Upcoming Events

Saturday, November 11, 10 AM to 3 PM Reynolds Homestead Holiday Arts & Craft Show Critz, VA vendor application open now www.reynoldshomestead.vt.edu

Beginning Weaving Class

Wednesdays in January, starting January 3

10 am to 2 pm at the Community Engagement Center, Critz, VA

Wednesdays January 3-31 from 10am-2pm

Limited space available; deposit required to register. If interested, please contact the Reynolds Homestead at 276-694-7181 or email contactRH@vt.edu.

Fee: $175

Project: Rag Rugs

Participants will need to bring 6 yards of brightly colored cotton (cotton blend) – patterned OR solid fabric with them.

Reynolds Homestead 50+ Celebration - June 2022

In 1970, Nancy Susan Reynolds presided over the dedication of the Reynolds Homestead. Though we were unable to gather in 2020, we celebrated the Reynolds Homestead 50+ Anniversary in a series of events the weekend of June 18-19, 2022. The free celebration included speakers, local artisans, and music, plus artist P. Buckley Moss was on hand to personally sign her Reynolds Homestead prints. After the anniversary celebration, members of the community and the university officially broke ground on a kitchen expansion at the Community Engagement Center.

A luncheon was held for descendants of Rock Spring Plantation and other honored guests.

Richard S. "Mayor" Reynolds and his wife, Pam Reynolds.

Descendants of Kitty Reynolds, an enslaved woman at Rock Spring Plantation

Kimble Reynolds and Amira Ross, both descendants of Kitty Reynolds, who was enslaved at the Rock Spring Plantation.

Ray Smoot, Patrick Reynolds, and Richard S. "Major" Reynolds

A groundbreaking was held for a commercial kitchen at the Community Engagement Center.

Don Hempson, Kimble Reynolds, and Guru Ghosh visit the enslaved cemetery.

Elizabeth McClanahan, Susan E. Short, and Mary Sue Terry

Julie Walters Steele, director of the Reynolds Homestead

Susan E. Short and Richard S. "Major" Reynolds

Kevin and Kenneth Reynolds, descendants of the enslaved community at Rock Spring Plantation

Guests listen to speakers during the anniversary celebration at the Reynolds Homestead.

Julie Walters Steele, director, and Guru Ghosh, vice president of Outreach and International Affairs

Family portraits of descendants of Rock Spring Plantation were taken throughout the day.

People gathered outside the Reynolds Homestead — Crowds gather at the Reynolds Homestead for the 1970 dedication ceremony.