Historic Areas Administered By The National Park Service
National Historic Sites, National Historical Parks, National Memorials, and certain other areas listed in the National Park system are historic landmarks of national importance that are highly protected already, often before the inauguration of the NHL program in 1960, and are then often not also named NHLs per se. There are 13 of these in Virginia. The National Park Service lists these thirteen together with the NHLs in the state, The Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park and the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site are also NHLs and are listed above. The remaining 11 are:
| Landmark name |
Image | Date established | Location | County | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appomattox Court House National Historical Park | 01935-08-13August 13, 1935 | Appomattox | Appomattox | |||
| Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial | 01925-03-04March 4, 1925 | Arlington | Arlington | |||
| Booker T. Washington National Monument | 01956-04-02April 2, 1956 | Hardy | Franklin | |||
| Colonial National Historical Park | 01930-12-30December 30, 1930 | James City, York and Williamsburg (independent city) | ||||
| Cumberland Gap National Historical Park | 01940-06-11June 11, 1940 | (shared with Kentucky and Tennessee) | ||||
| Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park | 01927-02-14February 14, 1927 | Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Spotsylvania | Spotsylvania | |||
| George Washington Birthplace National Monument | 01930-01-23January 23, 1930 | Colonial Beach | Westmoreland | |||
| Harpers Ferry National Historical Park | 01944-06-30June 30, 1944 | Harpers Ferry, WV | (shared with Maryland and West Virginia) | |||
| Manassas National Battlefield Park | 01940-05-10May 10, 1940 | Manassas | Prince William | Site of the First and Second Battles of Bull Run. | ||
| Petersburg National Battlefield | 01926-07-03July 3, 1926 | Petersburg, Hopewell, and more | Petersburg (independent city), and Dinwiddie | May include NHL Petersburg Breakthrough Battlefield, and does include NHL Five Forks Battlefield, both listed above, as well as other area. | ||
| Richmond National Battlefield Park | 01936-03-02March 2, 1936 | Richmond, Virginia and environs | Richmond (independent city) | 30 sites of American Civil War battles, including Gaines 'Mill, Glendale, and Malvern Hill, all sites of battles during the 1862 Seven Days Battles, as well as the 1864 battles of Cold Harbor and New Market Heights |
Read more about this topic: List Of National Historic Landmarks In Virginia
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