Greenway Court is a historic country estate near White Post in rural Clarke County, Virginia. The property is the site of the seat of the vast 18th-century land empire of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1693-1781), the only ennobled British colonial proprietor to live in one of the North American colonies. The surviving remnants of his complex — a later replacement brick house and Fairfax's stone land office — were designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
The Willa Cather Birthplace, also known as the Rachel E. Boak House, is the site near Gore, Virginia, where the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather was born in 1873. The log home was built in the early 19th century by her great-grandfather and has been enlarged twice. The building was previously the home of Rachel E. Boak, Cather's grandmother. Cather and her parents lived in the house only about a year before they moved to another home in Frederick County. The farmhouse was listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register (VLR) in 1976 and the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1978.
Fairfield Farms is a historic estate house located near Berryville, Clarke County, Virginia. It was built in 1768, and designed by architect John Ariss and built for Warner Washington, first cousin to George Washington. During his surveying for Lord Fairfax, George Washington helped survey and layout the property for John Aris. It is a five-part complex with a 2+1⁄2-story hipped-roof central block having walls of irregular native limestone ashlar throughout. It is in the Georgian style. Located on the property are a contributing large brick, frame and stone barn and an overseer's house.
Lowland Cottage is a historic home located near Ware Neck, Gloucester County, Virginia. The main and earliest part of the house, considered to have been built between 1666 and 1676, is a gambrel roofed, 1+1⁄2-story structure, approximately 40 feet by 20 feet. Sometime between 1783 and 1831 Lowland Cottage received two additions: a 1+1⁄2-story gambrel-roofed wing on the east end, and a two-story wing on the north side. The house was remodeled in 1935.
Mansfield is a historic plantation house located near Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, Virginia. It was built in stages starting about 1750, and is a 1+1⁄2-story long and narrow frame dwelling with a hipped roof. It has a hipped roof rear ell connected to the main house by a hyphen. It features an octastyle Colonial Revival porch stretching the full length of the front facade.
Seaton is a historic house located near South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia. It was built in 1856–57, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, gable roofed wood frame dwelling set on a stone and brick foundation in the Gothic Revival style. It was enlarged by a 2+1⁄2-story addition and kitchen wing in 1887. Also on the property is a contributing carriage shed and shed.
Pine Slash, also known as Prospect Hill, is a historic home located at Studley, Hanover County, Virginia. The main house was built about 1750, and is a one-story dwelling of colonial vertical plank construction with a metal gable roof. In addition to the main house, the property includes a contributing second residence and a brick outbuilding, both dating from the early 19th century. Pine Slash is also significant as American Founding Father Patrick Henry's home in the 1750s.
Oakley Hill is a historic plantation house located near Mechanicsville, Hanover County, Virginia. It was built about 1839 and expanded in the 1850s. It is a two-story, frame I-house dwelling in the Greek Revival style. On the rear of the house is a 1910 one-story ell. The house sits on a brick foundation, has a standing seam metal low gable roof, and interior end chimneys. The front facade features a one-story front porch with four Tuscan order columns and a Tuscan entablature. Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse and servants' house.
Poplar Grove Mill and House is a historic tide mill and home located near Williams, Mathews County, Virginia. The tide mill is a two-story frame structure built after the American Civil War with a gable roof built on a narrow mole which separates a small lagoon or mill pond from the bay. It replaced an earlier mill destroyed during the war at which, it is believed, that corn was ground for General George Washington's troops when they camped nearby. The earliest portion of the miller's house is dated to about 1770, and is a small 2+1⁄2-story gambrel roof cottage which has been incorporated into the present five section house as an end wing. The central portion of the house is a late 18th-century temple-form building fronted by a later Ionic order portico. Captain Sally Louisa Tompkins, the famous woman Confederate officer, was born at Poplar Grove in 1833.
Wilton is a historic plantation house located near Wilton, Middlesex County, Virginia. It was constructed in 1763, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, "T"-shaped brick dwelling, with a five bay front section and four bay rear ell. The front portion of the house is covered with a gambrel roof and the rear with a hip-on-hip roof.
Vaucluse is a historic plantation house located near Bridgetown, Northampton County, Virginia. It is a complex, two-story, ell-shaped brick and frame structure with a gable roof. Attached to the house is a 1+1⁄2-story quarter kitchen with brick ends. The brickended section of the house was built about 1784, with the addition to the house added in 1829. The annex connecting the house with the old kitchen was probably added in 1889. It was the home of Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur (1790–1844) who died in the USS Princeton disaster of 1844. His brother U.S. Navy Commander George P. Upshur (1799–1852), owned nearby Caserta from 1836 to 1847.
Red Lane Tavern is a historic inn and tavern located at Powhatan, Powhatan County, Virginia. It was built in 1832, and is a 1 1/2-story, log building set on a brick foundation. The main block has a gable roof and exterior end chimneys. It has a 1 1/2-story kitchen connect to the main block by a one-story addition. The building housed an ordinary from 1836 to 1845. It is representative of a Tidewater South folk house.
Located in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, Mont Calm — also known as Montcalm — is a historic house. It is a two-story, five-bay brick farmhouse constructed in the Federal style that dates back to 1827. Its two-story extension, which was added in approximately 1905, is 40 feet long and 30 feet broad. A standing seam metal gable roof covers the home, which has a limestone base. A porch with a shed roof and Tuscan order columns supports the front facade. Virginia Governor David Campbell lived there (1779–1859).
Haller–Gibboney Rock House is a historic home located at Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia. It was built in 1822–1823, and is a two-story, five bay late Federal style limestone dwelling. It has a side gable roof and a two-story frame ell terminating in a demi-octagonal end. The Rock House was used as a hospital during the Battle of Wytheville during Civil War. The building houses a museum sponsored by the Wythe County Historical Society.
Maj. David Graham House, also known as Cedar Run Farm, is a historic home located at Fosters Falls, Wythe County, Virginia. The house was built in four sections, beginning about 1840 and finishing about 1890. As such its design details reflect styles from late Federal to orientalized Queen Anne. The house is a 2+1⁄2-story, "T"-shaped, wood and brick structure of immense proportions. It is topped by a hipped roof with dormers and features a short hipped roofed tower. Also on the property are the contributing office and commissary, spring house, kitchen, and two barns.
McConnell–Neve House is a historic home located at Charlottesville, Virginia. It was built in 1894, and is a two-story, three bay, Late Victorian style frame dwelling with a 1+1⁄2-story wing. It is sheathed in wooden shingles. It features high-pitched hipped roof, irregular silhouette, and slender three-story octagonal tower with steep pyramidal roof. The house has been divided into apartments.
The Elms, also known as the P. D. Camp House, is a historic home located at Franklin, Virginia. It was built in 1898, as a 2+1⁄2-story, stuccoed brick eclectic dwelling with features of the Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles. It has a rear brick ell. It consists of a hipped roof central block flanked by a pedimented gable end and a three-story turret with a conical roof. The roof is topped with original decorative iron cresting and the house has a one-story porch. The house was built by Paul D. Camp, founder of the Camp Manufacturing Company, and later the Union Camp Corporation.
Harrisonburg Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Harrisonburg, Virginia. The district encompasses 161 contributing buildings, 1 contributing structure, and 2 contributing objects in the central business district of Harrisonburg. The district includes a variety of commercial, residential, institutional, and governmental buildings dating from the late-18th to mid-20th century. There are notable examples of the Queen Anne and Greek Revival styles.
Holly Lawn, also known as the Richmond Council of Garden Clubs House, is a historic home located in Richmond, Virginia. It was built in 1901, and is a large 2+1⁄2-story, Queen Anne style buff-colored brick dwelling with an irregular plan and massing. It features a one-story, wrap-around porch; a two-story entrance tower topped by a pyramidal roof; and a hipped roof broken by gable-, hipped-, and conical roofed dormers with square casement windows. Holly Lawn was built for Andrew Bierne Blair, a prominent Richmond insurance agent.
Weblin House is a historic home located at Virginia Beach, Virginia. It was built in 1653, and is a 1+1⁄2-story, three bay, Colonial era vernacular brick farmhouse. It is topped by a gambrel roof and has two massive exterior-end chimneys with a T-shaped stack and cap. A modern two-story brick wing is attached to the south end.
