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Shalango
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	Sandy Point Road, Wicomico Church, Virginia
Coordinates	37°49′26″N 76°19′14″W / 37.82389°N 76.32056°W / 37.82389; -76.32056
Area	25 acres (10 ha)
Built	1855 (1855)-1856
Architectural style	I-house
NRHP reference No.	86003135
VLR No.	066-0088
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 6, 1986
Designated VLR	April 15, 1986

Shalango is a historic plantation house located at Wicomico Church, Northumberland County, Virginia. It was built in 1855–1856, and is a large 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay, I-house frame dwelling. It has a single-pile, central-passage plan and interior end chimneys. The house stands on a tall brick basement and is covered with a gable roof pierced by three dormers on either slope. The front facade features a one-story late 19th-century porch with scroll-sawn decoration.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. Division of Historic Landmarks Staff (February 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Shalango" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo

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