Nomination Form
This Multiple Property Documentation (MPD) Form facilitates the nomination to the registers of Virginia State Parks Built by New Deal Programs, including the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA). A part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal, the Emergency Conservation Work Act eventually provided the resources needed to create the Virginia state parks through the CCC and WPA. In 1934, the NPS Branch of Planning and State Cooperation Region One office relocated to Richmond. This move provided the opportunity for NPS and Virginia state park officials, also based in Richmond, to work together. Frederick Fay, a landscape architect in the Region One office, worked closely with Robin Burson, the landscape engineer most responsible for the development of the Virginia state parks.
Many properties listed in the registers are private dwellings and are not open to the public, however many are visible from the public right-of-way. Please be respectful of owner privacy.
Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Nomination Form
Programs
DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
DHR has engaged over 450 students in 3 highway marker contests
DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia
