Markers of History

National Register of Historic Places
Francis Land House

Location: 3133 Virginia Beach Blvd, Virginia Beach, VA 23452

Visited: June 22, 2009, 5:20pm

Transcription of markers:

Marker #1:

The Francis Land
House
has been reg­is­tered as a
Virginia
Historic
Landmark
pur­suant to the author­ity vested in the
Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission
Act of 1966.

Marker #2:

Francis Land House
circa 1732
Placed on the
National Register
of
Historic Landmarks
1975

Marker #3:

The Francis Land House
circa 1732
Marked by
Princess Anne County Chapter
NSDAR

Bicentennial project
Nov. 13, 1976

My impres­sions: This is a very quiet, peace­ful place next to the loud and busy Virginia Beach Blvd. One of the things that stuck in my head, as some­body who has only quite recently come to this area and knows the Boulevard as quite a built-up place, is how quiet the area around the Francis Land House was when it was built. While I think very lit­tle of step­ping onto a bus and arriv­ing in down­town Norfolk a few min­utes  later, that trip would have taken days in the 18th cen­tury! A very good job has been done of devel­op­ing the area in such a way that the peace­ful­ness of these his­toric grounds are main­tained and there is lit­tle vis­i­ble sign of more recent devel­op­ment, which is actu­ally close to the grounds.

On a per­sonal note, this place is also spe­cial to me, because the only other time I had been here, I was with my par­ents and my then-fiancée the day before our wed­ding. (So it was nice to go there un-chaperoned! wink)

It was also nice to log a quick snarf on the way home from sup­per, on the spur of the moment, espe­cially since my wife and I have both been feel­ing under the weather for the past sev­eral days.

Markeroni sta­tus: This was the first time I man­aged to log a snarf while Markeroni con­sid­ered it the same day (since Markeroni lives in UTC, so its day ends in early evening).