Places To Visit

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

Wilton, in Middlesex County, was completed in 1763 by Col. William Churchill, clerk of the county court for nearly three decades. This finely crafted structure is one of Tidewater Virginia's most sophisticated colonial plantation houses. Private H... Read More

Wilton House was headquarters for the Marquis de Lafayette after the Battle of Richmond in 1781. Built for William Randolph III, the Wilton House stood as a symbol of Randolph, family power for over 100 years. The Georgian-style mansion was the seat ... Read More

For more than 100 years, members of the Randolph family called Wilton home. Built c. 1753 for William Randolph III, Wilton was the centerpiece of a 2,000 acre tobacco plantation and at one point was home to the largest enslaved population in Henrico.... Read More

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