Ridge Street Historic District
The Ridge Street Historic District has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1982 as a part of the Charlottesville Multiple Resource Area form, which recorded much […]
Jericho School
Jericho School is a small, one-room, frame school with a gable-end entry located near Ruther Glen in Caroline County. Windows on the gable ends and along the western side illuminated […]
Church Home for Aged, Infirm, and Disabled Colored People
Martha “Patty” Hicks Buford (1836–1901) established the Church Home for Aged, Infirm, and Disabled Colored People as a hospital for needy members of the Black community in Brunswick County. Buford […]
Port Republic Road Historic District
The Port Republic Road Historic District is principal historic African American neighborhood in the city of Waynesboro. The community formed after the Civil War within the framework of an early […]
Cedar Hill Church and Cemeteries
Cedar Hill Church and its cemeteries were built in the late 19th century on a prominence overlooking the Buffalo Creek Valley in Rockbridge County. The church is a one-story, nave-form […]
Smith’s Pharmacy
Smith’s Pharmacy was opened by Dr. Charles C. Smith in 1946 as the first African American–owned pharmacy in the city of Newport News. Smith was a very influential member of […]
Almshouse Farm at Machipongo
The Almshouse Farm at Machipongois located in rural Northampton County off US Route 13 on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. is a complex of five buildings dating from the early 19th to […]
James A. Fields House
The James A. Fields House was acquired in 1897 by Fields for his primary residence and law office. Fields, born a slave, became a prominent African American citizen in Newport […]
Medical Arts Building
The Medical Arts Building was designed by Charles M. Robinson and constructed in 1928. This classically-inspired medical building is one of only a few historic office buildings remaining in downtown […]
Millwood Colored School
Millwood Colored School is a one-story, two-room, frame school that was constructed around 1910 for African American pupils of Millwood, a small village in southern Clarke County and in the […]