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The Virginia Department of Historic Resources
is the State Historic
Preservation Office.
Our mission is to foster, encourage, and support the stewardship of
Virginia's significant historic architectural, archaeological, and cultural resources.
Historic Virginia
10 Historic Sites Added to the Virginia Landmarks Register in December →
Two summer youth camps in Bath County, one of which is the oldest known and still-operating camp in Virginia; a cemetery established by an emerging community of formerly enslaved African Americans in Harrisonburg; and a rare-surviving railroad depot in Tazewell County are among the 10 new listings added to the VLR by DHR in December 2014.
Here's a slideshow of the places.
(See more slideshows here.)
10 Historic Sites Added to the Virginia Landmarks Register in December →
Two summer youth camps in Bath County, one of which is the oldest known and still-operating camp in Virginia; a cemetery established by an emerging community of formerly enslaved African Americans in Harrisonburg; and a rare-surviving railroad depot in Tazewell County are among the 10 new listings added to the VLR by DHR in December 2014.
Here's a slideshow of the places.
(See more slideshows here.)
Recent News and Announcements
DHR has re-organized its regional offices, closing the former Tidewater field office and folding that region into a new Eastern Region Preservation Office. This change has also entailed re-defining the boundaries of our two other remaining field offices, the Northern Region Preservation Office (based in Stephens City) and the Western Region Preservation Office (at Roanoke College, Salem). The map shows the recently reconfigured regions and the field office that serves your locality.
Public Notice: DHR has two current requests for removal of human remains from burials: (1) Prince William County proposes to exhume and relocate human burials from the Norman Cemetery, located at the Coles Volunteer Fire and Rescue Station (13712 Dumfries Road, Manassas, Virginia, 20112). A copy of the burial permit application form is available here.
(2) Stafford County: HHHunt Properties plans to relocate an historic cemetery located within the proposed Abberly at South Campus development. For more information about this proposal, see this public notice or application. If you have questions, comments or concerns with either proposal, please contact Joanna Wilson Green (804-482-6098), Archaeologist, Preservation Incentives Division.
Southwest Virginia Civil War Battlefields Preservation Workshop: DHR is sponsoring a Southwest Virginia Civil War battlefields friends raising workshop at the Museum of the Middle Appalachians in Saltville, on Saturday, February 28, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Titled Southwest Virginias Civil War Battlefields and Sites A Preservation Opportunity, A Preservation Challenge, the workshop will explore the vital role that not-for-profit preservation organizations and regional cooperation can play in the preservation, interpretation and stewardship of Southwest Virginias Civil War battlefields and sites. Registration is $20 and includes all workshop sessions, refreshments, lunch, admission to the Museum and a guided tour to the Saltville Civil War Battlefield Overlook. Deadline for registration is Tuesday, February 24. You can register by completing this registration form and mailing it to the Museum of the Middle Applachians, P.O. Box 910, Saltville, VA 24370. You can also contact our workshop facilitator Glenn Stach with questions. To learn more about the workshop, view this flyer.
Now online: Revised Permit Application for Archaeological Excavation of Human Remains: DHRs application for a permit to allow archaeological excavation of human remains is now revised. If you work or excavate on private or public property in Virginia and encounter graves or human remains, please contact your local sheriffs department immediately. Should you wish to pursue a permit to allow archaeological excavation of human remains, please contact us with questions or to begin the application process (Joanna Wilson Green, 804-482-6098). The Code of Virginia ( 10.1-2305) requires a permit from the Department of Historic Resources for any archaeological work conducted on human graves, marked or unmarked. Additional information about laws pertaining to human burials may be found on our website here. Info about the burial permit process is available here.
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