Armstead T. Johnson High School
Located near Montross in Westmoreland County, Armstead T. Johnson High School was built in 1937. The school was one of the first high schools built for African Americans on the […]
Jackson Blacksmith Shop
The Jackson Blacksmith Shop is the last blacksmith’s shop surviving in still predominately rural Goochland County. It represents three generations of an African American family’s blacksmithing tradition in the county […]
Maggie L. Walker High School
Named in honor of Maggie Lena Walker, African American entrepreneur and the nation’s first black woman bank president, the school was designed by the firm of Carneal, Johnston and Wright […]
Number 18 School (Marshall)
Number 18 School, located roughly one mile east of the town of Marshall, is the only unaltered one-room schoolhouse surviving in Fauquier County. Built in 1887 on land donated by […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]