Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont

The contours of Eastern Virginia's built environment

Native American habitation

early settlement (1607-c. 1720)

Eighteenth-century change (c. 1720-c. 1780)

Nineteenth-century prosperity (c. 1780-c. 1840)

Decline, recovery, and the revival of the past (c. 1840-c. 1940)

Modernism, tradition, and large-scale growth (c. 1940-c. 2000)

Northern Virginia (nv)

Arlington County

Fairfax and Prince William counties

Alexandria (al)

Old Town

Downtown and west end

Alexandria suburbs

Northern Piedmont [np]

Loudoun Cunty

Fauquier County

Piedmont (pi).