Virginia Dept. of Historic Resources

• News from DHR
  New or Updated Features on DHR’s website: Notes on Virginia Online: The Battle of Trent’s Reach, James River, 1865:  Civil War photographers typically used enormous glass negatives to capture an image. When these same negatives are scanned at a high resolution and posted online, as the Library of Congress has done, it is possible using [...]
  
  
• Historic Virginia / Site of the Month
  Greetings, For DHR’s “Historic Virginia, Site of the Month” March selection, we partnered with Gadsby’s Tavern Museum to create this slideshow about this legendary tavern and inn, located in Alexandria, and visited by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and other American leaders. Here patrons could order iced refreshments and ice cream (including oyster flavor!) [...]
  
  
• DHR News Clips, February 10
  Greetings, Below are new postings for news items of interest from around Virginia and beyond pertaining to history and preservation and related matters. News from DHR: National Register of Historic Places: New listings:  (1) Town of Halifax Court House Historic District and (2) Donk’s Theatre, Mathews Co. (see article below). Also, please be sure to [...]
  
  
• DHR News, Longs Chapel Slide Show
  Greetings, In celebration of Black History Month, DHR is featuring a slide show (14 slides) about the Reconstruction-era Longs Chapel in Rockingham County for this month’s Historic Virginia / Site of the Month web highlight. You can access the slide show from DHR’s home  page here.  Or go directly to the title slide here.
  
  
• DHR News Clips, January 27
  Greetings, Here are some news items of interest in preservation and history from around Virginia and beyond that appeared during the latter half of December and this month.  Also, in case you missed it, on December 17, DHR approved 12 new historical highway markers (press release) and listing 15 new sites to the Virginia Landmarks [...]
  
  
• DHR News Clips, December 10
  News from DHR: Announcing a new DHR website feature: Lost in Virginia or Vanished? Help DHR locate historic resources for which we have documentation but no exact map location.  Please visit our new webpage feature and see if you recognize any of the highlighted sites. Help us confirm the status and location of a resource [...]
  
  
• DHR News Clips, December 5
  Greetings, We have now posted on the web a slide show about the Old Thomas James Store, Mathews County, our featured December state and national register listing for “Historic Virginia, Site of the Month.” The show was created in collaboration with the Mathews County Historical Society.  You can access the slide show from DHR’s home [...]
  
  
• DHR News Clips, November 19
  Greetings, Here are some recent stories of interest from around Virginia and beyond that touch on history, preservation, and related matters. Have a great Thanksgiving Holiday! Northern Region & Shenandoah Valley Loudoun Co.: Couple rescues 141-years-old homestead linked to Bushrod Lynn: A construction project-turned-historical detective case is coming to a head. The house has new [...]
  
  
• DHR News Clips, Nov. 12
  Greetings, Here are some of the recent stories of interest from around Virginia and beyond. Tidewater & Eastern Shore Fort Monroe: Army scopes moat: The U.S. Army will officially leave Fort Monroe and hand it over to the state in September. Before it does, it must make sure nothing dangerous–most important, live ordnance–is left behind. [...]
  
  
• DHR News Clips, Nov. 5
  News from DHR: National Register Submission Schedule: Now posted here. Calendar of Events:  See forthcoming public meetings for proposed historic districts and nominations: DHR Calendar Now for news items from around Virginia and beyond: Virginia: Gov. Bob McDonnell: Governor’s father John F. “Jack” McDonnell dies: Mr. McDonnell, 94, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and [...]