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gloucesterva.info. Gloucester County (/ ˈɡlɒstər / GLOST-ər) [1] is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 38,711. [2] Its county seat is Gloucester Courthouse. [3] The county was founded in 1651 in the Virginia Colony and is named for Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (third son of King Charles ...
Toddsbury is a historic home located on the banks of the North River near Nuttall in Gloucester County, Virginia. The house was built around 1669 by Thomas Todd and inhabited by his descendants until 1880. The builder Thomas Todd was the son of an English emigrant of the same name who patented land in Elizabeth City County in 1647 and in ...
William Thornton was born in Gloucester County, Virginia, to Francis Thornton (1692–1737) and Ann Sterling. [1] His father was a wealthy planter of Petsworth Parish, where the Thornton family had been established since the 1640s. [2]
Designated VLR. November 5, 1968 [2] Rosewell Plantation in Gloucester County, Virginia, was for more than 100 years the home of a branch of the Page family, one of the First Families of Virginia. Begun in 1725, the Flemish bond brick Rosewell mansion overlooking the York River was one of the most elaborate homes in the American colonies.
Gloucester County Courthouse Square Historic District. October 3, 1973. (#73002016) Main St. and Gloucester County Courthouse Sq. 37°24′53″N 76°31′47″W / 37.414722°N 76.529722°W / 37.414722; -76.529722 (Gloucester County Courthouse Square Historic District) Gloucester. 8. Gloucester Downtown Historic District.
July 7, 1970 [2] Abingdon Glebe House is a historic home located near Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia. It was built around 1700, and is T-shaped brick structure with one-story hipped roof end pavilions flanking the central portion of the house. The central portion and rear ell are topped by steep gable roofs.
Gloucester Downtown Historic District. / 37.41333°N 76.52389°W / 37.41333; -76.52389. Gloucester Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Gloucester Courthouse, Gloucester County, Virginia. The district encompasses 57 contributing buildings and 5 contributing sites. It includes the central business ...
T.C. Walker House is the historic home of a lawyer, county supervisor, and a school superintendent who was enslaved prior to the American Civil War. [3] It is at 1 Main Street in Gloucester, Gloucester County, Virginia and was built about 1880, and is a two-story, U-shaped, frame vernacular dwelling with traces of Greek Revival and Gothic Revival styles.