Barracks No. 1
Constructed in 1888 for the Corps of Cadets, Barracks No. 1, also known as Lane Hall, was the first dormitory built at the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, now known […]
Booker T. Washington High School
Staunton’s Booker T. Washington High School opened in 1936 as the only high school for African Americans in the city until it closed in 1966, when Staunton integrated its public […]
Ferrum College Historic District
The Ferrum College Historic District in Franklin County encompasses the historic core of what was originally the Ferrum Training School, a Methodist-affiliated high school established in 1913. Virginia Methodists established […]
Switchback School
Switchback School, also known as Union Hurst School, was completed in 1924 using building plans and money from the Julius Rosenwald Fund to leverage additional financial support from the local […]
Narrows Commercial Historic District
Located in the Giles County town of Narrows, the Narrows Commercial Historic District arose as a result of its strategic location on the New River and on major transportation routes. […]
Arcola Elementary School
Arcola Elementary School in southeastern Loudoun County was constructed in 1939 as part of the New Deal’s Public Works Administration building campaign under President Franklin Roosevelt’s administration. During the era […]
North Court
Built in 1913, North Court Hall at the University of Richmond resulted from the decision in 1906 of then-Richmond College to broaden its educational offerings for women, who were first […]
Ryland Hall
Ryland Hall was designed for Richmond College (which became the University of Richmond in 1920) by architect Ralph Adams Cram of the Boston and New York firm of Cram, Goodhue, […]
Dr. Edwin Bancroft and Mary Ellen Henderson House
The Henderson House in the Northern Virginia city of Falls Church was the home of influential civil rights advocates Edwin Bancroft “E.B.” Henderson and his wife, Mary Ellen Meriwether Henderson. […]
First Baptist Church
The First Baptist Church in the Farmville Historic District, founded 1867, emerged as a center for the local black community under the leadership of its pastor, the Reverend L. Francis […]
