Goochland County Historical Society

Goochland County Historical Society Welcome to the Goochland County Historical Society Page! Historical Center Hours: Wednesday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m

Head over to our YouTube channel and watch the video on John Harrison Ware's WWII uniform, narrated by his granddaughter...
07/31/2026

Head over to our YouTube channel and watch the video on John Harrison Ware's WWII uniform, narrated by his granddaughter, Jessica Kronberg.

https://youtu.be/XhxGQ_yJnlo

Head over to YouTube for a video on Sgt. Robert Rollo Richmond's WWII A-2 jacket. On display in our Threads of War exhib...
07/24/2026

Head over to YouTube for a video on Sgt. Robert Rollo Richmond's WWII A-2 jacket. On display in our Threads of War exhibition through August 31, 2026. Conservation of the jacket was funded through a generous grant from the Roller-Bottimore Foundation.

https://youtu.be/LoXM6t_X430

Head over to our YouTube channel to watch a short video about this uniform, on exhibit until August 31, 2026.https://you...
07/17/2026

Head over to our YouTube channel to watch a short video about this uniform, on exhibit until August 31, 2026.

https://youtu.be/7c-qgJ0AYQ8

Trivia for today. In the collection of the Society is this receipt for a weekly newspaper, the Weekly Dispatch, a weekly...
07/17/2026

Trivia for today. In the collection of the Society is this receipt for a weekly newspaper, the Weekly Dispatch, a weekly version of the Daily Dispatch. The Daily Dispatch began publishing in Richmond, Virginia in 1850. By 1860, it was one of 4 daily newspapers in Richmond. In 1884, the paper changed its name to the Richmond Dispatch and in 1903, it combined with another newspaper to form the Richmond Times-Dispatch, a name that continues to this day.

This coming Sunday, our friends at the Goochland Recreation Center will be unveiling Goochland's newest historical marke...
07/16/2026

This coming Sunday, our friends at the Goochland Recreation Center will be unveiling Goochland's newest historical marker for the Recreation Center at 2415 Sandy Hook Road. If you in the area, please stop in and help celebrate this milestone for the community!

Do you know me?We have a large number of unidentified photographs, tintypes, daguerreotypes, and cabinet cards. Reproduc...
07/11/2026

Do you know me?

We have a large number of unidentified photographs, tintypes, daguerreotypes, and cabinet cards. Reproduced here is a tintype from 1890-1905, according to the clothing, that is part of the Walter Bowles collection in our archives. This young man is not identified in any way and since it the tintype is so clear, even after so many years, we have had it colorized it to help with possible identification. We have all of Walter Bowles' immediate family identified and he doesn't appear to be either of his sons. If anyone can identify this man, please leave a name below in the comments. If it helps, the Walter Bowles family lived in western Goochland on Tabscott Road. Thank you for reading this post and have a great weekend!

Head over to YouTube and watch a quick video on this jacket. The Alpheus J. Houchins Spanish-American War jacket is on d...
07/10/2026

Head over to YouTube and watch a quick video on this jacket. The Alpheus J. Houchins Spanish-American War jacket is on display at the History Center until August 31, 2026, come by and see it and several other military uniforms.

https://youtu.be/KZgZDvdvfs4

The Goochland Courthouse is all dressed up for the 4th. Celebrations at the Courthouse house date back to its earliest d...
07/03/2026

The Goochland Courthouse is all dressed up for the 4th. Celebrations at the Courthouse house date back to its earliest days. On July 4, 1827, while the current Courthouse was still being completed, William Bolling wrote in his diary "Independence celebrated at Goochland Courthouse, by about 40 gent. and 20 ladies. The dinner furnished by Wm D. Taylor was scandalous one for such an occasion, and the music very indifferent." Bolling did like to gossip.

This year we will be celebrating at the Goochland Sports Complex Gymnasium due to the heat. 1800 Sandy Hook Road, Goochland, VA 23063. We will have a 250 celebration at 1:00 with a reading of the Declaration of Independence and a bell ringing ceremony followed by ice cream. Come on out and enjoy us in the air conditioning of the gym!

Please note that due to the expected heat on July 4th, the Independence on the Green ceremony has moved to the Goochland...
07/01/2026

Please note that due to the expected heat on July 4th, the Independence on the Green ceremony has moved to the Goochland Sports Complex Gymnasium, 1800 Sandy Hook Rd, Goochland, VA 23063. We will see you there!

Today in history: On June 11, 1776, the Second Continental Congress appointed the Committee of Five to draft a declarati...
06/11/2026

Today in history:
On June 11, 1776, the Second Continental Congress appointed the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence from Great Britain. The committee included Goochland native Thomas Jefferson, along with John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, and Robert R. Livingston of New York. Jefferson was selected to take the lead and became the principal author of what would become the Declaration of Independence.

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2924 River Road W
Goochland, VA
23063

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Wednesday 10am - 3pm
Thursday 10am - 3pm
Friday 10am - 3pm

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