National Historic Landmark-Justin S Morrill Homestead

National Historical Landmarks

Justin S Morrill Home

Morrill was responsible for the Morrill Acts (1862, 1890), which provided for land grant colleges. He designed and constructed this Gothic Revival house in 1848-51, and retained ownership while in the Congress as a Representative ...

National Historic Landmark-Calvin Coolidge Homestead

Calvin Coolidge Homestead District

Calvin Coolidge was born here in 1872 in the house attached to his father's general store. In 1876 the family moved across the street and it was here in 1923 that Coolidge was sworn in as president ...

National Historic Landmark-Lee Chapel, Washington & Lee University

Built in 1867 under his supervision, this Victorian Gothic brick building commemorates the years Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) served as president (1865-1870) of the college, then known as Washington College. Lee is buried in a chapel vault.

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National Historic Landmark - Kenmore

Kenmore was built about 1752 by Fielding Lewis (1725-1782), member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, for his bride Betty, George Washington's sister. The interior plasterwork is rare in 18th-century American houses.

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National Historic Landmark - Stonewall Jackson Headquarters

In the months preceding his famous Shenandoah Valley Campaign (March-June 1862), Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863) used this Gothic Revival house as his headquarters, where he was joined by his wife, Mary Anna. Jackson's rapid maneuvering in ...

National Historic Landmark-Homestead Jacskon Ward Historic Dist.

This fine 19th century residential neighborhood is significant as the hub of Black professional and entrepreneurial activities in the city and the State. Fraternal organizations, cooperative banks, insurance companies and other commercial and social institutions that figure prominently in that ...

National Historic Landmark - Holly-Knoll-Robert R. Moton House

From 1935 until his death, this 2-1/2 story Georgian Revival structure was the residence of Robert Russa Moton (1867-1940), influential Black educator. Moton began his career in education at Hampton Institute, from which he had graduated in 1890. In 1915, ...

National Historic Landmark - Hanover County Courthouse

This Georgian courthouse has been used continuously since its completion around 1735. It was here that, in 1763, Patrick Henry argued and won THE PARSON'S CAUSE, a case involving religious liberty in the Colony.

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National Historic Landmark - Hampton Institute

Founded by the American Missionary Association to train selected young Black men and women to "teach and lead their people, first by example...." Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute opened in April 1868 with 2 teachers and 15 students; today, it ...

National Historic Landmark - Gunston Hall

Notable for its interior carved details and formal gardens, Gunston Hall was built (1755-1758) for George Mason (1725-1792), a leading Revolutionary figure, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776), and member of the Constitutional Convention whose refusal to sign ...