Fauquier Heritage at the Gott Library

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Fauquier Heritage at the Gott Library Visit The Gott Library in Marshall, VA—home of the Fauquier Heritage & Preservation Foundation. "Gotta Get to The Gott!"

Discover local history through rare documents, photographs, maps, and family records in a beautifully restored colonial church.

Another treasure from The Gott…labeled only “Ladies Boots, the Scott Family Collection” Date unknown...
10/13/2026

Another treasure from The Gott…labeled only “Ladies Boots, the Scott Family Collection” Date unknown...

I wonder what the Warren Green Hotel will be serving when it opens as a boutique hotel? Hard to beat this from 1934! The...
10/10/2026

I wonder what the Warren Green Hotel will be serving when it opens as a boutique hotel? Hard to beat this from 1934! The price is hard to beat too. Fauquier Democrat

It’s definitely apple season! Try this recipe of Mrs. Elmer Woolf from the 1952 Marshall Community Cookbook, compiled by...
10/08/2026

It’s definitely apple season! Try this recipe of Mrs. Elmer Woolf from the 1952 Marshall Community Cookbook, compiled by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Marshall Volunteer Fire Department.

John Daniel McCarty Jr. of Delaplane as a young artist, Fauquier Democrat, date unknown.
10/06/2026

John Daniel McCarty Jr. of Delaplane as a young artist, Fauquier Democrat, date unknown.

50 years ago…the Fauquier Democrat looks back to the early 1960s when country music star Jimmy Dean visited Warrenton to...
10/05/2026

50 years ago…the Fauquier Democrat looks back to the early 1960s when country music star Jimmy Dean visited Warrenton to perform at the horse show grounds.

Our next few investigations have to do with the Klipstein family. We have received a treasure trove of records, letters ...
09/25/2026

Our next few investigations have to do with the Klipstein family. We have received a treasure trove of records, letters and memorabilia that we are researching. Most of it seems to be dated mid 1800s to early 1900s, and looks like it was gathered and kept carefully, so it’s likely a woman of the Klipstein family. Our first clue is the medical certificate of William Ball Klipstein in 1844. He was born in Fauquier, but relocated to Alexandria with his wife Mary Ann Taylor Klipstein and remained there. How did these keepsakes end up back in Fauquier with us?

Once a lively center of commerce, Waterloo is present now only by scarce ruins, like this chimney.This December 10th 195...
09/09/2026

Once a lively center of commerce, Waterloo is present now only by scarce ruins, like this chimney.
This December 10th 1952 edition of the Fauquier Democrat shines a light on a "Fauquier ghost town."

Writer Tony Walker posits that had river cargo transportation remained dominant, Waterloo may have remained the bustling center of commerce as opposed to Warrenton and Culpeper.

Plenty of historical tidbits occured in Waterloo as well. Three Civil War generals passed through, affected, or made camp in Waterloo. Additionally, the "Manahoac," or Mahowk people lived in the area for centuries.

Have you ever seen the ruins of Waterloo (potentially without realizing it)? Do you know of any other local abandoned towns?

A December 1954 Fauquier Democrat article calls us back to 1880s-1900, when Fauquier residents formed brass bands in and...
09/08/2026

A December 1954 Fauquier Democrat article calls us back to 1880s-1900, when Fauquier residents formed brass bands in and around Orlean, Warrenton, Calverton, Bealeton, Calverton, and Catlett.

As Black communities flourished in Morgantown and Rosstown, an African American brass band also thrived, a band that writer C.E. Jeffries calls "real good."

Jeffries also discusses a local festival night on November 15th, 1889 that began with celebrating the election of governor McKinney and ended with the burning of the courthouse, as well as the days when Fauquier first met the phonograph.

This column in the Democrat was called "anybody remember?" Because of it, now we can. Have you heard of our Fauquier brass bands before? What other local but shared pastimes do we tend to forget?

A 1954 Fauquier Democrat article calls back to 1900 with this local baseball shot. Out of the players on this Delaplane ...
09/05/2026

A 1954 Fauquier Democrat article calls back to 1900 with this local baseball shot.
Out of the players on this Delaplane team, Frank Shacklet, who provided the photo to the Democrat, was the only to survive to the 1950s.
Pictured in the back row from left, include William Shacklett, Scott Ashby, Bayard Rucker, and Pendleton Kincheloe. In the center, Henderson Maddux, Joe Clark, Sam Chancellor, Webb Maddux, and Winston Kincheloe. And in the bottom, Frank Shacklet. Their roles are listed in the article.
Any familiar faces? Does anyone know when Fauquier baseball teams disbanded?

Come one, come all to the mulberry tree. A 24 foot tree growing out of a 14 foot silo became a tourist attraction in Fau...
09/04/2026

Come one, come all to the mulberry tree. A 24 foot tree growing out of a 14 foot silo became a tourist attraction in Fauquier, in-between Marshall and Rectortown.
As this June 18th 1959 Fauquier Democrat article explains, the tree had taken root 20 years before, and as it grew, it became a local spectacle.
At the time, the farm belonged to the Rameys, however it had previously passed hands from George K. Bowen to Thomas Glascock. Carroll Embrey is pictured with the tree from inside the silo.
Has anyone seen this tree before, or know whether it still stands or has been destroyed? Have you seen a similar site anywhere else in our county?

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4110 Winchester Road
Marshall, VA
20115

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Tuesday 10am - 3pm
Wednesday 12pm - 4pm

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