Poplar Lawn Historic District
The Poplar Lawn Historic District began as a fashionable 19th-century Petersburg neighborhood developed around a two-block public park originally known as Poplar Lawn, and now called Central Park. The park […]
Folly Castle Historic District
This residential neighborhood centered along West Washington Street, and including three blocks of Hinton Street as well as sections of Perry and Guarantee streets, contains an important and varied assemblage […]
Ben Venue
Dominating a hilltop in Rappahannock County with broad views of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and anchoring the Ben Venue Rural Historic District, Ben Venue, well known for its row of […]
Mauck’s Meeting House
The Mauck’s Meeting House congregation was organized ca. 1772 by John Koontz and consisted of both Mennonites and Baptists, dissenters who played an influential role in the early society of […]
Howland Chapel School
Howland Chapel School, Northumberland County’s oldest schoolhouse, is a poignant reminder of the various efforts of idealistic northerners to assist with the education of the children of Virginia’s former slaves. […]
Holley Graded School
Holley Graded School represents the dedicated work of a small African American community, who, despite economic hardship and the deterrence of segregation, erected a schoolhouse which was remarkably well appointed […]
Coan Baptist Church
A well-articulated work of country Neoclassical architecture, the Coan Baptist Church was built in 1846 to serve the growing congregation of what was originally Wicomico Baptist Church, formed in 1804 […]
West Freemason Street Area Historic District
The compact neighborhood near the Elizabeth River that includes West Freemason, Bute, Duke, Botetourt, Dunmore, and Yarmouth streets was one of the first neighborhoods outside the colonial limits of Norfolk. […]
St. John’s African Methodist Episcopal Church
The completion of St. John’s African Methodist Episcopal Church in 1888 symbolized the beginning of a period of ascendancy for Norfolk’s African American congregations. The church was the first of […]
First Baptist Church
One of Norfolk’s major architectural landmarks, First Baptist is the mother church of the city’s African American Baptists. Norfolk’s Baptists organized in 1800 and included both Black and White congregants. […]