St. John School

Constructed in 1922 and one of seven Rosenwald schools built in Albemarle County, St. John School served African American students in the Cobham and Gordonsville area from its opening in […]

Campbell County Training School

The Campbell County Training School, also known historically as the Rustburg School, is located in the county courthouse town of Rustburg. The school began in 1922 with construction of an […]

Shiloh Baptist Church

Constructed in 1913, Shiloh Baptist Church in Middleburg is historically important for its associations with the African American community in this Loudoun County town who built the church and supported […]

John Groom Elementary School

The John Groom Elementary School, in the Mecklenburg County town of South Hill, served as the area’s only public elementary school for African American students from 1950 until 1969, when […]

Town of Surry Historic District

The Town of Surry Historic District encloses a small crossroads community that was first settled in the mid-18th-century and became the Surry County seat in 1797. Surrounded by agricultural and […]

Dewberry Hill

Dewberry Hill in Halifax County began as a one-story-with-garret house, built in the 18th or early 19th century. In the late 1860s, Dr. Thomas Herndon Miles and his wife, Lucie […]

Walters-Moshier House

In the Halifax County town of South Boston, the Walters-Moshier House is a prominent example of the up-scale in-town residences built for the town’s bright leaf tobacco barons. The circa […]

United States Post Office and Court House

The United States Post Office and Court House in downtown Harrisonburg is significant for its association with racial desegregation in public education as the site of judicial rulings directing the […]

Woodlawn Cultural Landscape Historic District

In Fairfax County, the Woodlawn Cultural Landscape Historic District began as a 2,000-acre plantation owned by George Washington that he gave to his ward, Eleanor Parke Custis, and her husband. The acreage […]