Roughly bounded by Great Dismal Swamp & I 64, Chesapeake, Virginia. County/parish: Chesapeake.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 29, 2007. NRIS 03000564.
188 contributing buildings. 90 contributing sites. 2 contributing structures. 1 contributing object.Also known as:
Sunray Agricultural Historic District is a national historic district located at Chesapeake, Virginia. The district encompasses 188 contributing buildings, 90 contributing sites, 2 contributing structures, and 1 contributing object in the early 20th-century immigrant farming community of Sunray. It includes early 20th century vernacular farmhouses, agricultural buildings, Sunray School (1922), and St. Mary's Catholic Church (1915-1916). The district also includes a tidal ditch system, the abandoned Virginian Railway Tracks (1909), and agricultural fields laid out with the platting of 1908.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680127