Places To Visit

One of nearly 200 buildings designed by Staunton architect T. J. Collins, the Rockingham County Courthouse in the Harrisonburg Downtown Historic District reveals his mastery of the fashionable Richardsonian Romanesque and Renaissance Revival styles o... Read More

An architectural wonder and National Registry Home; Rockwood Manor was built with a flare for class in 1875 and is located near Radford and Virginia Tech. Extra large windows set into bays that lend light to the twelve foot ceiling; seventeen firepl... Read More

Rocky Mount Historic District is a small service, factory, and courthouse town sited near the center of Franklin County, within view of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the rolling, rural terrain of the Piedmont plateau. One hundred and eighty-four primar... Read More

The Rose Hill dwelling is among the earliest and least-altered I-houses in Southampton County. Characteristic of the form, it has a passage between the two rooms of each floor. The house stands on land deeded by the Nottoway tribe of Virginia to John... Read More

The house was built about 1650 by the first Ralph Wormeley; it became the summer home of the colonial governors, Sir Henry Chicheley and Lord Howard of Effingham. In 1776, the owner, the fifth Ralph Wormeley, was put under restraint as a Tory. In 178... Read More

One of colonial America's grandest mansions, Rosewell was built 1725-1738 and gutted by fire in 1916. Four massive chimneys, one wall, and a vaulted cellar are now silent witnesses to history. Stabilized, but not rebuilt, Rosewell allows visitors to ... Read More

One of the oldest dwellings in Hanover County, the gambrel-roofed house at Rural Plains is an important example of a substantial, non-academic Tidewater farmhouse of the early-18th century. It is believed to be the oldest gambrel roof house in Virgin... Read More

The Rural Retreat Depot is a historic railroad station located at 105 Railroad Avenue in Rural Retreat, Virginia. Built c. 1870, it is one of the oldest railroad stations in Southwest Virginia, and one of only two to survive the Reconstruction Era. I... Read More

May 11, 2024 - January 5, 2025 From "Amistad" and "Roots" to Marvel Studios' "Black Panther," view more than 60 iconic costume designs by two-time Academy Award-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter, whose work has defined the style of the Afrof... Read More

Nearly a quarter of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's army, more than 7,700 men, were killed, wounded or captured on April 6, 1865, at the battle of Sailor's Creek. Lee surrendered his army 72 hours later at Appomattox Court House. The Overton-Hill... Read More

Salem Church was built by Baptists in 1844 to serve a growing population west of Fredericksburg. The Spotsylvania church was used as a hospital by both sides during the Civil War, and it served as a civilian refugee center during the Battle of Freder... Read More

Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church traces its existence to 1789 when Shenandoah Valley circuit preacher Paul Henkel held services for the German community in a schoolhouse nearby at Seawright Springs. By 1805, the congregation had built a frame struct... Read More

The Salem Museum is larger than it looks, with exhibits on five floors. At the heart of the Museum is the 1845 Williams-Brown House, which was originally situated along the Great Wagon Road. Exhibits trace Salem's history from early Virginia Indian s... Read More

The "The Crying Tree" marker relays the story of Sarah Elizabeth "Sallie" Adams (1841-1913), a young girl of about five when she, her mother, and other family members were sold at a slave auction at the Smyth County Courthouse. The results left the e... Read More

Historic Salubria is an 18th-century (ca. 1757) Georgian-style manor house built for the Reverend John Thompson, rector of the Little Fork Church from 1740 to 1772, who married the widow of Lt. Gov. Alexander Spotswood.  The house received the name ... Read More