Historic Houses in Virginia - List of Historic Houses in Virginia

List of Historic Houses in Virginia

Listing includes date of the start of construction where known.

• Agecroft Hall, late 15th century, Lancashire, England -- English Tudor manor house transplanted to Richmond and reconstructed by Thomas C. Williams, Jr. in 1925
• The Anchorage 1749, Northumberland County
• Arlington House (the Custis-Lee Mansion), 1802, Arlington County —- home of Robert E. Lee
• Ash Grove, 1790, Fairfax County -- home of Thomas Fairfax, and Henry Fairfax
• Ash Lawn–Highland, 1799, Albemarle County -- home of James Monroe
• Bacon's Castle, 1665, Surry County — only Jacobean great houses in the U.S., used as a stronghold in Bacon's Rebellion
• Belle Air Plantation, c. 1670, Prince William County — the most prominent feature of the extinct town of Minnieville
• Bell House, 1882, Westmoreland County — summer home of Alexander Graham Bell
• Belle Grove, 1790s, Pittsylvania County - a Federal style home owned by the Whitmell P. Tunstall family
• Belle Grove, 1790, King George County - a house in Port Conway, birthplace of James Madison
• Belle Grove, 1797, Frederick County - a house in Middletown, home of Dolley Madison's sister and a National Trust Historic Site
• Belroi home, birthplace of Walter Reed, in Belroi, Virginia
• Belvoir, 1741, Fairfax County — home of Col. William Fairfax, Bryan Fairfax, Sally Fairfax
• Berkeley Plantation, 1726, Charles City County — home of the Harrison family (Benjamin Harrison V; birthplace of William Henry Harrison)
• Berry Hill Plantation, 1835, Halifax County — home of the Bruce family
• Brandon Plantation, c. 1765, Prince George County — home of the Harrison family
• Brompton, 1824, Fredericksburg, - 19th century mansion, home of the President of the University of Mary Washington
• Carlyle House, 1753, Alexandria - home of John Carlyle, Scottish merchant
• Carter's Grove, 1755, James City County — home of the Burwell family
• Castle Hill, 1764, Albemarle County -- home of Thomas Walker (explorer) and William Cabell Rives
• Chatham Manor, 1768, Stafford County — home of William Fitzhugh
• Court Manor, c. 1812, Rockingham County - early Greek-Revival manor house, former home of Willis Sharpe Kilmer
• Frascati, 1821, Orange County, - home of U.S. Supreme Court justice Philip Pendleton Barbour
• Ferry Plantation House c. 1830, Virginia Beach — Civil War Home of USN/CSN Cmdr. Charles Fleming McIntosh
• Green Spring Plantation, James City County - home of governor Sir William Berkeley site of Bacon's Rebellion, ruins
• The Governor's Palace, Williamsburg - home of Virginia's colonial governors, reconstruction
• Gunston Hall, 1755, Fairfax County — home of George Mason
• Hartwood Manor, 1848, Hartwood - An unusual example of Gothic Revival architecture, constructed by Julia and Ariel Foote.
• Hidden Springs, 1804, Rockingham County — home of the John Hite II
• The John Marshall House, 1788, Richmond - home of John Marshall
• Kenmore Plantation, 1770s, Fredericksburg — home of George Washington's sister Betty Lewis
• Lowland Cottage, 1666, Gloucester County- home of Robert Bristow
• The Manse, 1846, Augusta County - birthplace of Woodrow Wilson
• Maymont, 1893, Richmond - home of James H. Dooley
• Monticello, 1768, Albemarle County — home of Thomas Jefferson
• Montpelier, c. 1764, Orange County — home of James Madison and a National Trust Historic Site
• Morven Park, 1781, Loudoun County - home of Governor Westmorland Davis and location of the founding of Southern Planter (now Southern Living) magazine
• Mount Vernon, 1741, Fairfax County — home of Lawrence Washington and his half-brother George Washington
• North Bend Plantation, 1819, Charles City County - family home of the Harrison family
• Oak Hill, 1822, Loudoun County — home of James Monroe after Ash Lawn-Highland
• Oatlands, 1804, Loudoun County - Plantation belonging to the Carters of Virginia, a National Trust Historic Site
• Old Mansion, c. 1669, Caroline County - home of the Hoome family
• The Peyton Randolph House, 1715, Williamsburg -- home of Peyton Randolph
• Piney Grove at Southall's Plantation, c. 1790, Charles City County - home of the Southall family
• Poplar Forest, 1806, Bedford County -- retreat home of Thomas Jefferson
• Rippon Lodge, c. 1747, Prince William County — home of the Blackburn family
• Sara Myers House, 1790, Old Town District of Fredericksburg
• Russell House and Store, early 19th-century house and store at Dale City
• Selma Plantation House, 1811, Loudoun County - Leesburg
• Scotchtown, c. 1730, Hanover County — home of Patrick Henry
• Seven Springs, c. 1725, King William County — home of the Dabney family
• Sherwood Forest, c. 1720, Charles City County — home of John Tyler
• Shirley Plantation, 1723, Charles City County — home of the Carter family
• Stratford Hall Plantation, 1730, Westmoreland County — home of the Lee family (Thomas Lee; birthplace of Richard Henry Lee and Robert E. Lee)
• Swannanoa, 1912, Augusta County - retreat home of James H. Dooley
• Wakefield, Westmoreland County — birthplace of George Washington, recreation
• Westover, c. 1755, Charles City County — family home of the Byrds (William Byrd II)
• Wilton House, 1753, Richmond — home of the Randolph family (William Randolph III)
• Wilton Plantation, 1763, Middlesex — home of the Churchill family
• Woodlawn, 1805, Fairfax County — home of George Washington's niece and nephew, and a National Trust Historic Site
• The Wythe House, Williamsburg — home of George Wythe