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VLR Listing Date 12/02/1969
NRHP Listing Date 02/16/1970
NRHP Reference Number 70000873
Much has been learned of Virginia’s early domestic life from the archaeological work of Ivor Noël Hume of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Among the sites excavated by him in the 1960s is that of the first Mathews Manor house, a post-medieval house with a center chimney and projecting porch, built ca. 1626 for Capt. Samuel Mathews. The house burned and was replaced by a smaller house in the 1650s. Mathews returned to England in 1653, so the latter dwelling was probably constructed by his son Samuel Mathews, Jr., who served as governor of the colony under the English Commonwealth from 1656 to 1660. Also within the registered Denbigh Plantation Site area is the site of an 18th-century Digges family plantation house and several 17th-century industrial sites. The manor house foundations have been capped and are preserved within the small park of a residential neighborhood.
Many properties listed in the registers are private dwellings and are not open to the public, however many are visible from the public right-of-way. Please be respectful of owner privacy.
Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Updated: June 30, 2020