The Virginia Landmarks Register (VLR) is a list of historic properties in the state of Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

. The state's official list of important historic sites, it was created in 1966. The Register serves the same purpose as the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

. The nomination form for any Virginia site listed on the VLR is sent forward to the National Park Service for consideration for listing on the National Register.

The Virginia Landmarks Register is maintained by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.

See also

• Bremo Historic District
  Bremo Historic District
  Bremo, also known as Bremo Plantation or Bremo Historic District, is a plantation estate covering on the west side of Bremo Bluff in Fluvanna County, Virginia. The large mansion at Upper Bremo is believed to be based on the architectural work of Thomas Jefferson...
  
  
• Bremo Slave Chapel
  Bremo Slave Chapel
  Bremo Slave Chapel, constructed in 1835 and located in Bremo Bluff, Virginia, USA, is the only slave chapel known to exist in the Commonwealth of Virginia. This Gothic Revival structure originally served as a place of worship for the slaves at the Bremo Plantation of General John Hartwell Cocke...
  
  
• Byrd Park
  Byrd Park
  Byrd Park is a public park located in Richmond, Virginia, USA north of the James River and adjacent to Maymont. The park includes a mile-long trail with exercise stops, monuments, an amphitheatre, and three small lakes: Shields , Swan, and Boat Lake. Boat Lake has a lighted fountain at its center...
  
  
• Charles Irving Thornton Tombstone
• Holmes Run Acres
  Holmes Run Acres
  Holmes Run Acres is a community of 355 houses in Fairfax County, Virginia, in the Washington, D.C. suburbs. Much of it is preserved within Holmes Run Acres Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The community was developed by brothers Gerald and Eli Luria...
  
  
• St. John's Episcopal Church (Hampton, Virginia)
  St. John's Episcopal Church (Hampton, Virginia)
  St. John's is an Episcopal church located in Hampton, Virginia within the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia.-Overview:St. John's Episcopal Church, established in 1610, is the oldest English-speaking parish in continuous existence in the United States of America. -History:English settlers...
  
  
• Tuckahoe (plantation)

External links

• National Register of Historic Places & Virginia Landmarks Register at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources