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Opequon Historic District

Coordinates: 39°9′26″N 78°14′50″W / 39.15722°N 78.24722°W / 39.15722; -78.24722
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Opequon Historic District
Second Opequon Presbyterian Church in 2023
Opequon Historic District is located in Virginia
Opequon Historic District
Opequon Historic District is located in the United States
Opequon Historic District
LocationJct. of VA 622 and VA 620, near Winchester, Virginia
Coordinates39°9′26″N 78°14′50″W / 39.15722°N 78.24722°W / 39.15722; -78.24722
Area94 acres (38 ha)
Built1736 (1736)
Architectural styleColonial, Federal
NRHP reference No.02000515[1]
VLR No.034-5037
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 16, 2002
Designated VLRDecember 5, 2001[2]

Opequon Historic District is a national historic district located in Opequon near Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia. It encompasses 33 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the village of Opequon. Notable buildings include Race Mills (ca. 1751, ca. 1812 additions, 1950s restoration) the oldest surviving building in the village, the Glass-Rinker-Cooper Mill (c. 1812), Greenwood, The Millhouse (1738 or 1756), Homespun (1771), the Hodgson (Bayliss) Store (late 1800s), The Second Opequon Presbyterian Church (1939), Tokes' Inn (late 1800s), and Bleak House (Bageant House).[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ I. William Zartman (May 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Opequon Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Frederick/Opequon.pdf Accompanying map
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