Port Micou is a historic 18th and 19th trading center on the

Rappahannock River The Rappahannock River is a river in eastern Virginia, in the United States, approximately in length.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 It traverses the entir ...

near Loretto,

Essex County, Virginia Essex County is a county located in the Middle Peninsula in the U.S. state of Virginia; the peninsula is bordered by the Rappahannock River on the north and King and Queen County on the south. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,599. ...

. There are two remaining buildings, both built between about 1825 and 1850. They are a large -story, wood-frame

granary A granary is a storehouse or room in a barn for threshed grain or animal feed. Ancient or primitive granaries are most often made of pottery. Granaries are often built above the ground to keep the stored food away from mice and other animals ...

, and a -story, frame dwelling with a tall raised basement. an
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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 ...

in 1992.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Federal architecture in Virginia Houses completed in 1850 Houses in Essex County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Virginia {{EssexCountyVA-NRHP-stub