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Village of Morattico Historic District

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Architect
  
multiple

VLR #
  
051-5223

Area
  
81 ha

NRHP Reference #
  
11000857

Designated VLR
  
September 20, 2010

Added to NRHP
  
22 November 2011

Village of Morattico Historic District

Location
  
Portions of Morattico Rd., Riverside, & Saltwater Drs., Church, & Sea Shell Lns., Mulberry Creek, & Water View Rds., Morattico, Virginia

Village of Morattico Historic District is a national historic district located at Morattico, Lancaster County, Virginia. The district encompasses 69 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 3 contributing structures in the village of Morattico. The district includes residential, commercial, and institutional buildings in a community whose economy was based on water-borne transportation, seafood extraction, and seafood processing. The village developed after 1890. Notable buildings include the Morattico General Store (c. 1890), Dr. Lewis' Office (c. 1910), Morattico Post Office (1949), Jackson Seafood (1950), Shelton Crab House, and Emmanuel United Methodist Church (1898).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

References

Village of Morattico Historic District Wikipedia