Mansion Site Historical

Mansion Site Historical (HM1V4C)

Location: Cape Charles, VA 23310 Northampton County
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 13.727', W 76° 0.198'

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Exploratory digs here in 1988 and 1994 uncovered a three brick wide foundation of an extraordinary 17th century home. Measuring 54 feet by 43.5 feet, this huge footing supported a structure described in 1709 as a "...Dwelling House built of brick ... three storeys high besides garrets ... with a handsome Garden and fine Orchard ... Wch House was commonly called Arlington ..."
Despite the Eastern Shore's high water table, Arlington enjoyed a proper English basement - two separate, inter connected cellars (one wet and one dry) with plastered walls, brick paved floors and a vaulted ceiling. Imprints of three chimneys occur on the South and North walls.

The extant foundation is marked with posts at each corner to indicate the size.
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HM NumberHM1V4C
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Placed ByArlington Foundation, Inc
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Date Added Monday, October 17th, 2016 at 9:04am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 410997 N 4120724
Decimal Degrees37.22878333, -76.00330000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 13.727', W 76° 0.198'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 13' 43.62" N, 76° 0' 11.88" W
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Area Code(s)757
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 2116-2240 County Rd 644, Cape Charles VA 23310, US
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