Rectortown Historic District | |
Nrhp Type: | hd |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | September 8, 2004[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 030-5155 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Location: | Roughly bounded by Maidstone, Rectortown, Atoka, Lost Corner and Crenshae Rds., Rectortown, Virginia |
Coordinates: | 38.92°N -77.8606°W |
Architecture: | Greek Revival, Federal |
Added: | November 27, 2004 |
Refnum: | 04001267 |
Nocat: | yes |
Rectortown Historic District is a national historic district located at Rectortown, Fauquier County, Virginia. It encompasses 76 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures in the rural village of Rectortown. The district includes dwellings dating back to the 18th century, churches, a school, an Odd Fellows hall, a post office, multiple commercial buildings, andseveral cemeteries that illustrate the town's growth and development. Notable buildings include the Maidstone Ordinary (c. 1763), the Rector-Slack Log House, the Ashby House (c. 1800), the Georg Mann House, The Brick Store House (c. 1840), Rector's Warehouse and Station (c. 1835), Denham, Maidstone, Rectortown United Methodist Church (1894), the Jackson-Grant House (1924), Slack's Store (1890), and the Mt. Olive Odd Fellows Lodge (1935).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. It is included in the Cromwell's Run Rural Historic District.