James A. Fields House
The James A. Fields House was acquired in 1897 by Fields for his primary residence and law office. Fields, born a slave, became a prominent African American citizen in Newport […]
Mountain Hall
Mountain Hall was the Nottoway County home of physician and statesman Dr. James Jones (1772-1848), a leading Southside Virginian of his generation. He served in the Virginia militia as surgeon […]
The Oaks
The Oaks, the seat of the Richardson/Bowles family for over 200 years, features a substantial brick house begun about 1800 and finished in 1830. It has fine vernacular woodwork that […]
Laburnum Park Historic District
Laburnum Park Historic District is an early-20th-century suburb in Richmond’s Northside. Its major east-west streets feature grass medians with rows of trees. Along these streets are houses in many of […]
Centerview
Built for the Irvine family in 1871, Centerview is a substantial late-Greek Revival brick dwelling in the city of Lynchburg that retains many of its original features. The site contains […]
Washington Aqueduct
Construction of the Washington Aqueduct water supply system for Washington, D.C. began in 1853 by the Army Corps of Engineers. Designed by Capt. Montgomery C. Meigs, the system consisted of […]
Burrell Memorial Hospital
Burrell Memorial Hospital was constructed between 1953 and 1955 as a facility for the treatment of Roanoke’s African American residents. The brick four-story building was designed in the International Style […]
Charlotte Williams Memorial Hospital
Charlotte Williams Memorial Hospital opened in 1903 as a teaching hospital for the Medical College of Virginia. It was built with funds provided by Richmond banker John Langbourne Williams in […]
Pine Camp Tuberculosis Hospital
The Pine Camp Tuberculosis Hospital is a group of three buildings that survive from a tuberculosis hospital complex privately founded in 1910. It was developed on property that was once […]
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 […]
