CB Rouss Day

Each year, we celebrate Charles Broadway Rouss's generosity, extraordinary vision, tenacity and unwavering devotion to Winchester. Continue reading for an overview of this extraordinary man.

"No community had such a friend as he was to us." ~ former Winchester Mayor R. T. Barton

Who was Charles Broadway Rouss?

The Winchester City Council continues to meet at Rouss City Hall and the volunteers of Rouss Fire and Rescue Company still respond to city emergencies.  “For more than 50 years he has been almost continuously closely identified in all that concerns the public here,” said former Winchester Mayor R.T. Barton at Rouss’ funeral in 1902.  Or, as Rouss biographer A.V. McCracken wrote in 1896, “There are bands, baseball clubs and every sort of organization in old Winchester which bear the name of the New York merchant…The name Charles Broadway Rouss will go down to unborn generations of Winchesterians as a synonym of all that is charitable, good and benevolent.”

Background

Each year, with the help of several community organizations such as the Handley Regional Library, Winchester-Frederick County Visitors Center, Mount Hebron Cemetery and the Winchester Historical Society, several free activities are offered to not only celebrate Rouss’ generosity to Winchester over a century ago, but to also showcase Winchester’s vast history. Visit the City’s Charles Broadway Rouss web page for more information about Rouss and his contributions to Winchester.

As Rouss biographer A.V. McCracken wrote in 1896, “There are bands, baseball clubs and every sort of organization in old Winchester which bear the name of the New York merchant…The name Charles Broadway Rouss will go down to unborn generations of Winchesterians as a synonym of all that is charitable, good and benevolent.”

 

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Location

Rouss City Hall, 15 N Cameron Street, Winchester, VA, 22601, View Map