Address: 1914-16 East Main StreetCity: RichmondState: VAZip: 23223Phone: 804-647-5523Website: www.poemuseum.orgCalled “America’s Shakespeare,” Edgar Allan Poe created or mastered the short story, detective fiction, science fiction, lyric...
City: LeesburgState: VAZip: 20175Phone: 703-777-3174Website: http://www.oatlands.org/Oatlands is one of the last of the string of great houses built by the descendants of Robert “King” Carter...
Address: P.O. Box 110City: Mount VernonState: VAZip: 22121Phone: 703-780-2000Website: http://www.mountvernon.org/George Washington’s property, Mount Vernon, on the banks of the Potomac River, stands as one of America’s...
City: NorfolkState: VAZip: 23510Phone: 757-664-6200Website: http://www.chrysler.org/about-the-museum/historic-houses/the-moses-myers-house/In 1787, Moses Myers chartered a vessel and moved from New York to Norfolk to seek his fortune. Within five...
Address: 11407 Constitution Hwy., P.O. Box 67City: Montpelier StationState: VAZip: 22957Phone: 540-672-2728Website: http://www.montpelier.orgJames and Dolley Madison lived at Montpelier with his mother in a house originally...
Address: Route 53, P.O. Box 316City: CharlottesvilleState: VAZip: 22902Phone: 434-984-9822Website: http://www.monticello.orgThomas Jefferson said he would have been a happy, lifelong farmer and gardener. Instead his commitment...
Address: 1700 Hampton StreetCity: RichmondState: VAZip: 23220Phone: 804-358-7166Website: http://www.maymont.org/James Henry Dooley (1841-1922) was a financier and industrialist who devoted himself to rebuilding and developing the city...
Address: 1500 Washington AvenueCity: FredericksburgState: VAZip: 22401Phone: 540-373-5630Website: /www.washingtonheritagemuseums.orgMary Washington died a few months after her son became president of the United States. The monument that...
Address: 1200 Charles StreetCity: FredericksburgState: VAZip: 22401Phone: 540-373-1569Website: https://www.washingtonheritagemuseums.org/In 1752, George Washington surveyed acreage that established the original town of Fredericksburg. Lots were set aside for...
City: Newport NewsState: VAZip: 23607Phone: 757-888-3371Lee Hall is an Italianate plantation house set on a rise and visible from the main thoroughfare. It was...
Address: 69 Market StreetCity: OnancockState: VAZip: 23417Phone: 804 787-8012In 1680, an Act of Cohabitation required nineteen settled areas each to set aside 50 acres for...
Address: 12 East Franklin StreetCity: RichmondState: VAZip: 23219Phone: 804-643-4137Email: info@gcvirginia.orgWebsite: http://www.gcvirginia.orgThe Kent-Valentine House was designed by Isaiah Rogers for Mr. and Mrs. Horace Kent in 1845. Rogers...
