Woodlawn Plantation
The five-part mansion at Woodlawn Plantation was completed in 1806 on a site in southern Fairfax County overlooking lands formerly part of Mount Vernon. Woodlawn Plantation was the wedding gift […]
Port Royal Historic District
The tiny Rappahannock River community of Port Royal in Caroline County was a thriving tobacco port during colonial times. Named for Thomas Roy’s tobacco warehouse, the town was established in […]
Douthat State Park Historic District
Encompassing over 4,000 acres of scenic mountain lands, Douthat State Park in Alleghany and Bath counties was the first of six state parks established in Virginia by the Civilian Conservation […]
Appomattox Court House
At this remote settlement of Appomattox Court House, after four years of fighting, Gen. Robert E. Lee, his retreat blocked, surrendered his army to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April […]
Fairfax-Moore House
The aristocratic Fairfax-Moore House in the Alexandria Historic District is a classic example of an 18th-century Georgian, side-passage town house. With its three stories and rear ell, it exemplifies the […]