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Briarwood is a monumental-sized Tudor Revival-style house built in 1932 in the then newly-developed resort city of Virginia Beach. Located on a sloping lot overlooking Linkhorn Bay, Briarwood was designed by notable regional architect Wickham C. Taylor, who created many prominent Tidewater homes. The house was built as a summer home for realtor James Bingham, his wife and family, and is the best example of the Tudor Revival style remaining in the city, as several of the more prominent Tudor Revival homes in Virginia Beach have been demolished. The exterior of the Flemish bond brick house features herring bone pattern brick, and the interior of Briarwood features historic wood flooring and extensive original stained paneling and rough hewn timbers. The large lot features mature vegetation, including trees which predate the house.
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Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
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DHR has secured permanent legal protection for over 700 historic places - including 15,000 acres of battlefield lands
DHR has erected 2,532 highway markers in every county and city across Virginia
DHR has registered more than 3,317 individual resources and 613 historic districts
DHR has engaged over 450 students in 3 highway marker contests
DHR has stimulated more than $4.2 billion dollars in private investments related to historic tax credit incentives, revitalizing communities of all sizes throughout Virginia
