Haymarket Museum

The Haymarket Museum is located at the corner of Washington Street (Route 55) and Fayette Street.    Admission is free.

Please visit their website at:  www.haymarketmuseum.org

The Haymarket Museum chronicles the story of a small, 19th century town and its surrounding agricultural community. Haymarket was established in 1799 and was well known for the Red House Tavern, built along the historic Old Carolina Road, as well as the Jockey Club, an organization that sponsored horse races at the town’s track. In 1862 the town was almost completely destroyed by a Union patrol that, sent to uncover a suspected sniper, wound up setting fire to most of the homes. Decimated by the destruction of the Civil War, the town nonetheless rebuilt and many of the buildings from the reconstruction period survive, as do the only two buildings that survived the 1862 fire. The Haymarket Museum is located in the old Town Hall, originally built in 1883 as the town’s school house.

East of the Museum, in the small park area, there are two Civil War Trail signs which were installed November 2004.  West of the Museum, in the parking lot, there is a Southern Railway Caboose which is open to the public during the Haymarket Days festival, held the third Saturday in September every year, and Christmas 2007 it was used as a setting for kids to come get their picture taken with Santa!

The Haymarket Museum phone number is 703-753-3712.

Email address:  museum@townofhaymarket.org