List of the oldest buildings in Virginia

This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings in the state of Virginia.

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Building Image Location First Built Notes
Jamestown Church Jamestown, Virginia 1639–1641 church tower and foundations are all that remain from 1639 [1]
Thorpland York County, Virginia 1630s c. The property dates to a land grant of 500 acres (200 ha) in New Poquoson to Christopher Calthorpe in 1631, an area still known in the 21st century as Calthrop Neck. York County tax records ascribe a construction date of 1631.[2] The name "Thorpland" hands down the name of the ancient habitation place of the Calthorpes in Norfolk, England.[3] Corroborative dating efforts have not been performed. The house has always been a private residence.
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 [4] or c. 1660 [5] 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.[6]
Bacon's Castle Surry County, Virginia 1665 associated with Bacon's Rebellion
Old Mansion Caroline County, Virginia 1669 purportedly oldest house in the region although tree ring analysis of some beams yielded a date of 1741
Rural Plains 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 Williamsburg, Virginia 1695 Oldest school building in America, original College of William and Mary structure[7]
Grace Church Yorktown, Virginia 1697
Abingdon Glebe House Gloucester, Virginia 1700
St. Peter's Church 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 Gloucester, Virginia 1715 Episcopal Church
Adam Thoroughgood House Virginia Beach, Virginia ca. 1720 despite earlier claims, actually dates to c. 1720 [8]
Matthew Jones House Newport News, Virginia ca. 1725
St. George's Church (Pungoteague, Virginia) 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
Merchant's Hope Church Prince George County, Virginia ca. 1743 despite earlier claims of 1657 a recent dendrochronology study confirms a date of circa 1743.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Historic Churches of America" – Page 8 by Nellie Urner Wallington (1907)
  2. ↑ http://maps.yorkcounty.gov/York/#
  3. ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/schools/wmmary/quarterly/c4360001.txt
  4. ↑ Dr. Stephen Mansfield; et al., eds. (2008). "50 Most Significantly Historic Houses and Structures in Virginia Beach" (PDF). Virginia Beach Historical Preservation Partnership, City of Virginia Beach Historic Resources Office. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  5. ↑ "Virginia Beach Public Library's Digital Archives". Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  6. ↑ "Old Donation Church Old Homes". blog. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  7. ↑ Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America – Page 697 by James D. Kornwolf, Georgiana Wallis Kornwolf (2002)
  8. ↑ "Thoroughgood, Adam, House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved June 27, 2008.
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