Culpeper Historic District is a national

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located at Culpeper,

Culpeper County, Virginia Culpeper County is a county located along the borderlands of the northern and central region of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 52,552. Its county seat and only incorporated community is ...

, United States.

History

It encompasses 129 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the

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of the town of Culpeper. Notable buildings include the Culpeper County Courthouse (1874), Municipal Building (1928), jail and sheriff's office (1908), the Ann Wingfield School (1929), St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (1821), Culpeper Presbyterian Church (1868), Culpeper Baptist Church (1894), Antioch Baptist Church (1886), Southern Railway Station (1904), Farmers & Merchants Bank Block (c. 1900), Masonic Building (1902), Booton Building (1898), and Second National Bank (c. 1912). The contributing object is the Confederate Memorial dedicated in 1911. Also located in the district is the separately listed A. P. Hill Boyhood Home. an
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in 1987.

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Georgian architecture in Virginia Victorian architecture in Virginia Historic districts in Culpeper County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Culpeper County, Virginia {{CulpeperCountyVA-NRHP-stub