Major Thomas Walke’s will of 1759 bequeathed to his son, Thomas, a plantation house in Virginia Beach, described as being under construction, a house presumed to be the brick dwelling at Upper Wolfsnare. During the American Revolution, the younger Thomas Walke served as one of Princess Anne County’s two delegates to the Virginia convention, which ratified the United States Constitution. Features of Walke’s house parallel those in several other colonial houses of the area. The double-pile plan with a corner staircase is similar to Pleasant Hall. The style of the paneling, bereft of molding, seems to be a regional type. Known for many years as Brick House Farm, the Upper Wolfsnare property has been called by its present name since 1939, derived from Wolfsnare Creek, which ran nearby until obliterated by the Virginia Beach Expressway. The house has been in the custodianship of the Princess Anne Historical Society since 1966.

Upper Wolfsnare was first listed in the National Register in 1975. A 2026 nomination update expanded on the history and significance of the property, including the presence of enslaved laborers, and brought the 50-year-old nomination up to present day standards.  The listed boundaries of the property were not changed.  Thomas Walke III began construction on the house around 1760 and left the incomplete house to his son, Thomas Walke IV, in his will written the same year.  The house has remarkable integrity to the mid-18th century.  It is located on a 2-acre parcel sandwiched between the highway and Naval Air Station Oceana in the City of Virginia Beach but retains a surprisingly isolated feel.  It has been owned by the Princess Anne County Virginia Beach Historical Society (PACVBHS) since 1966 and was restored by that organization in the 1970s and 1980s.
[VLR Approved: 9/17/2026; NRHP Approval: Pending]