Special Collections

The DHR Archives and Library contains documentation about the state’s historic resources and includes items such as the reports below.

Most of these reports were produced as a result of DHR-sponsored Cost Share survey projects or projects funded by pass-through federal grants to Certified Local Governments. Note: Many of the reports are large PDF files and may require a few minutes to download.

DHR continues to add new and older reports to the list below, along with other documents, as staff time allows for scanning. Archives material is available to the public onsite at the DHR offices in Richmond.

Survey Reports and Special Collections: 
(Organized by County or City)

A – B – C –D – E – F – G –H –  I  – J– K – L – M –N – O – P – Q –R – S – T – U –V – W – Y – Z

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Accomack County

• Historic Architectural Resource Survey Eastern Shore—Accomack and Northampton Counties (2017)

Albemarle County

• Historic Architectural Survey of Albemarle County Villages (1995)
• Historic Preservation Strategies Report: Community of Crozet Architectural Resources Study  (2009)
• Southern Albemarle Rural Historic District: Historic Context of Commercial & Industrial Resources  (2019)
• Greenwood-Afton Rural Historic District: Driving Tour (2020)

Alexandria

• Survey of 15 New Dominion Era (1946-1991) Religious Buildings  (2021)

Alleghany County

• Historic Architectural Survey, Clifton Forge   (1994)

Amherst County

• Amherst County Historic Resources Survey Report (2010)
  • Final Project Presentation PowerPoint (2010)

Arlington County

• First Phase of an Architectural Survey in Arlington County (1996)
• Second Phase of an Architectural Survey in Arlington County (1997)
• Third Phase of an Architectural Survey in Arlington County (1998)
• Fourth Phase in an Architectural Survey of Arlington County (1999)
• Fifth Phase of an Architectural Survey in Arlington County (2000)
• Sixth Phase of an Architectural Survey in Arlington County  (2002)
• First Half of the Seventh Phase of an Architectural Survey in Arlington County  (2003)
• Second Half of the Seventh Phase of an Architectural Survey in Arlington County  (2004)
• Eighth Phase of an Architectural Survey in Arlington County  (2004)
• Ninth Phase of an Architectural Survey in Arlington County  (2006)
• Tenth Phase of an Architectural Survey in Arlington County  (2008)
• Eleventh Phase of an Architectural Survey in Arlington County  (2009)
• An Architectural Survey Update in Arlington County, Virginia: Phase I  (2010)
• An Architectural Survey Update in Arlington County, Virginia, Phase II (2011)
• An Architectural Survey Update in Arlington County, Virginia, Phase III  (2012)
• An Architectural Survey Update in Arlington County,Virginia Phase IV (2013)

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Bedford County

• Bedford County Farm Survey Report (2014)

Botetourt County

• Botetourt County Reconnaissance Level Survey (1988)
• Architectural Survey of Botetourt County (2008)

Bristol

• Architectural Survey Report Solar Hill and Virginia Hill Neighborhoods, Bristol (2000)
• Architectural Survey Report, Bristol Commercial Historic District, City of Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee  (2002)

Brunswick County

• Lawrenceville Historic Resources Survey Report (2000)
• Brunswick County Courthouse Physical Assessment  (2010)
• Dromgoole House Historic Structures Report (2022)

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Caroline County

• Historic Architectural Survey of Caroline County  (1991)

Charles City County

• Architectural Survey of Charles City County (1989)

Charlotte County

• Historic Architectural Survey of Charlotte County  (1998)

Charlottesville

• Survey Report for West Main Street Corridor and Proposal for Local Designation (1996)
• Fry’s Spring Neighborhood Historic Survey: Informational Book (2010)
• McIntire Golf Course (McIntire Park), City of Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia: Historic American Landscape Survey
   (2012)
• Pen Park Cemetery Survey (2020)

Chesapeake

• Reconnaissance Survey of the City of Chesapeake (1987)
• Reconnaissance and Intensive Survey of Architectural Resources in City of Chesapeake (1999)
• South Norfolk Historic and Cultural Preservation Overlay District Design Guidelines, City of Chesapeake (2008)
• South Norfolk Historic District Status and Recommendations, Chesapeake (2008)
• Survey Report: African American Historic Resources (2010)
• A Survey Update of Architectural Resources Within the Rural Overlay District of the City of Chesapeake (2013)

Chesterfield County

• Brief Context for Motels & Motor Courts, Route 1, Central Virginia  (2006)
• Phase III Investigations and Historical Study of the Spring Hill Plantation (2015)

Clarke County

• Clarke County Rural Reconnaissance Survey (1989)
• Reconnaissance-Level Survey of 1900–1941 Sites and Structures in Clarke County (1992)

Culpeper County

• Historic Preservation Plan, Town of Culpeper (1986)
• Cost-Share Cultural Resource Survey of 23 Areas of Historic Interest Within Culpeper County (2009)
  • Presentation:  PowerPoint    Script for PowerPoint
• Re-survey of the Culpeper National Historic District (VDHR File Number 204-0020) (2013)

Cumberland County

• Historic Architectural Survey of Cumberland County (1994)

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Danville

• Downtown Danville Historic District Survey Report  (1993)
• Historic Architecture Survey Holbrook-Ross and Mechanicsville Areas (1995)
• Paxton Street Area Historic Resources Survey (2014)

Dinwiddie County

• The African-American Cemeteries of Petersburg, Virginia: Continuity and Change (1999)
• A Survey of Historic Architecture in Dinwiddie County (2009-2010)

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Fairfax County

• Historic Architectural Survey Summary Report (1987)
• Reston, A Planned Community: Reconnaissance Survey of Selected Properties and Potential Historic Districts (2021)

Fairfax (City)

• Historic Property Survey Update of the City of Fairfax (2004)
• A Thematic Survey of Civil War Archaeological Resources in the City of Fairfax (2008)

Falls Church

• Architectural Survey and Assessment of the City of Falls Church; Final Version (1996)

Fauquier County

• Survey Update of Historic Properties in Fauquier County (2002)
• Historic Context on Fauquier County’s Dairy Farms (2012)
  • Fauquier County’s Dairy Farms (2012 Brochure)
• Architectural Reconnaissance Survey, Southern Fauquier County (2016)
• French, the Language of the House: History of Warrenton Country School  (2019)
• Phase I Architectural Survey of Selected African American Historic Resources  (2021)

Fluvanna County

• Architectural History Identification and Assessment of Fluvanna County (1993)

Frederick County

• Rural Landmarks Survey Report: Frederick County, Virginia, Phases I-III 1988-1992, Including Phase I Fall 1988-Summer 1990 and Phase II Spring 1990-Summer 1991 (1992)

Fredericksburg

• Comprehensive Survey Report: Reconnaissance Survey of 1,000 Resources Within the Fredericksburg Historic District and Potential Expansion Area, Fredericksburg (2008)
• Comprehensive Survey Report: Reconnaissance Survey of 1,497 Resources Within the Fredericksburg Historic District and Potential Expansion Area, Fredericksburg (2010)

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Giles County

• Architectural Survey Giles County, Virginia: Greater Newport Rural Historic District (1999)

Gloucester County

• Country Stores and Rural Post Offices of Gloucester Co. (1999)

Goochland County

• A Survey of Historic Architecture in Goochland County (2003)
• HABS-Level Documentation, Log House, Whitehall Road (2020)

Grayson County

• A Survey of Historic Architecture in Grayson County, Virginia, including the towns of Independence and Fries (2002)

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Halifax County

• Historic Architectural Resources Survey of Halifax County (July 2008)

Hampton

• Historic Structures Survey of City of Hampton (2008)

Hanover County

• Survey of Historic Resources, Hanover County (1990)
• Survey of Historic Resources, Hanover County, Virginia. Phases I and II (1992)
• Historic Structure Report: Hanover County Courthouse and Jail (2004)
• Hanover County Twentieth-Century Architecture in the Phased Suburban Development Areas and An Architectural History of Mechanicsville (2005)
• Late 18th Century and Early 19th Century Life at Rutland Hanover County (2008)
• Hanover Historic Courthouse Masonry Restoration (2012)
• Update of Hanover County’s Survey of Historic Resources (2012)

Henrico County

• Inventory of Early Architecture and Historic Sites (1976)
• Update of Inventory of Early Architecture and Historical Sites (1995)

Henry County

• Survey Report (2009)

Highland County

• Architectural Survey of Town of Monterey (1997)

Hopewell

• Architectural Survey of Mail-Order Kit Houses in the A Village, B Village, Mansion Hills, and Crescent Hills Neighborhoods of Hopewell (2010)

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Isle of Wight County

• Survey of Architectural Resources in the Town of Smithfield (1999)
• Architectural Survey of Isle of Wight County and the Town of Windsor in Virginia: Scripted Slide Show (2006)
• Architectural Survey of Isle of Wight County and the Town of Windsor in Virginia (2007)

James City County

• Historic Structures Survey of James City County (2008)
  • Slideshow: History and Architecture in James City County (2008): PowerPoint Script for PowerPoint

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King William County

• An Architectural Survey of King William County (July 2014)

Lancaster County

• An Architectural Survey in Lancaster County (1997)
• Phase II of a Historic Architectural Survey in Lancaster County (1999)
• Sandy Relief Architectural Reconnaissance Survey, Lancaster, Northumberland, and Westmoreland Counties (2016)

Loudoun County

• Architectural Survey of the Older and Historic Structures in the Village of Aldie, Virginia (1976)
• Architectural Survey of Original Levin Powell Section of Middleburg, Virginia (1977)
• Architectural Survey of Older and Historic Structures in Town of Hillsboro (1977)
• Leesburg Historic District: A Survey of the Nicholas Minor Section  (1998)
• Architectural Survey of the Leesburg Old and Historic District – Phase II, Leesburg (1999)
• Leesburg Old and Historic District Survey: The Third Phase of an Architectural Survey in Leesburg (2000)
• Executive Summary Report for Survey Update of Town of Middleburg Historic District (2000)
• Executive Summary Report for Town of Middleburg Historic District Expansion Area Survey (2002)
• Architectural Survey of Three Neighborhoods Abutting the Leesburg Old and Historic District in Leesburg (2002)
• Loudoun County, Virginia Historic Resource Survey (2003)
• African American Historic Architectural Resources Survey (2004)
• The Archeology of a Loudoun Ordinary (2012)
• Architectural Survey and Update for the Middleburg Historic District: Supplemental Report  (2016)

Louisa County

• Architectural History Identification and Assessment of Louisa County (1995)

Lunenburg County

• An Architectural Survey of Lunenburg County (2005)
  

City of Lynchburg

• Historic Architectural Survey Diamond Hill South (1994)

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Martinsville

• Historic Architectural Survey of Martinsville (1998)

Mathews County

• Mathews County Architectural Reconnaissance Survey Report (2014)

Middlesex County

• Historic Architectural Resources Survey, Middlesex County (2017)
• Economic Context of Middlesex County & the Palmer House  (2017)

Montgomery County

• Montgomery County Reconnaissance Level Survey (1986)
• Survey of Historic Architecture in Proposed East Radford Historic District, City of Radford (1996)
• Survey of Historic Architecture in Blacksburg Historic District, Montgomery County (1997)
• Survey Findings and Recommendations, Blacksburg Historic District Survey and Survey Update, Blacksburg (May 2007)

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Nelson County

• Historic Resources Identification and Assessment (1993)
• An Architectural Survey . . . Summary Report (1998)
• Survey of Architectural Resources Norwood and Wingina Vicinities, Nelson County (2014)

Newport News

• Reconnaissance Survey of Historic Architecture Newport News
  (Sept. 1990)
  

Norfolk

• Historic Architectural Survey of the City of Norfolk (1994)
• Historic Architectural Survey of the City of Norfolk (1997)
• Architectural Survey Update Workplan, City of Norfolk  (2020)

Northampton County

• Historic Architectural Survey Settlements, Villages and Towns of Northampton County (1996)
• Historic Architectural Resource Survey Eastern Shore—Accomack and Northampton Counties (2017)

Northumberland County

• Sandy Relief Architectural Reconnaissance Survey, Lancaster, Northumberland, and Westmoreland Counties (2016)

