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 […]
Eckington School
Eckington School, located in southern Culpeper County, is the county’s only surviving one-room public school for African American children in its original location and preserving its original appearance. Taking its […]
Edgar A. Long Building
The Edgar A. Long Building is a two-and-a-half-story, brick structure built in 1927 on the 20th-century campus of the Christiansburg Industrial Institute. The Friends Freedmen’s Association of Philadelphia first sponsored […]
First Baptist Church of Covington
First Baptist Church of Covington, historically the city’s largest African American congregation, was organized in 1870. The first church, built in the early 1870s, was demolished to make way for […]
Blandome
Blandome began in 1830 as a Federal-style house built for J.T.L. Preston, a central figure in the creation of the Virginia Military Institute. Preston later added some fashionable Greek Revival […]
Dr. Walter Johnson House and Tennis Court
Dr. Walter Johnson House and Tennis Court, located in the Pierce Street Historic District, was a center for the training, mentoring, and financial support for young African American tennis players. […]
Dover Slave Quarter Complex
The Dover Slave Quarter Complex in Goochland County is one of Virginia’s few surviving groupings of slave quarters. The five-building complex was erected after 1843 when Ellen Bruce, who owned […]