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Dr. Alexander Glass Strachan House, 302 Cross Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Dr. Alexander Glass Strachan House, 302 Cross Street, Petersburg, Pete...

Significance: The main portion of this house was probably built by Dr. Alexander Glass Strachan, a physician, and graduate of the University of Edinburgh, about the middle of the eighteenth century. Strachan w... More

Dr. Alexander Glass Strachan House, 302 Cross Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Dr. Alexander Glass Strachan House, 302 Cross Street, Petersburg, Pete...

Significance: The main portion of this house was probably built by Dr. Alexander Glass Strachan, a physician, and graduate of the University of Edinburgh, about the middle of the eighteenth century. Strachan w... More

Erasmus Gill House, 53 South Market Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Erasmus Gill House, 53 South Market Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Vi...

Significance: This simple clapboard house, the central portion of which was probably built c. 1785-1791, shows a classic influence in its pediment on the porch. It is particularly noteworthy for its fine inter... More

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Benjamin Dulany House, 601 Duke Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Benjamin Dulany House, 601 Duke Street, Alexandria, Independent City, ...

Significance: The Benjamin Dulany House is one of Alexandria's finest homes thrice distinguished by its architecture, its historical associations, and the connoisseurship of the owners. Richard Pratt in A Trea... More

Hopewell Friends Meeting House, Interstate 81, Clear Brook, Frederick County, Virginia

Hopewell Friends Meeting House, Interstate 81, Clear Brook, Frederick ...

Significance: Hopewell Friends Meeting House is the oldest surviving building for religious assembly in Frederick County, and it is still used today in this manner. The east portion of the Meeting House was bu... More

Hawes House, 506 East Leigh Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Hawes House, 506 East Leigh Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virgin...

Significance: This house was at one time the home of Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune, who wrote under the pen-name of Marion Harland. The following is a description taken from Marion Harland's Autobiography: "In t... More

Hawes House, 506 East Leigh Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Hawes House, 506 East Leigh Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virgin...

Significance: This house was at one time the home of Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune, who wrote under the pen-name of Marion Harland. The following is a description taken from Marion Harland's Autobiography: "In t... More

George Clayton House, State Route 73 vicinity, Guilford, Accomack County, Virginia

George Clayton House, State Route 73 vicinity, Guilford, Accomack Coun...

Significance: Example of an early 19th century Accomack County dwelling. Survey number: HABS VA-629 Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Subsequent Work

Jabez Wilder House, Main Street, Hingham, Plymouth County, MA

Jabez Wilder House, Main Street, Hingham, Plymouth County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-137 Building/structure dates: 1690 Initial Construction

Jabez Wilder House, Main Street, Hingham, Plymouth County, MA

Jabez Wilder House, Main Street, Hingham, Plymouth County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-137 Building/structure dates: 1690 Initial Construction

Jabez Wilder House, Main Street, Hingham, Plymouth County, MA

Jabez Wilder House, Main Street, Hingham, Plymouth County, MA

Survey number: HABS MA-137 Building/structure dates: 1690 Initial Construction

Queenstown Courthouse, 100 Del Rhodes Avenue, Queenstown, Queen Anne's County, MD

Queenstown Courthouse, 100 Del Rhodes Avenue, Queenstown, Queen Anne's...

Survey number: HABS MD-1398 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lamb's Creek Church (Episcopal), State Route 694, Comorn, King George County, Virginia

Lamb's Creek Church (Episcopal), State Route 694, Comorn, King George ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-17 Survey number: HABS VA-98

Aquia Church, U.S. Route 1 & State Route 676, Stafford, Stafford County, Virginia

Aquia Church, U.S. Route 1 & State Route 676, Stafford, Stafford Count...

Significance: Aquia Church is among the largest and handsomest of Virginia churches. It is built in the form of a Greek cross with hipped roof and has a most interesting unorthodox tower arising from the west ... More

John Bartram House, Fifty-fourth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House, Fifty-fourth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: From the National Historic Landmark nomination: The house and gardens of John Bartram stand today as a living memorial to the pioneer American botanist and serve as an eloquent symbol of the rise ... More

John Bartram House, Fifty-fourth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

John Bartram House, Fifty-fourth Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co...

Significance: From the National Historic Landmark nomination: The house and gardens of John Bartram stand today as a living memorial to the pioneer American botanist and serve as an eloquent symbol of the rise ... More

Prestwould Plantation, U.S. Route 15 vicinity, Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Prestwould Plantation, U.S. Route 15 vicinity, Clarksville, Mecklenbur...

Significance: Sir Peyton Skipwith VII Baronet moved his family from his "Elm Hill" plantation to the newly completed mansion at "Prestwould" Plantation in 1797. The mansion is situated on land that Sir Peyton ... More

Prestwould Plantation, U.S. Route 15 vicinity, Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Prestwould Plantation, U.S. Route 15 vicinity, Clarksville, Mecklenbur...

