Fourth Baptist Church
Richmond’s Fourth Baptist Church is a symbol of black religious strength in the Confederacy’s former capital during the decades following emancipation. The congregation began as a regular assembly of slaves […]
Governor’s Mansion (Executive Mansion)
First occupied in 1813 by Governor James Barbour, Virginia’s Executive Mansion is the nation’s oldest governor’s mansion built for that purpose. Its architect, Alexander Parris, was a native of Maine […]
John B. Cary School
Named for John B. Cary, superintendent of Richmond Public Schools from 1886 to 1889, this castellated granite structure was designed by Charles M. Robinson, the talented supervising architect of the […]
Belgian Building
This singular architectural work was originally the Belgian Pavilion for the 1939 New York World’s Fair. It was designed by the Belgian architects Victor Bourgeois and Leon Stijnen under the […]
The Almshouse
Built in 1860-61 as a place of refuge for the city’s poor, the Richmond Almshouse is an impressive monument to the reform movement that originated in the antebellum period. Designed […]
Nathaniel Bacon School
Exuding the confidence of a former era, this handsome school in the city of Richmond closed in the 1980s, the victim of changed demographics and priorities. With its high ceilings, […]
Mount Salem Baptist Meeting House
Although the Mount Salem Baptist congregation in Rappahannock County was organized in 1824, the present meetinghouse was not begun until March 1850. The Mount Salem Baptist Meeting House congregation, which […]
Farmville Historic District
Established in 1798, the central Virginia community of Farmville was laid out in an irregular grid pattern and grew by steady accretion. Its commercial, residential, and industrial sections preserve an […]
Robert Russa Moton High School
This innocent-looking school building built in 1939 at the corner of South Main Street and Griffin Boulevard in the Prince Edward County town of Farmville was an object of national […]
Buffalo Presbyterian Church
The very essence of a country church, Buffalo Presbyterian houses a congregation formed in 1739. The present building was erected sometime around 1804, after the original church burned in 1785. […]