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Many historic houses in Virginia are notable sites. The U.S. state of Virginia was home to many of America's Founding Fathers, four of the first five U.S. presidents, as well as many important figures of the Confederacy. As one of the earliest locations of European settlement in America, Virginia has some of the oldest buildings in the nation.
Brush-Everard House: Williamsburg, Virginia: 1718 Adam Thoroughgood House: Virginia Beach, Virginia: ca. 1719 despite earlier claims, actually dates to c. 1719 [8] Pierre Chastain Home Manakin, Virginia: 1720 Oldest home in Powhatan County. French Huguenot Dr. Pierre Chastain built the home in 1720, with brick additions made in the mid-1720s
Later additions to the Loomis house were made around the turn of the 18th century. It is now a part of the Loomis Chaffee School. Newman–Fiske–Dodge House: Wenham: MA 1658 Residential Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. John Partridge House: Millis: MA 1659 [8] Residential Broad Bay Manor: Virginia Beach: VA c. 1660 ...
Greek Revival houses in Virginia (256 P) H. Historic house museums in Virginia (4 C, 125 P) Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia (2 C, 1,352 ...
In 1726, it became the home of the Harrison family of Virginia, after Benjamin Harrison IV located there and built one of the first three-story brick mansions in Virginia. It is the ancestral home of two presidents of the United States : William Henry Harrison , who was born there in 1773 and his grandson Benjamin Harrison .
The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles (1624), by Capt. John Smith, one of the first histories of Virginia. The written history of Virginia begins with documentation by the first Spanish explorers to reach the area in the 16th century, when it was occupied chiefly by Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Siouan peoples.
Westover Plantation is a historic colonial tidewater plantation located on the north bank of the James River in Charles City County, Virginia.Established in c. 1730–1750, it is the homestead of the Byrd family of Virginia.
Rosewell Plantation in Gloucester County, Virginia, was for more than 100 years the home of a branch of the Page family, one of the First Families of Virginia.Begun in 1725, the Flemish bond brick Rosewell mansion overlooking the York River was one of the most elaborate homes in the American colonies.