page_title: Somerton Historic District
hierarchical_section_title: Somerton Historic District
caption_attribution_description: English: Front of the late-18th-century house on Arthur Drive at Pittmantown Road in Suffolk, Virginia, United States. It sits at the core of the Somerton Historic District, a historic district that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
context_page_description: Somerton Historic District is a national historic district located at Suffolk, Virginia. Prior to annexation in 1974 Somerton was part of now non-existing Nansemond County. The district encompasses 15 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in the rural village of Somerton in Virginia. The district was a 250 acre 17th century grant to Sir Thomas Jernigan a colonist from Somerleyton in Suffolk County. England. The district includes an 18th-century ordinary, a 19th-century church, and modest dwellings dating from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries surrounded by large agricultural fields. The buildings are in a variety of popular architectural styles ranging from Federal to Folk Victorian. Notable buildings include the Somerton United Methodist Church and cemetery, Washington Smith Ordinary, and Ellis General Store.
  It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
context_section_description: Somerton Historic District is a national historic district located at Suffolk, Virginia. Prior to annexation in 1974 Somerton was part of now non-existing Nansemond County.  The district encompasses 15 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in the rural village of Somerton in Virginia.  The district was a 250 acre 17th century grant to Sir Thomas Jernigan a colonist from Somerleyton in Suffolk County. England.  The district includes an 18th-century ordinary, a 19th-century church, and modest dwellings dating from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries surrounded by large agricultural fields.  The buildings are in a variety of popular architectural styles ranging from Federal to Folk Victorian.  Notable buildings include the Somerton United Methodist Church and cemetery (c. 1880), Washington Smith Ordinary (c. 1800), and Ellis General Store.
  It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.
caption: I-house at Arthur and Pittmantown
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