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May 11, 1976 (Arlington: Arlington: A boundary stone associated with Benjamin Banneker, (1731–1806), an African American surveyor, mathematician and astronomer who assisted Andrew Ellicott during the first two months of Ellicott's 1791–1792 survey of the boundaries of the original District of Columbia.
This list of museums in Virginia, United States, contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The historical society's headquarters was renamed from Virginia Historical Society to the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in 2018. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The museum features exhibitions and programming for visitors of all ages and has more than 25,000 square feet (2,300 m 2 ) of exhibition gallery space and the largest display of Virginia artifacts ...
Map of Virginia. Buildings, sites, districts, and objects in Virginia listed on the National Register of Historic Places: . As of September 18, 2017, there are 3,027 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in all 95 Virginia counties and 37 of the 38 independent cities, including 120 National Historic Landmarks and National Historic Landmark Districts, four ...
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Preservation Virginia museum sites include: Bacon's Castle, Virginia's oldest brick residence, in Surry; Cape Henry Lighthouse, the first federal public works project under President George Washington, in Virginia Beach; Historic Jamestowne, the site of the London Company settlement of May 1607
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
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.