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Discoveries about the Port Republic Road Historic District, each with its evidence. See all neighborhoods.

Fact	Status	Evidence and sources
Waynesboro and Basic City became one town in 1923 Voters in both towns approved consolidation in August 1923. The combined town was first called Waynesboro-Basic; the General Assembly renamed it Waynesboro in 1924.	Documented	Published histories of Basic City and Waynesboro. Basic City, Virginia (Wikipedia) Waynesboro, Virginia (Wikipedia)

Sanborn's surveyors counted the town each time The title pages of the Waynesboro Sanborn maps give its population: 1,200 in 1886 (when the map also noted "Water facilities: Not good"), 2,500 for Waynesboro and the new Basic City together in 1891, 1,600 in 1907 (with 1,500 more in Basic City), 1,400 in 1913, 2,100 in 1920, and 4,000 in 1925, the first edition after the merger.	Documented	Population figures printed on the index sheet of each edition. These are Sanborn's own estimates, not census counts. Sanborn map, Waynesboro, 1886 Sanborn map, Waynesboro and Basic, 1891 Sanborn map, Waynesboro, 1907 Sanborn map, Waynesboro, 1913 Sanborn map, Waynesboro, 1920 Sanborn map, Waynesboro, 1925

A doctor's house and office, half built in 1925 The 1925 Sanborn map shows only the foundation of 347 Port Republic Road. By 1930 the house was complete. Dr. Phil A. Hilton built it and used it as his office as well.	Documented	Port Republic Road nomination entry for 347 Port Republic Rd, citing the 1925 and 1930 Sanborn maps. Port Republic Road Historic District nomination (VDHR 136-5054) Sanborn map, Waynesboro, 1925

A weekend retreat for Black servicemen Tarry's Hotel at 208 Port Republic Road, built in 1940 by Vassar Tarry, a deacon of Shiloh Baptist Church, served as a weekend retreat for African American servicemen during World War II.	Documented	Port Republic Road nomination entry for 208 Port Republic Rd. Port Republic Road Historic District nomination (VDHR 136-5054)

Shiloh Street was once Church Street The street east of Port Republic Road where Shiloh Baptist Church stands is labeled Church St. on the 1925 Sanborn map.	Inferred	1925 Sanborn sheet 12 shows Shiloh Baptist Church on "Church St."; aligning the sheet to today's streets puts that street on modern Shiloh Street (within about 3 m). Sanborn map, Waynesboro, 1925, sheet 12

Elkton Avenue became Elkton Street The 2002 Port Republic Road nomination lists seven houses on Elkton Avenue. In the city's address records today the same houses are on Elkton Street.	Documented	Nomination inventory compared with Virginia's statewide address points (VGIN). Port Republic Road Historic District nomination (VDHR 136-5054) Virginia Address Points (VGIN)