Four of the buildings make up the Mary Ball Washington Museum and Library, founded in 1958, whose purpose is to preserve and interpret the history of Lancaster County, Virginia.

However, the location proved unpopular, so the courthouse was moved to land of Captain William Ball by 1698.

The town itself was authorized in 1691 by Virginia's General Assembly, on the west side of the Corrotoman River.

The historic district, essentially a linear village, also includes a tavern built circa 1800, a mid-19th-century post office, Carpenter-Gothic church, turn-of-the-century store, and many detached mid-19th-to-early-20th-century dwellings.

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