VA-F24 Woodberry Forest School

Marker text: WOODBERRY FOREST SCHOOL

Two miles northeast is Woodberry Forest School, a college preparatory school for boys, founded in 1889 by Robert Stringfellow Walker, a captain with Mosby's Rangers. The school was named for the estate on which it stands, formerly owned by William Madison, brother of President James Madison.

Department of Conservation and Historic Resources, 1987

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Location: US 15 (southbound) north of Orange, Madison County, Virginia

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