Newport Historic District | |
Location | Area surrounding Greenbriar Branch Rd. and State Route 42, Newport, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°17′36″N80°29′46″W / 37.29333°N 80.49611°W Coordinates: 37°17′36″N80°29′46″W / 37.29333°N 80.49611°W |
Area | 35 acres (14 ha) |
Built | 1832 |
Architect | Multiple |
Architectural style | Multiple |
NRHP reference No. | 94000059 [1] |
VLR No. | 035-0151 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | February 25, 1994 |
Designated VLR | December 8, 1993 [2] |
Newport Historic District is a national historic district located at Newport, Giles County, Virginia. It encompasses 50 contributing buildings and 3 contributing sites in the rural village of Newport. The district includes primarily freestanding single-family dwellings or store buildings of one or two stories, featuring wood-frame construction, wood siding or ornamental metal sheathing, front porches, and associated outbuildings. Notable buildings include the Epling-Dunkley[or Dunklee]-Smith House (1820s-1830s), Keister-Miller House (1846), Robert Payne House (1850s), Payne-Price House, the Miller Building (c. 1902), the Pent Taylor Store (c. 1902), the Miller Brothers General Mercantile Store (c. 1902), F.E. Dunkley [Dunklee] Store (c. 1902–1903), Pasterfield House (1903), Dr. Walter Miller House (1903-1904), Albert Price House (1904), Methodist Parsonage (1909), Newport Methodist Church (1850s, 1906), and Sinking Creek Valley Bank (1927). [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1] It is included in the Greater Newport Rural Historic District.
Park Place is a neighborhood in the western half of Norfolk, Virginia. Its boundaries are roughly Granby Street on the east, Colley Avenue on the west, 23rd Street on the south and up to 38th Street to the north. Within these boundaries Park Place is made up of 4 historic subdivisions; Virginia Place, East Kensington, Park Place, and East Old Dominion Place.
Cumberland Court House Historic District is a national historic district located at Cumberland, Cumberland County, Virginia. The district encompasses 111 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, and 8 contributing objects in the county seat of Cumberland County, Virginia. It includes the governmental core of the village and the residential, commercial, educational, and religious resources that have grown up around the courthouse since Cumberland's designation as the county seat in 1777. In addition to the separately listed Cumberland County Courthouse complex, notable buildings include Burleigh Hall, Woodlawn, Center Presbyterian Church (1852), Red Rose Inn, Stewart-Crockett House, All Saints Episcopal Church, Larkin Garrett House (1903), Flippen-Crawley House (1905), Joseph Carpenter House (1903), Masonic Lodge #283 (1903), and Payne Memorial United Methodist Church (1914).
New Castle Historic District is a national historic district located at New Castle in Craig County, Virginia, United States. It encompasses 111 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 1 contributing object in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of New Castle. The focal point of the district is the Craig County Courthouse. It was built about 1850, and is a temple-form structure with shallow gable roof, a two-story tetrastyle Greek Doric order portico and wooden hexagonal cupola. Associated with the courthouse is the sheriff's house and old jail. Other notable buildings include the Central Hotel, First National Bank Building, Layman Insurance Agency building, Givens-McCartney House (1837), Caldwell-Berger-Lamb House, Bank of New Castle, Farmers and Merchants (F&M) Bank of Craig County (1917-1920), Wagener Brothers Store, Bill Caldwell General Store, George W. Craft, New Castle Methodist Episcopal Church, and Masonic Temple (1940).
Clifton Historic District is a national historic district located at Clifton, Fairfax County, Virginia. It encompasses 62 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing object in the town of Clifton. They include 53 residences, 3 churches, 4 commercial buildings, and 2 local government buildings mostly built between 1880 and 1910. Notable buildings include the Clifton Presbyterian Church (1871), Clifton Baptist Church (1912), Clifton Hotel (1869), the Mayhugh Tavern, the Ford House, the Cross House, Buckley Brothers Store, the M. M. Payne House (1903), and "Red Gables" (1908).
Bristersburg Historic District is a national historic district located at Bristersburg, Fauquier County, Virginia. It encompasses 19 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, 1 contributing structure, and 1 contributing object in the rural crossroads of Bristersburg. They include three dwellings, a church, a school, and three stores. Notable buildings include the Tulloss Brothers Store, Zoar Baptist Church (1852), Bristone House, Compton’s Store, Eskridge House, The Bristersburg School (1910) and Payne's Store.
