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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. [1] [2] [3]
Frederick County Poor Farm, also known as the Frederick County Poorhouse, is a historic poor farm complex located at Round Hill, Frederick County, Virginia.The main building, erected in 1820, is a Federal style building that consists of a two-story brick main block and original lateral one-story brick wings with gable roofs.
Varina Farms, also known as Varina Plantation or Varina Farms Plantation or Varina on the James, is a plantation established in the 17th century on the James River about 10 miles (16 km) south of Richmond, Virginia. [3] An 820-acre (330 ha) property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as "Varina
Scaleby is a historic estate home and farm located near Boyce, Clarke County, Virginia. The main house and associated outbuildings were built between February 1909 and December 1911 for Henry Brook and Hattie Newcomer Gilpin. The 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m 2) house was named for the wealthy family's ancestral home in England. [3]
1,213 acres (4.91 km 2) James River: Land's End: King George: 450 acres (1.8 km 2) Rappahannock River: Managed as a waterfowl refuge; hunting not permitted. Mattaponi: Caroline: 2,542 acres (10.29 km 2) [8] Mattaponi River, South River: Mattaponi Bluffs: Caroline: 470 acres (1.9 km 2) Mattaponi River: Merrimac Farm: Prince William: 301 acres (1 ...
The Anchorage is a historic home and farm complex located near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia.The original section of the house, built about 1825, consists of a two-story, brick hall and parlor plan dwelling with a raised basement and a slate roof.
Llangollen Farm is an historic American horse and cattle farm located in western Loudoun County, Virginia on Trappe Rd. near Upperville at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Eight miles (13 km) from the town of Middleburg , the area is home to a number of prominent Thoroughbred -breeding farms and a large country estates. [ 1 ]
On the same day as Gen. Hammond received the 600 acres of Rickahock from Capt. Marshall, Colonel Philip Honeywood was granted a patent of 3050 acres. [1] This included 1550 acres above Warrannucock Island (now known as the Pamunkey Indian Reservation) and 1500 acres south side of the York River near the Island. [1] Together the tracts of land ...