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Historic sites with a file in Virginia

Virginia carries 28 dossiers under this filing — places the record keeps even where the classification stays broad. The documented past sits on one side of each file, the reported present on the other. Claims are logged as claims; the archive does not certify the ground.

28 dossiers17 counties covered93% open to visitorsArlington House, Robert E. Lee Memorial — deepest file

Also filed under historic site:Maryland65 Ohio62 New York51 Pennsylvania35 Michigan29 Illinois27 Iowa26 Massachusetts24

Other Virginia filings:Mansions16 Battlefields15 Sites14 Houses11 Museums6 Churches6 Cemeteries5 Historic houses5 Caves4 Naturals4

Arlington House, Robert E. Lee Memorial

Arlington, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Oatlands Plantation

Leesburg, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Loudoun County Courthouse

Leesburg, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Sully Historic Site

Chantilly, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Petersburg Court House

Petersburg, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Moncure Conway House

Falmouth, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Downtown Norfolk Waterfront

Norfolk, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Birch Slave Pen

Alexandria, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Leesylvania

Woodbridge, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Spotsylvania County Courthouse Jail

Spotsylvania, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Brentsville Courthouse and Jail

Brentsville, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Leonard Black, Rev., Burial Site

Petersburg, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Aquia Landing

Stafford, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Rippon Lodge

Woodbridge, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Suffolk, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Evergreen

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

African Methodist Society (Emanuel AME)

Portsmouth, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Melrose Farm

Warrenton, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Appomattox Plantation

Hopewell, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

James A. Fields House

Newport News, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Tangier Island

Tangier, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Buckland Farm

Gainesville, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Kitty Payne Site, Rappahannock County Jail

Washington, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

The Old Jail (Fauquier History Musem)

Warrenton, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Belle Grove Plantation Escape Site

Middletown, Virginia

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Fort Monroe: Freedom’s Fortress

Hampton, Virginia

The fortress where "contraband" became freedom—the 1861 decision that opened the door to emancipation.

Bruin’s Slave Jail

Alexandria, Virginia

The Alexandria slave pen—where Bruin held the coffles.

Conn’s Ferry

Leesburg, Virginia

The ferry—where the fugitives crossed the Potomac.

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