Ware River (Virginia)

Beulah is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, in the U. S. state of Virginia.

Schley is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, in the U. S. state of Virginia. Schley is located 4.5 miles (7.2 km) east-southeast of Gloucester Courthouse. Schley has a post office with ZIP code 23154.

Naxera is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, in the U. S. state of Virginia. Lands End was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Baileys is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, in the U. S. state of Virginia.

The North River is a 7.6-mile-long (12.2 km) tidal river in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is an arm of Mobjack Bay, itself part of Chesapeake Bay. The North River forms the boundary between Mathews and Gloucester counties.

Hockley, Gloucester County, is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, Virginia.

Site 44GL103, Quest End, is a historic home and archaeological site located at Selden, Gloucester County, Virginia. The property includes a two-story, frame house and late 19th/early 20th century farm complex, with barn and smokehouse, known since the mid-20th century as Quest End. It was the site of an early colonial plantation. The property includes an early 18th-century brick foundation measuring 36 feet by 20 feet with a partially plastered cellar. The first historic occupation likely followed an initial patent in 1666 by Tobias Hansford.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

White Hall on the Ware River near Zanoni, Gloucester County, Virginia, was the ancestral home of the prominent Willis family of colonial Virginia.The Willises were one of the First Families of Virginia, with the first settler arriving by 1642. Other family members include the Francis Willis (academic) and Francis Willis (Representative). The 2+1⁄2-story brick home on the property since 1836 was described as "an excellent example of the temple-form dwelling so popular in this region during the early decades of the 19th Century" in a 1984 nomination for the National Register of Historic Places."With its classical, temple-like mass, White Hall epitomizes the neo-classical spirit which pervades early American decorative art," the nomination adds.The nomination, approved by the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, describes the home as a mix of original construction by Dr. Samuel Powell Byrd in 1836 and a series of renovations.The living room and dining room contain "handsome colonial revival paneling" from a 1938 restoration but mantels that are much earlier with "quirked moldings, carried on flanking Tucsan colonetts" and the original doors opening on the front porch facing the Ware River.White Hall sits on a 7-acre tract on the Ware River near the mouth of Wilson Creek and is reached by a long, curving drive lined with mature cedars.The house is the successor to an earlier, one-story brick house built by the Willis family.The land was patented in 1666 by Francis Willis, the first in the family to arrive in Virginia from Oxford, England. He served as a delegate from Gloucester County to the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1652.Francis Willis returned to England and bequeathed the estate upon his death in 1690 to a nephew, Francis Willis. He is believed to have started the first house, which measured 56 feet by 22 feet. A wing added later measured 17 feet by 25 feet.The nephew left the house to his son Francis, who became the head of a prominent Virginia family and served in the House of Burgesses in 1748.The home is located about six miles southeast of the Gloucester County Courthouse and is one of several National Register of Historic Places listings in Gloucester County, Virginia. It is privately owned.

Selden is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, in the U. S. state of Virginia. Site 44GL103-Quest End was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.

Ware Neck Store and Post Office, also known as Nuttall's Country Store, is a United States historic commercial building located at Ware Neck, Gloucester County, Virginia. It was built in 1877 and expanded in the early 20th century. The building consists of a two-story, three-bay, frame central block flanked by 1 1/2-story wings. The central block sits under a front-gabled roof while the flanking wings have side gabled roofs.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Ware Neck is an unincorporated community in Gloucester County, in the U. S. state of Virginia. Ware Neck is 4 miles (6.4 km) east-southeast of Gloucester Courthouse. Ware Neck has a post office with ZIP code 23178.Lowland Cottage and the Ware Neck Store and Post Office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Lands End is a historic home located near Naxera, Gloucester County, Virginia, United States. It was built about 1798, and is a two-story, three-bay, steeply-pitched gambrel-roofed brick dwelling. It has a single pile plan and a 2½-story rear wing. It was renovated in the 1960s.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.