Goose Creek Meetinghouse Complex
The Goose Creek Meetinghouse Complex consists of three buildings in the Loudoun County village of Lincoln which illustrate the continuity of the Quaker tradition in Northern Virginia. The 1765 stone […]
Verville
This visually engaging brick plantation house of Verville is one of a handful of colonial buildings remaining in Lancaster County. While its form is typical of the 18th-century Chesapeake area, […]
St. John’s Church
An outstanding example of the colonial mason’s craft, St. John’s Church in King William County was completed ca. 1734 and enlarged to its present T-shape before 1765. Its parish, St. […]
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
One of two remaining Virginia colonial churches with a true Greek Cross plan and two tiers of windows, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church was constructed in 1766 and is the third […]
Lamb’s Creek Church
Its rectangular plan, hipped roof, and side entrance, make Lamb’s Creek Church a classic example of a rural colonial Anglican church. The King George County church was built in 1769-77 […]
Varina Plantation
Settled during the early 17th century, Varina Plantation was the site of the Henrico Parish glebe, established before 1640. The first Henrico County courthouse was built at Varina before 1666. […]
The Harrison House (formerly the Thomas Harrison House)
The modern city of Harrisonburg grew up around this modest stone house, which until recently was thought to have been erected for Thomas Harrison ca. 1750. But new research and […]
Randolph-Macon College Buildings
Randolph-Macon College, chartered in 1830, is the oldest Methodist-related college in the United States still in operation. At the southwest corner of its 85-acre campus are the three buildings of […]
Slash Church
The weatherboarded Slash Church was erected in 1729-32 by Thomas Pinchback and Edward Chambers, Jr., as the Upper Church of the Anglican St. Paul’s Parish. The Hanover County building survives […]
Hanover Meeting House (Polegreen Church)
The 1740s Polegreen reading house and the adjacent 1750s Polegreen church in Hanover County were the base from which Pastor Samuel Davies carried the widespread social and spiritual movement of […]
