Warwick

In 1664, Arthur Upshur was granted the patent for 2,000 acres of land on the Eastern Shore of Virginia that he named Upshur’s Neck. Warwick, the house he built and named after the English birthplace of his wife, Mary, was completed around 1670. Surrounded by a grove of ancient trees, including southern hackberries, the house overlooks Upshur’s Bay and Virginia’s Ocean Islands can be seen from the property. The house is a story and a half with a gable-roof porch and is considered characteristic of Eastern Shore Architecture with a long, wide entry hall, large parlor with a carved mantle, a large dining room for entertaining guests, and an ascending staircase along the side at the end of the hall. John Eyre bequeathed the house to Elizabeth Ann Upshur Teackle Quinby, his wife Ann Matilda Upshur Eyre’s niece, after his death.The Upshur descendants owned the house until 1912, when it was sold.