Broad Bay Manor in

Virginia Beach 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 ...

is a historic manor house which is purportedly the oldest extant European-built house in the southeastern United States. Thomas Allen built the small center portion of the current larger house in circa 1640 of Flemish bond brick on land granted to him by Governor

Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr ( ; 9 July 1577 – 7 June 1618), was an English merchant and politician, for whom the bay, the river, and, consequently, a Native American people and U.S. state, all later called "Delaware", were named. He was ...

or his brother John West. It is still a private residence and is located in the

Broad Bay Colony Broad Bay Colony is a fairly affluent unincorporated community in northeast Virginia Beach, Virginia. Broad Bay Manor Broad Bay Manor in Virginia Beach is a historic manor house which is purportedly the oldest extant European-built house in the ...

part of northeastern Virginia Beach Dr. Stephen Mansfield
50 Most Significantly Historic Houses and Structures in Virginia Beach
(Virginia Beach Historical Preservation Partnership, City of Virginia Beach Historic Resources Office, 2008) Retrieved 2015-04-14 Virginia Beach Public Library's Digital Archives

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