National Historic Landmark - Bremo Historic District

This group of 19th-century houses and farm buildings is significant as an architectural and social document. The main brick residence has Palladian architectural features popularized by Thomas Jefferson, whose advice was sought on the building plans. Two other main 19th-century ...

National Historic Landmark - Brandon

A plantation with many acres of farmland, woodland, and gardens, Brandon contains a main house which is an excellent example of a brick plantation house in a variant of the English Palladian style, differing from early and middle-Georgian houses in ...

National Historic Landmark - Berry Hill

Constructed c. 1839, this is a two-story, stuccoed, Greek revival mansion with an impressive Greek Doric octastyle portico across the front and two service pavilions with porticoes echoing that of the main house. The house is regarded as an excellent ...

National Historic Landmark - Berkely

This rectangular 2-1/2-story Georgian house (1726) was the birthplace and lifelong home of Benjamin Harrison V (1726-1791), a member of the Continental Congress (1774-78), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Governor of Virginia (1782-84). It was also the ...

National Historic Landmark-Virginia Military Institute Barracks

Formally organized in 1839, VMI has a long tradition of training military leaders. Incorporated into the present structure of this gothic style cadet barracks building, notable among the buildings on the campus, is part of the original barracks wall from ...

National Historic Landmark - Benjamin Banneker Boundary Stone

This boundary stone commemorates the accomplishments of Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806), farmer, mathematician, inventor, astronomer, writer, surveyor, scientist, and humanitarian. Perhaps the most famous Black man in Colonial America, Banneker helped survey the District of Columbia.

National Historic Landmark - Ball's Bluff Battlefield & National Cemetery

In October 1861, to quiet his critics, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan ordered Union troops stationed along the Potomac between Edwards Ferry and Harper's Ferry to make "a slight demonstration" and draw out the Confederate force based in Leesburg. The ...

National Historic Landmark - Bacon's Castle

This house, built in the 1660's, was used by colonials under Bacon as a stronghold in their 1676-1677 rebellion against British exploitation.

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National Historic Landmark - W. T. PRESTON (Snagboat)

W. T. PRESTON (1939) is one of two surviving U.S. Army Corps of Engineers snagboats and bucket dredges. Snagboats were part of a nationwide, decades-long commitment by the Army Corps to river and harbor improvement in the United States. W. ...

National Historic Landmark - Port Gamble Historic District

One of the earliest and most important lumber-producing centers on the Pacific Coast. Still active, with a variety of architectural styles, Port Gamble exemplifies the mid-19th century company-owned town.

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