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Designated VLR. August 15, 1989 [ 2] Cape Charles Historic District is a national historic district located at Cape Charles, Northampton County, Virginia. The Town was surveyed by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources in 1989, and a National Register Historic District was created and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Cape Charles, located close to the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, on Virginia's Eastern Shore, was founded in 1884 as a planned community by railroad and ferry interests.In 1883, William Lawrence Scott became president of the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad Company (NYP&N), and purchased three plantations comprising approximately 2,509 acres from the heirs of former Virginia Governor ...
Operations. Ferry operations started with the Virginia ferry Corporation (VFC) on April 1 1933 between Little Creek in Princess Anne County (VA Beach today) and the town of Cape Charles. The VFC leased the PRR Steamer SS Maryland and the Carfloat No. 605. The run was across the bay was 26 miles taking 1 hour 45 minutes to cross.
The first lighthouse at Cape Charles was a 55-foot (17 m) masonry tower completed in 1828. It was quickly deemed inadequate for its important seacoast location due to its low height and poor visibility at sea. It was soon threatened by erosion so in 1864 it was replaced by a 150-foot (46 m) masonry tower built further inland.
U.S. Route 60 US 60 highlighted in red Route information Maintained by VDOT Length 302.69 mi (487.13 km) Existed 1926–present Major junctions West end I-64 / US 60 near Callaghan Major intersections I-81 / US 11 in Lexington US 29 in Amherst US 15 in Sprouses Corner US 1 / US 301 in Richmond I-295 in Sandston US 17 / US 258 in Newport News I-64 in Hampton US 460 in Norfolk US 13 in Virginia ...
Old Plantation Flats is a shoal paralleling the Eastern Shore near the mouth of the bay, taking its name from Old Plantation Creek which empties into the bay near the center of the shoal. A square screw-pile light was erected on the shoal in 1886. It was constantly plagued by ice floes, with the original lens being destroyed in 1893, and more ...
Virginia Capes. Coordinates: 37°1′44″N 76°4′5″W. Cape Henry and Cape Charles at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. The Virginia Capes are the two capes, Cape Charles to the north and Cape Henry to the south, that define the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay on the eastern coast of North America . The importance of the Chesapeake Bay in ...
Cape Charles is a headland, or cape, in Northampton County, Virginia. Located at the southern tip of Northampton County, it forms the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula and the northern side of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay. [ 1] Cape Charles was named in honor of Charles I of England, the second son of King James I and his eventual ...