– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Mecklenburg Tobacco Warehouse The Mecklenburg Tobacco Warehouse is believed to be the oldest stone tobacco facility in West Virginia. Construction was completed around 1796-97. It is located on the banks of the Potomac River allowing for easy export in the period before railroads existed. It is a rare example of...
Learn More– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – St Margaret of Antioch Church St Margaret of Antioch Church is the Parish church for Darenth, about three miles south-east of Dartford in North West Kent. It is reckoned to be the third oldest church in Kent and the sixth oldest in the United Kingdom. Like other churches along the Darent Valley such as St Michael...
Learn More– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Gloucester County Courthouse Gloucester County is on the Virginia’s Middle Peninsula. It was formed in 1651 from York County to the south across the York River. The Gloucester County Courthouse is generally accepted to have been built in 1766. There are claims, though, that it may have been built much earlier....
Learn More– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Arts and Industries Building The Arts and Industries Building on the south side of The Mall in Washington, DC, is the second oldest of the Smithsonian buildings. Originally called the United States National Museum, it was the first purpose built facility for public display of the Smithsonian Institution’s growing...
Learn More– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Fork Church Fork Church is a historic Episcopal church located near Ashland in Hanover County, Virginia. Built in 1735, it was the second parish church of St. Martin’s Parish. The church was originally known as the Lower Church of St. Martin’s Parish but soon became known as Fork Church. This name is a reference...
Learn More– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Widehall Widehall is a large Georgian house on Water Street, Chestertown, Maryland. It occupies Water Lot #16 on the original map of Chestertown. When the property was built for Thomas Symth in 1769, it was considered to be one of the finest houses in Chestertown. Around the time the property was built, the town...
Learn More– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – Josiah Hess Covered Bridge The Josiah Hess Covered Bridge crosses Huntington Creek in North East Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It is located along a wooded pathway off Winding Road in Fishing Creek Township. The bridge is also called Laubach Bridge. The original bridge was built in 1875 by Joseph Redline. It cost...
Learn More– Click on the image to enlarge or purchase – John Hite House The John Hite House sits on the east side of US Route 11 just north of Bartonsville in Frederick County, Virginia. Also known as Springdale, the house was build in 1753 by John Hite whose father was the leader of the first European settlers in the lower Shenandoah Valley. The House The house is...
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