Ferry Paracon
Saturday, September 19, 2026

Ferry Plantation House is bringing back our Paranormal convention; Ferry Paracon! Come see vendors, paranormal investigators, authors, mediums and speakers, inside and out of one of the most haunted places in Virginia. Admission is on site, no tickets needed.

12PM-4PM
Kids 12 and under: FREE
Ages 12 to 18: $5
Adults 18 and up: $10

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100% Volunteer Led Since 1996!

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Ferry Plantation House, or Old Donation Farm, Ferry Farm, Walke Manor House, is a brick house in the neighborhood of Old Donation Farm in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The site dates back to 1642 when Savill Gaskin started the second ferry service in Hampton Roads to carry passengers on the Lynnhaven River to the nearby county courthouse and to visit plantations along the waterway. A cannon was used to signal the ferry, which had 11 total stops along the river. The first ferry service was started nearby by Adam Thoroughgood.

Home Timeline

• 1642 – Adam Thoroughgood II commissioned the Ferry service up and down the Lynnhaven River

• 1735 – Third Princess Anne Courthouse was built. Court House moved to Newtown in 1750

• 1751 – Construction of the Walke “Manor” Mansion

• 1828 – Manor House burns down

• 1830 – Ferry Plantation house is built from remaining bricks of Manor house

• 1850 – Third section of house is added

• 1896 – House sold to Charles Barnett

• 1986 – House left abandoned

• 1994 – House bought by developers

• 1996 – House turned over to city of Virginia Beach; leased to Friends of the Ferry Plantation House, Inc. and renovations begun.

• 2004 – House listed on Virginia Landmarks Register

• 2005 – House listed on the US National Register of Historic Places