Places To Visit

Places to Visit




History can be felt everywhere in Virginia, from the mountains to the beaches and every place in between. Visit these sites and discover why Virginia’s History is America’s Story and how our Commonwealth helped shape our nation.

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Chippokes Farm and Forestry MuseumChippokes Farm and Forestry Museum
Surry County

The museum's mission is to show agriculture's past, present and future. Four buildings house early American farm and forestry tools and equipment, including antique tractors and a working 1930s sawmill. Museum staffers care for a cow, rabbit, donk... Read More

Christ ChurchChrist Church
Middlesex County

The present and second church of Christ Church Parish In Middlesex County was completed in the 1720s. Alexander Graves served as its mason, and John Hipkins, Sr., as its carpenter. Among its patrons were the Wormeleys of Rosegill. Although of modest ... Read More

Christ ChurchChrist Church
City of Alexandria

In the heart of Old Town Alexandria, this beautiful English country-style church was built between 1767-1773. It was attended by George Washington, whose pew is marked with a silver plaque, and Robert E. Lee. The surrounding gardens and cemetery were... Read More

Christ Episcopal ChurchChrist Episcopal Church
Spotsylvania County

Christ Episcopal Church is an active church that served as a hospital during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. The building is a fine example of Virginia's late Federal period architecture while bearing scars from the shelling during the Civil ... Read More

Chrysler Museum of ArtChrysler Museum of Art
City of Norfolk

Home to over 30,000 works of art from around the world and an extensive glass art collection of 10,000 pieces spanning over 3,000 years,, the Chrysler Museum of Art is a true statement to Norfolk's vibrant art scene. The museum got its start in 1871 ... Read More

Church on the MainChurch on the Main
City of Williamsburg

The Powhatan Creek Trail in James City County links to a number of historic sites along its path including the Tomb of the Unknown Patriot Solider of the American Revolution, the Church on the Main and Mainland Farm. The path is accessible to walkers... Read More

Church Quarter Historic HomeChurch Quarter Historic Home
Hanover County

Church Quarter is a one-story, log, hall-parlor-plan house that was built about 1843. It remains remarkably intact and unspoiled, a rare survivor of what was once a common house type. Standing on Old Ridge Road, one of the earliest thoroughfares in H... Read More

Clem-Kagey Historic Home & FarmClem-Kagey Historic Home & Farm
Shenandoah County

The 109-plus-acre Clem-Kagey Farm is located near the Shenandoah County town of Edinburg. The main house, constructed in 1880 by Hiram C. Clem, is an exceptionally handsome, decorative, and intact example of the vernacular Late Victorian I-houses tha... Read More

Clermont Farm Clermont Farm
Clarke County

The Clermont Foundation preserves the cultural landscape of historic Clermont Farm in the Shenandoah Valley, in partnership with its owner, the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR). The Foundation uses the farms many historic buildings... Read More

CliftonClifton
Cumberland County

Revolutionary patriot Carter Henry Harrison was the original owner of Clifton. As a member of the Cumberland Committee of Safety, Harrison wrote the instructions for a declaration of independence from "any Allegiance to his Britannick Majesty," prese... Read More

Clover ForestClover Forest
Goochland County

Clover Forest, is a historic mansion, and former plantation house built starting in 1761 and located in Goochland, Virginia. The mansion lies in a large bend of the James River, and is an authentically restored in a Federal-style with portions of the... Read More

Clover Lea Historic HomeClover Lea Historic Home
Hanover County

Clover Lea's broad lawns and old trees combine with the porticoed house to present an idealized picture of an antebellum plantation residence. Although the Hanover County structure is not large compared to the Greek Revival houses of the Deep South, ... Read More

Cockram MillCockram Mill
Patrick County

Cockram Mill, located near Meadows of Dan, is the oldest historic grist mill complex in Patrick County. The mill dates to about 1885, and is a two- and three-story rectangular frame building on a concrete foundation. It's located adjacent to a concre... Read More

Cockram MillCockram Mill
Patrick County

Cockram Mill, located near Meadows of Dan, is the oldest historic grist mill complex in Patrick County. The mill dates to about 1885, and is a two- and three-story rectangular frame building on a concrete foundation. It's located adjacent to a concre... Read More

Cold Harbor National CemeteryCold Harbor National Cemetery
Hanover County

Cold Harbor National Cemetery was established in 1866 on the site of the Battle of Cold Harbor, an American Civil War engagement. Interments were collected from a 22-mile (35 km) area, taken from the battlefields and field hospital sites of Cold Harb... Read More

 

 

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