Virginia - Mathews County
Mathews County Virginia has 14 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 7 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Billups House, Fort Cricket Hill, Hesse, Mathews County Courthouse Square and Methodist Tabernacle.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include American, African-American, Euro-American and Early And Middle Woodland dating back to 1499 BC.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Mathews County places including Elzy Burroughs, Richard Billups, William H. Brown, US Lighthouse Board and Josiah Williams. Prominent architectural styles found in Mathews Country are Federal, Georgian and Classical Revival.

B. Williams & Co. Store (added 2009 - - #09000394)
Also known as VDHR #057-0035
1030 Williams Wharf Rd. , Mathews
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Williams, Josiah
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Post Office, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Billups House (added 1980 - - #80004199)
Also known as Milford
E of Moon , Moon
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Fort Cricket Hill (added 1970 - - #70000811)
Also known as Cricket Hill
Address Restricted , Hudgins
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Military, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
American
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Hesse (added 1974 - - #74002137)
E of Cobbs Creek off VA 631 , Blakes
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
James, Thomas, Store, Old (added 2008 - - #08000244)
Also known as The Old Store, James Store; 057-5027
Main & Maple Sts. , Mathews Court House
Jenniferglass, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Lane Hotel, The (added 2011 - - #11000065)
68 Church St, Mathews
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
More Information:
Mathews County Courthouse Square (added 1977 - - #77001491)
Also known as VDHR # 057-0022, Archaeological Site # 44MT0073
VA 611 , Mathews
Cropbot, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Brown,William H., Billups,Richard
Architectural Style:
Federal, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Prehistoric, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Landscape Architecture, Architecture
Cultural Affiliation:
African-American, Euro-American, Early And Middle Woodland
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1000-1499 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education, Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Correctional Facility, Courthouse, Government Office, Library, Monument/Marker, Plaza
Current Function:
Education, Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse, Government Office, Monument/Marker, Plaza
More Information:
Methodist Tabernacle (added 1975 - - #75002024)
SE of Mathews on VA 611 at jct. with VA 644 , Mathews
Cropbot, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
New Point Comfort Lighthouse (added 1973 - - #73002037)
Jct. of Chesapeake Bay and Mobjack Bay , New Point
Skip willits, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Burroughs,Elzy
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Poplar Grove Mill and House (added 1969 - - #69000259)
Also known as Tide Mill and Poplar Grove
SW of jct. of Rtes. 14 and 613 , Williams
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Riverlawn (added 2012 - - #12000543)
134 Williamsdale Ln., Mathews
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
Burke, John J.
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Politics/Government, Economics
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
More Information:
Sibley's and James Store Historic District (added 2010 - - #10000093)
Also known as Sibley Bros. General Store, Old Thomas James Store
239 Main St. (Main and Maple Sts.) , Mathews
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
More Information:
Springdale (added 2013 - - #13000339)
1108 New Point Comfort Hwy., Mathews
Springdale1735, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Georgian, Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Wolf Trap Light Station (added 2002 - - #02001434)
SE of New Point Comfort , Poquoson East
Berean Hunter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
US Lighthouse Board
Area of Significance:
Maritime History, Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling, Water-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Water-Related
More Information:
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