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The Poquoson City Council is composed of seven members who are elected by the voters and serve four-year terms. Elections are held in even-numbered years on the first Tuesday in November. Any Poquoson resident who is at least 18 years of age, is a United States citizen and a resident of Virginia is eligible to be a candidate for election.
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, Virginia. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Lancaster Court House Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
The James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library is a historic museum at 908 Charles Street in Fredericksburg, Virginia. It is located on the site of the James Monroe Law Office , used by future United States President James Monroe from 1786 to 1789.
The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum is a complex located in Staunton, Virginia. [4] It contains the President's birthplace, known as the Manse, a Museum that explores the life and times of Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924), a 6,800 square feet (630 m 2 ) Research Library, a gift shop, and several other buildings that are not open to ...
The Jones Memorial Library is a specialized genealogy and history research library located at 2311 Memorial Avenue in Lynchburg, Virginia.. The original historic library building is located at 434 Rivermont Avenue in Lynchburg, Virginia.
The Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Poquoson, Virginia, located on the southwestern corner of the Chesapeake Bay.The 3,501-acre (14.17 km 2) refuge is located at about the midpoint of the Atlantic Flyway, and is one of four refuges that comprise the Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
The first Newport News Public Library, renamed West Avenue Library, now NNPLS Technical Services, in the Newport News Public Library System, was opened on October 14, 1929 at the corner of West Avenue and 30th Street in the City of Newport News, Virginia. This building was the first to be built in Newport News for the express purpose of being a ...
Notable buildings include the Joseph Carr houses (1796, 1810), the Doctor Smith House (1830s), the United Methodist Church (1833), the Upperville library (1826), the Upperville Primitive Baptist Church (1840) and the Baptist Church (1889). [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. [1]