List of the oldest buildings in Virginia
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This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings in the state of Virginia.
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| Building | Image | Location | First Built | Notes |
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| Jamestown Church |  |
Jamestown, Virginia | 1639–1641 | church tower and foundations are all that remain from 1639 [1] |
| Broad Bay Manor | Virginia Beach | 1640 c. or 1660 c. | Purportedly the oldest extant European-built house in the southeastern United States. Built by Thomas Allen either c.1640 [2] or c. 1660 [3] on land granted to him by Governor Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr. The small center portion of what is now a much larger structure, it was primarily constructed from Flemish bond brick. Corroborative dating efforts have not been performed. It has always been a private residence. It is located in the Broad Bay Colony part of northeastern Virginia Beach.[4] | |
| Bacon's Castle |  |
Surry County, Virginia | 1665 | associated with Bacon's Rebellion |
| Old Mansion | .jpg) |
Caroline County, Virginia | 1669 | purportedly oldest house in the region although tree ring analysis of some beams yielded a date of 1741 |
| Rural Plains | ,_Richmond_National_Battlefield_Park_(Hanover_County,_Virginia).jpg) |
Hanover County, Virginia | 1670 | Oldest home in America continuously occupied by one family; site of Patrick Henry's wedding |
| Lowland Cottage | Ware Neck, Virginia | 1670 | ||
| Belle Air Plantation | Charles City County, Virginia | 1670 | ||
| Adam Keeling House |  |
Virginia Beach, Virginia | 1680 | |
| St. Luke's Church |  |
Smithfield, Virginia | ca. 1682 | a recent dendrochronology study confirms the preponderance of other research pointing to early 1680s construction. |
| Building east of main house at Elsing Green | Tunstall, Virginia | 1690 | ||
| Wren Building | .jpg) |
Williamsburg, Virginia | 1695 | Oldest school building in America, original College of William and Mary structure[5] |
| Grace Church |  |
Yorktown, Virginia | 1697 | |
| Abingdon Glebe House | .jpg) |
Gloucester, Virginia | 1700 | |
| St. Peter's Church | .jpg) |
New Kent, Virginia | 1703 | Church of Martha Washington, George and Martha Washington may have been married here |
| Yeocomico Church |  |
Tucker Hill, Virginia | 1706 | National Historic Landmark |
| Ware Parish Church | .jpg) |
Gloucester, Virginia | 1715 | Episcopal Church |
| Adam Thoroughgood House |  |
Virginia Beach, Virginia | ca. 1720 | despite earlier claims, actually dates to c. 1720 [6] |
| Matthew Jones House | 100px | Newport News, Virginia | ca. 1725 | |
| St. George's Church (Pungoteague, Virginia) | 100px | Pungoteague, Virginia | 1738 | Oldest church on Virginia's eastern shore |
| Bel Air Plantation |  |
Prince William County, Virginia | 1740 | Oldest home in Prince William County, Virginia |
See also
- Oldest buildings in the United States
- List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia
- List of Registered Historic Places in Virginia
- Historic houses in Virginia
References
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- ↑ "Historic Churches of America" – Page 8 by Nellie Urner Wallington (1907)
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