Lands End (Naxera, Virginia)

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Location SE of Naxera on VA 614, near Naxera, Virginia
Coordinates 37°19′35″N76°25′34″W / 37.32639°N 76.42611°W / 37.32639; -76.42611 Coordinates: 37°19′35″N76°25′34″W / 37.32639°N 76.42611°W / 37.32639; -76.42611
Area 30 acres (12 ha)
Built 1798 (1798)
NRHP reference # 74002118 [1]
VLR # 036-0028
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 6, 1974
Designated VLR September 17, 1974 [2]

Lands End is a historic home located near Naxera, Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. It was built about 1798, and is a two-story, three-bay, steeply-pitched gambrel-roofed brick dwelling. It has a single pile plan and a 2½-story rear wing. It was renovated in the 1960s. [3]

Naxera is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, in the U. S. state of Virginia.

Gloucester County, Virginia County in the United States

Gloucester County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 36,858. Its county seat is Gloucester Courthouse. The county was founded in 1651 in the Virginia Colony and is named for Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester.

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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (August 1970). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Lands End" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo