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Port Royal Historic District

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Architectural style
  
Federal

VLR #
  
284-0047

Area
  
81 ha

Added to NRHP
  
16 February 1970

NRHP Reference #
  
70000786

Designated VLR
  
December 2, 1969

Year built
  
1745

Port Royal Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by Rappahannock River, Roys Run, Rt. 17, and Goldenville Creek, Port Royal, Virginia

Port Royal Historic District is a national historic district located at Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia. The district encompasses 35 contributing buildings in the historic core of the 18th century tobacco port of Port Royal. Notable buildings include the 18th-century Fox's Tavern, the mid-19th century Masonic Hall, the 18th-century frame mansion of the Brockenbrough family, the Hipkins-Carr House, the Gray House, and St. Peter's Episcopal Church (c. 1836). Townfield and Riverview are separately listed.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

References

Port Royal Historic District Wikipedia