Nansemond County Training School
The Nansemond County Training School, built to serve the African American students of southwestern Suffolk, is listed in the registers under the Rosenwald Schools in Virginia multiple property documentation form. […]
Cessford
Situated on five acres at the edge of the Eastville Historic District, in the town of Eastville, Northampton County, Cessford was built about 1801 and bought by Dr. John Kerr […]
Stonega Historic District
The Stonega Historic District recognizes one of the earliest and most long-lived of the coal company towns in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. The Wise County town, founded in 1896, […]
Hill Grove School
The Hill Grove School provided primary education for students in the local African American community before public school integration occurred in Pittsylvania County in the 1960s. In 1912, Alec Cook […]
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 […]