Virginia Historic Landmark

A Virginia Historic Landmark is a structure, site, or place designated as a landmark by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.^[1]

Plaque on the Old Stone Church in Winchester, Virginia

Inclusion process

Nominations for the Virginia Landmark Register are simultaneously processed for inclusion on the National Register for Historic Places. Both registries were formed in 1966.^[1]

There are two parts to the selection process for designating landmarks:

1. evaluation and nomination with the latter contingent on passing the evaluation stage.
2. upon accepting the nomination for the state level landmark status, the State Review Board makes a recommendation on whether the State Historic Preservation Officer should submit it to the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.^[2]

Historic sites

Main article: Virginia Landmarks Register

The following is a partial list of the sites designated as Virginia Historic Landmarks, on the Virginia Landmarks Register:

• Ball-Sellers House^[3]
• Fairfield Plantation
• Monterey Hotel
• Michie Tavern
• Natural Bridge
• Pamplin Historical Park and National Museum of the Civil War Soldier
• Ramsay
• Seay's Chapel Methodist Church
• Sherwood Forest Plantation

See also

• Virginia Landmarks Register
• List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia

References

1. "Registers Homepage". Historic Registers. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register: How a Site Gets on the Register". Virginia Landmarks Register: How a Site Gets on the Register. American Studies at the University of Virginia. Archived from the original on July 13, 2006. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
3. "Ball-Sellers House, a Virginia Historic Landmark". Arlington Historical Society. Retrieved 2012-09-29.

External links

• Dhr.virginia.gov: official Virginia Department of Historic Resources — Virginia Historic Landmarks website — homepage.
• Dhr.virginia.gov: official Listings of Virginia Landmarks Register & National Register of Historic Places by City or County — search-engine with links.
• Virginia.org: Historic Sites
• Dhr.virginia.gov: Master List of Virginia Historic Landmarks + National Register of Historic Places in Virginia — alphabetical flat list, updated through March 2014