George Washington’s Gristmill
George Washington’s Gristmill, located three miles west of Mount Vernon in Fairfax County, is a large stone merchant gristmill reconstructed on the site of a mill built by our nation’s […]
Grandin Road Commercial Historic District
The Grandin Road Commercial Historic District includes buildings that provided a commercial center for the surrounding Virginia Heights and Raleigh Court neighborhoods, which developed as the city of Roanoke’s first […]
National Theater
National Theater, completed in 1923, was built to serve theatre, vaudeville, musical presentations, and the nascent moving picture medium. Its handsome Renaissance exterior is in keeping with its neighbors, Richmond’s […]
New Pump–House
The New Pump-House is an exuberant Gothic Revival building completed in 1881 to pump water from the James River and Kanawha Canal into a reservoir in nearby Byrd Park. It […]
Forest Hill Park
The 105-acre landscaped Forest Hill Park has been a part of the city 0f Richmond’s park system since 1934. It exhibits a variety of wild natural areas and wetlands in […]
Colonial Theatre
Colonial Theatre, located in the South Hill Commercial Historic District in Mecklenburg County, is an impressive three–story commercial brick building that was constructed by Gilbert A. Saunders in 1925. Colonial […]
Westmoreland State Park Historic District
Westmoreland State Park along the Potomac River, and situated adjacent to Stratford Hall, was the sixth planned park within the Virginia State Parks system and was developed between 1933 and […]
Seashore State Park Historic District
Currently referred to as First Landing State Park, Seashore State Park, developed between 1934 and 1942, was the first planned state park in Virginia. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at […]
Marshall Field and Company Clubhouse
Built in 1917, in conjunction with the Henry County town of Fieldale and its mills, the Marshall Field and Company Clubhouse collectively brought an immediate million dollars into the local […]
Henry Street Historic District
Henry Street, also known as First Street, served as the commercial and entertainment center of the African American neighborhood of Gainsboro in Northwest Roanoke during the first half of the […]
