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Virtual Tour of Columbia

Below is a key to the tour. The numbers on the green circles match up to the numbered photographs below (click on a thumbnail to enlarge). If the green circle includes a directional arrow, this indicates the direction in which the photograph was taken.

  1. POFSouthBankField1.jpg (32441 bytes) Panoramic View of the South Bank Tactical Field. The American camp will be set up in the Steuben style along the tree line to the right. The rest of the field is available for tactical space.

  2. POFSouthBankField2.jpg (27549 bytes) South Bank Tactical Field. This view is taken from atop the Columbia Bridge. The field can be seen through the trees. 

  3. POFBoatLanding1.jpg (22848 bytes) Boat Landing. This view is from atop the Columbia Bridge, looking upriver at the Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries Boat Ramp. This area will be used for modern vendors and parking. 

  4. POFBoatLandingField.jpg (29295 bytes) Boat Landing Field. This view is taken from the Columbia Road, and it shows the area that will be used for modern vendors, porta-johns, and parking. 

  5. POFPointofFork1.jpg (33897 bytes) The Point of Fork. This view is taken from the Boat Landing. 

  6. POFColumbiaBridge1.jpg (29739 bytes) The Columbia Bridge. This bridge will be used by the public to view the reenactment. View taken from the Boat Landing Field. 

  7. POFStJohnsChurchyard.jpg (35759 bytes) St. John's Churchyard (Washington Street). This Episcopal Church was built in 1850 and is of the Gothic Revival Style. The churchyard will house a portion of the British forces.

  8. POFHodgsonHouse.jpg (31268 bytes) Caleb Stone House (Cameron Street). Built by Alexander McRae in 1792. The unofficial "Mayor's House" (it has been occupied by three Columbia Mayors)

  9. POFManleyHouse.jpg (16714 bytes) Green House (Saint James Street/ Route 6). This tavern was visited by Lafayette on his 1824 tour of Virginia.

  10. POFPayneHouse.jpg (28298 bytes) Payne House (Saint James Street/ Route 6)was built as a Ferry House circa 1783. Became part of the tobacco warehouse complex established in 1784 by David Ross, founder of Columbia. One of Virginia's first tobacco inspection stations, and the first above the Falls of the James.

  11. POFTownHall.jpg (32361 bytes) Columbia Town Hall. Originally a store located near the canal, the building was moved to its present location on Washington Street around 1870.

  12. POFUpperTownCamp.jpg (39193 bytes) Panoramic View of Main British Camp (upper tier) This cleared area between Saint James and Cameron Streets has several level terraces that are appropriate for campsites. Landmarks in view include Memorial Baptist Church (far left) and the Payne House (far right).

  13. POFLowerTownCamp.jpg (38791 bytes) Panoramic View of Main British Camp (lower tier). The Payne House can be seen just to the right of center. The rise where these camps lie is where Simcoe displayed the 71st Highland Regiment, in hopes of convincing Steuben that the Main Army (under Cornwallis) was present

 

Source for historical information on buildings in Columbia: The Rivanna Scenic Atlas, W.E. Trout, III, January 1995 (2nmd printing), The Virginia Canals & Navigations Society.