Northern Neck Now

One of the architectural highlights of the village of Heathsville (the Northumberland County seat) is St. Stephen’s Church, an unusually

Springfield is a Federal-style house dominating a level tract of land on the edge of the town of Heathsville in

Smith Point has been protected by no less than five lighthouses and two lightships during its history from 1802 to

Recalling a bygone era of American education, Shiloh School is a rare example of an unaltered one-room school building. Such

On the Great Wicomico River in the northeastern part of the county, Shalango is one of the largest antebellum plantation

Standing behind the courthouse in the Heathsville Historic District, Rice’s Hotel has been a key element of the Northumberland County

Reedville, a picturesque maritime village on a narrow peninsula at the end of the Northern Neck, arose after the Civil

Oakley was built in the first quarter of the 19th century in what is now the Heathsville Historic District in

This Multiple Property Documentation (MPD) Form facilitates the nomination to the registers of light stations in the United States. Today

Named for the local Baptist preacher, Dr. William Heath Kirk, who was active in the Northumberland County area from 1845