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The Lynnhaven House, also Wishart–Boush House, Wishart House, and Boush House, which was built circa 1725, is an example of 18th century Tidewater Virginia vernacular architecture and is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. [3] Although it was founded by the Thelaball family, it is sometimes referred to as the Boush House or the Wishart House ...
Old Donation Church is the third Lynnhaven Parish Church and is the oldest church in Virginia Beach. Records show that the parish's first church services were held in 1637 in the home of Adam Thoroughgood. The first church building was constructed on Mr. Thoroughgood's land in 1639 on the location later known as "Church Point." The vestry, or ...
Wishart-Boush House (aka Lynnhaven House) Wishart-Boush House (aka Lynnhaven House) November 12, 1969 : East of the junction of Wishart Rd. and Independence Boulevard: 35: Woodhouse House: Woodhouse House: April 24, 2007
Lynnhaven is one of the seven original boroughs created when the city of Virginia Beach, Virginia was formed in 1963. [1] It is located in the North Central portion of the city. This area was originally located at the mouth of the Lynnhaven Bay inlet.
Despite his widespread and long-lasting influence in South Hampton Roads, his choice of residence was along the Lynnhaven River, also named for his home in England. In 1635, he earned a land patent for over 5,000 acres (20 km 2 ) in this area for having earlier persuaded 105 new residents to settle in Virginia, including Augustine Warner, an ...
It is home to the Adam Keeling House and the Keeling family cemetery. Before the area was settled by the English colonists, Chesepioc was located at Great Neck Point. It was a village of the Chesepians , the Native American (American Indian) inhabitants of the area during the Woodland Period and later prior to the arrival of the English ...
The Lynnhaven River is a tidal estuary located in the independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia, in the United States, and flows into the Chesapeake Bay west of Cape Henry at Lynnhaven Inlet, beyond which is Lynnhaven Roads. It has a small, developed watershed covering 64 square miles (170 km 2), terminating at Lynnhaven
The Old Cape Henry Light, completed in 1792, was the first federal construction project under the United States Constitution. The history of Virginia Beach, Virginia, goes back to the Native Americans who lived in the area for thousands of years before the English colonists landed at Cape Henry in April 1607 and established their first permanent settlement at Jamestown a few weeks later.