Barrett-Chumney House
The Barrett-Chumney House was built in 1823 by Thomas Barrett in an elegant Federal style with stylish architectural details as the seat of a small tobacco plantation in Amelia County. […]
East Hill Cemetery
East Hill Cemetery, established in 1857, straddles the border between Tennessee and Virginia in the city of Bristol. Originally known as City Cemetery and closely associated with the city’s early […]
Virginia University of Lynchburg
Virginia University of Lynchburg is the oldest institution of higher education in Lynchburg, and the first associated with African American education. It was incorporated as Lynchburg Baptist Seminary in 1888, […]
Prince William Forest Park Historic District
Prince William Forest Park Historic District, consisting of over 10,000 acres in Prince William County, was designated in 1935—during the Great Depression and the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt—as […]
Greenwood-Afton Rural Historic District
Covering approximately 16,200 acres in western Albemarle County and a small corner of Nelson and southeastern Augusta counties, the Greenwood-Afton Rural Historic District was first settled by Europeans with the […]
Jefferson School
Jefferson School, completed in 1926 and expanded in 1952, provided primary and secondary education for African American students in the Alleghany County community of Clifton Forge from 1926 until 1965, […]
Greenfield
Greenfield, in Botetourt County, is the site of a plantation established in the mid-18th century by Colonel William Preston. He served under George Washington during a 1756 survey of the […]
Cedar Grove
Cedar Grove is a Greek Revival-style house in Mecklenburg County, built circa 1838. Its design is unusual for a Virginia plantation house, consisting of a hip-roofed main block on a […]
Central State Hospital Chapel
The Chapel was built in 1904 as part of the Central State Hospital, which opened in 1885 in Dinwiddie County as a segregated facility for mentally ill African Americans. The […]
Worsham High School
The Worsham High School is significant for its association with the struggle to desegregate Prince Edward County’s public schools, when the county closed its schools rather than integrate them during […]