The Virginia Department of Historic Resources
is the State Historic Preservation Office.
Our mission is to foster, encourage, and support the stewardship of
Virginia's significant historic architectural, archaeological, and cultural resources.
Coming soon ePIX: DHR will soon be implementing ePIX to make possible Electronic Project Review. We are currently in the process of developing this web-based application for the submittal of projects that require review under Section 106 and other federal and state requirements. The system, dubbed ePIX for short (or Electronic Project Information Exchange), will be launched in the next few months. To learn more visit the ePIX webpage.
Virginia Archaeology Month 2010. Every October, Virginia celebrates Virginia archaeology at libraries, museums, historical societies, clubs, and at active archaeological sites. The theme for 2010 is Written in Stone, Exploring the Commonwealth's Historic Cemeteries. DHR produced this year's poster (copies of which are available from DHR). The backside of the poster includes useful information about cemetery preservation and cemetery laws in Virginia. If your organization has an event that you would like us to include in our Calendar of Events for Virginia Archaeology Month 2010, please see this invitation (PDF) and event form (Word doc). Return the completed form to Dee DeRoche at DHR. The Calendar of Events will be posted on the DHR Web site in August.
DHR Approves 18 New Historic Resources for Listing on the Virginia Landmarks Register: State-owned landmarks and the soon-to-be state owned Fort Monroe were among the 18 new sites added to the Virginia Landmarks Register by the Department of Historic Resources last week. Among Virginia’s many nationally significant and irreplaceable historic sites, Fort Monroe in Hampton was constructed, starting in 1819, by the United States to protect the fledgling nation and its capital of Washington D.C. One of many forts constructed along the eastern seaboard during the first half of the 19th century to bolster U.S. coastal defenses, Fort Monroe, named for President James Monroe, was the largest stone fort ever built in the U.S. when completed in 1834. (See the press release)
DHR Approves Ten New State Historical Highway Markers: Four new state historical highway markers, recently approved along with six others by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, honor the contributions of individual women and organizations founded by women in shaping Virginia and U.S. history. Together the ten newly approved signs reveal the rich spectrum of Virginia history, highlighting topics that range from colonial plantations and leaders, to the Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley, women’s suffrage, and an early government laboratory to research flight. (See the press release)
Virginia Preservation Toolkit Available Online: If recycling, reusing and reducing waste is at the heart of sustainability and “green” environmental practices, then historic preservation is one of the greenest activities that individuals and communities can undertake. Check out the new online “Virginia Preservation Toolkit. It explains how owners of historic buildings, including houses, can best work with existing building materials and architectural features to increase energy efficiency—without destroying the historic character of a house or building and using strategies that are often much less costly than replacement. The Web site was developed through a partnership involving DHR, Sweet Briar College’s Tusculum Institute and Dominion Virginia Power. (See this press release.)
