Riverlawn
Riverlawn was designed and built by Heron Murray in 1874, and has served alternately as a vacation home and full-time private family residence since. Located near Williams Wharf in Mathews […]
Manassas Gap Railroad Independent Line
The Manassas Gap Railroad Independent Line is a remnant of one of several railroads built in the antebellum period in Northern Virginia to replace older wagon and river transport networks […]
Orange & Alexandria Railroad Hooff’s Run Bridge
The Orange & Alexandria Railroad Hooff’s Run Bridge is a round-arch bridge constructed of gray sandstone spanning Hooff ’s Run in the city of Alexandria. Built in 1856 for the […]
Main Street Banking Historic District
As the historic financial center for the capital and, for a time, Virginia, the Main Street Banking Historic District is significant. Financial institutions were first established on Main Street in […]
National Valley Bank
The influence of the Neoclassical Revival on America’s Main Street is well demonstrated in the façade of the National Valley Bank. Inspired by the triumphal arches of ancient Rome, the […]
Shenandoah Land and Improvement Company Office (Stevens Cottage)
Blending Queen Anne and Bungalow influences, this architecturally refined structure was completed in 1891 to serve as the office of the newly organized Shenandoah Land and Improvement Company. It was […]
Cliff Kill Site
This site on the crest of the Blue Ridge, in the Shenandoah National Park, is Virginia’s only known example of a prehistoric cliff kill site. Despite the absence of faunal […]
Samuel Miller House
Tobacconist, merchant, and railroad investor Samuel Miller (1792-1869) rose from poverty to become one of the wealthiest men in the antebellum South. A recluse, he resided in this unpretentious ca. […]
Montview
This expansive Dutch Colonial country house served as the rural retreat of Carter Glass from 1923 until his death in 1946. A foremost public figure of the 20th century, Glass […]
Carter Glass House
This skillful rendition of the Federal style was the home of the statesman Carter Glass from 1907 to 1923, the period in which he exerted great influence on the nation’s […]
