Shalango | |
Designated Other1: | Virginia Landmarks Register |
Designated Other1 Date: | April 15, 1986[1] |
Designated Other1 Number: | 066-0088 |
Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
Coordinates: | 37.8239°N -76.3206°W |
Built: | -1856 |
Architecture: | I-house |
Added: | November 6, 1986 |
Refnum: | 86003135 |
Shalango is a historic plantation house located at Wicomico Church, Northumberland County, Virginia. It was built in 1855–1856, and is a large -story, five-bay, I-house frame dwelling. It has a single-pile, central-passage plan and interior end chimneys. The house stands on a tall brick basement and is covered with a gable roof pierced by three dormers on either slope. The front facade features a one-story late 19th-century porch with scroll-sawn decoration.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.