Mar 15, 2023
12:00 pm — 1:15 pm
Historic buildings and places in your community need your help! Join preservationists from the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, Preservation Virginia and other preservation organizations for a webinar to on how to get involved in historic preservation; and information on tools, laws, and strategies to help save historic sites in your community. Costs for the …
Mar 18, 2023
5:30 pm — 8:00 pm
Many myths surround Patrick Henry’s wife’s struggle with mental illness at Scotchtown. Join noted author and researcher Mark Couvillon in the original manor house in which she lived and died, as he discusses his most recent research about Sarah Shelton Henry and his new book “In Sickness and in Health.” Two options will be available …
Mar 29, 2023
12:00 pm — 1:15 pm
“Once a house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places it is protected forever and can’t be demolished.“ Myths like this about historic preservation never seem to fade. Join Lena McDonald, Register Historian and Jennifer Ugarte, Architectural Historian and Tax Credit Supervisor for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources; and Maral Kalbian Owner …
Mar 1, 2023
// no rows foundNot just a man’s job! Visit us at Cape Henry Lighthouse on March 1st, 2023 as we talk about the important women who manned the lighthouse. We will discuss Julia Harding, and Carrie Richardson who played important roles here at Cape Henry as well as other notable woman keepers like Margaret Novell and Ida Lewis. …
