Hope Park Mill and Miller’s House
This small wooden mill and adjacent miller’s house began as an adjunct to Hope Park, a large plantation in Fairfax County. It later gained importance as a neighborhood mill, serving […]
Dranesville Tavern
Framed by its brown sandstone chimneys, the picturesque Dranesville Tavern is a relic of the days when teamsters and travelers used the Leesburg Turnpike on trips through Fairfax County to […]
Fairfax Arms
During the 18th century the Potomac River creeks were dotted with small port towns settled by Scottish merchants. Most became dormant as their harbors silted up. A typical case is […]
Wheatland
John Saunders, a planter and merchant, had the massive frame house at Wheatland erected on the banks of the Rappahannock River in Essex County between 1849 and 1851. The house […]
City of Fairfax Historic District
The modern city of Fairfax had its origins in 1798 when the General Assembly directed that the Fairfax County seat be relocated near the county’s geographic center. The site, named […]
Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential District
Occupying some forty blocks of the heart of the city, the Danville Tobacco Warehouse and Residential District formed the economic wellspring of 19th-century Danville. The various warehouses, factories, shops, and […]
Downtown Danville Historic District
The twenty-five-acre Downtown Danville Historic District encompasses the core of southern Virginia’s leading tobacco and textile manufacturing city. The district has been the commercial and administrative heart of Danville from […]
Hotel Danville
An elegant component of Downtown Danville‘s central business district, the Neo-Adamesque high-rise Hotel Danville was built in 1927 to house the city’s leading hostelry. The structure is representative of the […]
Muddy Creek Mill
Erected in stages, this large Cumberland County merchant mill, one of the most impressive historic mills in the Commonwealth of Virginia, achieved its present appearance after 1792 when the Muddy […]
Madden’s Tavern
The simple log structure that is Madden’s Tavern in Culpeper County is a rare relic of pre-Civil War black entrepreneurship in rural Virginia. Completed about 1840, the tavern was built […]
