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Historic Preservation and the City of Martinsville

Virginia Landmarks Register Spotlight: Ida Mae Francis Tourist Home

Alice Boucher of Colonial Virginia’s Eastern Shore

Exploring the Ruins of a Historic Mill in Richmond County

A Crash Course in the History of Ice Skating

Grave Matters: The African American Cemetery & Graves Fund

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Winn Dixie Grocery Store

04/17/2025

Historic Preservation and the City of Martinsville

The Ida Mae Francis Tourist Home as it appears today.

02/13/2025

Virginia Landmarks Register Spotlight: Ida Mae Francis Tourist Home

plat of land in eastern shore of virginia

02/06/2025

Alice Boucher of Colonial Virginia’s Eastern Shore

union/glasscock mill

01/24/2025

Exploring the Ruins of a Historic Mill in Richmond County

Charlotte Charles Dillingham, Get Together, 1949

01/23/2025

A Crash Course in the History of Ice Skating

First Baptist Church of Harmony Village Cemetery, Middlesex County

01/22/2025

Grave Matters: The African American Cemetery & Graves Fund

Press Releases

State Board Approves 9 Historical Highway Markers

State Historical Marker Unveiled for Suffolk Community Founded by Formerly Enslaved Man

9 Historic Sites Designated as Virginia Landmarks

State Historical Marker Dedicated for Old Folks Home in Essex County

Second Round of Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants Program-Appalachian Southwest Virginia Opens

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Ivy.Tan@dhr.virginia.gov
804-482-6445

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