On Land and Sea: A Pictorial Review of the Eastern Shore of Virginia

1963:  On Land and Sea:  A Pictorial Review of the Eastern Shore of Virginia, by John William Robertson, M.D.  The Eastern Shore News, Onancock, Virginia 1963 (Fourth Printing), Page 147.

This coffee table book offers primarily photographs “arranged geographically from the bridge and tunnel system at Cape Charles to the Maryland line”.  The photograph of Wharton Place is of the “rear” façade and is accompanied by the following inaccurate text:

WHARTON PLACE, Mappsville, Accomack County

Small House [sic] built in 17th century, while large house was built in latter part of the 18th century.  John Wharton lived here in 1794.