Broad Bay Manor
Broad Bay Manor in Virginia Beach is a historic manor house which is purportedly the oldest extant European-built house in the southeastern United States. Thomas Allen built the small center portion of the current larger house in circa 1640[1] of Flemish bond brick on land granted to him by Governor Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr or his brother John West. It is still a private residence and is located in the Broad Bay Colony part of northeastern Virginia Beach [2]
References
[edit]- ^ Amy Hayes Castleberry, Virginia Beach (2010)
- ^ Dr. Stephen Mansfield, 50 Most Significantly Historic Houses and Structures in Virginia Beach (Virginia Beach Historical Preservation Partnership, City of Virginia Beach Historic Resources Office, 2008) Retrieved 2015-04-14 Virginia Beach Public Library's Digital Archives