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It was built about 1810, and is a two-story, temple form brick dwelling. Unlike most of the James River Plantations Aberdeen was built back from the River along the old river road (now Rte 10). It features a pedimented gable roof and a diminutive entrance portico supported by Doric order columns. It was listed on the National Register of ...
The site is also notable for the Seven Islands house, a well-preserved Greek Revival I-house. It is situated on a bluff in Buckingham County with commanding views of the James River, across from the Bremo Plantation. [2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1]
The category is for James River Plantations located on the north and south banks of the James River in eastern Virginia. Pages in category "James River plantations" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
The county operates the Dutch Gap Conservation Area and Boat Landing and as well as a living history museum, the Henricus Historical Park. Originally, Farrar's Island was formed by a meander loop in the James River and lay on the east side of the James River. At its smallest point, the neck of the peninsula was less than 400 feet (120 metres) wide.
Mulberry Island a roughly (11 sq mile) geographic area located in the city of Newport News, Virginia, in southeastern Virginia.While referred to as an island, it is actually a peninsula bordered on three sides by the James River, Warwick River, and Skiffe's Creek, and connected with the rest of the Virginia Peninsula by an approximately 1.5 mile wide strip of land.
10. Williamsburg, Virginia (1632) Williamsburg was founded in 1632 and originally known as Middle Plantation, a fortified settlement strategically built between the James and York rivers on high ...
Elk Island, located in Goochland County, Virginia near Cartersville, is an island [1] on the James River and across from the former Elk Hill plantation at the mouth of Byrd Creek. [2] The island, one mile by five miles, [3] is accessed by Elk Island Road (Virginia State Route 603). [4] [5] [a]
Carter's Grove, also known as Carter's Grove Plantation, is a 750-acre (300 ha) plantation located on the north shore of the James River in the Grove Community of southeastern James City County in the Virginia Peninsula area of the Hampton Roads region of Virginia in the United States.