Significance: Sir Peyton Skipwith VII Baronet moved his family from his "Elm Hill" plantation to the newly completed mansion at "Prestwould" Plantation in 1797. The mansion is situated on land that Sir Peyton ... More

Prestwould Plantation, U.S. Route 15 vicinity, Clarksville, Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Prestwould Plantation, U.S. Route 15 vicinity, Clarksville, Mecklenbur...

Significance: Sir Peyton Skipwith VII Baronet moved his family from his "Elm Hill" plantation to the newly completed mansion at "Prestwould" Plantation in 1797. The mansion is situated on land that Sir Peyton ... More

Ossian Hall, 5001 Regina Drive, Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia

Ossian Hall, 5001 Regina Drive, Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia

Significance: The Fitzhugh family owned three grand houses in present-day Fairfax County: Oak Hill, Ravensworth, and Ossian Hall. Nicholas Fitzhugh built Ossian Hall on part of the Ravensworth land grant, and i... More

Ossian Hall, 5001 Regina Drive, Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia

Ossian Hall, 5001 Regina Drive, Annandale, Fairfax County, Virginia

Significance: The Fitzhugh family owned three grand houses in present-day Fairfax County: Oak Hill, Ravensworth, and Ossian Hall. Nicholas Fitzhugh built Ossian Hall on part of the Ravensworth land grant, and i... More

Eyre Hall, U.S. Route 13 & State Route 636 vicinity, Cheriton, Northampton County, Virginia

Eyre Hall, U.S. Route 13 & State Route 636 vicinity, Cheriton, Northam...

Significance: One of the Eastern Shore's most notable 18th century houses, with relatively complete surviving plantation complex, including dairy, smokehouse, overseer's house, graveyard and orangery (ruins). ... More

King William County Courthouse & Stable, State Route 619, King William, King William County, Virginia

King William County Courthouse & Stable, State Route 619, King William...

Significance: The King William County Courthouse was built in 1725, and expanded in 1840. The courthouse green was enclosed at this time with the construction of a brick wall. The courthouse is still in use and... More

Delaware & Raritan Canal, Locktender's House, North of Hamilton, East of George & East of Pumping Station, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ

Delaware & Raritan Canal, Locktender's House, North of Hamilton, East ...

Significance: Housed lock tender and family. The lock tender was responsible for operation, inspection, and general maintenance of Lock #13 of the Delaware and Raritan Canal. Survey number: HAER NJ-60-B Buil... More

Delaware & Raritan Canal, Locktender's House, North of Hamilton, East of George & East of Pumping Station, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ

Delaware & Raritan Canal, Locktender's House, North of Hamilton, East ...

Significance: Housed lock tender and family. The lock tender was responsible for operation, inspection, and general maintenance of Lock #13 of the Delaware and Raritan Canal. Survey number: HAER NJ-60-B Buil... More

Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...

Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More

Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...

Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More

Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...

Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More

Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York County, Virginia

Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...

Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More

Mount Airy, State Route 646 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Mount Airy, State Route 646 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Significance: Mount Airy is the most outstanding 18th century stone house erected in Virginia and the earliest known full Palladian villa constructed in the American colonies. Survey number: HABS VA-72 Buildi... More

Mount Airy, State Route 646 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Mount Airy, State Route 646 vicinity, Warsaw, Richmond, Virginia

Significance: Mount Airy is the most outstanding 18th century stone house erected in Virginia and the earliest known full Palladian villa constructed in the American colonies. Survey number: HABS VA-72 Buildi... More

Courthouse Group Area Survey, U.S. Route 13, Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia

Courthouse Group Area Survey, U.S. Route 13, Eastville, Northampton Co...

Significance: Local government began on the Eastern Shore late in 1632 with the commissioners (or justices, as they later came to be known) meeting as a court. They gathered in homes of individual members or in... More

Courthouse Group Area Survey, U.S. Route 13, Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia

Courthouse Group Area Survey, U.S. Route 13, Eastville, Northampton Co...

Significance: Local government began on the Eastern Shore late in 1632 with the commissioners (or justices, as they later came to be known) meeting as a court. They gathered in homes of individual members or in... More

Christ Church (Episcopal), Columbus & Cameron Streets, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Christ Church (Episcopal), Columbus & Cameron Streets, Alexandria, Ind...

Significance: Belonging to the Alexandria-Fairfax Church Group, based on plan of James Wren, local architect and builder. Original dimensions proposed 40' x 60' but the building was enlarged to approximately 5... More

Christ Church (Episcopal), Columbus & Cameron Streets, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Christ Church (Episcopal), Columbus & Cameron Streets, Alexandria, Ind...

