Port Micou Explained

Port Micou
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 19, 1991[1]
Designated Other1 Number:028-0274
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Coordinates:38.1228°N -77.0686°W
Architecture:Federal
Added:February 6, 1992
Refnum:91002041

Port Micou is a historic 18th and 19th trading center on the Rappahannock River near Loretto, Essex County, Virginia. There are two remaining buildings, both built between about 1825 and 1850. They are a large -story, wood-frame granary, and a -story, frame dwelling with a tall raised basement.[2]

The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

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: Port Micou . Dean A. Doerrfeld. December 1990 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo