At 131 S. Main Street in Bowling Green's Historic District. It is a frame Gothic-Revival church with gable roof and projecting vestibule, built about 1920.

Photographed 24 Jan 2008 and Contributed by George Seitz

On North Main Street in Bowling Green. Circa 1843. A two-story frame Greek Revival-style residence with hipped roof and one-story porch with classical columns. It attained its current configuration over time.

Photographed 30 Jan 2008 and Contributed by George Seitz

Stone marker, in wall of Bethel Baptist Church, where funeral for Stonewall Jackson was held. On Paige Road,.

Photographed 27 Nov 2004 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Bronze Plaque, commemorating Stonewall's funeral.

Photographed 27 Nov 2004 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Located in Milford

Photographed and Contributed by Peg Price

The 1937 WPA photo. The house was located .3 mile west of Upper Zion on Route 608, and dates to before 1852. It was owned by Robert Gouldin when the photo was taken. One of the first owners was George Marshall, former sheriff and collector of the public revenue.

Contributed by Mary Marshall Brewer

Historical Marker. Site of Garrett House, where Booth was killed

Photographed and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

The Brockenbrough-Peyton House, at Port Royal, where Booth visited during his escape attempt. Built in the mid 1700's

Photographed 11 Mar 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Explanatory sign at Brockenbrough-Peyton House

Photographed 11 Mar 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

At 225 N. Main Street.. The most distinctive of the town's historic churches, this brick Gothic Revival-style church with gable roof shows an eclectic use of textures and materials characteristic of the Victorian era. Built in 1898, the church is notable for the large comer bell tower with polygonal belfry. Polychrome slate tiles cover the belfry and tympanum area inside the gable.

Photographed 24 Jan 2008 and Contributed by George Seitz

Pratt Family Estate - as seen from the Rappahannock River. It had a third story when it was built, but that was blown off by Union gunboats during the Civil War.

Photographed and contributed by Stuart Anderson

12 miles from Bowling Green. Organized in 1773. The original building on this site burned in 1874. A major reconstruction was completed in 1923

Photographed and Contributed by Peg Price

In Port Royal. Built in 1760, on the east side of King Street. In the Catlett family for a 100 years, in 1880's Robert and Catherine Catlett lived here with 8 children. Robert Farnish purchased it in June 1924.

Photographed 11 May 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Sign at foot of stairs leading to porch.

Photographed 11 May 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Built in 1907 according to the design of Richmond architect William Callis West. It is a tall, one-story brick building with hipped roof and projecting vestibule with pedimented gable.

Photographed 23 Jan 2008 and Contributed by George Seitz

A statue of a Confederate soldier, it was dedicated in 1906, and is located directly in front of the courthouse.

Photographed 23 Jan 2008 and Contributed by George Seitz

A temple-form building with arcaded ground floor and fine brickwork, it is a Registered Virginia Landmark.

Photographed 23 Jan 2008 and Contributed by George Seitz

Established in 1784, this building was built in 1894 and exists on the Caroline and Spotsylvania county lines.

Photographed and Contributed by Peg Price

Northwest of Bowling Green off Route 633. Built ca 1825 for George Coleman. During the Civil War the occupant of the house was his son, Henry Frank Coleman who also served in Company E, 9th Virginia Calvary. Later known as "Prospect Hill" and owned for many years by Calvin Thompkins Lucy.

Photographed and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

In 1755 William Fox secured a license to operate a tavern in his home. Fox married Ann, the daughter of Dorothy Roy, first lady of Port Royal. During the Civil War, it is thought that the Fox Tavern was used as a hospital.

Photographed May 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Sign in front of building.

Photographed May 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

On North Main Street in Bowling Green. A large two-story, brick Greek Revival residence with hipped roof on an English basement. It has a modillioned cornice and central porch with Doric columns. It was built about 1846 by Dr. Andrew Glassell

Photographed 30 Jan 2008 and Contributed by George Seitz

At Corbin, Route 612 and Route 2, built in 1833. First rector of the church was William Friend, who was rector for 38 years. During the Civil War this church was used as a hospital for wounded Confederate soldiers.

