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  2. Cape Charles Historic District - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Kiptopeke State Park - Wikipedia

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    Kiptopeke State Park. /  37.16917°N 75.97917°W  / 37.16917; -75.97917. Kiptopeke State Park is a state park located in the southern end of the Eastern Shore of Virginia and the Delmarva Peninsula in Northampton County, near Cape Charles. From 1949, the site was owned by the Virginia Ferry Corporation and used through 1964 as the ...

  4. Cape Charles, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Cape Charles Lighthouse - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Old Plantation Flats Light - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Cape Charles Museum and Welcome Center - Wikipedia

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    The Cape Charles Museum and Welcome Center is located at 814 Randolph Avenue, Cape Charles, Virginia, United States. The museum contains exhibits detailing the history and development of Cape Charles and the surrounding region. [1] A large Busch-Sulzer engine and Westinghouse generator serve as the centerpieces of the museum.

  8. Stratton Manor - Wikipedia

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    Stratton Manor is a historic plantation house located near Cape Charles, Northampton County, Virginia. It was built in the third quarter of the 18th century, and is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, single-pile, gable roof house with a wood-frame core of three bays with brick ends. A two-story ell was added in the first quarter of the 20th century.

  9. Smith Island, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Smith Island is one of the Virginia Barrier Islands located adjacent to the southern end of the Eastern Shore of Virginia in Northampton County near Cape Charles . The island bears the name of Captain John Smith the explorer who visited it in 1608. [1] In 1614, Governor Thomas Dale sent 20 men, under Lieutenant William Craddock, to the area to ...

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