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Includes original Tiffany windows representing each southern state of the confederacy. Shirley Plantation: Charles City County, Virginia: 1738 Construction started in 1723. Plantation dates to 1614. Oldest family-owned business in North America St. George's Church (Pungoteague, Virginia) Pungoteague, Virginia: 1738 Oldest church on Virginia's ...
Many historic houses in Virginia are notable sites. The U.S. state of Virginia was home to many of America's Founding Fathers, four of the first five U.S. presidents, as well as many important figures of the Confederacy. As one of the earliest locations of European settlement in America, Virginia has some of the oldest buildings in the nation.
Map of Virginia. Buildings, sites, districts, and objects in Virginia listed on the National Register of Historic Places: . As of September 18, 2017, there are 3,027 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in all 95 Virginia counties and 37 of the 38 independent cities, including 120 National Historic Landmarks and National Historic Landmark Districts, four ...
December 19, 1960 (Hampton: Hampton (independent city) Fort Monroe was completed in 1834, and is named in honor of U.S. President James Monroe. Completely surrounded by a moat, the six-sided stone fort was an active Army post until 2011.
St. Luke's Church, also known as Old Brick Church, or Newport Parish Church, is a historic church building, located in the unincorporated community of Benns Church, near Smithfield in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, United States. It is the oldest church in Virginia and oldest church in British North America of brick construction.
It is now part of Historic Jamestown, and is owned by Preservation Virginia (formerly known as the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities). There have been several sites and stages in the church's history, and its later tower is now the last surviving above-ground structure from the days when Jamestown was the capital of Virginia.
The oldest American structure in Nevada. [121] Fort Garland Officer's Quarters and Barracks Fort Garland: CO 1858 Military The oldest American buildings still standing in Colorado. In close competition with Four Mile House c. 1859. [121] Fort Sisseton: Britton: SD 1864 Military The oldest structures still standing in South Dakota. [122] Pioneer ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Amherst 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.