A Suffolk village settled by colonists in the 17th century has made the Virginia Landmark Register, the state’s Department of Historic Resources announced today.
The Somerton Historic District, a small cluster of homes in southern part of the city encircled by fields, is one of 13 new listings the department approved last month. The village catered to people traveling from Suffolk to North Carolina, according to a department news release. The oldest existing building is the former Washington Smith Ordinary.
The designation makes property owners eligible for state and federal tax credit rehabilitation improvements, the news release said. The new listing will be sent to the National Park Service for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
Other properties added to the Virginia Landmark Register include:
- The Beaton-Powell House, built in 1857, in the town of Boykins in Southampton County. The two-story home was built by the town’s founder, Edward Beaton, and was occupied by the town’s first postmaster and mayor.
- Glenview, a rare two-story house in Sussex County built around 1800 that reflects “the lifestyle of a middling planter,” the news release said.
- The Old Wythe Historic District in Hampton, a waterfront suburb where the oyster and crab industries once thrived. “The district is typical of late-19th century and early-20th century streetcar neighborhoods,” according to the Department of Historic Resources.
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