Morgantown Historic District (Marshall, Virginia)

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Morgantown Historic District
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LocationThe area roughly surrounding the junction of Freestate Rd. and Mount Nebo Church Rd., as well as a discontiguous cemetery located approximately 0.2 miles (0.32 km) to the southeast at the end of Mount Nebo Church Rd., near Marshall, Virginia
Coordinates 38°50′25″N77°52′35″W / 38.84028°N 77.87639°W / 38.84028; -77.87639 Coordinates: 38°50′25″N77°52′35″W / 38.84028°N 77.87639°W / 38.84028; -77.87639
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
NRHP reference No. 04000045 [1]
VLR No.030-5322
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 11, 2004
Designated VLRDecember 3, 2003 [2]

Morgantown Historic District is a national historic district located near Marshall, Fauquier County, Virginia. It encompasses 7 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in the Reconstruction-era African-American rural village of Morgantown. The district contains four dwellings, the Mount Nebo Baptist Church (1902), an abandoned Morgantown School (c. 1891), a meat house, the ruins of an outbuilding, and a cemetery. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. [1]

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References

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  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Maral S. Kalbian and Margaret T. Peters (July 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Morgantown Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying map