Places To Visit

Come and find out how ordinary people lived through some of the most extraordinary times in American history. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Weston Plantation includes an elegant 18th-century plantation home overlooking the Appom... Read More

Westover is one of the most elegant and historic colonial plantations. It was built in the first half of the 18th century by the Byrd family, and is widely known for its superb proportions. Shaded by a magnificent collection of trees, the grounds off... Read More

An excellent example of warehouse construction from the early 20th century, the two-story Whitesel Brothers Building, built in 1939 in the city of Harrisonburg, reveals late Depression-era craftsmanship and technology in its brick and woodwork and th... Read More

The Battle of the Wilderness took place over two days in May 1864. The park's visitor services, driving route, and trails provide a variety of options for exploring and connecting with the history of the battle. The Civil War battlefields of Chancell... Read More

Located in the Historic District of Newbern, the Wilderness Road Regional Museum was once the home of Revolutionary War Veteran Adam Hance. Following the Revolution, Hance planned a new village along the Great Wagon Road that ran through his property... Read More

Wilderness Road State Park is about 310 acres that lie astride the Wilderness Road, a route carved by Daniel Boone in 1775. The route, which followed a buffalo trace, opened America's first western frontier. Most notable in the park are the Karlan Ma... Read More

Wilkins Farm is a late-18th-century farmstead of German immigrant origin in Shenandoah County. It was owned and developed by three different but close-knit German families. The main residence is an evolved two-story farm house that began as a single-... Read More

Willa Cather is one of the most important American novelists of the first half of the twentieth century. Seen as a regional writer for decades after her passing in 1947, critics have increasingly identified Cather as a canonical American writer, the ... Read More

William Grayson (b.1736) was one of Prince William County's most distinguished politicians and soldiers during the Revolutionary War era. Grayson was extremely active in local politics in the years leading up to the Revolution, signing both the Leeds... Read More

William H. Vincent constructed the Vincent House in 1889 as the first dwelling on Main Street in the newly formed Southampton County town of Capron. The same family, influencing the development of the community, occupied the large two-story residenc... Read More

Williams Wharf, an historic boatyard and steamship landing provides public access to Mathews' picturesque East River for engineless watercraft (canoes, kayaks, rowing shells). The site was also used to film a scene in the Harriet film! Recent res... Read More

One of the grandest Federal-style houses in Hanover County, Williamsville was begun in 1794 for George William Pollard who succeeded his father as county clerk. Pollard's precise business methods earned him the nickname "Billy Particular." Pollard fa... Read More

The persistence of traditional plantation architecture and layout that lingered in rural areas of Virginia following the Civil War is embodied in Williston. The house and its ancillary structures were built circa 1867 by Joseph Hiden, an Orange Count... Read More

Built in the late 18th century for Joseph Clark, the original frame residence at Willow Grove was substantially enlarged in 1848 by the addition of a brick wing and a unifying Tuscan portico. It is believed some of the woodwork in this Federal portio... Read More

The nine-acre Homestead includes the decorative arts museum (located in the late R. Cecil and Seawillow Jackson family home), smoke house, Henry Umberger cabin, spring house, kitchen house, log barn and blacksmith, gunsmith and woodworking shops. The... Read More