The extensive Hanover County plantation of Hickory Hill has been the property of the Wickham family since 1820, when Robert Carter of Shirley left 1,717 acres to his daughter and son-in-law, Anne Butler Carter and William Fanning Wickham of Richmond.... Read More

This tiny brick James City County building is the remaining part of the Lower Church of Blisland Parish, one of the Virginia colony's most important rural churches. The original portion of Hickory Neck Church, a large nave, was begun in 1733 and comp... Read More

More than 2,400 feet long, rising 125 feet above the Appomattox River, the majestic High Bridge is the longest recreational bridge in Virginia and among the longest in the nation. Built in 1853, the bridge is now the centerpiece of High Bridge Trail ... Read More

Once a rail bed, the trail is wide, level and generally flat. Its finely crushed limestone surface and dimensions make it easy to enjoy. The park's centerpiece is the majestic High Bridge, which is more than 2,400 feet long and 125 feet above the App... Read More

Hill Grove School provided primary education for students in the local African American community before public school integration occurred in Pittsylvania County in the 1960s. In 1912, Alec Cook and his wife, Emma, donated a one-acre lot near the ru... Read More

ONCE SELF SUFFICIENT AND INDEPENDENT STILL THRIVES TO SURVIVE "Hobson, continue to trace its roots back to the early 1700's through a variety of deeds and land grants given to the freedmen prior to and just after the Civil War. These men and women... Read More

No visit to Fairfax City is complete without a visit to Historic Blenheim and the Civil War Interpretive Center. The site is famous for its Federal soldier signatures, pictographs, and thoughts preserved on the attic and house walls of this Greek-Rev... Read More

c1761-1780 former plantation home mostly in its original unmolested primitive condition with original 18th century siding, nails, some original 18-pane windows, interior paneling all made of robust heart pine. Family cemetery out back. Purchased by t... Read More

Nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Charlottesville lies in the heart of ancestral Monacan Indian territory, near where the town of Monasukapanough had been settled for centuries. Founded in 1762 as the new county seat for Albemarle... Read More

Commissioned by Robert "King" Carter and completed in 1735, Christ Church is the finest and best preserved parish church from colonial Virginia. The church is a National Historic Landmark and one of America's great buildings. It retains most of its o... Read More

Set foot into some of the most interesting periods in America's past with a stroll amoung more than 350 originial 18th and 19th century buildings in Fredericksburg's 40-block National Historic District. While here, visitors can also step into over 10... Read More

Constructed in 1769 for the Harwood family, Historic Endview is one of the last remaining colonial buildings in Newport News. The Georgian-style house was located in close proximity to the route taken by the Continental Army and Virginia militia on t... 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 Historic Henry County Courthouse, recognized as a community landmark, is home to the Martinsville-Henry County Historical Society as well as the Heritage Center & Museum, which showcases a variety of exhibits of local and regional history. It is ... Read More

Please visit historicjamestowne.org for the most up to date visitor information. Walk in the footsteps of Captain John Smith, Pocahontas, and the colonists who in 1607 established England's first permanent settlement in North America. Experience the ... Read More