Morgantown Historic District (Marshall, Virginia)

Morgantown Historic District is a national historic district located near Marshall, Fauquier County, Virginia. It encompasses 7 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in the Reconstruction-era African-American rural village of Morgantown. The district contains four dwellings, the Mount Nebo Baptist Church (1902), an abandoned Morgantown School (c. 1891), a meat house, the ruins of an outbuilding, and a cemetery.[3]

Morgantown Historic District
Intersection Of Mt. Nebo and Free State Roads
LocationThe area roughly surrounding the junction of Freestate Rd. and Mount Nebo Church Rd., as well as a discontiguous cemetery located approximately 0.2 miles (0.32 km) to the southeast at the end of Mount Nebo Church Rd., near Marshall, Virginia
Coordinates38°50′25″N 77°52′35″W
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
NRHP reference No.04000045[1]
VLR No.030-5322
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 11, 2004
Designated VLRDecember 3, 2003[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]

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 5 June 2013.
  3. Maral S. Kalbian and Margaret T. Peters (July 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Morgantown Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying map


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