Sunray Agricultural Historic District

Sunray Agricultural Historic District
Location Roughly bounded by Great Dismal Swamp & I 64, Chesapeake, Virginia
Coordinates 36°46′51″N 76°24′40″W / 36.78083°N 76.41111°W / 36.78083; -76.41111Coordinates: 36°46′51″N 76°24′40″W / 36.78083°N 76.41111°W / 36.78083; -76.41111
Area 1,264 acres (512 ha)
Built 1908 (1908)
Architect Pavlovetz, Michale; Virginia State Board of Education
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Bungalow/craftsman, et al.
NRHP Reference # 03000564[1]
VLR # 131-5325
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 29, 2007
Designated VLR March 19, 2003[2]

Sunray Agricultural Historic District is a national historic district located at Chesapeake, Virginia. The district encompasses 188 contributing buildings, 90 contributing sites, 2 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in the early 20th-century immigrant farming community of Sunray. It includes early 20th century vernacular farmhouses, agricultural buildings, Sunray School (1922), and St. Mary’s Catholic Church (1915-1916). The district also includes a tidal ditch system, the abandoned Virginian Railroad Tracks (1909), and agricultural fields laid out with the platting of 1908.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Kimble A. David (August 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sunray Agricultural Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying map


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