African American Watermen of the Virginia Chesapeake Bay Multiple Property Document
The Historic Resources Associated with African American Watermen of the Virginia Chesapeake Bay Multiple Property Document (MPD) was created as part of a three-state effort involving Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, […]
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Cemetery
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Cemetery is part of the Wilkes Street Cemetery Complex in the City of Alexandria. The cemetery complex was established early in the 19th century, after burials […]
Union Street School
The 1883 Union Street School, located on the northern edge of the Loudoun County seat of Leesburg, is an intact example of an African American schoolhouse operated during the Jim […]
Martinsville Historic District Boundary Increase 2022
The 2022 Martinsville Historic District Boundary Increase expands the existing Martinsville Historic District, which was originally listed in 1998. The expansion areas are primarily located to the south of the […]
African American Resources in Fauquier County, Virginia, 1865–1973
The history of the development of Fauquier County’s African American communities is a topic that has been explored by local researchers and historians for decades. Much of this work has […]
English Gardens Apartments
English Gardens is a garden-apartment complex in the Raleigh Court neighborhood of southwest Roanoke that was constructed in two phases between 1947 and 1950. The 17 buildings comprising the complex […]
Staunton Steam Laundry
Located in the Shenandoah Valley, the well-preserved Staunton Steam Laundry, is an example of a 20th-century commercial steam laundry in the City of Staunton that, at its height, employed over […]
Oak Grove Baptist Church Historic District
The Oak Grove Baptist Church Historic District consists of five discontiguous elements across a 1.5-mile-square area of northwest York County. The district tells the story of a vibrant and resilient […]
L&J Gardens Neighborhood Historic District
L & J Gardens Neighborhood Historic District is significant as a mid-20th-century residential area in what was then Princess Anne County (now the City of Virginia Beach) that was planned […]
Ryan Hall Elementary School
Built ca. 1920, the Shipman Colored School, later called Ryan Hall Elementary School, provided education to African American children in Nelson County during Virginia’s era of public school segregation. It […]
