"Berry Hill was almost the last of the great houses to be built in Virginia…Its isolated site lends an almost overpoweringly romantic aura to the distinction of its carefully executed portico flanked by two small Doric pavilions. The entire compositi... Read More

The historic Southside homestead of Black Walnut is noted for its unusually complete collection of plantation structures. Placed about the rambling frame residence are a brick kitchen, a wash house, a dairy, two smokehouses, two sheds, a cool-storage... Read More

Located on a well-traveled Halifax County route that became Highway 58, Bloomsburg (Watkins House) is a finely detailed Greek Revival plantation house, among the first generation of such houses in Halifax County. It was built for merchant-planter Ale... Read More

The original Boyd Tavern was constructed in 1790, consisting of a small one-story dwelling and tavern. Around 1816 the building was altered and expanded reflecting the nucleus of the present structure. By the 1820s, the building had evolved into a fe... Read More

Brandon Plantation was originally the Halifax County homestead of the Brandon family, who settled here in the mid-18th century. The present house, a two-part vernacular dwelling, was built in 1800 and enlarged ca. 1842. The plain but forthright count... Read More

Once a defining feature of rural America, the general store is rapidly becoming an endangered architectural species. Such buildings formerly dotted the countryside with regularity. Most, however, have vanished, and most remaining ones are abandoned. ... Read More

A relic of a leading Virginia industry, this plain but substantially built brick building is perhaps the state's best-preserved antebellum tobacco factory. Located in the heart of Virginia's bright-leaf tobacco belt, the two-story Brooklyn Tobacco Fa... Read More

Buckshoal Farm was the birthplace and favorite residence of William M. Tuck (1896-1983), one of Virginia's most popular 20th-century governors. Elected in 1945, his term is remembered for his effect on labor-management relationships. He was instrumen... Read More

Located in western Halifax County, Carlbrook was built in the late 1920s as a country place and retirement home for Imperial Tobacco Company executive Luther E. Carlton and his wife, Myrtle Boyd Carlton. The imposing Georgian Revival residence was co... Read More

Joseph Dodson, Sr., built the smaller section of Carter's Tavern as his dwelling before 1773. His younger son, Joseph Dodson, Jr., operated it as an ordinary early in the 19th century here on River Road, then the principal highway between Halifax Cou... Read More

Among Halifax County's oldest-surviving houses, Cedar Grove dates to the late 1770s, as indicated by aspects of the one-story house, which may have been built for William Smith. Early features include hewn and mill-sawn framing members, wrought nails... Read More

The Collins Ferry Historic District arose on the Staunton River in Halifax County beginning in the early 1800s when William Collins established a ferry, mill, and tavern, during an era when tobacco ruled Southside Virginia's economy. Covering about 7... Read More

DeJarnette's Tavern is considered to be the most unchanged 18th-century tavern in Virginia. Built in the late 1700s in Halifax County, it was named for Daniel DeJarnette, the son of James Pemberton DeJarnette, whose Huguenot family had fled France in... Read More

The most elaborate example of the Queen Anne architectural style in the South Boston Historic District, and probably all of Halifax County, the 1892 E. L. Evans House was both the grand personal residence of and, effectively, a professional advertise... Read More

In the early 19th century numerous small plantations growing tobacco as the principal cash crop were established in south central Virginia. Each plantation was normally served by an unpretentious frame dwelling house surrounded by a cluster of outbui... Read More

Glennmary in Halifax County is a work by the builder Dabney Cosby, Sr., who assisted with the original Jeffersonian buildings at the University of Virginia. Leaving Charlottesville, Cosby continued to design and build throughout southern Virginia. As... Read More

Built around 1861, Halifax County's Glenwood blends the county's leading antebellum architectural styles: Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, and Italianate. The two-story frame house was constructed in front of an earlier planked circa-1800 log house whi... Read More

The Halifax County Courthouse is listed in the Virginia Landmarks Register and occupies a site that has been used for court purposes since the Revolution. The Courthouse was built in 1838, houses records that go back to 1752, and is one of the Classi... Read More

Mountain Road, in the county seat town of Halifax, has been noted for its handsome houses, churches, and lush landscaping since the 19th century. Named for White Oak Mountain, the tree-shaded road stretches west from the courthouse square into the co... Read More

This simple country church housed Halifax County's first Presbyterian congregation. Presbyterians began to spread through the southern Piedmont in the mid-18th century. By 1830 they were determined to have a more conveniently located meetinghouse and... Read More

Although antebellum Halifax County was dotted with small farm complexes, the area also saw the establishment of vast plantations with architecturally sophisticated houses. John R. Edmunds, owner of 1,110 acres on Birch Creek, was able to build an Ita... Read More

South Boston's historic district preserves the tangible reminders of the community's industrial, commercial, and residential development from after the Civil War to the 1930s. The Halifax County town began as a railroad depot in 1854 and by the early... Read More

Come stroll down a historic Main Street enjoying the Victorian architecture and the charm of a small town atmosphere. The Downtown South Boston Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is registered as a Virginia Histo... Read More

The Staunton River Bridge Fortification Historic District in Charlotte and Halifax counties is a rare example of a well-preserved Civil War–era star fort. Associated with the defense of the Staunton River railroad bridge, the site includes remnants o... Read More

The Town of Halifax has served as the county seat for Halifax County since 1776 and as the commercial, social and institutional center for the surrounding rural region. The Town of Halifax Court House Historic District includes the Greek Revival coun... Read More