Buckland Historic District Explained

Buckland Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 8, 1987, December 5, 2007[1]
Designated Other1 Number:076-0313
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:7980-8205 Buckland Mill Rd. and 16206, 16208, 16210, and 16211 Lee Highway; also parts of Buckland Mill and Cerro Gordo Rds., and U.S. Routes 15/29, Buckland, Virginia
Coordinates:38.7806°N -77.6747°W
Builder:Crozet, Claudius; Sanders, Leslie, et al.
Architecture:Federal, Late Federal, Early Republic, Mid 19th Century Revival, et al.
Added:June 17, 1988, March 27, 2008 (Boundary Increase)
Refnum:88000681, 08000246 (Boundary Increase)

Buckland Historic District is a national historic district located at Buckland, Prince William County, Virginia. It encompasses 30 contributing buildings, 11 contributing sites, and 6 contributing structures in the town of Buckland. The district is centered on a grist mill (c. 1899), Buckland Mill, the third such structure located on the site. Besides the mill, the most significant buildings include an early 19th-century wagon tavern and a small church (c. 1857). For the most part the houses are small, simple, 19th-century dwellings constructed of log, frame or stone; most were intended to serve a commercial as well as a residential purpose. Other contributing resources include the mill race and dam, Cerro Gordo plantation, portions of the Civil War Buckland battlefields, the Kinsley Mill and miller's house, and Buckland Hall (c. 1774).[2] [3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, with a boundary increase in 2008.

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: Buckland Historic District . James C. Massey and Shirley Maxwell. July 1987. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
  3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Buckland Historic District (Boundary Increase). David A. Brown and Thane H. Harpole. August 2007. Virginia Department of Historic Resources.