Cruser Place Historic District
In 1906, the Cruser Place Company envisioned a subdivision arising on marshland annexed by the City of Norfolk in 1902. The company’s plans required extensive private-public infrastructure improvements and significant […]
Jefferson Manor Motel Apartments
During the 1950s and 1960s, oceanfront tourism in Virginia Beach and elsewhere in the nation boomed, and the family road-trip vacation achieved iconic status. The resort motel/hotel, a new building […]
Amherst Baptist Church
Constructed in four phases between 1882 and 1955, the Amherst Baptist Church building is no longer owned by a church nor is it used for religious purposes. Nonetheless, it remains […]
Colonial National Historical Park
The Colonial National Monument (later re-designated Colonial National Historical Park) was created in 1930, in time for the sesquicentennial of the Yorktown victory the following year. Spurred on by the […]
Windsor Apartments
Situated near the intersection of thoroughfares N. Glebe Road and Arlington Boulevard (Route 50) in Arlington County, Windsor Apartments were constructed in 1944. Consisting of four red brick buildings, the […]
Reveille
Reveille, now known as Quarry Hill, is a masterwork designed in 1928 by architect Carl Max Lindner, Sr., to serve as a second home for Judge William Clark and his […]
National Park Service Mission 66 Era Resources MPD
The National Park Service Mission 66 Era Resources Multiple Property Documentation (MPD) form is intended to provide context for the individual listing in the National Register of Historic Places of […]
Averett School and Wharton Memorial Baptist Church and Cemetery
The history of Mecklenburg County’s Averett School and Wharton Memorial Baptist Church and Wharton Cemetery site—together known as the Wharton Memorial Church complex—involves the tireless energy and vision of the […]
Woodburn
After farmer John Gregory moved from Mecklenburg County to Lunenburg County, he purchased land and constructed the earliest portion of the current Woodburn dwelling around 1815. The 168-plus-acre Woodburn property, […]
College Terrace Historic District
Prominent Virginia architect Charles M. Robinson (1867-1932), designer of numerous public schools and college buildings throughout the commonwealth, planned Williamsburg’s College Terrace Historic District during his tenure, from 1921 to […]
