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GO & DO: HISTORICAL SITES Hanover Tavern RICHMOND REGION TOURISM
WOLF CREEK CHEROKEE MUSEUM & TRIBAL CENTER Explore past and present Cherokee culture through artifacts and exhibits. 7400 Osborne Tpke., Richmond. 804-226-1002 or wolfcreekcherokee.com
HOMES & GARDENS 1812 WICKHAM HOUSE Early 1800s home featuring a VR tour of everyday 19thcentury life; original home of The Valentine. 1015 E. Clay St., Richmond. 804-649-0711 or thevalentine.org $ AGECROFT HALL 16th-century Tudor house moved from England and rebuilt on the James River in 1926. 4305 Sulgrave Rd., Richmond. 804-353-4241 or agecrofthall.org $ ARMOUR HOUSE AND GARDENS AT MEADOWVIEW PARK 1915 Victorian-style home with gardens, a playground, tennis courts and walking trails. 4001 Clarendon Rd., Henrico. 804-652-1430 or henricorecandparks.com BOLLING HAXALL HOUSE Italianate mansion built in 1858, home to The Woman’s Club since 1900. 211 E. Franklin St., Richmond. 804-643-2847 or twcrichmond.org CHURCH QUARTER Best-preserved antebellum log dwelling in the region. 12432 Old Ridge Rd., Doswell. 804-365-6464 CLARKE-PALMORE HOUSE MUSEUM Depression-era farmhouse offering insight into the Palmore family’s life during the 1930s. 904 McCoul St., Richmond. 804-652-3406 or henricorecandparks.com HANOVER TAVERN Colonial-era tavern with Civil War exhibits, an audio tour, a restaurant, and ties to Patrick Henry. 13181 Hanover Courthouse Rd., Hanover. 804-5375050 or hanovertavern.org $ JOHN MARSHALL HOUSE Longtime home of Chief Justice John Marshall, where he helped shape U.S. constitutional law. 818 E. Marshall St.,
Richmond. 804-648-7998 or preservationvirginia.org $ MAGNOLIA GRANGE HOUSE AND MUSEUM Federal-style home built circa 1822 offering a glimpse of life in a 19th-century Virginia country estate. 10020 Iron Bridge Rd., Chesterfield. 804-748-1498 or chesterfield historicalsociety.com $ MEADOW FARM MUSEUM AT CRUMP PARK Mid-1800s living history farm with a farmhouse, animals, crops and interpreters. 3400 Mountain Rd., Glen Allen. 804-652-1455 or henricorecandparks.com OAK HILL Built in 1825, this one-story frame house with Greek Revival interior detail is on the National Register of Historic Places. The home is privately owned but can be seen at 151 Carroll Ave., Colonial Heights. colonialheightsva.gov PATRICK HENRY’S SCOTCHTOWN Only original standing home of Patrick Henry, where he lived before his “Liberty or Death” speech. 16120 Chiswell Ln., Beaverdam. 804-227-3500 or preservationvirginia.org $ SYCAMORE TAVERN Circa 1732 stagecoach stop that now houses the Florence L. Page Library of Local History and Genealogy. 17193 Mountain Rd., Montpelier. 804-883-5355 WALKERTON TAVERN Historic 1825 building that served as both a tavern and Union field hospital during the Civil War, now managed by the Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen. 2892 Mountain Rd, Glen Allen. 804-261-2787 or artsglenallen.com
WILTON HOUSE MUSEUM 18th-century Georgian-style mansion showcasing period architecture and Richmond’s colonial history with a Virtual Reality experience available. 215 S. Wilton Rd., Richmond. 804-282-5936 or wiltonhouse museum.org $
HISTORIC CHURCHES & RELIGIOUS SITES FIRST AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH Church where Maggie L. Walker and former Gov. L. Douglas Wilder worshipped. The original building, circa 1841, is on the Virginia Commonwealth University campus at Broad and College streets. 804-3297279 or firstafricanbaptist.org HEBREW CEMETERY One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the South, established in 1816. Shockoe Hill at Fourth and Hospital Streets, Richmond. 804-358-6757 or bethahabah.org HISTORIC POLEGREEN CHURCH Open-air interpretive site representing the 1747 church, one of Virginia’s earliest meeting houses from the Great Awakening. 6411 Heatherwood Dr., Mechanicsville. 804-730-3837 or historicpolegreenchurch.org MONUMENTAL CHURCH Architectural landmark built on the site of the former Richmond Theatre to memorialize those who perished in the 1811 fire. 1224 E. Broad St., Richmond. 804-643-7407 or historicrichmond.com PRO-CATHEDRAL OF SAINT PETER First Catholic Church to open in Richmond and the second oldest in the area, circa 1834.
