{"id":7107,"date":"2023-03-10T18:03:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T18:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/?p=7107"},"modified":"2023-03-10T18:03:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T18:03:00","slug":"friday-roundup-a-history-filled-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/?p=7107","title":{"rendered":"Friday Roundup: A History-Filled Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recent history researchers, rejoice! Archives of the Northern Virginia Daily published between 1936 to 1963 have been added to the <a href=\"https:\/\/virginiachronicle.com\/\">Virginia Chronicle website<\/a>. We have found the lists of building permits issued to be most helpful in our work as we start to flesh out our files on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhr.virginia.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/138-0042_WinchesterHD_2015_NRHP_BI_FINAL.pdf\">2015 additions to the Winchester Historic District<\/a>. If you have one of the mid-century buildings constructed in Winchester (or know your home had significant improvements around that time) and were looking for more concrete details, try entering your house number and street name into the search bar in quotations to see what might turn up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-dark-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-dark-gray-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Tim Youmans is wrapping up his work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TtETK6ZwZ2E\">documenting the history of all the street names in Winchester<\/a>, and he needs your help for the last fourteen before going to press. If you have information on any of the street names listed below, contact him at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:timothy.youmans@winchesterva.gov\" target=\"_blank\">timothy.youmans@winchesterva.gov<\/a> or call 540-667-1815, ext. 1415. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Brooke Road<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bruce Street<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Douglas Street<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grove Street<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Harrison Street<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ivy Street<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jones Street<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kathy Court<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lewis Street<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Melvor Lane<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Robyn Terrace<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sumpter Court<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tower Avenue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wyck Street<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-dark-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-dark-gray-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Along similar lines, PHW was contacted about the possible existence of John Marvin papers or diaries. Marvin ran a school on Sharp Street (the school building at 219 Sharp Street still stands) and also acted as a weather observer. A researcher is hoping that Marvin may have further observations on weather during the Civil War that are as yet unknown. If you know of any leads on Marvin, or on other privately-owned diaries with weather observations around 1860-1865, get in touch with PHW at <a href=\"mailto:phwinc.org@gmail.com\">phwinc.org@gmail.com<\/a> and we&#8217;ll connect you to the researcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-dark-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-dark-gray-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onehandley.com\/schedule\/handley-100th-anniversary-book-photo-sharing-day\/\">Handley 100th \u2013 Anniversary Book Photo Sharing Day<\/a> is taking place Saturday, March 11, 10 AM-1 PM at 1360 S. Pleasant Valley Rd. If you have any interesting memorabilia including candid pictures, a uniform from athletics, a special sweater, class ring, club award or other items pertaining to the history of Handley High School, bring your items to Hollingsworth Mill, behind the Visitor\u2019s Center. There, they will photograph or scan your items and receive information, including owner\u2019s name and year used. If you can&#8217;t make the event, photos may also be submitted at the linked website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-dark-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-dark-gray-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need to take a break after all the history-mysteries, <a href=\"https:\/\/oldtownwinchesterva.com\/2023\/02\/celtic-fest-2\/\">Celtic Fest<\/a> returns to downtown Winchester this weekend, noon-9 PM. Kick off St. Patrick\u2019s Day early by visiting Old Town Winchester to explore various venues for food, drink, live music, cultural displays, dancing, retail sales, artisan vendors, and more. Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/oldtownwinchesterva.com\/2023\/02\/celtic-fest-2\/\">Old Town Winchester site<\/a> to find all the participating vendors and activities.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/downtown.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/downtown.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/downtown.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/downtown-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Downtown Winchester image remix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent history researchers, rejoice! Archives of the Northern Virginia Daily published between 1936 to 1963 have been added to the Virginia Chronicle website. We have found the lists of building permits issued to be most helpful in our work as we start to flesh out our files on the 2015 additions to the Winchester Historic &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/?p=7107\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Friday Roundup: A History-Filled Weekend<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,71],"tags":[39,72],"class_list":["post-7107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-informational-events","category-research","tag-informational-events","tag-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7107"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7114,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7107\/revisions\/7114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phwi.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}