Fifeville and Tonsler Neighborhoods Historic District
Located within the south-central city limits of Charlottesville, the Fifeville and Tonsler Neighborhoods Historic District encompasses a 56-acre residential area that developed primarily from 1890 to 1930. Several dwellings dating […]
African-American Cemeteries in Petersburg, Virginia, 1818-1942 MPD
This Multiple Property Documentation (MPD) Form facilitates the nomination to the registers of African American cemeteries in the city of Petersburg. Cemeteries that qualify for registration under this nomination are […]
Lynchburg Hosiery Mill #1
The Lynchburg Hosiery Mill #1 began operations in 1900 and for the next seven decades played a prominent role in the city’s economy and culture, becoming a well-known city landmark. […]
Millers Tavern Rural Historic District
The Millers Tavern Rural Historic District covers 3,619 acres on the western end of Essex County, with a small portion of the district extending into King and Queen County. The […]
Hampton National Guard Armory
The Hampton National Guard Armory, built in 1936 with federal funds from the Works Progress Administration (WPA), is one of only two extant armories in Hampton Roads that dates from […]
Edenetta
Edenetta, located in the Occupacia-Rappahannock Rural Historic District, was the plantation and family seat for two of Essex County’s most prominent and long-established families, the Warings and the Baylors. The […]
Courtland School
Courtland School in the town of Courtland, the Southampton County seat, served African American students from around 1928, the year of the school’s construction, through 1963, when it closed. The […]
Baker Public School
The Baker Public School, built in 1939 in Richmond’s North Jackson Ward neighborhood, is the third school to arise on the site since 1871. Each school served the city’s African […]
Roanoke City Health Center
Built in 1951, the Roanoke City Health Center was designed to reflect a nationwide shift in public healthcare after World War II. With federal funding under the Hill-Burton Act, public […]
Foster Site
The nearly three-quarter-acre Foster Site, located on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, contains archaeological features and artifacts associated with the family of a free African American seamstress, Catherine […]