National Historic Landmark - Camp Hoover

Secluded among the hemlocks at the base of Fork Mountain is what remains of the retreat developed between 1929 and 1932 as a "Summer White House" for President Herbert Hoover. Three of the 13 original buildings are still extant, as ...

National Historic Landmark - Camden House

This is a 2-story Italian villa featuring such 19th-century innovations as a central heating system, gas lights, inside toilets, and shower baths. The upper story of Camden's tower was destroyed by a Union gunboat in 1863.

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National Historic Landmark - Bruton Parish Church

Completed in 1715 (tower added in 1769), this is the earliest church in the British American colonies to reflect the infusion of English Renaissance style. It is cruciform in style, with a steep gable roof and circular windows in the ...

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 ...