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Agecroft Hall, late 15th century, Lancashire, England—English Tudor manor house transplanted to Richmond and reconstructed by Thomas C. Williams, Jr. in 1925; The Anchorage 1749, Northumberland County; Ampthill 1730, Richmond, Virginia, Built by Henry Cary, Jr. and was later owned by Colonel Archibald Cary.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in King and Queen County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
William Green's 1669 patent for 1,150 acres (4.7 km 2) encompassed most of the peninsula between Dogue Creek and Accotink Creek, along the Potomac River.Although this property was sub-divided and sold in the early 18th century, it was reassembled during the 1730s to create the central portion of Col. William Fairfax's 2,200-acre (8.9 km 2) plantation of Belvoir Manor.
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]
The Gilliam family arrived in Virginia in the 17th century as indentured servants. By the late 18th century the family had amassed several plantations in the area. Christian was the daughter of Richard Eppes of Appomattox Plantation. Her maternal grandfather was a descendant of Pocahontas, as were many members of the First Families of Virginia ...
After suffering financial setbacks, Mason was forced to give up his island residence, and in 1833, he and his family relocated to the Virginia countryside at Clermont. [5] After Mason's death, the Alexandria Gazette ran an advertisement for the sale of Clermont on 28 May 1849. [5] The advertisement read as follows: [5]
These 20th-century owners altered the house very little. With professional assistance, Mr. Hunnewell had the house carefully restored in the 1930s and 1940s. Upon his death in 1964, he bequeathed the house, 100 surrounding acres, and an endowment of $100,000 (~$751,044 in 2023) to the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
He was a revolutionary and elected in 1778 as the first Governor of Virginia. The house is located in Beaverdam, Virginia, 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Ashland, Virginia on VA 685. [1] The house, at 93 feet (28 m) by 35 feet (11 m), is one of the largest 18th-century homes to survive in the Americas.