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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Penn-Wyatt HousePenn-Wyatt House
City of Danville

A symbol of Danville's 19th-century affluence, the Penn-Wyatt House is the city's most exuberant example of Victorian residential architecture. The original owner, James Gabriel Penn, came to Danville in 1868 and established himself as a tobacco comm... Read More

PeoplePeople's Bank of Eggleston
Giles County

The short-lived People's Bank of Eggleston in Giles County was constructed by about 1925 and closed in 1932, a victim of the Great Depression. A modest two-story brick building resembling an American Foursquare house, the People's Bank served as a ce... Read More

Peter Paul Historic Home Peter Paul Historic Home
Rockingham County

This plain dwelling near the town of Dayton in Rockingham County is one of the few Continental-type farmhouses surviving from the heavy German settlement in the Shenandoah Valley. The central-chimney house is also one of the latest and most southern ... Read More

Petersburg National BattlefieldPetersburg National Battlefield
City of Petersburg

Petersburg National Battlefield Park, located approximately 25 miles south of Richmond, encompasses a large area with battlefield sites and visitor centers. In June 1864, Ulysses S. Grant realized that the key to conquering Richmond was to bring d... Read More

PeytonsburgPeytonsburg
Pittsylvania County

Nearby to the east once stood the community of Peytonsburg a part of Halifax County when the county was formed in 1752. Peytonsburg was incorporated as a town in 1759 by the Virginia General Assembly and became part of Pittsylvania County in 1766. Du... Read More

PharsaliaPharsalia
Nelson County

Built in 1814 at the foot of dePriest Mountain in Nelson County, Virginia, by William Massie, Pharsalia commands stunning views and is surrounded by original outbuildings and lovely gardens. Pharsalia is rich in history with a picturesque setting lik... Read More

Philip Craft HousePhilip Craft House
Pittsylvania County

Philip Craft House is a simple hall-parlor-plan dwelling built in the early-19th-century with unusual use of rounded bricks that cap the top of the water table and course the top of the chimney haunches. Of German ancestry, Philip Craft married into ... Read More

Piedmont Mill Historic DistrictPiedmont Mill Historic District
Franklin County

Piedmont Mill Historic District in Franklin County features the water-powered Martin-Piedmont-Clements mill, built around 1866 by Albert G. Martin on Maggodee Creek, and two dwellings from about the same period. Water-powered grist mills constituted ... Read More

Pine SlashPine Slash
Hanover County

Pine Slash, c1750, standing near Totopotomoy Creek in Hanover County, is one of only two surviving original homes of Patrick Henry. The original 300-acre tract, once part of Rural Plains, was given to Patrick Henry and his first wife Sarah when th... Read More

Piney Grove At SouthallPiney Grove At Southall's Plantation - Historic Landmark
Charles City County

Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation is located off the Virginia Route 5 Scenic Byway in Williamsburg's James River Plantation country. The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and now offers guided house tours, self-guided... Read More

Pittsylvania County CourthousePittsylvania County Courthouse
Pittsylvania County

This antebellum courthouse stands as a landmark to the African American struggle for civil rights in the post Civil-War era. Judge J. D. Coles's attempt in 1878 to exclude blacks from jury duty here led to the Supreme Court case of Ex parte Virginia.... Read More

Pittsylvania County History CenterPittsylvania County History Center
Pittsylvania County

In 2001, with Norfolk Southern planning to demolish the 1918 Southern Railway Depot in Chatham, the Pittsylvania Historical Society raised funds and purchased it. At that time, the depot was in a serious state of disrepair. The Pittsylvania County... Read More

Plains Historic MillPlains Historic Mill
Rockingham County

Plains Mill, located along the North Fork of the Shenandoah River in Rockingham County, is a merchant mill that evolved to reflect changes in milling technology from its original construction between 1847 and 1849, through the 1950s. A boldly flowing... Read More

Pleasant Grove Park, Pleasant Grove House Museum and Welcome CenterPleasant Grove Park, Pleasant Grove House Museum and Welcome Center
Fluvanna County

Pleasant Grove House, formerly known as the Haden House, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Over 150 years ago, William Douglas Haden purchased the property which today is known as Pleasant Grove Park. The 1854 Pleasant Grove Hous... Read More

Poplar Grove Mill & HousePoplar Grove Mill & House
Mathews County

The Poplar Grove Mill and House property, overlooking the scenic Mobjack Bay in Mathews County, includes the only surviving tide mill in Virginia. Tidal power, along with wind power, was harnessed by necessity in the low-lying coastal regions where o... Read More

 

 

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