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The Virginia Museum of History and Culture founded in 1831 as the Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, is a major repository, research, and teaching center for Virginia history. It is a private, non-profit organization, supported almost entirely by private contributions.
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 ...
October 9, 1960. (#66000849) Bacon's Castle. 37°06′32″N 76°43′20″W / 37.1088°N 76.7222°W / 37.1088; -76.7222 (Bacon's Castle) Surry. One of the oldest brick buildings in Virginia. 4. Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery. Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery.
Ash Grove, 1790, Fairfax County—home of Thomas Fairfax, and Henry Fairfax. Ash Lawn–Highland, 1799, Albemarle County—home of James Monroe. Bacon's Castle, 1665, Surry County — only Jacobean great houses in the U.S., used as a stronghold in Bacon's Rebellion [1] Ball-Sellers House (Arlington, Virginia) built in 1742 by John Ball, owned ...
The Virginia Department of Historic Resources is the State Historic Preservation Office for the Commonwealth of Virginia. [1] The agency maintains the Virginia Landmarks Register (the first step for properties and districts in Virginia seeking listing on the National Register of Historic Places). It also holds historic property easements, [2 ...
The following is a partial list of the sites designated as Virginia Historic Landmarks, on the Virginia Landmarks Register: Ball-Sellers House [3] Fairfield Plantation; Monterey Hotel; Michie Tavern; Natural Bridge; Pamplin Historical Park and National Museum of the Civil War Soldier; Ramsay; Seay's Chapel Methodist Church; Sherwood Forest ...
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.
December 22, 2009. ( #09001222) 4705 Curles Neck Rd. 37°23′21″N 77°17′20″W. / 37.389167°N 77.288889°W / 37.389167; -77.288889 ( Curles Neck Farm) Henrico. Plantation operated continuously as a working farm since 1635. One of the great James River Plantations. Incidentally, site of an airliner's crash-landing in 1951.