Shalango Explained

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.

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: Shalango. Division of Historic Landmarks Staff. February 1986 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo