Virginia Department of Historic Resources

The modified Queen Anne-style June Tolliver House, typical of Southwest Virginia’s late-19th-century boom architecture, was the residence of June Morris during the time of her schooling at the Wise County town of Big Stone Gap. She was the local woman after whom the writer John Fox, Jr., patterned June Tolliver, heroine of his novel "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," published in 1908. In the book, this sheltered daughter of a local family falls in love with a mining engineer...Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ewFSzRWh . ?? From left: The June Tolliver House in 2024 (photo by David Edwards), and the House in 1973 (photo by Grace Heffelfinger). . . . #historicpreservation #historicpreservationmatters #VADHR #landmark #historical #history #literature #literaturelover #Americanliterature #architecture #architecturelovers #Virginia #booksbooksbooks

Dig day at the Eyreville estate in Northampton County! The property includes the main historic dwelling, several outbuildings, an ornamental garden, and a multi-component archaeological site, which experts in Virginia believe is the oldest colonial site to be excavated on the Delaware/Maryland/Virginia (DELMARVA) peninsula to date. Take a look at some highlights in the photos! Learn more about Eyreville here: https://lnkd.in/gckZwuET . ?? Photograph captions: 1. The main house at Eyreville. 2. Preparing for a day of digging on the archaeological site. 3. Michael Clem, DHR Archaeologist for the Eastern Region, measures and marks locator points that correspond to an illustrated map. 4. The location of a post related to the 1630s house built by John Howe, the first colonist known to have occupied the site now known as Eyreville. 5. Small sherd of Westerwald stone pottery that likely dates to the mid-17th century. 6. Early to mid-17th century tobacco pipe bowl fragment featuring an image of a flying bird (possibly a swallow). This was one of two such pipes recovered from excavations at Eyreville. All photos by Joanna McKnight/DHR, 2024. . . . #historicpreservation #historicpreservationmatters #VADHR #history #EasternShoreVA #Virginia #Virginiahistory #historical #historicplaces #archaeology #archaeologylife

Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits were used to transform Roanoke's former First National Bank, a historic landmark built in 1910, into a luxurious hotel. The Liberty Trust Hotel joins 5 other bank buildings around the country that got reinvented as destination-worthy #hotels. Read more via National Trust for Historic Preservation: https://lnkd.in/ehgxhDrP . . . . #historicpreservation #historicpreservationmatters #VADHR #stategovernment #taxcredits #hotel #vacationmode #vacation #travel #travelinspo #travelinspiration

In his latest behind-the-scenes exclusive "Hotels With a Past," travel journalist Peter Greenberg, also known as The Travel Detective, explores the history of the the oldest hotel in the United States, the The Omni Homestead in Bath County, and its famous hot springs pools, the oldest surviving wooden-frame bath houses in the country. Watch the segment here: https://lnkd.in/evxMZbjH . Both the Omni Homestead and its bath houses were beneficiaries of DHR’s Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit program, which provides state tax credits to property owners who undertake the rehabilitation of historic buildings in compliance with the U.S. Secretary of Interior’s "Standards for Rehabilitation." Through the federal and state rehabilitation tax credit programs, property owners are given substantial incentives for private investment in preservation, resulting in enormous advantages to the public! . . . #historicpreservation #historicpreservationmatters #historical #history #Virginia #hotels #travel #travelinspiration #travelinspo #vacation

DHR staff joined?Commonwealth Preservation Group, LLC?for a day of professional development at Belmead-on-the-James in Powhatan. Designed and built in the mid-1800s, Belmead is one of Virginia’s best examples of Gothic Revival?#architecture. Its post-plantation history is primarily associated with Louise Drexel and her sister Katharine Drexel, founder of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament and the 2nd American-born individual to be canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. The Drexel sisters led efforts to transform Belmead into two private schools for Black youth in the 1890s. Belmead is among Virginia’s most significant historic properties and a high priority for perpetual preservation! . . . #historicpreservation?#historicpreservationmatters?#history?#virginiahistory?#virginia?#historical

#WeAreHiring DHR is looking to hire an experienced professional to serve as the director of its Review and Compliance Division, which oversees the agency’s timely review of state and federal projects within the framework of established state and federal preservation law, regulation, and guidelines. This position manages the recruitment and performance of six full-time review staff and is responsible for creating and strengthening agency partnerships with external stakeholders, including sovereign nations and tribes, federal, state and local agencies, non-governmental organizations, and communities. The director also maintains an active role in the review of individual projects, including those that are extraordinarily complex or controversial. Learn more or apply here: https://lnkd.in/gUr6DcPk . ??: The Patrick Robert Sydnor Log Cabin in Mecklenburg County. Photo by Angelita Reyes, 2007. . . . #historicpreservation #VADHR #stategovernment #historicpreservationmatters #history #Virginiahistory #Virginia

On November 16, join us as we and our fellow archaeologists dig into history on Public Archaeology Day at Colonial Williamsburg’s Custis Square site, located on the corner of Nassau and S. Francis streets across from the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg. This free event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Presented by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, the Council of Virginia Archaeologists (COVA), DHR, the Archeological Society of Virginia, the Southeastern Archaeological Conference, and the Virginia Archaeology Charitable Trust, Public Archaeology Day will feature exhibits and hands-on activities with archaeologists from across Virginia in celebration of COVA’s 50th anniversary in 2025. Learn more about the archaeology project at Custis Square: https://lnkd.in/eDQrwjUb #archaeology #archaeologylife #historicpreservation #historicpreservationmatters #history #ColonialWilliamsburg #Virginia #Virginiahistory

A neat piece of #history for Election Day - the first votes cast by Black Americans in Virginia may have taken place in Henrico County in 1864. A local historian with the National Park Service had discovered this information earlier this year. Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch: https://lnkd.in/ey8zWwSi . ???: An illustration showing soldiers voting in the 1864 election near Fort Harrison in the Varina area of Henrico County. Courtesy of Library of Congress. . . . . #Virginiahistory #Virginia #ElectionDay2024 #ElectionDay #historyfacts #learningisfun #education #Blackhistory #DidYouKnow #didyouknowfacts

A podcast series presented by the George Washington Birthplace National Monument (National Park Service) explores the history, mysteries, and monuments of the place where people come to remember George Washington, the first president of the United States. In the series' most recent installment (Episode 10), our colleagues Kerry Gonzalez and Dr. Maureen Meyers, both Virginia archaeologists, discuss the recent excavations at Building X, the foundations/remains of a gentry home located on the George Washington Birthplace National Monument property that has historically been believed by experts to be the birth home of the nation's first president. Listen to all episodes of the podcast here: https://lnkd.in/gCy6eszZ . Photo: NPS . . . . #history #historicpreservation #historicpreservationmatters #Virginia #GeorgeWashington #Virginiahistory #archaeology #archaeologylife #archaeologynews #podcasts #learningisfun

In the spirit of Halloween...introducing the new line of spooky DHR costumes! ??????