Cromwell’s Run Rural Historic District
Located in the north-central part of Fauquier County, the Cromwell’s Run Rural Historic District consists of more than 14,000 acres of rolling farmland centered along Atoka Road. The district has […]
Beaton-Powell House
The Greek Revival-style Beaton-Powell House, completed in 1857, is significant for its architectural distinction and its association with two families who were instrumental in the development of the Town of […]
Woodside
Located in the northwest part of Fauquier County with views west to the Blue Ridge Mountains, and in the Crooked Run Valley Rural Historic District, Woodside is a two-story, brick […]
Broad Run/Little Georgetown Rural Historic District
The Broad Run/Little Georgetown Rural Historic District in Fauquier and Prince William counties is an exceptionally intact and rare cultural landscape of almost 9,500 acres, evocative of the agricultural communities […]
St. John’s Lutheran Church and Cemetery
During the late 18th century, German settlers were concentrated near the present town of Wytheville, the seat of Wythe County. In 1798 St. John’s Lutheran Church, recently organized, adopted a […]
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery
Forty-two well-preserved German-style gravestones, similar to those found in lesser numbers and in poorer condition in several other outlying Lutheran cemeteries around Wytheville, survive in the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church […]
Kimberling Lutheran Cemetery
On a steep hillside looking over the countryside and mountains of western Wythe County, this early burying ground has a large collection of traditional German gravestones. Approximately fifty monuments within […]
Winchester Historic District
Founded by James Wood in 1752, Winchester began as a small farming community and prospered as the Frederick County seat and as a trading center at the junction of several […]
Big Crab Orchard Site
Patented in 1750, the Big Crab Orchard Site in Tazewell County was one of the first European settlements in Southwest Virginia. Parts of the tract were later owned by Morriss […]
Burke’s Garden Central Church and Cemetery
Settlers of German origin migrated from Pennsylvania to Southwest Virginia in the late 18th century, settling in Burke’s Garden, a bowl-shaped valley atop Garden Mountain, now the Burke’s Garden Rural […]