Hebrew Cemetery
Richmond’s Hebrew Cemetery, the oldest Jewish cemetery in continuous use in the South, was established on Shockoe Hill in 1816 by Virginia’s first Jewish congregation. Occupying 8.4 acres today, its […]
Covesville Historic District
The Covesville Historic District is a southern Albemarle County village that developed in response to religious settlement, transportation routes, and a successful apple-growing climate. Officially a village in 1828, Covesville […]
Zion Poplars Baptist Church
Zion Poplars Baptist Church was named for a grove of seven poplars, four of which remain on the church grounds, joined at one base. An African American community used the […]
Mount Sinai Baptist Church
Mount Sinai Baptist Church is primarily a Gothic Revival brick building, featuring the characteristic pointed-arch windows and towers as well as some elements of the Victorian style. It was built […]
Makemie Monument Park
Makemie Monument Park is located on a tributary of Pokomoke Sound on over three and a half acres of grassy parkland, trees, and marsh near Temperanceville in Accomack County. It […]
Fayette Street Historic District
An outgrowth of segregation, Fayette Street Historic District became the heart of the Black community in the city of Martinsville from 1900 until the mid-20th century, when the civil rights […]
Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church
The congregation of Bedford County’s Olive Branch Missionary Baptist Church was formed in 1881, though the current building dates to circa 1896. Sitting atop the charming frame T-shaped building is […]
Dinwiddie Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
Dinwiddie Presbyterian Church is one of the six Childress rock-faced churches located in the Virginia counties of Floyd, Carroll, and Patrick, built between 1919 and the early 1950s by Presbyterian […]
Mayberry Presbyterian Church
Mayberry Presbyterian Church is located in a sparsely populated area, among rolling wooded hills and pastureland between Route 602 and the Blue Ridge Parkway near Meadows of Dan in Patrick […]
Slate Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery
The Slate Mountain Presbyterian Church and Cemetery are prominently sited within Rock Castle Gap, on the Floyd County side of its border with Patrick County, near the Blue Ridge Parkway. […]
