Pembroke Manor (or Pembroke) is an area in the city of Virginia Beach, Virginia located near the intersections of Virginia Beach Boulevard (U.S. Route 58) and Independence Boulevard (State Route 225). The community’s name comes from Pembroke Manor, a plantation built in 1764. Formerly owned by the Princess Anne/Pembroke Historical Society. This brick mansion was built in 1764 by Pembroke who was the grandson of Jonathan Saunders who had come from England in 1695 to be the rector of Lynnhaven Parish of the Church of England. Of Flemish Bond brick, the outside has been restored to its original beauty, but much renovation was done on the inside about 1890. At the beginning of the Revolution it was the home of his grandson John Saunders, a notorious Tory, who fought throughout the war in the British Army. His house and large estate were escheated to the State and sold to Captain Henry Kellam. The house was donated by the Aragona family to the Princess Anne Historical Society. The structure itself was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 as #70000887 and is one of the oldest and most significant structures in the City of Virginia Beach.