George Washington used a little log building, now the middle room of George Washington Office Museum, as a military office from September 1755 to December of 1756 while Fort Loudoun was being constructed at the north end of town. Winchester played... Read More

The George Wythe House on Palace Green belonged to George Wythe (pronounced "with"), a leader of the patriot movement in Virginia, a delegate to the Continental Congress, and Virginia's first signer of the Declaration of Independence. The house also ... Read More

The Blue Ridge School (formerly the Blue Ridge Industrial School) was founded in Greene County in 1910 by the Rev. George P. Mayo as a missionary effort of the Episcopal Church to bring educational opportunities to isolated mountain communities. In 1... Read More

We welcome you to visit the Andrew Johnston House and Giles County Historical Society! The 1829 Federal-style manor house features many of the original decorative accents and charm of Giles County in the 19th century. Along with visiting our museu... Read More

Gillfield Baptist Church, one of the oldest African American congregations in the City of Petersburg, had its beginning in Prince George County in 1788. It has the oldest handwritten record book of any black church. The collection of church minut... Read More

This exhibition will inspire a deep appreciation for the continental and global forces as well as the individual actions by both iconic and ordinary people that brought about a model of democratic government that would change the world. More detai... Read More

The vestry of Augusta Parish purchased 200 acres here in 1749 to serve as a glebe, farmland set aside to support the minister. Just to the southwest, on a portion of this property, the parish established the first public cemetery in the vicinity. Gra... Read More

The Glebe House of St. Anne's Parish is one of the finest and probably the oldest of Virginia's colonial glebe houses, of which less than a dozen survive. Glebe houses were built on church lands used for the support of the parish. The houses were som... Read More

Come explore the Glencoe Mansion, home of General Gabriel C. Wharton and his wife Nannie Radford Wharton. The 1875 Wharton home was constructed of thousands of handmade bricks and was a fitting statement of the stature of the Wharton family in Southw... 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 Gloucester County Museum of History is housed in the historic Botetourt Building, a pre-Revolutionary brick ordinary (tavern) built in 1770 at the county seat. Botetourt Towne, as it was called then, was named for Lord Botetourt, the first govern... Read More

Discover the stories and secrets behind the historic store fronts on Main Street in Gloucester, Virginia. Friendly proprietors, distinctive food and merchandise, and fascinating stories. Join us for a leisurely stroll down Main Street...look into our... Read More

Situated on Little Goblintown Creek, near the intersection of Virginia secondary routes 704 and 705 in Patrick County, Goblintown Mill consists of a gristmill, built in the 1850s, and a combination general store and dwelling house, built circa 1902. ... Read More

Like several Piedmont county seats, the village of Goochland Court House is graced by a dignified Roman Revival courthouse designed and built by a master builder who worked under Thomas Jefferson during the construction of the University of Virginia.... Read More