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 finished by 1647 church tower and foundations are all that remain from the period. [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
Willowdale Painter, Virginia 1666 Likely the oldest building on the Eastern Shore of Virginia
Toddsbury Gloucester County, Virginia 1669
Lowland Cottage Ware Neck, Virginia 1670
Warwick Accomack County, Virginia 1673
Marmion Comorn, Virginia ca. 1674
St. Mary's, Whitechapel Lancaster, Virginia 1675
Hewick Plantation Urbanna, Virginia 1678
Winona Bridgetown, Virginia 1681 The only known 17th-century house in the country, other than Bacon's Castle in Surry County, to have diagonally-placed triple-chimney stacks.
St. Luke's Church Smithfield, Virginia ca. 1682 a recent dendrochronology study confirms the preponderance of other research pointing to early 1680s construction.
Foster's Castle Tunstall, Virginia 1685
Building east of main house at Elsing Green Tunstall, Virginia 1690
Criss Cross New Kent, Virginia 1690
Wren Building Williamsburg, Virginia 1695 Oldest school building in America, original College of William and Mary structure[5]
Grace Church Yorktown, Virginia 1697
Indian Banks Simonson, Virginia 1699
The Hermitage Virginia Beach, Virginia 1700
Abingdon Glebe House Gloucester, Virginia 1700
Belle Air Plantation Charles City County, Virginia ca. 1700
Margots Tettington ca. 1700
John Weblin House Virginia Beach 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
Bruton Parish Church Williamsburg, Virginia 1715 Church established in 1674, current structure completed in 1715
Ware Parish Church Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia 1718 Episcopal Church. Previously thought to have been constructed in 1690, mortar samples give a date of 1718 [6]
Adam Thoroughgood House Virginia Beach, Virginia ca. 1719 despite earlier claims, actually dates to c. 1719 [7]
Brafferton Building Williamsburg, Virginia 1723 Opened in 1723 as the Indian school for the College of William & Mary, restored in 1930-31, now serving as the president and provost office
Matthew Jones House Newport News, Virginia ca. 1725
Rural Plains Hanover County, Virginia ca. 1725 Oldest home in America continuously occupied by one family; site of Patrick Henry's wedding
Seven Springs Plantation Enfield, Virginia ca. 1725-1740
President's House Williamsburg, Virginia 1733 Part of the Wren Yard architectures, along with Wren and Brafferton Buildings, now the residence of the president of the College of William & Mary
Adam Keeling House Virginia Beach, Virginia Circa 1735
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
Old Mansion Caroline County, Virginia ca. 1741 Tree ring analysis of some beams yielded a date of 1741
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.
Mount Vernon Fairfax County, Virginia 1758 Home of George Washington
Sessions-Pope-Sheild House Yorktown, Virginia ca. 1766 Recent Research suggests a date of around 1766, previously thought to have been built around 1691.
Morven Park Leesburg, Virginia ca. 1780 The home of Virginia Governor Westmoreland Davis. The earliest parts of the structure date from circa 1780 and was substantially expanded in the decades that followed. It is a Virginia Historic Landmark and listed on the National Resister of Historic Places.

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References

  1. ↑ "Historic Churches of America" – Page 8 by Nellie Urner Wallington (1907)
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Virginia Beach Public Library's Digital Archives". Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  4. ↑ "Old Donation Church Old Homes". blog. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  5. ↑ Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America – Page 697 by James D. Kornwolf, Georgiana Wallis Kornwolf (2002)
  6. ↑ http://www.warechurch.org/The_History_of_Ware_Church/Church_History/
  7. ↑ "Thoroughgood, Adam, House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2008.
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