Charlottesville, VA
Ash Lawn-Highland
Ash Lawn-Highland is an historic house museum, 535-acre working farm, and performing arts site in Albemarle County, Virginia…
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Historic homes in Virginia.
Discover 21 historic properties in our Virginia directory. Open a home to explore its story, location, and visitor information.
Middletown, VA
Belle Grove Plantation
The History of Belle Grove begins with the German immigration into the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. In 1732, Jost Hite with…
Explore the home — Belle Grove PlantationCharles City, VA
Berkeley Plantation
The original Georgian mansion, built in 1726 of brick fired on the plantation, occupies a beautifully landscaped hilltop site…
Explore the home — Berkeley PlantationFredericksburg, VA
Ferry Farm
Ferry Farm is the boyhood home of George Washington. Augustine Washington moved his family to this property in 1738, when his…
Explore the home — Ferry FarmMason Neck, VA
Gunston Hall
Gunston Hall is the architectural gem built for George Mason IV by William Buckland and William Bernard Sears. The mansion…
Explore the home — Gunston HallOnancock, VA
Ker Place
Ker Place, a National and Virginia Historical Landmark built in 1799-1803 by Agnes and John Ker, is the finest example of…
Explore the home — Ker PlaceNewport News, VA
Lee Hall Mansion
Lee Hall Mansion is the only large antebellum plantation house remaining on the lower Virginia Peninsula. Completed in 1859…
Explore the home — Lee Hall MansionMillwood, VA
Long Branch House Museum
Located at the foot of the picturesque Blue Ridge Mountains just sixty miles from Washington D.C., Long Branch is one of the…
Explore the home — Long Branch House MuseumCharlottesville, VA
Monticello
Situated on a mountaintop outside Charlottesville, Virginia, Monticello,a 5,000-acre plantation, was the home of Thomas…
Explore the home — MonticelloOrange, VA
Montpelier
The Montpelier estate was formed in 1723 when Ambrose Madison, President James Madison's grandfather, and his brother-in-law…
Explore the home — MontpelierMount Vernon, VA
Mount Vernon Estate
Mount Vernon is the most popular historic estate in America. Located just 16 miles south of Washington, D.C. and 8 miles…
Explore the home — Mount Vernon EstateArrington, VA
Oak Ridge Estate
Recorded history of the Oak Ridge Estate begins in the 1730s with the original land grant. The earliest owners were two…
Explore the home — Oak Ridge EstateLeesburg, VA
Oatsland Plantation
The house can be seen as George Carter’s personal interpretation of early 19th century architectural styles. Although no…
Explore the home — Oatsland PlantationForest, VA
Poplar Forest
Experience what it is like to be there at the beginning. Witness an undiscovered gem as it emerges. New insight into Thomas…
Explore the home — Poplar ForestGloucester, VA
Rosewell Plantation
The ruins of one of the finest mansions built in the colonies sit on the banks of the York River in Gloucester County…
Explore the home — Rosewell PlantationCharles City, VA
Sherwood Forest
Sherwood Forest Plantation was the home of the 10th U.S. President John Tyler from 1842 until his death in 1862. Sherwood…
Explore the home — Sherwood ForestCharles City, VA
Shirley Plantation
Shirley Plantation is Virginia's first plantation. Founded in 1613, only six years after the first permanent English…
Explore the home — Shirley PlantationBlacksburg, VA
Smithfield Plantation
William Preston was about 45 years old when he moved his family to Smithfield in March of 1774. He and his wife had seven…
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