Celebrating Incredible Women of Culpeper, VA – Lucy Robb Winston Works
March 4, 2025 Things to Do
This month’s first spotlight in our Incredible Women of Culpeper series is Lucy Robb Winston Works.
Lucy Robb Winston Works was born In Culpeper County, Virginia on February 21, 1916. Her grandparents were Lucien Dade Winston, Sr., and Elizabeth McNeil Boddie. The little village of Winston, VA was a dream for the couple to build a community. Lucy’s grandmother, Elizabeth had brains, drive, and money. Her family built a home, a shop, a lumber mill, and a post office that opened in 1887. They donated land to the Orange and Alexandria railroad for tracks to build a train station. In 1907, the Winstons donated land for Rising Zion Church and school just down the road from Winston Chapel. The Chapel was completed in 1909 in memory of a family member. The chapel and shop still stand today. Lucy Robb Winston was educated and strong in faith. She was not your average farmer’s wife. She traveled to Europe, and New York City and shopped in Washington, D.C. Lucy was a artist, worked with her husband’s ministry to alcoholics and she was a librarian at a theological seminary. She passed away in November 2016.
Source: Museum of Culpeper History
