Places To Visit

Avoca was originally the private residence of Colonel Charles Lynch (1736-1796). He established his home here in 1755 as part of a land grant from King George II to his father, in 1740, and called it Green Level. Colonel Charles Lynch was a planter a... Read More

Built 1869-70, the B. Williams & Company Store preserves the link between Mathews County's rich maritime traditions and the rapidly changing modern landscape. The Williams and Murray families owned, occupied, and operated Williams Wharf from the late... Read More

Back Creek Farm is a product of Southwest Virginia's second generation of European settlement. Nestled at the foot of Cloyd's Mountain in Pulaski County, the farm was established by Joseph Cloyd, whose pioneer parents were killed during a conflict wi... Read More

Bacon's Castle is the oldest brick dwelling in North America and was built for Arthur Allen and his family in 1665. Originally known as Allen's Brick House, it earned the moniker "Bacon's Castle" in 1676 when several of Nathaniel Bacon's men occupied... Read More

Visit the site of one of the largest Civil War engagements in Loudoun County at Ball's Bluff Battlefield in Leesburg, Virginia. Visitors can take advantage of weekend guided tours from April through November, volunteer guided programs and living hist... Read More

Donated to the Arlington Historical Society in 1975, this is Arlington's oldest residence. It was built around 1742. It is a rare example of the homes where the working class people of the time lived. It is occupied by a caretaker for the Society and... Read More

Lending a sense of continuity and place to the courthouse town of Orange in Orange County, the Ballard-Marshall House demonstrates the pervasiveness of the Classical Revival tradition in the Virginia Piedmont. Distinguished by its pedimented roof, Cl... Read More

The Balthis House is the oldest surviving structure on the oldest street in Front Royal, built circa 1787 by two of the founders of Front Royal. On half an acre lot in Historic Front Royal, the house is a rare surviving example of a two-story ... Read More

The Barrett-Chumney House was built in 1823 by Thomas Barrett in an elegant Federal style, with stylish architectural details, as the seat of a small tobacco plantation in Amelia County. With the exception of some Greek Revival elements added during ... Read More

Celebrate the history, beauty, and culture of the Eastern Shore at the Barrier Islands Center. The lovely museum showcases how our peninsula brings together watermen, artisans, farmers, scientists, innovators, and people who love the land. The BIC is... Read More

Battersea is an 18th century estate on 37 beautiful acres in Petersburg. It was built in 1768 by Colonel John Banister, a member of the VA House of Burgesses, first mayor of Petersburg and a signer of the Articles of Confederation. Surviving both Rev... Read More

At this point, known formally known as "The Hook", on the 3rd October 1781 a fierce engagement took place between the British Forces under the command of Tarleton, and the Continentals under command of Lauzun. This was the last engagement of the opp... Read More

The Bauserman Farm, in Shenandoah County, consists of a well-preserved 1860 Victorian house and 76 acres of land that has been farmed continuously since the early 19th century. The farmstead illustrates the evolution during 100-plus years of a succes... Read More

Conspicuously located alongside the road between the town of Broadway and the city of Harrisonburg, in Rockingham County, the Baxter House displays Virginia log construction at its finest. The western half of the double-pen structure has full-dovetai... Read More

John Beadles, a Revolutionary War militia captain, acquired 437 acres of land at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Greene County in 1788. According to tradition, Beadles had the two-story, log, hall-parlor-plan house built about the time of his... Read More