Criss Cross is a Colonial style brick house built about 1690 by George Poindexter in

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. It is similar in style to neighboring Foster's Castle. George Poindexter was the immigrant founder of the Poindexters in

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. Originally from

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, he settled his family in the

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in 1973.

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Criss-Cross, State Route 617 vicinity, New Kent, New Kent County, VA
11 photos, 13 measured drawings, and 5 data pages, at

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Poindexter Descendants Association
- More information on the Poindexter family. Historic American Buildings Survey in Virginia Houses completed in 1690 Houses in New Kent County, Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia National Register of Historic Places in New Kent County, Virginia 1690 establishments in the Colony of Virginia {{NewKentCountyVA-NRHP-stub