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List Of The Oldest Buildings In Virginia
This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings in the state of Virginia. See also *List of the oldest buildings in the United States *List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia *List of Registered Historic Places in Virginia *List of historic houses in Virginia References {{Virginia, collapsed Lists of oldest buildings and structures in the United States, Virginia Lists of buildings and structures in Virginia, Oldest buildings Virginia history-related lists, Buildings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States, Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The state's List of capitals in the United States, capital is Richmond, Virginia, Richmond and its most populous city is Virginia Beach, Virginia, Virginia Beach. Its most populous subdivision is Fairfax County, Virginia, Fairfax County, part of Northern Virginia, where slightly over a third of Virginia's population of more than 8.8million live. Eastern Virginia is part of the Atlantic Plain, and the Middle Peninsula forms the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Central Virginia lies predominantly in the Piedmont (United States), Piedmont, the foothill region of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which cross the western and southwestern parts of the state. The fertile Shenandoah Valley fosters the state's mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinewoods (Lightfoot, Virginia)
Pinewoods, also known as Warburton House, is a historic home located near Lightfoot, James City County, Virginia. The house dates to the late-17th century, and is a -story, early Colonial brick dwelling. It has a gable roof with dormers and features two very fine T-shaped chimney stacks. an''Accompanying photo''/ref> Edmund Ware Warburton (1861–1919) was for a long time a member of the James City school board; from 1899 to 1904 he was a member of the Williamsburg city council and twice mayor of the city. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. See also *List of the oldest buildings in Virginia References External links Warburton House, Pinewoods Pond vicinity, Lightfoot, James City County, VA 3 photos at Historic American Buildings Survey The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , , "little star", is a Typography, typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star (heraldry), heraldic st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsing Green
Elsing Green Plantation, a National Historic Landmark and wildlife refuge, rests upon nearly along the Pamunkey River in King William County, Virginia, a rural county on the western end of the state's middle peninsula, approximately northeast of the Richmond. The 18th-century plantation, now owned by the Lafferty family, has been in continuous operation for more than 300 years. In addition to the plantation house, dependency buildings and cultivated land, Elsing Green includes of surrounding farmland, forest and marsh land. Elsing Green has been on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places since 1969, and received formal National Historic Landmark status in 1971. Its history dates back nearly three centuries with ties to the West family of Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr (a/k/a Lord Delaware). The original structure, a brick Jacobean lodge now serving as the east dependency of the manor house, was built before 1690 by his descendant, Colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunstall, Virginia
Tunstall is an unincorporated community in New Kent County, Virginia, United States. Foster's Castle and Hampstead, both located in Tunstall, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist .... References Unincorporated communities in Virginia Unincorporated communities in New Kent County, Virginia {{NewKentCountyVA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fosters Castle
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Foster's Castle
Foster's Castle is a historic plantation house located near Tunstall, New Kent County, Virginia. It was built about 1685, as a -story, T-shaped brick building, with a two-story central projection at the front. The house is similar to neighboring Criss Cross. It was raised to a full two stories with a low pitched roof in 1873. Its builder, Colonel Joseph Foster, was a vestryman and supervisor of construction at St. Peter's Church. an''Accompanying photo''/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. References External linksCastle, State Route 608 vicinity, Tunstall, New Kent County, VA6 photos, 13 measured drawings, and 5 data pages at Historic American Buildings Survey The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , , "little star", is a Typography, typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star (heraldry), heraldic star. Computer scientists and Mathematici ... Historic American Buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accomac, Virginia
Accomac is a town in and the county seat of Accomack County, Virginia, United States. The population was 526 at the 2020 census. History Though Accomack County was established as one of Virginia's eight original shires in 1634, the government was situated in the southern part of the Eastern Shore near Eastville until the division of the shore into two counties (Northampton and Accomack) in 1663. During this era, religious diversity began in the area, as Presbyterian Francis Makemie received a plantation nearby which he used as a base for his mercantile and missionary journeys, and where he died at age 50 a few years after winning a New York court case brought against his preaching (as the Scots-Irish emigrant to Maryland's Eastern Shore counties produced a preaching license from Barbados). Early Baptist Elijah Baker also arrived near Accomac before the American Revolutionary War, and was likewise imprisoned for unauthorized preaching, but eventually also had that case dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smithfield, Virginia
Smithfield is a town in Isle of Wight County, in the South Hampton Roads subregion of the Hampton Roads region of Virginia, United States. The population was 8,533 at the 2020 census. The town is most famous for the curing and production of the Smithfield ham. The Virginia General Assembly passed a statute defining "Smithfield ham" by law in 1926, with one of the requirements that it be processed within the town limits. Smithfield Foods, a Chinese Fortune 500 company that owns Smithfield Packing Company and others, is the world's largest pork processor and hog producer. The company, based in Smithfield, raises 12 million hogs and processes 20 million pounds of them annually. History and industry The area to later be called Smithfield was first colonized in 1634, is located on the Pagan River, south of Jamestown and on the south side of the James River. The Native Americans knew this area as ''Warascoyak,'' also spelled ''Warrosquoyacke'', meaning "point of land." The Vir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridgetown, Virginia
Bridgetown is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Northampton County, Virginia, Northampton County, Virginia, United States. The locations Hungars Church, Vaucluse (Bridgetown, Virginia), Vaucluse, Westerhouse House, Winona (Winona, Virginia), Winona, and Chatham are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Notable person *Chuck Churn, longtime minor league baseball player who pitched three seasons in the majors for three different teams References Unincorporated communities in Virginia Unincorporated communities in Northampton County, Virginia Bridgetown, Virginia, {{NorthamptonCountyVA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winona HABS VA1
Winona, Wynona or Wynonna may refer to: Places Canada * Winona, Ontario United States * Winona, Arizona * Winona, Indiana * Winona Lake, Indiana * Winona, Kansas * Winona, Michigan * Winona County, Minnesota ** Winona, Minnesota, the seat of Winona County * Winona, Mississippi * Winona, Missouri * Winona, Ohio * Winona, Tennessee (other), several places * Winona, Texas * Winona, West Virginia * Winona, Taylor County, West Virginia * Winona Historic District, in Norfolk, Virginia * East Winona, Wisconsin Other uses *Wynonna Judd, known simply as Wynonna ** ''Wynonna'' (album), her 1992 debut solo album * Winona (name), including a list of people named Winona, Wynona or Wynonna * Winona (horse), a racehorse * Winona (Winona, Virginia), U.S., a historic home * The Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, United States * Wynona (restaurant), a restaurant in Toronto, Canada See also * Lake Winona (other) * Wenona (other) * Wenonah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winona (Winona, Virginia)
Winona is a historic home located near Bridgetown, Northampton County, Virginia. It dates to about 1681, and is a small, -story, brick structure with a gable roof. It measures 32 feet, 6 inches, by 27 feet 6 inches. It features an exterior end chimney with three free-standing stacks set diagonally on the base. an''Accompanying photo''/ref> It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. References External linksWinona, Hungar Creek, Bridgetown, Northampton County, VA2 photos and 8 measured drawings at Historic American Buildings Survey The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , , "little star", is a Typography, typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star (heraldry), heraldic star. Computer scientists and Mathematici ... Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses completed in 1681 Houses in Northampton County, Vir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
