Hungry Mother State Park Historic District
Hungry Mother State Park is located on 2,215 acres of the Allegheny Mountains of Smyth County. Between 1933 and 1941, 600 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers developed the park, taking […]
Fairy Stone State Park Historic District
Fairy Stone State Park in Patrick and Henry counties was developed between 1933 and 1940, through the construction labor of 600 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers. Its hilly and mountainous […]
Merchants Square and Resort Historic District
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.—the visionary and financial force in the creation of Colonial Williamsburg—supported the planning and building of the commercial properties contained within the Merchants Square and Resort Historic […]
Gainsboro Historic District
The Gainsboro Historic District, first settled in 1834 and the oldest neighborhood in Roanoke, contains a full range of late-19th-century to mid-20th-century residential, commercial, and institutional buildings. Arising around the […]
Staunton River State Park Historic District
Staunton River State Park, in Halifax County, sits at the confluence of the Dan and Staunton Rivers. Funding for the purchase of the site was shared between the State, and […]
Moonlite Theatre
Though they occupy an important place in American popular culture, drive-ins such as the Moonlite Theatre in Washington County have been generally overlooked as places of historic significance. The Moonlite […]
Matthew Fontaine Maury School
Prominently sited near downtown Fredericksburg, the Matthew Fontaine Maury School, named for the 19th-century scientist and oceanographer, served as the city’s first purpose built high school from its construction in […]
Cromwell’s Run Rural Historic District
Located in the north-central part of Fauquier County, the Cromwell’s Run Rural Historic District consists of more than 14,000 acres of rolling farmland centered along Atoka Road. The district has […]
Twin Lakes State Park
Twin Lakes State Park in Prince Edward County consists of 495 acres within Prince Edward-Gallion State Forest. The park began as two racially segregated “Recreation Development Areas,” consisting of Prince […]
Holliday Lake State Park
Holliday Lake State Park, within the Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest, was created in 1937 as one of four “Recreation Development Areas” in Virginia. The park’s 250 acres are centered on the […]
