Tiny Waterford, Va., keeps its history alive Most houses in this village north of Leesburg were built in the 1800s.

233-year-old house in Waterford, Va., was a hat-making business and inn© Sky Blue Media/TTR Sotheby’s A screened-in porch overlooks the property.© Sky Blue Media/TTR Sotheby’s ...

The Waterford Village site goes back nearly a couple centuries. The first school in that area was the Methodist Church building, built in either 1837 or 1838 and across from Steffens Road.