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City of Emporia
According to local tradition, the first court meeting for newly formed Greensville County occurred in Butts Tavern two blocks east on 22 Feb. 1781. Built about 1770 at the intersection of Fort Christianna and Halifax Roads for William Edwards, the ta... Read More
Franklin County
Skirted by U. S. Route 220, which follows the trace of the 18th-century Carolina Road, this 1450-acre rural historic district in the Boone's Mill vicinity of Franklin County preserves a scene that would still be familiar to the thousands of settlers ... Read More
Rappahannock County
Caledonia Farm is a National Register landmark celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2012. Two suites, one with two bedrooms, have air conditioning, heat controls, working fireplaces, private baths and view of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Shenandoa... Read More
Pulaski County
From 1894 to 1966, the Calfee Training School educated African American children in Pulaski, VA. Faced with severe underfunding from Jim Crow segregation, the Calfee Training School became a community, helping children and their families reach their ... Read More
Pittsylvania County
The clerk's office was built around 1770 (finished about 1771) as Callands served as Pittsylvania County's first county seat from 1767-1777. It has been restored and is available for tours with sufficient advance notice.Precious American Revolutionar... Read More
City of Manasses
This 1863-built earthwork is one of two remaining in Manassas – the other being the Confederate-built Mayfield Earthwork Fort (1861) about four miles east. Named for a nearby stream, Cannon Branch was one of several earthwork forts built alongside th... Read More
City of Norfolk
Walk through history on the Cannonball Trail, a self-guided walking tour that covers 400 years of Norfolk history. The trail winds its way along the Elizabeth River and through different districts of Downtown connecting historical homes, buildings an... Read More
Northampton County
Photographs and artifacts depicting the extensive history of Cape Charles, the railroad and the ferry service across the Bay to Norfolk. Also, see a videos related to the Chesapeake Bay impact crater and core samples taken during its investigation. A... Read More
Northampton County
This preserve is found on the Bay side of the Eastern Shore. Its 29 acres feature coastal beach, dune, and maritime forest habitats. The preserve provides habitat for the federally threatened northeastern beach tiger beetle (Cicindela dorsalis dorsal... Read More
Northampton County
The Cape Charles Rosenwald School in Northampton County was one of thousands of schools constructed using Rosenwald Funds for African American students in the South during the Jim Crow era of segregation in public education. Built in 1929, the school... Read More
Fort Story
The Cape Henry Lighthouse was built in 1792. It started to crack in 1870 and was replaced with the new Cape Henry Lighthouse only 357 feet away, which is an active aid to navigation and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. The Old Cape Henry Lighthouse ... Read More
City of Virginia Beach
The Cape Henry Lighthouse was built in 1792. It started to crack in 1870 and was replaced with the new Cape Henry Lighthouse only 357 feet away, which is an active aid to navigation and operated by the U.S. Coast Guard. The Old Cape Henry Lighthouse ... Read More
City of Virgnia Beach
At Cape Henry, you'll find the Cape Henry Memorial Cross, commemorating the site where a wooden cross was erected by the early English settlers upon their safe arrival to Virginia in April of 1607, as well as the statue of Admiral Comte deGrasse. deG... Read More
Halifax County
Located in western Halifax County, Carlbrook was built in the late 1920s as a country place and retirement home for Imperial Tobacco Company executive Luther E. Carlton and his wife, Myrtle Boyd Carlton. The imposing Georgian Revival residence was co... Read More
City of Alexandria
The historic Carlyle House was completed in 1753 by British merchant John Carlyle for his bride, Sarah Fairfax of Belvoir, member of one of the most prestigious families in colonial Virginia. Their dwelling quickly became a center of social and polit... Read More