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S i t u a t e d i n t h e Loudoun Valley sevrn mi les northwest of Leesburg, t h e m i l l town of Waterford remains v i r t u a l l y unchanged from i t s e igh teen th and n ine teen th century appearance. Waterford i s no tab le f o r t h e g r e a t v a r i e t y of bu i ld ing m a t e r i a l s used, inc luding b r i c k , s tone , log and frame, as wel l as f o r t h e v a r i e t y of a r c h i t e c t u r a l s t y l e s . E s p e c i a l l y i n t e r e s t i n g a r e t h e b r i c k m i l l (c.1750); t h e Arch House Row of s t o n e , b r i c k and wood (c.1750); t h e Camelot School, a two-story log bu i ld ing (c.1800); t h e neo-c l a s s i c B a p t i s t Church of 1850; and t h e romantic Vic to r i an P resby te r i an Church of 1882, A major f a c t o r i n w a t e r f o r d ' s c h a r a c t e r i s t h e unspoi led open r o l l i n g landscape which surrounds t h e v i l l a g e and enhances i t s i n t e g r i t y .

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The o l d e s t s e t t l emen t i n Loudoun County,' Waterford began as a small Quaker v i l l a g e about 1730. The f i r s t house b u i l t w i th in the town l i m i t s , t h a t of Asa Moore (c.1733), i s s t i l l s tanding. Or ig ina l ly c a l l e d Milltown because o f t h e small i n d u s t r i e s t h e r e , t h e name was soon changed t o Waterford i n honor of Waterford, I r e l and . The town was incorpora ted i n 1810, and by 1834 i t was a f l o u r i s h i n g v i l l a g e of four hundred persons wi th some seventy houses, a tannery , a chair-maker, and a boot and shoe manufacturer. A t one time t h e r e was a l s o a woolen f a c t o r y a s wel l a s seve ra l s t o r e s , a bank and tavern. Through c a r e f u l p r i v a t e p rese rva t ion e f f o r t s , most of Waterford remains a s it was i n the n ine teen th century .

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Head, James W . , H i s t o r y of Loudoun County, V i r g i n i a . Park Vlew P r e s s : 1908. V i r g i n i a : A Guide t o t h e Old Dominion. American Guidc S e r i e s . New York: Oxford U n i v e r s i t y P r e s s (1940) . "Wate r fo rd , Loudoun County, V i r g i n i a , " pamphlet p r i n t e d by The Waterford Foundat i o n , 1958. O 'Nea l , N i l l i a m B . , A r c h i t e c t u r e & V i r g i n i a . Ncw York: Walker 6,

Company, I n c . (1968). S a l e , Mar ian Marsh, "Old W a t e r f o r d ," V i r g i n i a Cava lcade , ~ d l . X V I I I , No. 4 ( S p r i n g , 1969) .

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evaluated t~rcording t o the criteria and procedures set forth b y the National Park Service , T h e recommended

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National Register.

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Chief, Office of Archeology endHistoric Preservatrar

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ATTEST:

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Date May 2 3 , 1969 -- Date I

Form 10.3000 UNITED STATES DEPARTMFNT OF THE INTERIOR (Doc. 1968) NATIONAL PARK S E R V I C C --l I

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Route 665. 7 mi l e s Northwest of Leesburg

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1 . Property braundories where required.

2 . North orrow.

3 . Lati tude and longitude reference.

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