Completed in 1862 for Samuel Pannill Wilson, an ardent secessionist who raised troops for the Confederacy, Windsor's Italianate mansion and collection of outbuildings form the last of the elaborate antebellum plantation complexes built in Pittsylvani... Read More

Winterham Manor House Wedding & Event Venue in Amelia County, Virginia, servicing the Richmond area, is a fine Italianate Jefferson family home built in 1855. It has been restored by Dr. M. Gary Hadfield and his wife, Kathleen, and was opened in 2003... Read More

Once one of the Occoquan River fords, today the impoundment of the reservoir has covered up the shoals, or sandbanks, that made it possible to cross here. The name derives from the creek on the Fairfax side, Wolf Run, now part of a regional park. At ... Read More

Black Meadow is located in the rolling Piedmont landscape just north of Gordonsville, in Orange County near its boundary with Louisa County. It was owned by James Madison, who also gave it its name, until 1830, when he sold it to Coleby Cowherd, a pr... Read More

One of the finest and most prestigious historic homes in rural Southside Virginia, Woodlawn has appeared in local and regional history books. The Federal-style, two-part, story-and-a-half frame dwelling was built in two phases during the first half o... Read More

One of the rare early landmarks of the Franklin County town of Rocky Mount, the Woods-Meade House is a vernacular dwelling with sophisticated overtones and a complex evolution. The front section was built ca. 1830 or earlier for Robert T. Woods, who ... Read More

Woodstock's rich and varied collection of residential, commercial, and church buildings reflects the evolution of this Shenandoah Valley linear community over more than two centuries. Established in 1761, Woodstock boasts the 1795 Shenandoah County C... Read More

The Wormeley Cottage is the simplest of the few early houses remaining in the once bustling colonial port of Urbanna. It stands on a lot originally owned by the Wormeley family of Rosegill, and it is assumed that they erected the building for use as ... Read More

On the campus of William and Mary the Wren Building was built in 1695. Considered the oldest academic structure in America, the Wren Building served as a Confederate hospital and quarters in 1861. Confederate troops under Brig. Gen. Jubal Early ca... Read More

Wrenn's Mill stood south of here on Pagan Creek. A mill powered by water for grinding grain existed there before 1685, when Thomas Green bequeathed it to his wife. The mill was referred to as Little Mill and Green's Mill before Charles Wrenn obtained... Read More

The Wytheville Historic District is in the center of Wytheville, an incorporated town of slightly over 8,000 population located in Wythe County, Virginia. The approximately 170-acre district is located between 2,260' and 2,320' in elevation and is ch... Read More

A key landmark in Virginia's vernacular architecture, Yates Tavern in Pittsylvania County illustrates the translation of the 17th-century Tidewater hall-parlor house form into 19th-century upland building forms. Its two-room plan, exterior-end chimne... Read More

A key landmark in Virginia's vernacular architecture, Yates Tavern illustrates the translation of the 17th-century Tidewater hall-parlor house form into 19th-century upland building forms. Its two-room plan, exterior-end chimney, and corner stair are... Read More

At the York County Historical Museum, view exhibits highlighting York County's 400-year history, including Naval Weapons Station, the Battlefield golf course, the Coleman Bridge, and the archaeology of several local sites. Located in York Hall. Call ... Read More

Yorktown Battlefield is site of the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War. A visit begins at the National Park Service Visitor Center, where a 16-minute film, "Siege at Yorktown," and a museum of artifacts from the battle, including ... Read More