A. J. Long Mill
Offering a good example of an evolved, small, mid-19th-century, water-powered gristmill, and one of the few known extant mills in Greene County, the A. J. Long Mill is a two-story […]
Stanardsville Historic District
The Stanardsville Historic District represents the growth of the Greene County seat from a small late-18th-century settlement to a critical crossroads at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It […]
Beadles House
John Beadles, a Revolutionary War militia captain, acquired 437 acres of land at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Greene County in 1788. According to tradition, Beadles had […]
Powell-McMullan House
Powell-McMullan House is a simple, but ample, frame dwelling built about 1800 that was more than doubled in size in 1842. Architectural evidence suggests that the original house was a […]
Skyline Drive Historic District
Extending through eight counties, the world-famous Skyline Drive is a testament to the expanding movement for conservation, public outdoor recreation, and regional planning that became a hallmark of New Deal […]
Locust Grove
On a carefully chosen site with the Blue Ridge Mountains as backdrop, Locust Grove was built ca. 1798 for Isaac Davis, Jr. (1754-1835), a successful planter, land speculator, and a […]
Octonia Stone
This rounded outcropping in the Greene County countryside marked the terminus of the westernmost boundary of the 24,000-acre Octonia Grant. The grant was made in 1722 by Lieutenant Governor Alexander […]
Gibson Memorial Chapel and Martha Bagby Battle House at Blue Ridge School
The Blue Ridge School (formerly the Blue Ridge Industrial School) was founded in Greene County in 1910 by the Rev. George P. Mayo as a missionary effort of the Episcopal […]
Greene County Courthouse
The principal landmark of the tiny county seat community of Stanardsville, Greene County’s courthouse is a polished representative of an important group of Roman Revival courthouses scattered through Virginia’s Piedmont. […]
