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 ...

National Historic Landmark - Greenway Court

From 1751 to 1781, this was the estate of Thomas Lord Fairfax (1693-1781), the only English peer residing in the Colonies, and the proprietor of a 5 million-acre land grant in Virginia. Fairfax employed George Washington as a surveyor.

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National Historic Landmark - Green Springs Historic District

This exceptionally fertile area of Piedmont Virginia survives as a viable rural neighborhood composed of flourishing historic estates. The residential and farm buildings of the District represent over two hundred years of flourishing historic estates.

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National Historic Landmark - Carter Glass House

From 1907 to 1923, this was the residence of Carter Glass (1858-1946), one of the most influential shapers of U.S. financial policy in the first half of the 20th century. Glass served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1902-18), as ...

National Historic Landmark - Ellen Glasgow House

From 1887 until her death, this was the residence of author Ellen Glasgow (1873-1945), whose books reveal much about Virginia society from the 1850s through the 1940s. Her book, IN THIS OUR LIFE, won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature (1941).

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National Historic Landmark - Gadsby's Tavern

Comprising two adjoining tavern buildings, the smaller of which dates from 1752, this is one of the best known 18th century inn's in the country. George Washington recruited men here in 1754 for the French and Indian War, and the ...

National Historic Landmark - Full Scale 30X60 Foot Tunnel

In operation since 1931, this is the first full-scale wind tunnel built by NACA. It greatly contributed to the design of an entire new generation of aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s.

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National Historic Landmark - Franklin & Armfield Office

Between 1828 and 1836, Isaac Franklin, in partnership with John Armfield, created the largest-scale slave trading operation in the antebellum South. They established their headquarters in Alexandria (then a part of the District of Columbia), adjacent to an area with ...

National Historic Landmark - Fort Myer Historic District

Dating from the turn of the century, Fort Myer was the site of the earliest experiments in military aviation conducted by the Wright Brothers in 1908. Since 1909 Quarters 1 (1899) on "Generals Row" has been the home of the ...