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.
Blandfield Historic Plantation HouseBlandfield, located in Essex County, Virginia along the Rappahannock River, consists of approximately 4,000 acres, with 600 acres of pristine marsh and 700 acres of open farmland with the remainder in timberland and open pine stands. Since acquiring ... Read More
Brooke's BankThe diminutive proportions of this colonial plantation house, in Essex County's Occupacia-Rappahannock Rural Historic District, may result from the fact that it was built for a woman, Sarah Taliaferro Brooke, who supervised its construction. Brooke's... Read More
Cherry WalkCherry Walk is one of the most preserved and intact representations of 18th Century living in Essex County. A manor home and multiple outbuildings sit on 95-acres of landscaped grounds, farmland, and forest. Explore life as it was and find rejuvena... Read More
Elmwood Historic Plantation HouseThe wealth and influence of the Garnetts is shown by Elmwood, one of Virginia's most ambitious colonial mansions. Muscoe Garnett, whose family had been prominent in Essex County affairs since the 17th century, had the house built ca. 1774. The auster... Read More
Essex County Historic Walking TourThe Tappahannock Historic Town Walking Tour is designed to take you back to the 17th, 18th and 19th century buildings all located within 3 blocks of one another in the central downtown area.... Read More
Essex County Museum and Historical SocietyEssex and its county seat, Tappahannock, lie on the beautiful Rappahannock River in Virginia's Middle Peninsula. The Essex County Museum houses a number of exhibits that include pre-historic through modern displays of life in Essex and on the Rappaha... Read More
Glebe House of St. Anne's ParishThe Glebe House of St. Anne's Parish is one of the finest and probably the oldest of Virginia's colonial glebe houses, of which less than a dozen survive. Glebe houses were built on church lands used for the support of the parish. The houses were som... Read More
St. John's Episcopal ChurchSt. John's was first established in 1820. Parishioners worshipped in the Town Chapel/Tappahannock Chapel, which was deeded to the Episcopal Church, but used by four denominations. In 1849, the St. John's vestry decided to erect a new building to repl... Read More