William Byrd Park
Sometimes referred to as Richmond’s “Central Park,” William Byrd Park at about 275 acres is the city’s largest. The park began during the Reconstruction era in 1874, when the city […]
Pocahontas State Park Historic District
Pocahontas State Park Historic District in Chesterfield County – originally known as Swift Creek Recreational Demonstration Area (RDA) – was a project of the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). […]
Boxerwood
Originally the residence of Dr. Robert and Elizabeth Munger, Boxerwood, in Rockbridge County, consists of a Modernist house completed in 1952 and is one of the earliest examples of such […]
Camp Mont Shenandoah Historic District
Camp Mont Shenandoah in Bath County was founded by Nannie Crump West of Richmond in 1927 as a private venture to serve privileged young women of the city of Richmond. […]
Woods Hill
Woods Hill in the City of Franklin is a significant example of the collaborative work of two 20th-century master practitioners in Virginia of home and landscape design, Alan McCullough and […]
Elmwood Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery, a 50-acre municipal cemetery was established in Norfolk County (now the City of Norfolk) in 1853. It contains the remains of more than 400 Confederate and Union Civil […]
Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center
Embedded in the Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest, the Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center was originally created to house Works Progress Administration workers in 1937. The WPA workers built the adjacent Holliday […]
Lewis Mountain
Lewis Mountain, in Albemarle County, refers both to the stately mansion and the mountain directly west of the University of Virginia that it crowns. Designed by Charlottesville architect Eugene Bradbury, […]
MacCallum More and Hudgins House Historic District
The MacCallum More and Hudgins House Historic District, located in the Mecklenburg County town of Chase City, features a museum and gardens created by the Hudgins family throughout most of […]
Westbourne
Westbourne, originally called Pinehurst, was built in 1919 for Abram L. McClellan, a wealthy businessman and real estate developer, as the focal point of his Hampton Gardens subdivision in the […]
