Consolidated schools such as the Spencer-Penn School in Henry County fulfilled important roles in the educational and civic life of rural communities in Virginia for generations of students and their families. Accounts of student and community life a... Read More

In the summer of 1781, thousands of troops crisscrossed the James City County countryside, foraging for food and strategically moving toward Yorktown. Although neither side knew the other's strength, Lafayette saw an opportunity to attack. British tr... Read More

The African American Heritage Trail is a self-guided, 75-mile driving tour in Spotsylvania County. It includes 12 stops that are significant in telling the history of the African-American community in the county.... Read More

During the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, the US Army of the Potomac and Confederate Army of Northern Virginia were engaged in an exhausting series of attacks and counterattacks lasting nearly two weeks. The park's visitor services, driving rout... Read More

The Spotsylvania Museum sits on eight acres adjacent to the First Day of Chancellorsville battlefield. The battlefield features wayside exhibits and a recreational hiking trail network. The museum encompasses more than 300 years of history, spanning ... Read More

Spring Dale, near Dublin in Pulaski County, is an elegant brick mansion built in 1856-1857 for David Shall McGavock, one of the county's most prominent antebellum farmers. The house is two stories high with a full basement and was designed in a late ... Read More

Spring Green in Hanover County has an earlier core that was included in Samuel Earnest's center-hall-plan house of about 1800. This typical country Federal-style house contains a remarkable amount of original woodwork, as well as three brick chimneys... Read More

The brick dwelling house at Springfield, a standard two-story Federal residence located in Hanover County, was built in 1820 for Lucy Grymes Nelson, widow of Thomas Nelson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Virginia. Though ... Read More

One of the Pre-Revolutionary churches in Southwest Virginia, organized in 1775, the present building was erected in 1851 on the site of a log meeting house deed to the congregation by Colonial Joseph Cole is is buried in the cemetery surrounding the ... Read More

St. John's was first established in 1820. Parishioners worshipped in the Town Chapel/Tappahannock Chapel, which was deeded to the Episcopal Church, but used by four denominations. In 1849, the St. John's vestry decided to erect a new building to repl... Read More

Formally organized in 1799, the congregation came into being because of the migration of German settlers into the western part of Wythe County following the Revolutionary War. George Daniel Flohr (Father Flohr) was the first pastor of the church and ... Read More

St. Luke's Historic Church & Museum, Virginia's oldest brick church, now serves the public as a living, breathing symbol of religious freedom with a storied past. Explore the grounds of this renowned historic site and national landmark on a journey t... Read More

St. Paul Lutheran Church, located in the western portion of Wythe County, has generally been accepted as the first Lutheran congregation in what is now Wythe County. The land entry records show that the land was settled in 1776 and that a meeting hou... Read More

Built in 1739, St. Paul's Church is Norfolk's oldest building, and the only structure to survive the British destruction of the city on New Year's Day, 1776. It was the only house of worship in Norfolk until 1773. There is a rumor that because George... Read More

The wooden Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, located in a quiet, tree-shaded spot off busy U.S. 301 near Hanover Court House, exemplifies a rural American interpretation of the glories of the Gothic style. Hundreds of such churches were hammered togethe... Read More