Criss Cross (New Kent, Virginia)

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LocationSouthwest of New Kent off VA 608, New Kent, Virginia
Coordinates 37°30′10″N77°1′38″W / 37.50278°N 77.02722°W / 37.50278; -77.02722 Coordinates: 37°30′10″N77°1′38″W / 37.50278°N 77.02722°W / 37.50278; -77.02722
Builtca. 1690
ArchitectUnknown
Architectural style Colonial, Other
NRHP reference # 73002043 [1]
VLR #063-0006
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 11, 1973
Designated VLRJanuary 16, 1973 [2]

Criss Cross is a Colonial style brick house built about 1690 by George Poindexter in New Kent County, Virginia. It is similar in style to neighboring Foster's Castle. George Poindexter was the immigrant founder of the Poindexters in America. Originally from Jersey, he settled his family in the Virginia Colony. [3]

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Fosters Castle human settlement in Virginia, United States of America

Foster's Castle is a historic plantation house located near Tunstall, New Kent County, Virginia. It was built about 1685, as a 1 1/2-story, T-shaped brick building, with a two-story central projection at the front. The house is similar to neighboring Criss Cross. It was raised to a full two stories with a low pitched roof in 1873. Its builder, Colonel Joseph Foster, was a vestryman and supervisor of construction at St. Peter's Church.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (December 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Criss Cross" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo