Buena Vista Colored School
Buena Vista Colored School stands today as a little-altered brick building for the segregated education of African American students. One room was constructed in 1914 on land owned by First […]
East Suffolk School Complex
The East Suffolk School Complex is a series of three contributing buildings and two non-contributing sites, located along the Shingle Creek in the Rosemont neighborhood in Suffolk. The elementary school, […]
Butterwood Methodist Church and Butterwood Cemetery
Butterwood Methodist Church, located in rural Dinwiddie County, was one of three 18th-century chapels in what became Bath Parish in 1752. Devereux Jarratt, an important figure in the “Great Awakening” […]
Mt. Olive Methodist Episcopal Church
Constructed by ex-slaves from the nearby Oatlands plantation as a meeting place for worship, for mutual aid societies, and the community, the Mount Olive Methodist Episcopal Church was dedicated in […]
Rectortown Historic District
The Rectortown Historic District recognizes this Fauquier County village that evolved from an 18th-century crossroads into a local rail center during the mid-19th-century. The Virginia House of Burgesses established Rectortown […]
Clermont
Characterized by rolling pasturelands near the Shenandoah River and numerous historical outbuildings, Clermont, a 360-acre farmstead, has remained intact for over 250 years and still affords undisturbed views of the […]
Fairview Cemetery
Since its founding around 1855, Fairview Cemetery has been an important component of the physical and cultural landscape of the county courthouse town of Culpeper. As a municipal cemetery, its […]
Newport News Public Library
Located on the corner of an intersection in the old downtown, the Newport News Public Library was the first building constructed for use as a public library in Newport News. […]
Norfolk Azalea Gardens
The approximately 30 acres comprising Norfolk Azalea Gardens surround Mirror Lake and constitute the original portion of the 158-acre Norfolk Botanical Gardens, located in the city, just north of the […]
Seashore State Park Historic District
Currently referred to as First Landing State Park, Seashore State Park, developed between 1934 and 1942, was the first planned state park in Virginia. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at […]