Built 1636 (1636) Architectural style Central-passage house VLR # 134-0033 Opened 1636 Added to NRHP 15 October 1966 | Architect Thoroughgood, Adam NRHP Reference # 66000921 Area 2 ha Phone +1 757-385-5100 | |
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Location 1636 Parrish Road
Virginia Beach, Virginia Address 1636 Parish Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23455, USA Similar Wishart‑Boush House, Ferry Plantation House, Francis Land House, Old Coast Guard Station M, Cape Henry Light | ||
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The Adam Thoroughgood House is a brick house located within the neighborhood of Thoroughgood, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States. It was at one time thought to have been built in 1636, but recent research has placed its construction ca. 1720. The building underwent major restorations in 1923 and in the 1950s and has served as a museum since opening to the public April 29, 1957. Much of the current structure was most likely the house of the great-grandson of Adam Thoroughgood. The City of Virginia Beach acquired the property in 2003. A 2004 grant application to the National Park Service resulted in a $150,000 award from the prestigious Save America’s Treasures program. The City matched that amount as required. This restoration took longer and cost more than expected, but the house reopened in May 2011.
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Adam Thoroughgood
Adam Thoroughgood (1604–1640), an indentured servant who arrived in Virginia in 1622, became a community leader, a member of the House of Burgesses at Jamestown, and was granted a headright of 5,350 acres (21.7 km2) in 1635.
Adam Thoroughgood was from King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, and the naming of many local features can be traced back to his childhood home, including the Lynnhaven River, the City of Norfolk, and Norfolk County and the City of South Norfolk (the last two of which combined to become the new City of Chesapeake in 1963).
Historic place
It is listed in the US National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark. Another nearby surviving early 18th-century house in Virginia Beach is the Adam Keeling House.