Significance: Belonging to the Alexandria-Fairfax Church Group, based on plan of James Wren, local architect and builder. Original dimensions proposed 40' x 60' but the building was enlarged to approximately 5... More

Christ Church (Episcopal), Columbus & Cameron Streets, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Christ Church (Episcopal), Columbus & Cameron Streets, Alexandria, Ind...

Significance: Belonging to the Alexandria-Fairfax Church Group, based on plan of James Wren, local architect and builder. Original dimensions proposed 40' x 60' but the building was enlarged to approximately 5... More

Rising Sun Tavern, 1306 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Rising Sun Tavern, 1306 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg, Fredericksbur...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

John Marshall House, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Marshall, Fauquier County, Virginia

John Marshall House, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Marshall, Fauquier County...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

John Marshall House, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Marshall, Fauquier County, Virginia

John Marshall House, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Marshall, Fauquier County...

Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

John Marshall House, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Marshall, Fauquier County, Virginia

John Marshall House, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Marshall, Fauquier County...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

John Marshall House, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Marshall, Fauquier County, Virginia

John Marshall House, U.S. Route 17 vicinity, Marshall, Fauquier County...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia

Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More

Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia

Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More

Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia

Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More

Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia

Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More

Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia

Carter's Grove, U.S. Route 60 vicinity, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Vi...

For additional documentation, see also HALS VA-75. Significance: Carter's Grove was built by Carter Burwell, grandson of Robert "King" Carter, between 1749 and 1756. David Minetree, a Williamsburg brick mason,... More

Rose Hill Manor, 1611 North Market Street, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Rose Hill Manor, 1611 North Market Street, Frederick, Frederick County...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic market square, downtown, commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Rose Hill Manor, 1611 North Market Street, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Rose Hill Manor, 1611 North Market Street, Frederick, Frederick County...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Rose Hill Manor, 1611 North Market Street, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Rose Hill Manor, 1611 North Market Street, Frederick, Frederick County...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Rose Hill Manor, 1611 North Market Street, Frederick, Frederick County, MD

Rose Hill Manor, 1611 North Market Street, Frederick, Frederick County...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Old State House, 155 North Main Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Old State House, 155 North Main Street, Providence, Providence County,...

Significance: This building is one of the two eighteenth century colony houses in Rhode Island, the other being in Newport. It was one of the seats of Rhode Island government from 1762 until the erection of th... More

Old State House, 155 North Main Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Old State House, 155 North Main Street, Providence, Providence County,...

Significance: This building is one of the two eighteenth century colony houses in Rhode Island, the other being in Newport. It was one of the seats of Rhode Island government from 1762 until the erection of th... More

Old State House, 155 North Main Street, Providence, Providence County, RI

Old State House, 155 North Main Street, Providence, Providence County,...

Significance: This building is one of the two eighteenth century colony houses in Rhode Island, the other being in Newport. It was one of the seats of Rhode Island government from 1762 until the erection of th... More

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virgi...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-140 Survey number: HABS VA-307 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000851

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virgi...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-140 Survey number: HABS VA-307 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000851

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virgi...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-140 Survey number: HABS VA-307 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000851

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virgi...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-140 Survey number: HABS VA-307 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000851

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virgi...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-140 Survey number: HABS VA-307 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000851

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virgi...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-140 Survey number: HABS VA-307 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000851

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virgi...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-140 Survey number: HABS VA-307 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000851

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virgi...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-140 Survey number: HABS VA-307 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000851

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virgi...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-140 Survey number: HABS VA-307 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000851

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia

Stratford, State Route 214, Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virgi...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-140 Survey number: HABS VA-307 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000851

Adam Thoroughgood House, 1636 Parish Road (Thoroughgood Road), Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, Virginia

Adam Thoroughgood House, 1636 Parish Road (Thoroughgood Road), Virgini...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Battersea, 793 Appomattox Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Battersea, 793 Appomattox Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-66, FN-67, FN-68, FN-69, FN-70, FN-71, FN-72, FN-73, FN-74, FN-75 Survey number: HABS VA-136 Building/structure dates: ca. 1768 Initial Construction

Pohick Church, 9301 Richmond Highway, Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia

Pohick Church, 9301 Richmond Highway, Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1072 Survey number: HABS VA-190

Pohick Church, 9301 Richmond Highway, Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia

Pohick Church, 9301 Richmond Highway, Lorton, Fairfax County, Virginia

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1072 Survey number: HABS VA-190

Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia

Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia

The address was updated from 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly vicinity, to 3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. (November 2016) Significance: Aside from preeminent historical associations, "Sully" is a notable plantat... More

Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia

Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia

The address was updated from 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly vicinity, to 3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. (November 2016) Significance: Aside from preeminent historical associations, "Sully" is a notable plantat... More

Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia

Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia

The address was updated from 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly vicinity, to 3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. (November 2016) Significance: Aside from preeminent historical associations, "Sully" is a notable plantat... More

Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia

Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia

The address was updated from 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly vicinity, to 3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. (November 2016) Significance: Aside from preeminent historical associations, "Sully" is a notable plantat... More

Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia

Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia

The address was updated from 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly vicinity, to 3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. (November 2016) Significance: Aside from preeminent historical associations, "Sully" is a notable plantat... More

Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia

Sully, 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly, Fairfax County, Virginia

The address was updated from 3601 Sully Road, Chantilly vicinity, to 3650 Historic Sully Way, Chantilly. (November 2016) Significance: Aside from preeminent historical associations, "Sully" is a notable plantat... More

The Folly, Folly Creek, Accomac, Accomack County, Virginia

The Folly, Folly Creek, Accomac, Accomack County, Virginia

Significance: This is an 18th-century dwelling, and once probably the site of Port of Folly Landing, one of the two ports of entry for Accomack County during the 18th century. Survey number: HABS VA-626 Build... More

Sturgis House, Occohannock Creek, Jamesville, Northampton County, Virginia

Sturgis House, Occohannock Creek, Jamesville, Northampton County, Virg...

Significance: The Eastern Shore of Virginia was first explored by Captain John Smith in 1608. Colonization of the area was begun in 1616 by Englishmen interested in establishing salt and fishing industries. T... More

Sturgis House, Occohannock Creek, Jamesville, Northampton County, Virginia

Sturgis House, Occohannock Creek, Jamesville, Northampton County, Virg...

Significance: The Eastern Shore of Virginia was first explored by Captain John Smith in 1608. Colonization of the area was begun in 1616 by Englishmen interested in establishing salt and fishing industries. T... More

Erasmus Gill House, 53 South Market Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Erasmus Gill House, 53 South Market Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Vi...

Significance: This simple clapboard house, the central portion of which was probably built c. 1785-1791, shows a classic influence in its pediment on the porch. It is particularly noteworthy for its fine inter... More

Erasmus Gill House, 53 South Market Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Virginia

Erasmus Gill House, 53 South Market Street, Petersburg, Petersburg, Vi...

Significance: This simple clapboard house, the central portion of which was probably built c. 1785-1791, shows a classic influence in its pediment on the porch. It is particularly noteworthy for its fine inter... More

Stone House, State Route 687, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia

Stone House, State Route 687, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia

Significance: House built by Zachariah Johnston, Revolutionary War officer, associate of Thos. Jefferson in Virginia General Assembly and member of Virginia Convention of 1788 which ratified the Federal Constit... More

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Kenmore, 1201 Washington Avenue, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virgi...

Significance: Kenmore was built as a plantation house by Fielding Lewis and his wife, Betty Washington Lewis, soon after they acquired the property in 1752. The original 863-acre plantation extended to the wes... More

Benjamin Dulany House, 601 Duke Street, Alexandria, Independent City, Virginia

Benjamin Dulany House, 601 Duke Street, Alexandria, Independent City, ...

Significance: The Benjamin Dulany House is one of Alexandria's finest homes thrice distinguished by its architecture, its historical associations, and the connoisseurship of the owners. Richard Pratt in A Trea... More

Abram's Delight, Rouss Spring Avenue, Winchester, Winchester, Virginia

Abram's Delight, Rouss Spring Avenue, Winchester, Winchester, Virginia

Significance: One of the oldest houses in the area, and probably the oldest house now standing in Winchester, Abram's Delight was built by Isaac Hollingsworth on a tract of land obtained by his father, Abraham,... More

Hawes House, 506 East Leigh Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Hawes House, 506 East Leigh Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virgin...

Significance: This house was at one time the home of Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune, who wrote under the pen-name of Marion Harland. The following is a description taken from Marion Harland's Autobiography: "In t... More

George Clayton House, State Route 73 vicinity, Guilford, Accomack County, Virginia

George Clayton House, State Route 73 vicinity, Guilford, Accomack Coun...

Significance: Example of an early 19th century Accomack County dwelling. Survey number: HABS VA-629 Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Subsequent Work

Aquia Church, U.S. Route 1 & State Route 676, Stafford, Stafford County, Virginia

Aquia Church, U.S. Route 1 & State Route 676, Stafford, Stafford Count...

Significance: Aquia Church is among the largest and handsomest of Virginia churches. It is built in the form of a Greek cross with hipped roof and has a most interesting unorthodox tower arising from the west ... More

St. Anne's Parish Glebe House, U.S. Route 17 near Route 632, Champlain, Essex County, Virginia

St. Anne's Parish Glebe House, U.S. Route 17 near Route 632, Champlain...

Significance: This was the residence of the Parish minister for Vauters Church & Saint Matthews. / Nothing is known of the date of the building. The brickwork of the exterior has an early aspect but the detail... More

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