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This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia. There are currently 123 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs), and 2 former NHLs. Current landmarks.
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 ...
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 eastern shore Old Stone House (Richmond, Virginia) Richmond, Virginia: 1740 Home of Edgar Allan Poe Museum: Lansdowne: Urbanna, Virginia: c. 1740
Today, 36 of the original marker stones survive as the oldest federally placed monuments in the United States. Thirteen of these markers are now within Virginia due to the return of the portion of the District south and west of the Potomac River to Virginia in 1846 (see: District of Columbia retrocession).
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.
Dhr.virginia.gov: official Listings of Virginia Landmarks Register & National Register of Historic Places by City or County — search-engine with links. Virginia.org: Historic Sites; Dhr.virginia.gov: Master List of Virginia Historic Landmarks + National Register of Historic Places in Virginia — alphabetical flat list, updated through March 2014
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Clarke 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.
Oldest church in Chuckatuck, est. 1642, present building completed 1756, external dimensions 60 x 30 feet, walls 21 inches thick. Date 1753 appears on south wall along with the initials A.H. and E.H. for Anthony Holladay and his wife Esther, who deeded the site to the parish. [9] 22: Somerton Historic District: Somerton Historic District ...