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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Bristol, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Douglass School is a historic school building for African-American children in Bristol, Virginia. The original section was built in 1921, with additions and alterations from about 1929 and 1963. It is a two-story, three-bay brick building with a flat roof. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1]
Peaking at 75% black in the mid-1970s after five previous decades of the Great Migration increased the black population five-fold, DC is 46–49% black in 2018. DC remains the largest African-American percentage population of any state or territory in the mainland US.
According to the 2010 Census, more than 1.5 million, or one in five Virginians is "Black or African American". African Americans were enslaved in the state. [ 3 ] As of the 2020 U.S. Census, African Americans were 18.6% of the state's population.
East Hill Cemetery, also known as Maryland Hill, Round Hill, Rooster Hill, and City Cemetery, is a historic cemetery located at Bristol, Virginia.It is an American Civil War-era cemetery established in 1857, with sections for Confederate soldiers and veterans as well as a small section for African American burials.
A History of the Black Press. Howard University Press. ISBN 9780882581927. Smith, Jessie Carney (2012). Black Firsts: 4,000 Ground-Breaking and Pioneering Historical Events. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 9781578593699. Suggs, Henry Lewis (1983). "Virginia". In Suggs, Henry Lewis (ed.). The Black Press in the South, 1865–1979. ISBN 9780313222443.
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June 12, 2002, June 17, 2005, October 11, 2005 [2] The Bristol Commercial Historic District is a national historic district in Bristol, Tennessee and Bristol, Virginia . The district encompasses 83 contributing buildings in the central business district of Bristol.