Historical Marker
Shelton House Under Fire
Historical marker location:
7273 Studley Road, Mechanicsville, Virginia
( Marker can be reached from Studley Road, 0.1 miles west of Shelton Pointe Drive, on the left when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2014
May 30, 1864.
In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses became the first representative assembly in the Americas. It was the beginning of a tradition of representative government that would later influence the creation of the United States government.