Doctors Building
The Doctors Building was constructed in a time of drastic architectural, medical, and social change in the mid-20th century. Designed in the International Style, the medical office buildings reflected a […]
Pine Grove Elementary School
Pine Grove Elementary School, constructed in 1917, is one of six schools for African American students built in Cumberland County that are associated with the Julius Rosenwald Fund. Philanthropist Rosenwald, […]
Courtland Historic District
Beginning as a cluster of courthouse buildings in 1752 along the north side of the Nottoway River, the Courtland Historic District forms the core of the Southampton County seat. Originally […]
Oak Hill
Oak Hill, an ambitious Federal plantation house, was erected in 1823-1825 by Samuel Hairston. It was one of the largest and finest of the residences constructed along the Dan River […]
Willisville Historic District
Surrounded by farmsteads, woodlands, and open vistas, the Willisville Historic District encompasses a rural village that was settled by African Americans prior to and after the Civil War in Loudoun […]
Norwood-Wingina Rural Historic District
Encompassing about 2,930 acres along the James River in southern Nelson County, the present-day Norwood-Wingina Rural Historic District was first occupied for thousands of years by the Monacans and their […]
Christ Church
Christ Church was constructed in 1828, a year after its predecessor was destroyed in a fire. This sophisticated Classical Revival building was used by Norfolk’s oldest Episcopal congregation until 1910, […]
First Baptist Church
Designed by the prolific Roanoke architect H. H. Huggins, First Baptist Church housed what was at the time the largest and most prominent African American congregation west of Richmond. Completed […]
Hayes Hall
Hayes Hall was formerly the main building of Virginia College and Virginia Seminary, founded in 1886 as an institution espousing the self-help educational principles for African Americans advocated by Booker […]
Alexander Hill Baptist Church
Alexander Hill Baptist Church was built around 1870 during Reconstruction and served a rural African American community in Buckingham County into the 21st century. The presence of a preacher’s mound […]