Arlington Archeological Site

Arlington Archeological Site
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
Overview, with interpretive signage in the distance
Nearest city	Capeville, Virginia
Area	7.3 acres (3.0 ha)
Built	1614 (1614)
NRHP reference No.	08000422 [1]
VLR No.	065-0001
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 12, 2008
Designated VLR	March 20, 2008 [2]

Arlington Archeological Site is a historic archaeological site located near Capeville, Northampton County, Virginia. It is located east of the Custis Tombs. The site includes archaeological features ranging from Accomack Plantation, the first English settlement of the Eastern Shore in 1619, to probable tenant or slave quarter features dating to the second half of the 18th century. The site also includes the foundations of the Arlington Mansion, established about 1670 and demolished about 1720, at Arlington Plantation, the ancestral home of the Custis family of Virginia. Some sources state that the name of the Northampton County property derived from Henry Bennet ^[3] while other sources state that it was named after Arlington, Gloucestershire, the birthplace and early home of Henry Custis, the father of John Custis Sr. Archaeological investigations and excavations of the site were conducted in 1987-1988 and 1994. ^[4]

The former Arlington Mansion lent its name to the Arlington House in Arlington, Virginia. ^[5]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
3. "Why Is It Named Arlington?". Ghosts of DC. February 16, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
4. Nicholas M. Luccketti (1999). "ARCHAEOLOGY AT ARLINGTON: Excavations at the Ancestral Custis Plantation, Northampton County, Virginia" (PDF). Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2005.
5. Federal Writers' Project (1938). The Ocean Highway: New Brunswick, New Jersey to Jacksonville, Florida. Works Progress Administration. p. 81.