Lending a sense of continuity and place to the courthouse town of Orange in Orange County, the Ballard-Marshall House demonstrates the pervasiveness of the Classical Revival tradition in the Virginia Piedmont. Distinguished by its pedimented roof, Cl... Read More

Built in 1860, the Exchange Hotel with its high ceiling parlors and grand veranda welcomed passengers from the two rail lines: the Virginia Central Railroad and the Orange & Alexandria Railroad. Soon after the completion of the hotel, the Civil War b... Read More

Frascati, built in 1821-23 for Supreme Court justice and statesman Philip Pendleton Barbour, is one of the architectural monuments of the Piedmont. With its detailed specifications surviving, the Orange County house is also among the region's best do... Read More

The core building of the immaculately maintained ensemble at Greenwood is a dignified but understated frame I-house erected ca. 1820 on property deeded in 1818 by Thomas Macon to his daughter Lucy, wife of Ruben Conway. The Macons and Conways were bo... Read More

Hampstead Farm presents a unique opportunity to study nearly all periods of the human occupation of Virginia's northern Piedmont. The district is spread across 780 acres of beautiful rolling hills and bottomland along the south side of the Rapidan Ri... Read More

Located near the Germanna Fort site, the Visitor Center, library, museum and memorial garden honor the first German immigrants settling in Virginia in 1714. Enjoy the Siegen Forest trails, the 170 acre forest behind their campus and Rapidan River acc... Read More

The first museum in the U.S. to honor our 4th President, Father of the Constitution, and author of the Bill of Rights, James Madison. A blend of presidential, cultural and agricultural, the Museum houses a wonderful collection of the rich heritage o... Read More

Montpelier is more than just the home of one of America's Founding Fathers. It's a place where we can learn how our Constitution affects our everyday lives. It's an ongoing archaeological dig that tells us more about 18th century life every day. It's... Read More

This exhibit will feature a traveling exhibit from The American Friends of Lafayette, and numerous artifacts.... Read More

Mayhurst is a magnificent 9200 Sq Ft Italianate Victorian gem; remarkable for its architecture and oval-spiral staircase ascending four floors. The luxurious, historic and romantic Plantation Manor House is renowned for its beauty and its historical ... Read More

The twelfth President of the United States, Zachary Taylor, was born at Montebello, a plantation, on November 24, 1784. The Taylor family arrived at Montebello after selling their Hare Forest Plantation. Members of the family became sick during their... Read More

Orange County's Mount Calvary Baptist Church was built in 1892 during the era of segregation, but the founding African American congregation dates back decades earlier to the years just after the Civil War and the abolishment of slavery. The one-stor... Read More

Rebel Hall was built about 1848 for Dr. James H. Minor, a prominent surgeon and farmer in the Town of Orange. The two-story brick house is one of a handful of antebellum dwellings surviving in the town and the only one executed in the Greek Revival s... Read More

Built in 1833-34 in the Town of Orange. This sole remaining example of Thomas Jefferson's ecclesiastical work was also Robert E. Lee's place of worship during his encampment in Orange in the winter of 1863-64.... Read More

Named in honor of James Waddell, Orange County's blind preacher, this country church is Virginia's finest specimen of Carpenters' Gothic architecture. A forest of spires sprouts from the nave, transepts, and vestry of the board-and-batten structure. ... Read More

The persistence of traditional plantation architecture and layout that lingered in rural areas of Virginia following the Civil War is embodied in Williston. The house and its ancillary structures were built circa 1867 by Joseph Hiden, an Orange Count... Read More

Built in the late 18th century for Joseph Clark, the original frame residence at Willow Grove was substantially enlarged in 1848 by the addition of a brick wing and a unifying Tuscan portico. It is believed some of the woodwork in this Federal portio... Read More

Black Meadow is located in the rolling Piedmont landscape just north of Gordonsville, in Orange County near its boundary with Louisa County. It was owned by James Madison, who also gave it its name, until 1830, when he sold it to Coleby Cowherd, a pr... Read More