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Somerton Historic District

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Built
  
c. 1800 (1800)

NRHP Reference #
  
08001272

Designated VLR
  
September 18, 2008

Added to NRHP
  
31 December 2008

Architectural style
  
Georgian, Federal

VLR #
  
133-5256

Area
  
96 ha

Somerton Historic District

Location
  
Arthur Dr., Pittmantown Rd., Boonetown Rd, Suffolk, Virginia

Somerton Historic District is a national historic district located at Suffolk, Virginia. The district encompasses 15 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in the rural village of Somerton in Suffolk. The district includes an 18th-century ordinary, a 19th-century church, and modest dwellings dating from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries surrounded by large agricultural fields. The buildings are in a variety of popular architectural styles ranging from Federal to Folk Victorian. Notable buildings include the Somerton United Methodist Church and cemetery (c. 1880), Washington Smith Ordinary (c. 1800), and Ellis General Store.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

References

Somerton Historic District Wikipedia