West Point Cemetery
Under pressure from the Black community, in 1873 the City of Norfolk designated an area of the city specifically for African American burials. Black city councilman and Union war veteran […]
Mount Sinai Baptist Church
Mount Sinai Baptist Church is primarily a Gothic Revival brick building, featuring the characteristic pointed-arch windows and towers as well as some elements of the Victorian style. It was built […]
Fayette Street Historic District
An outgrowth of segregation, Fayette Street Historic District became the heart of the Black community in the city of Martinsville from 1900 until the mid-20th century, when the civil rights […]
Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church
The congregation of Bedford County’s Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church was formed in 1881, though the current building dates to circa 1896. Sitting atop the charming frame T-shaped building is […]
Longs Chapel
Longs Chapel is an 1871 church and schoolhouse that served the former African American community of Zenda and the surrounding countryside in Rockingham County. The simple frame building features a […]
Marshall Historic District
The Marshall Historic District is significant as a remarkably intact and thriving community with resources dating from the late 18th century to the mid-20th century. Established as the town of […]
Matthew Fontaine Maury School
Prominently sited near downtown Fredericksburg, the Matthew Fontaine Maury School, named for the 19th-century scientist and oceanographer, served as the city’s first purpose built high school from its construction in […]
Patrick Robert Sydnor Log Cabin
The Patrick Robert “Parker” Sydnor Log Cabin was probably built in the third quarter of the 19th century. A simple structure, it achieved great significance to several generations of African […]
Speed the Plough
Speed the Plough’s nearly 300 acres in Amherst County, with an 1850 brick house and collection of farm buildings, is an excellent example of the progression of Virginia’s agricultural economy […]
Pocahontas Island Historic District
The Pocahontas Island Historic District, located on the north side of the Appomattox River in the city of Petersburg, is an African American community dating from the mid-18th-century with evidence […]