Brentsville Historic District Explained

Brentsville Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:February 20, 1990 [1]
Designated Other1 Number:076-0338
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Roughly Bristow Rd. from Old Church Rd. to Isaac Walton Rd., near Bristow, Virginia
Coordinates:38.6892°N -77.5017°W
Architecture:Greek Revival, Federal, I-house
Added:December 21, 1990
Refnum:90001829

Brentsville Historic District is a national historic district located near Bristow, at Brentsville, Prince William County, Virginia. It encompasses 23 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in the village of Brentsville platted in 1822. These include the former Brentsville Courthouse and Jail, a one-room school (1928), three churches, 11 houses, one ruins of a dwelling, a tavern square site, and 14 outbuildings.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm#. 2013-09-21. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brentsville Historic District . William T. Frazier . Nancy Born . Susan Smead . amp . July 1989. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo