The Virginia Department of Historic Resources
is the State Historic
Preservation Office.
Our mission is to foster, encourage, and support the stewardship of
Virginia's significant historic architectural, archaeological, and cultural resources.
Historic Virginia
12 Historic Sites Added to
the Virginia Landmarks Register
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From an iconic building once associated
with a Confederate soldiers’ home to modest structures built by African Americans in mountain communities in western Virginia
to the high-style mansions of Virginia’s elite, the commonwealth’s post-Civil War and early 20th-century history is represented in sites recently listed in the VLR
(See more slideshows
here.)
Post-Natural Disaster Advisory:
See this
webpage.
Recent News and Announcements
12 Sites Added to the Virginia Landmarks Register:
New listings over sites in the counties of Franklin, Highland, Loudoun, Nelson, Powhatan,
including four sites in Bath County, and the cities of Richmond and Roanoke.
Read the
press release (or view the slideshow above).
V-CRIS has a new public access feature: DHR is pleased to announce that
our recently-launched state-of-the-art GIS-based database, known as V-CRIS, allows limited
access to the public. While V-CRIS is a fee-based, licensed service, it
does feature a public component that allows visitors to search the database for basic
information on individual architectural resources or historic districts. It can be accessed
here.
Meanwhile, detailed information about architectural and archaeological resources can be found using
the fee-based system, registration available
here.
DHR's Draft Work Plan Oct. 2013–Sept. 2014:
Now available for review:
DHR is soliciting comments from the public on our proposed
annual work plan. This 26-page document spells out the
agency's vision, its goals, and strategies to achieve
various goals within DHR's program areas. DHR will be
accepting comments on the plan through October 15. If you
would like to comment on it, please contact DHR Policy and
Planning Deputy
Catherine Slusser (804-482-6083). You can
also mail comments to DHR, 2801 Kensington Ave., Richmond,
VA 23221.
Register Now for Cemetery Workshop in
Roanoke:
DHR staff will be offering a Cemetery Workshop Saturday, Oct. 19 and
Sunday Oct. 20. The workshop, in partnership with Preservation Virginia, will
cover topics ranging from funerary symbolism to training in the appropriate care and
maintenance of grave yards, as well as cemetery research techniques, mortuary archaeology,
and Virginia burial law. Training sessions on the second day of the
workshop will be conducted in Roanoke's City Cemetery. Early registration is encouraged as workshop space is limited. The fee for both days of the workshop is $60 or $40 for Saturday only.
Participants must attend Saturday’s sessions in order to participate in Sunday’s workshop
at the cemetery. For more information or to register, please contact
Dee DeRoche or by phone at (804) 482-6441.
Read this
press release.
Nine Historic
Sites Added to the Virginia Landmarks Register in June:
Virginia history from the Colonial to the post-World War II eras
is represented in nine sites the Virginia Department of Historic Resources approved
for listing in the Virginia Landmarks Register, the state’s official list of important historic
places.
Read
the full press release.
16 New Historical Highway Markers Approved:
Among the 16 new historical highway markers approved in June by the Virginia Department of
Historic Resources are seven signs covering Civil War history, six highlighting African American
history, and a sign recounting how the Declaration of Independence was saved during the War of 1812
before the British burned Washington DC.
Read the press release and texts of each marker.
© 2013 Commonwealth of Virginia / Virginia Department of Historic Resources
2801 Kensington Avenue, Richmond, VA 23221
Phone: (804) 367-2323