Holbrook-Ross Street Historic District
Holbrook-Ross Street Historic District is significant for its evolution into a distinctive African American neighborhood in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Architecturally, the 116 buildings in the 200-400 […]
Lucy F. Simms School
The Lucy F. Simms School is located at the corner of East Washington Street and Simms Avenue in the city of Harrisonburg. A mission school first addressed the need for […]
Stratford Junior High School
Architect Rhees Evans Burket, Sr., of Washington, D.C., designed Stratford Junior High School in 1949, during Arlington County’s most active period of school construction following World War II. It was […]
Penrose Historic District
Located about three miles from Washington, D.C., the Penrose Historic District is a planned community in Arlington County associated with the historic, economic, and cultural contributions of African American families. […]
Davis Chapel
Davis Chapel, also known as the Roberts Memorial United Methodist Church, is listed under the multiple property documentation form for African American Historic Resources of Alexandria. The two-story, brick, vernacular […]
George Lewis Seaton House
The George Lewis Seaton House is listed under the multiple property documentation form for African American Historic Resources of Alexandria. The two-story brick dwelling at 404 South Royal Street was […]
Odd Fellows Hall
The Odd Fellows Hall was listed in the registers under a multiple property documentation form for the African American Historic Resources of Alexandria. It is one of only a few […]
Morgantown Historic District
The Morgantown Historic District is located at the junction of Freestate Road and Mount Nebo Church Road, two miles south of the village of Marshall in Fauquier County. The crossroads […]
Lomax African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Located on 24th Road South, the Lomax African Methodist Episcopal Church, constructed in 1922, is the oldest extant African American church in Arlington County. Known first as Wesley Zion Church […]
Moses Hepburn Rowhouses
The Moses Hepburn Rowhouses are listed under the multiple property documentation form for African American Historic Resources of Alexandria, Virginia. Moses Hepburn, a prominent African American businessman, constructed the dwellings […]