Saluda Historic District
After Middlesex County voters approved a referendum in 1849 to move the county seat from Urbanna to a more central location, Saluda was established in 1851, and in 1852 the […]
Draper Historic District
The Draper Historic District, covering 40 acres in Pulaski County, encompasses a concentration of historic resources that coalesced in the Draper Valley into a railroad depot community in the late […]
Courtland Historic District
Beginning as a cluster of courthouse buildings in 1752 along the north side of the Nottoway River, the Courtland Historic District forms the core of the Southampton County seat. Originally […]
Moss Tobacco Factory
An impressive relic of the antebellum tobacco industry, the three-and-one-half-story Moss Tobacco Factory was erected in two stages during the 1830s. It housed a manufacturing operation until 1862. After the […]
Springwood Truss Bridge
The three-span Springwood Truss Bridge, located upstream from Buchanan in Botetourt County, was Virginia’s last major wooden bridge across the James River. It was constructed in 1884 by the Richmond […]
Scott-Clarke House
At the time of its listing in the registers, the Scott-Clarke House was one of only two freestanding Greek Revival houses remaining in downtown Richmond (along with the neighboring Barret […]
Norwood-Wingina Rural Historic District
Encompassing about 2,930 acres along the James River in southern Nelson County, the present-day Norwood-Wingina Rural Historic District was first occupied for thousands of years by the Monacans and their […]
Buchanan Historic District
The present incorporated town of Buchanan in Botetourt County was created in 1882 when two separate communities merged into one; Pattonsburg on the north bank of the James River, and […]
Toano Commercial Historic District
The forces that shaped the Toano Commercial Historic District’s initial development extend back to 1881 and construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Railroad’s “Peninsula Extension,” which boosted the prosperity […]
Basic Construction Company Headquarters Building
The Virginia Engineering Company, later the Basic Construction Company, was one of the one hundred largest construction companies in the United States and was a significant builder in the eastern […]