The history of the Revolution can be felt everywhere in Virginia, from the mountains to the beaches. Learn about the American Revolution and Independence and how Virginia helped shape our nation at these attractions and museums.
BatterseaBattersea is an 18th century estate on 37 beautiful acres in Petersburg. It was built in 1768 by Colonel John Banister, a member of the VA House of Burgesses, first mayor of Petersburg and a signer of the Articles of Confederation. Surviving both Rev... Read More
Blandford Church and CemeteryBlandford Church is a rare American treasure. It is one of the few churches whose decorative stained-glass windows were designed and installed under the direction of Louis Comfort Tiffany. A guided tour of the Church reveals its history as an 18t... Read More
Centre Hill MansionPresident Abraham Lincoln visited Union General George Hartsuff at Centre Hill on April 7, 1865, just days after the fall of Petersburg and Richmond. In 1909, President William Howard Taft lunched at the mansion. Built in 1823 by Robert Bolling IV, C... Read More
Gillfield Baptist ChurchGillfield Baptist Church, one of the oldest African American congregations in the City of Petersburg, had its beginning in Prince George County in 1788. It has the oldest handwritten record book of any black church. The collection of church minut... Read More
McKenney HouseOverlooking Poplar Lawn Park, the William McKenney House is Petersburg's most extravagant example of the Queen Anne style. Designed by Maj. Harrison Waite, the city's leading architect of the time, the twenty-three-room mansion was completed in 1890.... Read More
Petersburg National BattlefieldPetersburg National Battlefield Park, located approximately 25 miles south of Richmond, encompasses a large area with battlefield sites and visitor centers. In June 1864, Ulysses S. Grant realized that the key to conquering Richmond was to bring d... Read More
St. Paul's Episcopal Church Bristol ParishSt. Paul's is the historic Episcopal Church in Old Towne Petersburg. Though much has changed in Petersburg since our founding in 1643, the congregation of St. Paul's is still worshipping on the hilltop overlooking Petersburg. We are a small, family-o... Read More
Washington Street United Methodist ChurchOn June 26, 1842, this church building was dedicated. In 1844 the Methodist Church divided. The first general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South was held in this church in May of 1846. During the War Between the States, the church bui... Read More