WHITEHURST-BUFFINGTON HOUSE
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Whitehurst-Buffington House is designated as one of the 50
most historically significant structures in Virginia Beach.
The original house, 275 feet by 300 feet,
included one room downstairs and a sleeping loft upstairs.
The Whitehurst Family owned the property since 1711.
The standing structure was built when
Daniel H. Whitehurst inherited the property.
In 1820, Daniel Whitehurst, appointed as a Commissioner,
authorized the building of a new courthouse and jail
on property near his farm.
Several generations of enslaved Africans lived at the site
Between the 1790’s and the early 1860’s.
The Whitehurst Farm was also home to James H Whitehurst.
James entered Virginia Military Institute in 1860;
Resigned in 1862 to enlist in Confederate Army.
Disfigured from facial war wounds, lived out the rest of his life
here with his sister. He was a gentle person who loved children.
Legend holds that he would sometimes roam the house
or grounds and appear to children living or visiting here.
James H Whitehurst’s headstone was located approximately 150 ft. to the
northwest from the main house. Testing proved that the headstone
has been moved to this location and does not mark any human remains.
In 1940, the Whitehurst family sold the farm to George W. Bratten.
In 1953, the Bratten family sold the farm to James W. Buffington.
The city of Virginia Beach has owned the property since 1987.
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The Whitehurst-Buffington House was built in 1 A B C
James H. Whitehurst joined the D6th Virginia Regiment
of the Confederate Army.