Nottoway County

• Historic Architectural Survey of Nottoway County (1996)

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Orange County

• Survey of Architectural Resources in the Orange Commercial Historic District, Town of Orange, Orange County (1998)

Page County

• Page County Historic Resources Survey (1998)

Petersburg

• Survey of Architectural Resources for the Folly Castle Historic District Boundary Increase, Petersburg (1999)
• Archaeological Investigation of Six Sites (44PG5, 44PG470, 44PG471, 44PG472, 44PG473, and 44PG474) at Pocahontas Island, City of Petersburg (2006)

Pittsylvania County

• Survey of Architectural Resources, Chatham (2000)
• Pittsylvania County Tobacco Barn Survey (2015)
• Excavation at the Oak Hill Plantation Slave Quarter (44PY0440-0005), Pittsylvania County (2017)

Portsmouth

• Olde Towne Historic District and High Street Corridor Historic District of Portsmouth (1999)
• Portsmouth Historic Districts’ Report (2007)
• Portsmouth Preservation Program Manual (2007)
• Truxtun Historic District Design Guidelines  (2008)

Powhatan County

• Powhatan County, Virginia, Historic Architectural Survey (1991)

Pulaski County

• Pulaski County Reconnaissance Level Survey (1985)
• Pulaski Town Reconnaissance Level Survey (1990)

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Radford

• A Supplementary Survey of Historic Architecture in the West Ward of the City of Radford (1997)

Rappahannock County

• Historic Architectural Survey of Rappahannock County (2003)

Richmond (City)

• Richmond Bridge Corporation and Fifth Street Viaduct Exhibit (1993)
• Intensive Level Architectural Evaluation of Adkins House, VCU (2002)
• Greater Richmond: Historic Context for Richmond Area Dairy Barns c. 1900-1955 (2003)
• Archaeological Data Recovery Investigation of the Lumpkin’s Slave Jail Site (Vol. I: Research Report, 2010)
• Unearthing the Devil’s Half Acre: Archaeological Data…Lumpkin’s Slave Jail Site (Vol. II: Artifact Inventory, 2010)

Roanoke (City)

• Historic Architectural Survey of the Belmont Neighborhood, Roanoke (1999)
• Historic Architecture Survey of and National Register Nominations for Roanoke Downtown Historic District, Roanoke (2004)

Roanoke County

• Historical Architecture Reconnaissance Survey Report Roanoke County (1992)
• Reconnaissance Survey of Architectural and Historical Resources in the Town of Vinton (1993)
• Documentation of Family & Community Cemeteries in Roanoke County (2000)

Rockbridge County

• The “I” House: An Architectural Form in Rockbridge County (1972)
• Natural Bridge Resort Historic Survey Report, Rockbridge County (2015)
• Removal Report on Jordan’s Point Concrete Dam and Timber Crib Dam (2019)

Rockingham County

• Architectural/Historic Resources of Rockingham County (1986)
• Historic Architectural Survey of Rockingham County (2000)

Russell County

• Comprehensive Survey Report: Survey of Architectural Resources in Russell County (2009)
  • Slideshow: Russell County Architectural Survey:
    PowerPointScript for PowerPoint

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Salem

• Salem Historic Districts: Management Report (2020)

Shenandoah County

• Shenandoah County Historic Landmarks Survey, Survey Report (1993)
• Shenandoah County Historic Resources Survey, Survey Report (1995)

Smyth County

• Historic Architectural Survey of Smyth County (1997)
• A Survey of Historic Architecture in the Proposed Chilhowie Historic District (1999)
• A Survey of Historic Architecture in the Proposed Marion Historic District (1999)
• A Survey of Historic Architecture in the Proposed Saltville Historic District, Town of Saltville (1999)

Southampton County

• Historic Structures Survey of Southampton County (2008)
  • Slideshow: History and Architecture in Southampton County,Virginia: PowerPoint Script (2008)
• Millie Woodson-Turner Nottoway Reservation Allotment & Farmstead (2017 – DHR Research Report Series No. 22)

Spotsylvania County

• Historic Architectural Survey of . . . (1996)
• Second Phase of an Architectural Survey of . . (2000)

Stafford County

• Historic Resources Survey of Stafford County (1992)
• Historic Context for Domestic & Agricultural Buildings in Stafford County (2004)

Suffolk

• Reconnaissance Survey Report, Northern Section, City of Suffolk (1988)
• Reconnaissance Survey Report, Southern Section, City of Suffolk (1989)

Surry County

• Condition Survey of the Slave Quarter Building at Walnut Valley (090-0023/44SY0262), Surry County (2013)
• Historic Structures Report for Bacon’s Castle, Surry (2016)

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Tazewell County

• A Survey of Historic Architecture in the Proposed Tazewell Historic District (1999)
• Historic Architectural Survey of Tazewell County (2001)

Virginia Beach

• Reconnaissance Architectural Survey Report of City of Virginia Beach (1992)
• Survey of the City of Virginia Beach, Phase II (1993)
• Updated Survey, City of Virginia Beach: Northern Half (Part 1) (2018)
• Updated Survey, City of Virginia Beach: Northern Half (Part 2) (2018)
• Updated Survey, City of Virginia Beach: Southern Half (2020)
• Virginia Beach Historic Preservation Plan (2023)

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Warren County

• Architectural Survey of Warren County and Town of Front Royal (1974)
• Rural Historic Resources Survey Report of Warren County (1991)
• Front Royal Historic Resources Survey  (1995)
• Claiming Rocky Ground: Documentation of Stone Walls in the Proposed Gooney Manor Loop Road Rural Historic District (2004)

Washington County

• Architectural Survey Report, Town of Abingdon (1998)
• Archaeological Evaluation of the Mallicote-Decker Kiln Site (44WG0556), Abingdon Vicinity, Washington County (2004)
• Historic Structures Report for Retirement, Town of Abingdon (2014)

Westmoreland County

• Survey of Architectural Resources in Westmoreland County (2001)
• “They Live Much Upon Oysters Getting Vast Quantities of ’em and So Roast ’em in a Fire”: Archaeological Data Recovery at Site 44WM0304, Associated with the Route 205 Project, Westmoreland County (2012)
• Sandy Relief Architectural Reconnaissance Survey, Lancaster, Northumberland, and Westmoreland Counties (2016)

Williamsburg

• Reconnaissance Architectural Survey Report of Williamsburg (1992)

Winchester

• The Survey of Properties and Buildings within the National Register Winchester Historic District (2011)

Wise County

• Wise County, Virginia, City of Norton, Historic Architectural Survey (1995)

Wythe County

• Documentation of the Frazier Log House (2009)
• Comprehensive Survey Report: Survey of Architectural Resources in Wythe County (2013)
  • Slideshow: Wythe County Survey:
    PowerPointScript for PowerPoint  PDF of slideshow

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York County

• Historic Resources Survey of York County (2000)

Regional (Multi-Jurisdictional) Reports

• Southeastern Va.: The Kit House in Southeastern Virginia: Architectural Documentation of Sears, Roebuck and Co (2006; covers Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach)
• Southeastern Va.: Clerestory Dwellings of Southeastern Virginia (1992; covers Isle of Wight, Surry, Southampton and Suffolk)
• Southwest Va.: Thematic Evaluation of County Public School Buildings in Southwest Virginia (2000)

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Statewide Surveys

• Virginia Family Cemeteries: Preliminary Survey (1990)
• Survey of State-Owned Properties: Division of Parks and Recreation (1988)
• Survey of State-Owned Properties: Department of Corrections (1989)
• Survey of State-Owned Properties: Department of Forestry (1991)
• Survey of State-Owned Properties: Summary Historical Overviews (1991)
• Survey of State Owned Properties: Institutions of Higher Education (1991)
• Survey of State Owned Properties: Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (1991)
• Survey of State Owned Properties: Virginia Port Authority (1991)
• Survey of State Owned Properties: Virginia Department of General Services (1991)
• Survey of State Owned Properties: Virginia Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse (1991)
• Save Outdoor Sculpture! A Survey of Sculpture in Virginia (1996)

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Updated April 25, 2023