Historical Markers At The Abingdon Plantation Site
The Airport Authority's Abingdon Plantation site contains a sequential series of nine historical markers that describe the history of the plantation, its occupants and its site. The Airports Authority erected all but two of these. The markers are:
- The Ages of Abingdon
- The Alexander Family
- Abingdon and John Alexander
- The Custis Family
- Abingdon Plantation
- The Hunter Family
- The Industrial Age
- Abingdon
- Abingdon Plantation Restoration
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