Criss Cross (New Kent, Virginia) Explained

Criss Cross
Designated Other1:	Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:	January 16, 1973^[1]
Designated Other1 Number:	063-0006
Designated Other1 Num Position:	bottom
Coordinates:	37.5028°N -77.0272°W
Built:	c. 1690
Added:	May 11, 1973
Refnum:	73002043

Criss Cross is a Colonial style brick house built about 1690 by George Poindexter in New Kent County, Virginia. It is similar in style to neighboring Foster's Castle. George Poindexter was the immigrant founder of the Poindexters in America. Originally from Jersey, he settled his family in the Virginia Colony.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

External links

• Criss-Cross, State Route 617 vicinity, New Kent, New Kent County, VA 11 photos, 13 measured drawings, and 5 data pages, at Historic American Buildings Survey
• Poindexter Descendants Association - More information on the Poindexter family.

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. 21 September 2013. dead.
2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Criss Cross. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. December 1972. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo