Places To Visit

The First Baptist Church in the Farmville Historic District, founded 1867, emerged as a center for the local black community under the leadership of its pastor, the Reverend L. Francis Griffin, when it sought to desegregate Prince Edward County's pub... Read More

Upon touching the shore of the New World on April 26, 1607 (13 years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock) the first permanent English settlers from the London Company set up a cross on the newly named Cape Henry shore in gratitude to God and ... Read More

One mile north is the grave of John Lewis, first settler in this region, who came here in 1732 and died in 1762. He chose the site of the town of Staunton. His four sons, Thomas, Andrew, William and Charles, took an important part in the Indian and R... Read More

Fisher's Hill is a collection of small knobs and ridges that occupies the narrowest point in the Shenandoah Valley. The distance in between Little North Mountain on its west and Massanutten Mountain on its east is only about 3.9 miles. This naturally... Read More

The Flanary archaeological site contains stratified deposits dating to the Archaic and Late Woodland periods of Indian settlement. Well-preserved Archaic period deposits (8000 to 1000 B.C.) occur rarely in the western portion of the state, and the si... Read More

Flat Rock's interestingly evolved Lunenburg County plantation house is a study in local vernacular building traditions. The oldest part was erected in the late 18th century for James Hooper using a two-story, side-passage plan format. The Chambers fa... Read More

Flint Hill Baptist Church is the home of one of the earliest Baptist congregations in Rappahannock County. One of the Town of Flint Hill's most prominent antebellum landmarks, the 1854 church was built on land conveyed by Alfred Dearing. The simple f... Read More

The Ridgemont Hospital - Marie Williams House is now home to the Floyd County Historical Society Museum HOURS: Thursday, Friday & Saturday, noon to 5:00pm Admission is FREE!... Read More

The Fluvanna Farm Heritage Museum at Pleasant Grove Park opened to the public in 2018. This museum is a joint project of the Fluvanna Historical Society and the County of Fluvanna. The museum, which is filled with displays of antique farm equipmen... Read More

This historic structure, owned by the County of Fluvanna, is significant across Virginia and the nation as the first of the model-setting Jefferson-inspired classical courthouses to use a Greek order for its columns, thus serving as a new model itsel... Read More

The Forestville Historic District encompasses a well-preserved mill village settled initially by German settlers, located at the crossroads of Routes 42, 614, and 767 in Shenandoah County. Forestville arose around a gristmill constructed about 1760 b... Read More

Forged in Hampton Roads explores the transformative impact of African American labor and how it profoundly shaped the character and lifestyle of the Hampton Roads region. Come learn about John Mallory Phillips, the man who created one of the regionâ€... Read More

Fork Church, in Hanover County, was erected ca. 1737 as the second Lower Church of St. Martin's Parish. Fork Church derives its name from its location between the North and South Anna Rivers, near where they join to form the Pamunkey River. Typical o... Read More

Fort Boykin has been a part of American history since 1623 when a fort known as the Castle was constructed to protect the Jamestown colonists from Native Americans and raiding Spaniards. Atop a bluff overlooking the James River, the sites commanding ... Read More

The notable history of Fort Chiswell began in 1760 when over 650 soldiers were stationed at the fort during the French and Indian War. Important Cherokee leaders converged at the fort for peace talks and trade, establishing marks on land that would s... Read More