Orlean Historic District is a national historic district located at Orlean, Fauquier County, Virginia. It encompasses 51 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in the rural village of Orlean. The district includes commercial buildings, churches, a post office, a former school, and multiple residences and their ancillary outbuildings that date from the late 18th century to the mid-20th century. Notable buildings include the Orlean Farm House, Smith-Hinkley House, the Anderson-Rector House and Store, the Greek Revival style Thorpe-Cornwell House, Jeffries Store (1885), Orlean Methodist Church (1881-1883), Providence Baptist Church (1883), and Orlean post office building (1956).
Paris Historic District is a national historic district located at Paris, Fauquier County, Virginia. It encompasses 53 contributing resources in the rural village of Paris. The district includes primarily residences, although the district also includes some commercial buildings, churches, a former school, and a cemetery. Fifty-two of the 53 contributing resources are already listed as part of the Crooked Run Valley Rural Historic District. Notable buildings include "Wagoner's Stand", the Josiah Murray House, the William Peck House, Old Paris Meeting House, the Willis-Carr House, the former Rogers Store, and Trinity United Methodist Church (1892).
Remington Historic District is a national historic district located at Remington, Fauquier County, Virginia. It encompasses 131 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing structures in the rural village of Remington. The district consists primarily of late-19th- and early-20th-century dwellings, churches, and commercial buildings that illustrate the town's growth and development. Notable buildings include the Rouse House, Remington Methodist Church (1872), St. Luke's Episcopal Church (1881), Remington Baptist Church (1884), the Daniels House, Remington Farmer's Co-op Building, Groves Hardware Building (1905), and the State Bank of Remington (1913).
Cahas Mountain Rural Historic District is a national historic district located near Boones Mill, Franklin County, Virginia. It encompasses 33 contributing buildings, 10 contributing sites, and 8 contributing structures. Most historic (above-ground) resources are associated with the four farms that compose the district. They include the John and Susan Boon House, Taylor-Price House, Boon-Garst House, and Washington and Rinda Boon House (1889). The historic sites include the Boone Cemetery (1911).
Greater Newport Rural Historic District is a national historic district located near Newport, Giles County, Virginia. It encompasses a total of 737 contributing buildings and 25 contributing structures in the rural area near the village of Newport. It encompasses the previously listed Newport Historic District. The district includes primarily 19th- and early-20th-century farmsteads and complexes. Notable buildings include the "Camper" Cabin, Albert Meredith Cabin, E. L. Lucas House, Moses Atkins House (1837), William Lafon House (1855), Doak Lucas House (1860), Leonard Kessinger House (1871), Martin Farrier House (1905), Steve and Lori Taylor House (1938), Upper Spruce Run School (1890), Clover Hollow Christian Church (1921), Sherry Memorial Church, Old Cook Mill, three standing diminutive Burr covered bridges, a smelting furnace (1871), the Mountain Lake Hotel Resort, and the Biological Station of the University of Virginia (1934).
Spring Valley Rural Historic District is a national historic district located near Fries, Grayson County, Virginia. The district encompasses 184 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 1 contributing object in the wooded and agricultural northeastern corner of Grayson County. It includes mostly frame or log structures, with a few brick buildings, and several well-preserved examples of early-19th century log dwellings still in use. Notable buildings include the Knob Fork Primitive Baptist Church, William Bourne House "Walnut Hill", Austin King House, Tomlinson House, O'Donnell Place, Ephraim Boyer House, John Fielder Farmhouse, Ebenezer Methodist Church and Cemetery, Spring Valley Academy, Glenn Cornett House (1904), and Phipps Bourne Farmstead (1909). Located in the district is the separately listed Stephen G. Bourne House.
Stanardsville Historic District is a national historic district located at Stanardsville, Greene County, Virginia. The district encompasses 146 contributing buildings, 4 contributing sites, 9 contributing structures, and 8 contributing objects in the Town of Stanardsville. It includes the Courthouse Square district and surrounding commercial and residential areas. Notable buildings include the Stanardsville Methodist Church, Grace Episcopal Church (1901), Lafayette Hotel, Gibbons Store, John Sims house (1850), Greene County Chamber of Commerce, Forest Hill Academy, and Stanardsville Motor Company (1930). Located in the district is the separately listed Greene County Courthouse.
Mineral Historic District is a national historic district located at Mineral, Louisa County, Virginia. It encompasses 222 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 6 contributing structures in the town of Mineral. It includes a variety of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings built after the town was platted in 1890. Notable buildings include the Gibson House (1915), Turner House, Dr. H. J. Judd House (1906), Odd Fellows Hall (1894), former D.E. Bumpass Department Store, former Mineral Drug Store, Bank of Louisa, C&O railroad depot (1880s), Mineral Crystal Ice Plant, Louisa County Power & Light Plant, Standard Oil Company building (1907), Episcopal Church of Incarnation (1902-1903), Mineral Baptist Church (1906), and the former Mineral School (1927).
Riner Historic District is a national historic district located at Riner, Montgomery County, Virginia. The district encompasses 23 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the village of Riner. It includes a variety of vernacular residential, commercial, and institutional buildings dating from the 1850s to 1920s. Notable buildings include the Methodist Episcopal Church (1908), Bank of Riner (1912–1913), Jonathan E. Hall House / Store, Kinsey-Lawrence House (1908–1909), Dr. Stone Farm, Surface Mill, Auburn United Methodist Church (1885), and Sam Barnett Store.
Prices Fork Historic District is a national historic district located at Prices Fork, Montgomery County, Virginia. The district encompasses 13 contributing buildings in the village of Prices Fork. It includes a variety of vernacular residential, commercial, and institutional buildings dating to the 19th century. Notable buildings include the James Bain Price House (1871), Price Store (1871), Prices Fork Methodist Church, and St. Marks Lutheran Church (1877).
Blacksburg Historic District is a national historic district located at Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia. The district encompasses 137 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of the town of Blacksburg. The district includes commercial, residential, and institutional buildings in a variety of popular architectural styles including Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, and Colonial Revival. Notable buildings include the Johnson House, Blacksburg Presbyterian Church #1 (1847), Smith-Montgomery House, Croy House, Spout Spring House, Deyerle's Store (1875-1877), W. B. Conway Building, Presbyterian manse (1907), Sheriff Camper House, Christ Episcopal Church, African Methodist Episcopal Church of Blacksburg, Blacksburg Presbyterian Church (1904), Blacksburg Methodist Church (1910), St. Mary's Catholic Church, Hunter's Lodge Masonic Building (1928), Martin-Logan Store, Lyric Theater (1922), and Ellett's Drug Store (1900).
Gordonsville Historic District is a national historic district located at Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia. It encompasses 85 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures in the town of Gordonsville. They include 19th- and early 20th-century residential, commercial and institutional buildings in a variety of popular architectural styles including Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, and Georgian Revival styles. Notable buildings include the E.J. Faulconer House, Faulconer-Schlosser House (1868), Linney-Barbour Building (1870), Swan-Payne House (1901), Magnolia House, Gordonsville Christian Church, Gordonsville Presbyterian Church (1855), Gordonsville Methodist Church (1873), St. Mark's Catholic, Christ Episcopal Church, Grammar School (1877-1878), Memorial Hall, Sneed's Store, Allman Building, Gordonsville Motor Car Company Building, The Old Oaken Bucket, and the Blakey Building (1916). Located in the district is the separately listed Exchange Hotel.
Edinburg Historic District is a national historic district located at Edinburg, Shenandoah County, Virginia. The district encompasses 292 contributing buildings, 6 contributing sites, 3 contributing structures, and 3 contributing objects in the town of Edinburg. It includes a variety of commercial, residential, and institutional buildings dating primarily from the time of its incorporation in 1852 to the mid-20th century. They are in a variety of popular architectural styles including Colonial Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne. Notable buildings include the Philip Grandstaff House (1787), Edinburg Hotel, St. John's United Methodist Church (1916), Edinburg High School (1932-1933), Rush House, The Hatch, Piccadilly House (1850), Pres Grandstaff House, Masonic Building (1879), Harshman House (1900), Rest Haven Inn, Edinburg Train Station, Edinburg Village Shops (1896), Wrenn Building, Edinburg Town Hall (1903), St. Paul's United Church of Christ (1911), and the Mantz House (1930). Located in the district is the separately listed Edinburg Mill.
North End Historic District is a national historic district located at Newport News, Virginia. It encompasses 451 contributing buildings in a primarily residential section of Newport News. It is a compact, middle-class and upper middle-class residential neighborhood that arose during the period 1900–1935 in association with the nearby Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. The neighborhood includes notable examples of the Victorian, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow styles. Notable buildings include the Walter A. Pos House (1902), John Livesay House (1906), J. E. Warren House (1905), W. L. Shumate House (1915), and Willet House.
Stuart Addition Historic District is a national historic district located at Staunton, Virginia. The district encompasses 93 contributing buildings in a primarily residential section of Staunton. The district includes some early 19th-century structures, but most of the homes were built after 1870. The medium-density residential area includes notable examples of the Colonial Revival, Italianate, and Gothic Revival styles. Notable buildings include the Blakely or Templeton House, Steele House (1928), Kivlighan House (1910), Arlington Flats, D. Webster Davis School (1915), St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church (1895), Augusta Street Methodist Church, Ebenezer Baptist Church (1910), and Mt. Zion Baptist Church (1904). Located in the district is the separately listed C. W. Miller House.