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Port Royal is an incorporated town in Caroline County, Virginia, United States.The population was 126 at the 2010 census. [5]Port Royal was established in the mid-17th century in the Colony of Virginia primarily as a port at the head of the navigable reach of the Rappahannock River for export of tobacco, Virginia's cash crop.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Caroline 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 district encompasses 35 contributing buildings in the historic core of the 18th century tobacco port of Port Royal. Notable buildings include the 18th-century Fox's Tavern, the mid-19th century Masonic Hall, the 18th-century frame mansion of the Brockenbrough family, the Hipkins-Carr House, the Gray House, and St. Peter's Episcopal Church ...
Port Royal is one of the area's more historic towns. It was first established in 1652 as a port on a navigable portion of the Rappahannock River during an era when waterways were the major method of transportation of people and property in the British Colony of Virginia. It was an important point for export of tobacco, Virginia's cash crop.
Historical marker near Port Royal. US 301 and SR 2 cross the Pamunkey River into Caroline County. The road, now named Richmond Turnpike, intersects SR 30 (Dawn Boulevard) in the hamlet of Bowersville, also known as Dawn. The two highways run straight for 13 miles (21 km); near the north end of the straight, the highways cross the Mattaponi River.
Hazelwood is a historic archaeological site located at Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia. It was the site of the historic house and plantation "Hazelwood", home of political economist and U.S. Senator John Taylor of Caroline (1753-1824). The house was built about 1750 and destroyed during the American Civil War. [3]
Gaymont, or Gay Mont, is a historic home located at Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia.Originally called "Rose Hill", the central section of the house was built about 1790 by John Hipkins as a two-story frame structure with a gable roof and two exterior end chimneys.
Riverview, or Lightfoot House, is a historic home located at Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia. It was built about 1845–1846, and is a two-story, five bay frame structure with a double-pile plan in the Greek Revival style. It has a hipped roof and sits on a brick basement. Also on the property is a contributing meathouse. [3]