Virginia Department of Historic Resources

📅 #savethedate OCTOBER 13, 2026: Virginia Museum of History & Culture is screening the film, "The Native Shore." This event is free, but registration is required at https://lnkd.in/eUpWCqUy

Every year, DHR provides grant funding for archaeological sites endangered by erosion, impending developments, or vandalism. These sites range in age from thousands of years old to the early 20th century. For fiscal year 2027, the Threatened Sites program is funding four projects from across the commonwealth. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/efYuNpUA . 📸 Excavations on the banks of the Roanoke River in Pittsylvania County. Sites from this project have the potential to yield significant information about the earliest inhabitants of Virginia. From “Assessment of Paleoindian-Early Archaic Sites near Smith Mountain, VA,” 2024. . . . #historicpreservation #historicpreservationmatters #archaeology #Virginiahistory #archaeologylife

🚨Virginia Designates 7 Historic Sites as State Landmarks🚨 . Among the seven places recently listed in the Virginia Landmarks Register are a church established by formerly enslaved individuals that became the cultural and social hub of a rural African American community for over a century; a historic district known for its luxury resort, which has attracted visitors from across the Commonwealth and beyond since the 18th century; and one of the most architecturally unique log houses to be built in Virginia’s Western Region. . Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eKK8nQAJ . . . . #historicpreservation #historicpreservationmatters #Virginiahistory #historicplaces

Staunton’s Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Station was completed in 1906. Designed by prolific local architect T.J. Collins and his son, Will Collins, the station reflects an eye-catching amalgamation of then-popular architectural styles. A covered concourse connects to the station. Next to the station and concourse is the former railroad signal tower, constructed ca. 1886 and expanded in 1905. The station, concourse, and signal tower are contributing resources to the Wharf Area Historic District, which is listed in the state and national registers and is one of Staunton’s local historic districts. . In 2013, AMTRAK received funding from the Federal Railroad Administration to make accessibility-related changes to the station’s infrastructure, including alterations to the concourse, signal tower, and surrounding brick-paved parking lot. DHR reviewed AMTRAK’s proposed changes under Section 106—a key provision of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 that requires federal agencies to consider how projects they fund, license, permit, or carry out will affect historic properties—and determined that the work, which included changes to significant features like the concourse’s Tuscan columns, would adversely affect these historic resources. . Through consultation with DHR, who is the primary consulting party in the Section 106 process in Virginia, along with the Historic Staunton Foundation and Staunton’s department of planning, who served as instrumental local consulting parties, AMTRAK was able to modify its plans. Thanks to the multi-party collaborative process that resulted from and has, for the last six decades, remained a core tenant of Section 106, AMTRAK completed the project in a manner that successfully addressed accessibility needs and avoided harm to the resources’ historic fabric. . 📸 First photo courtesy of the Historic Staunton Foundation; all other photos by Frank Strassler. . #historicpreservation #historicpreservationmatters #Virginiahistory #historicplaces #stategovernment

Henrico Theatre is a two-story Art Deco movie palace in Highland Springs, and one of two significant Art Deco resources surviving in Henrico County. When it opened on April 25, 1938, it was the most prominent and architecturally sophisticated theater in the Richmond area, despite its then-rural location. The theater was so well-received that in a 1940 Architectural Record poll, it was nominated by a distinguished panel of Richmonders to be one of the most outstanding examples of recent architecture in the greater capital region. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gej-EMqU . 📸 1. Henrico Theatre in 2025. Photo by David Edwards. 2. Henrico Theatre in 1992. Photo by Susan Smead. . . . #historicpreservation #historicpreservationmatters #theater #Virginiahistory #historicplaces

🚨Public Meeting Alert🚨 . ✅ Residents of the Gladstone community in Nelson County and other interested parties are invited to attend a Public Information Meeting regarding upcoming architectural resource survey. The meeting will take place on September 16 at 2PM at the Gladstone Volunteer Fire and Rescue building (8786 Richmond Hwy, Gladstone, VA 24553). . ✅ The Gladstone community in Nelson County, Virginia, was once a rail and water transportation hub. The community will be surveyed and the history will be documented in a Preliminary Information Form by the project contractor, Mead & Hunt. This project is being supported by an Emergency Supplemental grant from the Historic Preservation Fund administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. . 📸 Wikipedia

Fort Monroe is hosting two open houses for patrons interested in helping to shape its future! Join Fort Monroe Authority to review the "Preliminary Landscape Action Plan" and offer your feedback on the proposed concepts and recommendations. More details in the flyer! . . . . #historicpreservation #historicpreservationmatters #Virginiahistory #Americanhistory #historicplaces

Brigadier General Daniel Morgan is considered a Revolutionary War hero of national significance. With a military career that began in 1755 with General Braddock against the French in the wilderness, he went on to become a captain in the militia in 1771 and found himself in command of the 1775 assault on Quebec when Colonel Benedict Arnold (still a patriot) was wounded. In 1777 Morgan’s regiment joined General George Washington, who sent him north where he fought heroically in the two battles of Saratoga. With ill health a factor, Morgan resigned his position in 1779, returning to his farm in Clarke County, Virginia where he began construction of a stone house he named Saratoga for the recent, memorable battles he participated in. One year later he was called back to duty where he would lead the army in one of the most decisive battles of the war at Cowpens in South Carolina. He returned to his Saratoga in 1781, completing the house in 1782. The stately two-story limestone home is considered one of the best-preserved Revolutionary era houses in the Shenandoah Valley. The property was designated a National Historic Landmark by the Secretary of the Interior in 1973 for its association with Daniel Morgan. Morgan’s daughter sold the property in 1809 to the Burwell family. The descendants of the Burwell family donated a perpetual historic preservation easement, administered by DHR, in 1990. Saratoga remains a private residence and is not open to the public. . 📸 1. Saratoga in 2011. Photo by David Edwards/DHR. 2. A historic outbuilding at Saratoga, 2024. Photo by Brad McDonald/DHR. 3. Saratoga, date unknown. Photo credit: DHR Archives. . . . #historicpreservation #historicpreservationmatters #Virginiahistory #AmericanRevolution #America250

What exactly is Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act? In light of recent news, DHR's Review and Compliance Division has put together a brief introduction to this review process and some of its challenges. Read more: https://lnkd.in/emcSPxyc . 📸 Main Street Station in Richmond, Virginia, during toll road construction, 1957. Photo Credit: The Valentine Richmond Times-Dispatch Collection. . . . #historicpreservation #historicpreservationmatters #Virginiahistory #stategovernment

#WeAreHiring DHR's Preservation Incentives Division is recruiting to fulfill the responsibilities of an Easement Acquisition Specialist. The selected individual will be responsible for negotiating and administering acquisition of new historic preservation (architectural, archaeological and/or battlefield) easements through negotiation with property owners and partner organizations in a manner consistent with grant funding requirements as applicable for each unique project. The technical responsibilities include negotiating the easement terms, drafting the provisions, and finalizing the legal document, while ensuring perpetual protection of cultural resources. Other responsibilities involve direction of the real estate closing requirements, completion of accurate and detailed baseline documents, evaluation of submitted easement offers, and on-site assessments of properties to include limited fieldwork. These efforts will be conducted while ensuring consistency, professionalism, and team collaboration. Learn more or apply: https://lnkd.in/e5vstgcy . #hiring #jobs #Virginiajobs #stategovernment