Pasture Point

Pasture Point HISTORY: This neighborhood has deep roots (more than 150 years) in the history of Hampton and strong links to our waterfront heritage. The earliest written records located to date that refer to "Pasture Point" date from 1849. Before it became a neighborhood, the area was part of the Miles Cary plantation. Miles Cary immigrated from England in 1645 and built one of the wealthiest plantations in 17th century Virginia. The earliest surviving homes were built in Pasture Point around 1890 by the Holtzclaws brothers who developed Pasture Point as a neighborhood for some of the city's most prominent professionals, managers, and shopkeepers. By the turn of the 20th century, Pasture Point was considered "the" place to live in Hampton.