Douglass High School
Douglass High School symbolizes the quiet tenacity and sense of purpose maintained by Loudoun County’s African Americans in their determination to secure a high standard of secondary education for their […]
West Point Historic District
Strategically situated where the Pamunkey and Mattaponi rivers join to form the York River, the town of West Point in King William County was originally the site of an Indian […]
Mangohick Church
The simple but dignified colonial Mangohick Church was built ca. 1730-32 as a chapel of ease for St. Margaret’s Parish, but soon became the upper church of St. David’s Parish. […]
Jamestown National Historic Site
Jamestown is the site of the first permanent English settlement in America, founded in 1607. The first meeting of the Virginia House of Burgesses, held here in 1619, signaled the […]
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 […]