Blue Marlin Lodge
Located in the City of Virginia Beach, the Blue Marlin Lodge was built in 1965 and designed by architect William Burton Alderman. The lodge was one of several motels in […]
Crest Kitchenette Motel
Located in the City of Virginia Beach, the former Crest Kitchenette Motel (now the Cutty Sark Motel Efficiencies) is a Modernist-style building in the city’s Oceanfront area. The motel was […]
Silver Hill Baptist Church and School
Located in the southern part of Fauquier County, the Silver Hill Baptist Church and School is sited on the east side of Silver Hill Road (Route 615). Associated with 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 […]
Virginia Apple Storage Warehouse
In the City of Winchester, the Virginia Apple Storage Warehouse holds a significant place in the history of the local apple industry in the Shenandoah Valley, a region that has […]
South Garden
Located on a rural estate in New Kent County, South Garden is a historic dwelling constructed between 1825-1840. The wood frame dwelling retains its significant interior woodwork, much of which […]
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 […]
Gosney Store
The Gosney Store, located at a rural crossroads in Pittsylvania County about six miles east of Danville, started out ca. 1898 as a one-room frame schoolhouse in a different location. […]
