James and Angelia Herndon of Gloucester came to Virginia last year with a plan to buy waterfront land with acreage and build a home. James had taken a job in the region, and Angelia and the children had stayed in South Carolina until the circa 1916 home they had lovingly renovated sold. The couple and their three children made forays across Hampton Roads and beyond searching for the perfect site. And they finally found their dream parcel, only to discover it was in a flood zone and had unmarked graves on it. They began searching again, but it seemed as though all the waterfront land they liked had flooding issues, as well as non-tidal wetlands that limited the buildable area. During their search, they had been to Gloucester many times, looking at both land and houses, and several times they had driven by a Victorian house on Main Street that was for sale. They hadn’t paid much attention to it because “it didn’t really stand out,” said Angelia. But not long after their land deal fell th...