Blackstone Historic District
A full range of small-town-American building is present in the historic commercial and residential quarters of the Southside community of Blackstone. The Nottoway County town grew up around Schwartz Tavern, […]
Heathsville Historic District
Heathsville has served as the county seat of Northumberland County since it was established in 1681 as Northumberland Court House. Though today it is little more than a crossroads village, […]
Kenmure
Kenmure is one of Norfolk’s handful of surviving antebellum urban mansions. It was built for William Wilson Lamb, mayor of Norfolk during the Civil War, who is credited with preserving […]
Monticello Arcade
Although the form developed earlier, shopping arcades became de rigueur for cities both in Europe and the United States in the late 19th century. Nearly always highly ornamented and employing […]
Downtown Norfolk Historic District
Occupying the oldest continuously settled area of Virginia’s leading port, this commercial quarter is closely associated with events and developments of Norfolk’s rail, banking, maritime, and naval activities. Within its […]
Cambria Historic District
Cambria’s development began in the early 1850s following the laying of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad a mile north of the Montgomery County seat of Christiansburg. The settlement which sprang […]
Blacksburg Historic District
The town of Blacksburg’s downtown incorporates a varied collection of historic structures chronicling the town’s evolution from 1798, when it was laid out by its namesake William Black on a […]
James Mills Storehouse
Dating from the mid-1760s, this simple storehouse, built for the factor James Mills, is a rare example of a colonial commercial structure run by a resident factor of a British […]
Urbanna Historic District
This colonial port town of Urbanna, in Middlesex County, was established in 1680 and gently evolved over the succeeding three centuries. Located on the west bank of Urbanna Creek at […]
Boyd’s Tavern
The core of Boyd’s Tavern was erected in ca. 1785 by Alexander Boyd, Sr. an area businessman and founder of Boydton. The hostelry thrived and its presence greatly influenced the […]
