Belmead
New York architect Alexander Jackson Davis designed the grand romantic Powhatan County mansion at Belmead for Philip St. George Cocke in 1845. Although its pinnacles and other decorative elements have […]
Truxtun Historic District
Truxtun was the country’s first wartime government housing project constructed exclusively for Blacks. Named for Thomas Truxtun, an early naval hero, the forty-three-acre neighborhood of some 250 houses was developed […]
Pittsylvania County Courthouse
This antebellum Pittsylvania County Courthouse stands as a landmark to the African American struggle for civil rights in the post Civil-War era. Judge J. D. Coles’s attempt in 1878 to […]
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 […]
Petersburg National Battlefield
The Petersburg National Battlefield Park consists of a vast network of fortifications and entrenchments constructed by both Union and Confederate armies during the siege of the city of Petersburg from […]
Folly Castle Historic District
The Folly Castle Historic District, a residential neighborhood in the city of Petersburg, is centered along West Washington Street, and includes three blocks of Hinton Street as well as sections […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]