Adam Keeling House

The Adam Keeling House is a historic house in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States.

Keeling House
From HABS, north view of decorative glazed headers
Location3157 Adam Keeling Road, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Coordinates36°54′2.2″N 76°4′44.8″W
Builtcirca 1735
Architectural stylePre-Georgian
NRHP reference No.73002297[1]
VLR No.134-0018
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 19, 1973
Designated VLRApril 17, 1973[2]

Dendrochronology undertaken by the Oxford Tree-Ring Laboratory revealed that house was constructed of timbers felled in 1734–1735, pointing to a construction date of circa 1735. It is among the oldest surviving houses in Virginia Beach. Situated on Adam Keeling Road in Great Neck Point on the Lynnhaven River, The Keeling House is known for decorative glazed headers and a center hall design, which is common in Tidewater Virginia British colonial architecture.[3]

When built, the house was in rural Princess Anne County, but today the house sits in the middle of a suburban neighborhood. The house is privately owned, though it can be seen from the street. It is reputed to be the oldest continuously occupied house in Virginia. A cemetery of family graves is north of the intersection of Adam Keeling Road and Lynn Cove Lane.

Through much of the 20th century, the house was known as Ye Dudlies. Other houses from the Virginia colony in Virginia Beach still extant include the Adam Thoroughgood House, Broad Bay Manor, Lynnhaven House, Pembroke Manor, Upper Wolfsnare, and Francis Land House.

  • View of Interior Paneling, c. 1937, Historic American Buildings Survey

See also

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. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (February 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Adam Keeling House" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine


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