Union Church and Cemetery
The approximate three-acre property containing Union Church and Cemetery in the Falmouth Historic District, includes the surviving narthex of the brick ca. 1819 Union Church, the remaining vestige of the […]
Uptown/Parker-Gray Historic District
The Uptown/Parker-Gray Historic District in Alexandria covers a 45-block area northwest of the Alexandria Historic District. It covers two neighborhoods, of which Uptown is the largest of several others associated […]
Pitts Theatre
Designed by architect Nicholas Roney, the Pitts Theatre in the town of Culpeper was built in 1937-38. It was part of the chain of 38 theaters founded by Benjamin T. […]
Hume Historic District
Nestled just east of Chester Gap, which cuts through the Blue Ridge Mountains south of Front Royal, the Hume Historic District is a well-preserved and intact crossroads village located northwest […]
Leeds Manor Rural Historic District
John Marshall’s Leeds Manor Rural Historic District, centered on the historic Leeds Manor Road, covers over 23,000 acres in the northwest section of Fauquier County. The district’s name comes from […]
Rosemont
Rosemont was built in 1898 by C.L. Dodd, the architect who in 1895 designed the St. Francis de Sales Institute, the residential Catholic school for African American girls in Powhatan […]
People’s Memorial Cemetery
On land deeded by Edith and Henry Williams in 1840, 1865, and 1880, People’s Memorial Cemetery in Petersburg became the largest African American cemetery in the city during an era […]
Whittaker Memorial Hospital
The Whittaker Memorial Hospital in Newport News was conceived and operated during the era of segregation, when African American patients and physicians were largely isolated from the mainstream medical care […]
American Cigar Company
Constructed in 1903, the American Cigar Company building in Norfolk functioned as a tobacco stemmery complex, consisting of a primary processing building and a boiler building, both of which embody […]
Eastville Historic District
The Eastville Historic District recognizes Northampton County’s seat of government (see Northampton County Courthouse Historic District), where the first permanent courthouse was constructed in 1690, and is home to the […]