Morrison House
Constructed between 1820 and 1824 for Joseph Thornton, the Morrison House was one of the few early dwellings remaining in downtown Harrisonburg. It stood in an excellent state of preservation […]
United States Post Office and Court House
The United States Post Office and Court House in downtown Harrisonburg is significant for its association with racial desegregation in public education as the site of judicial rulings directing the […]
Bethel AME Church and Dallard-Newman House Historic District
The Bethel AME Church and Dallard-Newman House Historic District lies in Harrisonburg’s Newtown, an African American neighborhood settled after the Civil War (see Newtown Cemetery). The church—originally, Bethel United Brethren […]
Newtown Cemetery
The Newtown Cemetery is locally significant for its role in the development of the Harrisonburg’s African American community. Newtown, which arose soon after the Civil War, was located on the […]
Lucy F. Simms School
The Lucy F. Simms School is located at the corner of East Washington Street and Simms Avenue in the city of Harrisonburg. A mission school first addressed the need for […]
Whitesel Brothers Building
An excellent example of warehouse construction from the early 20th century, the two-story Whitesel Brothers Building, built in 1939 in the city of Harrisonburg, reveals late Depression-era craftsmanship and technology […]
Harrisonburg Downtown Historic District
The Harrisonburg Downtown Historic District, an approximately 100-acre district centering on Rockingham County Courthouse and its Court Square, embraces the commercial and institutional core of Harrisonburg, which was established as […]
Turner Ashby Monument
The Turner Ashby Monument is locally significant for its association with the movement that came to be known across the former Confederacy as the “Lost Cause.” The movement was most […]
Turner Ashby Monument
The Turner Ashby Monument is locally significant for its association with the movement that came to be known across the former Confederacy as the “Lost Cause.” The movement was most […]
Old Town Historic District
Harrisonburg’s Old Town Historic District is a well-preserved neighborhood of late-19th- through mid-20th-century houses. Many of Harrisonburg’s prominent families have resided in the district, representing collectively much of the story […]
