Virginia - James City County
James City County Virginia has 19 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 5 places of National significance and 9 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Archeological Site No. 44JC308, Carter's Grove, Chickahominy Shipyard Archeological Site, Colonial National Historical Park and Jamestown National Historic Site.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Middle Woodland, Late Woodland, American Agriculture and Early Woodland dating back to 1499 BC.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the James City County places including Richard Talieferro, Charles Peterson, David Minitree, Richard Taliaferro, Lars Rustad and Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. Prominent architectural styles found in James City Country are Colonial, Colonial Revival and Federal.

Amblers (added 2015 - - #15000016)
Jamestown, Jamestown
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1974 AD
Archeological Site No. 44JC308 (added 1993 - - #93000507)
Also known as 44JC308;Paspahegh Settlement Site
Address Restricted , Williamsburg
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Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Prehistoric, Historic - Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Middle Woodland, Late Woodland, American Agriculture
Period of Significance:
499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1900-1750 AD, 1749-1500 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Department Store, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Recreation And Culture, Work In Progress
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Outdoor Recreation
Carter's Grove (added 1969 - - #69000249)
Also known as Carter's Grove Plantation
SE of jct. of Rte. 667 and U.S. 60 , Williamsburg
MPF, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Talieferro,Richard, Minitree,David
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Chickahominy Shipyard Archeological Site (added 1979 - - #79003048)
Also known as Chickahominy Shipyard
Address Restricted , Toano
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Military, Transportation, Industry
Cultural Affiliation:
Virginia Navy
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Naval Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade
Colonial National Historical Park (added 1966 - - #66000839)
VA 359 , Jamestown and
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et.al., Peterson, Charles
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Military, Maritime History
Cultural Affiliation:
English
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1850-1874, 1750-1799, 1600-1649
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Battle Site, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Road-Related, Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker, Museum, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Road-Related
More Information:
Croaker Landing Archaeological Site (44JC70) (added 1987 - - #87000753)
Also known as 44JC70
Address Restricted , Croaker
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Early Woodland, Late Woodland
Period of Significance:
500-999 BC, 499-0 BC, 499-0 AD, 1900-1750 AD, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-500 AD, 1000-1499 BC
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Governor's Land Archeological District (added 1973 - - #73002025)
Address Restricted , Jamestown
Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
American Revolution, Early American Settlement
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Business, Single Dwelling
Green Spring (added 1978 - - #78000261)
Address Restricted , Williamsburg
Ibn Battuta, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture, Prehistoric, Landscape Architecture, Agriculture
Period of Significance:
1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Correctional Facility, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling, Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Hickory Neck Church (added 1973 - - #73002023)
N of Toano on U.S. 60 , Toano
KudzuVine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure, School
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
Jamestown National Historic Site (added 1966 - - #66000840)
Jamestown Island , Jamestown
Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Exploration/Settlement, Community Planning And Development
Cultural Affiliation:
English
Period of Significance:
1700-1749, 1650-1699, 1600-1649
Owner:
Federal, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Village Site
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Kingsmill Plantation (added 1972 - - #72001401)
5 mi. S of Williamsburg , Williamsburg
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture
Cultural Affiliation:
American Revolution
Period of Significance:
1700-1749, 1650-1699
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Battle Site, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Norge Historic District (added 1992 - - #92001269)
Also known as DHR File No. 47-34
7300--7400 blocks Richmond Rd. and Peninsula and Peach Sts. , Norge
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Rustad,Lars
Architectural Style:
Other, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
European, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Social, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Manufacturing Facility, Meeting Hall, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Social, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Norge Train Depot (added 2009 - - #08000256)
Also known as #047-5301
7770 Croaker Rd. , Williamsburg
SKM2000, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Communications, Social History, Transportation, Black
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Rail-Related
Current Function:
Work In Progress
More Information:
Pinewoods (added 1971 - - #71000983)
Also known as Warbuton House
1.4 mi. SW of jct. of VA 613 and 614 , Lightfoot
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1650-1699
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Civic
More Information:
Powhatan (added 1970 - - #70000803)
N of jct. of Rtes. 615 and 5 , Five Forks
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Taliaferro,Richard
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Riverview (added 1996 - - #96001446)
Also known as VDHR Site No. 47-25
Address Restricted , Williamsburg
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Federal, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Garden, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Garden, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Stone House Site (added 1973 - - #73002024)
Address Restricted , Toano
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture
Cultural Affiliation:
Early American
Period of Significance:
1650-1699
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
White Hall (added 2007 - - #07000234)
Also known as Whitehall Plantation; Whitehall Tavern, #047-0041
3200 Rochambeau Rd. , Toano
SKM2000, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Restaurant, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Windsor Castle (added 1987 - - #87002149)
Also known as Windsor;DHL File No. 47-21
1812 Forge Rd. , Toano
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
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