Waynesboro Heritage Foundation

Waynesboro Heritage Foundation Looking for the spirit of Waynesboro? You have come to the right place. Admission is always free. The Foundation & Museum operate with the support of donations.

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Waynesboro Heritage Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization.

This postcard, which was postmarked in Mar 1913, shows horse drawn wagons hauling apples that are ready for shipping nea...
06/17/2026

This postcard, which was postmarked in Mar 1913, shows horse drawn wagons hauling apples that are ready for shipping near Afton, Virginia.
According to the read printing on the face of the card, 55,000 barrels of apples were shipped during the 1912 season.
The postcard was addressed to Mr. Walter Beckwith who lived in New Hampshire. The note on the postcard indicates that the person was a visitor to the area from Massachusetts. He mentions that he visited a Grange one evening and enjoyed it. He said there had been a class of about 28 being initiated, but he was surprised there were not more Granges in the area.
The Grange (Patrons of Husbandry) was founded in 1867 and was a late 19th-century - early 20th century fraternal organization for farmers, and this postcard seems to tell us that in 1913 a new group was just being formed in Afton.


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Waynesboro Heritage Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization.

This is a view of the inside of an unknown local grocery store. The man on the right is identified as Harry Keene. If an...
06/16/2026

This is a view of the inside of an unknown local grocery store. The man on the right is identified as Harry Keene. If anyone can help us identify the store or any of the other men in the store, the staff at the Waynesboro Heritage Museum would greatly appreciate it.



Waynesboro Heritage Foundation & Museum operate with the support of donations. If you are enjoying our postings and would like to help us continue to preserve our local history, please consider donating. https://square.link/u/FhOtQy3C
Waynesboro Heritage Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization.

Shenandoah Heights Elementary School of Waynesboro, Virginia was being built in the late 1940's. A Waynesboro News-Virgi...
06/11/2026

Shenandoah Heights Elementary School of Waynesboro, Virginia was being built in the late 1940's. A Waynesboro News-Virginian article in February 1950 noted that the school was about 3 weeks from completion when construction was halted. The report indicated that there were
"internal difficulties" at the contractor company of Turner & Harper. The city had requested bids for the completion of the school.
The good news was that on September 5, 1950, the newspaper reported that it was opening day for Waynesboro schools and that included Shenandoah Heights Elementary School.
The image here appears to have been taken around the time of the opening in 1950.



Waynesboro Heritage Foundation & Museum operate with the support of donations. If you are enjoying our postings and would like to help us continue to preserve our local history, please consider donating. https://square.link/u/FhOtQy3C
Waynesboro Heritage Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization.

This photograph shows Waynesboro Automobile Company, with eight cars in front of its building. The company was founded i...
06/10/2026

This photograph shows Waynesboro Automobile Company, with eight cars in front of its building. The company was founded in 1910 and located at about 212 W. Main Street, Waynesboro, Virginia. The receipt shown with the photograph is a gas receipt dated December 20, 1911.



Waynesboro Heritage Foundation & Museum operate with the support of donations. If you are enjoying our postings and would like to help us continue to preserve our local history, please consider donating. https://square.link/u/FhOtQy3C
Waynesboro Heritage Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization.

This is a photograph of Gardners Mill which was located off, what is now, Arch Avenue across from where Waynesboro's Tou...
06/09/2026

This is a photograph of Gardners Mill which was located off, what is now, Arch Avenue across from where Waynesboro's Tourism Office is located.
Sadly, this photograph is undated, but it has to have been taken before March 21-22, 1953, when the mill burned to the ground.



Waynesboro Heritage Foundation & Museum operate with the support of donations. If you are enjoying our postings and would like to help us continue to preserve our local history, please consider donating. https://square.link/u/FhOtQy3C
Waynesboro Heritage Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization.

This photograph shows another vies of the interior of White's Department Store in 1906. The back of the photograph indic...
05/27/2026

This photograph shows another vies of the interior of White's Department Store in 1906. The back of the photograph indicates that the people seen in this image are as follows: (left to right) Miss Lottie Fauber, Mr. Frank White, Mr. Charles F. Bauserman, & Mr. Ed White, Sr.



Waynesboro Heritage Foundation & Museum operate with the support of donations. If you are enjoying our postings and would like to help us continue to preserve our local history, please consider donating. https://square.link/u/FhOtQy3C
Waynesboro Heritage Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization.

This, the third image in the 3-part series of photographs about White's Department Store, shows the interior of the Stor...
05/26/2026

This, the third image in the 3-part series of photographs about White's Department Store, shows the interior of the Store in about 1906. The store was on West Main Street in Waynesboro, VA.
Note all the boxes, bottles, and merchandise on the shelves. In 1906 customers in department stores like White's were usually waited on by a salesperson or clerk. They would let that person know what they were needing, and the clerk would bring the items to the customer. The idea of self-serve, a revolutionary idea, was not common until much later.



Waynesboro Heritage Foundation & Museum operate with the support of donations. If you are enjoying our postings and would like to help us continue to preserve our local history, please consider donating. https://square.link/u/FhOtQy3C
Waynesboro Heritage Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization.

In the previous post you saw the outside of White's Department Store known as White's or White Brothers. In 1935, it was...
05/20/2026

In the previous post you saw the outside of White's Department Store known as White's or White Brothers. In 1935, it was located at 415-418 W Main Street. The card shown in this post is an advertisement for White Brothers and it is postmarked June 9, 1921.



Waynesboro Heritage Foundation & Museum operate with the support of donations. If you are enjoying our postings and would like to help us continue to preserve our local history, please consider donating. https://square.link/u/FhOtQy3C
Waynesboro Heritage Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization.

This photograph of the Neese Hotel, which no longer stands, also shows Whites Department Store, the large white building...
05/19/2026

This photograph of the Neese Hotel, which no longer stands, also shows Whites Department Store, the large white building to the left of Western Auto. Whites Department Store was a popular place to shop in the late 19th and early 20t centuries.
The White's Department Store building was eventually remodeled by Grand Piano, but eventually burned to the ground in the 1970's. Grand Piano rebuilt at the same location on Main Street but by 2014 it was known as a Porche Dealership and today in 2026, it is the home of the Russell Museum.



Waynesboro Heritage Foundation & Museum operate with the support of donations. If you are enjoying our postings and would like to help us continue to preserve our local history, please consider donating. https://square.link/u/FhOtQy3C
Waynesboro Heritage Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization.

In the past private money was common in many locations.This private one-dollar bill is part of the Waynesboro Heritage F...
05/14/2026

In the past private money was common in many locations.
This private one-dollar bill is part of the Waynesboro Heritage Foundation's collection and is on exhibit in the Banking Exhibit in the Waynesboro Heritage Museum located at the corner of Wayne & Main in Waynesboro, VA.
The bill has the name John B. Smith printed above the words one dollar, and is payable at Waynesboro, Virginia Band. It is dated September 2, 1861.



Waynesboro Heritage Foundation & Museum operate with the support of donations. If you are enjoying our postings and would like to help us continue to preserve our local history, please consider donating. https://square.link/u/FhOtQy3C
Waynesboro Heritage Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization.

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22980

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