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Kenmore, also known as Kenmore Plantation, is a plantation house at 1201 Washington Avenue in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Built in the 1770s, it was the home of Fielding and Elizabeth Washington Lewis and is the only surviving structure from the 1,300-acre (530 ha) Kenmore plantation .
The house is located on 1200 Charles St Fredericksburg, Virginia. It was located close to her daughter Elizabeth Washington Lewis' home, Kenmore Plantation, and close to a town home owned by her younger son Charles Washington. In 1780, Charles moved to western Virginia (present day Charles Town, West Virginia) from Fredericksburg.
Mary Ball Washington House, 1200 Charles Street, Fredericksburg, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1927.The house was originally built in 1761 and has later additions. Mary Ball was born sometime between 1707 and 1709 at either Epping Forest, her family's plantation in Lancaster County, Virginia, [1] or at a plantation near the village of Simonson, Virginia. [2]
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Fielding Lewis (July 7, 1725 – December 7, 1781) was an American merchant, member of the House of Burgesses and a Colonel during the American Revolutionary War.He lived in Fredericksburg, Virginia and also owned a plantation in Spotsylvania County, which later became known as Kenmore.
The plantation remained in the Allen family for over two centuries. The house survives with many alterations. Brandon Plantation is located on the south shore of the James River in Prince George County, Virginia. The 5,000-acre (20 km 2) plantation is a working farm and is one of the longest-running agricultural enterprises in the United States.
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She was involved with the Garden Club of Virginia and an early supporter of Historic Garden Week. Melchers hosted her first public garden tour in 1933. She was a founding member of the Rappahannock Valley Garden club and heavily involved in the restoration of the gardens at the Kenmore plantation. [2]