Editing Tappahannock, Virginia (section)

==Notable buildings==
* Lowery's, a longtime [[seafood]] restaurant, operated from 1938 to March 2020, affected by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lowery's Seafood in Tappahannock sinks into bankruptcy |url=https://richmondbizsense.com/2020/09/04/lowerys-seafood-in-tappahannock-sinks-into-bankruptcy/# |website=richmondbizsense|date=September 4, 2020 }}</ref>  In its place, a restaurant originally known as 528 Steak and Seafood opened<ref>{{Cite web |last=|date=2022-11-08 |title=New Restaurant Opens in Former Lowery’s Location - The Rappahannock Times |url=https://www.rapptimes.news/articles/featured-stories/new-restaurant-opens-in-former-lowerys-location/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=The Rappahannock Times -}}</ref> and was later rebranded as 528 Italian American.
* June Parker Marina was a small working marina located on what was originally known as Hobbs His Hole Harbor on Brockenborough Gut. This was the original port of Tappahannock. The town was designed around this harbor to efficiently transport tobacco from Marsh Street. Wagons could make one single left turn onto Water Lane, which ends at Hobbs His Hole Harbor, now June Parker Marina. Thousands of pounds of English ballast stone lies on the bottom of the river there, discarded hundreds of years ago for the export cargo of Essex tobacco.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
* The town is home to [[St. Margaret's School (Virginia)|St. Margaret's School]], a private boarding school.
* The historic [[Debtors' Prison (Tappahannock, Virginia)|Tappahannock Debtors' Prison]] is located here. It was constructed sometime before 1769. It is one of three such structures remaining in Virginia, along with those in [[Debtors' Prison (Accomac, Virginia)|Accomac]]<ref name="dhr2">{{Cite journal|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Debtor's Prison|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Accomack/160-0009_Debtor's_Prison_1976_Final_Nomination.pdf |author=Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission staff |date=June 1976|journal=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}}</ref> and [[Debtors' Prison (Worsham, Virginia)|Worsham]].<ref name="dhr3">{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/PrinceEdward/073-0007_Debtor's_Prison_1972_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register nomination form|date=July 15, 2008|work=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}}.</ref>  The prison building is part of the [[Tappahannock Historic District]], and as such was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1973.<ref name="dhr3"/> Also listed on the National Register of Historic Places is the historic DAW Theatre, located in the heart of Tappahannock’s historic district. The theater opened in February 1939 and was named after its original owners—E.M. Doar, H.S. Atkinson, and R.B. Wallace. With a 500-seat Art Deco design, the DAW Theatre served as a cultural hub, hosting live variety shows, town meetings, and film screenings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=kylemeyervms |date=2024-08-22 |title=DAW Theatre: Breathing New Life Into a Historic Gem |url=https://virginiamainstreet.com/2024/08/22/daw-theatre-breathing-new-life-into-a-historic-gem/#:~:text=In%20March%202024,%20the%20DAW,its%20journey%20back%20to%20life. |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Virginia Main Street |language=en}}</ref>