Carter’s Grove
This famous exemplar of colonial Virginia’s plantation architecture was built 1750-55 for Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert (“King”) Carter. David Minitree, a bricklayer and James Wheatley, a house carpenter, were […]
City Point Historic District
A settlement was established at City Point as early as 1613. First called Bermuda City, the village was renamed Charles City Point, and eventually City Point. It was incorporated in […]
Meadow Farm
Meadow Farm figured in the 1800 insurrection instigated by the enslaved individual Gabriel. Gabriel’s goal was to have an army of enslaved African Americans capture Richmond. Mosby Sheppard of Meadow […]
Virginia Randolph Cottage
The brick Virginia Randolph Cottage honors an African American woman who gained national repute as an educator. In 1908, Henrico County instructor Virginia Estell Randolph (1874-1958) was appointed the nation’s […]
Fort Harrison National Cemetery
Taking its name from the nearby Confederate fortification, part of the Richmond defenses in Henrico County, Fort Harrison National Cemetery was established in May 1866. Of the 1,522 total interments, […]
William H. Trusty House
The stylish late Victorian house, built in 1897 in the city of Hampton for William H. Trusty (1862-1902), stands as a reminder of the new sense of political, social, and […]
Little England Chapel
The diminutive Little England Chapel is a monument to the role of African Americans in working to achieve a better quality of life and a stronger sense of community through […]
Hampton Institute
The famous Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) was founded in 1868 through the efforts of Gen. Samuel Chapman Armstrong, local agent of the Freedmen’s Bureau, to train the many former […]
Fort Monroe
Constructed in 1819-34 to guard Hampton Roads, the vast moated Fort Monroe is among the nation’s most ambitious works of early military architecture. It was designed by Gen. Simon Bernard, […]
Aberdeen Gardens Historic District
Aberdeen Gardens in the city of Hampton was established as a New Deal planned community for the African American workers of the Newport News and Hampton areas. Begun in 1934 […]