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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.
Falls Church, Virginia: 1769 The oldest house of worship in Virginia north of Quantico, completed by undertaker James Wren and received as finished by the vestry on December 20, 1769. Wren's plan was also used (with modifications) for Christ Church in Alexandria and Pohick Church in Lorton. Morven Park: Leesburg, Virginia: ca. 1780
Greek Revival houses in Virginia (256 P) H. Historic house museums in Virginia (4 C, 125 P) ... Leesylvania State Park; V. Virginia Historical Society This page was ...
The Virginia State Capitol is the seat of state government of the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in Richmond, the state capital. It houses the oldest elected legislative body in North America, the Virginia General Assembly , first established as the House of Burgesses in 1619.
November 1997: House: 2000-2001 Virginia General Assembly [7] November 1999: House, Senate: 2002-2003 Virginia General Assembly November 2001: House: 2004-2005 Virginia General Assembly [8] November 2003: House: 2006-2007 Virginia General Assembly [8] November 2005: House: 2008-2009 Virginia General Assembly [8] November 2007: House
Public universities and colleges in Virginia (15 C, 18 P) Pages in category "Government buildings in Virginia" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
All three officers are separately elected four-year terms in years following presidential elections (1997, 2001, 2005, etc.) and take office in January of the following year. Virginia is one of only five states that elects its state officials in odd numbered years (the others are Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and New Jersey). The last ...
The gardens were redesigned in the 1950s, at the request of Governor Thomas B. Stanley, by noted landscape architect Charles Gillette. [ 5 ] Anne Holton lived in the mansion twice: during the 1970s when her father, A. Linwood Holton Jr. , was governor, and returned to the home as Virginia's first lady when her husband, Tim Kaine , served as ...