Photographed and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Port Royal,on Market Street. The one and one-half story part of the house was built about 1780. The two story was built about 1835, and the new two story part was built in 1909. Primary owners, Mr. Timberlake, Dr. John James Gravatt was the next owner and he owned the estate for eighty years. He died in September 1896 and the house went to his son, Dr. Charles Urquhart Gravatt who owned it until his death in April 1922. It was next purchased by Lena Hicks DeBruin who died in December 1981.

Photographed 10 Mar 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Office of Dr. John James Gravatt and son Dr. Charles Urquhart Gravatt.

Photographed 11 May 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Sign adjacent to entrance.

Photographed 11 May 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Built in 1923 for Vernon D Lucy and wife, Pearl Morton Lucy. Land bought from Charles Curtis Dabney. Today the house is owned by Hopewell United Methodist Church.

Photographed 25 Nov 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

In Guinea, sits high atop a hill and overlooks the Mattaponi River on 345 acres. Got its beginning in the 1720's when one of the Thorton brothers erected a one-and-a half story section now in the back of the house.

Photographed and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Close-up view, The front of the house,which faces south was built in the 1840's by the Motley family. There are still bullet markings in the attic and on the chimmey on the east end of the house, from the Civil War. General Grant stopped at Hillford while passing with his troops.

Photographed and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Roadside Sign

Photographed 13 Apr 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

The two-story brick building with tall hipped roof was built in a Colonial Revival style, with corbelled brick cornice above a belt course, and windows with an unusual decorative treatment of their segmental arches. It served as the county jail until 1968, when it was converted to use as a historical museum.

Photographed 23 Jan 2008 and Contributed by George Seitz

Circa 1880. On Milford Ave. in Bowling Green. A two-story, frame Queen-Anne Victorian with multiple gables.

Photographed 30 Jan 2008 and Contributed by George Seitz

Bowling Green. Some of George Washington's descendents are buried here.

Photographed 13 Apr 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Liberty Baptist Church - Built in 1850; Pastored by Rev. George W. Trice for over 20 years; Located in A.P.Hill.

Photographed and contributed by Peg Price

Photographed and contributed by Peg Price

In the Bowling Green Historic District. A three-story frame house with low hipped roof. The Italianate styling emphasizes its extreme height. It has an unusual three-story, multilayer projecting box bay. The house was built by Dr. William Burroughs to accommodate his large family.

Photographed 24 Jan 2008 and Contributed by George Seitz

In the Bowling Green Historic District. A two-story, five-bay frame house on raised basement with gable roof and end chimneys. The frame house has a porch with turned posts and spindles, as well as a one-story side wing.

Photographed 30 Jan 2008 and Contributed by George Seitz

In the Bowling Green historic District. It is a tall, two-and-one-half-story frame residence with gable roof and English basement. The north part of the house, a side-passage, double-pile configuration with two chimneys on one end, is the oldest and may date to the late eighteenth century. The two-story, single-pile south wing and one-story Greek Revival-style entry porch were added later.

Photographed 24 Jan 2008 and Contributed by George Seitz

In the Bowling Green Historic District. A two-story, three-bay, frame house with Greek Revival-style front porch and gable roof.

Photographed 30 Jan 2008 and Contributed by George Seitz

In the Bowling Green Historic District. Built in the late 1800s, the two-story, frame house with hipped roof and Italianate brackets is notable for its large projecting bow-front wing, detailed with brackets and fish-scale shingles above first-floor windows. The owner of the house, A. B. Chandler, Sr., was a successful lawyer and Commonwealth's Attorney for Caroline County.

Photographed 24 Jan 2006 and Contributed by

In the Bowling Green Historic District. A two-story, three-bay frame house with hipped roof and Italianate brackets and frieze under the eaves. The house is notable for its two-story porch with turned posts and sawn balustrade railing. It to have been built in the early or mid nineteenth century as simple, two-story, single-pile house in the Greek Revival style and was later expanded and remodeled to Victorian tastes.

Photographed 24 Jan 2008 and Contributed by George Seitz

The pre-Georgian manor house was originally called Bowling Green after the long green lawn before the entrance. When owner Major John Hoomes donated property for a courthouse and county seat, they took the name Bowling Green and the estate changed it's name. Washington and Lafayette stayed there during the Revolution. It is on the Virginia Landmarks Register.

