National Register of Historic Places - Virginia (VA), Surry County

Surry County Virginia has 21 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 14 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Bacon's Castle, Smith's Fort, Chippokes Plantation, Enos House and Four Mile Tree.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include English,Colonial and Woodland dating back to 1000 BC.

Many famous people are associated with these Surry County historic places including John Faulcon, George Sandys, William Swann, Cargill John, John Cocke and John Hartwell Cocke II.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Surry County places including Arthur Allen, James Hugate and John P. Hopkins. Prominent architectural styles found in Surry Country are Colonial, Federal and Classical Revival.

Bacon's Castle (added 1966 - - #66000849)

Also known as Arthur Allen House

Off VA 10 , Bacon's Castle

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Allen,Arthur

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Military, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1650-1699

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Defense, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Battle Site, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Cedar Ridge (added 2000 - - #00000894)

Also known as 090-0042

4861 Laurel Dr. , Disputanta

Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Colonial

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Chippokes Plantation (added 1969 - - #69000283)

Also known as Chippokes Plantation Historic District;Chippokes;Chippokes S

Chippokes State Park, VA 634 and 633 , Jamestown

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Historic Significance:

Event, Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

English,Colonial, Woodland

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000 AD-999 BC

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Museum, Park, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Enos House (added 1977 - - #77001494)

Also known as Warren House

Address Restricted , Surry

Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1800-1824

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Work In Progress

Four Mile Tree (added 1970 - - #70000826)

NE of the jct. of VA 618 and VA 610 , Surry

Altairisfar, 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, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Glebe House of Southwark Parish (added 1976 - - #76002123)

Also known as The Old Glebe

E of Spring Grove on VA 10 , Spring Grove

Cropbot, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Cargill,Rev. John

Significant Year:

1802, 1724

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church Related Residence, Secondary Structure

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Melville (added 1980 - - #80004228)

E of Surry , Surry

Natwebb, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Faulcon,John,et al.

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Montpelier (added 1980 - - #80004227)

1.4 mi. SW of Cabin Point , Cabin Point

Mojo Hand, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Cocke,John,et al.

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Mount Pleasant Architectural and Archeological Complex (added 2008 - - #08000525)

Also known as VDHR architectural filo. 090-0015 and archeological, files 44SY0034, 0038, 0039, 0158, 0182, 0232, 0233, 0234

Address Restricted , Spring Grove

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential, Person, Event

Architectural Style:

Georgian, Federal

Historic Person:

Cocke II, John Hartwell

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture, Exploration/Settlement

Period of Significance:

7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 499-0 AD, 3000-4999 BC, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Defense, Domestic, Funerary, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Fortification, Garden, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Animal Facility, Multiple Dwelling

Old Brick Church (added 1986 - - #86000002)

Also known as Lower Church,Southwark Parish

VA 10 , Bacon's Castle

Natwebb, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Other

More Information:

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Pleasant Point (added 1976 - - #76002122)

Also known as Crouches Creek Plantation

1 mi. S of Scotland on VA 637 , Scotland

KudzuVine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Sandys,George,et al.

Significant Year:

1740, 1864, 1624

Area of Significance:

Military, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Exploration/Settlement, Politics/Government, Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Cultural Affiliation:

English,Rural

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Hotel, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Rich Neck Farm (added 1980 - - #80004229)

Also known as Richneck Plantation;Rich Neck

E of Surry , Surry

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Rogers' Store (added 2002 - - #02000595)

Jct. of VA 615 and VA 612 , Surry

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Communications, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Communications Facility, Department Store

Current Function:

Work In Progress

More Information:

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Second Southwark Church Archeological Site (44SY65) (added 1984 - - #84003610)

Also known as 44SY65

Address Restricted , Surry

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

Native American

Period of Significance:

1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Unoccupied Land

Smith's Fort (added 1970 - - #70000827)

Also known as The New Fort

Address Restricted , Surry

Natwebb, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

English

Period of Significance:

1600-1649

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Fortification

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Underwater

Snow Hill (added 1979 - - #79003091)

Also known as Booth House

VA 40 , Gwaltney Corner

KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Art, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Surry County Courthouse Complex (added 1986 - - #86000719)

Also known as Surry County Courthouse;DHL File #308-8

VA 10 , Surry

Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Hopkins,John P.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse, Government Office

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse, Government Office

More Information:

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Swann's Point Plantation Site (added 1975 - - #75002040)

Address Restricted , Scotland

Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Person

Historic Person:

Swann,William

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

English,Rural

Period of Significance:

1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Underwater

Town of Surry Historic District (added 2017 - - #100001855)

Generally along Colonial Trail East, Rolfe Highway, Lebanon Road and Beechland Roads, Bank, School and Church Streets, Surry

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Black, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1820-1965 AD

Walnut Valley (added 2013 - - #13000649)

Address Restricted, Highgate

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential

Architectural Style:

Colonial, Federal

Area of Significance:

Agriculture, Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Black

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799

Warren House (added 1973 - - #73002065)

Also known as Rolfe-Warren House

NE of Surry off VA 31 , Surry

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1700-1749, 1650-1699

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

More Information:

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