800 E. Grace St., Richmond. 804-643-4315 or stpeterchurch 1834.org SECOND LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH Dating back to 1866, this independent church was formed by a group of African American members of Emmaus Baptist Church who were restricted to balcony seating there. 8140 George W. Watkins Rd., Quinton. 804-932-4245 or secondlibertybaptist.church SIXTH MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH Church organized in 1867 by the Rev. John Jasper, who was born enslaved on July 4, 1812. 14 W. Duval St., Richmond. 804-648-7511 or smzbc.org SLASH CHURCH Oldest and best-preserved frame church in Virginia. 11353 Mount Hermon Rd., Ashland. 804-798-4520 or slashcc.org ST. JOHN’S CHURCH First church built in the City of Richmond and the site of Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty or give me death” speech. 2401 E. Broad St., Richmond. 804-648-5015 or historicstjohnschurch.org $ ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH Greek Revival architecture featuring Tiffany stained glass windows. 815 E. Grace St., Richmond. 804-643-3589 or stpaulsrva.org ST. PETER’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 300-year-old Episcopal church where first lady Martha Washington worshipped. 8400 St. Peters Ln., New Kent. 804932-4846 or stpetersnewkent.org
CIVIL WAR SITES CIVIL WAR TRAILS Self-guided tour network covering 400+ sites where Union and Confederate soldiers once marched, many with hands-on exhibits. civilwartrails.org AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MUSEUM Civil War artifacts and stories from multiple perspectives are presented in this over-30,000square-foot facility on the site of Tredegar Iron Works. 480 Tredegar St., Richmond. 804-649-1861 or acwm.org $
BERMUDA HUNDRED CAMPAIGN A collection of sites significant to this 1864 military campaign that shaped the war in Virginia. 804-796-7121 or experiencechesterfield.com CHIMBORAZO MEDICAL MUSEUM Site of the largest military hospital in the world during the Civil War. 3215 E. Broad St., Richmond. 804-226-1981 or nps.gov/rich COLD HARBOR BATTLEFIELD VISITOR CENTER Features an electronic battle map detailing the 1862 and 1864 battles of Gaines’ Mill and Cold Harbor. 5515 Anderson-Wright Dr., Mechanicsville. 804-730-5025 or nps.gov/rich CONFEDERATE WAR MEMORIAL CHAPEL 1887 interdenominational chapel built by Confederate veterans in memory of their fallen comrades. 2900 Grove Ave., Richmond. 804-340-1170 DABBS HOUSE MUSEUM Former Confederate headquarters where Gen. Robert E. Lee directed military operations in June 1862. 3812 Nine Mile Rd., Richmond. 804-652-3406 or henricorecandparks.com DREWRY’S BLUFF Self-guided trail leading to a well-preserved Confederate fort overlooking the James River. 7600 Fort Darling Rd., Chesterfield. 804-226-1981 or nps.gov/rich FORT CLIFTON Confederate stronghold crucial in defending Richmond and Petersburg from 1864-1865. 100 Brockwell Ln., Colonial Heights. 804-520-9390 or colonialheightsva.gov FORT HARRISON VISITOR CENTER Self-guided trail encircles the fort captured by 3,000 Union soldiers on Sept. 29, 1864. 8621 Battlefield Park Rd., Richmond. 804-226-1981 or nps.gov/rich FORT STEVENS 1862 earthen fortification constructed following the Seven Days Campaign. 8900 Pams Ave., North Chesterfield. 804751-4946 or chesterfield.gov ▶
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