October 2021
Tompkins Cottage Museum Open
Open 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, starting April 3 -Oct. 30, 2021 The cottage, which is headquarters for the Mathews County Historical Society, is named for Christopher Tompkins, a local sea captain, planter, local merchant and member of the state legislature. He bought the cottage property in 1837 and is the first known owner. Exhibits include a room dedicated to the history of Mathews County and serves as a gift shop, two rooms representing a home from the 1840s to the…
Find out more »Thomas James Store Open
Open 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays, starting April 3-Oct. 30, 2021 Take a self-guided tour of one of the best-preserved early 19th--century stores in the southeastern U.S. This rare commercial structure has retained much of its original fabric; shed-roofed rectangular wings were added around 1900. Interpretive signage explains what the various marks and features represent. The Thomas James Store is owned and maintained by the Mathews County Historical Society.
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