Virginia - Westmoreland County
Westmoreland County Virginia has 22 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 6 places of National significance and 10 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Chantilly, George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Monroe, James, Family Home Site, Spence's Point and Stratford Hall.

Many famous people are associated with these Westmoreland County historic places including Richard Henry Lee, John R. Dos Passos, Robert E. Lee, James Monroe, George Washington and Alexander Graham Bell.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Westmoreland County places including Inc. Richardson & Burgess, Waddy Butler Wood, E.L. Jr. Meyers, Robert Cary Jr. Long, C.E. Nuchals and Raymond Dowling. Prominent architectural styles found in Westmoreland Country are Colonial Revival, Georgian and Federal.

Bell House (added 1987 - - #87000692)
Also known as House at 821 Irving Avenue
821 Irving Ave. , Colonial Beach
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Stick/Eastlake
Historic Person:
Bell,Alexander Graham
Significant Year:
1885, 1930, 1883
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Invention, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
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Blenheim (added 1975 - - #75002042)
N of Wakefield Corner off VA 204 , Wakefield Corner
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Georgian
Historic Person:
Washington,William Augustine,et al.
Significant Year:
1781
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:
Bushfield (added 2004 - - #04000053)
Also known as 096-0052, Bushfield Manor
367 Club House Loop , Mount Holly
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Wood, Waddy Butler, Richardson & Burgess, Inc.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Hotel, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility, Storage
More Information:
Chantilly (added 1971 - - #71000990)
Address Restricted , Montross
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Person
Historic Person:
Lee,Richard Henry
Significant Year:
1763
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
English,Rural
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
George Washington Birthplace National Monument (added 1966 - - #66000850)
E of Fredericksburg off U.S. 301 and VA 3 , Fredericksburg
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Washington,George
Significant Year:
1932, 1732
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Graves/Burials, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Monument/Marker, Museum, Park
Ingleside (added 1979 - - #79003094)
Also known as Washington Academy
S of Oak Grove on VA 638 , Oak Grove
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Johnson, Armstead T., High School (added 1998 - - #98001071)
Also known as A. T. Johnson High School;96-113
0.2 mi. NW of jct. of VA 3 and VA 202 , Montross
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education, Black
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
School
More Information:
Jones, Morgan, 1677 Pottery Kiln (added 1974 - - #74002150)
Address Restricted , Hague
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Industry
Cultural Affiliation:
English,Industrial
Period of Significance:
1650-1699
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Underwater
Kinsale Historic District (added 2005 - - #05000476)
Also known as VDHR #096-0090
Roughly along Kinsale Rd, Kinsale Bridge Rd., Sigouney Dr., Great House Rd., and Yeocomico Ln. , Kinsale
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Federal
Area of Significance:
Military, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Financial Institution, Fire Station, Meeting Hall, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Government, Recreation And Culture, Social
Current Sub-function:
Business, Cemetery, Meeting Hall, Museum, Post Office, Single Dwelling, Storage
More Information:
Monroe, James, Family Home Site (added 1979 - - #79003095)
Also known as James Monroe's Birthplace
Address Restricted , Oak Grove
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Historic Significance:
Person, Information Potential
Historic Person:
Monroe,James
Significant Year:
1774, 1750, 1758
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
English,Rural
Period of Significance:
1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park
Monroe, James, Family Home Site (Boundary Increase) (added 2008 - - #08000285)
VA 205 , Monroe Hall
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential, Person
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Grigg, Milton
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts
Historic Person:
Monroe, James
Area of Significance:
Social History, Landscape Architecture, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
African American, Euro-American
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1750-1799
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Animal Facility, Cemetery, Single Dwelling, Storage
Current Function:
Funerary, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Forest, Monument/Marker, Outdoor Recreation
Mount Pleasant (added 2002 - - #02001440)
Also known as VDHR 096-5003
317 Coles Point Rd. , Hague
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Panorama (added 2011 - - #10001186)
ADDRESS RESTRICTED, Montross
Panorama1932S, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
More Information:
Rochester House (added 1991 - - #90002205)
Also known as DHR File No. 96-87
Co. Rt. 613, 1 mi. NE of Lyells off VA 3 , Lyells
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings
More Information:
Roxbury (added 1979 - - #79003096)
1.7 mi. S of Oak Grove , Oak Grove
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Spence's Point (added 1971 - - #71000991)
Also known as John R. Dos Passos Farm
On Sandy Point Neck, on VA 749 , Westmoreland
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Dos Passos,John R.
Significant Year:
1970, 1942
Area of Significance:
Literature
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Spring Grove (added 1985 - - #85003130)
VA 202 , Mt. Holly
Acroterion, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Federal
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
St. Peter's Episcopal Church (added 2004 - - #03001445)
Also known as VDHR Number 096-0045
Jct. of VA 3 and VA 205 , Oak Grove
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Long, Robert Cary Jr., et.al.
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
Stratford Hall (added 1966 - - #66000851)
N of Lerty on VA 214 , Lerty
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Georgian
Historic Person:
Lee,Robert E.,et al.
Significant Year:
1730, 1725
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture, Military
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Museum
More Information:
Westmoreland State Park Historic District (added 2005 - - #05001265)
Also known as Westmoreland State Park, DHR Number 096-0089
1650 State Park Rd. , Montross
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et.al., Meyers, E.L. Jr.
Architectural Style:
Modern Movement, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
Area of Significance:
Landscape Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Pedestrian Related, Public Works, Restaurant, Road-Related
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Camp, Department Store, Outdoor Recreation, Park, Pedestrian Related, Road-Related
More Information:
Wirtland (added 1979 - - #79003097)
S of Oak Grove on VA 638 , Oak Grove
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Park, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Park, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Yeocomico Church (added 1969 - - #69000331)
SW of Tucker Hill on Rte. 66 , Tucker Hill
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Religion
Current Sub-function:
Religious Structure
More Information:
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