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Virginia Landmarks Register Spotlight: Ida Mae Francis Tourist Home

Alice Boucher of Colonial Virginia’s Eastern Shore

Exploring the Ruins of a Historic Mill in Richmond County

A Crash Course in the History of Ice Skating

Grave Matters: The African American Cemetery & Graves Fund

Historic Preservation and the Community

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The Ida Mae Francis Tourist Home as it appears today.

02/13/2025

Virginia Landmarks Register Spotlight: Ida Mae Francis Tourist Home

plat of land in eastern shore of virginia

02/06/2025

Alice Boucher of Colonial Virginia’s Eastern Shore

union/glasscock mill

01/24/2025

Exploring the Ruins of a Historic Mill in Richmond County

Charlotte Charles Dillingham, Get Together, 1949

01/23/2025

A Crash Course in the History of Ice Skating

First Baptist Church of Harmony Village Cemetery, Middlesex County

01/22/2025

Grave Matters: The African American Cemetery & Graves Fund

Members of the Community Services Division team at a Woodland Cemetery Walking Tour, Richmond, VA.

01/21/2025

Historic Preservation and the Community

Press Releases

Second Round of Paul Bruhn Historic Revitalization Grants Program-Appalachian Southwest Virginia Opens

State Historical Marker Dedicated in Cumberland County for John Robinson, Black Virginia Senator During Reconstruction

Next Round of Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Historic Preservation Fund Now Open

DHR Administers Easement Over Ellen Glasgow House in City of Richmond

State Historical Marker to Be Unveiled for Douglas School in Winchester, Va.

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804-482-6445

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