Morgantown Historic District (Marshall, Virginia)

Morgantown Historic District

Intersection Of Mt. Nebo and Free State Roads
Location The 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
Coordinates 38°50′25″N 77°52′35″W / 38.84028°N 77.87639°W / 38.84028; -77.87639Coordinates: 38°50′25″N 77°52′35″W / 38.84028°N 77.87639°W / 38.84028; -77.87639
Area 9 acres (3.6 ha)
NRHP Reference # 04000045[1]
VLR # 030-5322
Significant dates
Added to NRHP February 11, 2004
Designated VLR December 3, 2003[2]

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]

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