Prestwould
Sir Peyton Skipwith, the only Virginia-born baronet, moved to his Roanoke River lands in Mecklenburg County following marriage to his second wife, Jean Miller, in 1788. In 1795 he completed […]
Mathews County Courthouse Square
Mathews County’s collection of small-scale but decorous brick government buildings forms a well integrated complex built in the decades following 1790, when the county was formed from Gloucester County. The […]
Old City Cemetery
This public burying ground in the heart of the city was opened in 1806 on land donated by John Lynch, founder of Lynchburg. First known as the Methodist Cemetery, it […]
Jones Memorial Library
The Jones Memorial Library is Lynchburg’s finest example of the American Renaissance, an architectural and artistic movement that dominated American public and institutional buildings in the early 20th century. Designed […]
Welbourne
Set in the heart of Loudoun County’s hunt country, Welbourne is a patrician homestead expanded in stages over a century and a half to meet the tastes and needs of […]
Oatlands Historic District
This rural district incorporates the Oatlands estate and several associated historic properties. At the southern end, along Goose Creek, is the site of Oatlands Mills, a milling complex established by […]
Morven Park
Located in the Catoctin Rural Historic District north of Leesburg in Loudoun County, Morven Park is best known as the home of Westmoreland Davis, governor of Virginia from 1918 to […]
Belmont
This superlative five-part Federal-style plantation house, erected 1799-1802, was the home of Ludwell Lee, son of Richard Henry Lee, signer of the Declaration of Independence. The house ranks in quality […]
Horn Quarter
Richly ornamented and impeccably crafted, Horn Quarter has few peers among the Commonwealth’s Federal-period residences. Its pedimented portico and generous scale combine with refined Adamesque detailing to produce a composition […]
Green Spring Archaeological Site
Named for a natural spring on this James City County property located west of Williamsburg, Green Spring was patented by 1643 by Governor Sir William Berkeley. He constructed a substantial […]
