Samuel D. Outlaw Blacksmith Shop
The Samuel D. Outlaw Blacksmith Shop is located in the Accomack County town of Onancock, and is listed under the African American Watermen of the Virginia Chesapeake Bay MPD. The […]
Saxis Island Historic District
The 353-acre Saxis Island Historic District encompasses the Town of Saxis and adjacent areas of a narrow Accomack County peninsula that juts into the Chesapeake Bay. Isolated from the mainland […]
U.S. Government Lifesaving Stations, Houses of Refuge, and pre-1950 U.S. Coast Guard Lifeboat Stations MPD
This Multiple Property Documentation (MPD) Form aids the nomination to the registers of facilities constructed to fulfill the mission of the U.S. Life-Saving Service. It includes discussion of stations constructed […]
Locustville Academy
Built around 1859, the modest, two-story Locustville Academy retains many original interior and exterior elements of its construction including a one-story belfry, topped by a pyramidal roof. Still situated in […]
Tangier Island Historic District
The Tangier Island Historic District encompasses architectural and archaeological resources on this island that is home to a traditional watermen’s community that is part of Accomack County. Prior to the […]
Tangier Island Historic District
The Tangier Island Historic District encompasses architectural and archaeological resources on this island that is home to a traditional watermen’s community that is part of Accomack County. Prior to the […]
Captain Timothy Hill House
The Captain Timothy Hill House, in Accomack County, was built around 1800 on Chincoteague Island. Oral history has it that Captain Hill, who died in 1859, made Chincoteague his home […]
Central High School
Central High School is an imposing brick two-story building in Accomack County. Constructed in two phases between 1932 and 1935, it embodies the Art Deco style, a common design for […]
Smith Point Light Station
Smith Point has been protected by no less than five lighthouses and two lightships during its history from 1802 to the present. The Smith Point Light Station is listed under […]
Bunting Place
Bunting Place represents the construction methods of the early-19th-century Eastern Shore with its timber-frame front and rear walls and brick ends. Merchant-planter Solomon Bunting constructed this Accomack County house in […]
