Upperville Historic District
Surrounded by grand estates and scenic farmland, Upperville is a principal geographic reference point for Virginia’s renowned hunt country. This linear village in Fauquier County, on the boundary with Loudoun […]
Warrenton Historic District
From its beginnings as a colonial village, the prosperous Fauquier County seat community of Warrenton has been home to lawyers and politicians such as John Marshall, who practiced here; William […]
Frying Pan Meetinghouse
During the 18th and early 19th centuries, Baptists were among the few religious groups in Virginia that were openly accepting of African Americans. Frying Pan Meetinghouse is one of the […]
Madden’s Tavern
The simple log structure that is Madden’s Tavern in Culpeper County is a rare relic of pre-Civil War Black entrepreneurship in rural Virginia. Completed about 1840, the tavern was built […]
Josephine City School
Built in 1882 to serve the African American community of Josephine City, this plain two-room structure is a rare example of a Reconstruction-era schoolhouse for blacks and is a testament […]
Long Marsh Run Rural Historic District
Incorporating some sixteen square miles of farmland in north-central Clarke County, between the West Virginia line and Route 7, the Long Marsh Run Rural Historic District is one of the […]
Greenway Rural Historic District
One of Virginia’s most scenic cultural landscapes, the Greenway Rural Historic District contains roughly thirty square miles of mostly connecting historic farms. Unlike other areas of western Virginia, Clarke County […]
Vawter Hall and Old President’s House
The 1908 Vawter Hall and the Old President’s House of 1907 constitute the historic core of Virginia State University, the oldest state-supported college for African Americans in the United States. […]
Azurest South
Azurest South was designed by Amaza Lee Meredith (1895-1984), one of the country’s first black female architects, as her own residence and studio in the Chesterfield County town of Ettrick. […]
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Mount Zion Baptist Church evokes the struggle by Charlottesville’s African Americans to establish a viable community in the city following emancipation. Black Americans required institutions that were truly their own, […]