Keeling House
One of Virginia’s rare early 18th century gentry manor houses, the Keeling House in the city of Virginia Beach preserves the distinctive but rare decorative device of chevroning, a feature […]
Lynnhaven House
Erected in 1725 for Francis Thelabell II, the visually engaging Wishart-Boush House (now known as the Lynnhaven House) in Virginia Beach is a rare surviving example of the type of […]
Phoenix Bank of Nansemond
The straightforward commercial building erected in 1921 for the Phoenix Bank of Nansemond represents the effort of Virginia African Americans to establish, out of necessity, their own business enterprises. Because […]
Stuart Addition Historic District
The Stuart Addition Historic District generally conforms to a tract deeded to the city of Staunton in 1803 by Judge Archibald Stuart. The neighborhood developed gradually but steadily, and was […]
Belmont
The Nat Turner Insurrection, America’s bloodiest and most famous armed uprising by enslaved people, ended at Belmont, the Southampton County home of Dr. Samuel Blunt, on August 23, 1831. Turner, […]
Mount Moriah Baptist Church and Cemetery
The Mount Moriah Baptist Church and Cemetery are situated on a wooded hillside above the bustle of a commercial strip in the City of Roanoke. This African American religious complex […]
Gainsboro Library
Opened in 1942, the Gainsboro Branch of the Roanoke City Public Library provided Roanoke’s African American residents a facility where children and adults could pursue self education. Designed by Eubank […]
Harrison School
Completed in 1917, Harrison School in the city of Roanoke is a monument to the pioneering efforts of Lucy Addison (1861-1937) to offer public academic secondary instruction to all children […]
Virginia Union University
The history of Virginia Union University exemplifies the efforts to bring higher education to southern Blacks following the Civil War. Because literacy among formerly enslaved individuals was often limited to […]
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site (Maggie Walker House)
Maggie Lena Mitchell Walker (1867-1934), daughter of a former slave, rose by her work with a black fraternal order to become the first American woman to establish and head a […]