Brentsville Historic District

Brentsville Historic District
One-room school in the Brentsville Historic District, March 2007
LocationRoughly Bristow Rd. from Old Church Rd. to Isaac Walton Rd., near Bristow, Virginia
Coordinates38°41′21″N 77°30′06″W / 38.68917°N 77.50167°W / 38.68917; -77.50167
Area27 acres (11 ha)
Built1822 (1822)
Architectural styleGreek Revival, Federal, I-house
MPSCivil War Properties in Prince William County MPS
NRHP reference No.90001829[1]
VLR No.076-0338
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 21, 1990
Designated VLRFebruary 20, 1990 [2]

Brentsville Historic District is a national historic district located near Bristow, at Brentsville, Prince William County, Virginia. It encompasses 23 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in the village of Brentsville platted in 1822. These include the former Brentsville Courthouse and Jail, a one-room school (1928), three churches, 11 houses, one ruins of a dwelling, a tavern square site, and 14 outbuildings.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ William T. Frazier; Nancy Born & Susan Smead (July 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Brentsville Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo