Tappahannock Historic District is a national

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located at Tappahannock,

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. ...

. It encompasses 14 contributing buildings dating from the 18th through late-19th centuries. They are the Customs House (c. 1750), Scot's Arms Tavern, Five Cents and Dollar Store, Ritchie House, Beale Memorial Baptist Church (Early Essex County Court House; 1728, 1814), Old Clerk's Office (c. 1808), Essex County Court House (1848, 1926),

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(c. 1769), Henley House (c. 1757), Anderton House (c. 1750),

Brockenbrough House The two-story house was built in 1763 over the cellar of the previous house that was built in 1682 by Edward Hill Sr. Archibald McCall hired William Buckland, an architect and master builder, to construct the Georgian style house. It figured in h ...

, St. Margaret's Hall, Roane-Wright House (c. 1850), and St. John's Episcopal Church (1837-1849). an
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in 1973.

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Old Customs House, 109 Prince Street, Tappahannock, Essex County, VA
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Old Lawyer's Office, 321 Prince Street, Tappahannock, Essex County, VA
1 photo at Historic American Buildings Survey
Ritchie House, 227 Prince Street, Tappahannock, Essex County, VA
1 photo and 4 measured drawings at Historic American Buildings Survey Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Colonial architecture in the United States Greek Revival architecture in Virginia Gothic Revival architecture in Virginia Buildings and structures in Essex County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, Virginia {{EssexCountyVA-NRHP-stub