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Historic district in Virginia, United States

United States historic place
Rectortown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
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LocationRoughly bounded by Maidstone, Rectortown, Atoka, Lost Corner and Crenshae Rds., Rectortown, Virginia
Coordinates38°55′12″N 77°51′38″W / 38.92000°N 77.86056°W / 38.92000; -77.86056
Area115 acres (47 ha)
Built1772 (1772)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.04001267
VLR No.030-5155
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 27, 2004
Designated VLRSeptember 8, 2004

Rectortown Historic District is a national historic district located at Rectortown, Fauquier County, Virginia. It encompasses 76 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures in the rural village of Rectortown. The district includes dwellings dating back to the 18th century, churches, a school, an Odd Fellows hall, a post office, multiple commercial buildings, and several cemeteries that illustrate the town's growth and development. Notable buildings include the Maidstone Ordinary (c. 1763), the Rector-Slack Log House, the Ashby House (c. 1800), the Georg Mann House, The Brick Store House (c. 1840), Rector's Warehouse and Station (c. 1835), Denham, Maidstone, Rectortown United Methodist Church (1894), the Jackson-Grant House (1924), Slack's Store (1890), and the Mt. Olive Odd Fellows Lodge (1935).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. It is included in the Cromwell's Run Rural Historic District.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. Maral S. Kalbian and Margaret T. Peters (May 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rectortown Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying map
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