Scott Zion Baptist Church
Scott Zion Baptist Church and Cemetery’s assembly is among the largest and oldest African American congregations in Amherst County. Located about six miles northwest of Lynchburg, the Scott Zion community […]
Mount Vernon Enterprise Lodge #3488/Pride of Fairfax County Lodge #298
The Pride of Fairfax Lodge #298 building, formerly known as the Mount Vernon Enterprise Lodge No. 3488, is located in Gum Springs, established in 1833 and the oldest historically African […]
St. James Baptist Church and Cemetery
Located in Fauquier County and the historically Black community of Foxville, St. James Baptist Church and Cemetery traces back to 1866, when formerly enslaved people from the John Fox plantation (located three miles away) […]
Susie G. Gibson High School
Under the supervision of Virginia’s Department of Education, Bedford County built the Susie G. Gibson High School in 1953-1954 to provide “separate but equal” facilities to the county’s Black high […]
Bedford Training School
Bedford County constructed the Bedford Training School in 1929-30 as its first public school to provide secondary education for Black students. The State Department of Education’s Division of School Buildings […]
St. John’s United Holy Church of America, Inc.
St. Johns United Holy Church of America, Inc., built in two phases between 1931 and 1932 in Richmond’s Fairfield neighborhood, is associated with one of the oldest African American Pentecostal […]
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
The original main block sanctuary of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, near Gainesville in Prince William County, dates to 1928 and replaced an 1889 church building. That earlier building arose after […]
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 […]
Port Royal Historic District Boundary Increase
A boundary increase for the previously listed Port Royal Historic District in Caroline County enlarges the district by nearly 91 acres and encompasses 27 historic buildings, one historic structure, and […]
Southwest Historic District Boundary Increase
A boundary increase for the Southwest Historic District in Roanoke expands the district to cover 20 areas—ranging from a single property to several blocks—that share a similar history and development […]
