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The Thoroughgood House is a brick house located at 1636 Parish Road, in the neighborhood of Thoroughgood, in
Virginia Beach, Virginia Virginia Beach is an independent city located on the southeastern coast of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The population was 459,470 at the 2020 census. Although mostly suburban in character, it is the most populous city ...
, United States. It was built ca. 1719. It was formerly known as the Adam Thoroughgood House. It was not built by Adam. The building underwent major restorations in 1923 and in the 1950s and has served as a museum since opening to the public April 29, 1957. Much of the current structure was most likely the house of the great-grandson of
Adam Thoroughgood Adam Thoroughgood horowgood'' (1604–1640) was a colonist and community leader in the Virginia Colony who helped settle the Virginia counties of Elizabeth City, Lower Norfolk and Princess Anne, the latter, known today as the independent city of ...
. The City of Virginia Beach acquired the property in 2003. A 2004 grant application to the National Park Service resulted in a $150,000 award from the prestigious Save America's Treasures program. The City matched that amount as required. This restoration took longer and cost more than expected, but the house reopened in May 2011.


Adam Thoroughgood

Adam Thoroughgood (1604–1640), an
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who arrived in
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in 1622, became a community leader, a member of the
House of Burgesses The House of Burgesses was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia. With the creation of the House of Burgesses in 1642, the General Assembly, which had been establishe ...
at Jamestown, and was granted a headright of in 1635. Adam Thoroughgood was from King's Lynn,
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, and the naming of many local features can be traced back to his childhood home, including the
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, the City of Norfolk, and Norfolk County and the City of South Norfolk (the last two of which combined to become the new City of Chesapeake in 1963).


Historic designations

It was designated a
National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed ...
in 1960, as a prime example of early colonial architecture in Virginia. It was listed in the US
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in 1966. Another nearby surviving early 18th-century house in Virginia Beach is the Adam Keeling House.


See also

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List of the oldest buildings in Virginia This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings in the state of Virginia. See also * List of the oldest buildings in the United States *List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia * List of Registered Historic Places in Virgin ...
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia Beach, Virginia __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia Beach, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city ...


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External links


Adam Thoroughgood House (Official Website)Adam Thoroughgood House, 1636 Parish Road (Thoroughgood Road), Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach, VA
3 photos, 9 measured drawings, 5 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at
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Virginia National Historic Landmarks
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