Launched in February (Black History Month) 2019, this online catalog of Commonwealth sites listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places associated with African American history will continue to grow as DHR adds new listings to both registers.
It is worth noting, the catalog below is an update and extension of DHR’s 1995 book publication Virginia Landmarks of Black History edited by esteemed architectural historian Calder Loth. Introducing the volume, scholar Armstead L. Robinson (1947-1995) wrote, “Virginia does indeed encompass this nation’s longest continuous experience of Afro-American life and culture.” An extension of that book, DHR’s online listing of “Historic African American Sites in Virginia” provides an “official catalog of the historic landmarks associated with that epic encounter,” as Robinson stated about the 1995 publication.
Related links:
- African American Architects in Virginia during the 19th and 20th Centuries [pdf]
- Civil Rights in Virginia Bibliography [pdf]
- Reconstruction bibliography [pdf]
Current Catalog:
- Aberdeen Gardens Historic District, 114-0146
- African American Heritage Resources of Alexandria MPD, 100-5015
- African American Resources in Fauquier County, Virginia, 1865–1973, 030-5932
- African American Watermen of the Virginia Chesapeake Bay Multiple Property Document, 500-0007
- African-American Cemeteries in Petersburg, Virginia, 1818-1942 MPD, 123-5031
- Alexander Hill Baptist Church, 014-5054
- Alfred Street Baptist Church, 100-0049
- Almshouse Farm at Machipongo, 065-0053
- The Almshouse, 127-0353
- American Cigar Company, 122-0658
- Arcola Slave Quarters, 053-0984
- Armstrong Elementary School, 118-5320
- Ashville Historic District, 030-5323
- Attucks Theatre, 122-0074
- Augusta County Training School, 007-0755
- Averett School and Wharton Memorial Baptist Church and Cemetery, 058-5127
- Azurest South, 020-5583
- Nathaniel Bacon School, 127-0833
- Baker Public School, 127-0877
- Benjamin Banneker: SW 9 Intermediate Boundary Stone, 000-0015
- Barrett-Chumney House, 004-5017
- Barton Heights Cemeteries, 127-5679
- Bedford Historic Meeting House, 141-0005
- Bedford Training School, 141-5019
- Belgian Building, 127-0173
- Belmead, 072-0049
- Belmont, 087-0030
- Ben Venue, 078-0003
- Berkleytown Historic District, 166-5073
- Berry Hill, 041-0004
- Bethel AME Church and Dallard-Newman House Historic District, 115-5132
- Bethel Baptist Church, 020-0111
- Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery, 089-0360
- Beulah Baptist Church, 100-5015-0002
- Big Spring Baptist Church, 060-0435
- Blackwell Historic District, 127-5817
- Blandome, 117-0027-0127
- Blue Ridge Tunnel, 062-5105
- Brandon Plantation, 041-0157
- Brandon-on-the-Dan, 041-0302
- Bremo Recess & Lower Bremo (Bremo Historic District), 032-0002
- Bremo Slave Chapel, 032-0030
- Brown Grove Rural Historic District, 042-5802
- Buckingham Training School, 208-5001
- Buena Vista Colored School, 103-5053
- Buffalo Presbyterian Church, 073-0028
- Ralph Bunche High School, 048-5007
- Jackson P. Burley High School, 104-5276-0064
- Burrell Memorial Hospital, 128-5863
- Butterwood Methodist Church and Butterwood Cemetery, 026-0111
- Byrne Street USO Club, 123-5054
- Calfee Training School, 125-0034
- Pompey Callaway House, 060-0434
- Campbell County Training School, 015-5200
- Carillon Neighborhood Historic District, 127-6756
- Carter’s Grove, 047-0001
- Carver Residential Historic District, 127-0822
- John B. Cary School, 127-0824
- Lott Cary Birth Site, 018-0061
- Cedar Grove, 058-0006
- Cedar Hill Cemetery, 133-5018
- Cedar Hill Church and Cemeteries, 081-5466
- Central State Hospital Chapel, 026-0123-0005
- Chapel Rural Historic District, 021-5025
- Chatsworth School, 043-0544
- Chellowe, 014-0007
- Christ Church, 122-0004
- Church Home for Aged, Infirm, and Disabled Colored People, 012-0126
- Cifax Rural Historic District, 009-0254
- Clermont, 021-0019
- Clifton Forge Residential Historic District, 105-5036
- Coan Baptist Church, 066-0086
- Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery, 100-0121-1085
- Cornland School, 131-0111
- Court Street Baptist Church, 118-0156
- Courtland Historic District, 201-5001
- Courtland School, 201-5005
- Daughters of Zion Cemetery, 104-5153
- Davis Chapel, 100-5015-0006
- Delevan Baptist Church, 104-0376
- Dewberry Hill, 041-5064
- Diamond Hill Baptist Church, 118-0060-0057
- Diamond Hill Historic District, 118-0060
- J. Eugene Diggs Residence, 122-5971
- Doctors Building, 108-5703
- Doe Creek Farm, 035-0018
- Douglas School, 138-5002
- Douglass High School, 253-0070
- Douglass School, 102-5021
- Dover Slave Quarter Complex, 037-5012
- Lylburn Downing School, 117-5002
- Charles Richard Drew House, 000-0016
- Dry Bridge School, 120-5034
- East Hill Cemetery, 102-5028
- East Suffolk School Complex, 133-5046
- Eastville Historic District, 214-0040
- Eckington School, 023-5041
- Edenetta, 028-0010
- Emmaus Baptist Church, 063-0011
- Fairmount School, 127-0308
- Fairview Cemetery, 204-5031
- Farmville Historic District, 144-0027
- Fayette Street Historic District, 120-5003
- James A. Fields House, 121-5004
- Fifeville and Tonsler Neighborhoods Historic District, 104-0213
- Fifth Street Historic District, 118-5318
- First African Baptist Church, 127-0167
- First Baptist Church, 122-0040
- First Baptist Church, 137-5071
- First Baptist Church, 117-0027-0063
- First Baptist Church, 144-0027-0167
- First Baptist Church, 128-0037
- First Baptist Church of Covington, 107-0039
- First Battalion Virginia Volunteers Armory, 127-5676
- First Calvary Baptist Church, 122-0073
- First Union School, 037-5016
- Floris Historic District, 029-5179
- Folly Castle Historic District, 123-0096
- Fort Monroe, 114-0002
- Fort Pocahontas, 018-5001
- Foster Site, 104-5140
- Fourth Baptist Church, 127-0318
- Franklin and Armfield Office, 100-0105
- Frying Pan Meetinghouse, 029-0015
- Gainsboro Historic District, 128-5762
- Gainsboro Library, 128-0256
- Gascony, 066-5054
- Susie G. Gibson High School, 141-5017
- Governor’s Mansion (Executive Mansion), 127-0057
- Harry W. Gray House, 000-0515
- Green Pastures Recreation Area, 003-5109
- Greenfield, 011-0026
- Greenfield Kitchen and Quarters, 011-5700
- Greensville County Training School, 109-5001
- Greenway Rural Historic District, 021-0963
- Greenwood-Afton Rural Historic District, 002-5075
- John Groom Elementary School, 301-5063
- Town of Halifax Court House Historic District, 230-5001
- Halifax Triangle & Downtown Commercial Historic District, 123-5494
- Hampton Institute, 114-0006
- Hampton National Guard Armory, 114-5001
- Harrison School, 128-0043
- Hayden High School, 145-5012
- Hayes Hall, 118-0059
- Dr. Edwin Bancroft and Mary Ellen Henderson House, 110-0221
- Henry Street Historic District, 128-5764
- Moses Hepburn Rowhouses, 100-5015-0004
- Hickory Hill Slave and African American Cemetery, 042-5792
- Hill Grove School, 071-5187
- Historic and Architectural Resources of Hobson Village MPD, 133-5257
- Holbrook-Ross Street Historic District, 108-0180
- Holley Graded School, 066-0112
- Holly Knoll, 036-0134
- Charles B. Holt House, 104-5098
- Howard’s Neck, 037-0100
- Howland Chapel School, 066-0110
- Hume Historic District, 030-5158
- Hyde Park, 067-0040
- Jackson Blacksmith Shop, 037-0163
- Jackson Ward Historic District, 127-0237
- St. James Baptist Church and Cemetery, 030-5898
- Jamestown National Historic Site, 047-0009
- Jarratt House, 123-0114-0002
- Jefferson School, 104-5087
- Jefferson School, 105-0171
- Jericho School, 016-5014
- Armstead T. Johnson High School, 096-0113
- Dr. Albert Johnson House, 100-5015-0003
- Dr. Walter Johnson House and Tennis Court, 118-0225-0077
- Josephine City Historic District, 168-5029
- Josephine City School, 168-5027
- Kentland Farm Historic and Archaeological District, 060-0202
- Kenwood, 036-0121
- King William Training School, 050-5010
- L&J Neighborhood Historic District, 134-5608
- Lawrenceville Historic District, 251-5001
- Lee Memorial Park, 123-0083
- Leeds Manor Rural Historic District, 030-5428
- Liberty Baptist Church, 016-0069
- Little England Chapel, 114-0040
- Lomax African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 000-1148
- Long Marsh Run Rural Historic District, 021-0967
- Edgar A. Long Building, 154-5008
- Longs Chapel, 082-5264
- Longwood, 002-0380
- Lovettsville Historic District, 255-5001
- Lynchburg Hosiery Mill #1, 118-0126
- Madden’s Tavern, 023-0029
- Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth, 155-0010
- Mangohick Church, 050-0041
- Maple Springs, 023-0023
- Marshall Historic District, 030-5156
- Matthew Fontaine Maury School, 111-0009-0014
- Mauck’s Meeting House, 069-0006
- Meadow Farm, 043-0031
- The Meadow Historic District (Meadow Farm), 016-0016
- Mechanicsville Historic District, 108-5607
- Medical Arts Building, 121-0223
- Middlebrook Historic District, 007-0236
- Millers Tavern Rural Historic District, 028-5030
- Millwood Colored School, 021-0192-0008
- Montgomery Hall Park, 132-5023
- Monticello, 002-0050
- Morgantown Historic District, 030-5322
- Morson’s Row, 127-0079
- Robert Russa Moton Boyhood Home, 073-0030
- Robert Russa Moton High School, 144-0053
- Mount Moriah Baptist Church and Cemetery, 128-0234
- Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, 076-6009
- Mount Salem Baptist Meeting House, 078-0033
- Mount Sinai Baptist Church, 133-5249
- Mount Vernon Enterprise Lodge #3488/Pride of Fairfax County Lodge #298, 029-6069
- Mount Zion Baptist Church, 104-0181
- Mt. Olive Methodist Episcopal Church, 053-0994
- Nansemond County Training School, 133-5065
- Newport News Public Library, 121-0080
- J. Thomas Newsome House, 121-0052
- Newtown Cemetery, 115-5129
- Newtown Historic District, 132-0034
- Norfolk Azalea Gardens, 122-1007
- Norwood-Wingina Rural Historic District, 062-5135
- Number 18 School in Marshall, 030-0135
- Oak Grove Baptist Church Historic District, 099-5091
- Oakland Baptist Church Cemetery, 100-5339
- Oakwood-Chimborazo Historic District, 127-0821
- Occupacia-Rappahannock Rural Historic District, 028-5084
- Odd Fellows Hall, 150-0087
- Odd Fellows Hall, 100-5015-0005
- Old Christiansburg Industrial Institute, 154-5004
- Old Providence (Halifax) Presbyterian Church, 041-0113
- Old Stone Church, 138-0019
- Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church, 009-0135
- Samuel D. Outlaw Blacksmith Shop, 273-0014
- Peabody Building of the Peabody-Williams School, 123-5019
- Penrose Historic District, 000-8823
- People’s Memorial Cemetery, 123-5031-0001
- Petersburg National Battlefield, 123-0071
- Petersburg Trailways Bus Station, 123-5493
- Phoenix Bank of Nansemond, 133-0086
- Pierce Street Historic District, 118-5238
- Pine Grove Elementary School, 024-5082
- Pitts Theatre, 204-5053
- Pittsylvania County Courthouse, 187-0007
- Pocahontas Island Historic District, 123-0114
- Poplar Lawn Historic District, 123-0094
- Port Republic Road Historic District, 136-5054
- Port Royal Historic District Boundary Increase, 284-5017
- Portsmouth Community Library, 124-5130
- Prestwould, 058-0045
- Prince William Forest Park Historic District, 076-0299
- Proffit Historic District, 002-5019
- Pulaski High School, 125-0063
- Quantico Marine Corps Base Historic District, 287-0010
- Queen Street Baptist Church, 122-0165
- Quest End, 036-5047
- Racial Desegregation in Public Education in the United States MPD, 063-5036
- Virginia Randolph Cottage, 043-0043
- Rectortown Historic District, 030-5155
- Ridge Street Historic District, 104-0025
- River View Farm, 002-1229
- Roanoke City Health Center, 128-0049-1666
- Rock Run School, 044-5171
- Rockland Rural Historic District, 093-5058
- Rosemont, 072-0169
- Rosenwald Schools in Virginia MPD, 012-5041
- Julius Rosenwald High School, 066-0075
- Rotherwood, 087-0045
- Ryan Hall Elementary School, 062-5230
- Salem School, 019-5121
- Saluda Historic District, 059-5124
- Schoolfield Historic District, 108-5065
- Scott Zion Baptist Church, 005-5439
- Scrabble School, 078-5107
- Seashore State Park Historic District, 134-0099
- George Lewis Seaton House, 100-5015-0007
- Second Union School, 037-5051
- Shady Grove School, 054-0099
- Shannon Cemetery, 035-5028
- Shiloh Baptist Church, 259-0162-0007
- Shiloh Baptist Church (Old Site), 111-0096
- Shockoe Hill Burying Ground Historic District, 127-7231
- Silver Hill Baptist Church and School, 030-5180
- Lucy F. Simms School, 115-5035
- Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church, 127-0472
- Skyline Drive Historic District, 069-0234
- Smith’s Pharmacy, 121-5066
- South Boston Historic District, 130-0006
- South Franklin Street Historic District, 154-0010
- Southside High School, 071-5820
- Southwest Historic District Boundary Increase, 128-6472
- Southwest Mountains Rural Historic District, 002-1832
- Speed the Plough, 005-0040
- Anne Spencer House, 118-0061
- St. John School, 002-1056
- St. John’s African Methodist Episcopal Church, 122-0211
- St. John’s Episcopal Church, 139-0008
- St. John’s United Holy Church of America, 127-7209
- St. Luke Building, 127-0352
- St. Mary’s Church, 122-0024
- Saint Paul’s College, 251-0003
- St. Paul’s School, 012-5010
- St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, 121-0032
- Stafford Training School, 089-0247
- Stanton Family Cemetery, 014-0052
- Stonega Historic District, 097-0042
- Stratford Junior High School, 000-9412
- Stuart Addition Historic District, 132-0036
- Town of Surry Historic District, 308-5001
- Switchback School, 008-5042
- Patrick Robert Sydnor Log Cabin, 058-5076
- T.C. Walker School, 008-5076
- Tangier Island Historic District, 309-0001
- Third Street Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 127-0274
- Fannie Thompson House, 007-0663
- Timberneck, 036-0074
- Benjamin Tonsler House, 104-0233
- William H. Trusty House, 114-0108
- Truxtun Historic District, 124-0047
- Twelfth Street Industrial Historic District, 118-5498
- Twin Lakes State Park, 073-0070
- Robert Tynes House, 046-0002
- Union Church and Cemetery, 089-0067-0037
- Union Street School, 253-5117
- United States Post Office and Court House, 115-0108
- Upperville Historic District, 030-5438
- Uptown/Parker-Gray Historic District, 100-0133
- Valley Railroad Bridge, 129-5023
- Vawter Hall and Old President’s House, 020-5247
- Virginia Industrial Home School for Colored Girls, 042-0126
- Virginia Union University, 127-0354
- Virginia University of Lynchburg, 118-5297
- Walker-Grant School, 111-5006
- Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site (Maggie Walker House), 127-0275
- Maggie L. Walker High School, 127-0414
- T.C. Walker House, 036-5053
- Walnut Valley, 090-0023
- Walters-Moshier House, 130-0006-0226
- Warm Springs and West Warm Springs Historic District, 008-5025
- Booker T. Washington National Monument, 033-0015
- Washington School, 078-5187
- Booker T. Washington High School, 132-5011
- George W. Watkins School, 063-5011
- John Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church and Cemetery, 008-5030
- West Main Street Historic District, 104-0083
- West Point Cemetery, 122-5181
- West Point Historic District, 325-0002
- John T. West School, 122-1004
- Whitaker’s Mill Archaeological Complex, 099-5275
- White Plains, 048-0024
- Whittaker Memorial Hospital, 121-5072
- Williamsburg Historic District, 137-0050
- Willisville Historic District, 053-5116
- Woodlawn Cultural Landscape Historic District, 029-5181
- Woodville School, 036-5045
- Worsham High School, 073-5064
- Yellow Sulphur Springs, 060-0013
- Zion Poplars Baptist Church, 036-5001