Photographed 31 Oct 2007 and Contributed by George Seitz.

In the Bowling Green Historic District. A two-story Queen Anne frame house with gable roof and prominent porch.

Photographed 24 Jan 2008 and Contributed by George Seitz

In the Bowling Green Historic District. A two-story, frame residence with multiple gables, this eclectic house is notable for its square tower over the entry and a recessed arch in the front gable, dressed in fish scale shingles. A wide pedimented porch with classical columns wraps around the comer from front to side of the house.

Photographed and Contributed by

Organized in 1773 as Reed's Church. Another meeting house was erected on a different site in 1853. At that time the name was changed to Mount Horeb. The building shown was the fourth for the congregation and was dedicated December 23, 1890.

Photographed 4 Jul 2008 and Contributed by George Seitz.

Corner of Market and Caroline Street, Port Royal. Building Date, 1775. Primary owners: John B.Pearson who was the owner of Port Royal Tavern, 1813 to 1835 and died in 1837; William F.Owens 1853 to 1910; and Charles Preston Roach and wife Sallie Ownes Roach. Sallie died in 1942, Charles in 1947. Both are buried in Port Royal in the Sacred Lot.

Photographed 11 May 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Identifying sign, on lawn to left of entrance.

Photographed 11 May 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Established in 1785; Present home of the Campbells

Photographed and contributed by Peg Price

Historical Marker.

Photographed 11 May 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Photographed and contributed by Peg Price

established 1856

Photographed and Contributed by George Seitz

Confederate Captain Sally Tompkins was a resident of this home. She ran a private hospitial during the Civil War. Extensive damage done to the home by cannon balls from gunboats on the Rappahannock River during the Civil War. Built in 1846 on the site of a 1777 building. It was the home of the John B.Lightfoot family until 1905.

Photographed 11 Mar 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Gateway, with identifying sign.

Photographed 11 Mar 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Built in 1791, history of the property dates back to 1722, when Richard Buckner gained title to 4,500 acres along the Rappahannock River, in the Rappahannock Academy area. On the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places. Home of the Cocke family for 50 years.

Photographed and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Port Royal. Dorothy and John Roy owned a warehouse chartered by the crown. These chimneys are all that remain of the Roy Home.

Photographed 13 Apr 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Sign at the site.

Photographed 13 Apr 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Sparta, Virginia - Formed in 1802, this church was pastored by 3 continuous generations of Broaddus men: Andrew Broaddus I, his son Andrew Broaddus II, and grandson Andrew Broaddus III spanning over 100 yrs.

Photographed and contributed by Peg Price

Photographed and contributed by Peg Price

Formed in 1867 from the African-American members of Providence Church
Located on the road from Bowling Green to Sparta.

Photographed and contributed by Peg Price

Port Royal. Consecrated by Bishop Moore on 15 May 1836

Photographed and Contributed by Peg Price

Port Royal. Sign on building

Photographed 11 May 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

In cemetery at St. Peter's Episcopal Church

Photographed 11 May 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

St. Stephens Baptist Church; Sparta Road

Photographed and contributed by Peg Price

At 127 S. Main Street in Bowling Green. It is a frame Gothic-Revival church built in 1895, with gable roof, lancet windows, small bell tower over the entry, and a projecting vestibule. The church is notable for the contrasting color wood shingles that cover the tower and gable area of the front facade.

Photographed 24 Jan 2008 and Contributed by George Seitz

This office building is all that remains of Fairfield Plantation. Here the wounded Confederate General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson died on May 10. 1863.

Photographed 16 Sep 2007 and Contributed by George Seitz

Built by Robert Gilchrist about 1745-50, the property acquired the name "Townfield" about 100 years later. Primary owners: W.T. Pratt, Constantine Brown. This home served as the British Headquarters during the Revolutionary War. During the Civil War, a cannon was shot through the drawing room.

Photographed 11 Mar 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Close-up of the sign in the front yard.

Photographed 11 Mar 2008 and Contributed by Paula Lucy Delosh

Upper Zion Church - Photographed late 1800's

Submitted by Wilson P. Andrews, Jr.

Located near Lent, VA. Built around 1902 and removed when the army bought the land for the A P Hill military base.

Contributed by Jim Hearn