses our Museum Exhibits featuring
artifacts representing various periods of County history. The
Historical Center, located just East of the
Courthouse at 2875 River Road West (Route 6), houses our offices,
research library, map and photograph collections, and museum
shop. There, Historical Society members are available to welcome
visitors to Goochland, assist researchers and to answer mail
or telephone inquiries about County history or genealogical
research. Our map collection offers maps from 1820 to the present
with roads, churches, mills and transportation depots. The photograph
collection contains pictures of identified persons, events and
buildings in Goochland.
Pictured
is the Goochland County Courthouse, located on the Courthouse
Green in Goochland , Virginia on State Route 6, approximately
25 miles west of Richmond's Capitol Square.
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