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The Virginia Governor's Mansion, better known as the Executive Mansion, is located in Richmond, Virginia, on Capitol Square and serves as the official residence of the governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Designed by Alexander Parris, it is the oldest occupied governor's mansion in the United States.
Executive Mansion (Richmond, Virginia) Governor of Virginia [22] (served 1825–1827) 22/24: Grover Cleveland: New York State Executive Mansion (Albany, New York) Governor of New York [23] (served 1883–1885) 26: Theodore Roosevelt: New York State Executive Mansion (Albany, New York) Governor of New York [23] (served 1899–1900) 27: William ...
Many historic houses in Virginia are notable sites. The U.S. state of Virginia was home to many of America's Founding Fathers, four of the first five U.S. presidents, as well as many important figures of the Confederacy. As one of the earliest locations of European settlement in America, Virginia has some of the oldest buildings in the nation.
W. Duncan Lee (July 2, 1884 – March 13, 1952) was an American architect working primarily in the style of Colonial Revival who designed and built the majority of his structures in the city of Richmond, Virginia and its environs.
Wyndham Robertson (January 26, 1803 – February 11, 1888) was the Acting Governor of the U.S. state of Virginia from 1836 to 1837. He also twice served multiple terms in the Virginia House of Delegates, the second series representing Richmond during the American Civil War.
Sandusky House (Lynchburg, Virginia) Scotchtown (plantation) Sherwood Forest Plantation; Shirley Plantation; Smith's Fort Plantation; Smithfield (Blacksburg, Virginia) Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park; Anne Spencer House; Stonewall Jackson House; Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters Museum; Stratford Hall (plantation) Sully Historic Site
Charles Freeman Gillette (March 14, 1886 – March 30, 1969) was a prominent landscape architect in the upper South who specialized in the creation of grounds supporting Colonial Revival architecture, particularly in Richmond, Virginia. He is associated with the restoration and re-creation of historic gardens in the upper South and especially ...
Arlington House is the historic Custis family mansion built by George Washington Parke Custis from 1803–1818 as a memorial to George Washington.Currently maintained by the National Park Service, it is located in the U.S. Army's Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia (formerly Alexandria, D.C.).