Virginia Department of Historic Resources

Past News

Public Notice: Recovery of Buried Human Remains

17 Historic Sites Added to the Virginia Landmarks Register

10 New State Historical Markers Approved in June

Preserving the Past, Bulding the Future: Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits at Work in Virginia

Check out DHR’s new audio tour of the historical highway markers along the Virginia Capital Bike Trail and Route 5 between Richmond and Williamsburg.

DHR Announces Availability of Battlefield Preservation Grants for 2018

Cost Share Program:

Report of Governor McAuliffe’s Monuments Work Group (2016)

Eleven New State Historical Highway Markers Approved in March

Panelists discussed Werowocomoco during a Virginia Historical Society Banner Lecture in February 2016.

Historic Surry Disaster Mitigation Plan

Now Available: Classic Commonwealth: Virginia Architecture from the Colonial Era to 1940

Updated: How to Research Your Historic Property

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