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

Westmoreland County Virginia has 22 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 6 places of National significance and 10 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Chantilly, George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Monroe, James, Family Home Site, Spence's Point and Stratford Hall.

Many famous people are associated with these Westmoreland County historic places including Richard Henry Lee, John R. Dos Passos, Robert E. Lee, James Monroe, George Washington and Alexander Graham Bell.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Westmoreland County places including Inc. Richardson & Burgess, Waddy Butler Wood, E.L. Jr. Meyers, Robert Cary Jr. Long, C.E. Nuchals and Raymond Dowling. Prominent architectural styles found in Westmoreland Country are Colonial Revival, Georgian and Federal.

Bell House (added 1987 - - #87000692)

Also known as House at 821 Irving Avenue

821 Irving Ave. , Colonial Beach

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Stick/Eastlake

Historic Person:

Bell,Alexander Graham

Significant Year:

1885, 1930, 1883

Area of Significance:

Community Planning And Development, Invention, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Blenheim (added 1975 - - #75002042)

N of Wakefield Corner off VA 204 , Wakefield Corner

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Georgian

Historic Person:

Washington,William Augustine,et al.

Significant Year:

1781

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Bushfield (added 2004 - - #04000053)

Also known as 096-0052, Bushfield Manor

367 Club House Loop , Mount Holly

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Wood, Waddy Butler, Richardson & Burgess, Inc.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Hotel, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility, Storage

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Chantilly (added 1971 - - #71000990)

Address Restricted , Montross

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Person

Historic Person:

Lee,Richard Henry

Significant Year:

1763

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

English,Rural

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields

George Washington Birthplace National Monument (added 1966 - - #66000850)

E of Fredericksburg off U.S. 301 and VA 3 , Fredericksburg

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Washington,George

Significant Year:

1932, 1732

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1700-1749

Owner:

Federal

Historic Function:

Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Monument/Marker, Museum, Park

Ingleside (added 1979 - - #79003094)

Also known as Washington Academy

S of Oak Grove on VA 638 , Oak Grove

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Johnson, Armstead T., High School (added 1998 - - #98001071)

Also known as A. T. Johnson High School;96-113

0.2 mi. NW of jct. of VA 3 and VA 202 , Montross

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Education, Black

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

School

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Jones, Morgan, 1677 Pottery Kiln (added 1974 - - #74002150)

Address Restricted , Hague

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Historic Significance:

Information Potential, Event

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Industry

Cultural Affiliation:

English,Industrial

Period of Significance:

1650-1699

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Underwater

Kinsale Historic District (added 2005 - - #05000476)

Also known as VDHR #096-0090

Roughly along Kinsale Rd, Kinsale Bridge Rd., Sigouney Dr., Great House Rd., and Yeocomico Ln. , Kinsale

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Federal

Area of Significance:

Military, Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

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

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Financial Institution, Fire Station, Meeting Hall, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Government, Recreation And Culture, Social

Current Sub-function:

Business, Cemetery, Meeting Hall, Museum, Post Office, Single Dwelling, Storage

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Monroe, James, Family Home Site (added 1979 - - #79003095)

Also known as James Monroe's Birthplace

Address Restricted , Oak Grove

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Historic Significance:

Person, Information Potential

Historic Person:

Monroe,James

Significant Year:

1774, 1750, 1758

Area of Significance:

Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

English,Rural

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park

Monroe, James, Family Home Site (Boundary Increase) (added 2008 - - #08000285)

VA 205 , Monroe Hall

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Grigg, Milton

Architectural Style:

Beaux Arts

Historic Person:

Monroe, James

Area of Significance:

Social History, Landscape Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal

Cultural Affiliation:

African American, Euro-American

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1750-1799

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Cemetery, Single Dwelling, Storage

Current Function:

Funerary, Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Forest, Monument/Marker, Outdoor Recreation

Mount Pleasant (added 2002 - - #02001440)

Also known as VDHR 096-5003

317 Coles Point Rd. , Hague

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Panorama (added 2011 - - #10001186)

ADDRESS RESTRICTED, Montross

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

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Rochester House (added 1991 - - #90002205)

Also known as DHR File No. 96-87

Co. Rt. 613, 1 mi. NE of Lyells off VA 3 , Lyells

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Colonial

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings

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Roxbury (added 1979 - - #79003096)

1.7 mi. S of Oak Grove , Oak Grove

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other, Late Victorian

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Spence's Point (added 1971 - - #71000991)

Also known as John R. Dos Passos Farm

On Sandy Point Neck, on VA 749 , Westmoreland

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Historic Significance:

Person

Historic Person:

Dos Passos,John R.

Significant Year:

1970, 1942

Area of Significance:

Literature

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Spring Grove (added 1985 - - #85003130)

VA 202 , Mt. Holly

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival, Federal

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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St. Peter's Episcopal Church (added 2004 - - #03001445)

Also known as VDHR Number 096-0045

Jct. of VA 3 and VA 205 , Oak Grove

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Long, Robert Cary Jr., et.al.

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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Stratford Hall (added 1966 - - #66000851)

N of Lerty on VA 214 , Lerty

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Georgian

Historic Person:

Lee,Robert E.,et al.

Significant Year:

1730, 1725

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture, Military

Period of Significance:

1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

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Westmoreland State Park Historic District (added 2005 - - #05001265)

Also known as Westmoreland State Park, DHR Number 096-0089

1650 State Park Rd. , Montross

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et.al., Meyers, E.L. Jr.

Architectural Style:

Modern Movement, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements

Area of Significance:

Landscape Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Pedestrian Related, Public Works, Restaurant, Road-Related

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Department Store, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Pedestrian Related, Road-Related

More Information:

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Wirtland (added 1979 - - #79003097)

S of Oak Grove on VA 638 , Oak Grove

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Landscape Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Historic Sub-function:

Park, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Park, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Yeocomico Church (added 1969 - - #69000331)

SW of Tucker Hill on Rte. 66 , Tucker Hill

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Colonial

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1700-1749

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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