Petersburg Trailways Bus Station
The Trailways Bus Station in downtown Petersburg was the site of civil rights protests and sit-ins that occurred during 1960 and 1961. As one of the stops on the historic […]
Camp Alkulana Historic District
Located in Bath County, the Camp Alkulana Historic District and the Camp Mont Shenandoah Historic District were both born out of the back-to-nature youth camp movement that arose in the […]
Camp Mont Shenandoah Historic District
Camp Mont Shenandoah in Bath County was founded by Nannie Crump West of Richmond in 1927 as a private venture to serve privileged young women of the city of Richmond. […]
Booker T. Washington High School
Staunton’s Booker T. Washington High School opened in 1936 as the only high school for African Americans in the city until it closed in 1966, when Staunton integrated its public […]
Cavalier Hotel
Overlooking the Virginia Beach oceanfront since 1927, the Cavalier Hotel is the most iconic building in the city, representing its development from a sleepy seaside town to a nationally known […]
The Plains Historic District
Surrounded by a scenic Piedmont landscape, The Plains Historic District covers about 130 acres within this small, incorporated town in Fauquier County. The area was first identified as “The Plains” […]
Barton Lodge
Barton Lodge, now known as Malvern Hall, was built between 1898 and 1900 on a hill overlooking The Homestead in the Bath County village of Hot Springs. Its original owner, […]
Elmwood Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery, a 50-acre municipal cemetery was established in Norfolk County (now the City of Norfolk) in 1853. It contains the remains of more than 400 Confederate and Union Civil […]
Ashland Jefferson Davis UDC Highway Marker
The Ashland Jefferson Davis Highway Marker in Hanover County, is one of 16 granite memorials in Virginia commissioned and erected along U.S. Rte. 1 between 1927 and 1947 by the […]
Robinson House
The Robinson House, located on the campus of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond’s Boulevard Historic District, is significant for its distinctive architecture and compelling history, particularly as […]
