2108 Jefferson Avenue

Since the 1920s, the building at 2108 Jefferson Avenue—currently the site of Pearlie’s Restaurant—in the East End community of the City of Newport News has been home to a variety […]

Mount Jackson Colored Cemetery

The Mount Jackson Colored Cemetery is the premiere surviving resource associated with the Shenandoah County town of Mount Jackson’s historic African American community. The first mention of the cemetery is […]

William H. Randall Estates Historic District

Constructed in three phases between 1962 and 1974, William H. Randall Estates represents the vision of African American developer Jube Shiver, Sr., who sought to establish a neighborhood in the […]

African American Churches in Virginia MPD

The African American Churches in Virginia Multiple Property Document (MPD) outlines the significant social, civic, educational, and spiritual roles that African American churches and spiritual gathering places have played in […]

Bright Hope Baptist Church and Cemetery

Originally constructed ca. 1882, Bright Hope Baptist Church was established by a Reconstruction Era rural community of freedmen and -women in Louisa County that has survived into the present day. […]

Woodland Cemetery

Situated on gently rolling terrain in western Henrico County, just outside the City of Richmond, the 30.5-acre Woodland Cemetery stands as a visible reminder of the efforts put forth by […]

Rocky Branch School

Located near the unincorporated community of Sutherland in rural Dinwiddie County, Rocky Branch School served as a public schoolhouse for African American children between 1913 and 1963, during the era […]

Lucy Addison High School

Upon its opening in 1929, during the era of racial segregation in Virginia’s public schools, Roanoke’s Lucy Addison High School represented a significant investment by city leaders in the education […]

Cuckoo Elementary School

Located approximately five miles south of the town of Mineral, the ca. 1925 Cuckoo Elementary School is a rare surviving two-room schoolhouse in Louisa County and the surrounding region. The […]