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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lancaster County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]
The Lancaster Court House Historic District is a national historic district consisting of 25 structures, including one monument, located in Lancaster, Virginia, Lancaster County, Virginia. Four of the buildings make up the Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library , founded in 1958, whose purpose is to preserve and interpret the history of ...
Lancaster County was established in 1651 from Northumberland and York counties, and large land patents (subject to terms including clearning and settlement) were issued that year. [3] It was home to Robert King Carter in the 18th century, and remaining buildings from that time include Christ Church and St. Mary's, Whitechapel .
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
Lancaster is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lancaster County, Virginia, United States. [2] It is the county seat, and is also known as Lancaster Courthouse or by an alternative spelling, Lancaster Court House. The community was first drawn as a CDP prior to the 2020 census and had a population of 105 at the ...
Verville is a historic plantation house located near Merry Point, Lancaster County, Virginia. It was built about 1742, and is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, brick Colonial style dwelling. It has a single-pile, central-passage plan. The gambrel roof and all woodwork was changed to conform with Federal style tastes in the late-18th or early-19th century. [3]
It forms a part of a five building complex, located in the Lancaster Court House Historic District, which also includes the Old Jail (1820), Clerk's Office (c. 1797), and Lancaster House. The Museum is open to the public, who may view exhibits, participate in educational programs and trace family histories.
A Land Information System (LIS) is a geographic information system for cadastral and land-use mapping, typically used by local governments. [1]A LIS consists of an accurate, current and reliable land record cadastre and its associated attribute and spatial data that represent the legal boundaries of land tenure and provides a vital base layer capable of integration into other geographic ...