Glebe Of Hungar's Parish
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Glebe of Hungar's Parish is a historic
glebe Glebe (; also known as church furlong, rectory manor or parson's close(s))McGurk 1970, p. 17 is an area of land within an ecclesiastical parish used to support a parish priest. The land may be owned by the church, or its profits may be reserved ...
house located at Franktown,
Northampton County, Virginia Northampton County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,282. Its county seat is Eastville. Northampton and Accomack Counties are a part of the larger Eastern Shore of Virginia. The ...
. It was built sometime between 1643 and 1745, and is a 1 1/2-story, brick, structure with gable roof, dormers, and two interior end chimneys. It was the official residence of the ministers of Hungar's Parish from 1745 until 1850. an
''Accompanying photo''
/ref> The Glebe is not actually in Franktown but about 10 miles southwest on the shores of Chesapeake Bay. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1970.


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Properties of religious function on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Houses in Northampton County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Northampton County, Virginia {{NorthamptonCountyVA-NRHP-stub