National Register of Historic Places listings in Mathews County, Virginia

Location of Mathews County in Virginia

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Mathews County, Virginia.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mathews County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. ^[1]

There are 16 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county.

      This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted May 10, 2024. ^[2]

Current listings

[3]	Name on the Register [4]	Image	Date listed [5]	Location	City or town	Description
1	Billups House	Billups House	March 26, 1980 (#80004199)	East of Moon 37°26′31″N76°17′11″W / 37.441944°N 76.286389°W / 37.441944; -76.286389 (Billups House)	Moon
2	Fort Cricket Hill	Fort Cricket Hill	June 15, 1970 (#70000811)	East of the Gwynn's Island bridge [6] 37°29′15″N76°18′22″W / 37.487500°N 76.306111°W / 37.487500; -76.306111 (Fort Cricket Hill)	Hudgins	Revolutionary War fortifications
3	Gwynn's Island Historic District		May 6, 2024 (#100010202)	Generally including Route 223 (Cricket Hill Rd.), Route 633 (Old Ferry Road, N. Bay Haven Road). Route 740 (Hill Plantation Road) 37°30′20″N76°17′32″W / 37.5055°N 76.2921°W / 37.5055; -76.2921 (Gwynn's Island Historic District)	Gwynn
4	Hesse	Hesse	February 12, 1974 (#74002137)	East of Cobbs Creek off Proctor Ln. 37°30′49″N76°21′37″W / 37.513611°N 76.360278°W / 37.513611; -76.360278 (Hesse)	Blakes
5	The Lane Hotel	The Lane Hotel	March 1, 2011 (#11000065)	68 Church St. 37°26′03″N76°19′19″W / 37.434167°N 76.322083°W / 37.434167; -76.322083 (The Lane Hotel)	Mathews
6	Mathews County Courthouse Square	Mathews County Courthouse Square	August 18, 1977 (#77001491)	Church St. 37°26′00″N76°19′20″W / 37.433333°N 76.322222°W / 37.433333; -76.322222 (Mathews County Courthouse Square)	Mathews
7	Mathews Downtown Historic District	Mathews Downtown Historic District	September 18, 2017 (#100001642)	Mathews County Courthouse Square and vicinity 37°26′01″N76°19′16″W / 37.433611°N 76.321111°W / 37.433611; -76.321111 (Mathews Downtown Historic District)	Mathews
8	Methodist Tabernacle	Methodist Tabernacle	May 21, 1975 (#75002024)	Southeast of Mathews on Tabernacle Rd. at its junction with Salem Church Rd. 37°25′19″N76°17′47″W / 37.421944°N 76.296389°W / 37.421944; -76.296389 (Methodist Tabernacle)	Mathews
9	New Point Comfort Lighthouse	New Point Comfort Lighthouse More images	March 1, 1973 (#73002037)	Junction of Chesapeake Bay and Mobjack Bay 37°18′04″N76°16′40″W / 37.301111°N 76.277778°W / 37.301111; -76.277778 (New Point Comfort Lighthouse)	New Point
10	Old Thomas James Store	Old Thomas James Store	March 28, 2008 (#08000244)	Main and Maple Sts. 37°26′01″N76°19′14″W / 37.433611°N 76.320417°W / 37.433611; -76.320417 (Old Thomas James Store)	Mathews Court House
11	Poplar Grove Mill and House	Poplar Grove Mill and House	November 12, 1969 (#69000259)	Southwest of the junction of State Route 14 and Poplar Grove Ln. 37°23′54″N76°20′07″W / 37.398333°N 76.335278°W / 37.398333; -76.335278 (Poplar Grove Mill and House)	Williams
12	Riverlawn	Riverlawn	August 22, 2012 (#12000543)	134 Williamsdale Lane 37°24′36″N76°20′30″W / 37.410000°N 76.341667°W / 37.410000; -76.341667 (Riverlawn)	Mathews
13	Sibley's and James Store Historic District	Sibley's and James Store Historic District	March 24, 2010 (#10000093)	239 Main St. (Main and Maple Sts.) 37°26′01″N76°19′15″W / 37.433611°N 76.320833°W / 37.433611; -76.320833 (Sibley's and James Store Historic District)	Mathews
14	Springdale	Springdale	May 23, 2013 (#13000339)	1108 State Route 14 37°25′20″N76°19′41″W / 37.422222°N 76.328056°W / 37.422222; -76.328056 (Springdale)	Mathews
15	B. Williams & Co. Store	B. Williams & Co. Store	June 3, 2009 (#09000394)	1030 Williams Wharf Rd. 37°24′15″N76°20′43″W / 37.404167°N 76.345278°W / 37.404167; -76.345278 (B. Williams & Co. Store)	Mathews
16	Wolf Trap Light Station	Wolf Trap Light Station More images	December 2, 2002 (#02001434)	Southeast of New Point Comfort 37°13′49″N76°11′24″W / 37.230278°N 76.190000°W / 37.230278; -76.190000 (Wolf Trap Light Station)	Poquoson East

Former listings

[3]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Date removed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Donk's Theatre	Donk's Theatre	January 28, 2011 (#10001185)	February 7, 2017	259 Buckley Hall Rd. 37°28′18″N76°19′35″W / 37.471528°N 76.326389°W / 37.471528; -76.326389 (Donk's Theatre)	Hudgins	On January 22, 2016, the roof of Donk's collapsed due to heavy snowfall from a winter storm, as did several of the outside walls. Little survived, and what remained required demolition. [7] [8]

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Virginia
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Virginia

References

1. The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
2. National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved May 10, 2024.
3. Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 24, 2008.
5. The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
6. Mathews County Comprehensive Plan, Mathews County, 2001-06-26, 2:15. Accessed 2016-12-13.
7. Michael Martz (January 23, 2016). "Roof collapses on historic Donk's Theater, known as "Virginia's Lil Ole Opry"". Richmond Times-Dispatch . Richmond, Virginia. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
8. "Landmark in ruins". Daily Press (Virginia) . January 24, 2016. p. 1. Retrieved September 3, 2022– via Newspapers.com.