Eppes Island Explained

Eppes Island
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:May 13, 1969[1]
Designated Other1 Number:018-0033
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Nearest City:Hopewell, Virginia
Added:November 12, 1969
Refnum:69000337

Eppes Island, also known as Shirley Hundred Island, is an island and a historic home and archaeological site near Hopewell, Charles City County, Virginia. The island was originally settled as part of Shirley Hundred. The island contains five 17th century sites, two 18th century sites and one dwelling dated to about 1790.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.

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: Eppes Island. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. May 1969. and Accompanying photo