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Frederick County was created from Orange County in 1738, and was officially organized in 1743. [5] The Virginia Assembly named the new county for Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales [6] (1707–1751), the eldest son of King George II of Great Britain. At that time, "Old Frederick County" encompassed all or part of four counties in present-day ...
Fort Bowman, also known as Harmony Hall, is a historic home and national historic district located near Middletown, Frederick County, Virginia.It was built in 1753, by Pennsylvania German settler George Bowman (1699–1768), father of Colonel John Bowman (1738-1784), Colonel Abraham Bowman (1749-1837), Major Joseph Bowman (c. 1752–1779), and Captain Isaac Bowman (1757-1826).
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Frederick 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.
Frederick County Courthouse is a historic county courthouse located at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.It was built in 1840, and is a two-story, rectangular, brick building on a stone foundation and partial basement in the Greek Revival style.
Opequon Historic District is a national historic district located in Opequon near Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.It encompasses 33 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the village of Opequon.
Opequon is an unincorporated community along Opequon Creek in Frederick County, northwestern Virginia. Also known as Kernstown, the community center is served by Cedar Creek Grade (VA 622) at Miller Road (VA 620). The community of Opequon was designated as a National Historic District in 2002.
It is situated in Frederick County, about a mile southwest of Middletown. Built between 1794 and 1797, the large Federal -style manor house is a National Historic Landmark and was opened to the public by its owners, the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP), as a historic house museum in 1967.
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park became the 388th unit of the United States National Park Service when it was authorized on December 19, 2002. The National Historical Park was created to protect several historically significant locations in the Shenandoah Valley of Northern Virginia, notably the site of the American Civil War Battle of Cedar Creek and the Belle Grove ...