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.
Burnt Quarter Plantation HouseBurnt Quarter is a historic plantation house in Dinwiddie County. Built in stages starting in 1750, the house is a two story structure with a hipped roof and a central section flanked by 1% story wings. It is believed that the property on which the h... Read More
Sappony ChurchFrom 1763 to 1801, the Sappony Episcopal Church was served by the Rev. Devereux Jarrett, a proponent of Methodism within the Anglican, and later Episcopal church. Jarrett was one of Virginia's few Anglican clerics to be affected by the Great Awakenin... Read More
Stony Creek PlantationStony Creek Plantation is likely the oldest building in Dinwiddie County. The original section of the T–shaped frame house is a rare surviving example of a mid-18th-century, center-hall plan, story-and-a-half house. It has massive Flemish-bond chimne... Read More
Wales Historic HouseBuilt for Howell Briggs (1709-1775), a militia captain, magistrate, and vestryman, Wales is one of the most architecturally distinctive plantation houses in Southside Virginia. Howell Briggs's son Gray Briggs (ca. 1731-1807), born at Wales, served in... Read More