Morgantown Historic District (Marshall, Virginia) Explained

Morgantown Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:December 3, 2003[1]
Designated Other1 Number:030-5322
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:The area roughly surrounding the junction of Freestate Rd. and Mount Nebo Church Rd., as well as a discontiguous cemetery located approximately 0.2 miles (0.32 km) to the southeast at the end of Mount Nebo Church Rd., near Marshall, Virginia
Coordinates:38.8403°N -77.8764°W
Added:February 11, 2004
Refnum:04000045
Nocat:yes

Morgantown Historic District is a national historic district located near Marshall, Fauquier County, Virginia. It encompasses 7 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in the Reconstruction-era African-American rural village of Morgantown. The district contains four dwellings, the Mount Nebo Baptist Church (1902), an abandoned Morgantown School (c. 1891), a meat house, the ruins of an outbuilding, and a cemetery.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Morgantown Historic District . Maral S. Kalbian and Margaret T. Peters . July 2003. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying map