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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Manassas, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]
Capt. John Perrin built the house on a point of land overlooking the York River directly across from Yorktown in 1716 with plans reputed to have been drawn by Christopher Wren. The house was used as a lookout for ships during the Battle of Yorktown. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, five-bay, gable roofed brick dwelling in the Georgian style.
Location of Gloucester County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Gloucester County, Virginia.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Gloucester County, Virginia, United States.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Bath County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]
The Conner House served from July to November 1861 as the headquarters of General Joseph E. Johnston, commander of the Confederate Army during the first several months of its existence. In 1973 the Town (now City) of Manassas Park purchased the house and yard. [3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. [1]
Located in Old Town Manassas is the Manassas Museum. Inspired by a small museum in Strasburg Virginia, lifelong resident, Walser Rohr suggested the town assemble artifacts for display in a trial museum. The exhibit opened for the centennial celebrations in 1973 and was a success. Since 1991, the museum has increased exhibit spaces to include ...
Since the houses in the area were constructed in consecutively popular modes (i.e. Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, and American Foursquare) during an era of aggressive eclecticism, the district's architectural cohesiveness is established through use of common building materials, similarity of scale among structures, and mutually sympathetic ...
William Green's 1669 patent for 1,150 acres (4.7 km 2) encompassed most of the peninsula between Dogue Creek and Accotink Creek, along the Potomac River.Although this property was sub-divided and sold in the early 18th century, it was reassembled during the 1730s to create the central portion of Col. William Fairfax's 2,200-acre (8.9 km 2) plantation of Belvoir Manor.