Places To Visit

Lower Chapel is one of two chapels ordered in 1710, along with the main parish church, to serve Middlesex County's Christ Church Parish. The other chapel does not survive. Lower Chapel, begun in 1714, was so named because it was located in the lower ... Read More

Born enslaved in 1856, Lucy F. Simms went on to receive her degree from Virginia's Hampton Institute, and eventually settled in Harrisonburg to teach over 1,800 students from three generations of families. The Lucy F. Simms School was built soon afte... Read More

The Lynnhaven House is considered by some to be one of the most well-preserved examples of early Virginia vernacular architecture, surviving nearly 300 years of Tidewater history. The home was built by Francis Thelaball, a middling plantation owner a... Read More

In 1961 General MacArthur gifted all his trophies, medals, prizes, decorations, uniforms, flags, swords, battle souvenirs, personal papers, documents, records and other personal memorabilia to the City of Norfolk. The Memorial is located in the histo... Read More

Maggie's House, located next door to the Old Stone Jail Museum, is home to the Fluvanna Historical Society's archives and offices. The society's rich and remarkable archive is housed here and is open to the public for research. Maggie's House is o... Read More

There are no places in Southampton County more heavy with history than those associated with the 1831 Nat Turner Insurrection. Mahone's Tavern in the county seat of Courtland (formerly Jerusalem) is among them. Built in 1796 and known variously as Ke... Read More

Recalling the somber, Medieval buildings of Northern Italy, Danville's Main Street Methodist Episcopal Church South, the "Mother Church of Methodism," is among the most ambitious works of Victorian architecture in a city famed for such works. The Rom... Read More

The home of Squire David Graham, and later his son, Major David Pierce Graham, was built in stages beginning in 1830. The Grahams were influential residents in Wythe County owing to their wealth, the labor of slaves, and ownership of a dozen iron for... Read More

In this house, in about 1780, Captain Mallory Todd cured the first commercially produced Smithfield hams, which were shipped to customers in England. Hams were cured on this site from 1779 to 1936. The original Todd warehouse stood on the adjacent l... Read More

Manakin Episcopal's history dates back to 1701 when their first church was built by French Huguenots who settled in the area after fleeing persecution from their country. In 1710, a bigger church was built. In 1730, the church site was moved to a sit... Read More

This five-acre archaeological site, dedicated in 1995, is located on the original site of the Manassas Industrial School for Colored Youth. The school was founded largely through the efforts of former slave Jennie Dean who, after almost a decade of c... Read More

Visit the newly expanded and renovated Manassas Museum and learn about local history from Native American settlements to the city's beginnings and its diverse population. Enjoy multi-media and hands-on experiences, tours and programs.... Read More

German settlers in the Shenandoah Valley built Mannheim about 1788. Three bays wide, the coursed-limestone dwelling stands two-and-one-half stories high, banked into the rolling hillside. The off-center entry is surrounded by a wide wooden architrave... Read More

Captain Mallory with the Warwick County Militia, and Elizabeth City County Militia beat the British at the Waters Creek Skirmish. The Militia number around 88 men who engaged the British Forces from Benedict Arnold British Force. Captain Mallory and ... Read More

Edmund Ruffin, the pioneering agronomist and ardent secessionist, made his Hanover County plantation of Marlbourne a laboratory for his agricultural theories. By showing that exhausted soils could be revitalized with the application of marl, scientif... Read More