South Boston Historic District
South Boston’s historic district preserves the tangible reminders of the community’s industrial, commercial, and residential development from after the Civil War to the 1930s. The Halifax County town began as […]
Old Providence (Halifax) Presbyterian Church
This simple country church housed Halifax County’s first Presbyterian congregation. Presbyterians began to spread through the southern Piedmont in the mid-18th century. By 1830 they were determined to have a […]
Berry Hill
A premier monument of the American Greek Revival, Berry Hill’s imposing mansion was erected in 1842-44 for James Coles Bruce, one of Virginia’s most affluent antebellum planters. Its architect, John […]
Brandon Plantation
Brandon Plantation was originally the Halifax County homestead of the Brandon family, who settled here in the mid-18th century. The present house, a two-part vernacular dwelling, was built in 1800 […]
Howard’s Neck
Located on the upper James River in Goochland County, the centerpiece of the Howard’s Neck plantation is the refined Federal-style residence built ca. 1825 for Edward Cunningham, a leader in […]
Timberneck
Timberneck, on a broad peninsula bordered by creeks flowing into the York River, was a Mann family homestead in the 17th and 18th centuries. The property was purchased ca. 1793 […]
Holly Knoll
Holly Knoll was the retirement home of Robert Russa Moton (1867-1940). The son of emancipated enslaved African Americans, Moton rose to the position of director of military programs at his […]
Booker T. Washington National Monument
Booker T. Washington, the pre-eminent African American leader of his generation, was born a slave on the Burroughs plantation in Franklin County on April 5, 1856. With freedom gained following […]
Bremo Slave Chapel
This simple Gothic Revival structure was constructed in 1835 as a chapel for the enslaved African Americans at Bremo, the Fluvanna County plantation of John Hartwell Cocke. It is the […]
Bremo Recess & Lower Bremo (Bremo Historic District)
Bremo, located in Fluvanna County, includes three separate estates, all created by the planter, soldier, and reformer Gen. John Hartwell Cocke (1780-1866) on his family’s 1725 land grant. Still owned […]