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 […]
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 […]