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 […]
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 […]