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Shalango

Shalango
Shalango is located in Virginia
Shalango
Shalango is located in the US
Shalango
Location VA 666, Wicomico Church, Virginia
Coordinates 37°49′26″N 76°19′14″W / 37.82389°N 76.32056°W / 37.82389; -76.32056Coordinates: 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 # 86003135
VLR # 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.



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