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The Jackson Blacksmith Shop is the last blacksmith’s shop surviving in still predominately rural Goochland County. It represents three generations of an African American family’s blacksmithing tradition in the county that began with Henry Jackson, who was born into slavery around 1830. The simple, vertical plank, frame building was constructed in 1932 by George Jackson, Henry Jackson’s grandson. The shop sits near the sites of two earlier blacksmith shops that were operated by Henry Jackson or his oldest son, Wilson. The Jackson Blacksmith Shop was restored in the early 1990s, and it now houses an outstanding set of tools representing 130 years of blacksmithing history.
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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
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DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
DHR has engaged over 450 students in 3 highway marker contests
DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia
