Updated:
05/09/2008
Warner Hall
and Graveyard
Warner Hall and Graveyard is located on Route 629. Erected by Augustine Warner I, soon after 1642, on a large patent granted in that year. Warner Hall was the home of the Warner-Lewis family for nearly 200 years. Colonial family cemetery where ancestors of George Washington, Robert E. Lee, and Queen Elizabeth II are buried. Owned and maintained by A.P.V.A. Warner Hall is listed in both the Virginia and National Registers of Historic Landmarks.
Long Bridge Ordinary
Long Bridge Ordinary is located at the junction of two colonial roads, now Route 17 and Route 14, at Gloucester Court House. It is believed to be the first established shopping place for travelers going along the old Indian Road.
An eighteenth century building with written history which begins in the nineteenth century, when it is known as The Hill and Edge Hill. It was purchased by the Gloucester Woman's Club in 1918. Significant interior features include the closed-string stair, wide-mullion sashes, and deep molded cornices.
Roaring Springs
Roaring Springs stands as one of the most picturesque and handsomely sited eighteenth century farmhouses in Gloucester County. Named for the large spring to the southwest of the dwelling, which in early times is said to have made a roaring sound from an underground cascade or waterfall.
This architecture is an example of an informal "Old Virginia" homestead, remodeled and added on to over many generations. Roaring Springs possesses a paneled end wall of major significance which is twenty feet in width. The superb wall, with its fluted pilasters and arched openings, is the widest of a series of such walls in Gloucester County region. The house's charm is greatly enhanced by its park-like setting, country-side and flat landscape.
Historic fact: George Booth Field (1854-1928) was kidnapped by the Yankees from this home at the age of eight and taken to Old Point. He was returned to his home a few days later. Years later he became a sheriff of Gloucester County and served in this office from 1903 to 1920.