St. Clare Walker School

The St. Clare Walker School, located at Cooks Corner south of Urbanna in Middlesex County, served as a high school for Black students from 1939 through 1969 and as a […]

Seatack Historic District

Seatack is a historic African American neighborhood in Virginia Beach, located just over a mile west of the Atlantic oceanfront. The Seatack Historic District is focused around Birdneck Road and […]

Carver-Price School

Located in the Town of Appomattox, the Carver-Price School comprises a one-story, brick Rosenwald school constructed c. 1930, with substantial additions in 1951 and 1964, as well as several secondary […]

William R. McKenney Library

The William R. McKenney Library is located on at the corner of South Sycamore and Marshall streets in the Poplar Lawn Historic District in the City of Petersburg. The prominent […]

Samuel D. Outlaw Blacksmith Shop

The Samuel D. Outlaw Blacksmith Shop is located in the Accomack County town of Onancock, and is listed under the African American Watermen of the Virginia Chesapeake Bay MPD. The […]

Gascony

In rural Northumberland County, the magnificent 221-acre estate of Gascony encompasses a Greek Revival-style main house built in ca. 1856, in addition to a guest house and numerous agricultural outbuildings […]

Pulaski High School

Pulaski High School is located within a small residential area off US Route 11, just northeast of downtown Pulaski. This two-story Georgian Revival building was originally constructed in 1937 as […]

Union Street School

The 1883 Union Street School, located on the northern edge of the Loudoun County seat of Leesburg, is an intact example of an African American schoolhouse operated during the Jim […]

Rotherwood

Rotherwood is an early 19th century agricultural estate and former plantation located in rural Southampton County, west of the town of Capron.  The property is accessed via a long, tree-lined […]