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 […]
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 […]