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 […]
Bear Creek Lake State Park
Bear Creek Lake, established in 1938 in Cumberland County, was created by the Virginia Department of Agriculture (under direction of the U.S. Forest Service) as a “Recreation Development Area.” About […]
Chandler Court and Pollard Park Historic District
The connected neighborhoods of Chandler Court and Pollard Park are an intimate interpretation of the garden suburb ideal developed in late-19th-century Britain. They were the creation of John Garland Pollard, […]
George Washington Birthplace National Monument
Wakefield, the site of George Washington’s birthplace, is a tract on Pope’s Creek, just off the Potomac River in Westmoreland County. The property was purchased in 1718 by Washington’s father, […]
Wirtland
Wirtland was erected in 1850 for Dr. William Wirt, Jr., one of the sons of the Virginia jurist, statesman, and author. With its romantically landscaped park and fanciful Gothic Revival […]
Skyline Drive Historic District
Extending through eight counties, the world-famous Skyline Drive is a testament to the expanding movement for conservation, public outdoor recreation, and regional planning that became a hallmark of New Deal […]
Pleasant Point
Atop a bluff overlooking the James River opposite Jamestown Island, Pleasant Point illustrates the formality found in many of Virginia’s lesser colonial seats. The Surry County complex consists of a […]
Chippokes Plantation Historic District (Chippokes State Park)
This 1,403-acre Surry County plantation opposite Jamestown Island has been an identifiable entity since the early 17th century, when it was owned by Capt. William Powell. Named for Choupocke, a […]
Steephill
Steephill in the city of Staunton was built in 1877-78 as a Gothic-style suburban villa for Col. John Lewis Peyton, author of The History of Augusta County, Virginia (1882) and […]
