Site 44GL103, Quest End explained

Site 44GL103, Quest End
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 17, 2009[1]
Designated Other1 Number:036-5047
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:5488 & 5476 Roanes Wharf Rd., Selden, Virginia
Coordinates:37.3625°N -76.4703°W
Built:, c. 1900
Builder:Collier, James William Davis; Dimmock, Marion Jr.
Added:May 9, 2008
Refnum:08000387

Site 44GL103, Quest End, is a historic home and archaeological site located at Selden, Gloucester County, Virginia. The property includes a two-story, frame house andlate 19th/early 20th century farm complex, with barn and smokehouse, known since the mid-20thcentury as Quest End. It was the site of an early colonial plantation. The property includes an early 18th-century brick foundation measuring 36 feet by 20 feet with a partially plastered cellar. The first historic occupation likely followed an initial patent in 1666 by Tobias Hansford.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

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: Site 44GL103, Quest End . David A. Brown and Thane H. Harpole. December 2007 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos