Places in Loudoun county (View a map of sites):

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• Aldie Mill Historic District
  1804 home of Charles Fenton Mercer
  Open to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  Charles Fenton Mercer, military officer, legislator, and advocate for the colonization of African Americans, settled here in 1804. He named his property for Aldie Castle, his Scottish ancestral home.
  Interests: African American Heritage
   
• Ball's Bluff Battlefield and National Cemetery
  The site of the largest Civil War battle in the Leesburg area
  Open to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  Ball’s Bluff battlefield is the site of Loudoun County’s first Civil War battle. Most of the actual battlefield has been preserved and incorporated into the 223-acre Ball’s Bluff Battlefield Regional Park.
  Interests: Civil War
   
• Douglass High School
  Loudoun's first black high school
  Open to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  Named for Frederick Douglass, a former slave and prominent abolitionist, the school operated as the county's first and only black high school from its opening in 1941 until the termination of segregated education in 1968.
  Interests: African American Heritage
   
• Farmers Delight Plantation
  Contact site before visiting. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  A country estate dating back to pre-Revolutionary America.
   
• General George C. Marshall Home
  Also known as Dodona Manor
  Open to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  Also known as Dodona Manor, this beautiful home was owned by General George C. Marshall, author of the Marshall Plan which laid the groundwork for Post World War II European recovery.
   
• Goose Creek Rural Historic District
  Open to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  Goose Creek is the only rural Historic and Cultural Conservation District. Encompassing over 10,000 acres of land, this district was formed to protect and enhance the rural landscape of the area.
   
• Goose Creek Stone Bridge
  Oldest stone turnpike bridge in Virginia
  Open to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  The Goose Creek Stone Bridge is believed to be the oldest and longest stone turnpike bridge in Virginia. It is 212 feet long and is located near Atoka, Virginia.
  Interests: Civil War
   
• Ida Lee Park (Greenwood Farm)
  Pre-Civil War farmhouse
  Open to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  Originally known as the Greenwood Farm, Ida Lee is now a recreational park.  The original farmhouse, now the centerpiece of the recreational facility, was built prior to the Civil War.
   
• Leesburg Historic District
  Offering a view of three centuries of history
  Open to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  Leesburg offers a view of three centuries of history and continues to play an important part in the future as the seat of government for Loudoun County.
  Interests: Civil War
   
• Loudoun County Courthouse, Leesburg
  Open to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  Three brick courthouses—dating from 1761, 1811, and 1895—have served Loudoun County on this same site. Slave auctions were once held on the steps.
  Interests: African American Heritage
   
• Loudoun Museum
  Loudoun County's history museum
  Open to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  The museum interprets Loudoun history through exhibits of permanent and changing collections, to educate the public about Loudoun history through programs, resource materials, and events, and to foster heritage tourism.
  Interests: African American Heritage, Civil War, Revolutionary War
   
• Lucketts School
  An early 20th century schoolhouse
  Contact site before visiting. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  This little-altered 1913 elementary school is the principal landmark of Lucketts, a farming community steadily witnessing suburban encroachment.
   
• Middleburg Historic District
  Open to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  The heart of Virginia's hunt country. With its tree-lined streets, brick sidewalks, and harmonious scale, the town has a diverse collection of late-18th- to early-20th-century architectural styles highlighted by early stone and brick structures.
  Interests: African American Heritage, Civil War, Presidential, Revolutionary War
   
• Morven Park
  A museum, cultural center, and equestrian institute
  Open to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  The focal point of the estate is a Greek Revival mansion on 1,050 acres that once served as home to two Governors. Visitors are offered a house tour as well as tours of the Winmill Carriage Collection, the Museum of Hounds & Hunting, and a recreated Civil War encampment.  Morven Park also operates an equestrian and event center.
  Interests: Civil War
   
• Mount Zion Old School Baptist Church (Aldie)
  An historic church and graveyard along the Old Carolina Road
  Contact site before visiting. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  Mt. Zion Church was built to serve a congregation of approximately 400, including African-American freedmen and slaves. During the Civil War it was used as a field hospital and barracks and its graveyard as a cemetery for war casualties.
  Interests: African American Heritage, Civil War
   
• Oak Hill
  Home of President James Monroe
  Closed to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  Home of James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States. Oak Hill was visted by Lafayette during his tour of America, and it was here that Monroe penned the Monroe Doctrine.
  Interests: Presidential, Revolutionary War
   
• Oatlands
  A monumental mansion with outbuildings and gardens
  Open to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  Visitors to the Oatlands mansion and gardens relive a piece of Virginia history as they follow the stories and lives of the families who lived here.
  Interests: African American Heritage
   
• Oatlands Historic District
  Closed to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  A rural historic district that includes 300 acres on either side of Route 15, encompasses Oatlands plantation and several associated structures, including the archeological site of Oatlands Mill, Mountain Gap School, and the Church of our Savior.
   
• Purcellville Historic District
  Open to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  The town stands near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the center of the Loudoun Valley
  Interests: African American Heritage
   
• Red Fox Inn
  1728 tavern
  Open to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  This 1728 tavern has been visited by George Washington, General Jeb Stuart, Colonel John Mosby and his famous Mounted Rangers, and, in more recent times, President Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Ambassador Pamela Harriman and Elizabeth Taylor.
  Interests: Revolutionary War
   
• Rockland (Loudoun County)
  Federal plantation dwelling
  Closed to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  Rockland is an example of a Federal plantation dwelling.
   
• Rokeby
  In the War of 1812, the house was used to safekeep the Constitution and other documents
  Closed to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  During the War of 1812, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, much of George Washington's correspondences, and Congressional and State Department records, were brought to Rokeby for safekeeping.
   
• Union Cemetery (Leesburg)
  Contains an 1908 Union Chapel and several notable monuments
  Open to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  The Union Cemetery predates the three other “Union” cemeteries in Loudoun County established at Hillsboro, Waterford and Lovettsville.
  Interests: Civil War
   
• Waterford Historic District
  A 19th century rural village
  Open to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  The Waterford Historic District is a remarkably intact example of an early-19th-century rural village surrounded by historic farmland. Its significance rests on the almost pristine appearance of the village and landscape. Nestled in the countryside of Loudoun County's northern tip, Waterford developed as a 19th-century Quaker milling community.
  Interests: African American Heritage, Civil War
   
• Waverly
  A late Victorian-style home
  Closed to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  Built circa 1890, this is an excellent example of late Victorian architecture,  incorporating features of both the Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles.
   
• Whites Ferry
  An historic ferry on the Potomac River
  Open to the public. Located in Loudoun County, VA
  A unique cable ferry crossing the Potomac every 20 minutes connecting Loudoun County, VA with Montgomery County, MD.
  Interests: Civil War