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Main Street, Berryville

Berryville's Main Street, which Kalbian's 1992 survey calls the "Great Road" that connected Winchester to Snicker's Gap; in 1925 the state highway department agreed to repair its block between Church and Buckmarsh Streets.

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What the sources support

Kalbian's 1992 survey says Berryville was established in 1798 on twenty acres of land owned by Benjamin Berry and Sarah Stribling, and that Main Street was the "Great Road" which connected Winchester to Snicker's Gap.

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Kalbian's 1992 survey says Berryville was established in 1798 on twenty acres of land owned by Benjamin Berry and Sarah Stribling, and that Main Street was the "Great Road" which connected Winchester to Snicker's Gap.

What the source supports

That the 1992 survey treats Berryville's Main Street as the older road between Winchester and Snicker's Gap.

Uncertainty

A historical summary in a 1992 survey report. The paragraph cites Norris, page 487, after its next sentence, and does not say when the road was called the Great Road. The account was not checked against earlier records.

Source

Later historical account

Evidence role: supports. The survey's paragraph on the founding of Berryville.

Reconnaissance Level Survey of 1900-1941 Structures in Clarke County, Virginia, Final Report, DHR CK-009

Maral S. Kalbian · 1992 (publication)

Locator: PDF page 58 (report page 51), chapter VII, section A, early settlement to 1836: the paragraph on Berryville

Relevant passage
Berryville was established in 1798 on twenty acres of land owned by Benjamin Berry and Sarah Stribling. Main Street was the "Great Road" which connected Winchester to Snicker's Gap.

Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

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Source family: dhr-surveys-kalbian. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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The Clarke Courier of June 18, 1925 reported that Henry G. Shirley, chairman of the Virginia State Highway Commission, had written to Joseph F. Moore, attorney for the Corporation of Berryville, that an error had been made in connection with the block of Main Street between Church and Buckmarsh Streets, and that he had directed the district engineer to repair that block too.

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The Clarke Courier of June 18, 1925 reported that Henry G. Shirley, chairman of the Virginia State Highway Commission, had written to Joseph F. Moore, attorney for the Corporation of Berryville, that an error had been made in connection with the block of Main Street between Church and Buckmarsh Streets, and that he had directed the district engineer to repair that block too.

What the source supports

That the state highway department undertook in 1925 to repair the block of Berryville's Main Street between Church and Buckmarsh Streets.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. "ipf", "CominisBion" and "wroth" are read as "of", "Commission" and "wrote". The item does not say what the error was, or whether the repair was made.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The June 1925 report on the block of Main Street.

Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., 18 June 1925

Clarke Courier · 1925-06-18 (publication)

Locator: Page 1, item headed Department to Repair Block

Relevant passage
Mr. Henry G. Shirley, chairman ipf [of] the Virginia State Highway CominisBion [Commission], wroth [wrote] to Mr. Joseph F. Moore, attorney for the Corporation of Berryville, stating that an error had been made in connection with the block of Main street between Church and Buckmarsh Streets. He stated that he had directed the engineer in charge of this district to repair that block also.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

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Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-14. How this project checks its sources

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