Mica School
Constructed in 1915 at the request of local parishioners of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Charles City County, the Mica School provided education for Black children during 20th-century segregation in […]
Union Zion Baptist Church and Pole Bridge Cemetery
Established in Gloucester County in 1867 by a small group of congregants from Zion Poplars Baptist Church, Union Zion Baptist Church is one of the earliest churches founded and built […]
James A. Bland High School
Built from 1952-1953, James A. Bland High School in the Wise County town of Big Stone Gap provided education for Black students from 1954 to 1965. The school reflected the […]
Parrish Hill Rosenwald School
The Parrish Hill Rosenwald School is located a short distance east of the seat of Charles City County, and operated from 1920 to 1959, when it was closed as part […]
Warminster Rural Historic District
The southeastern edge of the Warminster Rural Historic District winds along nearly 3.8 miles of the James River, which separates this portion of Nelson County from Buckingham County. Apart from […]
Winslow Hospital
Winslow Hospital is located on Betts Street in Danville, a central thoroughfare of the city’s historic African American Almagro community. Built in 1940, the hospital facility consists of a one-story […]
Ida Mae Francis Tourist Home
The Ida Mae Francis Tourist Home is in the city of Harrisonburg, northeast of the downtown historic district. The house has a corner location in a portion of the historically […]
Hickory Hill School
The Hickory Hill School sits in the city of Richmond’s Southside area, in what once was Chesterfield County. The school was built in 1938 for African American students on the […]
Pleasant Ridge School Historic District
The Pleasant Ridge School Historic District is located south of Pungo in the Capps Shop-Centerville community of rural Virginia Beach. The small district consists of a one-room schoolhouse, a church […]
Dixon Cemetery
Established in a farming community near the village of Concord in Campbell County between 1752 and 1756, the Dixon Cemetery contains the graves of some of the earliest settlers in […]