18 New State Historical Highway Markers Approved, Sept. 2021
—Markers cover topics in the counties of Bath, Charles City, Chesterfield (2), Lancaster (2), Rappahannock, and Rockingham; and the cities of Alexandria, Charlottesville (3), Falls Church, Norfolk, Salem, Virginia Beach, […]
State Adds Eight Historic Sites to the Virginia Landmarks Register, September 2021
—VLR listings are in the counties of Amherst, Campbell, Fauquier (2), Gloucester, Henrico, Richmond and Roanoke— Among eight places listed in September on the Virginia Landmarks Register (VLR) are two […]
Virginia Archaeology Month 2021
Every October, Virginia celebrates archaeology through special events and programs at libraries, museums, historical societies, clubs, and at active archaeological sites. See the Calendar of Events for October 2021. The […]
DHR Announces 2021 Virginia Battlefield Preservation Grants to Protect 441 Acres
–General Assembly allotted $1 million for battlefield preservation in 2021– –Targeted tracts are in the counties of Augusta, Henrico, Shenandoah, and Spotsylvania– RICHMOND – The Department of Historic Resources has […]
Updated Supplement for “A Guidebook to Virginia’s African American Historical Markers”
Since the publication in 2019 of A Guidebook to Virginia’s African American Historical Markers, the Virginia Board of Historic Resources has approved 75 new state markers about people, places, or […]
C. L. Robinson Ice and Cold Storage Corporation, City of Winchester, DHR No. 138-5140
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African American Watermen Project
The renowned seafood industry of the Chesapeake Bay would not have been possible without the contributions of generations of African Americans. Following the Civil War, self-employment in oystering, crabbing, fishing, […]
17 New State Historical Highway Markers Approved, June 2021
—Markers cover topics in the counties of Bedford, Brunswick, Culpeper (2), Cumberland, Essex (3), Southampton; and the cities of Bristol, Falls Church, Lexington, Petersburg, Richmond (4)— —Text of each marker […]
Nine Historic Sites Added to the Virginia Landmarks Register, June 2021
—VLR listings are in the counties of Bedford (2), Brunswick, Campbell, Loudoun, Pulaski, Rockbridge, Warren, and Westmoreland— Among nine places listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register are a historic district […]
Report on the Stewardship and Status of Virginia’s State-Owned Historic Property, 2021–2023
In 2006, the General Assembly passed legislation mandating that DHR draft two biennial reports, with the option that they might be combined, on the stewardship of state-owned historic properties. Consistent […]