Newport Historic District
Tucked in the narrow valley of Greenbriar Branch, at the base of Gap Mountain, the village of Newport in Giles County began in the 1830s as a transportation crossroads and […]
Pearisburg Historic District
Pearisburg, the county seat of Giles County, was laid out in 1806 on land donated by Col. George Pearis, an early settler. The plan established a large public square for […]
Newtown-Stephensburg Historic District
Chartered in 1758, what is today Stephens City is the second-oldest town in Frederick County. Originally called Stephensburg, it was named Newtown-Stephensburg in 1879 and renamed Stephens City in 1887. […]
Rising Sun Tavern
The venerable Rising Sun Tavern building, located in the Fredericksburg Historic District, was built in the 1760s for Charles Washington, younger brother of George Washington, and served as his residence […]
Fredericksburg Town Hall and Market Square
Fredericksburg’s former town hall and connecting square is a rare Federal-period public complex. Completed in 1816, the town hall is a plain, almost domestic appearing building. The rear elevation (pictured […]
Farmers Bank of Fredericksburg
Erected in 1819-20 by Robert and George Ellis, as the Farmers Bank of Virginia, this Federal-style commercial building has served continuously as a bank except for intervals during the Civil […]
Hook-Powell-Moorman Farm
Located in Franklin County near Hales Ford on the Lynchburg-Rocky Mount Turnpike, this plantation was settled in 1784 by John Hook, a Scottish-born merchant who built the vernacular Georgian structure […]
Cahas Mountain Rural Historic District
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 […]
Warrenton Historic District
From its beginnings as a colonial village, the prosperous Fauquier County seat community of Warrenton has been home to lawyers and politicians such as John Marshall, who practiced here; William […]
Germantown Archaeological Sites
Governor Alexander Spotswood brought a group of German immigrants to Germanna in Orange County in 1714 to mine and refine ore from his iron mines. The first party of colonists […]
