Historical Marker
The University Corner
Historical marker location:
1419½ University Blvd., Charlottesville, Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of University Avenue (Business U.S. 250) and Hospital Drive, on the right when traveling west on University Avenue.)
A Student Rendezvous Since the Mid-1800s.
Virginia is known as the "Mother of Presidents" because eight U.S. presidents were born there. Additionally, two more presidents, William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor, were born in what is now Virginia before it became a state.