National Register of Historic Places

Port Republic Historic District

Port Republic, Rockingham County, Virginia
Listed
September 7, 1980
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
80004224

About this property

Port Republic Historic District is a national historic district located at Port Republic, Rockingham County, Virginia. The district encompasses 45 contributing buildings and 62 contributing sites in the village of Port Republic. The district includes a number of archaeological sites that represent a wide diversity in type from residential to institutional, commercial, and industrial sites. They date to the village's years as a river port and industrial complex in the 18th and 19th centuries. Most of the buildings remaining now postdate the town's river port days, but many of these are late 19th-or early 20th-century replacements for buildings destroyed in the disastrous floods of the 1870s and 1880s. The village was at the center of the Battle of Port Republic which took place in June 1862. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Location

Port Republic, Rockingham County, Virginia
38.29489, -78.81481

Categories

INDUSTRYCOMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTCOMMERCEHISTORIC - NON-ABORIGINALMILITARYARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

Harnsberger, Stephen, House
Industrial
1.6 mi
Bogota
Listed
3.1 mi
Mt. Meridian Schoolhouse
Industrial
3.5 mi
Harnsberger Octagonal Barn
Industrial
3.5 mi
Haugh House
Industrial
3.9 mi

Nearby Battles

Battle of Fort Republic
1862Civil War
1.7 mi
Battle of Port Republic – the River Crossing
1862Civil War
2.3 mi
Battle of Port Republic – Lewiston Coaling
1862Civil War
2.8 mi

Questions about this property

When was Port Republic Historic District listed on the National Register?

Port Republic Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 7, 1980.

What type of historic resource is Port Republic Historic District?

Port Republic Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Port Republic Historic District?

The period of significance for Port Republic Historic District is recorded as the listed era.

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